Our 12 Days of Christmas Anime series rolls along today with a new episode of the Tangle x Cast! Mike, Tyler, and Paris look to some series we haven’t often dug deep into but are personal favorites of the staff as we pull apart the episodes and reflect on the meaning of Christmas. Welcome to episode 26 of the Tangle x Cast!
0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Announcements
1:38 - Catch-up!
7:28 - One-word Story
10:47 - Christmas Anime
11:00 - Discussion—You’re Under Arrest
17:48 - Discussion—Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto
26:57 - Discussion—Kodocha
38:29 - Cast Question
42:01 - Closing
Cast Question
What’s your favorite gift that you’ve received?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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I was the one who made this back in 2016, posted on my old tumblr account (deactivated due to several reasons) and since then has been reposted everywhere.
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Mitchell's VA
NOBODY TOLD ME MITCHELL WAS VOICED BY HIKARU MIDORIKAWA!!!
Mitchell is the COTD for Pokemon Horizons Episode 19. He is a patissier and shares a past with Murdock.
His voice actor is Hikaru Midorikawa who has been in Pokemon several times in the past as shown below:
Not only did Midorikawa voiced Mitchell, he also voiced Damian (The trainer who abandoned Charmander) and Mandi (The trainer Ash faced in the Indigo League's first round). He currently voices N in Pokemon Masters.
Some of his non-Pokemon roles include:
Leon Magnus (Tales of Destiny)
Judas (Tales of Destiny 2)
Zelgadis (Slayers)
Cherry Blossom/Kaoru Sakurayashiki (SK8: The Infinity)
Sakamoto (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto)
Garou (One Punch Man)
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Anime Talk - In Memory of Nami Sano
As we are nearing the end of the year, I would like to bring attention to one manga artist who is no longer in this world. I write this with the intention of paying her my respects. Anything that may seem offensive have no such intention behind it.
Nami Sano was born on April 17. 1987 and died August 5. 2023. She was 36 years old and passed from cancer. She left behind many works, two of which have been animated. The first one was Sakamoto Desu ga? (Haven't You Heard, I'm Sakamoto) which was animated in 2016. The other is Migi to Dali (Migi and Dali), which was animated in 2023, the last episode airing December 25. 2023.
I have watched both these anime and want to talk a little bit about both of them. I want to start with Sakamoto Desu ga?.
The story is about a cool high school student named Sakamoto. He transfers to one school and solves problems in the coolest way possible, making friends and enemies along the way. I didn't watch the series as it aired, but it's still been a while. I do remember enjoying it a lot. It is seinen and mainly a comedy series. I can't describe it very well, so I encourage you to watch it, or at least check it out on MAL. I gave it a 7/10 ranking. This is also called "good". I will admit, comedy is not what makes me rank a series highly. My favorite part about the series is probably the titular character, Sakamoto and all the character dynamics he is part of.
As for Migi to Dali, I have quite a lot to say. I had seen the series as part of the line-up of the Fall season 2023 and was considering to watch it. I originally decided against it because I simply had too much to watch on the airdate, Monday. Yet, after another student from my university recommended it to me and mentioned that the author had passed, I decided I should at least watch the first episode and see if I liked it. I definitely did. I couldn't look away. A middle-aged couple named the Sonoyamas, living in Origon village, decide to adopt one child, just one. They find the perfect son, a 13-year-old boy named Hitori. However, there is something the couple do not realize. Hitori is not Hitori. Hitori is two 13-year-old twin boys named Migi and Dali, who both play the role of Hitori. They often swap places and pull off little tricks to make sure that no one will ever catch onto this.
I will say no more on the story. As it is a comedy, mystery and suspense story, I would hate to ruin all the fun. The final episode is great and I ended up giving it a 9/10 score (great) on MAL. If you enjoy mysteries like I do, then I can't recommend this series enough. You can check it out on MAL if you feel like it.
Knowing that this is Sano-sensei's last completed work, you would suspect it ended around the time of her death, but this is not the case. Apparently the manga finished in November 2021, long before she was diagnosed. According to Wikipedia, she was also working on a new project around the time of her death, which further proves that Migi to Dali ended as she intended.
While it is possible to tell that the author is the same through the art style, the stories of Sakamoto Desu ga? and Migi to Dali are so different it is hard to believe they are written by the same author.
What I can conclude is that Nami Sano had a creative mind with many ideas for gimics and interesting stories. It is sad that the world has lost such a great, creative mind this year. My heart goes out to her loved ones, and I hope that none of them are left alone at this difficult time.
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adding Sakamoto to the list of characters that are autistic because I decided it actually
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My headcanon is that Sakamoto isn't human. He's some weird trickster god
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