#Hirofumi Arai

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001)

[lostinmac]

100 Yen Love (2014)

Dir. Masaharu Take

[cinemaobscura]

Blue Spring | 青い春 (2001) dir. Toshiaki Toyoda

[nirbanox]

Go (2001)

Directed by Isao Yukisada

[0nontimeleap]

[thecascadefox]

Hunger Games : Chainsaw Man Edition

[winntersnow]

Im addicted

[kyouka-supremacy]

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

[exmakina]

Oh give us those good gl recs!!

Haha, okay! Here are some of my favorite completed manga that I've read recently:

Oneshots

Can I Get You to Go? by Ohsawa Yayoi cute, funny story about a clueless delivery driver and a waitress at a cafe

The Real Momoka by Arai Sumiko angsty, complicated relationship between a bartender and office lady (same author/artist of "The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All" btw, so you know it's the good stuff)

Summer Love by Shino Hirofumi city girl x country girl, food is their love language

Series

Still Sick by Akashi Dynasty Scans | Amazon MC works a serious tech job but draws yuri doujin as a hobby, her coworker discovers this and chaos ensues... I really dig that the story covers their time as an established couple, not just getting together.

2DK, G-pen, Alarm Clock by Ohsawa Yayoi office lady x mangaka omg they were roommates slowburn - the main couple's great and all, but some really interesting side characters elevate the series IMO

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Usui Shio Dynasty Scans | Amazon ace/aro rep let's go! The main characters figuring things out together is super sweet and well portrayed.

Still got more but a lot of them are ongoing... But I think this is a good batch to dig into. Enjoy!

[genkinahito]

Love’s Whirlpool 愛の渦  Director: Daisuke Miura (2014)

Love’s Whirlpool 愛の渦  Director: Daisuke Miura (2014)

Love’s Whirlpool   愛の渦   「Ai no Uzu」 Release Date: March 01st, 2014 Duration: 123 mins. Director: Daisuke Miura Writer: Daisuke Miura (Script/Stage Play/Original Novel) Starring: Mugi Kadowaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yoko Mitsuya, Hirofumi Arai, Kenichi Takito, Ryusuke Komakime, Tokio Emoto, Yu Nobue, Eriko Nakamura, Muck Akazawa, Tetsushi Tanaka, Yosuke Kubozuka, Website   IMDB “Birds do it, bees do…

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GO

Personally, I enjoyed this film the most so far. I enjoyed watching it because most of the actors were actors I knew. Also, I felt nostalgic because I could see a lot of Heisei culture in Japan, mainly from the maison seine. The clothes, hairstyles, atmosphere of the city, and even the love scenes had a Heisei atmosphere. I also enjoyed the scene where a parent beats his child and the police do not stop it, a totally different value ,system, and norm from today. I also felt the difference from Reiwa dramas. It is difficult to describe the atmosphere in words, but it was very good to realize that the atmosphere of dramas and movies differs depending on the era. As for the camera work, the scene where the father says, "Look at the big world," was mostly shot on the ocean, which was effective in symbolizing the big world. In terms of the storyline, the scene where he confides his nationality brings up the issue of discrimination. In Japan, there is an unfounded bad image of zainichi Koreans. This has been a social problem ever since the end of World War II. Especially with regard to second-generation and after-generation zainichi Koreans, issues related to nationality and identity are still an issue today. I think this film is very good in that it clarifies these issues. Perhaps because Japan is a conservative country, films that directly depict social issues tend to be avoided in Japan. However, this work is worthy of admiration because it directly addresses the issue of discrimination in the scene I just mentioned. Furthermore, the fact that it depicts this from the perspective of the Korean people is also admirable. Not only that, but Hirofumi Arai, who appears in this film, is a third-generation zainichi Korean. The fact that the actors are actually Korean residents of Japan gives the film a sense of reality. The other memorable scene is the one in which the main character is talking with a policeman on a bridge. He attacks the cop when the cop asks him what his name is. Probably because his girlfriend was scared of him because he confided in her that he is a Korean national with his actual name. From this scene, I learn that there is an environment in which people have to hesitate to even say their own names. Also, in the scene in the schoolyard at the end of the film, the main character's words resonated with me, saying that human beings are insecure unless we give names to things. It is true that we feel uneasy when we encounter something we do not understand, and we are relieved when we find something with a name. However, I realized that these names are self-serving and self-serving.I had never really thought about zainichi, but through this film I learned what it means. I learned that zainichi can be taken to mean that one day they should leave Japan. In addition, I learned that a name that makes some people feel secure can make others feel uneasy or disgusted.

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2001)

[brody75]

Blue Spring (2001)

[cinemaobscura]

Blue Spring | 青い春 (2001) dir. Toshiaki Toyoda

[nirbanox]

Blue Spring (2002)

Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda

[0nontimeleap]

Blue Spring (2001) | Go (2001)