★ Akira exhibiting 中二病/‘Chuunibyou’
(it’s a feat that he doesn’t laugh when everyone else does)
1st segment:
Akira: (dramatic) Damn it... my wrist hurts. It’s probably because I practiced too much yesterday. The real match is after this. If I go on like this, it’ll be bad. (dramatic exit)
Alan: (immediate tsukkomi) What the hell did Akira say so suddenly? Wasn't he dancing even just now during the opening?
Mizue: (shook by unhinged Akira)
Alan: (forcefully bringing things back to normal) But Akira loves gaming, so I believe he’ll channel all his passion into these matches.
2nd segment:
Miura (plays: Higekiri opposite Akira’s Hizamaru in Touken Ranbu) and Akira have a ‘phone call’ on stage. As the ‘senior’ role, Miura gives Akira encouragement and ‘sends’ him a special item which would help him win the games.
Special item reveal: wrist bandage [Stage sound effect]
Alan: (entering tsukkomi mode) Don’t play the ‘don!’ sound effect here.
Akira: (entering into chuunibyou mode again) Not bad.
Mizue: (second hand embarrassment, curling and cringing, still elegant af)
Alan: That ‘call’ was live from Fukuoka? The whole conversation was a bit off; I wonder if it’s the fault of an unstable line, or Akira’s fault.
MC: (laughing) Please don’t investigate this any longer.
Mizue: (still recovering)
Alan: For the wrist band to arrive only now though, would it be too late for the team?
Akira: (dramatically caressing wrist band)
Mizue: (recovered) Well, it was a good scene. But at the start Akira’s reactions to Miura were kind of stilted; like “ah I see”.
Anyway. I might go and check out the following dramas. HAHA. Tell me whatcha think of them, and if I should watch something that is not on this list. :)
1. Zenkai Girl.
Initially, because I saw that Aragaki Yui and Nishikido Ryo stars in this. I mean, I love Gakky. And almost ALL the dramas that Ryo appears in proves to be worth watching for me. Anyhow, aside from this, reading the synopsis.. well. It seems like those feel-good drama things. So. To combat stress brought on by school, WHY NOT? [Started: 7/11/11]
2. Hi wa Mata Noboru.
It's a police drama, in a way.. I guess. So that's a plus. Then there's Miura Haruma so that's awesome. Then there's also Narimiya Hiroki. LOL. I LOVE it when those two work together. hahahaha. In Akibahara@Deep and Bloody Monday I and II. LOL. Then, it's one of those feel-good storylines too. And, this might be the Miura Haruma's first.. "negative" role.. maaah, you know what I mean. hahaha. So, let's go see this!
3. Meitantei Conan.
Come on. Who hasn't heard of Detective Conan? hahaha. yes, it should be obvious by now that I like police dramas. hahahaa. Anyway, Mizobata Junpei stars here! He's one of those actors I wanna see evolve into great ones. So.. him in the leading role this time might be worth watching. I liked him in Hana Kimi, BOSS, Buzzer Beat, and Seito Shokun! Maybe I'll like him as Conan too. (But before that, I have to watch the 3rd special starting him as well. lol. Heard it was released around April 2011. :P)
4. Ikemen desu ne
Hmm. I dunno. I saw Minami Shineyo. I liked it, but I thought it was too... shallow. Maybe with a Japanese rendition it will be deeper? I mean, Jdoramas are often less shallower than Kdramas anyway. So. Maybe. I'll take a chance. Hn. Cast-wise. Well, there are Johnnys present. So. Maybe, let's see. Yaotome Hikaru was pretty good in Orthros no Inu. So. Let's see.
5. Jiu
Series about investigators! Which means, this is of the mystery genre!! :D :D :D Plus, Kuroki Meisa + Tabe Mikako. That would be an interesting pair, wouldn't it? And I think Shirota Yu is on this one too. I never really liked him, but he's "okay." hahaha XD
6. Ouran High School Host Club.
Need I say more? HAHAHA. I'm sorta familiar with most of the cast. BUT. Ryusei Ryo as NEKOZAWA? WHAT? hahahaha. That will be interesting. XD
7. Tempest
A jidaigeki in 10eps? That's unusual. Plus, it's a gender bender starring Nakama Yukie. So. Let's try. haha.
8. Hana Kimi.
A remake not even 5 years later? Weird. >.< But, that akb48 girl in Q10 stars as Ashiya. Hmm. Let's see. (I probably won't go through with this though. So why is this even on this list? LOL)
So. A list of 8 dramas. I probably won't watch all. Considering I'm currently busy with school work (4th year college, thesis and all..) also I'm kinda watching/catching-up with some Kdramas. LOL. But we'll see. Maybe. Just maybe. :}
PS. This blog was originally posted on LiveJournal—
see the thing is that toku dudes are like in SO many bls/queer things and bl dudes are often in toku and i'm just like !!!!! do you bl people want toku?? do you toku people want bl?? cause good lord!!!!
also you know what im not done being a hater. like okay im glad they didn't make miura hiroki perform sexiness because i don't condone sexualizing actual human minors who exist in the real world but answer me this, tenimyu 3rd casting agents. who the fuck thought it was a good idea to cast a minor to play a character whose sensuality is such a major part of their characterization!! Like whether you like it or not sensuality and his utter shamelessness about it is a HUGE part of what makes atobe atobe. why would you cast a performer who literally cannot do that. its like casting a shiraishi and telling him to perform ecstasy but not make it sexy. like what.
REVIEW | "Spirited Away: Live on Stage" | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade
Anime and theater have had a shaky relationship for a long time. For every Astro Boy and the God of Comics, there are ten cringe-inducing Sailor Moon musicals. While many get the look and style of anime right in a theater setting, it’s the heart that most of them lack. Tony Award-winner John Caird’s adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, on the other hand, gets everything right with adapting such an imaginative film for the stage!
Like the classic movie, the play adaptation of Spirited Away follows Chihiro (Mone Kamishirashi), who is in the midst of moving to a new town. Getting lost along the way, Chihiro and her parents stumble upon what looks like an abandoned theme park. However, when the parents are turned into pigs, Chihiro finds herself in a world filled with gods, spirits, and a mean bath house owner by the name of Yubaba (Romi Park). Fortunately, Chihiro — renamed Sen when Yubaba reluctantly hires her — has some new friends in the inside, in the form of Haku (Hiroki Miura), Lin (Fu Hinami), and the spider-armed Kamaji (Satoshi Hashimoto).
Much of the play takes the same story beats and narrative threads as its animated counterpart. However, where animation can create anything on paper, such is not the case in real-life. Instead, Caird and his master puppetry designer Toby Olié think outside the box to bring much of the magic of the film onto the stage. And even when something magical happens in a rather corny manner, one cannot help but smile at the gumption these actors and stage hands have to get it done.
Where the magic really takes hold is when things get wild. Watching a giant Yubaba head emerge whenever she gets angry brings both a feeling of laughter and terror all at one. The many sizes of No Face (Tomohiko Tsujimoto) are reminiscent of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, with characters getting eaten in a hilariously similar manner. However, it’s watching Haku’s dragon form take flight when the puppetry reaches its grandest of heights, with different puppets used depending on how far from the bath house the character is.