#Atsushi Ōkubo

[thefruitz]

Source : Fire Force

By Atsushi Ōkubo

#manga #art #manga and stuff #aestehtic #fire force #Atsushi Ōkubo

[kursed-arcana]

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#vulcan joseph #fire force #enen no shouboutai #fire brigade #fire brigade of flames #atsushi ohkubo #Atsushi Ōkubo #soul eater #anime merch #for sale

[redsnerdden]

Company Eight Answers the Call! Fire Force Season Three has been Confirmed

Company Eight Answers the Call! Fire Force Season Three has been Confirmed #火炎ノ消防 #FireForce #anime #manga #MrsGREENAPPLE

If this was on your Shows that I wished there was another season list, then today’s your lucky day. Yesterday was quite a day for excitement, First to find out that The Duke of Death and His Maid would be returning in 2023, and now Fire Force will be returning for another season. To add to that thrilling news was the final volume went on sale as well, which stoked the flames of excitement in…

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#Anime #Atsushi Ōkubo #Fire Force #Kodansha #Manga #New Season Announcement

[cryptmyst]

I draw Crona a lot. Here's some old art I did, I remember being particularly proud of this piece. Character origin: [Crona Makenshi from SOUL EATER] © Atsushi Ōkubo Speedpaint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMq7WodWyg&ab_channel=CryptMyst

#crona soul eater #anime #artists on tumblr #crona gorgon #soul eater #art #digital art #anime fanart #soul eater fanart

[thekingofwinterblog]

Hell If I Care! - Soul Eater's Original Message

One of the way i find both of the endings of Soul Eater facinating, is how they overlap in so many ways.

This is not surprising, given the fact that Ōkubo Atsushi had his hand in both of them, and so he effectively got to do a doo over when he himself had free reigns for the Manga, withouth having to worry about episode limits... Unfortunatly in many ways, He learned the wrong lessons from the mixed reaction the original anime ending got when first released.

Asura was innitially heavily critiqued by fans for how he was defeated, so Okubo made sure to mix his stupidly high powerlevel with pretty much being completely unflappable, when the entire point of his character was that for all his power, he was a massive coward.

Thus removing that genuine fear removed pretty much everything that made him stand out from other uber powerfull Shonen villains.

The lesson Okubo should have taken from this, was to make sure to emphasise the fact that just like Kid, Asura was a living embodiment of a very volatile force, and just like his brother could he brought to his knees with incorrect symmetry, Asura could and were in the end, defeated by his own opposite, bravery.

Instead we got the sealed moon. Yay.

There were a lot of bad lessons learned from the anime reception, and in many points the result was to rewrite the overall plans, rather than refining them now that he knew what did, and didnt work.

One of those things that was very obviously changed, that stuck out to me, is something Crona says at the end of the manga as justification for resorting to sealing Asura away, rather than fighting.

This is beat for beat the exact same thing Asura said at the end of the anime as he was going through his mental breakdown.

Ultimately, the Thing that turned Asura into the person he was, was the certainty that nothing was absolute in the world. There was no guarantees that he would be safe, and would remain safe. That madness would always exist, and with it, the knowledge that he would have to face it for the rest of his life.

That is what drove him to madness, and here at the end, He is screaming this line of thoughts to Maka.

Even if she defeats him, the madness of the world that made him wont go away, sooner or later there will rise another Kishin up to take his place, a successor(Any potential demon egg that is allowed to reach its full potential), a junior(kid falling to madness like Asura did), a newcomer(really anyone could do it with the right set of circumstances), or a hidden number 2(Asura doesnt have one, but the point here is that maka cannot for absolute certain refute that he might in this moment) or really whatever else will pop up to replace him.

That is the ultimate point of Soul Eater's villains.

There will always be darkness, always be madness, so long as humanity exists, something, somewhere, will always pop up as the next great evil.

In asura's case, that is specifically a new incarnation of the madness of fear, but it goes for anything really. If Soul Eater shows anything, its that evil didnt begin with asura, and it wont stop with him either.

So with that in mind, what is Maka's response?

Hell if I care!

This is the moment Soul Eater was building towards as it's climax, both the anime and manga. The culmination of the entire story, and it's themes is encapsulated in this moment.

Madness and Bravery are two sides of the same coin, but they are not opposites.

Fear and Bravery is.

The World is Terrifying, and anything can happen to you. You can die tomorrow, and you WILL die at some point. Everyone you know will die. Horrible, murderous people exists, and will be replaced by other, horrible, murderous people.

If you have a lover, they might break up with you tomorrow, or they might cheat on you. Your parents might break up. Your brother might turn out to be a deranged killer. you could be an orphan. Your Dad could be actively dying. Your mother might abandon you on the street. You might simply draw the genetic lottery and be doomed to subpar talent and always remain second rate in doing what you love. Dictators exists, and will continue to exist somewhere in the world. And there is nothing you can do about any of it.

This is truth. It is true for countless people around the world, and will remain so for as long as humanity exists.

It is fully logical to fear it.

Soul Eater's message is not to deny this truth, but instead say that it doesnt matter. Everything horrible can happen yes, but by that same token, EVERYTHING that makes life worth living is full of risks.

Loving someone means exposing your heart to betrayal, but it also means opening it up for warmth that can only be found in companionship, be that of a lover, a friend, family, or a even a pet.

only by taking risks, and falling on your face, will you ever be able to grow, while those who run away will never grow at all, and remain stagnant, or even atrophate.

Great things in life, only comes by being willing to take risks, take chances, and confront the fact that the world is terrifying head on.

The future is terrifying, but so what?

If you want to live a life worth living, you have to be willing to face the risks of life head on.

It's a great message, even if the anime could have handled it better. It's a shame though that the manga ultimately abandoned it.

#soul eater #maka albarn #asura #meta #episode 51 #chapter 112

[lovelycureaestetic]

Hey you, yes YOU!

Do you like manga? Do you like crazy adventures? Would you like a shounen that doesn't feel like your everyday shounen? Would you like a story about finding value in everything and everyone? Are you a fan of sick designs? Are you a fan of clothes that drip swag? Do you like cool ass monsters? Do you like absurd fighting scenes? Would you like to see a peculiar drawing style? Would you like to see a mangaka working alongside a graffiti artist? What if I told you the mangaka was appointed by Atsushi Ōkubo (Soul Eater) as his spiritual successor? What if I told you the mangaka goes by they/them (or she/her)?

The list could go on but the bottom line is GIVE GACHIAKUTA A TRY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A COOL ASS READ! THE MANGA IS BARELY TWO YEARS OLD (as of feb 16th 2024) THERE'S 89 CHAPTERS OUT UPDATED WEEKLY ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS!!

DO IT! DO IT FOR ME!! DO IT FOR NENE!!! YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT PLEASE I'M ON MY KNEES NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ANIME OUT YET AND I WANNA RANT ABOUT IT WITH SOMEONE PLEASE I'M BEGGING YALL GIVE IT A CHANCE!

#PWEASEEEEEEE #gachiakuta #manga #p l e a s e #read gachiakuta #I'm sobbing on the cold cold floor #rudo is such a great protagonist! the whole cast is cool as hell!! hot people too!!!! and they're all weirdos!!!!!!!!!

[dreaming-wavelength]

Wasn't there a "theory" in the fandom that Medusa and Noah once had something together? Am I mistaken? At least that's what I remember.

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A little research later:

Medusa & Noah

From:

Arachne & Noah

(Come on, that last sentence is pure ship bait! XD)

From:

#soul eater #medusa gorgon #noah soul eater #medusa x noah #arachne gorgon #Arachne x Noah

[tales-from-the-frame]

Soul Eater by Takuya Igarashi / Atsushi Ōkubo (2003-2013)

Tsubaki vs Masamune

#soul eater #frame #full frame #film frames #movie #the beauty of #movies #anime #anime art #tales from the frame #Tsubaki #black star #Masamunemo #moon #blood moon

[pikafaawork]

((I was gonna post this on Pico day, but cuz of copyrigth I will not be able to, it’s already restricted on youtube, and Idk if it’s gonna be mute here as well lol, so I’m gonna post it anyway and hope for it not to be erase)) Pico's School x Soul Eater【Anime opening parody】

I always wanted to make an Anime opening/ending parody since my days of browsing on Nico Nico douga ( n . n) and here it is! I finally make one! I'm very happy with how it turn out.

-Gracias especiales a Ignacio Nox y YATOBI por ayudarme con la info. en edicion de video ❤ No hubiera podido terminarlo sin su ayuda ( n.n)

*Pico's School by Tom fulp, Pico's Cousin by Magna, Newgrounds. *Soul eater by Atsushi Ōkubo, studio BONES, ending 4 song: Strength by Abingdon Boys School.

((make with clip studio paint, sony vegas pro 13))

#picos school #pico #darnell #anime #soul eater #anime opening #newgrounds #parody #anime ending #nene #fnf #picos school love conquers all #parody video #nico nico douga #friday night funkin #fnf bf

[tetrix-anime]

Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life - Characters and casts. Premiere: January 2023

Dariel (CV: Tomokazu Sugita)

Marika (CV: Akane Fujita)

Bashubaza (CV: Atsushi Abe)

Gashita (CV: Tetsuya Kakihara)

Zebiantes (CV: Rumi Ōkubo)

Redi (CV: Akari Kitō)

#ankoku heishi #character

[thefruitz]

Source : Fire Force

By Atsushi Ōkubo

#fire force #manga #art #manga and stuff #Atsushi Ōkubo #shonen

[wet--milk]

Soul Eater by Atsushi Ōkubo

#anime #manga #manga cap #soul eater #soul eater manga #maka #maka albarn #soul #soul evans #soul eater evans

[mobtism]

i hate ōkubo atsushi as much as the next person because of his fanservicey fetishism but i love the way he makes batshit crazy women characters.

#thinking about all the nutty women in fire force 🫶 #🌟 #they have depth they have swag #where would we be without haumea and inca and PUPPETEER. #ritsu. amaterasu even. #hell i'll even include hibana and hikage & hinata. #the true downside is that he gave no room for the 3 main girl protags to have any bit of unhinged nature to them. extremely unfair and i #feel like they deserve more and better. #i wish those 3 had stronger character in general and were treated WAY better than they are ESPECIALLY tamaki. #god i will never forgive him for tamaki. #she had so much damn potential i could yell about it forever but of fucking COURSE he reduced her down to being his fanservice target #if i could uppercut ōkubo i would. Right now. #anyway. fire force<3👍

[cryptmyst]

Another Crona drawing, this one is stylized more after the manga. ♥ Character origin: [Crona Makenshi from SOUL EATER] © Atsushi Ōkubo

#digital art #fanart #anime #artists on tumblr #crona soul eater #se crona #crona gorgon #crona makenshi #soul eater #cryptmyst

[freischutz999]

shinigami owned by  Atsushi Ōkubo copyrighted

art by me

#shinigami #shinigami sama #soul eater #souleater #death #god #reaper

[doorbloggr]

Wednesday 11/5/22 - Media Recommendations 33

Fire Force

Atsushi Ōkubo/David Productions

The Pitch

Fire Force is a Battle Shonen where every superpowered character and enemy monster has fire powers. Usually in Shonens, those with magical powers have a variety in element or execution, but Fire Force is built on the very simple premise that if you have powers, they will be related in some way to fire. Now this concept itself does not make for a compelling story, but it forms an interesting base for a quite interesting story.

A worldwide apocalypse has transformed the layout of the Earth, and a mass rapture-like event occurred where a majority of humanity erupted into flames and became firey zombie monsters called Infernals. Humanity still clings on in pockets around the world, and a couple hundred years after the calamity, we focus on the Tokyo Empire. Although humanity has mostly rebuilt, people will still spontaneously combust, seemingly at random, and it is the duty of the Fire Force, part fire-fighter service, part military, to put these suffering souls to rest.

Not all humans afflicted by flame go full-infernal, and many use their partially infernal blood to serve the country and protect the remains of humanity. Second-generation infernals have the ability to manipulate open flames in any form, depending on their speciality. They make good fighters and good protectors. Third generation infernals have the ability to conjure their own flames, either from their body or onto equipment they may carry, making them very intimidating in combat.

In this series, we follow Shinra, a third-generation Fire Force soldier who has the ability to burst flames from his feet, giving him super-powered kicks and the ability to fly at high speeds like a missile. Shinra's family was consumed in a fire, and he wants to protect the remainders of humanity, as a hero. He joins the newest subset of the Fire Force, Company 8, and works with them toward their goal of protecting humanity and understanding the cause of spontaneous human combustion.

My Thoughts

Fire Force is a really good action series. Like REALLY good. Fight scenes are tense, exciting, and very well animation. The colours and sound design do an amazing job of communicating the impact and power of the flames. Character designs are fun, varied, and imaginative. Since most of the involved characters are members of the Fire Force, they often have the same outfit, but through proportions, face expressions, and mannerisms, every character feels unique.

But this emphasis on action comes at a price. Talking scenes, especially season one, are flat and kinda lazy. Strategic wide shots and camera angles from the back and sides mean that you rarely see a character's face while they talk, and although this can have a positive dramatic effect at times, I found it cheap. And Fire Force has an interesting story beyond the action, so this was disappointing on first watch.

The other issue is shameless fanservice. As I discussed in Media Recommendations #32, fanservice can ruin the atmosphere of a scenario if used in the wrong place, or in Fire Force's case, too often. Tamaki is a character with an awful clumsy streak, and most scenes with her end with her tripping out of her clothes, or into other characters. Clumsy characters aren't inherently bad, but every time Tamaki turns up, it happens. It's fun at first, but the joke gets old quick.

Thankfully, both of these issues are worked on and phased out in the second season. Character driven dialogue scenes are paced and framed better, and Tamaki has like 2 or 3 arcs in a row where she never falls out of her clothes.

I will conclude this recommendation by saying that Fire Force's highs are very high, and although it's lows can be difficult at times, I think it's worth it to power through it. Obviously if the relentless fanservice is a deal breaker, don't force yourself through it, but I promise you they get better about it. At time of writing there's two 24 episode seasons and I look forward to seeing more.

#blog #blogpost #media recommendations #anime recommendations #fire force #enn enn no shouboutai #anime