#c: seiyuu stuff

[akkivee]

was watching some non hypmic affiliated event that happened to have all three bat seiyuu participating in it and it was a fun time lol, hayama-san made sakakihara-san laugh so hard he couldn’t get his lines out, sakakihara-san also got to feel up takeuchi-san, so he’s clearly just vibing lol and his guard had to have been on the floor bc he just unconsciously started to do the jyushi pose during a transition

before his head caught up to him and quickly stopped doing the jyushi pose LOL

[surodameconfess]

what i wouldn't give to see towa top for once... his uber deep masculine voice just gives me the tingles especially when he talks to characters with higher voices like rei and ikuina like imagine him dirty talking while railing you???

the initiation has started............. theres no turning back im sorry

[frankenjoly]

For the character thing: Angel (bl) and Akutagawa (bsd)

angel

My first impression

first thing i learned about her was she's jacks kid, and i think what happened to her since my first contact with borderlands was tftbl?

My impression now

one of my faves from borderlands, i live and breathe aus where she gets to be happier. canon divergence, my beloved.

Favorite thing about that character

siren with tech powers, and a very interesting story. wish we'd gotten more about her.

Least favorite thing

ah yeah, me and my thing with latching onto side characters with barely screentime 80% of the time.

Favorite line/scene

her reveal, even if the bunker part frustrated me to no end both story and gameplay-wise.

Favorite interaction that character has with another

sadly, there's not much :c but damn, her echo-log flashback and how they show the development of her relationship with jack...

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

maya (bcs siren stuff) and gaige (bcs i love the ship).

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

kyoka from bsd lakjdfl.

A headcanon about that character

i like the idea of her keeping an undercut even after getting rid of the head ports. similar hairstyle but different, properly stylized since in canon she just have that part shaven for functional purposes, and is a way to "reclaim" the looks sort of.

A song that reminds of that character

kill your conscience (shinedown).

An unpopular opinion about that character

her insulting jack in the end was satisfying bcs she finally got to express how shitty he had been to her, but were they to reunite (by the power of canon divergence) i think things would be more complicated than hating him forever/straight up forgiving him.

Favorite picture

it's a drawing made by her, but... dunno, her expression and what she's conveying,,,, and i like that she likes to draw.

akutagawa

My first impression

i thought his ability was cool, but didn't thought much about him till we get to know him more.

My impression now

i love him quite a lot, what can i say.

Favorite thing about that character

he's strong af in all senses, and deeply loyal. i love his development too, he comes such a long way, and the story's not even done yet,,,

Least favorite thing

in typical bsd fasion: honey pls, give yourself more credit.

Favorite line/scene

"i keep my promises" for all it means.

Favorite interaction that character has with another

atsushi (bcs of their development and bcs i ship them so damn much) and gin (bcs i'm a big aku siblings enthousiast).

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

alskdjlaf gin. we have one (1) interaction in the main manga, the rest is wan (chibi side stories) and beast (canon-validated au).

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

diluc from genshin bcs same seiyuu, and the mr villain from mr villain's day off bcs they basically talk the same/have some similar traits.

A headcanon about that character

him (and gin too while we're at it) looking/acting all edgy at work but being pretty chill at home is something very dear to me.

A song that reminds of that character

running up that hill (placebo).

An unpopular opinion about that character

i highly doubt he's a big spender just bcs he earns a lot of money, at least when it comes to superfluous stuff. i mean, he grew up poor af, spending a lot in clothes that are practicall and will last? ofc. but not idk, gold-coated food.

Favorite picture

i have more, but one is The Spoiler.

[mmyrve]

Anglerfish/Lantern fish (oc)

She is Abby, or Abigail, Lóbrego

She has 16 years old and a student of 1-C (Octavinelle)

Her seiyuu is Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger, Arisa Uotani, Juno in Beastars)

Her name "Abby" comes from the word abyss, because she is an abyssal mermaid.

While I was looking for information about lantern fish, it is only females that have large teeth and antenna, the males live more than anything for reproduction and only for that, they are small and they cling to the females and then "fuse" with them (I hope I'm not wrong with the information)

I create her when I saw Finding Nemo, the Anglerfish.

She likes colors, fantasy or not, the abyssal zone has few things in it, she likes corals, shells, anemones, and seeing fish.

Her unique spell is "My Pearl", Pearl is both a character in "My Little Mermaid" the animated show (a mermaid) and "Finding Nemo" (the pink octopus) but it's a spell of imprisonment.

This is what I got from the IA Bing

and for this use this Picrew link

Well, as I created her for Octavinelle, TWST is now a school for men and women, but it remains mostly the mirror that chooses men.

[tsunflowers]

I need to tell you how upside down the Idolmaster world is right now

a couple years ago, sideM's game, the only series with guy idols (and really, primarily older idols) shut down, extremely quickly. It was short lived, the announcement came ominously and they managed the situation really weirdly

then they made a second game, sideM growing stars.

growing stars is shutting down now after only about a year of service

same sudden EOS announcement where they left everyone hanging for a few days and also announced it the day after april fool's day. announced a live stream to discuss sideM's future, set for a few days later, gave no further info, then the livestream was extremely short and was basically just like yeah...sideM closing now. lol

this was just after they had a huge concert, Masters of idol world, with all the branches. it was this really unifying event that felt like it brought everyone together as a family, there were these contest winning banner designs of characters from all branches including sideM, who always gets the short end of the stick compared to the girls branches, so it really felt like a good change

then that stuff happened with the sudden eos for growing stars

now, they announced a new arcade game a few months ago, showing a few promotional material/what the cabinet is supposed to look like. the lead girl/guy from every branch is on the front

the night that growing stars eos was announced. the very night, like, 2 HOURS AFTER, they previewed photocards for that arcade game without sideM's lead guy, he's just gone

so after all that bs about being united they just outed him from the family practically, along with the rest of sideM

sideM was beautiful by the way. a lot of ssrs had the unidolized side reversed, where they're already on stage performing, and the evolced side would be them, just living life, a candid moment with their unitmates. it was so heartwarming and a really nice look into their lives, I miss it

shiny colors, which has set a precedent for high standards in ssr design/animation features, is doing really really well. but not well enough for bandai I guess, who just announced another shiny colors game, their first rhythm game

the animation is entirely cg but it looks better than the upcoming shiny colors anime, which is also in cg, it looks like the pripara 3d artists did it practically. it looks expensive. it looks like we may be seeing another very early EOS in the upcoming year for the first shiny colors..

bandai also, days after the eos announcement for sidem, announce a new joseimuke game for another idol franchise.

so.

aaaaaa

anyways they also just introduced a really fucking weird vtuber branch, I feel like bandai just wanted it to succeed so they slapped the imas kabel on it because it's nothing like any imas series ever

the three vtubers have one year of activities and if they don't succeed, they'll lose their position in the branch (their seiyuu will lose her job.) and they say it will be the viewers fault.,?

they also say everyone in the audience is a "producer" which is weird... because producer isn't just a name if you're a fan of someone.. I know other game fandoms use it that way sometimes, but in imas itself (where the P thing originated in idol games) it has always had a clear purpose, you are producing the girls, you are helping them with careers and fan gain

also. just a little nitpick but. the vtuber girls have no expressions other than base open mouth smile. they have a breathing look/head movement/blinking/mouth movement, but I think the blinking is even automated?? and with no other expressions its so weird....

ok sorry

this is just so. cinderella girls and mirishita are the only ones thriving

i also know you dont even play any imas things but idk there ya go

I had heard about some of this but not all... I feel so bad for imas fans. some of this stuff genuinely just comes off as mean! like releasing promos for an arcade game and then rereleasing them without any sidem characters

I've heard about the vtubers bc everyone seems to hate them and agree they're not like idolmaster but I didn't know they were also just bad at being vtubers? I'm looking at a video of letora now to see what you mean and she's just swaying loosely. I don't think her movements are rigged to a person beyond maybe open/close mouth. so why are they even vtubers....

[hanasaku-shijin]

Akishio Rose Poems to heal the soul

[coollyinterferes]

“I am made of ambition!”

[dialovers-translations]

DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT Vol. 1 Sakamaki Ayato [Track 5 + Epilogue]

Original title: 約束 & エピローグ

Source: Diabolik Lovers Daylight Vol. 1 Sakamaki Ayato

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Midorikawa Hikaru

Translator’s note: Even though this is a really sweet (yet short) track, I can’t help but feel just a little bit disappointed in the ending. The previous tracks were so intense and really built up a nice tension/mood, yet everything got fixed so quickly, it felt a little rushed to me. :c Overall I still enjoyed this CD a lot, but I do think they could have done a little better with the pacing/ending.

Track 1 ll Track 2 ll Track 3 ll Track 4 ll Track 5 + Epilogue

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Track 5: Promise

*Ding・Dongー Ding・Dongー*

*Rustle rustle*

“...!? ...Where am...? Why am I at the Church...?”

You call his name.

“...You too? Ah, I see. ...I remember now. Back thenーー”

*FLASHBACK*

You run up to Ayato and grab hold of the hand holding the knife.

“...!! Idiot! Let go! What if you fall down with me!? What’s the point in me doin’ this if both of us die!? ...Now let go, I said!!”

You refuse.

“Why would you go that far...!?”

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

“...Then I lost consciousness, which means you must have carried me all the way over here afterwards. You’re a weakling, yet you keep on pushin’ yourself...Ugh...Owowow...Anyway, I really looked death straight in the eyes earlier.”

You tear up again.

“Don’t cry every two damn seconds.”

You tell him to never do that again.

“Even if you ask me to never do somethin’ like that again, I still believe that was the best choice. You don’t want to die either, do you?”

You tell Ayato you are willing to sacrifice yourself for his sake.

“Why is my death a bigger deal to you than your own? Do you want me to live that badly?”

You nod.

“You really are one big mystery to me...But if that’s what you want, fine. So dry those tears. Show me a smile, come on!”

You point out that Ayato is shedding tears as well.

“Idiot. No way I’m crying myseーー”

He touches his own cheek.

“...The fuck? Guess I finally lost it and have gone crazy like you are, huh?”

You note that he looks pretty even when crying.

“Ugh...What are you sayin’? How could tears be pretty? ...Whatever. More importantly, come on, scoot a lil’ closer.”

Ayato pulls you close.

*Rustle rustle*

“It’s strange...I was convinced I’d never be able to hold you in my arms like this ever again, so why does doin’ this make me so incredibly... (1)?”

You ask if you can go to the lake together again.

“Yeah. Good idea. Let’s go to the lake together. ーー And this time we’ll watch the sunrise, together. It’s a promise.”

*Smooch*

Track 6: Epilogue

You run inside Reiji’s room as footsteps approach.

“...Heh! Did you really believe you could run from me?”

*Thud*

“Fool...! But I’ll give you props for choosin’ Reiji’s room. I definitely wouldn’t even think of settin’ foot inside this place otherwise. Right now he’s...If I recall correctly, he went out to buy some stuff on sale, right? Lately he’s been goin’ on about these ‘cashless payments’ or some shit...Anyway, he won’t be back for a while because of it. Hehe...Perfect.”

You tilt your head to the side.

“Whatcha mean? The other dudes wouldn’t bother comin’ here either, would they? In other words, I can do whatever I want.”

You flinch.

“Oi. Why are you pissin’ your pants? You haven’t forgotten about your own words, have you? You trust me, no? That I won’t suck past your limit. I’ll be gentle, so let me suck your blood without complaints.”

Ayato bites you.

*Sluuuurp*

“Hah...For real...Why is your blood this delicious?”

*Rustle*

“Those are some nice sounds you’re makin’...It’s only makin’ your blood taste even better...”

*Rustle rustle*

Reiji approaches the room.

“Che...That bastard’s back already?”

You sigh in relief.

“Why do you seem relieved? You think this is the end? No, we’re not done yet. Let’s have him hear those sweet cries of you as well.”

*Sluuuurp*

Reiji leaves again.

“...Where the fuck did he go? We were just gettin’ to the good part! Boring...”

“It’s too early to feel relieved. If he won’t enter the room, then I have absolutely zero reason to hold back. Now scream out all you want. Let’s enjoy ourselves.”

*Sluuuurp*

“Mmh...”

*Sluuuurp*

ーー THE END ーー

Translation notes

(1) The sentence cuts off before he finishes it, but I assume something like ‘happy’ or ‘blessed’ would follow.

[rantheon]

the bakarina anime is done! it’s just a drop in the ocean that is the otome isekai genre so these are some recs + what you need to know about them. i just listed most of my favs otherwise it’d be too long :p

in no particular order. includes some non-isekai ones too. needless to say most of these aren’t completed yet

my next life as a villainess: all routes lead to doom

using this to plug that there’s more bakarina content in the form of light novels, manga and 3 spin-offs

an observation record of my fiancee - a self-proclaimed villainess

told in the pov of prince cecil, whose fiancee bertia straight up tells him she’s a villainess of an otome game from her past life

if you ever wonder what jeord from bakarina might be thinking half the time, this is probably close. cecil is the same kind of prince who initially finds things bored and predictable until they met the mc

the things cecil would get up to for bertia? hoo boy

also the way the mangaka draws hair is addicting to look at

the villainess cecilia silvie doesn’t want to die so she decided to crossdress

the title speaks for itself~ after remembering an otome game she played in her past life, cecil (previously cecilia) is now the one capturing the hearts of the academy ladies instead

it’s fairly new so there’s not much of it yet :c but it’s pretty interesting

the original otome game had a whole rpg combat system going on and i’m hyped to see how it’s gonna lead the story

the Angelique vibes are strong in this one

the villainess wants to marry a commoner

isabella used to play an otome game in a past life, but she was really only interested in a side character named ursch. and then one day she finds him in her mansion garden

her past life self is such a mood - i too have 100% otome games in hopes of side characters getting hidden routes but alas

definitely deserves the ‘video game’ tag. isabella can see status screens and character stats/skills etc, and all the gacha rewards and grinding transferred over after her reincarnation. she’s the isekai female protag we’ve always wanted

seriously the main ship is too op for their own good aha

deathbound duke’s daughter

in a past life, erika only managed to finish 2.5/7 scenarios of an otome game thanks to an unlucky encounter with knife-kun. with the different flags of her impending doom approaching, she takes things into her own hands years before the game events start

very fantasy-oriented (the most on this list) and pretty action-packed, once you get past the game exposition in the first 3? chapters

the world building is brilliant, from the hafan mages to the aurelian alchemists, and there’s beasts and wands and spells and dnd stuff sprinkled in

the cast has quite interesting dynamics and interwoven plotlines, and they’re all dorky in their way :>

beware of the villainess

melissa remembers a novel from her past life and desperately tries to cut off contact with the male leads, but they still make her life hell & she rages

she’s just so done with everyone and you can’t help but relate to her

definitely the funniest on this list XD melissa and her reactions takes the cake but even the shit characters are hilarious in their own way

there’s also a lot of parodies to memes etc & best of all, there’s cussing. all the shits and fucks. a whole lot of it

it’s great

death is the only ending for the villainess

penelope wakes up as the villainess from a game she’d been playing in her past life, only right now it's on the hardest difficulty where death is literally everywhere. thus she tries, well, not dying

what’s cool about this is that penelope has access to the original game system. she can see menus, choice options etc. the male leads even have affection percentages floating above their heads :> which is always cool to see (and what i’m a sucker for)

but it’s definitely one of the darker ones on this list. iirc there’s depictions of violence, abuse, drugs and then some. just a fair warning

the daughter of albert house wishes for ruin

upon realizing that she’s the villainess from a past-life otome game, mary decides to stay as one. chaos ensues

i love this manga so much, everyone is so quirky and there’s something to laugh about on almost every page. the story almost feels self-aware of itself and just lets the characters do whatever. like ride bikes

addie is so cute ;o;

it’s definitely something everyone should experience

i’m a villainess daughter so i’m going to keep the last boss

one of the finished ones!

post-annulment, aileen pulls a Lisa Tepes and asks the demon king claude to marry her. he refuses. hijinks ensues

mostly on the fantasy side, as it builds on the world of the monsters

the cast is pretty fun! aileen’s smart, funny and pretty competent in her own right. plus she and claude are positively adorable together

milady just wants to relax

post-annulment, ronia decides to open a cafe in the countryside. it later becomes the frequent hangout of a beastmen mercenary group, who are intensely feared by the townsfolk

well... beastmen. that’s all you need to know /wink

okay, that aside, it’s just as chill as the title suggests. ronia slowly makes friends she can trust, and the beastmen find a second home in the only cafe that’s willing to accept them. it’s pretty wholesome

the banished villainess! living the leisurely life of a nun making revolutionary food

despite actively trying to change her ‘villainess from a past-life otome game’ fate since childhood, elizabeth gets annulled, her noble title stripped, and is sent to a church in a neighboring kingdom. she enjoys it more than expected, despite the appearance of the ever watchful leonid

there’s plenty of 21st-century food like sandwiches, cotton candy leonid’s muscles <3

the entire cast is lovable, and can chris get an f for all the heart attacks leonid keep giving him

seduce the villain’s father

yereninovica (or just yerenica) realizes that she’s in the world of a novel she read in her past life, but as the aunt of said novel’s mc. after thwarting a kidnapping that’s basically the mc’s origin story, she takes it upon herself to also prevent the tragic death of emperor belgoat

a bit different since it switches the roles around (side character x side character) and goes into the “parent generation” of the original work

there’s also an interesting bit where the world seems to recognize her as a hijacker, and where that takes her, we’ll see in due time :o:

plus the way yeni habitually calls him ‘father’ cracks me up every time

transferred to another world but i’m the savior of an otome game

after a ritual gone wrong, “yamada tarou” (fake name) is stuck in the world of an otome game. the only way back is with a magical ring, normally obtained after becoming the lover of one of the male leads. he of course says no i’m going adventuring but the game doesn’t like that

it’s absolutely hilarious - the leads treat our mc like a heroine, and there’s a lot of otome tropes that are called out on/parodied. like the seiyuus’ names oh my god

tarou’s reactions are great and his appraisal skill is the funniest thing alive

endo and kobayashi’s live commentary on the villainess

in modern japan, endo and kobayashi start their playthrough of an otome game, which becomes a bit glitchy and odd. they discover that siegward, a male lead in the game, can hear what they’re saying. they use this chance to finally give lisolette a happier ending

much of the story’s focus is on the characters slowly warming up to lisolette, and a bit on endo/kobayashi’s irl relationship. despite being the primary drive of the story, lisolette herself hardly moves the plot - if you know what i mean

regardless it’s undeniably adorable

tearmoon empire

no isekai, more of time travel? chronoskimming?

mia wakes up 10 years in the past after being sentenced to death. now afraid of guillotine-kun, she strives to solve the issues in her kingdom that had previously led to her doom

a bit similar to bakarina in terms of concept: avoid death flags, unknowingly recruits the people she meets into her little saintess cult. the misinterpretation is very strong, and in brilliantly funny ways

it has really fun narration ngl especially in the light novel

of course, i’ll claim palimony!

to prepare for her annulment, yulia starts scheming recording her fiance’s meetups with the heroine to use as evidence. if you’re gonna lose a suitor, might as well get some money out of it, right? along the way she gets involved with rudonik, one of the male leads

no reincarnation. rather than an otome game, the villainess story comes from a book written by a side character, and the “heroine” just decided to play it out in real life

the cast together is a riot, and it’s entertaining to watch yulia only think in profits and every connection she can make to achieve it

the villainess’ slow prison life began with her broken engagement

no isekai, just a plain old villainess

post-annulment, rachel is sentenced to imprisonment. which she enjoys and is thoroughly, hilariously prepared for

everyone’s a little afraid of rachel and for good reason. it’s better to find out yourself through the LN or manga, but let’s just say that even the king doesn’t want to deal with her XD

the holy grail of eris

now this one is interesting, putting the villainess trope into a mystery ghost story. that said, no isekai either

our innocent heroine constance attends a party and encounters scarlet, an executed villainess from ten years ago. a body possession and some public embarrassment later, they decide to team up to solve the mystery that might be behind scarlet’s death

i mean, ghost villainess? sign me up

+ some honorable mentions

i favor the villainess (the heroine goes for the villainess- girls? girls? yes)

a bellicose lady got reincarnated (a delinquent reincarnates as a heroine; what a concept :o unfortunately there’s not a lot of english content for it yet)

it seems i got reincarnated into a yandere otome game (i like that the mc actively makes it so that game can’t ever happen the way it should; plus, yanderes are always interesting to study)

inso’s law (modern isekai, and quite cute!)

the reincarnated young lady aims to be an adventurer / holy guardian tiger (similar to deathbound duke’s daughter in that there’s more of a focus on the fantasy aspect)

expecting to fall into ruin, i aim to become a blacksmith (so far the only one with a shounen tag that i like; its main charm is probably the cast and their interactions with each other eliza best girl)

since i’ve reincarnated as the villainess’ father i’ll shower my wife and daughter with love (big big wholesome vibes)

level 99 villainous daughter (severely op lady who takes no shit from the people looking down at her, and regularly thinks about blowing up the academy within the first 4 chapters? hell yeah)

may i please just ask one last thing? (post-annulment, the mc literally punches everyone in the room; it’s great)

this is getting long now oops

edit: i also made a visual-friendly personally-tagged-by-me bookshelf here!

[kagemajaya]

So much to watch, not enough time in the week - What does Fall 2020 look like?

A list of what looks interesting in the next season and silly reasons as to why

I’m not the sort of person who likes finding out too many (in some cases even a smidgen of) details about anime I’m going to watch, so this will be a spoiler free preview of the season. Here is a list of anime I will try and you can expect to hear about on Kagemajaya.  

Click on the show names to be taken to their MAL pages for more detail.

Hype

Taisou Zamurai

A male cast gymnastics anime from MAPPA (the studio of Yuri!!! on Ice.) Enough said.

Watch the trailer here.

Chuan Shu Zijiu Zhinan

This one’s a bit of a cheat as we’ve already seen 2 episodes of it (3 for those who have VIP accounts on weTV.) However, I was indeed hype for it before it started. Based on a BL novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, the author of Mo Dao Zu Shi, this one promises a lot to people who enjoy transmigration, cultivation and a bit of gay. It is also a quite funny isekai parody. The only downside is that it doesn’t share the same visual quality as MDZS, and is entirely 3D. It’s a good thing I’m not much of a stickler for hot visuals.

Watch it here on its official stream. 

Tian Guan Ci Fu

Another donghua based on a BL novel, well-known among the danmei fans also by its English name of Heaven Official’s Blessing. Also written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (boy, are they busy.) And a big plus: it’s not 3D, so really looking forward to watching handsome men cultivate together in pseudo-historic China. Beautiful setting, beautiful boys. Now one can only hope for an interesting plot too and we are set.

Watch the trailer here.

Cautiously Expectant

Yuukoku no Moriarty

I saw manga adverts for this one all around Akihabara and Ikebukuro last year when I went on a little trip to Japan. The bishie Professor Moriarty was an immediate pull, and as a Holmes fan, I feel attracted to most of its adaptations, despite almost always being let down. The one thing that makes me cautious about this one is that it is published by a shounen magazine that is not GFantasy, so I’m not sure if the bishie designs and the male cast actually mean what I want it to mean. Fingers crossed.

Watch the trailer here. 

Giving It a Shot

Inu to Neko Docchi mo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii

A cute looking comedy short about a dog and a cat.

Jujutsu Kaisen

A mostly male cast Shounen Jump affair. Spring 2020’s Kakushigoto also implied that it has a fujoshi fanbase - let’s see what that’s all about.

Maesetsu!

A female cast gag comedy sol created by Lucky Star’s Yoshimizu Kagami. I watched Lucky Star fairly recently and found it quite entertaining with many sweet/funny characters. I suppose we will see if Yoshimizu still has it. Fingers crossed.

Adachi to Shimamura

I try to watch all queer anime as they come, and this comes in from the shoujo ai quota. Looks like a pretty straightforward romance. Hopefully it will have heart.

Kaeru no Pickles: Kimochi no Iro

All I know about this one is that it has a chill looking poster and has a slice of life tag on MAL. I’m not entirely sure whether we’ll get this subbed, but if we do, I’ll give it a shot. 

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko

Fell for the slice of life tag once again. This one is an isekai with a soft looking MC. Not entirely sure it’ll be up my alley, but no harm in trying it, maybe for a pleasant surprise.

Sore dake ga Neck

This one seems to have the cool setting of a convenience store. I did initially think this was going to be a sol as well, but seems like that might not be the case. Either way, cool setting.

Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima

Another anime whose source project I saw plastered all around Tokyo. I’m not a huge fan of idol shows but the rapping bit makes me a bit curious.

Noblesse

A manhwa massively popular among female fans which has also received one off adaptations before, it’s finally getting its turn for a full cour among the hype the industry seems to have for Korean webtoons these days (Kami no Tou, God of High School, etc.) I did watch one of the OVA’s years ago, and wasn’t entirely impressed but then again I can’t judge a whole work based on one arc adapted into a single episode. Male cast action stuff. We shall see and judge.

Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst

This was chosen entirely on my shallow criteria as usual: visuals with two dudes on them. Now we’ll see whether the German name is a cringe factor or it’s actually interesting.

Sequels

Osomatsu-san 3rd Season

Osomatsu-san has been a consistently high quality production for me since the beginning. The humor is definitely my cup of tea, though as with any episodic gag comedy, some sketches do miss. It is more often than not a hit. The seiyuu cast is a huge huge pull, as this is not them only acting out an already written character but you can actually hear them having fun as the sextuplets. It is also one of the rarer shows where I, as a person who isn’t great at focusing on visuals, appreciate the impeccable quality of animation. So hype for another season of this majorly fun series and to welcome Matsuno’s back home - coziness, here I come.

Quanzhi Gaoshou 2

I watched the first season of Quanzhi Gaoshou (or King’s Avatar) because it was made by the studio of MDZS, and it was the first time I had seen a good looking Chinese animation production. And it didn’t disappoint. Production quality was similar and more importantly, it had a very engaging plot - pro MMORPG players playing MMORPG,  their personal dramas and the actual (surprisingly fun for me) gameplay and action. Its most important quality is still its charming cast for me, a successful ensemble cast, where with the exception of the antagonists, everyone and their relationships are lovely. Mostly a male cast show, it does also have nice ladies. Looking forward to going back to them. My only personal issue (definitely not a flaw on the show’s part but my attention span) is that it has so many teams and characters that I forgot most of who was who. Fingers crossed it’ll be easy to get back into. 

Haikyuu!!: To the Top 2nd Season

Haikyuu is back again, to finish off the “To the Top” arc. The first cour of this season was probably the season that took me out of the Haikyuu hypnosis state where I assumed everything that came out with the name attached to it was great. It was still enjoyable in its second half but I do feel like the magic has worn off now. I hope I’m wrong and the tournament hype will bring it back again. Haikyuu is at its best when it’s tense in-match and funny with character interactions, so fingers crossed for that.

Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! 4

The Chinese comedy short is back! As mentioned a couple of paragraphs ago, gag comedies are always hit or miss with their sketches, and this one is also mostly a hit for me, though definitely not at the level of Osomatsu-san. The pull of this show is the cute boys and their dumbassery. Looking forward to its easy fun and more Kai Xin. 

Also continuing...

Mo Dao Zu Shi Q, Great Pretender

Have been enjoying both these shows greatly so far. 2 more cours of MDZS Q to go with their cute chibi fun, and Great Pretender’s last case (9 eps) is already released on Japanese Netflix so now we wait for Laurent and the gang to reach us. Really looking forward to the emotional drama of Laurent and hopefully some proper addressal of his feelings for Edamame. Either way, it’ll look gorgeous and will be heaps of fun if the first three cases are anything to go by.

I might pick up other shows and most likely drop some of these throughout the season but here’s hoping it will be enjoyable overall despite the small number of shows I’ll start with. What are you guys planning to watch?

[ryuichirou]

What other animes are you interested in? :3

I mentioned what animes are my favourite in this post already, but I think I’ll elaborate a little bit about what I’m interested in 👀

Something that is on my mind right now (other than SnK of course) is Osomatsu-san. We loved the first season and rewatched it a bunch of times. I think the 3rd one is airing already?? This is why I started seeing it in my tl again.

I love the gags, the artstyle (I think it’s charming…), the characters, and Ichimatsu is my absolute darling. Osomatsu-san has a great cast of seiyuus, listening to them screaming and bickering and whining is fun too. I love how ruthless a lot of the jokes are and how self-aware the whole anime feels. Satire/parody/crude humor are very fun to me in general, this is why we also love Gintama and South Park. Oh and Hetalia lol

There is a lot of Osomatsu-san content (new seasons, a movie?? audiodramas too…) for us to watch and I’m excited about it. Right now I’m in a state between “oh, I remember it pretty well” and “wow, I don’t remember shit”…

We also tend to enjoy longer animes, like Hunter x Hunter, for example. I think it’s easier to dive deep into them because we often binge the episodes as we watch, and if the series is 12 episodes long… well, it’s over before you could even blink haha. Of course, we still watch shorter anime from time to time, but still, when we find something super long and super interesting to enjoy for some time, it’s like finding a treasure on some kind of an island. This is what happened when we finally watched HxH last year.

HxH is extremely precious to me. What I appreciate about it is how it kept surprising us and breaking the usual shounen tropes. Gon is great and a very enjoyable protagonist to watch, he is naive, but very stubborn and street-smart (forest-smart..?), and his moral is surprisingly not as black-and-white as one’d expect from a green anime boi. He can be surprisingly brutal lol The amount of times I went “omfg GON WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY-“ is, well, a lot.

And Killua… Killua Killua Killua :C I was sure I’d adore him when we just started watching HxH but his character development gutted me like a fish. I was expecting a lot of edge and sass, and what I got was a beautiful depiction of love and adoration of another person, loyalty and fear that all of it might end one day. Ok, I’m getting carried away AHEM- I think Killua and Levi are two of my absolute faves right now. They have a lot in common now that I think about it haha

Ugh I can gush over HxH for hours, let me just say that I love it very much, I’d love to revisit it one day and draw 2301848 sketches of every single character from it because the designs are amazing and their personalities are very fun to play around with. Also, Madhouse did a great job with the animation, pacing, directing and all that jazz.

What else… oh, EVANGELION. Once again, beautifully written characters is the most interesting aspect to me, but I just love thinking about Evangelion, to be honest. Like I mentioned, I love the story of its creation, the production, the lore, everything. I flip through screencaps from NGE a lot, I listen to songs from it a lot. I stare at my Kaworu figurine a lot…

I’m also very into Revolutionary Girl Utena but my adoration for it is a little bit pacified right now, I’m waiting until we rewatch it so I can refresh my memories about it. When it happens, my sanity will be gone forever I think lol

All of the titles I mentioned above are the ones we would discuss aggressively, buy merch aggressively, read all of the djs available aggressively, stuff like that. With passion.

We also rewatch something super old and obscure from time to time, like a couple of years ago Katsu was kind enough to want to rewatch Gravitation, and we ended up reading the entire manga afterwards. And I loved every second of it.

If we’re talking genres, well, we do love horrors as you probably have noticed, but I can’t remember anything in particular that would be a good horror anime. Not an anime that is “technically a horror” (like Hellsing and err Tokyo Ghoul ???????), but like a horror anime. There are some cool conceptual things (like Mononoke), but for getting a horror experience I’d rather read manga I think.

Satire and parody are fun; I’d say that it’s my personal favourite genre. A good thriller anime is always a huge Yes (like Monster), and I guess we generally tend to watch Seinen/Shounen, but now that I think about it, we don’t really look at the genres??? If it looks fun, we’re interested 👀

Oof sorry I’ve been talking for ages and it feels like I haven’t said anything interesting or useful, but here we are lol

[akkivee]

some highlights from bat’s look back livestream!!!

they do play day one at the venue itself and the bat seiyuu were watching backstage as well!! sakakihara-san was particularly excited after rewatching it so he was hyping them up before they entered the stage except the song that played them in was kaigen so it was a kinda muted entrance lmao

hayama-san, not even five minutes into the thing, was picking on takeuchi-san lmao he kept trying to goad takeuchi-san into dancing on stage the way kuroda-san did when the three of them were the hangout stream hosts

hayama: kuroda-san~!!! i hope you’re watching me!!!!! 😇(😈)

takeuchi: kuroda-san~ your kouhai is a bully~😭

except that a viewer sent in a letter complimenting takeuchi-san’s dancing and their desire to dance with him so hayama-san very quickly capitalised on that lmao

with him, sakakihara-san and ofc the audience lol cheering him on, after much deliberation, takeuchi-san finally gets up and does his moves in one two and law lmao

hayama-san and sakakihara-san danced with him out of moral support lmao

after doing the little jive done in the opening verses of one two and law, the dance session became a dance lesson for the chorus choreography!!! led by takeuchi-san, all three showed off how to do the footwork and the proper body posture!!!!

takeuchi-san promised to get back at hayama-san and sakakihara-san for this lmao

takeuchi: *pats hayama-san’s back* soon 🙂

takeuchi: *pats sakakihara-san’s back* as for you, when you least expect it 🙂

the last letter they read was from amanda lmao and we got to hear amanda’s voice (cv: sakakihara yuuki)

except hayama-san thought he was impersonating an old man lol

after letters, they played back the moments the bat seiyuu loved most!!! takeuchi-san’s scene was the moment they walked onto stage, sakakihara-san’s kaigen day two, and hayama-san’s was their summit of divisions collab with nobodyknows!!!

takeuchi-san just loves the building energy that starts from when dj-uichi walks onto stage, the way the dancers help hype the crowd and then they make their entrance 😭😭😭

from kaigen day two, sakakihara-san specifically chose the opening speech from kaigen’s lyricist how it was a baton pass on to their very emotional first verses

sakakihara-san actually just wanted to gush about how cool and emotional hayama-san’s and takeuchi-san’s vocals were and hayama-san laughingly said takeuchi-san looked embarrassed by the praise lol

it was less embarrassment and more ‘why are you gassing us up when your vocals were unmatched’ lmao takeuchi-san did not understand why sakakihara-san wasn’t talking about himself lmao

some talk about kaigen happen!!! recording kaigen was nowhere near as high tension as the way they perform the live version lmao

hayama-san just thought nobodyknows was cool lmao he was also really nervous talking to them in the brief live talk part lol

in a very strange few minutes, i think??????????????? as takeuchi-san was going along with hayama-san’s bullying once again, he admitted to giving birth to hayama-san and sakakihara-san, they called him papa as they usually do, the crowd started ‘woooooooo~~!!!’ing at him and takeuchi-san yelled back at them grumpy dad style to which hayama-san said the audience are like his sons and daughters too

we………. we are all bad ass temple’s f…….family……………..

at the end as they left the stage, a fan yelled ‘PAPA~’ and from backstage takeuchi-san yelled back, ‘WHO YOU CALLIN PAPA💢💢’ lmao!!!!

[kyaruun]

Long Tag

Tagged by @munarisblog Muchas gracias Ariiii ; v ; <3333

Rules: Answer some questions and tag some bloggers you want to get to know better.

Name: Kuu \(￣︶￣*\))

Nickname: Do I even have one asdfghjkl

Gender: Female 

Sexuality: I’d like to know that too tbh

Height: Around 1.68 ish??

Languages: Spanish, English, French a tiiiiny bit of Japanese

Nationality: Spanish

Current time: 19:15

Favorite season: It’ll sound cliche but I really like spring <3

Favorite scent: Soft flowery scents? I don’t really wear perfume so I don’t know ^^;; Also I really like citrics

Favorite color: Blue! Also pastels. All of them.

Favorite animal: Cats. I have an insane obsession with them but I can’t have one ;;

Favorite fictional characters: Wow. Are you ready for the real list lololol I’m sorry that there’s mostly males here hehe 

Ayato Sakamaki / Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers), Zelos Wilder / Sheena Fujibayashi (Tales of Symphonia),  Emil Castagnier (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World), Hikage (Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly), Jed (Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk), Erza Scarlet  / Gray Fullbuster / Jellal Fernandes (Fairy Tail), Caesar (Ozmafia), Loki Laevatein (Kamigami no Asobi), N (Pokémon), Rei Sakuma / Natsume Sakasaki / Ritsu Sakuma / Koga Oogami (Ensemble Stars), Leona (Twisted Wonderland), Rin Okumura (Ao no Exorcist), Noctis Lucis Caelum / Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV), Luca (Arcana Famiglia), Eijirou Kirishima (Boku no Hero Academia), Ichiro Yamada / Samatoki Aohitsugi (Hypnosis Mic), Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran Highschool Host Club), Kaede Higa (Barajou no Kiss), Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs)

aaaaaand all my friends’ ocs ccc;

Normal amount of sleep: While studying it goes around 7 hours, on summer and some weekends it’s around 10 hehe

Coffee, tea or hot chocolate: Hot chocolate!!

Number of blankets you sleep with: We’re having a heat wave now so,,, none. One if it gets chilly after midnight

Dogs or cats: C A T S 

Dream trip: Japan!! I also want to see Italy again ;;

Dream job: Videogame developer. Probably a programmer if I’m being realistic hehe

Followers: 304. OH MY GOD. Thank youuu o(*￣▽￣*)ブ

Blog established: August 16, 2016 and this was my first (reblogged) post. The first pic will tell you a lot about myself c:

Reason for my URL: It was pretty much random. I wanted a cute name for my url that sounded soft and hehe I used to use Kuu as part of my name back when I had twitter for like, 2 months so I started making up names that featured kuu or similar sounding stuff. And here we are at kyaruun

Random fact: I love watching seiyuu interviews / live events and programs and I’ve become a huge fan these past years ccc: I’d say my favourite TV program right now is Seiyuu to Yoasobi which I started watching for the dummy head section in Hiro Shimono and Maaya Uchida’s episodes and let me tell you the program is GREAT. There are snipets translated in yt and wow. I can’t count how many times I’ve cried of laughter while watching asdfghjkl

If you read up until here you deserve all the love ; v ; <333 I don’t really know who to tag because I don’t want to bother anyone but pleaseeeee. If you see this feel free to do it and tag me so I can see ccc: <3

Extra: Seeing my favourite characters list, try to guess my favourite type(s) of characters ¿) <3

[uta-no-fan-sama]

So what kind of new stuff do you want to be announced at 7th stage? 😁

Emma:

More HEAVENS content

Also!! I hope we get a fifth season for the anime! (with more HEAVENS content)

Okay but also, I hope we get another mobile game -- not a rhythm game like Shining Live, but something that’s maybe a running game like Temple Run (Idol Run?) or Subway Surfers (Stage Surfers???) or perhaps a match three game like Candy Crush (PRINCE CRUSH SOUNDS COOL OKAY). 

But honestly? I think that the series is doing pretty well, and they don’t really need anything more, at least for the Shining boys, but I’d definitely want to see more of the “side characters” -- namely, HEAVENS, Tomochika (though unfortunately her seiyuu retired :c ) and a little more content on Ringo and Ryuya! I know they have their own routes in All Star, but that’s about it for them... 

But! Hopefully since HEAVENS will be there (albeit with the exception of Tsubasa Yonaga, Nagi’s seiyuu), they’ll announce Uta no Prince-sama: Dolce Vita, which will definitely include HEAVENS as romanceable boyos!! (As far as I know, at least. I’m not quite sure if it’ll just include HEAVENS or it’ll be HEAVENS-centric, but it’s something!) 

What about you, Indi? 

Indi: 

I think pretty much the same thing. Especially dolce vita! And hopefully something for us international fans and also prince cats merch for other characters heavens

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So uh yep both of us pretty much just want more HEAVENS stuff! Not that we have anything against STARISH and QN, but because they’re doing so fantabulously well we definitely want to see a shift in attention! :D 

Also I really want them to announce that Tsubasa Yonaga’s getting better! We both hope he gets better soon orz

[yujachachacha]

ShukaBlog 2017.03.02: Cute Outfits

[Original Post] [←Zenkai no ShukaBlog!]

I was on vacation after the live ended, but starting from today, it’s back to work!

I got lots of rest, and even did some self-maintenance!

Okay! Should I talk about cute* outfits? Though I’ll be uploading this to Twitter as well…

*(Note: Shukashuu writes “cute” here and in the blog post title as がんわいい rather than かわいい. Think of it as slang, like “aah so kyoot~”.)

Before that, there’s one thing I need to apologize for: During the closing MC on Day 1, Saitou…didn’t say her name!!

Nooo~! I’d completely forgotten about it. “I’m not sure why, but the other members are staring at me, and was it me or was everyone whispering~???”

…that’s what I was thinking. Then I went backstage, and a little while later…

“Aah! I didn’t say my role and name!!!” …and that’s how it turned out. I’m sorry.

Personally, this was something I *reaaally!!* wanted to say. I’m very sorry. I really am!

-

Now, back to the topic!!

An introduction of the outfits. They’re all cute! Seeeriously!

Introducing them right away,

The outfit for the 2nd years’ song. When I first saw this… “Nooo! *tremble tremble* This is dangerous, I don’t know if it’ll suit Saitou!”

I had those kinds of thoughts. But I was in very high spirits when I wore it, apart from wondering if it suited me or how it looked.

Saitou, by the way, likes the parts around the hands!

Next:

The subunit outfit!! CYaRon!

It’s very “me”.

I look like I’m in a short skirt, but I’m actually in shorts!

High-waisted suspenders and a bowtie and a beret…

Saitou’s despair…

My favorite things were of course the beret and the frills on the right shoulder. They’re so cute…

But, my legs were really exposed. My bulging leg muscles could be seen.

Next!

Mijuku DREAMER.

The gloves turned out properly, too! For Mijuku, the back is my favorite part. My bottom was very frilly.

Also, I simply like how only one of the socks is long.

As expected, when I return to You-chan’s color, I get this mysterious sense of relief!

Next:

MIRAI TICKET.

The back was fluttery, the legs were boldly exposed, and the hat was something I adored.

Also, I was properly wearing the necklace.

When I first saw the MIRAI TICKET outfit, it was very fresh. It felt like something new.

But more than that, since MIRAI TICKET You-chan is such an ikemen, I worried about what would happen if people formed a negative image because I was wearing it.

Rather than just for MiraTicke, it was something I worried about for all of the outfits.

Since each of the outfits differed in how they were made and their form, I did my research on how I should move in order to show off the outfits’ cuteness and charm, and what kind of moves I should make in which manner so that my movements were beautiful.

It suddenly came to me. During that time, I had so much fun.

Having so many outfits, and wearing such cute outfits, is bliss.

I said I would only post a little at a time, but somehow I ended up uploading a lot.( ˙-˙ ) I’ll upload them to Twitter too! Somehow!! (lol)

Should I upload pictures I took with the members in my next blog post? (Mainly CYaRon!)

I couldn’t take pictures with everyone since I had no time, so I messed around a ton with CYaRon!♡(lol) Look forward to it!!!

Well then, this is about where I say buh-bye! ⊂(‘ω'⊂ )))Σ≡

P.S.: Today, I left my umbrella on the train. Since it was raining a teensy bit, I bought a new one just in case, but when I went outside after work was over, the rain had stopped. I didn’t get to use my new umbrella even once. Why?!?! I went through all that trouble to buy it, too!!!

Ah! Could this be? Yoshiko-chan’s…

Lastly, my mom made me this You-chan. The eyes though lololololol

Next Post→

Translated from Korean: Yujacha.

[Original Korean TL] by: Dru.

Fun fact: According to the tweet that she announced this blog post in, Shukashuu had to write this blog post twice, because it disappeared when she first tried uploading it.

Well, I hope this was a nice surprise~ I decided to help out @saitou-shuka a bit - she’s very busy this week because of NY LV preparations - by translating the newest ShukaBlog. I knew this wasn’t exactly easy work because of various Shukasfx and Shukaslang, but it was really tiring. Thank you, Shukamod, for putting up with me as I obsessed over every little thing while typing this up :’D. I’m also grateful to Dru for granting me permission to translate this from Korean. Dru님, 허락해 주셔서 감사합니다!

[natsspammityspamspamham]

Seiyuu YouTube Excursion (May 30th)

You know, I’m probably annoying all those people that follow me who follow for other stuff... oh well, this is a spam blog (if you didn’t already know).

I wanted to include one more video until I realized there was a five-video limit (stupid). The extra video is a Hinamatsuri “Guess the Vase Price!”. Let’s just say, I was really surprised at the price. Hinamatsuri is an anime I highly recommend. If you like Mob Psycho 100, you might like Hinamatsuri!

Seiyuu Being Stupid there’s a playlist for this!

Sumire Uesaka (Sumipe) is known for being a huge fan of Russia, guns, tanks, and other stuff. She does... what she wants.

[0:12] I haven’t tried real wasabi. Most restaurants around here use green-coloured horseradish, but I’m a wimp when it comes to spice. I would die too.

[0:40] Fun fact: I’m that idiot who has tried drinking tea while it was still 80-100 degrees C. I also tried eating a fresh soup dumpling. Long story short, I live life on the edge because I’m stupid.

[1:00] They just got Ume to admit he’s an ikemen. 

[1:15] This is a Servant x Service event (wasn’t labelled and is kind of important since you’re trying to decipher which pixel is who)

[2:00] That’s probably the better of his self-introductions

[2:02] It’s moments like these where I wonder how any of us guys and peeps have survived on this planet. For context, @akaskira​ Hosoya nearly lit himself on fire.

[2:35] is... something... you know they hired these people for their voices and not their physical physique some of the time.

[3:28] this is a good introduction. I have tried doing this in the mirror except with a Lucario aura sphere kamekamehabitch

[3:33] This is me trying to steal food from people. I like squid too. 

This Hosoya imitation by Mamo is pretty good. Side Note:  - A lot of this can be taken out of context. - Mamo has such a good Hosoya imitation that I was actually wondering whether he practiced it (especially since they’re always cast together) - Yes, I went on Anemone’s Livestream and said to sub BSD Radio and sent them a full 12-hour playlist or something. I can’t remember. - Nana Mizuki has stated that Mamo doesn’t carry the balanced meals with him and often has convenient store foodstuff (that probably isn’t the most nutritious). She says that she offers to share her organic stuff to “maintain his physique”. Meanwhile, I’m eating my third slice of cake and a slice of pie and wondering where I went wrong in life.

I couldn’t make it through watching Devilman: Crybaby, but it’s sure interesting knowing some behind-the-scenes stuff. I thought they were going to make Megumi Han reenact the iconic backstab scene. But it’s good to know that even a seasoned voice actor like Uchi got called back for retakes 25 times for one line.

Sasukaji. The BNHA ladies are indeed gang leaders. Marina Inoue laughs at Kaji-sama. Todo-sama is still the joke amongst the BNHA cast. Don’t get me wrong though, the dub cast has some really funny stuff too. 

“Beat the shit out of him” - All Might to Midoriya about Bakugou 

I’m saving the best for last. I’m putting the last name then first name which is contrary to most of my posts.

Sorachi is the usual hilarious guy he is.

Summary (but seriously, just watch it):

“Kugimiya-san took time out of her busy schedule to make the event exciting! I look forward to reading her new blog! I’m often enraptured by your wonderful site.”

"And those other usual guys whose names I didn’t bother to put down, just because you voiced somewhat popular characters, you’re misunderstanding that the fans are screaming for you.”

“It’s fine if you want to pretend to be celebrities and start a blog or Twitter, but if you say anything bad about Gintama or me, I will end your career. You guys will just write crappy posts that nobody else would read, but I will check them! What the fans and I want isn’t you, but Sakamoto Maaya’s cooking. *massive applause* Or, news that you got divorced, I hope you won’t forget.”

“It’s all thanks to you and Sakamoto Maaya. Actually, 9/10, it’s thanks to hearing Sakamoto Maaya’s songs.”

“Say anything bad and I’ll find you.”