#Katsura Keiichi

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#animecore #2000s nostalgia #rena ryuugu #higurashi no naku koro ni #kotonoha katsura #school days #keiichi maebara

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Inside Sunrise Interview

Inside Sunrise interview with Masayuki Ozaki and Kazuhiko Tamura. This is transcribed from an Anime News Network video linked below.

The Origin of Tiger & Bunny

Ozaki:

The idea for Tiger & Bunny came from two different roots. The first was Director Keiichi Sato's sentiments. To Director Sato, it's a story about heroes with mundane problems. The director said he wanted to depict a superhero drama with a sense of life to it. The other was my sentiments, as a producer. I wanted to depict the conflict and drama one sees when they've belonged to an organization for a while.

The impetus for the project came from the controversy over the competition swimsuits in the Beijing Olympics. I saw in an interview that wearing one particular kind of swimsuit gave you a chance at setting a record but, well, the athletes who had contracts with Japanese companies couldn't wear that fast swimsuit.

At the time, we were coming up with the project, so we thought the conflict of those athletes who belonged to those industries was very interesting and intriguing. And so we thought it would be nice to take the Director's desire to make a hero story, the story of heroes who have to bear the weight of sponsors, and depict the conflict, drama, and culture that lies behind all of that. So that's, well, how the idea came to fruition.

Tamura:

This is where we work on the storyboard for Tiger & Bunny. We're very particular about using pencil, and, um, the expression of performance, you could say. There are things you can't express without using pencil to depict motion, so we pay extra attention to those parts.

This is called the layout. A layout, you see, is this image, framed here by the screen. It's an image we use to make sure how it'll fit in the television frame. We use this as a base to create the key animation.

Oh, this character is Blue Rose. It's a scene where Blue Rose is drinking soda. It's part of a TV ad campaign in Japan. The drink is for one of the sponsors, but this is the test layout for that. We'll use this as a base to draw the animation.

Thoughts on the Characters

Ozaki:

When we were working on the costume design for the heroes of Tiger & Bunny, we paid special attention to their variety. There are 8 heroes who appear in this work, but from the start we had the idea that their suits should be diverse. We set the story in a near-future city that's anethnic melting pot, so the characters themselves were set to be a variety of races. There's a Russian character, a Chinese one, a Hispanic one, and a Japanese one too. We thought the hero suits should be designed to match those different characteristics.

Character Designer Masakazu Katsura, himself is very knowledgeable about superheroes. He loves superheroes, in particular, those from American comic books. Director Sato really liked that aspect as well. So Mr. Katsura pulled out a whole lot of ideas for what he wanted the superhero designs to be like. Fire emblem really is the kind of suit-wearing super hero you might find in American comic books.

A hero made with a bull as it's motif. Rock Bison is the kind of design you'll find in Japanese Tokusatsu, but not in American comics and that was the kind of variation we wanted it to have.

Tamura:

This right here is the CG check movie. We're running a check on the motion. We work on drawing the animation after we first make the CG.

Visual Effects Efforts

Ozaki:

Also, one of the visual aspects of Tiger & Bunny we were really conscientious about was depicting the heroes primarily through CG. The female character Blue Rose is the only one that's frequently hand drawn, but basically Tiger, Barnaby, and the others are all CG. They're designed to actually bear industry logos so since those industry logos would change over and over, we'd have to draw it over and over if they were hand drawn. That'd make it very difficult. But by making them CG, that kind of work, the swapping out of corporate logos, is not big deal.

One other reason is, we were keeping the world market in mind, and because of Pixar and Disney, CG animation is the visual style people around the world are most used to seeing. Hand-drawn animation certainly has its own good points, but in the end, we thought CG had the most universality and we designed each hero in CG. In doing it that way, we're able to come up with some pretty detailed imagery. For example, the hero Fire Emblem wears a cape, and that cape constantly flickers with fire as a pattern. If that was hand-drawn we couldn't do something like that. Those are the kinds of visual effects we focused on.

About Kotetsu

Ozaki:

The design for the character Kotetsu was clearly risky. For starters, he's middle-aged, has a beard, and is a single father. Characters like that in animation are, well, how do I say…it's a fact that they're hard for viewers to accept. The truth is, we were half hopeful and half fearful, but in the end we went with that design for the animation, and luckily, he's well accepted right now. We're actually getting word from the fans that they can empathize with him, and we're very happy to hear that reaction.

Kotetsu wasn't the only character, there's his partner, the younger Barnaby. This is a buddy story. By having another main character, we think we've established a very nice balance. Kotetsu's a middle-aged guy who used to be popular back in the day, but lately he's not doing so well. That's his character background. That said, there were things we wanted to illustrate thematically with him, like the importance of never giving up, of the bonds between people, things of that nature.

Plus, Hollywood movies, especially lately, are getting lots of sequels, and as the main character's actor gets older, they write the character to age with him. By part 4 or 5, he's already middle aged. Their refusal to give up, their continued fight, gave us some queues as well. You can say it's targeted more towards adults. As for me, I want to create dramas with universality, dramas that people of any generation can sympathize with and to keep making them in the future. That's what I hope for.

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#tiger & bunny #translated #interview #masayuki ozaki #kazuhiko tamura #Youtube #2011

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Shima Iwashita and Shin'ichiro Mikami in Youth in Fury (Masahiro Shinoda, 1960)

Cast: Shin'ichiro Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Hizuro Takachiho, Kazuya Kosaka, Junichiro Yamashita, Yachiyo Otori, Yunosuke Ito. Screenplay: Shuji Terayama, based on a story by Eiji Shinba. Cinematography: Masao Kosugi. Film editing: Keiichi Uraoka. Music: Toru Takemitsu.

Like the French New Wave directors, the Japanese also found themes and stories in the insurgent, rebellious post-World War II generation. But unlike such films as Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960) and Bande à Part (1964) or François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959), the Japanese equivalents never quite caught on internationally. Perhaps it's because the French found a new approach to the material, where the Japanese directors were more directly inspired by the tone and technique of American movies like The Wild One (László Benedek, 1953) and Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955), which had a more moralistic or didactic tone, blaming the eruption of youthful rebellion on societal neglect. Even so shrewd a director as Nagisa Oshima, in his second feature, Cruel Story of Youth (1960), seems constrained to portray the departure of his young rebels from the old ways as shocking, whereas Godard and Truffaut relish their liberation from old moral norms. Youth in Fury (also known as Dry Lake) was also a second feature for Masahiro Shinoda, and it centers on young people caught up in the political revolt that culminated in student riots against the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty. One of them is Takuya Shimojo (Shin'ichiro Mikami), who is politically engaged but also confused -- he decorates his walls with pictures of political figures ranging from FDR to Hitler to Fidel Castro. Essentially he's a nihilist. He becomes involved with Yoko Katsura (Shima Iwashita), whose father, a politician, has recently committed suicide, brought on by threats to expose his corruption. Her family is left penniless by his death, and with the consent of their mother, her older sister has agreed to sleep with a conservative politician who helps the family out with money. Eventually, Takuya's rejection of conventional morality will get him arrested: He hired a drunken boxer to beat up the man who had been engaged to Yoko's sister but jilted her after her father's suicide; instead the thug slashed the man's face with a razor. Yoko, the "nice girl," ends by being swept up in the crowds of students protesting the treaty. The problem with Youth in Fury is that it's overloaded with secondary characters, such as the rich young layabout who tries to rape Yoko, and Takuya's old girlfriend who resents his taking up with Yoko, as well as a group of politically engaged young idealists with whom Takuya first works but finally rejects. Shinoda has trouble sorting out and delineating these various characters, so that the film sometimes loses focus. But it's propelled by a good score by Toru Takemitsu -- like many films of its day, it relies more on jazz than on rock, which was just beginning to become the dominant musical idiom.

#Youth in Fury #Masahiro Shinoda #Shima Iwashita #Shin'ichiro Mikami

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#Darwin's Game #ダーウィンズゲーム #action #mystery #shounen #anime #ep10 #survival #game #police #Katsura Keiichi

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#darwin's game #d-game #katsura keiichi #manga #mangacap #monochrome

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My Favorite BL Manga Couples

The title says it all.

1. Daiki x Sawato (Kachou Fuugetsu by Shimizu Yuki)

2. Shingo x Keiichi (Kuroneko Kareshi series by Sakyo Aya)

3. Asari x Shoui (Ze by Shimizu Yuki)

4. Zaizen x Kiriya (Kachou Fuugetsu by Shimizu Yuki)

5. Ai x Nagato (Rouge by Katsura Komachi)

I love them because of the uke

#bl manga #yaoimanga #favorite #couples #daiki x sawato #yuki shimizu #shingo x keiichi #sakyo aya #aya sakyo #shoui x asari #asari x shoui #zaizen x kiriya #ai x nagato #katsura komachi #kachou fuugetsu #kuroneko kareshi #ze #rouge #personal

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5 Dark Anime Series That Seem Cute At First

1. Higurashi When They Cry

Plot: Higurashi: When They Cry takes place in the fictional village of Hinamizawa in June 1983. Shortly before then, the main character, Keiichi Maebara, moves to the village and befriends classmates Mion Sonozaki, her twin sister Shion, Rena Ryugu, Rika Furude and Satoko Hojo. Keiichi soon learns of the village's annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local deity Oyashiro. Hinamizawa initially seems calm and peaceful, but shortly before the festival, Keiichi learns that for four consecutive years, people in the village have been killed or have disappeared on the evening of the festival. These crimes remain unsolved and have been named the "Oyashiro Curse" by the local populace. 

While the series seems innocent at first, it becomes a lot darker as the series progresses. Because of a mysterious illness, many of the characters become insane and will violently murder someone...even in public. While there are many story arcs within this series, they all have something in common: Hinamizawa is filled with people who slowly go insane and has many, unsolved mysteries regarding the illness that makes the townspeople go insane. 

There is much violence and gore, as well as betrayals and good guys gone bad. 

2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Plot: In the fictional city of Mitakihara, Japan, a middle school student named Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki encounter a small, cat-like creature named Kyubey. It offers a contract in which a girl may have any wish granted in exchange for obtaining magical powers and being tasked with fighting witches. Meanwhile, a transfer student and magical girl named Homura Akemi tries to stop Madoka from making the contract with Kyubey. Madoka and Sayaka then meet Mami Tomoe, an upperclassman at the same school who is also a magical girl. Noticing their indecisiveness on whether to become a magical girl, Mami offers to take Madoka and Sayaka along on her witch hunts so they may learn of the responsibilities that come with being a magical girl. However, after witnessing Mami's death at the hands of a witch, Madoka realizes the life of a magical girl is filled with danger, anguish, and suffering. This is further enforced by the appearance of Kyoko Sakura, a veteran magical girl whose wish indirectly caused the death of her family. Madoka also discovers magical girls give up their souls to form their Soul Gems, the source of their magic, and that when Soul Gems become too tainted with despair, magical girls change into witches.

While it looks like an innocent, magical girl anime at first...this series is filled with violence and magical girls trying to kill each other. While the characters look like little angels, they are willing to commit cold-blooded murder and drive their enemies insane in order to save the world...though it tends to have terrible consequences for the main heroes. Madoka tries to be the ‘good guy’ of the series, but the cute-little Kyubey makes it difficult for her and her friends...especially since it enjoys watching magical girls and witches kill each other. 

This series is definitely not meant for children...especially little girls who are fans of ‘Sailor Moon’.

3. Happy Sugar Life

Plot: The series is centered on high school girl Satō Matsuzaka who befriends a mysterious little girl named Shio, and immediately falls in love with her. She kidnaps Shio and keeps her in her apartment. She vows to protect that feeling of love, even if it means committing crimes or even killing people.

While this series looks innocent at first, since high school girl, Sato, is protecting little girl ‘Shio’...it takes a dark turn real fast. Sato falls head-over-heels with Shio, who appears to be 5 years old, and kills anyone who discovers Shio’s existence. Shio once lived with her abusive father, her mother whose sanity was slowly slipping away, and her older brother who willingly put himself in danger in order to protect Shio and their mother. Not only that, but a teenage boy named Taiyo is raped by his female boss and becomes obsessed with Shio due to her innocence. 

Basically...many of the characters begin to slowly go insane because of an innocent, naive little girl who only sees the good in people. Of course, she to is on the verge of losing her sanity as well. I would not recommend this series to anyone who has children, younger siblings, or a mental illness. 

4. School-Live!

Plot: Yuki Takeya is a cheerful high school girl who lives at Megurigaoka Private High School and spends time with the School Living Club alongside fellow members Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yūri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki. After some time, a zombie outbreak overruns the city. The outbreak spreads to the school, and many students and teachers are infected, including Kurumi's upperclassman, his girlfriend, and Kei Shido, who is Miki's classmate. Yuki's classmates work hard to keep Yuki safe while she seeks out fun school activities every day. It is learned that Yuki is a delusional school girl, believing that everything is normal and her classmates and teachers are alive and well at first.Later, Megumi Sakura learns from her mother and Yuri about the outbreak, realizing the change in the city's situation. Yuki later holds a school trip to the shopping mall which was hit by zombie attack like the rest of the city. After the tour, Miki quickly comes to learn about her delusions, including the fact that the existence of Megumi is also one of them. She also learns from Yuri and Kurumi how Megumi, who founded the School Living Club with Yuri, sacrificed herself in order to protect her students from the zombies, the resulting shock of which left Yuki with the delusion that Megumi and the other students are still alive. Miki later learns a little about how Yuki's way of thinking helps Kurumi and others and in order to understand more, she decides to become a trial member of the School Living Club. One day, Yuki and friends find a hidden safe containing an emergency manual, which reveals the school was involved with a biological weapon and was constructed as a safe house in the event of an outbreak.

I think anyone who watches this feels bad for the main character: Yuki. She was a cheerful girl with a normal life and without a care in the world. But then an outbreak occurs and her whole life comes crashing down right before her eyes...causing her to become delusional and to see the world as it once was, instead of what it has become. While her surviving classmates have accepted her current mental state...it’s still heartbreaking to see that Yuki’s delusions are the reason why she hasn’t tried to end it all. 

Yuki is just a child who wants her old life back...but reality is always trying to ruin her cheerful, innocent persona.

5. School Days

Plot: School Days focuses on the life of Makoto Ito, a first-year high school student living with his divorced and unseen mother in the fictional city of Haramihama. During his second term, he becomes infatuated with Kotonoha Katsura, a soft-spoken schoolmate who shares train rides with him to and from campus. When his homeroom seating plan is rearranged, he becomes acquaintances with Sekai Saionji, an upbeat girl who takes a special interest in his newfound crush, befriending the two and providing them the grounds to meet. In spite of her triumphant efforts however, Sekai becomes jealous of the new couple, having developed feelings for Makoto herself.

While it may be about normal, high schoolers...this series is just as disturbing as the other anime series on this list. While Makoto seems like a normal guy, his habit of quickly falling in love causes a series of events that lead to a violent end. Based off of a visual novel, this is just one of many disturbing stories. The series itself is connected to other visual novels that have messed up plots and tragic characters. It also doesn’t help that Makoto unknowingly falls in love with his half-sisters and even his own mother!

If you want to watch this series, best be warned before you watch it out of curiosity. If you wish to know about the other visual novels that this series is part of...be prepared to question the life and sanity of the characters.

#top 5 list #Top List #higurashi #when they cry #puella magi madoka magica #happy sugar life #school live #school days #disturbing #cute #anime

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Higurashi Days

Keiichi=Makoto

Rena=Sekai

Mion=Otome

Shion=Katsura

Rika=Setsuna

Satoko=Hikari

Hanyuu=Otome’s friend

Keiichi is interested in Shion and asks Rena to help him out. Rena steals Keiichi behind Shion's back. Mion bullies Shion due to jealousy of her flirting with Keiichi. Rika blocks Shion's number in order for Keiichi's faithfulness to Rena. The Wataganashi Festival comes up, Mion continues bullying Shion like always. Rika kisses an asleep Keiichi in front of Shion. Mion confesses to Keiichi and they fuck in the shed. Tomitake takes Shion's innocence. Keiichi dances with Rena while Shion, having been raped, weeps. The next day, Keiichi breaks up with Shion and cheats on Rena with Mion. Rika finds out and ends up offering to fuck Keiichi if he stops cheating on Rena. Meanwhile, Rena and Mion meet up. They watch what has been filmed in the shed during the Festival. Seeing Keiichi with Mion, Rena immediately leaves to look for him. She bumps into a psychotic Shion who tells her that Keiichi has fucked Rika. It gets close to Christmas with Keiichi now fucking Satoko. He also cheats on Mion with Hanyuu. Rena is pregnant and comes back to school. After hearing the big news, all the girls block Keiichi's number. While Rena makes food for their 'baby', Keiichi looks for other girls to sleep with. Coincidentally, he meets Shion again who stills believes that she is his GF. Keiichi and Shion french in front of Rena driving her insane. In her room, Rena receives a text from Keiichi telling her to get an abortion in the hospital that Shion recommended. She texts him that she wants to meet up in his apartment so then they can discuss about it. Whilst she makes tea for Keiichi, she texts him to come over. Rena proceeds to stab Keiichi and he dies. Shion walks in and cuts off his head. She texts Rena to meet at the rooftop. They argue about who is Keiichi's GF and Shion takes out her stun gun. She then stabs Rena in order to confirm that the pregnancy was a lie. Shion holds Keiichi's head, the end.

#higurashi gou #school days #yandere #visual novel

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Pop Team Epic Special Cast!

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Part A: Yukari Tamura  x Yui Horie

Part B: Souichirou Hoshi x Akira Ishida

Part A: Kana Hanazawa x Haruka Tomatsu

Part B: Kappei Yamaguchi x Kenichi Ogata

Part A: Sakiko Tamagawa x Rie Tanaka

Part B: Yuuki Ono and Kensho Ono

Part A: Yumiri Hanamori x Nao Touyama

Part B: Takahiro Sakurai x Jun Fukuyama

Part A: Mariko Kouda x Kikuko Inoue 

Part B: Nobuo Tobito x Bin Shimada

Part A: Emiri Kato x Kaori Fukuhara

Part B: Tomokazu Seki x Yousuke Akimoto

Part A: Junko Takeuchi x Rei Sakuma

Part B: Toshihiko Seki x Yusa Kouji

Part A: Etsuko Kozakura x Chisa Yokoyama

Part B: Hikaru Midorikawa x Takehito Koyasu

Yes, I got lazy part of the way through the deep research stuff. Really, just read what’s above...

Part A: Yukari Tamura  x Yui Horie

Yukari Tamura

Agency: Amuleto

Date of Birth: February 27, 1976 (age 43 years)

Notable Roles: [VIDEO] Tenten (Naruto), Mine (Akame ga Kill), Amane Suzuha (Steins;Gate), Natsukawa Masuzu (OreShura), Harime Nui (Kill la Kill), Furude Rika  (Higurashi), Yumehara Chiyo (Saiki)

Related Posts: - “The seiyuu with the best singing voice?”

Yui Horie 

Agency: VIMS

Date of Birth: September 20, 1976 (age 42 years)

Notable Roles: [VIDEO] Ayu Tsukimiya (Kanon), Minori Kushieda (Toradora!), Wiz (KonoSuba), Charles (Fairy Tail), Kouko Kaga (Golden Time), Ryuunosuke Akasaka (Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo), Aina Kuronuma (Sakamoto desu ga?), Hanyuu (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai), Anna Kushina (K), Kisara Tendou (Black Bullet)

Related Posts: - “The seiyuu with the best singing voice?” - 42nd Birthday Post

REASON: Besides being nearly the same age, Horie formed a temporary unit called Yamato Nadeshiko with the popular seiyuu Tamura Yukari in 2001. They released two singles. They have been in anime together like Higurashi too. 

Part B: Souichirou Hoshi x Akira Ishida

Souichirou Hoshi:

Agency: Arts Vision

Date of Birth: May 30, 1972 (age 46 years)

Notable Roles: Kira Yamato (Gundam), Kazuki Fuuchouin (GetBackers), Keiichi Maebara (Higurashi), Kaoru Hanabishi (Ai Yori Aoshi), Rygart Arrow (Break Blade), Makoto Isshiki (Chuunibyou), Sanada Yukimura (Sengoku Basara)

Akira Ishida

Agency: Gerbera Peerless

Date of Birth: November 2, 1967 (age 51)

Notable Roles: Athrun Zala (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny), Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Kotaro Katsura (Gintama), Gaara (Naruto), Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail), Xerxes Break (Pandora Hearts),  Keiji Mogami (Mob Psycho 100), Shuichi Natori (Natsume Yuujinchou)

Related Posts:  - “Ishida Akira's Trivia” - “The seiyuu with the most acting range?” - “Favourite and Least Favourite Male Seiyuu” - “Least Recognizable Seiyuu" - “Happy Birthday Akira Ishida!” - “Charapedia’s Top 20 popular male seiyuu of 2018″  

REASON: These two are actually really good friends which is weird because Akira is known for being a very closed off person. He won’t even go to parties (unless his friend Hoshi is there), he doesn’t take all the roles that he’s offered, and he even took a while warming up to the Gintama cast. Even then, he can come off as a bit standoffish and hostile at times, so Hoshi is really one of the only people that are close to Ishida.

Part A: Kana Hanazawa x Haruka Tomatsu

Kana Hanazawa

Agency: Office Osawa

Date of Birth: February 25, 1989 (age 30 years)

Notable Roles/Related Posts: - “Happy Birthday Kana Hanazawa (Feb. 25)” (Role Compilation) - “The seiyuu with the best singing voice?” - “Kana Hanazawa - Song Recommendations” - “The seiyuu with the most acting range?” - “The Top 20 Female Seiyuu (as of Apr 2018)” - “Seiyuu Challenge (3+4): Favourite and Least Favourite Female Seiyuu” - “YouTube Excursion - Kana Hanazawa”

Haruka Tomatsu

Agency: Music Ray'n

Date of Birth: February 4, 1990 (age 29 years)

Notable Roles/Related Posts: - “Happy Birthday Haruka Tomatsu (Feb. 4)” (Role Compilation and Song Recommendation) - “The seiyuu with the best singing voice?” - “The seiyuu with the most acting range?” - “The Top 20 Female Seiyuu (as of Apr 2018)” - “Seiyuu Challenge (3+4): Favourite and Least Favourite Female Seiyuu”

REASON: Besides being nearly the same age, I actually don’t know. Hanazawa is known for being fans of her Kouhei like Yui Ogura and Ayane Sakura.

Part B: Kappei Yamaguchi x Kenichi Ogata

Kappei Yamaguchi:

Agencies: Gokū and 21st Century Fox

Date of Birth: May 23, 1965 (age 53 years)

Compilation Post (Role Compilation, Sources, etc.)

Kenichi Ogata

Agency: Gerbera Peerless

Date of Birth: March 29, 1942 (age 77 years)

Notable Roles: Genma Saotome (Ranma ½), Professor Hiroshi Agasa (Detective Konan), Myōga (Inuyasha), King Dedede (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)

REASON: I guess it’s because they’ve worked on Inuyasha and Ranma ½ together.

Part A: Sakiko Tamagawa x Rie Tanaka

Sakiko Tamagawa

Agency: Sigma Seven

Date of Birth: January 20, 1962 (age 57 years)

Rie Tanaka

Agency: Mausu Production

Date of Birth: January 3, 1979 (age 40 years)

Part B: Yuuki Ono and Kensho Ono

Yuuki Ono:

Agencies: Freelancer

Date of Birth: June 22, 1984 (age 34 years)

“Top Five Yuuki Ono Roles”

Kensho Ono

Agency: Animo Productions

Date of Birth: October 5, 1989 (age 29 years)

Notable Roles: [VIDEO] Kuroko Tetsuya (Kuroko no Basket), Tanaka (Tanaka is Always Listless), Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs), Hyakuya Mikaela (Owari no Seraph), Slaine Troyard (Aldnoah.Zero), Giorno Giovanna (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Related Post: - “Popular Seiyuu Ranking Top 30 - 2019″ - “Top Five Kensho Ono Roles” - “Best Seiyuu Pairings"

REASON: Two Ono’s are better than one? They’re both in Jojo, but Jojo has all three Ono’s (Daisuke, Kensho, and Yuuki).

Part A: Yumiri Hanamori x Nao Touyama

Yumiri Hanamori

Agency: M&I

Date of Birth: September 29, 1997 (age 21 years)

Nao Touyama

Agency: INTENTION

Date of Birth: March 11, 1992 (age 27 years)

Related Posts: - “Happy Birthday Nao Touyama!” - “Nao Touyama - Song Recommendations” - “The Top 20 Female Seiyuu (as of Apr 2018)” - “Seiyuu, who surprised you with their non-voice acting skills?"

Part B: Takahiro Sakurai x Jun Fukuyama

Takahiro Sakurai:

Agencies: INTENTION

Jun Fukuyama:

Agency: BLACKSHIP

At this point, I really gave up trying to keep up with finding all the links and maintaining this format.

Part A: Mariko Kouda (Aoni Production) x Kikuko Inoue (Office Anemone)

Part B: Nobuo Tobito (Arts Vision) x Bin Shimada (Aoni Production)

Part A: Emiri Kato (81 Produce) x Kaori Fukuhara (Freelance) 

Part B: Tomokazu Seki (Atomic Monkey) x Yousuke Akimoto (Office PAC)

Part A: Junko Takeuchi (Ogipro The Next) x Rei Sakuma (81 Produce)

Part B: Toshihiko Seki (81 Produce) x Yusa Kouji (Freelance)

Part A: Etsuko Kozakura (Little Portal) x Chisa Yokoyama (Banbina)

Part B: Hikaru Midorikawa (Aoni Production) x Takehito Koyasu (Ts Factory)

#pop team epic #poputepipikku #seiyuu #hikaru midorikawa #takehito koyasu #etsuko kozakura #chisa yokoyama #junko takeuchi #rei sakuma #toshihiko seki #yusa kouji #emiri kato #kaori fukuhara #tomokazu seki #yousuke akimoto #mariko kouda #kikuko inoue #sakurai takahiro #fukuyama jun #tomatsu haruka #kana hanazawa #nao touyama #Ono Kensho #ono yuuki #akira ishida

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2011: Tiger & Bunny

For me, 2011 was an amazing year for anime. So many of my favorite shows popped out of this one year it’s kind of disgusting.

Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica, Hanasaku Iroha, Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, No. 6, From Up on Poppy Hill, Wandering Son, Nichijou, my sweet baby Mawaru Penguindrum! What Am I to do?! Well. I don’t even know how to begin talking about Nichijou and I’ve talked plenty on Penguindrum so lets give another equally loved show the spotlight today!

Who is down for some Kamen Rider meets slice-of-life-lessons mixed with a healthy dose of X-Men and NASCAR racing?  

I was on board with Tiger & Bunny the day it was announced as a project. My boy Masakazu Katsura on character design? A live action script writer named Masafumi Nishida being brought in? Big O king himself Keiichi Sato directing? I was signed up! I was ready! And I was not at all disappointed.

Tiger & Bunny is about reality star superheroes who gain points for their heroics during Live TV broadcasts and who vie for funding and resources from sponsors. The supers’ costumes are plastered with the logos of (real world) corporations and are dominantly featured in the show’s openings (which can make for an odd experience if you’re watching the censored versions on Netflix) and the characters often find themselves at odds with what kind of hero they’d like to be verse the kind their sponsors and TV producers want them to be.

It’s a good fuckin’ set up isn’t it?! Oh my god.

A older hero (Kotetsu Kaburagi AKA Wild Tiger) and a rookie hero (Barnaby Brooks Jr. AKA “Bunny”) are teamed up by their sponsors and the two have to learn to compromise and collaborate while saving the day, the efforts of which start to carry over into their private lives as they grow as people.

Kotetsu is a veteran of Hero TV who holds old fashioned notions on the superhero lifestyle but possesses a well balanced moral center due to his years of service. He is the “old man” but has a solid grasp on why he does what he does as his days of doubt have already come and gone, but Kotetsu’s glory days are increasingly getting behind him.  

Barnaby is Batman if Batman were blonde and a much more stable individual although still, you know, pretty jacked up. Barnaby is emotionally closed off and simply does the hero thing as a means to an end; finding his parents murderer. Through his partnership with Kotetsu Barnaby begins to open up and truly consider for the first time what kind of person (and hero) he wants to be.

I cannot stress enough how wonderful it is that Tiger & Bunny is a show that has adult characters who grow and that they do so through a mutual give-and-take mentorship, friendship, and if you ask me romantic relationship. And that’s just the two main characters!

Tiger & Bunny has one of my absolutely favorite extend cast of characters in anime; they’re a diverse, layered, sympathetic bunch whose interactions and relationships as co-workers, competitors, friends, and found-family is the foundation the show rests on. Another key aspect of the series is that every character’s superhero identity relies on outward stereotypes (their superhero identities are crafted by corporations afterall) which are simplified reflections of the characters actual identities.

I’ll do my best to explain as Tiger & Bunny doesn’t draw a hard line with it, but this is a series that dips in and out of the the personalities and lives of the heroes as filtered though the simplistic picture TV captures and then their real lives and personalities.

For example, the sexy hero Blue Rose is sponsored by Pepsi NEXT because they want to capitalize on the association of her ice powers in reminding folks how tasty a nice cold Pepsi can be. Blue Rose is instructed to act cold and dominatrixy so as to fit into Pepsi’s campaign and we see that off camera she is also a bit cold - but we learn that’s because of conflict within herself.

Karina’s dream is to be a singer so she took the superhero gig because she was told she needed to make a platform for herself, build a fanbase, and put in some company time before being trusted with the budget of a true artist. As Blue Rose Karina gets to sing the closing theme to Hero TV and have mini concerts, but while she does her best to please the sponsors her full heart and attention isn’t exactly in being a hero. She complains about her catch phrase and is a teenager who is very aware of how the camera roams over her corporate designed costume. She misses out on time with her friends and her family doesn’t entirely understand her choices even as they support her in her goal.

Karina Lyle, like all the cast members, works through her problems while the audience comes to understand that there are parts of her that are similar to her hero persona but that her persona isn’t a complete representation of who she is.

This duality is pushed even further to the point where it is built into the literal presentation of the series.

When the characters are suited up, logos polished and on display, the series takes on the camera work and focus of what a show like Hero TV would probably actually be like but will drop out of that style mid fight to highlight characters real feelings and concerns - only to slip back into that heightened style once again. It’s hard to describe and it isn’t something the series does only when literally showing us things through the show-in-the-show, Hero TV.

Tiger & Bunny fluctuates between two kinds of Visual and Tonal Coding™: The structured posturing of what superhero media is like and what we all expect and then the wavering hesitant nature of being a human being with responsibilities and an inner understanding of oneself.

I have plenty of other things I want to talk about but if you watch the first three episodes of Tiger & Bunny you’ll start to get a feel for what I mean! It’s a very clever, subtle, tactic the series uses to compare and contrast it’s many characters with their superhero personas and is what gives the show such an enjoyable dynamic feel.

Because of this show’s characters and their wonderful duality this is the first and only time I’ll make this kind of comment: I do not suggest the dub of Tiger & Bunny and not because it isn’t good (it’s well cast and acted) but because the English script ignores the nuances of how characters address themselves because English can’t help it and the official translations don’t address any of it. 

Nathan Seymour (AKA the hero Fire Emblem) uses the gender neutral I/me pronoun "watashi" and informal feminine "atashi" for themselves which is hard to express in an English script as English doesn’t have gendered I/me pronouns. For those watching a sub there is still a lot of guess work if you even have the ear to pick out how Nathan refers to themselves because the character absolutely displays Japanese media stereotypes and as such Nathan can be seen to fall into the onee category with their dialogue being onee kotoba.  

I could get into this but I’ll just say again that this is a series where stereotypes are pitted against people who can fall into them but are shown to be more than them and Nathan is absolutely a part of that. The most thrilling and moving aspect of the second Tiger & Bunny film, and I’d argue of the entire franchise, is when the story goes into Nathan’s history and shares a considerate journey with identity - but what if you never make it there?    

At the end of the day who you are and what you know is going to define whether Nathan Seymour is a believable agender queer POC character or a strange flat stereotype - which isn’t anything special as that’s how all characters from everything are experienced and defined.  

If you want to get deep into this kind of conversation I suggest starting with Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People by Shigeko Okamoto and Janet S. Shibamoto Smith. And if anything at all has caught your interest about Tiger & Bunny I full heartedly endorse giving this series a watch.

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Tatsuya Nakadai in The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Sato, Kunie Tanaka, Michiro Minami, Keiji Sada, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara. Screenplay: Zenzo Matsuyama, Masaki Kobayashi, based on a novel by Junpei Gomikawa. Cinematography: Yoshio Miyajima. Art direction: Kazue Hirataka. Film editing: Keiichi Uraoka. Music: Chuji Kinoshita.

If the first part of Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition makes me think of the earnest "serious pictures" that came out of Hollywood in the 1940s -- I have in mind such movies as The Razor's Edge (Edmund Goulding, 1946), in which Tyrone Power searches for the meaning of life, or Gentleman's Agreement (Elia Kazan, 1947), in which Gregory Peck crusades against antisemitism -- then the second part, Road to Eternity, suggests, even in its subtitle, the influence of From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, 1953), that near-scathing* look at brutality in Army basic training. Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai), our idealistic protagonist, has been sent to war, and has to endure all manner of abuse even though he's an excellent marksman and a sturdy trooper. His objections to Japanese militarism and his belief that the war is wrong mark him out as a "Red," and for a time he contemplates escaping into his idealized version of the Soviet Union. But his sympathy for his fellow recruits keeps him plugging away, occasionally taking heat for his defense of them, especially from the military veterans who have been called up to serve. They object to his treating the recruits he is put in charge of training with respect and human decency -- they went through hell in basic training, so why shouldn't everyone? The film ends with a cataclysmic battle sequence, during which Kaji has to kill one of his fellow soldiers, who has gone stark raving mad and whose antics threaten the lives of other soldiers. It's not the first time Kaji has resorted to killing a fellow soldier: Earlier, he has been mired in quicksand with a brutal man who has caused the suicide of a recruit, and Kaji lets him drown. The intensity of the battle scenes takes some of the focus away from Kaji's intellectualizing, which is all to the good.

*I have to qualify: From Here to Eternity is not as scathing as the James Jones novel on which it's based, thanks to the Production Code and the residual good feeling of having won the war. In some ways, The Human Condition II is more properly an anticipation of Stanley Kubrick's no-holds-barred Full Metal Jacket (1987).

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Tiger & Bunny 2: nuovo trailer per la serie animata in arrivo su Netflix

I primi 13 episodi della nuova stagione dell’anime supereroistico saranno disponibili dall’8 aprile.

Pubblicato un nuovo trailer sottotitolato di “Tiger & Bunny 2″, l’attesa seconda stagione dell’originale serie supereroistica, che per l’occasione farà il suo grande ritorno, debuttando globalmente in streaming su Netflix.

La nuova stagione sarà composta sempre da 25 episodi, ma verrà divisa due parti: i primi 13 episodi saranno infatti disponibili a partire dall’8 aprile.

Questa nuova serie non sarà, però, diretta da Keiichi Sato e neppure da Yoshitomo Yonetani, registi rispettivamente della prima stagione (che trovate già su Netflix) e dei due seguenti film chiamati “ Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning” e “Tiger & Bunny: The Rising”.

Il progetto, in lavorazione presso BANDAI NAMCO PICTURES (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators) e non più in quel di SUNRISE, è infatti in mano a Mitsuko Kase (Ristorante Paradiso, Young Black Jack).

La sceneggiatura e il character design torneranno invece rispettivamente ad essere curati da Masafumi Nishida e dal mangaka Masakazu Katsura (Garo: Guren no Tsuki, Video Girl Ai).

Siamo in una New York alternativa protetta dai NEXT, una squadra di supereroi a contratto, sponsorizzati da diverse compagnie. La storia segue il veterano Wild Tiger, costretto ad avere come partner il principiante Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Ad accompagnare il lancio della nuova serie, da aprile partirà la serializzazione di due nuovi manga, uno scritto da Erika Yoshida e disegnato da Hiroshi Ueda, mentre il secondo sarà curato da Mizuki Sakakibara.

Il franchise, molto popolare in Giappone, oltre all’anime ha ispirato manga, videogiochi, spettacoli teatrali e anche un film live-action.

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Tubi TV Adds the DNA^2 Anime to Its Catalog

Tubi TV Adds the DNA^2 Anime to Its Catalog

The Fandom Post is reporting that Tubi TV has added the dubbed episodes of the DNA^2 anime to its catalog.

Animated by Madhouse, the Japanese cast includes Megumi Hayashibara, Takehito Koyasu, Hekiru Shiina, Hiroko Kasahara, and Keiichi Nanba.

DNA^2 was originally released in 1994 and was based on the manga by Masakazu Katsura. Discotek Media holds the North American license to the series.

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5 aterradores animes

¿Eres un adicto al horror o estás buscando algo que dé miedo para ver esta temporada de Halloween? Aquí tienes cinco series de anime japonesas que te garantizan que te refrescarán la columna vertebral.

El anime japonés es un medio que tiene títulos estelares en prácticamente todos los géneros.

Un género, sin embargo, que creo que está lleno de demasiados títulos de baja calidad tanto en el anime como en la televisión y el cine es el horror. Me encantan las historias de terror, pero cuando digo “horror” me refiero a cuentos que realmente inspiran miedo. Ya sean películas, libros, televisión o anime, el verdadero horror no siempre requiere un exceso de sangre, saltos de miedo o incluso violencia gratuita.

Lo que sí necesita es crear un sentimiento de miedo genuino e inquietante, y eso es algo difícil de hacer.

Cuando la gente sabe que está leyendo, viendo o jugando una obra de ficción, es difícil hacerles olvidar que se trata de hacer creer. Hacer que el lector, espectador o jugador olvide el mundo real por un momento y esté verdaderamente aterrorizado es el arte del horror. Recientemente, una serie de terror que hizo precisamente eso – convirtiéndose en un gran éxito entre el público occidental en el proceso – es American Horror Story. Pero con sus propias películas aterradoras como The Ring y The Grudge, Japón tiene muchos títulos aterradores que pueden competir con las franquicias estadounidenses en la industria del terror.

El horror anime, sin embargo, es escaso. Así que, si vamos a comparar los programas japoneses con una tendencia occidental actual, aquí hay cinco títulos de anime raros que son tan aterradores como -si no, más aterradores- que American Horror Story u otros de su clase.

1. La fiesta del cadáver: Almas Torturadas

Basado en la popular serie japonesa de videojuegos de terror, Corpse Party, este anime sigue la historia del primer juego. La fiesta del cadáver: Tortured Souls es sobre un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria que invocan un encanto de amistad que encontraron en Internet con la esperanza de hacer que su vínculo dure para siempre.

Sin embargo, tan pronto como completan el hechizo, ocurre un terremoto y se despiertan horas después separados en un lugar infernal y espantoso conocido como Heavenly Host Elementary School. La escuela está cerrada por una fuerza invisible y llena de cadáveres y espíritus malignos que intentan asesinarlos. Juntos deben descubrir y superar la presencia fantasmal que acecha a la escuela o convertirse ellos mismos en víctimas, condenados a vagar por los pasillos con los otros espías.

Abarcando sólo cuatro episodios, Fiesta del cadáver: Las Almas Torturadas es una serie corta que debería complacer a cualquier fanático del horror. Para aquellos que han jugado a la serie de videojuegos, ver versiones animadas completas de los personajes del sprite retro del juego original será una experiencia refrescante y nostálgica.

Bien por: Aquellos que disfrutan de lo sangriento y lo grotesco, así como los amantes de los fantasmas o del horror demoníaco.

Disponible en: La fiesta del cadáver: Las almas torturadas están disponibles para su compra en Amazon Japón.

2. Otro

Japón tiene una historia profunda y rica que abarca miles de años, y que ha generado una plétora de edificios antiguos, históricos y arcaicos, así como sitios espirituales. Estos lugares son el escenario perfecto para una buena historia de fantasmas, y muchos de ellos han sido creados pensando en ellos.

Con una cultura que contiene un mito con muchos dioses y la existencia de yokai (espíritus/demonios), las historias de hechizos y actividades demoníacas parecen más creíbles cuando se sitúan en Japón. Otra es exactamente ese tipo de historia. Basada en una premiada novela ligera del mismo nombre, Another tiene una de las tramas más espeluznantes de cualquier anime que haya visto.

Ambientada en la Escuela Intermedia Yomiyama North, una clase sufre la trágica pérdida de uno de sus estudiantes más populares. Cargados de dolor, empiezan a actuar como si ella estuviera viva. Desafortunadamente para ellos, su imaginación se convierte en una realidad horripilante cuando el fantasma de su amigo muerto aparece en la foto de su clase. Después de eso, las personas en la clase y relacionadas con los estudiantes comienzan a morir en circunstancias extrañas y dolorosas. ¿Encontrará el protagonista, Koichi, la verdadera fuente del fenómeno y librará a la clase de su maldición o todos sus compañeros morirán en el proceso? Otro es el epítome de la historia de fantasmas japonesa.

Bien por: Aquellos que disfrutan de historias de fantasmas a la antigua y del horror con un poco de misterio.

Disponible en: Otro está disponible para su compra en Amazon Japón.

3. Higurashi: Cuando lloran

Aunque la serie no se ha popularizado en Norteamérica ni en el público occidental en general, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (“When They Cry”) es una serie que ha recibido increíbles elogios en Japón.

Este anime comenzó como un drama de audio que a su vez dio lugar a un manga, una novela ligera, un videojuego y varias adaptaciones de anime. Sigue a Keiichi Maebara mientras se traslada a una aldea rural japonesa donde se une a un grupo de amigos amantes de la diversión. Sin embargo, se entera de que el pueblo sufre un asesinato o una persona desaparecida cada año el día del matsuri (festival) de verano, en el que suelen participar sus propios amigos.

La astucia artística de When They Cry viene con la disonancia entre su estilo de arte y el contenido. El anime cuenta con gráficos kawaii (lindos) y escenas alegres y juguetonas que recuerdan la época típica de la escuela, una ilustración de la vida. Sin embargo, esos mismos niños adorablemente animados de la escuela primaria son representados cometiendo actos de horror indecibles. When They Cry no es para los débiles de corazón, sino para aquellos que quieren ser testigos de un verdadero horror al estilo del anime.

Bien por: Aquellos que disfrutan del anime artístico o de las historias con líneas de tiempo ramificadas o dimensiones alternas.

Disponible en: Cuando ellos lloran está disponible para su compra en Amazon Japón o a través de Netflix Japón.

4. Escuela Secundaria de los Muertos

Si amas el subgénero de los zombis, High School of the Dead es uno de los mejores animes que existen.

Completo con la sangre y la sangre típica de la categoría de zombies, High School of the Dead logra no exagerar con sus escenas gráficas. Además de algunos momentos grotescos, hay que mencionar que este incluye una cantidad considerable de servicio de abanico (escenas demasiado sexuales) que pueden distraer de la grandeza de la serie en su conjunto.

En medio de la amenaza de una horda de zombis que plaga a un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria tratando de encontrar seguridad y regresar con sus familias, el miedo real dentro de este anime no reside en su escenario de apocalipsis zombie sino en la caída de la humanidad. High School of the Dead muestra cómo la tragedia puede unir a un grupo de amigos improbables y al mismo tiempo mostrar cómo el miedo y la desesperanza pueden hacer que la gente normal descienda a la locura.

Este anime se basó en un manga muy elogiado escrito por Daisuke Sato. Es corto y dulce, con sólo 12 episodios publicados. Mientras que los aficionados han estado gritando por segunda vez en la temporada, Sato lamentablemente falleció debido a una enfermedad cardíaca en 2017 y es poco probable que la serie continúe.

5. Días Escolares

Otra serie corta de anime, Días Escolares, tiene sólo 12 episodios. Comenzando como una novela visual, el éxito de su juego homónimo llevó a una adaptación de anime.

Después de haber visto el anime durante años, hay poco que no haya visto cuando se trata de los tropos del formato, especialmente en el ámbito del romance o de las comedias románticas. Un día decidí navegar por la lista de romance en un sitio de anime y me encontré con Días de Escuela. No queriendo arruinar el espectáculo, empecé a verlo sin leer la sinopsis. Durante los primeros 80 a 90 por ciento de la serie, Días de Escuela se presenta como un típico romance ligero sobre un triángulo amoroso entre el chico de secundaria Makoto Ito, su enamoramiento llamado Katsura y su mejor amigo, Saionji.

Sin embargo, el final de los Días Escolares me dejó sin aliento y, en mi opinión, proporcionó uno de los finales más grandes de la historia del anime. La brillantez de School Days reside en la forma en que engaña a su público con el frente de un típico motivo de comedia romántica y luego gira 180 grados y tira de algunas de las escenas más horribles que he visto en el anime.

Con la próxima temporada de Halloween, considere pasar una noche de miedo con uno de estos anime de terror, pero tenga cuidado: ¡agárrese a su propio riesgo! (Y no se avergüence si siente la necesidad de dejar las luces encendidas.)

¿Nos perdimos tu anime de terror favorito? Háganoslo saber a nosotros y a nuestros lectores en los comentarios que siguen.

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Crunchyroll Sets Premiere Times for "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online" and "PERSONA5 the Animation"

Crunchyroll will be streaming Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online and PERSONA5 the Animation on Saturday April 7. Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online will premiere at 9:30AM PDT while PERSONA5 the Animation will premiere 30 minutes later at 10AM PDT.

  Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online will be available in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland

    Synopsis:

The latest expansion is based on the original work by renowned writer Keiichi Sigsawa, creator of the popular Kino’s Journeynovels, with illustrations and character design concept by Kouhaku Kuroboshi, who also provided the original character design for World Conquest Zvezda Plot. Known as an avid gun and military fanatic, Mr. Sigsawa is also credited for serving as the gun consultant for Phantom Bullet of Sword Art Online II. The series will be produced by Studio 3Hz (Flip Flappers, Princess Principal) with Yoshio Kozakai (Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu, Tsukimonogatari) serving as Character Design and Chief Animation Director, and Masayuki Sakoi (Strawberry Panic!, Princess Principal) as Director for the series. 

The new series centers on main character LLENN, voiced by Tomori Kusunoki (Slow Start, Marchen Madchen), and features the same world as the “VRMMO Gun Gale Online” where Kirito and Sinon met in Sword Art Online II. The cast also includes Yoko Hikasa (The irregular at magic high school THE MOVIE –The Girl Who Summons the Stars-, WAGNARIA!!) as Pitohui, Kazuyuki Okitsu (Nanana’s Buried Treasure, Charlotte), as M, and Chinatsu Akasaki (Fate/Apocrypha, ERASED) as Fukaziroh.

  PERSONA 5 the Animation will be available in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland

    Synopsis:

The series is an anime adaptation of best-selling JRPG, Persona 5, by game developer, ATLUS, first released in Japan in 2016 and subsequently worldwide in 2017. Set in modern Tokyo, PERSONA5 the Animation chronicles the adventures of an eclectic group of teenagers who call themselves the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts.” Together with their metaphysical manifestations known as their Personas, the group seeks to solve crimes by reforming the source of corruption within people’s hearts. The popularity of the series showed no sign of waning with a subtitled trailer posted on the Aniplex of America YouTube page quickly gaining over a quarter million views in less than 3 weeks. 

  Key creators of the original game reunite for the highly anticipated series, including sound composer Shoji Meguro providing the stylized and jazz-themed soundtrack, Katsura Hashino credited for the Original Concept, and ATLUS’s own Shigenori Soejima providing the series’ Original Character Design. Critically acclaimed animation studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Blue Exorcist) will produce the series with Director Masashi Ishihama (ERASED, Your lie in April) bringing the game to the TV screen. The series also features an all-star voice cast who also voiced the game, including super star voice actor Jun Fukuyama (DURARARA!!, Blue Exorcist, WAGNARIA!!) as protagonist Ren Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, DURARARA!!) as Ryuji Sakamoto, Nana Mizuki (Blast of Tempest, VALVRAVE the Liberator, WWW.WAGNARIA!!) as Ann Takamaki, Tomokazu Sugita (The irregular at magic high school, The Asterisk War, March comes in like a lion) as Yusuke Kitagawa, and Ikue Otani, the legendary voice of Pikachu, as Morgana. 

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