#Masaya Matsukaze

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Denji Sentai Megaranger (Ep 28)

Kenta risking it all. 🤣

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Masaya Matsukaze with Atomic Soul- Jibun Laundry (Music Video)

Since I was tokuposting earlier (and this is technically adjacent to that, since Matsukaze is kinda known for his roles in super sentai, both on screen and voice-acting, as well as his voicework in anime/video games in general), here's the music video for "Jibun Laundry" by Masaya Matsukaze and Atomic Soul. Included as a bonus feature on the 2010 CD with the same title.

Hope you enjoy!

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Due to my new system for accepting donations to bump princes up to the top of the list, I've translated Nayuta per a donor request! He is such a sweet cat boy, I love him and totally get why Hime falls for him XD

Here's the story: https://hanxanthtranslations.com/4-star/nayuta/

And here are a couple notes on terms from his story: https://hanxanthtranslations.com/nayuta-notes/

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

Unless I get other donations, Riel will be next.

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The Hopeful Radio & The Hopeless Ogata

I've recently managed to find all the recordings of Megumi Ogata's (Makoto Naegi's VA) talk show! The show features many guests, including voice actors and even Kodaka himself. Please feel free to check it out!

Vol.1 & Vol.2

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Vol. 1 Tracklist:

1. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

2. Guest: The Role of Byakuya Togami: Akira Ishida

3. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

4. Guest: The Role of Kyoko Kirigiri: Yoko Hikasa

5. Guest: Planning, Scenario: Kazutaka Kodaka

6. Guest: The Role of Sayaka Maizono: Makiko Ohmoto

7. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

8. Guest: Script: Makoto Uezu

9. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

10. Guest: The Role of Chihiro Fujisaki: Koki Miyata

11. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

Special Travel Edition - Guest: The Role of Leon Kuwata: Takahiro Sakurai

[Special Guest]

The Role of Asahina Aoi: Chiwa Saito

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Vol. 2 Tracklist:

12. Guest: The Role of Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Kosuke Toriumi

13. Guest: Anime Producer: Yuji Higa

14. Guest: The Role of Celestia Ludenberg: Hekiru Shiina

15. The Role of Makoto Naegi: Megumi Ogata

16. Guest: The Role of Sakura Ogami: Kujira

17. Guest: Director: Seiji Kishi

18. Guest: The Role of Junko Enoshima: Megumi Toyoguchi

19. Guest: Game Producer: Yoshinori Terasawa and Hope's Peak Academy Store Department: Editor T

20. Guest: The Role of Yasuhiro Hagakure: Masaya Matsukaze

21. Guest: Music Producer: Masafumi Takada

22. Guest: Original Scenario Writer: Kazutaka Kodaka, Anime Producer: Yuji Higa and Ryoko Amisaki

[Special Guests]

The Role of Sayaka Maizono: Makiko Ohmoto

The Role of Celestia Ludenberg: Hekiru Shiina

The Role of Yasuhiro Hagakure: Masaya Matsukaze

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Masaya Matsukaze and Takumi Hagiwara - Ryo & Ren in Shanghai

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Translation of two magazine spreads

“Revenge to You” is an illustration with some description while “Love, Hate” is an interview with Sakurai and Matsukaze.

I have been dying to read them for a while now and I finally found ones that are high enough quality to read. Also I was desperate enough. I wasn’t able to find any translations online, so I’m assuming there aren’t any. My Japanese is kind of terrible so any corrections are welcome. Enjoy!

Image source is @/ydotome thank you for the scans!

Revenge to You

Gaelio Bauduin

Taking off his mask, he returns to the battlefield. To vanquish McGillis, he stands up before (McGillis’s) ambition.

McGillis Fareed

With the [unintelligible] Gundam Bael at his hand, he lights the fire that signifies revolution. But destiny has more trials awaiting him.

Text on the right:

Despairing betrayal and farewell to his dearest friend. Even ideals called “revolution” cloud before such hopelessness. The man who fell suddenly into the depths of dejection borrows the name of “Vidar” who continues the bloodline of the god of war and giants, and rises to his feet again. In his chest is not hate, nor justice. Only the anger to completely reject all of McGillis’s actions. The scar carved deep inside the mask is a reminder to himself that he failed to protect those important to him. With thoughts of all that he has lost in his heart, Gaelio returns to the battlefield again.

Love, Hate

With love for a “friend” and hate for a “traitor”, and the unrelenting desire to pursue ambition, what are the two who have become nemeses thinking as they oppose each other?

Finally removing Vidar’s mask, showing his wounded bare face. What sort of determination did Gaelio have then?

McGillis Fareed/Sakurai Takahiro

[Not translating the actor bios because 1) too blurry 2) I don’t care about Sakurai]

With acquiring Gundam Bael, the world should’ve bowed down before him. Although he is driven into a corner by Rustal and Gaelio, he isn’t giving up just yet.

Gaelio Bauduin/Matsukaze Masaya

He concealed himself as Vidar to witness McGillis’s “true intentions”. Now he stands coldly in front of his past “best friend”.

Things heat up as all kinds of viewpoints and emotions mix

[Really could not read the question on this one. Sorry]

Matsukaze: I’ve been so excited ever since then!

Sakurai: Especially Gaelio.

Matsukaze: That’s because I loved the audition, and when I talked about “[unintelligible]” with Mr. Sakurai (and other members), I never thought I’d get a role like this. Of course, I never thought that I would be betrayed and get beaten up by McGillis, or that I would reappear wearing a mask.

Sakurai: It was rather confusing to begin with, I’d always looked up to the Gundam franchise, so at the start I was excited like a child about details like “can I pilot a Gundam?” or “will I wear a mask?” But now that feeling’s almost entirely gone…

Matsukaze: Now things like getting in a Gundam or not for us, is [unintelligible]. Gundams have a lot of screentime, so wouldn’t we worry about dying? Something like that (laughs). Meaning now it feels unbelievable, as an audience and as an actor, and the subjectivity of [unintelligible], lots of different point-of-views are mixed together.

Sakurai: Not only that, but isn’t the show too powerful? Even when dubbing it for real, with all the actors together, a lot of things are mixed together and hard to separate, so I feel what it’s like to struggle with acting for once. But then I felt everyone’s determination and focus, and the atmosphere that a lot relied on finishing the project.

Matsukaze: And of course, “death” really grips your heartstrings. Because “death” is “[unintelligible]”, although “acting a character that dies” is hard, it’s the people around that really make you feel the impact of “death”.

Sakurai: Yeah, you’re right.

Matsukaze: For actors that act as a dying character, of course you’d shout and yell at the moment of death, but it’s impossible to do that after death. It’s the people around that have to bear the emotional fallout of that death. I’ve talked about it with Mr. Kawanishi (Kengo) [Mikazuki’s VA] and Mr. Hosoya (Yoshimasa) [Orga’s VA]. For the deaths of other people, whether it be Carta or Ein, the feeling of those who haven’t died…

Sakurai: He’s bearing all that, Gaelio is.

Matsukaze: It’s so painful! (Laughs bitterly) And although the ending of Season 1 was rushed, as the role of a “rival” that can’t win or lose, I thought it was “[unintelligible]”. If I won I’d overact, and I’m bad at acting the loser, so it wouldn’t work either way…Looking back it was really hard, because the rival is too strong, and the story and drama are so powerful, I was really conflicted about what sort of acting would be fitting.

McGillis and Gaelio’s “reunion”

In episode 43 McGillis’s past is revealed, and his objective becomes clear. And then Vidar - Gaelio took off his mask. It was a turning point for the two.

Sakurai: Announcing the ambition he’d never told anyone about all at once, and then piloting Bael, McGillis had revealed all the cards in his hand, so now all he can do is head towards his goal no matter what.

What did it feel like for McGillis to face Gaelio again?

[This whole next paragraph is very blurry. I am as frustrated as you are]

Sakurai: About that, it’s like getting to the other side of a mist [?], and it’s a straightforward impression. McGillis already has the attitude of “getting[?] everything”, but he shows an ambiguous expression unable to say anything, was he surprised? And [unintelligible] feelings, it’s like, not [unintelligible], but it’s a bit of a [unintelligible] reaction. As I thought, when it comes to things about Gaelio, there might be something unlike with anyone else.

And Gaelio also said that he thought that the McGillis of the past “took off his mask in front of him only”.

Matsukaze: Well, I might be biased because I’m acting as Gaelio [?] (laughs). It might have just been an instant, but I think that instant surely existed. Which is why Gaelio probably also read Agnika Kaieru’s works at least once…he probably didn’t read them very closely, though (laughs).

Sakurai: Hahaha (laughs).

Matsukaze: He definitely asked “what are you reading?” Judging from Gaelio’s personality, if McGillis had the same interests with Gaelio or Carta, he wouldn’t have just used them but worked together with them, is what I think. McGillis who crawled up from the depths and Gaelio who was born into and grew up in a privileged family, they see different worlds.

When Mr. Matsukaze acted as Vidar, did you proceed as if it were Gaelio, or did you change it into something a little like a remake?

Matsukaze: When I heard he hadn’t actually died, but was going to reappear wearing a mask, I asked Director Nagai (Tatsuyuki) “to put it simply, did he become a ghost of revenge?” And then, it wasn’t quite like that, but he was still Gaelio as a human. So for myself personally, being betrayed by your best friend and tossed aside by your childhood friend [osananajimi], after experiencing these emotions he can’t control, changes of that level, and people he talks to changes, for example he talks differently with Rustal to some degree, but the baseline is that I still acted as Gaelio.

The moment of conclusion is approaching…?!

In episodes 45 and 46, there were the direct fights between Gundams.

Matsukaze: For me, it was really interesting that Isurugi was also there in between. It was just like how it was with Carta. Even though the source of the conflict is McGillis, he has to persuade Carta and Isurugi first. Because this is the second time…For Gaelio, there is a theme where he instantly becomes furious. Like “See? You’re being deceived by McGillis!!” (laughs)

Sakurai: Like “Again?!” (laughs)

Matsukaze: I acted like I was an Osaka mom, and it passed on the first take.

[Note: apparently Osaka moms are known for being bossy and yelling at their kids or something.]

Sakurai: (Laughs) But because McGillis is McGillis [?], I do think Isurugi’s last words did hurt a lot for him.

Matsukaze: But McGillis is the kind of person to do it by himself in the worst case scenario. He hasn’t changed from when he was a child and hit someone with a chair.

Sakurai: McGillis has no expectations for anyone. I feel that strongly.

Matsukaze: Even Agnika Kaieru, whom he was so infatuated with, seems to have done everything on his own. Something like “Agnika Kaieru’s three musketeers” probably never existed (laughs).

Sakurai: Right (laughs). He just projects himself onto Agnika, and he’s dedicated to his ambition about power. What an unbalanced guy. If he was cleverer he might have been able to find a different way, with more time, there could have been a more cautious way…

Then what sort of drama will the two have from now on?

Sakurai: I think McGillis and Gaelio will arrive at a final outcome soon. If not, there is no meaning for Gaelio to live for. A reconciliation like “Gaelio, I was wrong!” or “I…forgive McGillis!” probably won’t happen…

Matsukaze: Yeah…(laughs bitterly)

Sakurai: It’s certain that there’s going to be some sort of resolution, but what will it be?

Matsukaze: No matter what, McGillis will be McGillis, and Gaelio will be Gaelio, and they’ll both act out their wills. I think it’s important that they do what they want to [?]. Which is to say, that’s where it’s very “Gundam-like”. All sorts of reasons to fight, important things, there’s things you want to protect, and the conflict that arises from these differences. Not just us but Tekkadan as well, everyone with completely different positions are trying to carry it out.

Sakurai: Yes, once I became aware of this structure, it became a whole lot more interesting. For the inner conflict of Gjallarhorn, that survived the history of the universe, Tekkadan is a very small organization, but their rebellion has connected McGillis and Tekkadan deeply. For example, Shino’s death might just be “the death of one soldier”, but he is one of the mental supports of Tekkadan, so he actually changed the battle at least a little bit…it might be a grown-up way of seeing it, but I think knowing that made the drama much more interesting.

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Ouran High School Host Club Fine Musical  

Special guests + costumers

After some performances the aftershow had special guests from past musicals!

Shō Katō (Mori) from the first myu

Tatsuki Okubo (Satoshi Morinozuka) and Kaito Kumagai (Yasuchika “Chika” Haninozuka) from forte

Mirano Takei (Michelle) from forte

Shinji Rachi (Ryōji "Ranka" Fujioka) from the first myu

Also! Some of the voice actors from the anime unexpectedely showed up to see the show: Ayaka Saitou (Hunny), Daisuke Kirii (Mori), and Masaya Matsukaze (Kyoya).

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Denji Sentai Megaranger (Ep 10)

The android that follows her own path. This episode broke me. 😭

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Tales of Festival 2023's guest voice actor cast has been revealed! 

Tales of Festival 2023 will be held on June 10-11, 2023 at Yokohama Arena.

Day One Cast (June 10, Saturday)

Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC

Katsuyuki Konoshi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia)

Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)

Akiko Kimura (Ruca Milda - Tales of Innocence R)

Yuko Sasamoto (Iria Animi - Tales of Innocence R)

Kosuke Toriumi (Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesperia)

Rika Morinaga (Rita Mordio - Tales of Vesperia)

Marina Inoue (Kohaku Hearts - Tales of Hearts R)

Masaya Matsukaze (Hisui Hearts - Tales of Hearts R)

Rina Satou (Velvet Crowe - Tales of Berseria)

Azumi Asakura (Laphicet - Tales of Berseria)

Natsuki Hanae (Ix Nieves/Ickx Neve - Tales of the Rays)

Takuya Satou (Alphen - Tales of Arise)

Shino Shimoji (Shionne - Tales of Arise)

Day Two Cast (June 11, Sunday)

Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC

Ryoka Yuzuki (Reala - Tales of Destiny 2)

Toshihiko Seki (Loni Dunamis - Tales of Destiny 2)

Katsuyuki Konoshi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia)

Ryo Hirohashi (Shirley Fennes - Tales of Legendia)

Ryoko Shiraishi (Jay - Tales of Legendia)

Masumi Asano (Chloe Valens - Tales of Legendia)

Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)

Yukana (Tear Grants - Tales of the Abyss)

Eiji Takemoto (Raven - Tales of Vesperia)

Takashi Kondo (Ludger Will Kresnik - Tales of Xillia 2)

Mariya Ise (Elle Mel Marta - Tales of Xillia 2)

Kohei Amasaki (Kanata Hjuger - Tales of Crestoria)

Yui Ishikawa (Misella - Tales of Crestoria)

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Maybe this is a bit early, though the announcement will likely happen in the next month or so, so I want to make this post before then.

My predictions for the seiyuu of some upcoming characters in One Piece.

Following this format: Character's name - Seiyuu(character they've voiced that I'm familiar with, series that character is from.)

Kujaku - Kotobuki Minako(Tanaka Asuka, Hibike Euphonium.)

Prince Grus - Matsukaze Masaya(Illumi, Hunter x Hunter.)

Hibari - Nao Touyama(Shima Rin, Yuru Camp.)