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The Living Skeleton (1968)

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The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 : Date de Sortie, Trailer, tout savoir

Visuels, trailer, équipe de production et distribution artistique, date de sortie : l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 se dévoile.

Annoncée pour la première fois courant 2020, en parallèle à la seconde saison de la série, la saison 3 de l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero dévoile finalement ses principales informations sur son site officiel, à commencer par sa date de sortie, mais également de nombreux détails concernant sa production.

Dans cette troisième saison, le groupe de Naofumi se prépare à affronter une toute nouvelle menace. Après Reiki la Tortue Spirituelle, c’est au tour du Phoenix de faire son entrée, dans un contexte pour le moins tendu puisque Motoyasu, Itsuki et Ren, respectivement les héros à la lance, à l’arc et à l’épée, sont introuvables. Une fois de plus, c’est au héros au bouclier que revient la lourde tâche de sauver le monde !

La date de sortie de l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Saison 3), réalisé par le studio d’animation Kinema Citrus, est programmée pour octobre 2023 au Japon.

C’est Hitoshi Haga (Star Wars Visions : The Village Bride) qui réalise le projet au studio d’animation Kinema Citrus (Made in Abyss). Keigo Koyanagi (Sirius the Jaeger) occupe le poste de scénariste principal tandis que Komatsu Sana, Franziska van Wulfen et Masahiro Suwa sont crédités pour le design des personnages. Sera Kota coopère à la conception des chara designs. Les musiques sont composées par Kevin Penkin (Tower of God). 

Pour ce qui est de la distribution artistique, nous retrouvons les principaux comédiens suivants, à savoir :

Kaito Ishikawa, dans le rôle de Naofumi Iwatani

Asami Seto, dans le rôle de Raphtalia

Rina Hidaka, dans le rôle de Filo

Natsuko Hara, dans le rôle de Lecia

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, dans le rôle de Ren Amaki

Makoto Takahashi, dans le rôle de Motoyasu Kitamura

Yoshitaka Yamaya, dans le rôle de Itsuki Kawasumi

Maaya Uchida, dans le rôle de Melty

Ruriko Aoki, dans le rôle de Eclair

Kikuko Inoue, dans le rôle de Mirellia

Sarah Emi Bridcutt, dans le rôle de Myne

Yutaka Nakano, dans le rôle de Aultcray

Pour rappel, l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero est adapté du light novel Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, écrit par Yusagi Aneko et illustré par Seira Minami, publié au Japon depuis août 2013 par l’éditeur KADOKAWA. Le titre connait aussi une adaptation en manga par Aiya Kyu, prépublié par le même éditeur depuis février 2014 dans le magazine Monthly Comic Flapper.

Les deux premières saisons de la série animée sont à retrouver sur Crunchyroll.

Après avoir mis un terme aux villes manigances du vicieux Kyo, il est temps pour Naofumi, Raphtalia et leurs camarades de reprendre leur aventure là où elle avait été laissée. Naofumi, désormais vicomte suite à ses exploits face à Reiki, a pour projet de se réinvestir corps et âme dans la lutte face aux vagues.

Toutefois, de nombreux nouveaux problèmes l’attendent, à commencer par l’éveil du Phœnix, une autre Bête Gardienne, provoqué par la disparition de la Tortue Spirituelle. Face à cette menace d’une tout autre ampleur, le monde à plus que jamais besoin du héros au bouclier !

Mais comme si cela n’était pas déjà suffisamment compliqué, les trois autres héros semblent avoir disparu suite à leur cuisant échec dans la bataille face à Reiki. Alors, afin de renforcer les défenses de Melromarc en prévision du terrible affrontement à venir, Naofumi décide de rechercher les membres dispersés du village de Lurolona et se rend sur les terres de Zeltoble, où il apprend que certains d’entre eux ont été vendus comme esclaves.

Pour les libérer et obtenir leur aide, il participe avec Raphtalia et Filo à une arène de combat souterraine. Tandis que les demi-humains cherchent le salut, Myne fomente quant à elle un nouveau mauvais coup dans l’ombre…

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Seiyuu Challenge: Bonus Rounds

This is inspired by the seiyuu challenge I saw @rukiinightray doing on their Tumblr. Check out the #Seiyuu Challenge tag on their Tumblr to see the questions. 

I just picked my favourites from Rukii’s to add to the compilation. After this, I will be posting the masterpost for my fully answered 30 Day challenge (it’s a separate one) including this bonus round!

Bonus Rounds Include:

Favourite Seiyuu above 40 Years Old

Favourite Singing Unit/Group

Seiyuu with Cute Voices

Seiyuu with Attractive Voices

Seiyuu with the Best Smiles :D

Bonus Round #1: Favourite Seiyuu Above 40 Years Old

Hiroshi Kamiya (pretty much 44)

Akira Ishida (51)

Romi Park (46)

Good luck finding current female seiyuu that still get hired above age 40 without having “legendary” status. Hahaha... why is the industry like this.

Tomokazu Sugita, Nana Mizuki, and Yuuichi Nakamura are all 39. I just wanted to mention that.

The gifs are just the most iconic character for them (although I had a tough time choosing)

Bonus Round #2: Best Singing Unit/Group

I’ll be honest, I don’t listen to units often, but I do come across the occasional song, so I’ll be sharing a few of those! I’d say that the three following groups are the only ones that I’ve actually listened to on their own. 

The original question was the best 2.5D and 3D group, but I didn’t know exactly what those meant. I’m guessing 2.5D means there are anime characters played by seiyuu who also perform live like Utapri whereas 3D have real people performing and not as characters.

I’ve been listening to Yoshimasa Hosoya and Toshiki Masuda's Maxboys, but they’ve disbanded. I personally think this was due to bad timing, lack of variety and risk, and Masuda being a little less experienced on vocals. (if you can see the thumbnail of the video) *passes towel* 

I did listen to a few TrySail things, but often, female units to me sound a bit too high-pitched and cutesy. I had the same problem when listening to a few K-Pop songs, but hey, I now know a song or two from Girls’ Generation and Twice (who the heck wouldn’t know those groups?) The members of TrySail include Momo Asakura (pink), Sora Amamiya (blue), and Shiina Natsukawa (yellow).

Alternative: Adrenaline - Eromanga-Sensei ED

But my top pick would probably be Sphere. Sphere was one of the first groups that caught my eye which was only got noticed because they sang a Honeyworks song. With members like Haruka Tomatsu, Ayahi Takagaki, Minako Kotobuki, and Aki Toyosaki, they are a bit older than their TrySail counterpart (TrySail members are 22-24ish while Sphere members are late-20s to early-30s). All of this group’s members are listed as actresses and voice actresses as well as singers. Yeah, so they voice act in various anime (each having their own list of shows), occasionally live-action act and make appearances, and sing and practice dancing. In fact, Ayahi Takagaki is one of the few women to appear on Kenichi Suzumura’s AD-LIVE event, and she went twice. I knew each of these members individually for their voice acting first, but they can also go solo (and they do) for their music, but as far as I’m concerned, Sphere is still on hiatus.

Alternative: Here are their top tracks. I couldn’t choose. (I could’ve added a lot more than 15 tracks)

I’d also like to mention that there is a top 20 list for male units (not mine) [source]

1 – ELEKITER ROUND 0 2 – E.M.U 3 – ST☆RISH 4 – QUARTET★NIGHT 5 – HE★VENS 6 – D.A.T 7 – 神谷浩史+小野大輔 8 – フェロ☆メン 9 – Marginal#4 10 – CELL DIVISION 11 - G.Addict 12 - Maxboys 13 - KAmiYU 14 - Trignal 15 - CONNECT 16 - X.I.P 17 - STYLE FIVE 18 - Stella Quintet 19 - R-16 20 - アニ○ズ

This is purely opinion-based obviously, and since I don’t listen to most of these groups (I’ve heard of them), I trust these people’s word. I just don’t like Hiroshi Kamiya’s singing, and I know I will be kicked in the shins again for saying that. Some of these groups are old too so you can see them with funny hairdos. Seriously, Sakurai had a mad mop on his head. I wonder if it was real.

I’d also like to give a quick shoutout to the Honeyworks seiyuu because even if that’s not a “unit”, they still sing a lot of songs from them.

Natsuki Enomoto (CV: Haruka Tomatsu) - song

Yuu Setoguchi (CV: Hiroshi Kamiya) - song

Akari Hayasaka (CV: Kana Asumi) - song

Souta Mochizuki (CV: Yuuki Kaji) - song

Miou Aida (CV: Aki Toyosaki) - song

Haruki Serizawa (CV: Kenichi Suzumura) - song

Saku Akechi (CV: Hikaru Midorikawa) - song

Koyuki Ayase (CV: Tsubasa Yonaga) - song

Hina Setoguchi (CV: Momo Asakura) - song

Kotarou Enomoto (CV: Natsuki Hanae) - song

Sena Narumi (CV: Sora Amamiya) - song

Midori Hamanaka (CV: Gero) - song

Arisa Takamizawa (CV: Nao Touyama) - song

Ken Shibazaki (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya) - HOW IS HE THE ONLY ONE THERE ISN’T A SONG FOR (or one that I can’t seem to access???)

There’s also Nobunaga Shimazaki and Kouki Uchiyama in LIP x LIP. [Song Recommendations] [Newest Song]

Honestly, I can make more than one post about them. Stay tuned for that! I’m going to make all my song recommendations and explain this whole universe. 

Bonus Round #3: Seiyuu with Cute Voices

Kana Hanazawa

Sora Amamiya

Maaya Sakamoto

Saori Hayami

Ai Kayano

Sumire Morohoshi

Maaya Uchida

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yuuki Kaji

These don’t even need explanation. If you’ve heard them, you know exactly what I mean.

Bonus Round #4: Seiyuu with Attractive Voices

Mitsuki Saiga

Megumi Ogata

Hikaru Midorikawa

Kazuhiko Inoue

Akira Ishida

Takahiro Sakurai

Junichi Suwabe

Yuuichi Nakamura

Yuuichirou Umehara

Kouki Uchiyama

Ryouhei Kimura 

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Mamoru Miyano

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Shizuka Itou

Eri Kitamura

Kikuko Inoue

Miyuki Sawashiro

Kana Hanazawa

Saori Hayami

Aki Toyosaki

Haruka Tomatsu

Asami Seto

I probably missed a ton, but this is such an open-ended category. 

Bonus Round #5: Seiyuu with the Best Smiles :D 

Kouki Uchiyama He doesn’t smile too often, but apparently, he smiles when misfortune happens to others. I sympathize. Why do you think fail videos can be funny sometimes?

Miyuki Sawashiro

Mamoru Miyano

Tomokazu Sugita

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Saori Hayami

I feel like I had to put that tadbit for Kouki because he’s such an odd choice. The other ones are quite obvious. There are certain smiles that just make you smile, and that’s my list.

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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 - Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Spotlight

  One of the most hotly anticipated titles of the Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Lineup is none other than the continuation of The Rising of the Shield Hero! Naofumi Iwatani's grand adventure continues when The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 goes live today, and you can prepare yourself for the journey in our full spotlight on the series below.  

  Official Website

      Navigation    

Launch Info 

Official Trailers 

Synopsis    

Characters and Cast    

Staff    

Additional Info

  Launch Info

  Launch Time: April 6

Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS

Show Page

  Official Trailers 

    Synopsis

  Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero.

  Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world.

  But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?

  Characters and Cast

  Naofumi Iwatani

VA: Kaito Ishikawa (Tobio Kageyama in Haikyu!!)

    Raphtalia

VA: Asami Seto (Chihaya Ayase in Chihayafuru)

    Filo 

VA: Rina Hidaka (Milim in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

    Rishia Ivyred

VA: Natsuko Hara (Kotonoha Kanade in Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It)

    Ost Horai

VA: Kana Hanazawa (Red Blood Cell in Cells at Work!)

    Additional cast members include:

  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki

Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura

Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi

Maaya Uchida as Melty

Kikuko Inoue as Mirelia

    Staff

  Original Creator

Aneko Yusagi

  Original Illustrator 

Minami Seira 

  Director

Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, CHAOS;CHILD)

  Series Composition

Keigo Koyanagi (Sirius the Jaeger)

  Character Design

Masahiro Suwa

  Chief Animation Director

Masahiro Suwa

Kota Sera

  Design Leader

Takeshi Takakura

  Costume Design

Kahoru Fujiki

  Motion Graphics

Hidekatsu Uemura

  Color Setting

Aiko Matsuyama

  Director of Photography

Yukiyo Kajiwara

  Editing

Hitomi Sudo

  Sound Production

Glovision

  Sound Director

Fumiyuki Go

  Music

Kevin Penkin

  Music Producers

Shunichi Uemura (Nippon Columbia)

Hiromitsu Iijima (IRMA LA DOUCE)

  Animation Production

Kinema Citrus

DRMOVIE

    Additional Info

  On the long road to season two, we got our share of trailers for specific characters. Check out a closer look at Naofumi, Filo and Raphtalia below! 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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(One for you, 'Lexy - I think you've touched on this in one or two cases elsewhere, but when you write dialogue for the Edges, how do they sound in your head? I.e. do any have real-world parallels with actors/singers/friends/etc?)

((HEEERE WE GO!!))

Aloysious Abrykos: Gideon Emery / Norio Wakamoto

Angela Neunehoff: Vanessa Marshall / Junko Minagawa

Augustine Boddicker: Erica Luttrel / Megumi Toyoguchi

Alice Boone: Hynden Walch/ Yui Horie

((proceed at your own discretion, it’s just gonna get worse))

((OOOKAY THEN.))

Mik Branz: Stephen Russell / Akio Otsuka

C-16: Nikki Yang / Noriko Hidaka

Toomaga Colton: Sumalee Montano / Yoko Somi

Lagasse Daal:  Courtnay Taylor/ Romi Park

Daneel Calliban : Jeff Glen Bennett / Toru Furusawa

Dietrich: Esra Griffin / Kikuko Inoue

Eva Neunehoff: Lucie Pohl / Miki Ito

Leebhr Jacobi: Steven Blum /  Hiroki Yasumoto

Jonquil Lancaster: Terri Brosius / Ryoka Yuzuki

Kaz Grin: Nolan North / Koyasu Takehito

Lara Minhelm: Jennifer Hale/ Fumiko Orikasa

Zune Lockwood: Jo Wyatt / Megumi Ogata

Lyle McClannahan: Peter Renaday / Takaya Kuroda

Ikram Malak: Lori Alan / Miyuki Sawashiro

Milly Carlyle: Kelly McDonald / Houko Kuwashima

Gustavo Myers: Troy Baker / Koichi Yamadera

NADA:  Nika Futterman / Aya Hisakawa

Conrad Raege: Rachael Ward / Megumi Hayashibara

Raffen Mar: Tom Clarke Hill / Banjo Ginga

Grissholm Redding: Ike Amadi / Hayami Sho

Wesk Calliban : Cara Theobold / Yuki Matsuoka

Zoya Yaroslava: Ash Sroka /Rie Tanaka

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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 New Trailer and Visual Released

  The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 official accounts today released a brand new trailer for the upcoming season, as well as a new visual and additional info. MADKID will perform the opening theme, “Bring Back,” and Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme, “Yuzurenai.” Additionally, Kana Hanazawa will voice the new character of Ost Horai.

    New key visual:

    The previously announced cast and staff follows: 

  CAST

  Kaito Ishikawa as Naofumi

Asami Seto as Raphtalia

Rina Hidaka as Filo

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki

Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura

Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi

Maaya Uchida as Melty

Kikuko Inoue as Mirelia

  STAFF

  Original Creator

Aneko Yusagi

  Original Illustrator 

Minami Seira 

  Director

Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, CHAOS;CHILD)

  Series Composition

Keigo Koyanagi

  Character Design

Masahiro Suwa

  Chief Animation Director

Masahiro Suwa

Kota Sera

  Design Leader

Takeshi Takakura

  Costume Design

Kahoru Fujiki

  Motion Graphics

Hidekatsu Uemura

  Color Setting

Aiko Matsuyama

  Director of Photography

Yukiyo Kajiwara

  Editing

Hitomi Sudo

  Sound Production

Glovision

  Sound Director

Fumiyuki Go

  Music

Kevin Penkin

  Music Producers

Shunichi Uemura (Nippon Columbia)

Hiromitsu Iijima (IRMA LA DOUCE)

  Animation Production

Kinema Citrus

DRMOVIE

Crunchyroll announced in March 2021 that the second season of The Rising of the Shield Hero will be available to users in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2021, but was rescheduled to April 2022. The series is described as such:  

Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero.

  Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world.

  But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?

    -------

Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster