#Naozumi Takahashi

[majokkoradio]

“Owarai no Michi” - Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~an! - Image Song

[satoshi-mochida]

Dessert de Otomate 2024 announcements roundup – Fuyuzono Sacrifice, Honey Vibes, Hakuoki Ibun: Berezinskii no Majo, more

From Gematsu

Idea Factory‘s Otomate brand announced new titles, updates on existing titles, and ports during its Dessert de Otomate 2024 event in Tokyo today.

Get the full roundup of announcements below.

New Titles

Fuyuzono Sacrifice

Platform: Switch

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: A wish for a bride (sacrifice) in a frozen world.

Keywords: Heartrending Love, Western-Style Fantasy

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer), Atori Shiina (director), Manuka Midou (character design), Sachi Arino (scenario writer)

Honey Vibes

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: In a tropical land where beasts (lust) and humans (reason) mesh, a hot and exciting love story awaits you.

Keywords: Beast Ears, Suits, and Three Factions

Staff: Kurage Ichi (character design), Yusuke Takahama (sound), Momoko Terashima (producer), Asami Saitou (director)

Hakuoki Ibun: Berezinskii no Majo

Platform: Switch

Genre: Otome dramatic visual novel

Tagline: “That” makes her both an angel and a demon.

Keywords: Rejuvenating Water, Hakuoki, Napoleon

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (director), Sakigumi Shiki (character design), Kagero Usuba (guest designer)

Updates

Moeyo! Otome Doushi: Kayu Koigatari

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Keywords: Battle, Love Comedy, Manga

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer), Chouko Tsuyuri (director), Ayu Nekoi (original design), Maro Sasaki (scenario), Ririka Yoshimura (scenario), and Satomi Nakayama (scenario)

Voice Cast: Shogo Sakata, Kazuki Ura, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Trouble Magia: Wakeari Shoujo wa Mirai o Kachitoru Tame ni Ikoku no Mahou Gakkou e Ryougaku Shimasu

Platform: Switch

Genre: Magic academy visual novel full of trouble

Tagline: Girl meets boy in this adolescent tale of magic. Your year to seize the future is about to begin!

Keywords: Magic, Animals, Student Council

Staff: Suzunosuke (original design), Akira Natsuno (scenario writer), and Akira Ouse (director)

Voice Cast: Tomoaki Maeno, Atsushi Abe, Ryouta Oosaka, Yuuto Uemura, Kazuyuki Okitsu, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Otomate Graffit: New Titles

Hiiro no Kakera Tamayori-hime Kitan: Omoi Iro no Kioku for Nintendo Switch

Platform: Switch

Release Date: June 20, 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: Destiny is with you once again…

Keyword: Swords, Guardians, Seals

Staff: Tsunekiyo Fujisawa (producer)

Voice Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Kousuke Okano, Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiroki Shimowada, Kazunori Nomiya, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

7’scarlet for Nintendo Switch

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Otome romance visual novel

Tagline: The truth of this town is illuminated by the moonlight.

Keyword: Mystery, Incidents

Staff: Chinatsu Kurahana (character design)

Voice Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Showtaro Morikubo, Chiharu Sawashiro, Shinichiro Miki, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Natsuzora no Monologue: Another Memory

Platform: Switch

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Summer-themed time loop visual novel

Tagline: We see “dreams” in the summer sky.

Staff: Ijou (director), Yuu Nishimura (scenario writer), Rokumaru (original design)

Voice Cast: Atsushi Abe, Naozumi Takahashi, Shinya Takahashi, Tsubasa Yonaga, Kazuhiko Inoue, Nobuhiko Okamoto, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Altergear: New Titles

Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle – 1st Period / Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle – 2nd Period

Platform: Switch

Genre: Rhythm and visual novel game

Tagline: This time the battle of right and wrong comes to Nintendo Switch!

Keywords: Rhythm Game, Hypnosis Mic, Rap

Staff: Kazui (character design and original draft), Otomate, King Records (original work), Evil Line Records (original world)

Voice Cast: Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kouhei Amasaki, Shintarou Asanuma, Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Yuusuke Shirai, Soma Saito, Yukihiro Nozuyama, Show Hayami, Ryuichi Kijima, Kento Itou, Ryota Iwasaki, Kengo Kawanishi, Takaya Kuroda, Shota Hayama, Yuki Sakakihara, Eiji Takeuchi, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

Altergear: Updates

Rashomon of Shinjuku

Platform: Switch

Release Date: August 8, 2024

Genre: A bakumatsu reincarnation story visual novel refreshed for the modern age.

Tagline: Sever the everlasting karma on the road to carnage.

Staff: Sonoe Kazenomiya (planning, original draft, producer, script), Kanna Natsumi (script), Karin Entertainment (work), Jirou Suzuki (character design)

Voice Cast: Hiromu Mineta, Yukari Shimotsuki, Junichi Yanagita, Kouji Okino, Kouhei Amasaki, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Sho Karino, Atsushi Abe, Kentaro Kumagai, Kenta Nobe, Rowa Kamiie, Takeo Otsuka, Yoshitaka Yamaya, etc.

Official Website: otomate.jp

[maoichimichi]

M・A・O on the "Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING" Completion Announcement Stage Greeting

The movie "Digimon Adventure 02" There is also a backstory of Emi Ogata and Rie Kugimiya! "I used a tremendous amount of lung capacity" Completion stage greeting report

The final speech for the film "Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING" was held on October 10th. Fukujuro Katayama and Junko Noda took the stage at the event, as well as Emi Ogata as Rui Owada, Rie Kugimiya as Ukkomon and director Tomohisa Taguchi.

The final speech of the film "Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING" was held at Shinjuku Balto 10 on October 5th. This work will finally be released on the 9th of this month. The event featured a cast of selected children, such as Fukujuro Katayama (as Daisuke Motomiya), Ayaka Asai (as Kyo Inoue) and M.A.O. (as Hikari Yagami), as well as a cast of Digimon including Junko Noda (Buimon), Naozumi Takahashi (Wormmon), Koichi Endokin (Hawkmon), Megumi Urawa (Armajimon), Miwa Matsumoto (Patamon), and Yuka Tokumitsu (Tailmon).

[shihalyfie]

I've noticed you talking about voice acting a couple times on this blog. Would you be able to discuss your favorite vocal performances in the Digimon franchise, particularly your favorite of each season?

Sure! I think Digimon has been blessed with some amazing voice actors and direction both for the original Japanese version and most of our American English dubbing.

Rolling off the top of my head, starting with the Japanese version:

Adventure: I would say probably a toss-up between Taichi (Fujita Toshiko) and Sora (Mizutani Yuuko), mainly because of the little flavor they manage to add in their nuance that can change greatly depending on performance. It's difficult to describe how Taichi can sound aggressive and yet laid-back at the same time, while with Sora there's often a little subtle "petulance" that comes with what she says when she's particularly annoyed, but it's easy to feel both of those when you hear their voices in action.

02: As a self-proclaimed 02 lover I could gush about the casting all day and the nuance each voice actor captures, but after all I have to give it to Daisuke (Kiuchi Reiko) for the sheer range of emotion that comes out of him. Also, it's just plain funny. Whenever Daisuke's flustered or pushed into a corner, he makes these little cute "nggAAAAAH" interjections that are so much fun. That said, special credit goes to Wormmon (Takahashi Naozumi) just for the sheer question of "how the hell do those voices come from the same person?!"

Tamers: Takato (Tsumura Makoto). When I hear the story of how they went all the way back to the studio to listen to Tsumura's tape that almost got completely lost, I believe it. There's such an interesting straightforward innocence in that performance that really sells the character.

Frontier: Tomoki (Watanabe Kumiko). Tomoki is part crybaby, part gremlin, and part sweet child, and I think Watanabe really brought that all out at once (of course, the gremlin comes from Watanabe herself, but it lends a lot of flavor to Tomoki's character).

Savers: Chika (Kikuchi Kokoro). Similar to Takato, I love the "earnestness" that comes out in her performance.

Xros Wars: Kiriha (Kusao Takeshi). I've heard Kusao in a lot of things before, but I'm used to him playing more good-natured guys, so I was surprised to hear him playing someone more overbearing. That said, I like how he came off as more "put-together" and less edgy for the sake of being a tryhard (even though he is a tryhard).

Appmon: This one's another really tough choice, but probably Gatchmon (Kikuchi Kokoro) and Offmon (Shimamura Yuu). Seriously, how is this the same voice actress as Daimon Chika again? Curious and rough-around the edges Gatchmon...? Meanwhile, as for Offmon, well...offu. I don't think I need to clarify further.

Adventure: reboot: Probably Mimi (Kohno Marika). I remember being rather surprised at how fitting her voice was for her version of the character, and it was just very fun to listen to her.

Ghost Game: As someone who's known a lot of Sawashiro Miyuki's roles up to this point, I am amazed she can produce Gammamon noises so well...

Meanwhile, down in the American English dub area:

Adventure: Despite me having mostly switched over to working with the Japanese version at this point, I think Mona Marshall’s Izzy is still an extremely formative part of my perception of him, even considering how different of a character he is from Koushirou. It’s the right mix of smart-aleck but straightforward.

02: Ken is a difficult role to pull off, especially since (from what I understand) most dubs casted for the Kaiser/Emperor before they casted for second-half Ken, but despite that situation I think Derek Stephen Prince did an amazing job capturing all of those facets at once. He also voiced Veemon, and the fact Ken and Veemon are voiced by the same character is a fact I routinely forget unless I’m reminded because of how well the roles are distinguished.

Tamers: Steve Blum’s Guilmon! Dear goodness! It’s nasal but not annoying and still incredibly cute! (Of course, I didn’t find this out until later, but it’s not even that far off from the tone Nozawa used for him.) At the time, it was especially surprising because everyone was used to him having roles more like Yamaki (whom he also voiced -- again, that they share a voice actor is something I forget a lot because of how well it was divided).

Frontier: Michael Reisz as Takuya! He was returning after having been Matt in Adventure, but I’ll be honest in that I think I actually like his Takuya better. He does a good job bringing the gremlin child out of him.

Data Squad: Difficult pick, but probably Crispin Freeman as Thomas. (This is also a returning role for him, since he’d voiced Kouichi in Frontier, but in this case I will also have to say I probably prefer his Thomas.) Since Tohma is a pretty polite and by-the-book person, I think it’s very easy to act him out like someone very flat or boring, so I’m glad this was avoided.

I unfortunately haven’t seen Fusion all the way to the end, so this is where I have to leave off!

[demifiendrsa]

Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning - PV

Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning will hit japanese theaters on October 27, 2023. The film serves as a sequel to Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.

Poster

It all started with a single wish.

Now, the gate to a new adventure opens.

Returning cast members

Fukujurō Katayama as Daisuke Motomiya

Junko Noda as V-Mon

Arthur Lounsbery as Ken Ichijōji

Naozumi Takahashi as Wormmon

Ayaka Asai as Miyako Inoue

Kouichi Toochika as Hawkmon

Yoshitaka Yamaya as Iori Hida

Megumi Urawa as Armadimon

Junya Enoki as Takeru Takaishi

Miwa Matsumoto as Patamon

M.A.O as Hikari Yagami

Yuka Tokumitsu as Tailmon

Newly cast members

Megumi Ogata as Rui Ōwada

Rie Kugimiya as Ukkomon

Staff

Director: Tomohisa Taguchi

Screenplay: Akatsuki Yamatoya

Animation Production: Yumeta Company

Production: Toei Animation

Synopsis

On February 2012, when Davis Motomiya and Veemon were making ramen, a giant Digi-Egg appeared in the sky. They then met someone who claimed to be the first ever person partnered to a Digimon, however despite having a Digivice the DigiDestined had no Digimon Partner with them.

[yuisdad]

GUYS, YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THIS WEIRD 80's-ESQUE SONG FROM SCARED RIDER XECHS! IT'S SO FUNKY, I LOVE IT!

[byneddiedingo]

Hideki Takahashi and Junko Asana in Fighting Elegy (Seijun Suzuki, 1966) Cast: Hideki Takahashi, Junko Asana, Yusuke Kawazu, Mitsuo Kataoka, Isao Tamagawa, Keisuke Noro, Hiroshi Midorigawa, Seijiro Onda, Chikaku Miyagi. Screenplay: Kaneto Shindo, based on a novel by Takashi Suzuki. Cinematography: Kenji Hagiwara. Production design: Takeo Kimura. Film editing: Mutsuo Tanji, Music: Naozumi Yamamoto. Seijun Suzuki's Fighting Elegy is a coming-of-age story, ostensibly about a hormone-crazed teenager (Hideki Takahashi) who tries to sublimate his lust for the pretty Michiko (Junko Asana) and to expiate his Catholic guilt for that lust by joining one of the warring gangs in his town. But what's really coming of age, as we find out at the film's end, is the militaristic imperialism of prewar Japan. So much of the film depends on Suzuki's mastery of tone as he shifts from the mostly comic story of young Kiroku's plight to the wholly tragic outcome. Kiroku becomes increasingly adept as a fighter, and his rebellious antics at school are not punished so much as increasingly tolerated -- even his father refuses to punish him, taking a boys-will-be-boys attitude. When he's forced to go live with his uncle and transfer to another school, he only gets more bellicose, but although the school has a motto that stresses the necessity of "seemly" behavior, at the end of his stay there the principal is so impressed by Kiroku's fighting skills that he removes his coat and challenges Kiroku to a duel. The scene ends with the two squaring off, suggesting that part of the reason for the military's takeover lies in the older Japanese generation's admiration for the violence of the young. The film ends with Michiko going into a convent, but not before she is forced off of the path she is traveling by a troop of jogging soldiers and her crucifix is trodden into the snow, and with Kiroku on the train to Tokyo, where he plans to join the fight for control of the government. It's not clear from the film which side Kiroku will fight on this time, although the novel on which it's based has him joining the army and dying in China. Suzuki scripted this part of the novel and planned to film it as a sequel before he was forced out of his job at the Nikkatsu studios. Fighting Elegy is an exhibition of Suzuki's original and innovative technique, which audiences loved but studio management thought was out of control.

[kazarinn]

A translation of the “@Voice” section of the April 2001 issue of Animedia, including an interview with Digimon Adventure 02 voice actors Reiko Kiuchi (Daisuke Motomiya), Junko Noda (V-mon), Romi Park (Ken Ichijouji), Naozumi Takahashi (Wormmon), Taisuke Yamamoto (Takeru Takaishi), and Miwa Matsumoto (Patamon) regarding their thoughts shortly after completing the final recording for the series.

[nuisancehelicopter]

More Best Festa 2021 Seiyuu group pics.

[akikamitsuki]

Knife by rerulili feat. Minori Shido (CV. Naozumi Takahashi) from ACTORS -Singing Contest Edition- SideB

[musicplaylist]

WeMe!!!! - Marginal #4 (Yuto Suzuki, KENN, Toshiki Masuda, Naozumi Takahashi)

Anime: MARGINAL #4 the Animation

[justfilms]

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness

[marshmallow-namo]

Akaseka Nicolive broadcast

[sweetdarkselfishness]

Super Stylish Doctor Story Event

[raining13]

for the Pretty Cure AU! haven’t visited the AU in a while but i did these gifs a couple days ago and thought id post them

Kibo/Ima - @weird-colorbars Hotaru/Joey - @joeyydrawss Yunibasu/Screenie - @screenies-blog

[demifiendrsa]

Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning - New PV

Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning will hit japanese theaters on October 27, 2023. The film serves as a sequel to Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Key visual

Cast

Fukujurō Katayama as Daisuke Motomiya

Junko Noda as V-Mon

Arthur Lounsbery as Ken Ichijōji

Naozumi Takahashi as Wormmon

Ayaka Asai as Miyako Inoue

Kouichi Toochika as Hawkmon

Yoshitaka Yamaya as Iori Hida

Megumi Urawa as Armadimon

Junya Enoki as Takeru Takaishi

Miwa Matsumoto as Patamon

M.A.O as Hikari Yagami

Yuka Tokumitsu as Tailmon

Megumi Ogata as Rui Ōwada

Rie Kugimiya as Ukkomon

Synopsis

On February 2012, when Davis Motomiya and Veemon were making ramen, a giant Digi-Egg appeared in the sky. They then met someone who claimed to be the first ever person partnered to a Digimon, however despite having a Digivice the DigiDestined had no Digimon Partner with them.