#Akari Hayami

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work ya body (get down) 1080 snowboarding

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My Pretend Girlfriend (2014) | dir. Saiji Yakumo

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Shin Ultraman (2022) Shinji Higuchi

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zom 100 trio <3

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FORGET ME NOT (2015) dir. Kei Horie

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Shin Ultraman (2022)

Director - Shinji Higuchi, Cinematography - Osamu Ichikawa & Keizô Suzuki

"The motives of those in power never change."

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Shin Ultraman - Epic and Nostalgic! 10/10!

Shin Ultraman finally arrives in my country for a special two days screening as part of ODEX Film Festival - Anime Matsuri. Was luck enough to get a seat even though it’s at the front row as the tickets were selling out fast! 

Words can’t describe what I feel, it’s epic and nostalgic. It’s like watching something familiar yet fresh and new. The characters, the fight scenes, the soundtrack, the atmosphere, the cinematography is just awesome.

The producers stayed true to the original classics in many aspects with some minor changes to make it more realistic. I actually like that you can feel the weight and bulkiness of Ultraman and the Kaijus, like Pacific Rim.

Masami Nagasawa’s character never fails to crack me up in every drama and film she’s in. She has similar vibes as Akiko Fuji, with similar level of energy, mannerism and sarcasm but with a touch of badassery.

Hidetoshi Nishijima plays the cool headed Captain like Muramatsu Toshio. Like every drama and film he’s in so far, he has that commanding presence and seriousness which makes you think twice about getting on his bad side.

Takumi Saitoh plays Ultraman himself and like Shin Hayata, he too is a man of few words and his opposite personality with Masami Nagasawa’s character is fun to watch like seeing Hayata and Fuji interacting.

Daiki Arioka and Akari Hayami plays the team’s geek squad like Mitsuhiro Ide, the brains behind the operation. I actually like the team’s chemistry, like Ultraman 1966, there are some comedic moments as well.

I hope you’ll be able to watch it in your country soon one day and see how spectacular it is! After seeing this and Shin Godzilla, I have confidence that they will nail Shin Kamen Rider too. Hopefully, we’ll able to see that next year!

Seeing Japan putting together it’s own Tokusatsu Cinematic Universe is exciting! The remakes are like Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, trying to make it more cool and realistic. That’s all I can say without spoiling!

[randomdeinonychus]

So I'm definitely not the only one who walked out of Shin Ultraman with a major crush on Akari Hayami as Yumi Funaberi of the SSSP, right?

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Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Director: Shinji Higuchi [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Director: Shinji Higuchi [New York Asian Film Festival 2022] @NYAFF #NYAFF #NYAFF202

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Netflix Animation Presents "Ultraman: Rising" Official Teaser

Netflix has been adding some great content to their service of late and will continue this course of action with next years animated feature film “Ultraman: Rising”. The character Ultraman has remained one of the most popular superheroes from Japan for decades and now more fans on this side of the Atlantic can dive deeper into his adventures. The teaser trailer has been embedded for you down…

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Shin Ultraman

Movies watched in 2023

Shin Ultraman (2022, Japan)

Director: Shinji Higuchi

Writer: Hideaki Anno

Mini-review:

Let me start by saying that this is nowhere near as good as Shin Godzilla, a movie that I loved. This one is fun and everything, but the pace feels really rushed and it seems like none of the characters were fleshed out properly. Also, I didn't like the structure at all, cause it feels like you are watching four episodes of a TV show instead of one single narrative.

That being said, there are several things that really impressed me. For starters, the film constantly plays around with different types of cameras and angles, which makes it very interesting and enjoyable in terms of visuals. The action scenes are a bit silly, but isn't that the essence of a tokusatsu movie? So yeah, they are pretty fun. The acting is also really good, even if the characters and the writing were kinda underdeveloped. Anyway, I kinda expected more from this creative team, but it's not too bad.

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My Pretend Girlfriend (2014) | dir. Saiji Yakumo

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Shin Ultraman (2022) Shinji Higuchi

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Sleepover Time! -3E

*Hall time*

Kurahashi: "Karasuma-Sensei can we please have a sleepover! Plus it helps us interact with each other more and we can discuss assasination plans!"

Karasuma: "Fine, but you'll be under supervision, Isogai and Kataoka I'll leave you in charge of them."

Isogai/Kataoka: "Yes sir."

Fuwa: "WOO FINALLY!! WE SHOULD WATCH ANIME I KNOW A GOOD ANIME TO WATCH!!!"

Karasuma: "Remember your aim, and please behave."

Kurahashi: "You guys can stay at my place! My parents are in a vacation tomorrow!"

Kataoka: "Alright, Thank you Kurahashi."

Kurahashi: "No problemo! >:D"

the next day *insert Spongebob*

Kayano: "Eeeee!! I'm so excited this is the first time ive had a sleepover!!"

Kurahashi: "Hey when are you guys coming?!"

Nagisa: "I'm with Hara and Muramatsu were getting baking supplies for the sleepover. :)"

Okajima: "WAIT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BAKE?!! HARA'S CAKE MURAMATSU'S RAMEN AND NAGISA'S CUPCAKES ARE THE BEST!! DUDE I'M GONNA HOG ALL OF THE FOOD!!"

Kayano: "Especially nagisa's cupcakes!! There the best!"

Nagisa: "Thank you Kayano! 💗"

Kayano: "brb gonna cry an angel just sent me a heart"

Nagisa: "???"

Kataoka: "You better not. There needs to be enough food for everyone."

Sugino: "Hey Nagisa look to your right!"

Nagisa: "Oh Sugino! Your there! Let's walk together. :)"

Isogai: "Kurahashi I'm at the door with Maehara!"

*When everybody's there*

Kurahashi: "Hi welcome!!"

Maehara: "Woah this place is huge!!"

Okajima: "Can we sleep together in the same rooms? ;)"

The Girls: "NO!!"

Nagisa: "Kurahashi-Chan me Hara and Muramatsu will be using the kitchen were gonna start baking now!"

Kurahashi: "Oh alright! Make sure to add a lot of sugar!!"

Fuwa: "I CALL MIDDLE!!"

Okajima: "HEY NO FAIR THAT'S THE WARMEST PART OF THE CARPET!!!"

Terasaka: "GOD WHEN WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!!"

Fuwa: "What did you just say to me? :)"

Terasaka: "Tch, You don't scare me!"

Fuwa: *pulls out sword*

Terasaka: "HOW THE HELL DID THAT EVEN FIT THERE!!"

Kataoka: "NO FIGHTING!! AND CERTAINLY NO WEAPONS!!"

Fuwa: "Awe.. boring!! *whispers to Terasaka* your lucky or else you'd be dead meat."

Takebayashi: "Okuda, have you brought your chemical equipment?"

Okuda: "A-ah! Y-yes!!"

Takebayashi: "Alright let's start at the table."

Okuda: "R-right!!"

Kayano: "YOU BROUGHT YOUR CHEMICALS?!?"

Okuda: "I-I never leave home without some!"

Kayano: "😨"

Kayano: "Should I be concerned??"

Karma: "Nagii did you know theres a new Sonic Ninja movie released?? Let's watch it in Wednesday!"

Nagisa: "Oh, sure! I'll make room for schedule!" *grins*

Hara: "Okano please stop eating the dough we still need it and it's uncooked!!"

Maehara: "Ooh let me try!"

Hara: "PLEASE NO!!"

Muramatsu: "Isogai a little help here??"

Isogai: "Maehara and Okano please stop eating the dough they need it and it's uncooked!"

Maehara+Okano: "Awh.. okay.. *murmurs* party pooper.."

Isogai: "What. was. that? :)"

Maehara+Okano: "N-NOTHING SIR!!!"

Isogai: "Good. :)"

Maehara+Okano: "😨"

A few hours later.. *insert Spongebob*

Kurahashi: "Alright! Time to watch a movie!!"

Kimura: "But what movie will we watch?"

Hazama: "Horror movies."

Kimura: "AHH WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?!!!"

Hazama: "A few minutes ago."

Karma: "Great idea Hazama! Let's watch Jigsaw or Texas Chainsaw Massacre!!"

3-E: "NO!!!"

Kayano: "A Disney movie??"

Kurahashi: "Oh yeah I definitely could settle for that one!!"

3-E: "Meh."

Nagisa: "Here's the snacks! :)" *walks over to the living room with a tray of the food*

Okajima: "BARK BARK BARK!!!"

Kataoka: "What the.."

Takebayashi: "We're back." *walking over with Okuda*

Kurahashi: "Alright! Everyone pick your places!!"

Sugino: "DIBS TO SEAT BESIDE NAGISA!!!"

Karma: "NO FAIR!!"

Kayano: "HEY CHEATER!!!"

Nagisa: "•-•"

*after everyone picks there seats*

Mimura: "Alright can we please pick a movie to watch?!"

Kayano+Kurahashi: "Disney Movies!!"

Karma+Hazama: "Horror Movies!"

Maehara+Terasaka: "Action Movies!!"

Kayano: "WHAT?! DISNEY MOVIES ARE BETTER!!"

Kurahashi: "YEAHH!!"

Nakamura: "LET'S CROSSDRESS NAGISA INSTEAD!!"

Nagisa: "NO WAY!!"

Karma: "HORROR MOVIES ARE EXQUISITE AND MOST HIGH QUALITY GORY!!"

Hazama: "I shall curse this TV to play horror movies."

Terasaka: "FIGHTING MOVIES ARE WAY MORE ENTERTAINING THAN YOUR TRASHY PICKS!"

Fuwa: "ANIME IS MORE BETTER HOW DARE YOU!!"

Isogai: "Alright Stop!!

Kataoka: "STOP!"

Nagisa: "EVERYBODY STOP!!"

*silence*

Nagisa: *sighs* "How about we pick a movie by majority rules?"

Kataoka+Isogai: "Great Idea Nagisa!"

Kimura: "I'll get a bowl.."

Mimura: "I'll get paper.."

Nagisa: *sighs* "Finally.."

Sugaya: "CAN WE PLEASE HAVE ONE NORMAL DAY?!?"

Sugino: "Sorry bro but I don't think that's possible here!"

Sugaya: "True true.. Just have to face reality.. 😔"

Okajima: "There there buddy.." *pats sugayas back*

Kimura+Mimura: "We're back!"

Muramatsu: "Thanks you guys!" *grabs bowl and papers from them*

Hara: "I'll write down the genres! Anybody say there genre now!"

Karma: "Horror!"

Hara: "Alright"

Kayano: "Disney!!"

Hara: "Sure!"

Maehara: "Action or Fighting!!"

Hara: "Nice!"

Fuwa: "ANIME!!"

Hara: "Was expecting it!"

*a moment of silence*

Hara: "Oki-Dokies is that all?"

Okano: "Action!"

Hara: "That's already there"

Okano: "Oh, okay!"

Hara: "Okay time to mix the papers!!"

*shuffling noises can be heard*

Kataoka: "Alright Everybody one by one line up!"

*everybody lines up*

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*a few minutes later..*

Nagisa: "Alright is everybody done?"

3-E: *nods in agreement*

Nagisa: "Alrighty! Everyone show there papers in 3.. 2... 1..!"

3-E: *flips the paper and raises it*

Nagisa: "Alright that's one.. two.."

*a few minutes later*

Nagisa: "Alright it seems that.. Horror won! Wait.. God were doomed.." *nagisa grimaces*

3-E: *sighs defeatedly*

Kataoka: "Hey Nagisa thanks for helping out."

Isogai: "Yeah you did an amazing job!"

Nagisa: "Oh, thanks but I really didn't do much!"

Nakamura: "Gisa' accept a compliment will you?" *ruffles his hair*

Nagisa: "H-hey!" *blushes in embarrassment*

Karma: "Awe look who's red!"

Nagisa: "S-shut up Karma-kun!"

Karma: "Haha!"

Kimura: "Alright let's pick the movie!!"

Mimura: *opens Netflix's and moves to horror category*

Karma: "Eh.. Em... Seen that one.. Boring..."

Hazama: "That one."

Karma: "Oh hey! Didn't see that but heard it's creepy!"

3-E: *shivers in despair*

Terasaka: "Cmon just play it will you!"

Mimura: "Alright! alright! Ritsu can you play that movie with speaker volume up to 50?"

Ritsu: "Aye Aye captain!"

Itona: "Terasaka move your squishing me."

Yoshida: "Move buff guy your squishing all of us!"

Terasaka: "HEY WATCH YOUR WORDS!"

Nagisa: *brings blanket up to shoulders*

Karma: "Aww is little Nagi scared?"

Nagisa: "No you big idiot! I'm just cold!"

Sugino+Kayano: "I AM HERE!!! WE'LL HELP YOU!!"

Nagisa: "Oh- uh okay!"

Nakamura: *whispers to karma then giggles*

Karma: *chuckles and whisper backs*

*both put there iconic grin and devil horns and tails start visibly showing*

Nagisa: "H-hey what are you two whispering about!"

Nakamura: "Ohh nothing... Hehe.." *smirks*

Nagisa: "Your acting really suspicious.."

Nakamura: *giggles*

*the movie starts*

*the intro shows a jump scare*

Most of the girls: "GAHH!!"

Nagisa: "AHHH!" *embraces sugino and kayano for support*

Sugino+Kayano: *clenches their shirt/dress tightly where there heart is and melts in the embrace while a tear drop glistens and falls*

Karma+Nakamura: "HEY NO FAIR!!" *embraces nagisa*

Okajima+Half of the class: *hogs the food hara,muramatsu and nagisa made*

Hayami: *tenses up a bit and is visibly a bit scared*

Chiba: *hugs hayami*

Hayami: *blushes out of embarrassment and melts in the embrace*

*a few hours later because I'm lazy to write their reactions*

Nagisa: *asleep in suginos shoulder*

3-E: *asleep*

*visible crumbs on trays and plates where the food was formerly shown*

*tv visibly off and ritsu also sleeping*

Time-skip to tomorrow because I'm lazy! 😍

Kurahashi: "That was tons of fun!! We should do it some time!!"

Kataoka: "Yeah I agree it was nice hanging out with the class."

Nagisa: "It was a lot of fun I enjoy everyone's company!" *flashes his adorable smile*

3E -itona: *clenches their shirts/dresses and a tear drop glistens as it falls and they murmur* thank you..

Nagisa: "Eh?"

First mini fanfic :D

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Akari: ... Why is Yada-chan invading Nagisa's personal space? (╬≖_≖) *knows it's a hug, but refusing to acknowledge it as such* Yukiko: n___n;;; W-Well... Rio was noticing how some of our friends were getting along with Nagisa-kun... Akari: She did NOT...! (╬≖_≖)(╬≖_≖)(╬≖_≖) Yukiko: She, um, did. (๑•́ ₃ •̀๑) Akari: (╬ಠ益ಠ) RIO doesn't decide who gets to date Nagisa!!!!! This was supposed to be decided amongst US...! (╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ) Fuwa: Well, TECHNICALLY... Once we had Nagisa's permission, all was fair in love and war? *tilts head* I think that's how it goes... (๑•́ ₃ •̀๑) Akari: Not you, too, Fuwa-chan...! (❋•‿•❋)********* What happened to this "shared dating experience" thing being too weird for you guys!? Rinka: You got us curious. That's all. Like... Nagisa's not the womanizing type. Yet the three of you were willing to date him at the same time. And Nagisa seems pretty good at time management. *sees Akari's twitching violently* ... None of you seem dissatisfied. 'Course we'd wanna know more about the guy. Yukiko: n___n*** R-Rinka-chan... I thought romance wasn't for you? N-Not that being friends with Nagisa is a BAD thing...! I-It's just... unexpected? Rinka: *shrugs* He's a good listener. There's also some stuff he's nervous about bringing up around you guys, so he opened up to me first. It's not like I know more than you do, or Akari... or Rio... But it's kind of a relief when someone's just as lost as you. I'm more of a direct kind of gal, and sometimes he's anxious that being too upfront will hurt your feelings... or, I guess, Rio's feelings more specifically. She's teasing him all the time and whatnot. Yukiko: I... I see. So... you've been talking for a while...? n___n*** Rinka: The past several months, yeah. *nod, nod* He's an interesting guy. Akari: (❋•‿•❋)********* What about you, Fuwa? What else has Nagisa been keeping from us? Fuwa: I've tried showing different manga with him! (๑╹ω╹๑ ) I also wanna become a mangaka someday, so I've been showing him my work~ He doesn't get EVERYTHING I have him read... But he tries really hard to give me feedback, and he admits that he's not as passionate as I am... That's fine~! I've been getting him to share what he likes, too, so it's not all about me whenever we hang out. (๑╹ω╹๑ ) Honestly, Nagisa's just a really sweet, caring guy~... It's hard not to love him. (๑╹ω╹๑ ) Akari: ... Yukiko: ... Rinka: *nodding sagely* Rio: (人◕ω◕) Everyone's cool with Nagisa-kun's head buried like that, eh? He's a lucky guy~! \ (人◕ω◕) / Akari: YADA GET YOUR SQUISHY MELONS OFF HIM ALREADY!!!!!!!! (╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ)(╬ಠ益ಠ) Nagisa: @/////////////////@********* Yada: *blinking owlishly* O-Oh... S-Sorry, Nagisa-kun... I-I lost myself in the moment there... n___n;;; *separates...begrudgingly* Nagisa: ... Um... M-Me, too... @/////@*** *in a bit of daze as Akari and Yukiko form a blockade between them, and Rio, Fuwa, and Rinka just come up behind him* n___n*** P-Please don't fight...? Akari: No promises. (❋•‿•❋)***