#and emi and her tutus

[manuelmueller]

im sorry i just need to share the concept of Fülle in a skirt w the public because look

[princessmeepa]

I am going to pick the voice actors for my gods, RS’ dream cast for her LO live action is just for points and not even there to play the roles and she only picks her celebrity crush Mads to be Christian blue I know. So I am going to pick the voice actors who can fit my characters perfectly and here they are. So let’s start with the goddesses. Ok let’s gooo!

Note: some of the characters have the same voice actresses and who voiced their characters from the same anime, because I want to fit some of the voices, who can fit my characters.

Alecto: Avalon Penrose, who voiced Megaera from Hades.

Aglaea: Reba Buhr, who voiced Aphrodite from Record of Ragnarok.

Amphitrite: Michelle Rojas, who voiced Wendy from Show by Rock.

Aphrodite: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who voiced Komi Shuuko from Komi can’t communicate.

Athena: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa (the game).

Ariadne: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Katherine McBride from Catherine.

Artemis: Carli Mosier, who voiced Saeko Tanaka from Haikyū!!

Atropos: Mara Junot, who voiced Lisa from Genshin Impact.

Calliope: Natalie Hoover, who voiced Tsukino from Show by Rock.

Calypso: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voices Swim from One Punch Man

Chloris: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rin from Catherine: Full Body

Cleo: Lauren Landa, who voiced Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaioh from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars.

Clotho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Runa Yomozuki from Kakegurui.

Daphne: Ashly Burch, who voiced Sasha Braus from Attack on Titan.

Demeter: Heather Masters, who voiced Circus Baby from FNAF.

Echo: Stephanie Sheh, who voiced Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon or Luci Christian who voiced Duck/Princess Tutu from Princess Tutu.

Eos: Krystal LePort, who voiced Brooke from HuniePop 2.

Eris: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Kirari Momobami from Kakegurui.

Eurydice: Erica Mendez, who voiced Retsuko from Aggretsuko.

Gaia: Same thing with Demeter, but with a cute and girly Greek accent.

Hebe: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Goll from Record of Ragnarok.

Hecate: Alexis Tipton, who voiced Chuchu from Show by Rock.

Hedone: Laura Bailey, who voiced Catherine from Catherine.

Hera: Erin Fitzgerald, who voiced Eudial from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.

Hestia: Jamie Marchi, who voiced Panty from Panty and Stocking.

Iris: Brittney Karbowski, who voiced Ryou Fujibayashi from Clannad.

Lachesis: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Sayaka Igarashi in Kakegurui.

Leto: Casey Mongillo, who voiced Nene Onemine from Komi Can't Communicate.

Leuce: Dorothy Fahn, who voiced Sumika Warakubami / Kawaru Natari from Kakegurui

Libya: Kira Buckland, who voiced Princess Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste in Sleepy Princess from the Demon Castle.

Maia: Cherami Leigh, who voiced Kaede Otori from Komi Can't Communicate.

Marakria: Monica Rial, who voiced Moa in Show from Rock (if that’s possible)

Medea: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rumia Uru from Kakegurui.

Megaera: Emi Lo, who voiced Suma in Demon Slayer.

Melinoe: Kira Buckland, who voiced Mary Saotome from Kakegurui Twin and Kakegurui.

Metis: Laura Post, who voiced Brunhilde in Record of Ragnarok.

The other 6 Muses: Bryn Apprill.

Nyx: Hellena Taylor, who voiced Bayonetta from the Bayonetta games, but with sexy a Greek accent.

Pasithea: Bridget Hoffman, who voiced Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann.

Peitho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Emilia in Re:ZERO.

Persephone: Maggie Flecknoe, who voiced Yui Komori in Diabolik Lovers.

Perse: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voice Rem in Re:ZERO

Psyche: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui

Rhea: Elizabeth Maxwell, who voiced Rosaria from Genshin Impact.

Selene: Shannon Chan, who voiced Misa Amane from Death Note.

Semele: Brenna Larsen, who voiced Navia from Genshin Impact.

Thetis: Kate Higgins, who voiced Sailor Mercury/ Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon.

Tisiphone: Sarah Williams, who voiced Midari Ikishima from Kakegurui

Urania: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Hinatsuru in Demon Slayer.

And for the Mortal women:

Andromeda: Bryn Apprill, who voiced Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss from Attack on Titan.

Cassandra: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Daki from Demon Slayer.

Helen of Troy: Cristina Vee, who voiced Sailor Mars / Rei Hino.

Phaedra: Juliet Simmons, who voiced Inaho Yamato from Kakegurui

Penelope: Abby Trott, who voiced Inui from Aggretsuko.

What do you guys think?

[shiningstar-studios-blog]

🌟!!Welcome to the official ShiningStar Studios Tumblr blog!!🌟

🌟Introduction🌟

Hi, everyone! I usually go by the name Myngxy online but I also go by Minx or Sue. I am a mixed 20+ year old cis woman and I go by She/They pronouns. I am a fanimator currently working on two projects, Ama Koiji and Majokko Vivian-chan.

I've been exposed to Magical Girl stuff since I was young. Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H. and Avatar Star Sue were some of the first Magical Girl shows I watched and I unknowingly played a bunch of Dress Up Flash Games based on various Magical Girl IPs. But I wouldn't say I became a full on Magical Girl fan until my preteens since that was when my weeb phase started.

I tend to lean towards old Magical Girl anime from the early 1990s going back but I'll be down for pretty much anything if it catches my fancy.

Some of my favorite Magical Girl shows include but are not limited to: Magical Angel Creamy Mami, Cardcaptor Sakura, Magical Emi, Sally the Witch, Magical Princess Minky Momo, Bee and Puppycat, and Hana No Ko Lunlun.

As for fanime (as in the community and not the con of the same name), I think I first got into it in 2015 and I've been in and out of the community since. I've made various attempts at making my own fanime in the past but most of them fell through for one reason or another. Now I want to be more active in the community and make as many fanime as I possibly could. Just gotta start slow.

Some of my favorite fanime are Princess Tutu Zwei, Nyan Neko Sugar Girls, Blood Raining Night, My Jungle Book Your Year, Sugoi Quest for Kokoro and Senpai Club.

🌟Navigation🌟

My fanime projects:

Ama Koiji (Current project at the moment)

Suzie Lamborn is an ordinary 8-year-old girl who gains magical powers after summoning the Ruler of Magical Girls. Suzie's magic wand enables her to transform into whatever she likes while her brooch allows her to travel anywhere she wants, even fictional worlds. She uses her newfound power to get whatever she wants.

Majokko Vivian-chan (In the works)

Vivian le Fay and her parents, Circe and Raynard, are former witch nobles who find themselves being exiled and forced to live in the mortal realm after causing too much trouble in the magical world they once called home. Though they're at first unhappy to be banished to Earth, they quickly adapt to their new lives thanks to their magic powers. Predictably, lots of magical hijinks ensue.

My Art (Contains both old and new art of mine)

Old Art (Speaks for itself)

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80's Magical Girls Are The Best Magical Girls (For magical girl stuff from 1980 to 1989)

Majokko (I'm using this tag exclusively for magical girls that are witches. Doing this so I can use them as inspiration for Majokko Vivian-chan and find them easier)

Fanime Tags (I use them all when posting fanime stuff so it doesn't matter which one you pick):

Fanime

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[lovelyllamasblog]

EAH VA/Seiyuus

You know where this is going. For @sayuricorner's TW x EAH AU.

So, this was inspired by these two videos:

Can Twisted Wonderland Character VAs Sing? Part 1

Can Twisted Wonderland Character VAs Sing? Part 2

And that got the gears in my head turning and I just went with it, so here it is!

A few key things:

There are three VA/Seiyuus per character because I didn't want to overwhelm myself.

Some of the characters will have the same VAs because I thought the voice suited more than one character as well as to get a feel for their characters and because I was lazy about looking at every single VAs filmography.

I also included some of the roles those actors played so that there's some sort of building block for them.

I won't be including their English or Latin America VAs because you can find those on the EAH wikia, but I'll include a link.

(It's looooong so it's under the cut.)

Enjoy my usual insanity.

Lizzie Hearts

Sora Amamiya: Asseylum Vers Allusia (Aldnoah.Zero), Aqua (Konosoba), Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Omi Minami: Euphemia li Britannia (Code Geass), Megumi Hanajima (Fruits Basket (2001)), Tama (Gintama)

Maddie Hatter

Aoi Yuki: Hibiki Tachibana (Symphogear), Diane (The Seven Deadly Sins), Kumoko/Shiraori (So I’m a Spider, So What?)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket (2001)), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Miki Nagasawa: Kyoko Mogami (Skip Beat!), Maya Ibuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Momiji Sohma (Fruits Basket (Drama CDs))

Cerise Badwolf-Hood

Maaya Sakamoto: Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club), Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Ami Koshimizu: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kouyou Ozaki (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kallen Kozuki (Code Geass)

Ramona Badwolf-Hood

Megumi Ogata: Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth), Haruka Tenoj/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon), Satoru Takishima (S · A: Special A)

Junko Minagawa: Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Negima), Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon Crystal)

Emi Shinohara: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kaho Mizuki (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc), Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto)

Coral Witch (since she wasn't introduced in the show, I think she would definitely have a younger sounding voice, appropriate for her age)

Maaya Uchida: Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter), Katarina Claes (Next Life Villainess), Rikka Takanashi (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions)

Akari Kitou: Yashiro Nene (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun), Kana Yajima (Wolf Girl and Black Prince), Kaho Hinata (Blend S)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Holly O'Hair

Yui Makino: Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle), Yusa (Angel Beats!), Mayu Sakuma (THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Hunter Huntsman

Masakazu Morita: Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach), Maeda Keiji (Sengoku Basara), Tidus (Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts)

Yuki Kaji: Todoroki Shouto (MHA/BNHA), Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins), Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki: Makoto Tachibana (Free!), Tsubaki (Servamp), Ban (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Ashlynn Ella

Ayana Taketatsu: Latifa Fleuranza (Amagi Brilliant Park), Azusa Nakano (K-On!), Miria Marigold Mackenzie (Jewelpet Twinkle)

Yui Makino: Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle), Yusa (Angel Beats!), Mayu Sakuma (THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)

Megumi Ogata: Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth), Haruka Tenoj/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon), Satoru Takishima (S · A: Special A)

Blondie Lockes

Miyuki Sawahiro: Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter), Sinon (Sword Art Online II), Haruka Nanami (Uta no Prince-sama)

Asumi Nakata: Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody), Yusura (Himawari!)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Raven Queen

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Junko Minagawa: Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Negima), Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon Crystal)

Emi Shinohara: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kaho Mizuki (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc), Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto)

Poppy O'Hair

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Chiwa Saito: Yona (Yona of the Dawn), Chloe von Eizenbern (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya), Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae and her variants) (FGO)

Ami Koshimizu: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kouyou Ozaki (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kallen Kozuki (Code Geass)

C.A. Cupid

Asumi Nakata: Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody), Yusura (Himawari!)

Miyuki Sawahiro: Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter), Sinon (Sword Art Online II), Haruka Nanami (Uta no Prince-sama)

Chiwa Saito: Yona (Yona of the Dawn), Chloe von Eizenbern (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya), Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae and her variants/FGO)

Melody Piper

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Kana Hanazawa: Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!), Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass), Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)

Briar Beauty

Megumi Hayashibara: Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Musashi/Jessie (Pokemon), Faye Valentine (Cowboy BeBop)

Kae Araki: Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon), Sayaka (Mysterious Thief Saint Tail), Miaka Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi)

Kotono Mitsuishi: Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon), Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Hiromi Shiota (Assassination Classroom)

Faybelle Thorn

Ayako Kawasumi: Hime/Lillianne von Phoenix (Princess Resurrection), Saber/Arturia Pendragon (Fate/Stay Night), Queen Victoria (Black Butler)

Kana Hanazawa: Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!), Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass), Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Daring Charming

Mamoru Miyano: Light Yagami (Death Note), Rin Matsuoka (Free!!), Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Ryohei Kimura: Bokuto Koutarou (Haikyuu!!), Ryouta Kise (Kuroko no Basket), Hinata (Angel Beats!)

Kenichi Suzumura: Hikaru Hitachiin (Ouran High School Host Club), Atsushi Murasakibara (Kuroko no Basuke), Lavi (D.Gray-Man)

Darling Charming

Nanae Kato: Ahiru/Duck (Princess Tutu), Miki (Shugo Chara!), Kakeru Megane (Inazuma Eleven)

Masako Katsuki: Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon), Akira Kotuchiya (Phantom Thief Jeanne), Zria Gagarik (Shaman King)

Sayaka Ohara: Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon Crystal), Yūko Ichihara (xxxHolic/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle), Irisviel (Fate series)

Dexter Charming

Hiroshi Kamiya: Yato (Noragami), Izaya Orihara (Durarara!), Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)

Daisuke Ono: Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler), Jotaro Kujo (JBA: Stardust Crusaders), Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan)

Jun Fukuyama: Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass), Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom), Kimihiro Watanuki (xxxHolic)

Duchess Swan

Rie Kugimiya “Queen of Tsundere”: Taiga Aisaka (Toradora), 001 (Darling in the FranXX), Louise (The Familiar of Zero)

Ayumi Fujimura: Misaki Ayuzawa (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!), Azuki Tachibana (Yumeiro Patissiere), Neferpitou (Hunter x Hunter (2011))

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Apple White

Mari Iijima: Lynn Minmay (Macross) (purely for her singing voice)

Omi Minami: Euphemia li Britannia (Code Geass), Megumi Hanajima (Fruits Basket (2001)), Tama (Gintama)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Nanae Kato: Ahiru/Duck (Princess Tutu), Miki (Shugo Chara!), Kakeru Megane (Inazuma Eleven)

And that's it! Thanks for reading this far down! This was a trip.

As always, thanks to the wonderful Sayuri for the mess that has taken over my life. I still love it.

[curewhimsy]

In chapter 5 of Symphony Saga: Resonate, a lot of new characters are introduced now that Haku and Neru end up at a bakery in Whimsica.

Conversation is had... and I’m planning on each character having um... at least one speaking part!

But just in case... Yes... I wrote descriptions for all the characters I planned on introducing.

———

Teto Kasane- (UTAU) Cheerful, friendly, and silly. Likes harmless pranks, smiling, and anything fun or humorous. Kind of like an excited little puppy. Adorable and animated. Has chimera powers. Grows dragon wings and a tail when she’s angry, which is rare, but intense when it occurs. 14 years old.

Momo Momone- (UTAU) Teto’s close childhood friend. Clumsy, passive, and meek, but optimistic. Extraordinarily gentle and mild-mannered, but can unexpectedly pack a punch. Can detach her head with magic. Wears frilly clothes. Likes peaches, but hates nectarines. Has an older brother named Momotaro. 14 years old.

Luka Megurine- (Vocaloid) A bit like an older sister figure to Teto. Moody, quiet, elegant. Has a mature aura. A bit shy, and not all that confident. Good at music and art, and is quite knowledgeable. Clumsy in a fight. Gives good, sage advice. Half-nereid (water nymph,) and can hold her breath underwater for ten minutes. Loves seafood (especially tuna,) but would never eat her pet octopus... 17 years old.

Mako Nagone- (UTAU) Luna’s best friend. Calm and chill usually. Mostly agreeable, mature, and nice. Has a well-concealed, yet fiery temper. It’s a bit hidden, but she’s super-tough. Her berserk button (hated thing) is when people discourage dreams. Acrobatic. A kunoichi (female ninja) in training. Plays viola as a hobby. Loves historical media. Loves ultra-spicy food. 17 years old.

Luna Amane- (UTAU) Mako’s best friend. She’s kind of an airhead. Rabbit fauna with youkai powers. Dramatic, eccentric, theatrical. Likes idols and astronomy. Surprisingly very adept at astronomy and math. Awful at chemistry and cooking. Wants to be an idol! Dancer trained in ballet. Likes carrot cake. Likes sparkly indie fashion. Likes magical girl shows and the manga authored by her friend, Yowa Shion. 17 years old.

Yowa Shion- (UTAU) A worrywart, thinks Teto is too impulsive. A shoujo manga artist. A bit like Teto’s “tsukkomi,” or straight man to her joker. Enjoys quieter activities like drawing and reading manga comics (romance and adventure,) cooking, cosmetics, and studying. Has an embarrassing little crush on Sora Suiga. But it’s pretty embarrassing. Her favorite food is taiyaki. Rather modest. Likes soft things and round things. Hangs out with Mako, Luna, and Sora a lot. 14 years old.

Sora Suiga- (UTAU) A dorky, yet charming and friendly sort of everyguy who likes music, sports, memes, plays Minecraft, has bad luck, is gullible, easily scared, and wishes he were cool and tough like Mako. Class clown. Mischievous. Likes curry bread. A fan of Yowa’s manga stories, and often helps her with ideas. Has a sarcastic pet squirrel named Acorn. Hangs out with Mako, Luna, and Yowa a lot. 15 years old.

Pandora Panda- (OC) Black, indigo hair in two puffy buns. Manager of Pandora’s Bakery. Teto and Momo’s boss! A bit like an older sister figure to Teto, nonetheless. However, she can be irresponsible. Purple panda fauna. A carefree person who has passion for the things the likes... which are food, shopping, and decorating! Pandora is usually carrying around a box... of fun things! Likes bamboo bread. For some reason she doesn’t like parallelograms. Her favorite shape is a hexagon, like her box. But don’t worry... her Pandora’s Box is hex-free. 18 years old.

Emi Byul- (OC) Korean, periwinkle hair. Random gremlin of memes. Yells a lot. Impulsive. Tomboyish and wild yet loves cute fashion. Plays violin. 4’10” but somehow a force to be reckoned with. Usually smiling innocently. In her random phase. However, she’s secretly insecure... 13 years old.

Nova Sol- (OC) Spanish, orange hair in pigtails. A writer. Always getting inspiration for stories. Likes citrus. Always jumping around, demanding attention. Underneath her confident and smiling exterior, she is a sentimental sap. She just doesn’t like to show that side... 14 years old.

Roy Nijine- (OC) Black and a quarter Japanese, plum purple hair in six long braids. An inventor. Stoic and grumpy. Secretly shy and sensitive. Sometimes feels lonely. Nova and Emi are his best friends, even though he pretends they get on his nerves. He actually really appreciates them and likes seeing them happy. 13 years old.

Ian Glaze- (OC) Norwegian, dark mint hair. Likes ice cream (in summer) and hotcakes (in winter.) Mild-mannered and quiet, but outgoing and sociable around friends. 15 years old. He is a bit new to Speckle Town and isn’t as close as Emi, Nova, and Roy are to each other. He is eager to become closer.

Tako Luka the octopus- (Vocaloid derivative)  Luka’s pet octopus that greatly resembles her! Quite spoiled. Playful. Likes pranks. Giggly. Cannot speak human languages.

Nyan Cat- (Internet sensation, voiced with Momo Momone’s voicebank) Momo’s gray alien cat with a pop-tart for a body. Can fly and leaves a rainbow trail behind in the air. A loyal companion. Cannot speak human languages.

Muffin the bunny- (OC/stuffed animal) A relaxed and calm anthropomorphic blue bunny. Non-binary. They would talk, but are mute, so they communicate with sign-language and gestures. Loves to eat pie and take siestas.

Merengue the bunny- (OC/stuffed animal) A cheerful and humble anthropomorphic talking pink bunny. Understands sign-language. He is Muffin’s best friend. Skips everywhere. Likes to decorate.

Happy the llama- (OC/stuffed animal) A teal blue talking llama who loves to throw and attend parties! A charmer. Just a little self-centered... Wears a black top hat. Likes tap-dancing, especially at parties. Banana’s best friend. They dance together. Likes to drink Ramune soda.

Banana the lemur- (OC/stuffed animal) A graceful, yet hyperactive talking magenta lemur who does ballet and wears a pink tutu. Happy’s best friend. They dance together. Likes to drink bubble tea.

Slumber the owl- (OC/stuffed animal) A sleepy and scatterbrained talking gray owl who is an inventor. Speaks very formally. His inventions are often very genius... and often duds with specific, obscure uses. He sometimes messes up on the inventions, with humorous results. Overall, he is quite friendly and somewhat silly. Wears a monocle.

[magicalgirlagency]

Uhm do you have any magical girl anime to recommend that are light hearted...? Seeing a lot of dark stuff right now is honestly hurting me especially with a recent even of p*lice brutality... I knows this is pretty dark to mention on a blog like this but I’m tired.

Ojamajo Doremi (it has some intense moments, but it never shifts its tone);

Any Pretty Cure season of your choosing (although HeartCatch and Smile are said to be the most intense ones);

Fushigi Mahou FunFun Pharmacy (painfully underrated, has its artwork provided by Ikuko Itou, known for working on Sailor Moon and Princess Tutu);

Any Sanrio series of your choosing (Onegai! MyMelody, JewelPet, Show By Rock!, MewkleDreamy);

Studio Pierrot’s Old School Majokko Quartet (Creamy Mami, Magical Emi, Magical Fairy Persia, Pastel Yumi);

Any Idol anime of your choosing (Aikatsu, Pretty Rhythm, PriPara, Kiratto PriChan, etc...);

Machikado Mazoku (the antagonist is the main character, but there’s a magical girl in it, she grows attached to her later on!)

[yasuda-yoshiya]

Sorry I haven’t been around here much lately! The last few weeks (/months, really) have been rough for me, but I’m feeling a bit better at least for now. For now I’ll just drop some overdue thoughts here on some of the things I’ve been watching since I finished Utena:

Princess Tutu

I found Tutu to be a really sweet and charming show with a ton of heart, but I'm also sad to say that I don't think watching it straight after Utena did it any favours for me. Utena portrayed the same kinds of themes around breaking out of predefined narratives in a way that personally hit home for me a lot harder, so Tutu ended up feeling a bit like a watered down version of the same ideas to me... Which is a shame because I do still think it's a really cool show with a lot to like about it! It's visually and aesthetically gorgeous, I adore its whole cosy meta-fairytale atmosphere and the ballet theme and the whole general feel of the show a lot - it just didn't end up leaving that much of a lasting impression on me in the end. I may well come back and revisit it some day, because I feel like I'd probably get more out of it coming in with a clearer idea of what to expect and without Utena's shadow unfairly hanging over it.

For the characters, I loved Ahiru and Fakir! They were both so endearingly earnest and I really liked the respective directions they ended up taking both of their character arcs and their relationship (Fakir passionately rewriting the story to be about Ahiru's bravery and courage at the end made me cry so hard! That's like, the exact kind of individual heartfelt expression of love that hits straight to my heart when it comes to fictional couples, waaaah...)

Mytho and Rue were a bit harder to connect with for me; I felt like I couldn't really get invested in Rue's feelings for Mytho for the most of the show since the backstory around them wasn't revealed until the very end. (I did like Ahiru and Rue's relationship quite a bit, though! That sort of feeling of the narrative artificially pushing them into being enemies when they really could have helped each other as friends was well done.) On Mytho's end I just never clicked at all with the whole raven blood subplot that seemed to dominate his character in the second season, unfortunately. I couldn't make it meaningfully connect for me, even though I had quite liked him as a character in the first half of the series (even in just my generic "hnng cute boys struggling with the idea of having feelings" way). I'd be interested to see on a rewatch whether those two would work better for me having a better idea of where their trajectory was going from the start, since I felt like I didn't really "get" what they were going for with their relationship or how I was supposed to be reading them until the very end (I'm slow okay).

Steven Universe

What an absolutely lovely series! I've been wanting to check this out for a long time, and I'm glad I finally got the chance because it really is excellent. I totally fell in love with the whole Crystal Gem family, and the balance between them all having their own personal issues to deal with while still being able to draw love and support from each other was done really well. I really loved the handling of Steven's PoV in the first couple of the series especially for how they handled his growth around coming to understand that his parental figures are really flawed people who have a lot of baggage to deal with, but also without framing their personal problems or their relationships with each other as being at all within either his power or responsibility to "fix". Instead, his moments of growth are more about more consciously registering the burdens they're under and making those little gestures to ease them wherever he can, like consciously showing appreciation for their parenting efforts with the test, or giving Amethyst more time to vent things out with her friend when she's stressed out instead of asking her to take him home right away. Likewise, on the gems' end, we really get the sense that e.g. Pearl's love for Steven is real and valuable and "saves" her in a very real sense, but also that it's not going to ever fully erase her depression or her grief over losing the life she had with Rose before and that that's okay.

I would say as the show went on, it felt like it lost some of the grounded and occasionally harsh nature that originally drew me to it - the first couple of seasons felt like they had a sort of constant legitimate tension in the background with the gems trying hard to keep things together in a hard situation in a way that still obviously had its cracks in it, and a sort of acknowledgment that "maybe not everything will be okay, but there's still a lot of good in the world and in our relationships that's worth living for", which I appreciated. Whereas I felt like they moved a bit more towards unambiguously positive resolutions as the show went on, with a bit less of that willingness to leave things "unresolved". (Of course the show still has a lot of those moments, like the reveal of Rose's past in particular, but even then I wished that the fallout from the reveal and its lasting impact on the gems was given more time and weight than it was.) That feeling culminated for me in the finale of series 5 and the way the plot with the diamonds was resolved, where it felt like the show pretty much parted ways with reality entirely and fully embraced a kind of ideal fantasy positivity.

But I don't think that's necessarily a totally bad thing, either - it's still a very genuine and heartfelt kind of positivity that can be hard to find in narratives as unapologetically queer as SU is (especially in media targeted at young kids!) and I'm sure a lot of people really need that gap filled in their lives, so I can't really bring myself to resent it overall. The characters remain as endearing and lovable as ever, the show still made me smile from beginning to end, and all in all I have nothing but great appreciation for all the important ground it's willing to tread as a kids' show touching on a lot of extremely relevant contemporary issues in a positive and responsible way. It honestly makes me feel really happy and hopeful to think of kids getting to grow up with a show like this! So while I might personally have ended up resonating more with the show if they'd taken a different direction, I feel like I still have a lot of respect and understanding for the route they did end up taking, too, and I'm glad to have experienced it.

Mob Psycho 100

I thought this was a very cool and interesting show! As "deconstructing shounen tropes" series go, I feel like this one successfully hits a unique sort of sweetspot for me in the way that, rather than brutally tearing apart shounen conventions out from the roots (which is also something I can enjoy a lot when it's done well!), it's instead focusing on taking a lot of the genuinely positive ideas that draw people to shounen - the ability to overcome adversity through personal growth and "the power of bonds/friendship", positivity in the face of despair, and so on - and re-examining them through a more grounded context that asks "Okay, but what does that actually look like in the real world?" Because, you know, it definitely DOESN'T look like people with magical god-given superpowers blasting through everything that challenges them with the sheer force of their specialness and their pre-assigned role as the "main character", right?

So I was really impressed by Mob as a series for not only being so thorough about deconstructing that (to the point that the voice encouraging Mob to use his powers more and be a super special hero is an outright "devil on the hero's shoulder" kind of character!), but also for going that extra step to examining what real positive growth actually DOES look like. I felt like the series did a remarkably insightful job overall (especially in the second series) of sort of gently but firmly differentiating "real growth" from "shounen growth" in that sense. I really loved those little touches like the Emi episode, where the viewer is effectively led to expect a moral about how "people will like you more if you act more genuine and be yourself!" - but then the show very deliberately switches gears to the idea that trying to be more genuine is already worthwhile in and of itself, just because you're living in the world with a more conscious awareness of what's important to you and standing up for the things you care about, and how that authentic way of living can inspire other people and have a positive impact on them too.

And similarly, I absolutely love Mob and Reigen's weird, messy, problematic relationship being the emotional centrepiece of the series, because it's the exact opposite of the kind of friendship you'd expect to be centred in a "POWER OF BONDS!!" themed show, but that's also why it just... really really works! It's such a humble and near-accidental and flawed and limited connection, and I love that Reigen is also allowed to impact Mob in negative ways and have selfish motivations and be unambiguously portrayed as a genuinely pathetic and terrible person and a bad influence on him too, and that the show doesn't remotely shy away from that - and yet somehow it still absolutely shines through that both of them would be worse off without each other, that the "power of their bond" really has changed them both for the better as people. Not through any incredible magic connection, but just through those little moments where they save each other through things like Reigen telling Mob "It's okay to run away", or Mob telling Reigen "You're a good guy".

Because the show is so upfront about the limitations of their "bond", it really does make the emphasis on its positive impact and how fortunate the two of them are to have been influenced by each other really work and have value, I think - because it comes across as that kind of approachable, recognisable "miracle" that really can and does happen in people's daily lives. It doesn’t claim to be a perfect friendship, or to have the capability to fix all their individual problems just by existing, but it does still come across loud and clear that they’ve been a genuinely positive force in each other’s lives. I definitely came away from it with a greater appreciation for those little chance encounters and humble relationships that have helped me and shaped me as a person! On the whole, I'm sure the show isn't for everyone, but I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys shounen as a genre at all, because I feel that it really works as a remarkably critical and self-aware yet loving celebration of the spirit behind those kinds of stories.