#Kurosawa Fact

[kurosawa-family]

Yvonne Beauchene and KarlHeinz.

“May you die in the same agony as other women did before you when they met me, Ma'am. It'll be a pleasure to be the other breaking you.”

“Oh, don't forget to dance on top of my grave. Piss on it while you're at it, will you?”

“He's dead?... Took him long enough.”

#Ask The Kurosawa Family #the kurosawa family #kurosawa family #Yvonne Beauchene #karlheinz sakamaki #karlheinz #diabolik lovers karlheinz #kurosawa facts #Kurosawa Fact #multi fandom blog #multi fandom #multifandom #multifandom crossover #multifandom friendly #multifandom ocs #multifandom oc #diabolik lovers #diabolik lovers oc #diabolik lovers ocs #diabolik lovers moodboard #Multifandom moodboard #diabolik lovers aesthetic #diabolik lovers au #moodboards aesthetic #Multifandom aesthetic

[frog-thief]

"once a ordinary monk picked up a lonely and lost sparrow"

#overwatch #zenyatta #genji #genyatta #I have an explanation “why Zenyatta is standing on the ground and not hovering over it” #I can explain this by the fact that it is very cold in the mountains and a lot of energy is spent on heating the internal engines -> #and the normal functioning of the mechanisms #so Zenyatta is on the “energy saving” mode and does not hovering ;D #also I can explain “why Genji is wrapped in a raincoat because he does not get cold and why he is wearing a hat” #firstly Genji needs a raincoat to keep internal heat because again it is very cold in the mountains of Nepal #secondly he looks very cool in a hat he is all so mysterious and old-fashioned like samurai from Akira Kurosawa's films😎

[cubedmango]

loser #2 on my screen soon !!!

#cherry magic #my art #loser number 1 is kurosawa of course that is undebatable fact #cant wait for adachi to hit him w that stare constantly its such a mood

[baltharino]

Love Live! Sunshine in the Mirror - Episode 03

#love live #love live sunshine #sunshine in the mirror #genjitsu no yohane #yohane of the parhelion #dia kurosawa #scarlet delta #yohane tsushima #yoshiko tsushima #chika takami #ruby kurosawa #anime #fyanimegifs #anisource #dailyanime #dailyanimatedgifs #animangaladies #gif #gifset #the fact that a LOVE LIVE anime of all things got to do the akira bike slide- lmao #also rip to the quality but i had to make Dia's suit a dark red. it looked so washed out i couldnt leave it like that #ll anime

[friedfriedchicken]

Random appreciation post for Swindler from Akudama Drive, specifically the stage version

This is her during the opening song. Girlie is not doing okay </3

#Little fun fact I love: Swindler's seiyuu also played her in the stage adaptation! #The Swindlerest Swindler fr #Tomoyo Kurosawa #Swindler #Akudama Drive #FriedRamble

[stanperformanceunit]

I have rewatched Cherry Magic like three times since it got out. And every time, it is such a fun and cute comfort show that makes me feel all warm and cozy inside and brings me so much happiness. I truly wish there were more shows like this.

#though I'll probably put gokushufudo with it #I'd have to rewatch it first #anyways the fact that i was rewatching it and the movie became available and then i watched the movie... #more cherry magic content?? more adachi and kurosawa?? #what have we done to deserve this #cherry magic the movie #cherry magic #machida keita #akaso eiji #mien

[swankpalanquin]

snack and drink motivated individual

#trying to keep my sunday anxiousness at bay by making silly screencap posts #sanjuro #mifune #kurosawa #also the fact he only ever rolls up his sleeves to eat or drink lol

[smilerri]

look I am a cherry magic defender until the death I LOVE them with my entire fucking heart. but the suits in the wedding scene were fucking hideous. I couldn't even let myself cry because I was too focussed on trying not to rip my eyeballs out of their sockets. it was horrific.

#i hate cream with a passion i want all cream clothes to die a firey and painful death #and the fact it was THREE DIFFERENT SHADES OF CREAM??? PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY I BEG YOU #im traumatised. i will never recover #adaichi always looks a little bit goofy and i love him for that but MY MAN KUROSAWA??? THEY RUINED HIM #so happy theyre gay and married but i want to burn that memory from my brain i want it surgically removed #cherry magic #cherry magic the movie #adaichi #kurosawa #oh you know who looked the mist goofy tho? minato. leprechaun looking ass #love him tho <3

[eurosleazarchive]

trying to watch other things but horror for the next two months...let’s hope i don’t fail

#true facts: i've never seen an akira kurosawa film #so i'm watching one now #( ooc. ) this blog is sponsored by raycon.

[autism-corner]

man i wish i was gay

#YIPPEE #they held hands!!! JOY IN THE WORLD!!!! #dude kurosawa is just like me frfr.... and adachi is sooo levi oml..... #augh imagine..... it would be perfect....... #except for the fact that im nothing like kurosawa except the huge fag part..... #oh well.... #oh to have gay office romance....... #'30 years vigrin turned me into a wizard' btw..... its soso lovely...... #sillyposting

[kurosawa-family]

Shoma's Outfits

Shoma's variety on outfits is little, but with a good reason.

While she loves trying new things now, she still doesn't feel confident enough to try too much stuff at once.

She already tried short dresses on, what else do you want from her?

Still, her favourite piece of clothing is any pastel blue sweater with drawings on them. She lives those the most.

Pastel or light blue is definitely her colour. It suits her so well, and has such a beautiful meaning behind it.

She tries new things now and then, but again, slowly.

#Ask The Kurosawa Family #Ask Shoma Komori #Ask Shoma #the kurosawa family #kurosawa family #shoma komori #komori shoma #kurosawa facts #Kurosawa Fact #kurosawa headcanon #Kurosawa headcanons #multi fandom blog #multi fandom #multifandom #multifandom ocs #multifandom oc #diabolik lovers #diabolik lovers oc #diabolik oc #diabolikloversoc #diabolik brothers #diavolik lovers #diabolik lovers au #diabolik lovers aesthetic #diabolik lovers moodboard #Multifandom aesthetic #Multifandom moodboard

[david-talks-sw]

When 'Star Wars' dilutes the impact of a "Kurosawa samurai standoff"...

It's no secret that one of the major inspirations for Star Wars was Akira Kurosawa movies. The Hidden Fortress influenced the basic structure of the first film, was a basis for Lucas' character archetypes and his use of narrative POVs.

But, really, all of Kurosawa's films were an influence on the making of Star Wars. Including the duels seen in his and other samurai films from the 60s.

Dunno if you've seen a kendo fight, but they're pretty similar.

The duelists size each other up, and there's a lot of mind games going on before the strike actually happens.

If you hold your sword this way, the other guy adjusts his stance.

You move your foot that way, the adversary responds accordingly.

Cinematically, this process allows you to play with a whole treasure trove of elements to build up the drama and suspense. We see this slow-yet-tense approach to dueling reflected all over the Original Trilogy. And we've seen it again in recent Disney-released content.

The perfect and first real example of this in Star Wars is the fight between Ben Kenobi and Maul, in Rebels.

The tension increases more...

... and more until the two fighters move, the music swells...

... and then it reaches its climax.

Beautifully executed.

Dave Filoni's done his homework, it shows, and while it's an awesome homage, narratively it also holds weight. There's a reason why this fight is so quick:

This time, Obi-Wan isn't fighting to avenge the death of his master, he's not fighting to save his own life... he's fighting to protect Luke's. And that means there's no time to fuck about. He'll end the conflict swiftly and decisively, he won't let it come to a prolonged acrobatic fight. So he lures Maul in by making him think he's taking Qui-Gon's form, and strikes true when Maul, increasingly consumed by his own rage to the point of blindness, falls for it.

Again: a wonderful fight and an excellent homage.

Then we get to Luke's stand-off with Kylo on Crait, in The Last Jedi.

An interesting take on the trope, also with meaningful narrative impact. As Rian Johnson writes in the TLJ screenplay:

"This is not like a saber fight. This like an old-fashioned samurai duel."

Here too, the tension gets built up...

... and every time we're close to getting that climax, Luke dodges.

It leaves a feeling of dissatisfaction, which is exactly what Kylo is feeling as he boils with rage.

Suddenly, we do get the climax...

... and a twist. Luke was never actually there. Boom. Those inserts during the build-up phase? If you look at them again they're clues (Luke doesn't leave a mark on the ground, salt doesn't land on his clothes, etc). Luke wasn't engaging because he wasn't actually there, he was buying time for the Resistance to escape.

Okay. Cool.

Next time we see a "Kurosawa" duel... it's here, in The Mandalorian.

Again, a lot of posing, slow movements and patience, as is expected from the trope.

But we know nothing about the opponent Ahsoka is fighting other than her name is Morgan... so no emotional impact, there.

At some point, Ahsoka loses a lightsaber. The apprentice to the Chosen One is struggling against some rando.

We find out later on that Morgan is a Nightsister from Dathomir, and that's cool... but we already know how Jedi-trained folks fare against the Dathomiri.

If you ask me, it feels like manufactured stakes. But that's beside the point. In fact, y'know what? It's fine.

Though the impact of this duel isn't as great as its predecessors, the whole episode is filled with visual homages to Kurosawa's work.

It makes sense that the duel would be too. Also it's the first time we're seeing Ahsoka in live action, in a lightsaber duel, the hype is real. Let's cut 'em some slack.

So we come to the series Ahsoka... where almost every duel in the the show has the Kurosawa posturing and tip-toeing and... I dunno. I was bored?

Like, the primary purpose of this approach to duels is that it's meant to be suspenseful and intense... and now it's not.

Because we know Ahsoka is gonna beat the crap outta these droids...

... so why even bother faking some semblance of "what's her next move gonna be?" suspense? There's a hole right behind her, gee, I truly wonder.

Oh, you think putting her against an Inquisitor's gonna make us fear for her life, wonder if she's gonna get outta this situation unscathed?

She was wiping the floor with two of them at the same time, a decade prior. At 17, she was killing Inquisitors while disarmed.

Do you really expect your audience to fear for her life in a fight against Marrok?

So we get to the fight with Baylan, and the posturing and studying opponent's next move would be welcome here (two Order 66 survivors, knew Anakin, both well-trained former Jedi)...

... if we hadn't literally seen that same dynamic with Marrok who, again, we knew was gonna die.

No tension was built in either moment, the only thing it achieved was me pressing >> on my keyboard.

It's not captivating anymore, it's just slow and un-dynamic.

Bottom line:

Tributes to Kurosawa are nice. They're part of what makes Star Wars what it is. But c'mon, we get it already.

Lightsaber duelists don't need to tiptoe around each other and change poses at every fight. Because when the actually meaningful duels come up (like the one with Baylan), the impact will be lessened.

The "Kurosawa samurai duel" is artistic and interesting, but it should be used sparingly in order to maintain its charm and not get old and trope-y. AKA too much of a good thing becomes a bad thing.

#ahsoka series #ahsoka tano #baylan skoll #marrok #ahsoka #star wars #meta #sw negativity #long post

[baltharino]

#love live #love live sunshine #ruby kurosawa #chika takami #chikaruby #anime #gif #gifset #the fact that she tried to lure ruby out w a lollypop and it worked #fyanimegifs #dailyanime #anisource #yuri anime #shoujoaisource

[bengiyo]

Cherry Magic Anime Ep 1 Stray Thoughts

Yes, you read that correctly. While GMMTV is doing a Thai version of Cherry Magic, Japanese studio Satelight (Fairy Tale, Log Horizon, and more) produced an anime version that just began airing on Crunchyroll. What a time to be alive. My primary hope is for this version to go further than the live action or the movie did. The manga is ongoing, and I’d like to see the parts that haven’t been adapted.

I like how quickly this is breezing through the early stuff. Adachi already knows about his powers and is continuing to be glum. He’s explicitly interested in girls, and I like the character design that has his hair constantly covering his left eye.

Wow, we got through the convenience store, train crowd, and then reached the elevator scene in 2:40.

For those who care, Kurosawa does not yet have yaoi hands.

The intro is decent. It at least lets us know the whole gang is here.

Adachi thinking he’s hallucinating his powers is a good shorthand as he’s figuring out if Kurosawa is for real.

Oh, fuck yes, anime Kurosawa is much hornier in his head.

Wow, we’re also getting to Adachi staying over in the first episode.

The fact that Adachi and Kurosawa like the same manga is actually a really significant detail. I can’t maintain regular friendships, let along romances, if I don’t have much media in common with someone.

Yeah, I’m enjoying how much more explicit Kurosawa’s fantasies are in this version. Here they translate him as saying he bought the pajamas to fantasize about Adachi wearing them.

Oh, Kurosawa, you remain one of my favorite simps.

I’m not like Adachi. I would show up every morning before work if someone else was going to cook a full meal for me.

Oooh, the boss’s coupon for a meal date must have been in the manga since the Thai version captured this too.

An expired coupon on an expensive meat dinner? Pain.

Oh, Adachi, how you struggle with someone having affection for you compels me every time.

I really like introducing Tsuge in the tag.

It’s really fascinating how each adaptation so far has approached the timeline of events. I kinda like holding off on the supporting case for a full episode and just focusing on Adachi being a loner who doesn’t know how to deal with Kurosawa being so attracted to him while making no overt moves about it. It’s really cool because it doesn’t just feel like the live action. We got through events that were in the first two or three episodes of the live action here, but also didn’t touch other beats yet. I like it. This is such a cool set of comparisons we get to make right now.

#Ben watches #cherry magic #cherry magic! thirty years of virginity can make you a wizard?! #cherry magic anime #japanese bl #bl series #30 sai made doutei dato mahoutsukai ni nareru rashii

[waitmyturtles]

1) CHERRY MAGIC (episode 2) IS SO GOOD, I HAVE TO COVER MY MOUTH AND KEEP MY MEEPS FROM BEING TOO LOUD

2) GOD, TAYNEW! New is SMASHING THIS.

3) The wonderful @so-much-yet-to-learn and I had a discussion a couple months ago about the stylistic and rumored decisions to not have Kurosawa and Adachi (Machida Keita and Akaso Eiji) kiss in the Japanese Cherry Magic adaptation. The rumors (only seen online and not at all confirmed with primary sources) were that Machida's and Adachi's agencies were not supportive of the two having an on-screen smooch. We also considered the public vs. private taboos of public displays of affection in Japanese society and art, which differ from those in other Asian countries (like Thailand).

It's not known if the two actors felt differently about not kissing. At least Machida's agency, Gekidan Exile/Exile Tribe, has provided quite the number of actors in other Japanese BLs who have acted out many more deeds on screen, from Candy Color Paradox to Tokyo in April Is..., and more.

But I think part of the campy gloriousness of the Japanese Cherry Magic adaptation was, in fact, the lack of kissing, and the sensual acting around the indication of that kissing, from Kurosawa's eagerness and his constant struggle to control his emotions, to Adachi's discomfort-to-acceptance-and-happiness journey. There was tremendous communication in their body and verbal language that got them to their happy ending in the series, and to not have the actual kiss was, for me, dramatically satisfying for how that decision was supported through the excellent acting and the painstaking details of the show.

So, for so many of us, as we learned that TayNew would take up this mantle in Thailand last year, we were like -- alright, NOW we are going to get the kisses, right?

And at least for now, we haven't, which makes me wonder a bit. We saw Kurosawa's lips touch Adachi's forehead in Japan,

and Karan's lips were hidden by Achi's fluffy bangs in Thailand.

Does New need some texturizing, or was this on purpose? (I'm CACKLING, poor Tay, look at that hair in his FACE, omg.)

If this was a stylistic nod to Japan? Then... well done, because at least I noticed it, and kinda loved it. We know (WE KNOWWWW, heh heh, thank you, Kiss Me Again and Dark Blue Kiss) what TayNew are capable of, and I just loved this little moment of subtlety here in Cherry Magic, because we don't actually know what we're going to get later this series.

Because I am a fucking simp for all things Cherry Magic, I also noted the slight changes in how Karan approached Achi on the rooftop later that night, as compared to Kurodachi. Honestly, I am SO ENJOYING these different approaches, and only note these simply by way of how I'm loving Machida's acting versus that of Tay.

Kurosawa on the rooftop was a ball of NERVES, man.

Whereas it almost seemed like Tay's Karan was silently joyful, with smiles playing at the edges of his lips, to be so close to Achi and having this conversation about the dinner game.

These are NOT the greatest screenshots, but if I could gif, I would try to capture how the corner's of Tay's mouth in that last screenshot just uplifted slightly. This wasn't a moment of shock and nerves; this was a moment of OMG OMG OMG EEEEEE THIS IS MY TIMEEEEE.

(EDITING TO ADD: I’m such a dunce! I should have known the gif makers were already on this — and the gorgeous deity @liyazaki captured Tay’s mouf perfectly. That giddiness in the last gif!)

And in their acting? I love BOTH APPROACHES so much. Because both approaches are well within the emotional range of the moment that we're experiencing with them.

We're departing from the Japanese dorama next week in content, and I cannot wait to see where we go. GMMTV gave us some holiday gifts in Last Twilight and Cherry Magic airing on Fridays and Saturdays, no?

#cherry magic #30 sai made doutei dato mahoutsukai ni nareru rashii #cherry magic japan #cherry magic thailand #cherry magic th #machida keita #akaso eiji #kurodachi #adachi x kurosawa #kurosawa x adachi #taynew #tay tawan #new thitipoom #karanachi #karan x achi #achi x karan #cherry magic meta #cherry magic thailand meta #cherry magic th meta

[crehador]

i think one thing that's so compelling to me about adachi (and his relationship with kurosawa) is the focal point of his internal worries is never really "i can't reciprocate kurosawa's feelings because he's a man" or even "i can't reciprocate kurosawa's feelings because i don't like him" (speaking on the first 2 eps of the anime only rn)

it's always more of an "i can't reciprocate kurosawa's feelings because i'm not good enough for him/i don't deserve it" sort of thing and that just so makes me root for him, because it's the kind of feeling you want to see a character overcome

like to me the sort of story that's like "i don't like this person who's pursuing me but as time goes on they wear me down and i give in" is at best never all that interesting, so the fact that it's not strictly a lack of interest for adachi (in ep2 he even tries to think of something he dislikes about kurosawa and comes up blank) makes it way easier for me to get invested. it's just a severe lack of self-confidence

and to be clear i don't get the feeling that adachi is secretly in love with kurosawa already and just isn't aware of it. to me it feels more like he's never allowed himself to even consider it, to even think about whether he likes someone else because his default state of mind assumes no one could possibly like him anyway

this just feels like such an appealing romance because at its core it doesn't strike me as that typical "i'll break him down until he can't resist me" type story, but rather what kurosawa needs to do is build adachi up which is just immensely more romantic to me

#crab watches #cherry magic