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I received many celebratory words from everyone. Thank you so much. Today, I have turned 70 years old and am in good health~. In no time at all, it has been 70 years. Thanks to everyone, I have been able to persevere until now. From now on, I will continue to treasure every day. Thank you for your continued support.
Happy 70th Birthday to Inoue Kazuhiko-san, voice actor for Nyanko-sensei! 🎂😸 Here is Inoue-san's birthday message to everyone. I will try to translate more posts in the next few days (if I have more free time, haha). Enjoy!
#AnimeJapan2024
For the #NatsumeYuujinchou Stage Performance, to everyone who came and watched via streaming, thank you so much!
Celebrating Kazuhiko-san with everyone!
Lots of grinning faces 😊
It was a happy time…!!
「Natsume Yuujinchou 7」 will Broadcast in autumn 2024!! 🌸
TV Anime 『Natsume Yuujinchou』 AnimeJapan2024 Special Stage 〜Spring Banquet〜 has fortunately ended successfully ☺️✨ Manager-san and Dresser-san recommended and were in charge of the pink 🤣🌸
clothes, I assume
It was truly a fun event ♪ Thank you so much🙇♂️Please look forward to the seventh season!!
#NatsumeYuujinchou
#animejapan2024
The writing on the cake (second picture) says, “Inoue Kazuhiko-san Congratulations on 70 years & voice acting for 50 years”… looks so tasty…
#KamiyaHiroshi
【Anime 「Natsume Yuujinchou」 #AnimeJapan2024 Special Stage〜Spring Banquet〜】
〈3/23 (Sat.) Held @Tokyo Big Sight〉
Anime 『Natsume Yuujinchou』 Kamiya Hiroshi, who plays Natsume Takashi, made an appearance 😺
Thank you so much.
#NatsumeYuujinchou
Source: @aoni_official (Twitter)
Translated by Popsicle
Next,
#KazumaHorie-san’s one sheet and, #OomoriTakahiro general director’s three sheets ❕
Are there goods proposals that you want turned into merchandise ❔
Please do tweet your thoughts 💬 ✨
(right) “Book of Friends Smartphone Case” (design on left: “Book of Friends”)
(right) Nyanko car | (top) retractable headlights (the art to the left of this is Nyanko-sensei’s eyes as “headlights” when “open”, as they are “closed”/retracted in the main drawing below) [TN – This reminds me of the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro, haha… also, is that Natsume driving? So cute… but I am concerned about his safety, haha]
Chobi Board (extremely slow) [TN – “Chobi” as in “Chobihige” / Mr. Mustache; also Natsume’s dead-pan face is hilarious]
[llama interjection: popsicle accidentally forgot to translate the forth image—she's currently asleep right now, so time to bust out those extremely limited Japanese reading skills *cracks knuckles*
The text in the image says "Kappa Mug"
Wow that's a messy af "gu" so I almost misread it as "bu" ]
Source: @NatsumeYujincho (Twitter)
Happy World Bear Day 🐻 (random, I know!) — Santou the bear-like yokai sends you greetings!
Here are the first batch of Twitter/X post translations, featuring artwork from Inoue Kazuhiko-san (VA for Nyanko-sensei), Kazuma Horie-san (VA for Tanuma), and Director Oomori Takahiro-san. (Santou's picture is not part of the Twitter/X post—it is just my addition.) Enjoy!
- popsicle
#AnimeJapan2024
Anime #NatsumeYuujinchou ~Little Banquet~
Everyone who attended,
Thank you so much 🌸 🍃
In the “Let’s think about new goods!” corner,
We release goods illustrations conceived by three individuals 🎨 ✨
First are #InoueKazuhiko-san’s four sheets
NeCoKuSa [TN -猫草 = nekokusa = catnip? This is just my guess!]
What do we do?
Nyanko-sensei says “Uwa–” (“wow”) / (on box) In an instant, (it has / I have) become beautiful
[llama interjection: I think that's a washing machine]
Notice / pay attention to the traffic light!! [TN - forward slash my addition to separate column]
Happy World Bear Day 🐻 (random, I know!) — Santou the bear-like yokai sends you greetings!
Here are the first batch of Twitter/X post translations, featuring artwork from Inoue Kazuhiko-san (VA for Nyanko-sensei), Kazuma Horie-san (VA for Tanuma), and Director Oomori Takahiro-san. (Santou's picture is not part of the Twitter/X post—it is just my addition.) Enjoy!
- popsicle
#AnimeJapan2024
Anime #NatsumeYuujinchou ~Little Banquet~
Everyone who attended,
Thank you so much 🌸 🍃
In the “Let’s think about new goods!” corner,
We release goods illustrations conceived by three individuals 🎨 ✨
First are #InoueKazuhiko-san’s four sheets
NeCoKuSa [TN -猫草 = nekokusa = catnip? This is just my guess!]
What do we do?
Nyanko-sensei says “Uwa–” (“wow”) / (on box) In an instant, (it has / I have) become beautiful
[llama interjection: I think that's a washing machine]
Notice / pay attention to the traffic light!! [TN - forward slash my addition to separate column]
Happy St. Patrick's Day 🍀 I found something I thought was nice and wanted to share with everyone. It is a shadow picture event in Kumamoto Prefecture and looks really pretty!
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Source: @HitokumaCH
#CelebratoryLightingPeriodExtended
『#NatsumeYuujinchouShadowPicture』
Lighting Period
Until Reiwa 7th Year, March 18:00~22:00 [TN – I.e., until 2025. Reiwa 6th year, mentioned below, is 2024.]
Location
Kumamoto Prefecture, Hitoyoshi-shi
At nine places in the Hitoyoshi-shi urban area, Natsume Yuujinchou’s shadow pictures are being lit
The lighting period was set until March of Reiwa 6th year, but this time #ExtendedUntilReiwa7thYearMarch
Some sample art by Midorikawa-sama is out! I love the early summer color palette and calm atmosphere (and Natsume's yukata). For anyone who is well-versed in flowers, do you know what kind might be in the background?
【Publication】 「LaLa 2024/5 【Online Shopping Special Offer Included】」 Currently Accepting Advance Orders 💐✨
Cover is #MidorikawaYuki Sensei’s Natsume Yuujinchou 🐱💕
Extremely cute add-on is the 【Nyanko-sensei Letter Stationery】 💌✨
#AnimateOnlineShoppingSpecialOffer is a bromide* (Natsume Yuujinchou)
[*TN – “Bromide” or “promide” is a term in Japanese culture traditionally reserved for commercial photographic portraits of celebrities, but this term is now used to describe portraiture of characters in anime/manga as well.]
I realized something. The latest chapter release is not connected to the previous chapter.
Yeah that’s cause, chapter 112 was completed much quicker than chapter 111 and at the time the goal was to get out 1 new chapter a month. But things in my life forced a hiatus, so I guess it didn’t matter in the long run lol.
The goal is still to release a chapter every month, but it’s been a bit slow getting things back in check.