#Anime Expo 2018

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BSD Interviews Masterlist

A new masterlist by yours truly. There's so many interviews out there that I wouldn't dare to aspire to include them all; but since I've been stumbling across a lot of Asagiri interviews after they attended Anime Expo this year, I wanted to at least have one place where I can keep track of the ones I see. If you know any interview I failed to include, please let me know!!

The dates reported here refer to the date the interview was published, and not when it was taken; even then, please take them with a grain of salt. Some rows feature multiple links to dislocated translations of the same interview, so be sure to hover over all the text so you don't miss any piece. Finally, sorry if the list results a little bulky at times, I couldn't seem to come up with a better way to format it.

Manga interviews

Asagiri, Harukawa (April 2013) /// original

Asagiri, Harukawa (January 2017)

Asagiri, Harukawa (October 2019)

Asagiri (July 2023)

Asagiri (August 2023)

Asagiri (October 2023)

Asagiri (August 2024) /// original

Anime interviews

Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Yasuomi Umetsu (season 1 ending director) on the season 1 ending (June 2016) /// alternative translation

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (July 2016) /// alternative translation

Suwabe Junichi (Oda's va), Miyano Mamoru (Dazai's va), Fukuyama Jun (Ango's va), Miki Shinnichiro (Gide's va) on season 2 (~2016)

Takuya Igarashi (director); Mamoru Miyano (Dazai's va); Jun Fukuyama (Ango's va); Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va); on season 2 (~2016)

Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on season 2 (January 2017)

Bones producer on Dead Apple (January 2018)

Asagiri, Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on Dead Apple (December 2018)

Asagiri, Hiroshi Kamiya (Ranpo's va), Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Nobuhiro Arai (character designer), Mari Suzuki (character designer), Nobuhito Takemoto (character designer) on season 4 (February 2023)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va); Asagiri, Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer); Asagiri; Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va); Asagiri; on season 5 (August 2023)

Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)

Yasuomi Umetsu (season 1 ending director) on the season 1 ending (June 2016) /// alternative translation

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (July 2016) /// alternative translation

Suwabe Junichi (Oda's va), Miyano Mamoru (Dazai's va), Fukuyama Jun (Ango's va), Miki Shinnichiro (Gide's va) on season 2 (~2016)

Takuya Igarashi (director); Mamoru Miyano (Dazai's va); Jun Fukuyama (Ango's va); Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va); on season 2 (~2016)

Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on season 2 (January 2017)

Bones producer on Dead Apple (January 2018)

Asagiri, Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on Dead Apple (December 2018)

Asagiri, Hiroshi Kamiya (Ranpo's va), Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Nobuhiro Arai (character designer), Mari Suzuki (character designer), Nobuhito Takemoto (character designer) on season 4 (February 2023)

Asagiri, Masahiko Minami (Studio Bones President), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer) on season 5 during Anime Expo 2023: coverage 1; coverage 2; coverage 3; coverage 4; coverage 5 (July 2023)

Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va); Asagiri; Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer); Asagiri; Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va); Asagiri; on season 5 (August 2023) /// original

Stage plays interviews

Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); Hirofumi Araki (Ango's actor), Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); on the Dark Era stage play (2018 ?)

Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Rui Tabuchi (Dazai's actor) on the Beast movie (January 2022 ?)

Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Rui Tabuchi (Dazai's actor) on the Beast movie (February 2022)

More interviews in Japanese can be found on my bsd magazines archive

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My Favorite 2D Sonic Shorts (So Far) | Saturday, 06.22.24

As of right now, these are my favorite 2D Sonic the Hedgehog shorts to watch, featuring:

Sonic Mania Adventures (2018)

Team Sonic Racing: Overdrive (2019)

Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps (2021)

In less than 2 weeks from now, we'll get our first look at "Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings", an upcoming short (produced by Studio Giggex) meant to promote the upcoming Sonic X Shadow Generations remaster of the original Sonic Generations game. It'll be previewed at the 2024 Anime Expo event soon, so let's stay tuned until then.

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Got around to cosplay my love Mipha for Anime Expo, this was so fun to make and glad I got to use my trident again after all these years. (I made it back in 2018!)

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Disney Announces "D23 Expo Brazil" Slated For November 2024.

The Walt Disney Company is heading to Brazil this November. This will be the first major D23 Expo event to take place in Latin America

This will be the first major D23 event to take place in Latin America, though Disney has ran fan events including a D23 Expo in Japan on 2018. Other events include the Star Wars Celebration to take place across the US & Europe with a Japan edition set for 2025.

The D23 Brazil event will feature unique content from brands across the Walt Disney Company, like Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars. So we should expect to see plenty of news regarding Disney films and Disney+ shows come out of this event. The event coincides in one month ahead of Disney Television Animation's 40th anniversary so we could expect panels dedicated to Disney TVA series featuring latino characters like "The Proud Family Louder And Prouder", "Hamster & Gretel", "Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur" & "Primos" and hoping for a showcase of series greenlights of latino lead shows like "SuperStar", a "NDA Preschool Series by Jose Zelaya" & the potential The Proud Family latino-lead spin-off "La Familia Avenúñez".

Brazil has become a hosts for fan events, CCXP, in São Paulo becoming a major event on the calendar, as over 280,000 fans attended the last event. Netflix also ran it’s own TUDUM fan experience there last summer.

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Homura Hime playable at BitSummit Drift - Gematsu

A demo for January 2022-announced 3D bullet hell action game Homura Hime will be playable for the first time at BitSummit Drift from July 10 to 21, publisher PLAYISM and developer Crimson Dusk announced.

At the Kyoto expo, players will be able to experience the beginning of the game, including a tutorial, as well as “spectacular boss battles.”

The full game is planned for release for PC via Steam. A release date has yet to be announced.

Get the latest details below.

BitSummit Drift Demo

Homura Hime will have a playable demo at BitSummit Drift, an indie game event to be held in Miyako Messe, Kyoto, Japan from July 19 to July 21, 2024. At the event, visitors can experience the beginning of the game, from the tutorial where players learn the basics, to spectacular boss battles. This is Homura Hime’s first ever playable demo showcase, so please visit the III booth if you have the chance! Please check the official BitSummit Drift website for more details.

About the Game

Homura Hime is inspired by Japanese anime and aims to perfectly recreate the rich and varied art direction and expressiveness of the genre, and does so as a 3D action game where you dodge enemy barrages from all directions and engage in tense, exhilarating combat. Alongside Homura Hime, fight against archdemons possessed by deviant emotions, and get closer to discovering the truth behind both the archdemons and her own veiled legacy. Keep up fast and flashy combos by parrying and dodging enemy attacks in this game’s characteristic action gameplay, and learn new skills and combos to further flesh out your playstyle.

rimson Dusk

The developer of this game is the Taiwanese indie team Crimson Dusk, formed in May 2020.In 2018, Sam revealed the prototype of Homura Hime, a project he started on his own while he was a student, at a contest. It received a lot of positive feedback, and from there, Crimson Dusk was formed.

The Story

Welcome to a world where humans and demons coexist. Souls harboring strong emotions and deep regrets at their time of death are transformed into archdemons. Archdemons have the power to corrupt the foundation of the world and contaminate their surroundings. Creatures tainted by this demonic power turn into lowly monsters that operate solely on raw instinct. Faced with the threat to the world posed by five extremely powerful demon girls, the High Priestess is forced to dispatch Homura Hime—the “Flame Princess” and the strongest exorcist of them all—and her aide, Ann, who are now entrusted with the divine mission of purifying the world and defeating all demons.

View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

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Red Hood from DC Comics // Cosplayer: @raijincosplay // Photo: @marcosmedia 

I've always had a particular love for characters with tragic backstories which they turned into strengths and what drives them. The Red Hood has a soft place in my heart for these reasons as well as the personality he has.

I have gone through several renditions of the character over the past 5 years I've done him. Tapping into my own creative talents as well as various other artist's creations. I started primarily at the suggestion of a close friend of mine (@8o8darkknight) who gave me a helmet he created. Over time in our group I had a love for the character more and more that I decided to do a version of him all my own using different parts from other artists. A helmet from @godofprops, leather jacket from @lucajackets, body armor from UD replicas along with a few other pieces I've had sitting around and I had something I liked and felt comfortable with. Err well maybe not comfortable but rather looking the part (The entire outfit is an OVEN).

Goodness me the past 5 years with this character has certainly blended together. Aside from our local conventions, I've taken the outfit to Anime Expo and Dragon Con. I've done more sidekicks and obscure characters so I often get mistaken for other characters but it's no problem to me. I believe the best response I've ever gotten was during the 2018 Dragon con parade. There a young child in the crowds that was along the parade route back, recognized my buddy and I as Red Hood and Batman Beyond. When he shook my hand as I walked by I forgot about the heat and all I remember was making the little guy happy. That made my entire day worth it.

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trying to think of my niche / no one cares interests from over the years as an autistic person that I still have retained hyper specific information on lmao

🍓 Lolita (fashion) and the culture within the western side of that community

❕fashion/sub fashion groups and creators in general

🍓 lore from 2016-2018 creators in the “kawaii” aesthetic realm (ex: pixielocks, kelly eden, Heather Sparkles/Heather Explores)

❕ the DSM-5 (psych in general) I wish this were a joke

🍓 the westernization and white washing of 90’s-2000’s anime , localization and accessibility issues in dubbing (all related to each other)

❕ old anime con culture (ex: yaoi paddles….)

🍓 gaming history (mostly 80’s-00’s era… I was super into the Sega history of their console era)

❕ mlp - all generations and all media and physical media

🍓 content creators based out of toy content from the 2013-present era. (Mommy’s world rocks, xcanadensis, doll twt in general)

❕ miku expo 2024.

🍓 magical girl discord server lore. this isn’t even specific to one server it’s been precure and sailor moon and probably others based out of other medias unfortunately

❕ evangelion… like just anything abt it especially dubbing issues I love you dubbing from the 90’s-00’s vs modern dubs

🍓 Taylor swift. I know this isn’t very exciting to most people but I have way too much information here

❕ sonic franchise from the games to the fandom to movies EVERYTHING

There’s probably more I can’t think of off the top of my head but anyways feel free to ask me about these things anytime at all ever

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💫 ANIME EXPO 2024: TUTTE LE NOVITÀ DAL GRANDE EVENTO DI LOS ANGELES (PARTE 1)

Batman Ninja, Bleach, UbelBlatt, Panty & Stocking, Beastars, Trigun e poi Arifureta, SAO Alternative, Guilty Gear, Blue Box e altro ancora!

Ce l'ho fatta! Vi avevo detto che arrivava presto, no? Easy, first try. A proposito di first, questo che trovate qua è appunto il primo dei due post di cui vi anticipavo ieri, con i quali vi andrò a raccogliere e impacchettare tutti gli annunci, aggiornamenti e trailer arrivati durante i quattro giorni dell'ANIME EXPO 2024, la grande kermesse dedicata al settore, che ogni anno si tiene al Convention Center di Los Angeles.

Ovviamente, visto che mi seguite più per la simpatia e per i fantastici collage che faccio per le notizie, piuttosto che per la mia velocità, la seconda parte che contiene tutto l'arsenale Crunchyroll arriverà presto, ma non prestissimo. Chiedo scudo. Nel frattempo godetevi questa prima carrellata, con tanta bella roba!

🔶🔸NEW PANTY & STOCKING WITH GARTERBELT

Sono già tre anni che ce la fanno sognare, non sarà ora di uscirla? Secondo me è già pronta ed è tutto un trick per farsi invitare ogni anno all'Anime Expo, eh studio TRIGGER? :V

A questo giro hanno portato un nuovo coloratissimo poster e si sono, addirittura, fatti sfuggire che la serie arriverà in un momento non precisato del 2025!

L'anime è, ovviamente, di nuovo scritto e diretto dal buon Hiroyuki Imaishi (Promare, Space Patrol Luluco, Cyberpunk Edgerunners), affiancato per l'occasione ancora una volta nella sceneggiatura da Hiromi Wakabayashi (Inferno Cop), produttore e partner in crime di lunga data.

🔶🔸BEASTARS (Stagione 3) 

Altro anime che si sta facendo attendere, forse anche più del dovuto.

Come vi avevo già anticipato, l'ultima stagione della serie targata studio ORANGE (Trigun Stampede, Land of the Lustrous), tratta dal premiato manga di Paru Itagaki, verrà divisa in due parti; la prima arriverà su Netflix a dicembre, mente la seconda ancora non ha una finestra di lancio.

Oltre alla nuova locandina, sono stati comunicati anche qualche aggiunta e qualche cambio allo staff, più che mai in termini di direzione artistica, effetti, design e fotografia.

🔶🔸TRIGUN STAMPEDE

Rimaniamo sempre in casa ORANGE per un piccolo aggiornamento sul sequel della nuova serie, basata sul celebre manga di Yasuhiro Nightow (Blood Blockade Battlefront), che ricordo lo studio ha definito come "fase finale". Parlare chiaro è un optional come al solito, a quanto pare.

Bene, la storia di Vash e co. proseguirà con TRIGUN STARGAZE, il cui debutto è ancora tutto da definire, quindi vi rimando ai primi 12 episodi andati in onda l'anno scorso, che trovate comodamente in streaming Crunchyroll.

🔶🔸BATMAN NINJA VS YAKUZA LEAGUE

Svelati poster e primo teaser della nuova avventura del Cavaliere Oscuro in un altro epico mondo DC in salsa feudale nipponica!

La resa in 3D dei ragazzi di KAMIKAZE DOUGA (Pop Team Epic, Sand Land), purtroppo, non è il massimo, ma il design di Lanterna Verde, Aquaman, Wonder Woman e Flash è spettacolare, bisogna ammeterlo.

Come per il film sbarcato nel 2018 su Netflix, anche stavolta la regia è in mano a Junpei Mizusaki (Sound & Fury) e Shinji Takagi.

🔶🔸ÜBELBLATT

Primo attesissimo trailer per la serie che da gennaio 2025 porterà in tv il manga dark fantasy di Etorouji Shiono, pubblicato qua in Italia nella sua interezza da J-POP Manga.

Cioè, almeno parlando della lunga prima parte della storia di Koinzell, visto che in patria è da poco stato lanciato il sequel.

L'anime è diretto da Takashi Naoya (Vermeil in Gold, Tales of Wedding Rings) ed è una produzione congiunta targata SATELIGHT (Helck) e STAPLE ENTERTAINMENT (Am I Actually the Strongest?).

🔶🔸ARIFURETA - FROM COMMONPLACE TO WORLD’S STRONGEST (Stagione 3)

Svelato il trailer per la terza stagione dell'avventura fantasy isekai basta sull'omonima light novel di Ryo Shirakome, che andrà in onda a partire da ottobre.

Seppur travagliata, la produzione ASREAD (Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory) ci ha già portati a metà della storia, quindi ormai che ci siamo possiamo legittimamente sperare in un'eventuale quarta stagione, che ci porti a vederne anche l'epilogo.

🔶🔸BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR

Nuova locandina e nuovo teaser per la terza parte della serie, The Conflict, attesa su Disney+ per ottobre; in tutto sono previste quattro parti.

Il doppiaggio italiano della serie è curato da Dynit, che si sta occupando anche dell'edizione home video. 

Per chi ne sapesse poco, questa è la serie sequel dell'originale anime trasmesso nei primi anni 2000, che rese celebre il manga in tutto il globo. L'intento è proprio quello di completare, finalmente, la storia.

🔶🔸SPECIAL KID FACTORY

Ricomparso l'originale mystery sci-fi di studio NAZ (Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf, Good Night World), inizialmente previsto per l'anno scorso e poi svanito nel nulla.

L'anime scritto da Otaro Maijo (Id:Invaded) e diretto da Atsushi Ikariya (Sabikui Bisco), sotto la supervisione di Ei Aoki (Id:Invaded), si mostra in un teaser trailer, ma resta ancora vago su quando lo potremo vedere.

🔶🔸BLUE BOX

La versione animata della commedia romantico-sportiva di Kouji Miura, che qua in Italia possiamo leggere grazie a Star Comics, sbarcherà in simulcast su Netflix a ottobre!

L'adattamento è fatto in casa TELECOM ANIMATION FILM (Tower of God, The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse), dietro alla regia di Yuichiro Yano ( Lupin III - Ritorno alle origini).

Ci sarebbe anche un nuovo video promozionale postato esclusivamente su Twitter/X, ma Tumblr si rifiuta categoricamente di farmelo incorporare, quindi piazzo il cartonato e vi rimando a questo link. Si fa quel che si può.

🔶🔸SWORD ART ONLINE ALTERNATIVE: GUN GALE ONLINE (Stagione 2)

Siete pronti a loggare nuovamente su GGO? LLEN e gli altri torneranno sui nostri schermi a partire da ottobre, con alle spalle lo stesso staff della prima stagione, che volendo potete recuperare in streaming su Prime Video e Netflix, oltre che in Blu-ray.

La serie si basa sull'omonimo spinoff per veri gamer di SAO, nato dalla penna di Keiichi Sigsawa (Kino’s Journey). 

🔶🔸GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS

Arrivato, sotto forma di un breve teaser trailer, un primo assaggio dell'anime ispirato al popolare picchiaduro di Arc System Works!

La serie è prevista per il 2025 e la regia è affidata a Shigeru Morikawa (Argonavis Movie: Axia). Il progetto rimane in casa SANZIGEN (D4DJ, BanG Dream!), che per il gioco ha già realizzato il videoclip celebrativo Find Your One Way.

🔶🔸FURERU

Dalle botte da orbi passiamo ai danni emotivi, con il nuovo film dei Super Peace Busters.

Il team creativo è infatti composto dal regista Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hana, Her Blue Sky, Toradora!), dalla scrittrice e regista Mari Okada (Ano Hana, Her Blue Sky, Maquia) e dal designer Masayoshi Tanaka (Ano Hana, Her Blue Sky, Suzume).

Il loro prossimo drama con elementi soprannaturali è in lavorazione presso lo studio CLOVERWORKS (Bocchi the Rock!, The Elusive Samurai) e sbarcherà nelle sale giapponesi il 4 ottobre.

🔶🔸GROTESQUE

Parlando sempre di CLOVERWORKS, è stato annunciato un nuovo progetto originale potenzialmente molto interessante, almeno a livello stilistico, in arrivo indicativamente nel corso del 2025, di cui è stato mostrato per ora solo un concept trailer.

Il regista a capo della produzione è Atsushi Nishigori (Darling in the FranXX, The iDOLM@STER).

🔶🔸PRINCESSION ORCHESTRA

Presentato anche un primo trailer per l'originale fantasy-musicale diretto da Shin Onuma (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense), che lo studio SILVER LINK (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) conta di portare in tv nel 2025.

L'idea è quella di mescolare il genere delle maghette con tante canzoni da cantare, sia per le doppiatrici che per gli spettatori. Non a caso il progetto fa capo alla casa discografica King Records ed è stato ideato, indovinate un po' da chi? Dal maestro Akifumi Kaneko (Symphogear), bravi.

In ultimo, è stato anche accennato che Shoji Kawamori (Escaflowne, Macross, Aquarion) starebbe attualmente lavorando ad un nuovo film d'animazione, che dovrebbe vedere la luce nel 2025. Cosa si sarà inventato stavolta?

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2018 VoicePlay winter wrap-up — conclusions, adventures, and fortifications

The guys started the year by recharging from the rush of the holiday season, releasing more of the previous year's music, and working on some personal projects before they hit the road again.

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Hot and cold

First up was J.None's feature on ATK's single "Guilty" on New Year's Day, followed the next day by VoicePlay's "Waving Through A Window" collaboration with Kurt Hugo Schneider that they'd filmed in October, and a fun animated version of "Happy Birthday" for their fans a couple days after that. J also completed filming for his nephew's first music video with some help from family and friends.

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Amid the celebrations, though, they also lamented that Florida was experiencing some actual winter weather that their homes weren't built for.

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Luckily, they had an escape planned, in the form of a quick cruise to the Bahamas aboard the familiar Disney Dream. J.None livestreamed part of their drive to the ship, and recorded a short Instagram video in the port.

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Business and pleasure

Once they were back home, they announced the release of their "Look What You Made Me Do" video with pocket.watch, then headed even farther north for their annual trip to the Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference in NYC. During a day of showcase concerts, they spent some backstage time with the Plain White T's and singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson. Once they were done, they met up with their fellow Floridians in Vox Audio and The Edge Effect for some hang time.

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The conference seems to have paid off in interesting ways, since it led to this vague Twitter conversation:

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Mouse-apallooza

While the other guys tended to things at home, J.None headed to Los Angeles as part of the workshop week for Disney's new touring group DCappella, under the musical direction of Deke Sharon.

The first wave cast that emerged from this process was Morgan (soprano), Shelley (mezzo), Sojourner (alto), RJ (tenor), Orlando (baritone), Joe (bass), and Antonio (percussion). That lineup was featured in music videos and live shows.

J.None was chosen to sing baritone in the second wave cast, which ultimately didn't end up touring, but those members were still featured on some of the group's audio recordings, and some later cycled into the touring cast as the original members retired.

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Meanwhile, Layne and Tony finished up PattyCake's long awaited "Grande Mermaid" video and released it into the wild, then got to work filming their next project, "The Disney Showman".

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Hey there, cats and kittens

Once J.None was back on the East Coast, VoicePlay spent a Saturday morning entertaining animal medicine professionals as part of the opening day of the annual Vetinary Meeting & Expo. They even met fellow animal lover Michael J. Fox, who spoke about the emotional benefits of pets to his quality of life as a disabled person.

It's unclear whether the guys got to spend any time with the animals that were on site for hands-on educational sessions, or the pets attendees had brought with them to participate in a 5K fundraiser fun-run. At least most of them got to go home to their own furry friends afterward.

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Southwest adventures

The next weekend, VoicePlay headed west. Their show in Oakland, CA was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict at the venue, but they still had a grand time in Tempe, AZ and Las Vegas. Especially since they got to see several Patreon patrons in person. (And some fans continued the tradition of gifting them with snacks.)

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Back to the grind

The following weekend was bookended by business time. After facing disappointment at a restaurant on Friday, they played it safe for their weekly planning meeting on Monday by gathering at Casa Lucci.

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Positive vibes

J.None spent the Presidents' Day holiday filming an anti-bullying music video with Alexis Taylor Kritsky, his big sister and nephew, a local activist, and a group of volunteers.

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The next day, DCINY announced the featured singers for their annual Total Vocal a cappella concert, including VoicePlay.

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While that was happening, the PattyCake guys teamed up with their old friends at Entertainment Central Productions to film a fun video for their grown-up girl group, 4Eva29.

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Oh no, Mister Bill Earl!

February ended with a little more excitement than expected when Earl wound up in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. But through a combination of his otherwise good health, stubbornness, and the wonders of modern surgical techniques, he was back on his feet in just a couple days. The guys didn't even need to postpone their shows at the beginning of March.

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Midwest trip

With their tenor on the mend, VoicePlay headed toward the Great Lakes for a loop through central Indiana, western Ohio, and eastern Illinois.

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Thursday — Culver, IN

photos by Mary D. Fox

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Friday — Cincinnati, OH

The guys discovered a tiny, creepy attic door in their accommodations for the night.

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Saturday — Crystal Lake, IL

photos by Sarah Kay

They returned there a year and a half later as part of their 2019 Warm Up holiday tour.

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Sing for me!

The PattyCake guys started the next week by filming a Greatest Showman / Phantom of the Opera mashup video with classical singer Fernando Varela. They recruited Leah Lowman from their rotating "Unexpected Musicals" cast to play Christine, and Tony dusted off his mask and cape to cameo as the lurking Phantom.

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A couple days later, Layne lent a hand — and his home studio's equipment — to one of his girls and her friends to record a song for a video project they entered into a student film contest at their school. (And they won!)

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When the weekend rolled around, VoicePlay headed over to the Gulf Coast for a show in Tarpon Springs.

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In the middle of the week, the guys gathered at Rayne's Room to get nostagic with a new "Aca Top 10" countdown featuring the cartoon themes of their childhoods.

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They spent the next day performing at a private outdoor event in Palm Beach (and communing with some of the local wildlife).

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Big Apple time

In advance of the Total Vocal show, Layne and Cyndi took their older girls and Layne's parents to NYC for a couple days of spring break family time, seeing the sights and a couple Broadway shows.

The rest of VoicePlay flew up on Friday to rehearse for the concert on Saturday and perform on Sunday. A grand time was had by all as they reunited with Deke Sharon and other aca-friends from DCappella and Vocalosity, and met new friends from Pentatonix and the Pitch Perfect movies.

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Work, work

After flying home and getting a little rest, it was time to get back to business, planning their video projects for the coming months.

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From four to five once more

VoicePlay capped off the season by finally formally welcoming J.None to their permanent ranks.

Since J had started appearing at concerts even before Tony officially left, had guested in four music videos before they stopped crediting him as a featured singer, and was included as a member of the group on the liner notes for their new holiday album, this was more of a confirmation than an announcement, but it was a very welcome one.

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Araki Interviews/JoJo Exhibit Footage:

1980 -- Araki meeting Osamu Tezuka (author of Astro Boy)

1993 -- Interview about the upcoming JoJo OVA

1993 -- Araki Interview (without eng subtitles) JoJo OVA DVD--includes Araki drawing Josuke

2003 -- French NoLife interview for Araki's exhibition in Paris

2003 -- Les Dossiers Du Manga interview

2006 "Special Interview with Hirohiko Araki" (around the time the Phantom Blood PS2 game came out) PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

2006 -- Araki interviewed by Shoko Nakagawa with ENG captions: PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 (full interview without captions here)

2008 upload date - in the video, Steel Ball Run was still being published -- Interview with Araki about JoJo in general

2009 -- 100 questions with Araki-sensei PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 (PART 6 missing)

September 2011 -- fan footage of the JoJo/Rohan x Gucci collab store display

October 2011 -- more footage of the JoJo Gucci Tokyo display

July 2012 -- Q & A with Araki for the "Hirohiko Araki Original Art Exhibition Jojo Exhibition"

July 2012 -- Araki teaches a college class how to draw and has them design characters, talks about the JoJo design process and some art history references. PART 1 PART 2

September 2013 -- Jojoveller Disk 2 -- Short Video "Making of JoJo"

September 2013 -- Araki hour long timelapse of fully drawing and painting the Jojoveller illustration

August 2014 -- Araki Official ALS ice bucket challenge video

August 2014 -- SPUR Love Mode 100 -- Araki talking about his gucci ipad case and how he stores a sketchbook inside

Nov 2014 -- fan video of the Jojolion Exhibition at Lucca Con

July 2016 -- fan video of Araki's Anime Expo message

December 2016 -- Jump Ryu (1x speed, hour and a half, Araki drawing Jojolion) ( extremely sped up short version )

Anime Expo 2017 Greeting from Araki-sensei

October 2017 -- VIZ: Araki's favorite fashion designers/the fashion of JoJo

JoJo exhibition 2018 trailer

2018 Ripples of Adventure exhibition interview and tour

September 2018 -- UOMO magazine "5 strange questions for Araki" and Bruno fashion drawing

January 2020 -- VIZ: Araki on Diamond is Unbreakable

October 2020 -- VIZ: Araki on Golden Wind

April 2021 -- screen record of Araki's message from the Stone Ocean press conference livestream

June 2022 -- Popcult Japan Interview

Summer 2022 -- VIZ: Summer Greeting from Araki Special Jolyne Illustration Special Anniversary Message

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hi guys i went to miku expo ^_^ the screen controversy is going to annoy me for weeks . the screen is fine personally i love the screen its nice and vivid and they can do whatever they want with the lights now that they dont have to worry about it fucking with the holograms. the hologram thing is a gimmick its still a flat image of anime characters dancing in the end and the outrage all seems a bit silly to me

i still think crunchyroll as a company needs to Die, in general, and there were things that were definitely mishandled. mostly the merch but i'll be honest with you guys i think that shits overhyped expensive things you dont need......... in fairness i do already own a lightstick from 2018, im sure if i didnt have one i wouldve felt very left out but i did not really do much with mine since i was more focused on jamming out with the rest of my body and i didnt want to block the view of the people behind me

the concert itself was awesome, the band totally killed it, there were two of the buffest women ive ever seen fucking shredding it on bass and guitar and i would have been happy watching them alone honestly . (the guys on drums and keyboard were also awesome im just gay) they had a setlist with really great variety between classics and lesser known songs, a great variety of genres, it did a good job of encompassing vocaloid as a whole and i loooove that. i heard some people complain about them not playing more classics for ~the OGs~ or whatever but as somebody who's been into this for 12-13 years i have heard all of those songs Enough and im wayyyy more excited about the vocal synth scene of today

thats my hot takes . i got up at 6 in the morning got rained on and then scorched by the sun to get into front and i will so happily be doing it again next time

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Queer Angel’s Tea-sis on Darling in the Franxx

Part 1: Introductions-We’re doing this in parts because tumblr says I typed way too much

Welcome guys, gals, and enpals to Queer Angel’s Tea-sis. A series where I discuss the good, the bad, and the questionable depictions of queer characters in anime and apply a queer lens of analysis. As any anime watcher will tell you, there are anime that start so-so but end well or turn out awful. However, few anime has the distinction of starting near-universally applauded (albeit I saw red flags a mile away) and then slowly take a downturn before nose-diving into a flaming hunk of garbage and exiting through the gift shop. Of course, some queer fans saw the death flags of this show’s narrative in the first three episodes of the show with its positing of a post-apocalyptic world where humans achieve immortality at the cost of reproduction and where they rely on quite literally the naïveté and uneducated horniness of teenagers to defend themselves from a subterranean existential threat. By discussing issues in production, story, and representation/messaging I hereby present the case for the designation of the title of “dumpster fire” to the show: Darling in the Franxx (DITF). (franks? Fran-X-X? who cares?)

Production

Taking us back to July of 2017, Studio Trigger announced DITF at Anime Expo 2017 revealing that it would be a co-production with A-1 pictures. A-1 is most known for creating the Black Butler adaptation and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, but in recent years they’ve gained a reputation for making some … lackluster features like the Sword Art Online franchise and Eromanga Sensei (a production that is gross on many levels). However, during the show’s broadcast (January-July 2018), the team working on the project from A-1 changed labels to CloverWorks on April 1st of the same year. This change may or may not have led to issues toward the end of the series. Another issue with the production was a poor choice of director and head writer for the series. While Atsushi Nishigori has some serious animation chops such as being the Chief Animation Director for Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 and key animation credits to multiple A-tier anime, he had almost no writing experience before DITF. Besides, his sole directing credit for a show was…an adaption of the Idolmaster franchise. Now while I will admit to enjoying some very cheap “cute people doing cute things” musical anime, they’re typically not the most intensive story-wise and Idolmaster is in my personal opinion, one of the most brainless and junk-foody of idol anime. This is coming from someone who watched an anime that was basically a recruitment tool made by the corporate monsters behind AKB48 and still enjoys it while trying to pretend it was made in a vacuum universe where creepy entitled male fans and producers don’t exist.

While I don’t want to place blame solely on Nishigori for the faults of DITF, there were other issues that I will discuss in the later sections, his inexperience in writing and directing beyond single anime episodes certainly didn’t do the show any favors. This is especially considering this was a show heavily publicized by both major studios A-1 and Trigger, was heavily promoted in both Japanese and western anime news media, and was guaranteed to have a lot of eyes on it.

Footnote: Japanese idol culture has the expectation that female idols remain single. The penalty for being caught dating can be getting kicked out of their groups and ostracized by their fans for the crime of dating.

Note: I’ll slowly start adding my sources to the review as I post the rest of this apparently too long for tumblr review.

Also, the rest of the review is added via reblogs~

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Well I'd best explain myself.

Hey. It's milk ✌️

If you know me from being moots elsewhere.. Hi! This is my special interest blog. A real rebloggy blog. For reblogging. And talking about my interests if I feel like it!

Current interests:

In no particular order

- Figures ✨

I collect figures. I have like well over 300 at this point. I don't keep track anymore and this one is slowly but surely subsiding. I will always adore figures and collecting them though. My figures make my room a safe place for my senses. They're all so pretty 💖

- Pokémon 🌈

Oh my god an autistic person who likes Pokémon it's a miracle. Yeah. I started playing Pokémon when I was 3, so 18 years going strong. I originally preferred the toys and cards, but heart gold and soul silver converted me and then I became a mega fan. Tracking releases, learning lore, creating fanart. Mind you I was like 7. There's a deviantart account out there from when I was 6? and yeah that shit Sure Is (you can try and find it I don't really care anymore jfjsjfjg). Anyway!!! Faves are cleffa, whimsicott, blaziken, galvantula, giratina, mimikyu and Registeel. Faves by proxy include lapras, torkoal, lilligant, gengar, rayquaza, mudkip and ledyba. Fave humans are Iono, Caitlyn, Lillie (LillieMoon 💖💖💖), Ingo and Emmet, Allister, N, Erika and Elesa. Gen 5 is currently my favourite but I have played gen 5 a LOT the past few years and a lot of my faves are gen 5. I attended both the Pokémon center pop up in London in 2018, and EUIC 2024 in London, also for the Pokémon center lmao. I have a cleffa tattoo also!!! Planning on getting a large majority of my faves tattooed at some point.

- Bugs 🐛

Woo big surprise it/they user enjoys bugs. My favourites are moths, exact favourites being hummingbird hawk moths and Madagascan sunset moths. Also a huge fan of weevils, worms, snails, beetles, bees and butterflies! I hope to have a butterfly collection one day in frames :3

Hatsune Miku.

- One piece ☠️

Pretty new one but yeah, I'm caught up so I spend a LOT of time thinking about them damn pirates. Faves in no order are Zoro, Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, Robin, Perona, Mihawk, Law, Corazon, Ace, Yamato, Katakuri, Crocodile, Buggy, Doflamingo, Lucci, Okiku, and Big Mom.

- No but for reals Miku 🎧

Fun fact! I've been a Miku fan since 2010. That's 14 years baby!! My first vocaloid songs that I remember hearing are nyan cat (duh), world is mine, Romeo and Cinderella, butterfly on your right shoulder, gugurekasu, and my all time fave, corruption garden. Absolutely underrated banger. This should be a general vocaloid section really because my favourite cryptonloids are Kaito, Luka and Miku and then my favourite non cryptonloids are Meika Mikoto, Lily, Nekomura Iroha, PoUta, Teto and Luo Tianyi! My favourite producers are PinocchioP, Neru, Giga, Kira, Iroha(sasuki) and OwataP!

I went to Miku expo in London 2018, 2020 and I am going in 2024!!! A selection from my personal wishlist for London 2024 setlist :

Paradichlorobenzene - OwataP 💛

Kokoro - Toraboruta 🧡

Kunoichi Demo Koi ga Shitai - MikitoP 🩵🧡

Digital Girl - Kira 🩵

Break it, Break it! - E.L.V.N ❤️

Non Breath Oblige - PinnochioP 🩵

Erase or Zero - crystalP 💛💙

-Minecraft 🌲

Yeah yeah you can laugh all you want. I've been consuming Minecraft since it came out, and I've played it for 10 whole years. I got pc edition 5 years ago now (INSANE). I love Minecraft. I tend to play just random mods shoved in a folder, but I do play with friends sometimes!!! If anyone ever wants to play please tell me I will kiss you.

NON SPECIAL INTERESTS BUT VERY IMPORTANT TO MY IDENTITY

-Dinosaurs (since I was like 4)

-Sanrio (as long as I can remember)

-Animals

-Anime in general

-Art (lotta A's huh)

-Shitty adult cartoons (south park, family guy, American dad, I have encyclopedic knowledge of all 3 and I can recall every episode. I also know family guy season 4 word for word :3)

-Sitcoms (Actually enjoy: Two and a half men, modern family, young Sheldon kinda, does house count? It should. Encyclopedic knowledge: Big Bang Theory, Two and a half men, Frasier, Friends)

THE "SOMETIMES" SPECIAL INTEREST

- Five Nights at Freddys 🐻

I know, I'm so cool. This game has had its dirty grip on me since it came out. Basically I hate it but every time a new game comes out I can't help but go on a self destructive info absorb and I watch like 6 hour video essays on the new lore and implications. It's fun I like fnaf silly Creachure. My fave is the puppet because I'm non binary haha.

-UNDERTALE ❤️

I pretty much tick all the boxes for middle school anxiety huh. Yeah undertale is a beautiful masterpiece and every few years I'll have a mega "aaaaa undertale" phase where I'll just do nothing but play and consume undertale content. I've played the game through at least like 10 times? A few of each ending. I'm still really bad at sans fight.

-Animal Crossing 🐾

I think everyone should have this one. Occasionally I'll just be like "hm being an adult in the real world isn't really what I wanted right now" so I play animal crossing until oops 6 hours passed. I'll then play for about a week before putting it down again. I tend to stick with new horizons, just because it has the best gameplay. Also BUGS heheshhfksjgh. Fave villagers are Lily, Eugene, Beardo, Judy, Merengue, Lolly, Merry and Marina. I also love Flick and Celeste.

Kinning!!

Yeahhh I kin some bitches. Big deal.

- Yamada Ryo

The big one. She's just me for real for real. I love her for realsies. Also um hi bocchi kinnies.

- Rina Tennoji

She's so fucking autistic. I also struggle with expression (fluctuates between under and over!).

- Kokoro Tsurumaki

Genki. I have made it my personal goal to make people happy in recent years and it's really helped my own mental health

- Madoka Kaname

😳🩷🖤

- Kirby

Small, Round, Pink, Poyo

- Flandre Scarlet

Tiny Creachure clinging to childhood (with a dash of trauma).

- Kanna Kamui

I just, deep down. I experience friendship the exact way Kanna does. I have no concept of boundaries. I will crawl into your bed at night.

- Stocking

Sweets, hypersexual, kinky, goth, chubby. Me.

- Yamato

Oblivious, love friend so much, bad family relationships.

- Kuromi

*cough cough* *straightens paper* Although Kuromi may look and act tough and punk, she is actually very girly and is attracted to good-looking guys. That is all.

And yeah I think that's pretty much it. Obviously this post will get updated as regularly as it needs it. Hope u enjoy my silly content!!!

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Find Out How Much Is Violet Myers Net Worth in 2023 and Why She’s So Successful

She is an adult video star/ actor a YouTuber and model who has achieved great popularity in a short period of time. Her YouTube channel has 171K subscribers and she joined the acting industry in 2018. Violet Myers also created her YouTube channel in December 2018 and uploaded her first video in 2019. She has also become popular on Twitch with 10.3K followers. In addition to her acting career, she also does modelling and sells merchandise from her website.

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