277th Priconne Re.Dive - M・A・O, Miku Ito and Rika Tachibana. Guest: Saori Onishi (01.19.2022)
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"Purikone Channel Re:Dive" No. 277 has started distribution!
This time, we welcome Saori Onishi, who plays the role of Homare, as a guest♪
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My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023, Japan)
Director: Morio Asaka
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (based on the manga by Mashiro)
Mini-review:
This was cute! It was certainly predictable, but all the characters are likable and the show was clearly made by pros. In fact, it didn't surprise me at all when I realized Morio Asaka and Madhouse were behind this. They have made some of the best animes of all time and they clearly know how to make the most of their skills even for a relatively simple story. Anyway, I really liked the way the characters develop. I know some people might be uncomfortable with the age gap, but the show handles it gracefully and I wasn't bothered by it at all. I also loved how they incorporated games and gaming into the plot. I think I hadn't seen that in a romcom before, so it felt quite refreshing and helped make up for the predictability of the whole thing. That being said, the ending felt somewhat anticlimactic and sudden. It did make me look forward to future episodes, though, so maybe that was the goal. To sum up, I'd recommend this if you're looking for a solid, feel-good anime romcom.
JP/KR server coming real soon, hell yeah. In the likely chance they’ll add JP voices in the game, I found all the character voices they’ve announced on their twitter thus far and put them in a list. Y’know, in case you’re curious and/or might change voices when playing idk.
It took some help from google translate and google lens since I’m not fluent in Japanese at all, but please do let me know if I got any of the names wrong and I’ll correct it!
Rares (Rs in the game)
Bai Liuli - Yuka Amemiya
Bardon - Yuki Kaji
Brynn - Haruka Tomatsu
Chang Pu - Aoi Yuki
Jeanne - Ru Thing
Melanie - Akari Kito
Epics (SRs in the game)
Celine - Aoi Koga
Jiang Man - Saori Onishi
Mona - Yui Ishikawa
Sander - Junichi Suwabe
Xie Chuyi - Yurika Moriyama
Legendaries (SSRs in the game)
Cecilia - Haruna Kuramoto
Jin Yuyao - Yu Ayase
Lewis - Kazuya Nakai
Narmer - Sho Hayami
Ollie - Kouki Uchiyama
Sienna - Hiromi Hirata
Oh, and the two new espers available from preregistration. I’m not too sure what rarities they are; they’ll hang out here in their own spot until I know for sure :)
Koharu - Aoi Koga (same as Celine)
Maki - Aino Shimada
JP and KR server is said to come out late March; they’re still announcing character voices so any new updates will probably be collected in a separate post roughly until the game is released.
Do let me know if you want a list of the Korean voices and I’ll try my best with that too!
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE‘s second downloadable content, “Ch. Fubuki: Fubuki’s Luckiest Day” is now available via Nintendo eShop for $5, and the third downloadable content, “Ch. Halara: Raining Cats & Dog,” will launch on September 28 for the same price, publisher Spike Chunsoft and developer Too Kyo Games announced. The fourth and final piece of downloadable content will launch in October.
Get the latest details below.
■ Downloadable Content #2 Available Now
The second of four downloadable contents, “Ch. Fubuki: Fubuki’s Luckiest Day,” is a substory that features protagonist Fubuki Clockford, and allows players to control the Master Detective with the Forensic Forte “Time Leap.”
Ch. Fubuki: Fubuki’s Luckiest Day
Release Date: August 31, 2023
Price: $5.00
Buy: Nintendo eShop
Fubuki Clockford (voiced by Xanthe Huynh in English, Saori Onishi in Japanese)
Because of her upbringing as a lady of the world-famous Clockford Family, she is a bit naive. She has a uniquely peculiar way of thinking, which can frustrate and confuse the people she talks to.
—Forensic Forte: Time Leap
Time can be rewound and things can be redone. After time has been turned back once, it cannot be turned back beyond that point, however.
■ Downloadable Content #3
The third of four downloadable contents, “Ch. Halara: Raining Cats & Dog,” is a substory that features protagonist Halara Nightmare, and allows players to control the Master Detective with the Forensic Forte “Postcognition.”
Ch. Halara: Raining Cats & Dog
Release Date: September 28, 2023
Price: $5.00
Halara Nightmare (voiced by Amber Lee Connors in English, Yui Ishikawa in Japanese)
Halara is always cool under fire and has solved many difficult cases through precise judgment. Halara only believes in money and will not accept a request without payment, regardless of who the client may be.
—Forensic Forte: Postcognition
The ability to see how a crime scene appeared at the time it was first discovered.
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE is available now for Switch.
To be honest, I didn't really know what to expect from the show. I am not a big fan of idol culture in general, and I typically find it quite toxic based on what I've seen. Also, I had no knowledge of the plot of this series at all aside from that aspect. Plus, completely unrelated to my thoughts on idols, the sheer size of the first episode was quite intimidating for me. It's not extremely hard to find time for a 20-minute episode and write about it, yet I've already missed many episodes this season. Will I have time to watch a show like this and still have time to write about it? With all those thoughts floating around in my head, I decided to watch it.
And what are my thoughts? I actually loved it. It's definitely floating near the top of the season for me and I can say that as the first episode was equivalent to 4 episodes of most other shows.
Somehow, I managed to steer clear of most of the trailers, so this is my real first time seeing the character designs of Hirayama Kanna. Honestly, they are very pretty. I'm not familiar with the manga, but the faces of the characters are extremely expressive, and the eyes are gorgeous and very unique. There are literal stars in some of the character's eyes that on paper feel ridiculous but it's extremely charming. The idols they want you to fawn over, like Ai, look irresistible in terms of design.
The story itself is very hard to describe without just spoiling it in its entirety, but I think the story functions well due to the self-awareness of the toxicity that lies within the idol industry. Unlike shows like Heroines Run the Show, they don't try to convince us to like this industry or applaud the toxicity within idol culture.
There are a lot of lies, there are toxic fans, and people you like as idols might be forced to upkeep appearances, or they might not be telling their fans anything. How should fans react to lies? The show doesn't seem to tell us how; it simply shows how people might react to it. And I do appreciate that respect for the viewer's own mindset on idol culture.
The show is about two idol fans who are reincarnated as babies to the idol they adored. As babies, they are named Ruby and Aquamarine.
Is it weird? It's a bit weird, but this whole plot point was definitely the reason the show was 90 minutes for its first episode. It's a lot of things to set up, including introducing idol culture to those unfamiliar, introducing our characters in their past lives and their lives as babies, Ai's idol path, and Ruby and Aqua's own path. And I found it all very entertaining and became more engaged in the story as I watched. The hype for this show is very large, and at first, I wasn't completely buying it as it wasn't even really available to watch till yesterday. Yet, it already had a rating on MAL from the theatrical release in Japan, but I'm sold. So far this season, my top shows have been "Heavenly Delusion," "The Ancient Magus' Bride," "Skip and Loafers" and this is right up there with them. The one hour and thirty minutes never felt too long, and believe me, I watched this at a very inconvenient time for me. Right till the end the comedy hit me, the wholesome scenes hit me, and the emotional ones hit me. I had a great time.
We don't know who directed what part, as this is a movie-length production and there are multiple episode directors listed here, but the direction/storyboard took a noticeable improvement and I really enjoyed it. I'll leave off with some images from the 2nd half of the episode. There were some shots I wanted to include, but those ones are spoilers even at a glance.
SAORI ONISHI VOICE OAK CASKET IN JP OMFG DAMN /DAMN/ NICE
saori onishi voices one of the character that also got to influence zarina's creation in terms of her appearance. specifically, this lady here (la folia)! she also voices shikimori-san!!
"Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru (The Rookie Middle-Aged Adventurer Was Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party to Become Invincible)" - New Teaser PV & Teaser Visual
This anime scheduled for 2024! (Studios: Yumeta Company)
(*updated to the day i post this. anyone announced afterwards will not be included on this list.)
This is basically a repost of my last JP voice list. The ones in bold were announced afterwards either through their twitter or the JP site. I’ve also added the kanji for the VA names to be consistent with my KR list.
Rares (Rs in the game)
Bai Liuli - Yuka Amemiya (雨宮 夕夏)
Bardon - Yuki Kaji (梶 裕貴)
Berenice - Maaya Uchida (内田 真礼)
Brynn - Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥)
Chang Pu - Aoi Yuuki (悠木 碧)
Freddy - Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和)
Jeanne - Ru Thing (ルゥ ティン)
Melanie - Akari Kito (鬼頭 明里)
Tang Yun - Kensho Ono (小野 賢章)
Epics (SRs in the game)
Alexa - Aoi Yuuki (悠木 碧) (same as Chang Pu)
Celine - Aoi Koga (古賀 葵)
Chloe, Lynn - Arisa Suzuki (鈴木 亜理沙)
Jiang Man - Saori Onishi (大西 沙織)
Jin-hee (assumed to be Maki in JP) - Aino Shimada (島田 愛野)