Cast:
Isshiki Yohei : Edward Elric (double cast)
Hirono Ryota : Edward Elric (double cast)
Mashima Shuto : Alphonse Elric
Okabe Rin : Winry Rockbell
Aoki Jin : Roy Mustang (double cast)
Wada Takuma : Roy Mustang (double cast)
Tsukui Minami : Riza Hawkeye
Metal Yoshida : Alex Louis Armstrong
Okamoto Yuki : Maes Hughes
Kimisawa Yuki : Jean Havoc
Harashima Motohisa : Denny Brosh
Mizuki Sakurako : Maria Ross
Abe Yutaka : Tim Marco
Oishi Keita : Shou Tucker
Ono Hikari : Izumi Curtis
Sao Kurama : Lust
Hiramatsu Raima : Envy
Kusano Taisei : Gluttony
Hoshi Tomoya : Scar
Suzuki Shogo : Solf J. Kimblee
Kuge Megumi : Pinako Rockbell
Saito Mizuki : Gracia Hughes
Ogawa Himari : Nina Tucker (double cast)
Shiribiki Yuika : Nina Tucker (double cast)
Tatsumi Takuro : King Bradley
Sakurada Kosei : Alphonse Elric (suit actor)
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hello, 2.5D community! this would be my first time sharing my copy of a blu ray purchase so i hope i ripped the files properly. i haven't checked them due to my very packed schedule, so please message me if there are any problems.
here is the link to the files for both disc 1 (hirono ryo as edward elric, wada takuma as roy mustang) and disc 2 (isshiki yohei as edward elric, aoki jin as roy mustang). i might remove the link on this post after a while so please save it asap.
then as for the rules, just like the others, please do not upload on streaming sites.
Official Match Card Order for "All Together Again"
After the shocking news from "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall" (new David Finlay version Bullet Club members, new LIJ member, Pro Wrestling NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya participating in G1 Climax 33) and all that has happened in the past week leading to Osaka-Jo Hall, we now have the official match card order of "All Together Again" where NJPW, AJPW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH unite for a one night event fans are sure to remember for a long time. With that said, here's the match card order.
Kickoff Match: Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro, and Super Crazy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re (AJPW), YOH and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW)
Opening Match: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, and Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos), Hirooki Goto, and YOSHI-HASHI (NJPW/Bishamon)
Match #2: Chris Ridgeway (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Stinger) and Sean Legacy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK)
Match #3: Yoshitatsu (AJPW) vs. Shota Umino (NJPW)
Match #4: Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (Pro Wrestling NOAH/AXIZ) vs. Hokuto Omori and Shuji Ishikawa (AJPW)
Match #5: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, and Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita (NJPW/Strong Style)
Match #6: Jun Saito, Rei Saito (AJPW/Voodoo Murders), Ryuki Honda, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura (AJPW) vs. Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, TJP, and Francesco Akira (NJPW/United Empire)
Match #7: Yuji Nagata (NJPW), Suwama and Yuma Anzai (AJPW) vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon)
Match #8: Jake Lee, YO-HEY, and Tadasuke (Pro Wrestling NOAH/GLG) vs. SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Taka Michinoku (NJPW/Just 5 Guys)
Semi-Main Event Match: Master Wato (NJPW), Rising Hayato (AJPW), and HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon), Atsuki Aoyagi (AJPW), and AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Main Event Match: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai) and Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Kongo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Kento Miyahara (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai), and Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
All Together Again airs on NJPW World PPV this Friday June 9th at 6:00 PM Local Time/5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central/2:00 AM Pacific. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently living for the start time in your area. Also, if you choose to watch the event, you must order it for the event is a separate purchase from the official streams of NJPW World.
Again...All Together Again airs this Friday on NJPW World PPV
OK SO. This is an AU @dewdroptown was talking about on Discord earlier. It’s a Shujin Thieves vs. Kosei Thieves AU where the schools are very big on their respective Phantom Thieves. Please enjoy!
Hifumi flips through the guidebook she picked up at the hotel’s reception desk.
“I’d like to check out the courthouse,” Yusuke says, “there’s a statue I’m quite interested in and-”
Hifumi looks up from the book as Yusuke trails off. “What is it?”
“You’re crush is here.”
Hifumi nearly drops at the book at that. Hifumi knows her partner in crime well enough to know he wouldn’t make something like this up so, hesitantly, she follows his line of sight to confirm that indeed, Makoto Niijima is standing there.
Ren is with Makoto, and spots Hifumi and Yusuke. “Hey guys! What a surprise.”
“Hello, everyone.” Hifumi says. “It’s nice to see you.”
There’s a short blue-haired boy Hifumi doesn’t recognize standing behind Ren and scowling at them. “Oh. I didn’t know you had friend’s at Kosei,” he practically spits.
Ren shrugs, either unaware or ignoring the boy’s hostility. “Mishima, this is Hifumi Togo, she and I play shogi together, and this is Yusuke Kitagawa, he’s done a couple of commissions for me. Guys, this is Yuuki Mishima.”
“Based on your tone, dedicated Phanboy, I presume?” Yusuke asks.
Mishima smiles. “Yep! Hope you guys aren’t offended.”
Makoto clears her throat. “So, what brings you two here? I thought your class trip was supposed to be to LA.”
“A storm blew in and we had to make an emergency landing in Hawaii.” Hifumi sighs.
“Oh great, and just when I thought we’d be free of you guys.” Mishima mutters.
“I thought I smelt Shujin stink.” Naoya Makigami strolls up to greet them, returning Mishima’s glare. “And it’s the Phansite’s admin himself!”
“Sorry Makigami, what did you say? I couldn’t hear you over the notifications from my site. You know, the one that actually gets comments.”
Hifumi groans internally. It’s not uncommon for schools to have rivalries. Perhaps for institutions as old as Kosei and Shujin, it was inevitable. But, in the decades the schools had coexisted they had had nothing to conflict over. Kosei was firmly rooted in the arts, while Shujin specialized in athletics and academically they were evenly matched.
In truth, the rivalry hadn’t been birthed until that April, when a famous artist and a former Olympian both underwent changes of heart after receiving calling cards. Calling cards from two different sets of Phantom Thieves. By the middle of May, Shujin students were vocally supporting “The Phantoms” while those at Kosei stood by “The Knights”
Hifumi supposes part of the reason the rivalry got so heated is that there were two groups to begin with. People who would have normally rolled their eyes at the very concept of thieves who changed a person’s heart were buying merch for their preferred group because someone else had dared to insult their group.
One such person interrupts Hifumi’s thoughts.
“Ann-chan~”
“Mika!”
“This is going to get messy.” Hifumi whispers to Makoto.
“I had no idea you’d be here!” Mika laughs. Mishima’s frown only deepens at the sight of the blue shirt with the Knight’s logo Mika wears instead of her usual uniform. Mika catches his gaze and grins like a shark. “Do you like it? I found a kiosk selling them! It was amazing! Didn’t see any Phantom merch though…”
“That’s alright! Because they were selling Phantom ice-cream over there!” A mousy Shujin girl with dark hair, glasses, and a camera pipes up.
A crowd is starting to gather around them.
“Oh, I can’t eat stuff like that,” Mika giggles, “It’s probably full of stuff that’s not good for my figure.”
“Don’t worry, there’s Phantom merch too if you want something with a logo that doesn’t suck.” A voice calls out from among the Shujin students.
Yusuke’s eye twitches, and Hifumi pinches him as a reminder that they had agreed not to escalate tensions.
Yusuke takes a deep breath and steps forward. “Alright, alright, can’t we leave this bickering back in Tokyo with the thieves themselves?”
“Hell no!” Ryuji says. “You hoity-toity bastards are constantly looking down on us. Well, we’re all here now, I say it’s high time we settled the score.”
A Kosei third year with a guitar strapped to her back pushes forward. “That a formal challenge, Phanboy?” Ryuko Saito, pride of the Kosei music department, asks.
“Maybe it is.”
“Might I remind everyone that this doesn’t actually prove which group is better?” Hifumi yells.
“Togo-san is right.” Makoto says. “It’s not like either the Phantoms or the Knights are here, so why bother having any sort of competition.”
Ryuko smirks. “It’s about honor. After everything the Knights have done to help students at Kosei, we can’t just let these guys talk shit about ‘em. We gotta make ‘em put the money where their mouth is.”
“It’s the same for us,” the mousy Shujin girl says. “After everything the Phantom’s have done for Shujin, we’re not going to turn our backs on them!”
There’s a chorus of agreement on both sides, and Hifumi knows there’s no way of stopping the chaos.
There’s a cacophony of people yelling out potential challenges, but they’re cut off when Ryuko strums her guitar and fire shoots out of the end.
“Alright! Each side comes up with three challenges, and then we settle this on the beach at sunset.”
Ann is the only Shujin student seemingly not bothered by the flames. “You’re on.”
With that, everyone disperses, leaving Ren, Yusuke, Hifumi, and Makoto.
“H-how did she get a flame throwing guitar onto the plane?” Makoto asks. “Where did she even get a flame throwing guitar?
Yusuke shrugs. “Knowing Ryuko-senpai, she probably made it herself. She’s good with her hands like that.” Yusuke’s gaze catches Hifumi’s. “You know Niijima, Ryuko-senpai also makes model weapons. Really good ones in fact, they’re almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Although, she might not be open to making one for a Shujin student… you should go with Hifumi to ask her!”
Hifumi blushes. Is Yusuke really trying to set her up on a date with her crush now?
Makoto blinks. “Well if they’re really lifelike, then I might have to take you up on that. If that isn’t an issue Togo-san.”
“Absolutely not.” Hifumi says.
“Or even better, you could go to one of her performances!” Yusuke continues. “You two could go to one of the cafe’s she plays at, maybe get a table together and some food, and then talk to her afterwards!”
One really neat thing about Cutie Honey Universe is that a lot of cast members have previously worked on other Honey series.
The most famous example is Kosei Tomita, who voiced Danbei in the original TV series, New Cutey Honey, and the Cutey Honey FX game. He also voiced Danbei in UFO Robo Grendizer, and Daemon in Abashiri Family. The only time he did not voice Danbei was in Cutey Honey F.
Katsuji Mori, who originally played Seiji Hayami in the original TV series, voiced Honey’s father, Dr. Kisaragi in Universe.
Yui Horie, who played Honey in Re: Cutie Honey, returned as Honey’s best friend Natsuko Aki.
A few members of Panther Claw are voiced by actresses that had played villains in previous Cutie Honey series.
Kimiko Saito, who plays Scissors Panther, previously voiced Destroyer Panther and Sky Panther in Re: Cutie Honey.
Kazue Ikura, who played Octo Panther, was originally Sister Jill in Re: Cutie Honey.
Naoko Matsui, who voiced Jumbo Panther, had originally played the Jewel Princess in New Cutey Honey, as well as Satan Baby Claw in Cutey Honey F.
And finally, the ultimate combined Panther Claw monster, Gil Panther was voiced by Urara Takano. Takano originally played the greedy singer Siren in New Cutey Honey, as well as Cutter Claw in Cutey Honey F.
Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena NJPW v. NOAH - 1/8/2022: KENTA Out Due To Injury
Last night/earlier this morning was Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena, the first ever Wrestle Kingdom branded event outside of the Tokyo Dome. This was also the scene of an NJPW v. NOAH co-promoted card, the first such co-promotion between the two companies since NOAH was purchased by Estbee in 2016; NOAH has changed ownership twice since that time. The show was only available via PPV on ABEMA, but will be on both NJPWWorld and Wrestle Universe within a week.
The night before, NJPW announced KENTA had heinously injured himself in his No-DQ match against Hiroshi Tanahashi, suffering a dislocated hip, broken nose, multiple contusions, and more. He’s going to be Out for A While. A mystery opponent fill-in was announced and, well... read on.
Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena
- 1/8/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Arena (ABEMA PPV; NJPWWorld on tape delay)
Kosei Fujita TLD Yasutaka Yano (10:00)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata d. King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito (Kojima > Tany, lariat, 12:18)
NJPW wins the series over NOAH, 6-4-1. There really shouldn’t be any surprises here; the matches were won by the sides expected, if one were to read the booking.
NOAH acquitted themselves well during the show. Kaito Kiyomiya definitely earned himself a singles match against Okada, Kiyomiya inconsolably tearful post-main (Muto tried to console him at least), reminiscent of Okada crying after the main of WK9 versus Tanahashi. The LIJ v. Kongo match, which would semi-main, got maybe the loudest reactions of the night, the crowd breaking the no-yelling COVID-19 protocol at the beginning of the match, when Tetsuya Naito and Katsuhiko Nakajima first faced off. That match is well worth going out of your way to see.
Actually, the whole show was very enjoyable, and I would recommend this one over all of the shows from Wrestle Kingdom 16 week. The only truly bad part was the interminable House Of Torture bullshit -- it was needless during SHO v. Kotoge, and really, Masa Kitamiya showed a path for the NJPW babyfaces to deal with House Of Torture, which is to just beat the crap out of them. It worked for Kitamiya/Shiozaki, anyway. If there’s one thing I learned from this show, we need less Houses of Torture and more Funky Expresses in our wrestling.
Sugiura-gun’s new mystery partner was none other than Toru Yano, which makes a lot of sense, given his history with Kazushi Sakuraba, NOAH and Suzuki-gun. It was a pretty enjoyable match, and KENTA himself even tweeted out his approval of Yano as his fill-in.
Many of the matches were seeped in Pro Wrestling NOAH lore and history, specifically Suzuki- v. Sugiura-guns, and most of the matches involving juniors. To wit, none of Naomichi Marufuji, Zack Sabre Jr. or Yoshinobu Kanemaru may have been in that ring without Yoshinari Ogawa to begin with. But there was also Despy/DOUKI v. NOSAWA/YO-HEY, with the latter tandem being part of Perros del Mal de Japon, whilst DOUKI was part of the actual Perros del Mal in Mexico. Nice bits to call back upon there.
There were issues at the very beginning of the main card with both the Japanese and English ABEMA streams. The Japanese ones resolved themselves quicker. I saw a tweet from NJPW talking about refunds but no specifics. Really, it ended up not being a Thing, and by the time my stream came back, we had Ishii facing off against the Massive Tank known as Yoshiki Inamura so really I can’t complain too much.
There were some complaints online through the night about “politics” -- if NJPW putting itself over on a card promoted by NJPW during NJPW’s 50th Anniversary year is going to create a problem then I just don’t know what to tell you. ( I saw one comparison to the Giant Baba memorial show from 2019 as to how the main event of this show “should” have gone... where, in the main event, an AJPW wrestler pinned another AJPW wrestler in an AJPW-promoted event, so not sure that comparison really holds.) There was also the case of a pretty well known journalist loudly complaining and asking questions about how to watch the show and what ABEMA actually was, all of which were easily answered if one had looked at NJPW’s English site any time in the last two months, but hey, what do I know.
Overall, yes, watch this show. You will not regret it one bit, and was a perfect advertisement for both NJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH.
The next show for NJPW is on 1/20/2022, the first date of the New Year’s Golden Series. Nothing has been announced for that tour yet. NOAH ran a show yesterday, but that’s going to have to wait until tomorrow for me to report on it. I dunno, I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this new format, especially since I am going back to work next week. It’s one thing when on a vacation, when trying to do the Day Job quite another. We shall see tho. There’s a lot of shows today too, with Dragon Gate, DDT, STARDOM and Sendai Girls all running; AJPW and Dragon Gate run tomorrow that I know of too. It’s a lot!
Coming up on June 9, 2023 will be one of the biggest collaboration events in Pro Wrestling as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling NOAH, and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) join together for a one-night event entitled "All Together Again".
The event will air on NJPW World PPV on June 9th with both English and Japanese Commentary starting at 6:00 PM Local Time/5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central/2:00 AM Pacific. Down below is the match card so far.
So far, only nine matches have been announced yet the order has not. Down below is my predicted order of these nine announced matches.
Chris Ridgeway (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Stinger) and Sean Legacy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK)
Yoshitatsu (AJPW) vs. Shota Umino (NJPW/Blackpool Combat Club)
Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, and Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Ren Narita, El Desperado, and Minoru Suzuki (NJPW/Strong Style)
Jun Saito, Rei Saito (AJPW/VM), Ryuki Honda, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura (AJPW) vs. Francesco Akira, TJP (NJPW/Catch 2/2) Aaron Henare, Great O-Khan, and Jeff Cobb (NJPW/United Empire)
Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya, and Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto (NJPW/Bishamon), and Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos)
Go Shiozaki and Katushiko Nakajima (Pro Wrestling NOAH/AXIZ) vs. Hokuto Omori and Shuji Ishikawa (AJPW)
Master Wato (NJPW), Rising HAYATO (AJPW), and HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon), Atsuki Aoyagi (AJPW), and AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Yuji Nagata (NJPW), Suwama, and Yuma Anzai (AJPW) vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon)
Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW), and Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Kongo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Kenta Miyahara (AJPW), and Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Note that as of right now neither the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (SANADA) or the reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion (Jake Lee) are on the card for the "All Together Again" event yet the Triple Crown Champion (Yuji Nagata) is as well as all 3 reigning Junior World Champions.
Will that change after tomorrow's "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall" remains to be seen. Most people are expecting 1-3 more matches to be announced. I'm expecting one more at least. Please stay tuned to all social media for match order as well as finding out if either the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and the GHC Heavyweight Champion will be competing in this big collaboration event coming June 9th in Ryogoku Kokukigan.
2. Love is Everything - Yuji Ohno/Noboru Kimura (look I’ve been jamming to literally 13 GB of Lupin III soundtrack for the entire past year but it depends on the moment which one I like more)