The bonus comic depicting the second year students during their time as part timers will be voiced and come as part of the package for the deluxe JJK 0 DVD.
The official DigiFes 2022 event (held at the Tachikawa Stage Garden on July 30, 2022) had a pamphlet sold on-site, containing comments from various members of Digimon Frontier and Digimon Adventure 02 -THE BEGINNING- cast and staff:
Comments from the Digimon Frontier voice actors: Junko Takeuchi (Takuya Kanbara), Hiroshi Kamiya (Kouji Minamoto), Michael Shitanda (Junpei Shibayama), Sawa Ishige (Izumi Orimoto), Kumiko Watanabe (Tomoki Himi), and Kenichi Suzumura (Kouichi Kimura)
Comments from the Digimon Adventure 02 -THE BEGINNING- voice actors: Fukujuurou Katayama (Daisuke Motomiya), Junko Noda (V-mon), Megumi Ogata (Rui Owada), and Rie Kugimiya (Ukkomon)
Comments from other event attendees: Hiromi Seki (Digimon Frontier producer), Ayumi Miyazaki (musician), and AiM (musician)
Evangleion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021, dir. Hideaki Anno) - review by Rookie-Critic
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, wow what a title, was a very fitting end to a franchise that has had people scratching their heads for decades. This film manages to somehow wrap up a lot of character conflicts and plot pieces that the original chose to ignore, while at the same time choosing not to answer many other questions this new Evangelion series of films (dubbed the Rebuild films) raised itself throughout its 4-movie run. Keeping in the true spirit of Eva, there are things that are confusing as hell. Terms that have never been used or mentioned before are dropped like a sack of bricks without explanation, treated as a completely normal thing to say, and then absolutely never brought up again. It is the one thing about this franchise that I have always found maddening. However, Hideaki Anno, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, has matured a lot since he wrapped up his original series back in 1997 with the very pessimistic, nihilistic End of Evangelion film. That isn't meant as a slight to End of Eva, I hold that film very near and dear to my heart and consider it a very good film in its own right, but it is what it is, and mostly it's a wild, confusing mess that ends on a note of "flawed people will try with good intentions, and they will fail, and they will learn very little from it."
Here, Anno ops for a much more optimistic path, one that chooses to dive as deep as possible into its characters' respective shortcomings, examine them, and have those characters face them head-on. Even the most irredeemable, piece of trash characters from the original series (if you've seen any Eva anything you all know exactly who I'm referring to) gets their chance in the emotionally analytical spotlight, and it's that exact analysis that sets the Rebuild films apart from their predecessor in the best way possible. As cliche as it is, the very root of this film is that old adage "hurt people hurt people," and they especially hurt those that are closest to them. However, instead of just stopping dead at the end of that statement, Anno then tacks on "but we can all better ourselves, and it's never too late to fix those frayed or broken ties, even if they're with yourself." It's almost as if the franchise has recognized its own shortcomings and meta-narratively acknowledged them; attempting (and succeeding, might I add) to better itself. Maybe the unanswered questions are an acknowledgement that it is still imperfect, as we all are, and that nothing and no one is ever truly done growing, done learning, done adapting. The Evangelion franchise, in its own weird, convoluted, and beautiful way, has managed to reflect humanity in a way I haven't quite ever seen before, and it's certainly awe-inspriring.
Score: 9/10
Currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
P.S. and a HUGE DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a stand alone film, and cannot be watched without its 3 counterparts. Even if you have seen them, if you haven't watched them in the past few months, you're going to want to rewatch the other 3 before you even think about attempting this one. All 4 Rebuild films are streaming on Prime Video.
In all reality, you should probably still watch the series as well prior to the Rebuild films, although that's not really required. The series, as well as the original two films that go with it (Death & Rebirth and End of Evangelion) are all 3 streaming on Netflix.
Are you familiar with demon slayer and the AC JPN dubbing , if you do. Then be prepared for this. The demon slayer voice casting has 6 VAs who does the voices of the AC protagonists
Altair & Uzui
Ezio & Sanemi
Connor & haganezuka
Arno & tanjiro’s dad
Jacob & enmu
Bayek & yahaba “arrow demon”
Aya & Daki
Imagine them meeting the voice counter parts
Oh, yeah, I’m a bit familiar with the Japanese dub of Assassin’s Creed and I watch Demon Slayer when it’s airing in Japan then I rewatch it in the English dub because I enjoy watching English dubs in general XD.
Before anything…
Imma list the names of their JP voices and a few other characters they voice. (And I will be focusing on the ones listed by @ullyaboo because… well… this would get too long if I start listing everybody...)
Altaïr is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
(Sombron/Hubert/Xander/Randal from Fire Emblem, @princesslikesfanfics might recognize him as Tory Innis from Ancient Magus’ Bride, Diavolo from Jojo, Lloyd Irving from Tales series, America/Canada from Hetalia, and mecha fans might recognize him as our bestest aniki Kamina)
No, seriously.
Can we just take a moment to think about how Altaïr’s JP voice also voiced these characters as well:
Also, shoutout to him being the voice of the dead big brother of my Trails blorbo XD
Ezio is voiced by Tomokazu Seki
(HE VOICED MIGUEL O’HARA IN THE JP DUB OF ATSV, oh and Toad in the Mario movie, Jojo fans will probably find it funny that he voices Father Pucci and his stand, Panda from JJK, Gilgamesh from Fates, mecha fans would remember his “SHINING FISTS” as Domon Kasshu, he’s also Toya in Cardcaptor Sakura, and Van Fanel of Vision of Escaflowne (one of the earliest isekai anime))
Ratonhnhaké:ton is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa
(Lindel from Ancient Magus’ Bride, Anasui AND Giogio from Jojo, Yamato from Digimon, Persona 4’s MC, the jp voice of Sekiro from… well… Sekiro, Richard from Tales series, Italy from Hetalia, and Lupin the 3rd’s Goemon)
This deserves to be seen: Ratonhnhaké:ton’s JP Voice also voices Oikawa (Haikyuu) and Italy (Hetalia - also Romano) (this means that Ratonhnhaké:ton sang the Hetalia ending song)
And he’s the JP voice of Jake Muller, Wesker’s kid in RE6.
Arno is voiced by Shinichiro Miki
(ROY MUSTANG from FMA, Randy Orlando from Trails, Sir Nighteye from BNHA/MHA, James from Pokemon, Alucard from Castlevania, Lockon Stratos (*haro voice* Lockon, Lockon, Lockon, incoherent sobbing) from Gundam, Hijikata from Hakuoki)
(side note: Elise’s JP voice is Toyoguchi Megumi who voices Rengoku’s mother and I don’t want to mess up Tanjiro’s family but… half-brothers Tanjiro and Rengoku AU???)
Jacob is voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa
(Kakyoin from Jojo, Cao Lee and Rufus Albarea from Trails, Rei from Free, Makoto Ito from School Days (lollol, at least Jacob doesn't have the worst love life in this list), and Orlando Bloom in Kingdom Hearts games XD)
Bayek is voiced by Jun Fukuyama (JP voices of Origin (and Valhalla) weren't in Behind the Voice Actor so I had to doublecheck with JP wiki XD)
(Persona 5’s MC, Lelouch Vi Brittania/Zero from Code Geass, Yukio from Blue Exorcist, Korosensei from Assassination Classroom, Maximilian from Valkyria Chronicles, Watanuki from xxxHolic)
Aya is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro
(female Robin from Fire Emblem, Milla Maxwell from Tales, Katalina from GBF, Elizabeth from Persona, Jolyn Cujoh from Jojo, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Franziska von Karma in Ace Attorney, Celty from Durarara!!, Touko from Danganronpa)
Now…
For the actual ask portion:
Altaïr would probably be annoyed at Uzui at first because he’s so flashy. They’d probably spar and Altaïr would start to respect him after understanding that, underneath all that ‘flashiness’, Uzui is strong and has conviction (side note: Uzui’s three wives makes me think Makio - Maria, Hinatsuru - Adha and Suma - Kadar XD)
Ezio would think of Sanemi as having skills and potential but he won’t like his attitude. AC2!Ezio would definitely butt heads with Sanemi a lot, especially after he sees how Sanemi acts around his younger brother (since he doesn’t know the whole story) and he’d definitely try to act like a nice big brother to Genya, Brotherhood!Ezio and Revelations!Ezio would not be provoked by Sanemi and act more like an older brother/mentor role that Sanemi doesn’t want at all and thinks is super annoying.
Haganezuka would totally like Ratonhnhaké:ton because Ratonhnhaké:ton would take care of any weapon he receives from Haganezuka. Ratonhnhaké:ton will also be willing to listen to Haganezuka talk about swords for houurrrss. Achilles would have to be the one to smack Haganezuka to get out of the homestead after giving Ratonhnhaké:ton his sword. (Why is Achilles there? Idk, crossover???)
All I can think of is Arno getting adopted by the Kamado family. Tanjuro is quite frail and he’s been sick for a while now so their meeting would probably remind Arno of his late father. But, man, just imagine Arno dancing Hinokami Kagura…
Oh god. Enmu would totally fuck with Jacob using his dreams/nightmares. Like, every pain and weakness Jacob has, Enmu would take advantage of it. Worst of all? Jack the Ripper's actions would definitely haunt Jacob till the day he dies so Enmu using Jack in the attack would really hurt. Enmu wasn’t even a good person as a human but considering Jacob’s luck and bad judge of character? Absolutely won’t be surprised if he invites human!Enmu to the Rooks as a ‘doctor’.
I think Bayek has a good chance of taking out Yahaba. Dude got an actual flaming sword in the main story and I’m sure Reda would have a weapon made of Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Ore for some reason and, as long as Bayek understood how Yahaba’s blood demon art works, he’d be fine. Bayek took out giant gods (in the Animus), he can take out this demon.
Oh, Aya would not like Daki at all. She might even be reminded of Cleopatra a bit because of her arrogant and dismissive personality which wouldn’t help the situation. They’d definitely fight and… Aya would probably need help on this one. I’m not sure if she ever got into any Isu BS that ended in a boss fight so I can’t be sure how she would handle fighting Daki and her obi attacks. Human!Daki though? Aya would definitely recruit her and her brother to the Hidden Ones if she found them as kids. But if she saw her as her usual cruel self? Yeah, Aya’s not going to like her.
If anyone wants an actual Demon Slayer x AC crossover idea, let me know?
Anyways I found the notes in my sketchbook and god this font is so small and hard to read.
Anyways according to these notes, it looks like Mori was going to be SHSL luck and also the victim instead of the murderer, which is funny. (It looks like I had potentially lined up Seki as SHSL Pilot.)
I guess I should also mention that what I listed as trial 4 and trial 5 were for the longest time reversed, I had Tsubame’s trial first and the extra bodies after. I only really changed it like. Just now. As I was putting together the summaries.
A lot of the character and murder outlines seem to be the same, just some weird details here and there. Second murder changed most of all. (This was the one that originally involved a door that just opens into the chimney.) Both Katashi and Tsubame I had a note about “lonely-at-the-top” vibes? And apparently Katashi embraced it while Tsubame angsts about it.
My notes on Megumi says that when you hang out with her, she wants you get her some juicy information on the others and will get immediately pissed off if you give her your own juicy info.
There was also a “themed lesson” to each trial, it seemed, which I entirely forgot about. (“Lesson 1” was “even SHSL will resort to murder for self-preservation.”)
Anyways here are some pictures of sketchbook pages.
The “should I draw this dangan ronpa style???” era:
The “I was probably experimenting outside of dangan ronpa style here” era:
The “okay yeah I definitely had solidified the look around this point” era:
Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 💌💜
SO!
I don’t have playlists that aren’t just specific games or very narrow genres, so I fudged a little and did a full random and despite having no final fantasy, chrono, or xenogears, I have been completely dragged by my phone. Utterly.
First up, we have The Working Dead (featuring Kate Micucci as Sadie) from Steven Universe
Second, we have Mirrors ~ Meaning of Birth performed by Hirofumi Kurita and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra from the Tales of Orchestra 20th anniversary concert
Third, the (Kanto) PokéRAP, from Pokémon 2.B.A. Master by James “D Train” Williams and Babi Floyd
Fourth, dated anime music comes in swinging with Fushigi Yûgi’s Ochanoko Saisai Hengen Jizai/It’s A Piece of Cake to Change My Appearance by Tomokazu Seki as Chichiri on the vocal collection
And I didn’t look old enough yet, so it rounded things off with another 90s anime image song, Wild Wind~Yasei no Kaze no You ni/Wild Wind~Like the Wind in the Wilderness by Yû Yû Hakusho voice actors Ogata Megumi and Hiyama Nobuyuki as Kurama and Hiei
Summer season went fast as always, loved them a lot and there was lots of interesting anime. Fall season is on the door, and can't wait to see more anime, and different genres, hopefully able to watch most of the list in the fall season.
29/9
お嬢と番犬くん/Ojou to Banken-kun/A Girl & Her Guard Dog
Can't wait to see this, Umehara Yuuichiro being main character's voice actor. Keiya looks so hot, aaaaaahhhh.
葬送のフリーレン/Sousou no Frieren/Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
PV looked great, and first episode is 2 hours long, can't wait to see this, YOASOBI is singing OP and Okamoto and Kobayashi is in the cast.
お嬢と番犬くん/Ojou to Banken-kun/A Girl & Her Guard Dog
Can't wait to see this, Umehara Yuuichiro being main character's voice actor. Keiya looks so hot, aaaaaahhhh.
葬送のフリーレン/Sousou no Frieren/Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
PV looked great, and first episode is 2 hours long, can't wait to see this, YOASOBI is singing OP and Okamoto and Kobayashi is in the cast.
30/9
め組の大吾 救国のオレンジ/Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange/Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
Looks intense and interesting, Kenjiro Tsuda is narrating this, and Nakamura Yuichi with Sakura Ayane, Yashiro Taku and Enoki Junya.
1/10
ラグナクリムゾン/Ragna Crimson
Have been waiting for this a long time, it looks so great and action scenes were nicely done. Murase Ayumu with Kobayashi Chiaki is great pair so looking forward to hear them. Also Suwabe Junichi is there.
オーバーテイク!/Overtake!
Racing anime, which is first for me. PV looked great, and can't wait to see this one, Konishi Katsuyuki is main character's voice, have started to like his work the more I hear him. Also Hatanaka Tasuku is singing ED.
シャングリラ・フロンティア~クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす~/Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su/ Shangri-La Frontier
Uchida Yuuma being main character's voice actor, so it's always nice to hear him, and story as well as animation style looked interesting, Sunraku playing VR game and getting know to the world inside it.
2/10
MFゴースト/MF Ghost
Second racing anime of the season, so I'm being fed good. This one has great cast, Uchida Yuuma voicing main character, and Sakura Ayane voicing Saionji Ren. Animation style looked nice, and racing parts intense.
鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理/Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri/Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective
One of the season's anime I have been waiting eagerly, PV looked great, and intense with the murder mysteries. Ron (Azakami Youhei) looks so hot. UNISON SQUARE GARDEN is singing OP, so looking forward to hear their song again.
ミギとダリ/Migi to Dali/Migi & Dali
Story is interesting, also animation style is looking nice and can't wait to see this. Cast is great, Murase Ayumu and Shun Horie with Takeuchi Shunsuke and Asanuma Shintarou.
とあるおっさんのVRMMO活動記/Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki/A Certain Middle-Aged Man's VRMMO Activity Log
Also game anime, VRMMO game. Looks nice, colorful and funny, Ishikawa Kaito is Earth, main caharcter's voice actor. Can't wait to see this, and hear Ishikawa.
3/10
聖女の魔力は万能です Season2/Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu 2nd Season/The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2
Yay, 2nd season. Have been waiting this since the first season was over. Also see Hawke and Drewes once again.
東京リベンジャーズ 天竺編/Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen
3rd season of Tokyo Revengers, haven't seen 2nd season yet so probably have to watch this later.
Paradox Live THE ANIMATION
Music anime, so curious to see this although haven't been following their music or other stuff they have already published.
4/10
婚約破棄された令嬢を拾った俺が、イケナイことを教え込む/Konyaku Haki sareta Reijou wo Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto wo Oshiekomu
PV was hilarious and funny, so eagerly waiting to see this. Demon Lord -he's hot - teaching all the bad habits to a girl.
5/10
暴食のベルセルク/Boushoku no Berserk/Berserk of Gluttony
PV was backed with action and animation style was great with beautiful scenes. So curious to see this anime, and Oosaka Ryouta with Seki Tomokazu being in the cast.
柚木さんちの四兄弟。/Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai.
This is going to be most precious and emotional anime as PV was so good, and loved Yuzuki's brothers relationships so much with each other. Especially the youngest is so cute.
ビックリメン/Bikkurimen
Not sure about this one but I'm curious to see stickers' battles.
6/10
アンダーニンジャ/Under Ninja
Ninja anime, looked interesting. Ban Taito being main character's voice.
冒険者になりたいと都に出て行った娘がSランクになってた/Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S-Rank ni Natteta/My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
Suwabe Junichi is in the cast, also Hayami Saori whom voice I have started to love so much, and story is a bit different than usually, so excited for this one too.
7/10
新しい上司はど天然/Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen/ My New Boss Is Goofy
This is going to be so cute, PV was funny and sweet, especially Hakuto kitty. Great cast; Umehara Yuuichirou, Nishiyama Koutarou, Shimono Hiro, Sugita Tomokazu and Fukuyama Jun.
アンデッドアンラック/Undead Unluck
Supernatural anime with bizzare powers of the characters. Unlucky girl and immortal boy who get know to each other. Nakamura Yuichi is voicing Andy, and mysterious group is full of nice voice actors.
はめつのおうこく/Hametsu no Oukoku/The Kingdoms of Ruin
Ishikawa Kaito and Sato Hinoshi in the cast. Story sounds interesting, and Who-ya Extended is singing ED so can't wait to hear it.
ゴブリンスレイヤーⅡ/Goblin Slayer II
Finally 2nd season of Goblin Slayer!!! Can't wait to see them again, and of course Umehara Yuuichirou voicing Goblin Slayer, and hear his deep and honeyed voice.
最果てのパラディン 鉄錆の山の王/Saihate no Paladin: Tetsusabi no Yama no Ou/The Faraway Paladin Season 2
2nd season of Faraway Paladin, so excited to see them again, especially Will and Menel. This season's story/arc looks interesting and lots of new characters to meet.
SPY×FAMILY Season 2
Seeing Loid, Yor and Anya again, eagerly waiting new season and the movie later.
8/10
僕らの雨いろプロトコル/Bokura no Ameiro Protocol/Our Rainy Protocol
E-sports anime, so interesting to see this kind of anime, and PV looked nice. Also Kimura Ryouhei voicing Sendou Akito.
豚のレバーは加熱しろ/Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro/Heat the Pig Liver: The Story of a Man Turned Into a Pig
This is rather eccentric story, man turned into a pig who travels with the girl. Matsuoka Yoshitsugu is voicing the pig.
帰還者の魔法は特別です/Kikansha no Mahou wa Tokubetsu desu/ A Returner's Magic Should Be Special
Korean web manga, and PV was great, it's nice to see time travelling anime. So curious to see this how it goes. Terashima Takuma is voicing MC.
ティアムーン帝国物語~断頭台から始まる、姫の転生逆転ストーリー~/Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story/Tearmoon Empire
This is cute one, also time travel anime. The cast is great; Uesaka Sumire, Umehara Yuuichirou, Furukawa Makoto, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu and Masuda Toshiki.
黙示録の四騎士/Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi/The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
Animation style is different but looks good, so curious to see this.
君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女/Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo/The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
Quite interesting story, and cast is nice, so curious how this will turn out.
9/10
川越ボーイズ・シング/Kawagoe Boys Sing
Music anime about choir club, so very interested to see this, and hear more of their singing as PV was great.
10/10
デッドマウント・デスプレイ/Dead Mount Death Play Part 2
YAY!!! Second part so soon, loved the first one surprisingly a lot and can't wait to see them again, especially Takumi, Polka, Arase and Iwanome.
13/10
放課後少年花子くん/Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun/After-School Hanako-kun
Four short stories, before they will start over in the new season.
22/10
ドッグシグナル/Dog Signal
Excited to see this anime, it sounds great and cute. KENN and Ono Kensho is in the cast so glad to hear them.
薬屋のひとりごと/Kusuriya no Hitorigoto/ The Apothecary Diaries
PV was so beautiful, and Jinshi (Ootsuka Takeo) is so hot. Also Mao Mao (Yuuki Aoi) is cute and glad to hear her once again some more.
These five are my comfort characters and I decided I wanted to make a short clip of excerpts of them singing. These are from their actual character songs, I did not cheat and choose any random songs their seiyuu sing. (Which is why Kogapapa's excerpt seems incomplete, because he sings the other half of the chorus with two others and I needed to focus on their solos.)
Songs chosen...
Minna de Arukou (originally performed by Satoshi, Kasumi, Takeshi and Kenji with Pikachu, Togepi, Rokon, Mariru and Fushigidane - Matsumoto Rica, Iizuka Mayumi, Ueda Yuji and Seki Tomokazu with Otani Ikue, Koroogi Satomi, Aikawa Rikako, Kanai Mika and Hayashibara Megumi) - Pokémon
Piyo-chan no Uta ( originally performed by Shinomiya Natsuki - Taniyama Kisho) - Uta no Prince-sama
Anata to Watashi to -Kashuu Kiyomitsu solo- (originally performed by Kashuu Kiyomitsu - Masuda Toshiki) - Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-
Medetashi Tsukurigoto (originally performed by Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Shishiou and Kogarasumaru - Maeno Tomoaki, Ohsaka Ryota and Hoshi Soichiro) - Zoku Touken Ranbu -Hanamaru-
Ichi, Ni, Sankaku (originally performed by Ikaruga Misumi - Hirose Daisuke) - A3! - Act! Addict! Actors!