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Earlier today, my sis and I tried thinking if terrifed teach was an anime, who would be the vas

We came up with:

Justin Cook (Kirishima [BNHA]) for Hijita

Justin Tindle (Karama [AssClass]) for Sano

J. Michael Tatum for Miki

Jonah Scott for Hatanaka

Landon McDonald (Ranpo [BSD]) for Akira (maybe, he was a hard one to pick)

Christopher Sabat (All Might [BNHA]) for The Principal

Kaiji Tang (Gojo [JJK]) for Karasuma

Luci Christian (Uraraka [BNHA]) for Kuniko

and then we got stuck

asgdsgafgdsf this isnt even putting the cart before the horse anymore this is fully loading the cart and building a stable before the horse

tbh. i dont watch dub anime so idk VAs (but also idk japanese VAs either. VAs just arent a thing i pay attention to in general really) but i have some free time so i guess ill look up some demo reels and give opinions on the ones i have any opinions on

(and find out that all the VAs i do know are from genshin)

Justin Cook (Kirishima [BNHA]) for Hijita

tbh i barely know any of the characters this guy voices. i guess its fine

wait actually. i know EXACTLY who should do hijita. max mittelman. that guy is so good

Austin Tindle (Karma [AssClass]) for Sano

shitttt ur right sano is kinda karma he's just less smug about it

oh what this guy also voiced kaneki i think i actually watched TG in dub back in the day

J. Michael Tatum for Miki

oh shit this is pantalone from genshin hell yeah

Jonah Scott for Hatanaka

JONAH SCOTT FRIEND OF DRAWFEE???

ok jonah cool and all but i have an actual opinion here. corey landis. the guy who voices welt in honkai star rail. i think he would fit hatanaka

Landon McDonald (Ranpo [BSD]) for Akira

too high pitched i think. takahashis voice gotta be low and sexy but also deranged (sanest takahashi liker)

consider: sean durrie (baizhu genshin)

Christopher Sabat (All Might [BNHA]) for The Principal

the characters this guy voices are all so gung ho the principal is more refined i'd like to think. and tired

have u considered. keith silverstein (zhongli genshin) (am i just typecasting yohaji chars to genshin chars at this point? perhaps)

now if i was a deranged person i would suggest the stanley parable narrator. thankfully i am a normal person so i would never say that

Kaiji Tang (Gojo [JJK]) for Karasuma

honestly? u know who would fit ranmaru? ranpos VA. landon mcdonald

Luci Christian (Uraraka [BNHA]) for Kuniko

ok going into this i already had an idea for kuniko. lilypichu. she would fit.

Alejandro Saab for Fuji

ah yes i see this guy on twitter all the time

my first thought was his voice is Too deep but then i heard his performance as miyamura and yeah i guess i can see it

Aaron Dismuke for Ogoso

idk i cant really see it but also idk what kind of voice would suit ogoso

and while we're on the topic of VAs anyway

kaeya's VA would totally fit ebisu

venti's voice but higher would fit mame

since jjk was mentioned: i always thought i could only recognise 1 jp VA (hiroshi kamiya, because araragi). i now know i actually know 2 because i was watching the new jjk and geto talked and i had to do a double take and still cant unhear reigen

the things i would do for amaaki to be voiced by hiroshi kamiya. i can only dream. or seimei but i think seimei is meant to have the same voice as haru. i think?

i have thought long and hard abt what harus eng voice should sound like. idk lol theres no genshin character i can typecast him onto. but i think max mittelman could do it too this man has sold me on him forever with his performance as itto i believe he has the range to do anything

tbh im like the worst person to discuss anime VAs with LOL the types of voicework i like is like. stanley parable narrator. superliminal glenn pierce. the beginners guide davey. getting over it monologue. (....honkai star rail welt)

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Mari Okonogi, Hiroshi Hatanaka - 輝く未来 (From『塔の上のラプンツェル』)

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[Announcement] ミュージカル「October Skyー遠い空の向こうにー」(musical october sky -tooi sora no mukou ni-)

the show will be running from October 6th, 2021 to October 24th, 2021 (Tokyo) @ Bunkamura シアターコクーン (Bunkamura Theater Cocoon) & November 11th, 2021 and November 14th, 2021 (Osaka) @ 森ノ宮ピロティホール (Morinomiya Piloti Hall)

Cast:

Kai Shouma Abe Aran Yumesaki Nene Kurihara Hideo Paku Romi Nakamura Reno Isawa Takuma Fukuzaki Nayuta Hatanaka Hiroshi Aoyagi Ruito Tsutsui Shunsaku Isobe Karin Nakamoto Masatoshi Kakukawa Hiroaki Oomine Takumi Akiyama Elisa Kunisue Yoshihiro Sunazuka Kento Sarry

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Ono Daisuke is going to join the cast of VART PROJECT season 2! It's set to premiere on September 11th on ANIMAX Japan. Team VART: Miki Shinichiro, Namikawa Daisuke, Ishikawa Kaito and Hatanaka Tasuku. Team BLACK VART: Seki Tomokazu, Kamiya Hiroshi and Ono Daisuke. Official website

~Genkishi91~

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Kamiya Hiroshi joins VART

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YouTube Excursion -2019/02/27

I’m usually not the biggest fan of crack videos like these (since sometimes the original source material doesn’t align with my terrible sense of humour), but this one is an exception. A lot of this is Thomas Sanders stuff after all.

Can we just take a while to appreciate the fact that Kaiki subs translated nearly half an hour of these raw clips for free? They don’t even monetize (although it’s illegal to monetize). I don’t watch the Monogatari series, but I found it interesting.

[IGNORE THAT JUMP SCARE AT THE END]

Tasuku Hatanaka (Denki Kaminari) and Daiki Yamashita (Deku) go over what BNHA lines they wish they had.  They mostly appreciate Aoyama and Todo-sama’s lines.  “All of Aoyama’s lines really stick with the soul!” - Hatanaka (Kaminari) “Everyone aims for the great Todo-sama” - Yamashita (Deku) “The great Todoroki’s words are always the best! He’s so cool.” - Hatanaka (Kaminari)

“Adieu~!” - Aoyama “The difference of our levels were too great.” - Todoroki “Have your eyes set properly on your goal.” Todoroki “Yaoyoroppai” - Mineta (But they are glad their characters aren’t that type of person)

The wrong Barakamon picture was used (that’s from the spinoff)

Imagine the Haikyuu coming in like “Oyaoyaoya?”

In case you are watching Kaguya-sama this season, you can learn about the woman behind Kaguya’s voice! She’s really new and barely has any other notable roles.

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Two cents of ramblings on “Yūkoku no Moriarty” (‘Moriarty The Patriot’) (Anime) - Season 1...

...and why I STRONGLY recommend it.

GENERAL DATA

Title: Yūkoku no Moriarty (憂国のモリアーティ “Moriarty The Patriot”)

Media: Anime television series

Adaptation of: Yūkoku no Moriarty (憂国のモリアーティ “Moriarty The Patriot”) shōnen manga by Takeuchi Ryōsuke, illustrated by Miyoshi Hikaru.

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Directed by: Nomura Kazuya

Written by: Zappa Gō

Studio: Production I.G

Original run: October 11, 2020 December 20, 2020

Episodes: 11

WARNINGS: There's murder, drug abuse, mistreatment of minors, discrimination, implication of sexual abuse of minors.

The plot in short: The story is a very loose retelling of “Sherlock Holmes” by Conan Doyle, however this time the main protagonist is professor William J. Moriarty, who’s now represented as a man committing crimes in an attempt to fight the corruption of the English nobles so as to create a better world.

HOW DID I STUMBLE INTO IT

The title got me curious and since Studio I.G usually makes very good series I decided to try it out.

THINGS YOU MIGHT WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE TACKLING THIS

I’ll reference the manga version on which this anime is based, the manga “Fushiji Fushiji” (ふしぎふしぎ ‘Wonder wonder’) by Yamazaki Hiroshi, the manga “Death Note” by Ōba Tsugumi and illustrated by Obata Takeshi, the anime “Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch” (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the rebellion’). Oh and the movie “The silence of the lambs”.

MY TWO CENTS ON IT

THE SHORT VERSION… or what I can tell you about this while trying to keep spoilers at the very bare minimum.

Opening & ending: The series uses as opening “DYING WISH” by Tasuku Hatanaka, and, as ending theme, “ALPHA” by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION. I quite liked both song and I love, love, love, both the opening and the ending. They’re both awesomely drawn and well matching with the songs, the opening is filled with symbolism and foreshadowing which makes it pretty intriguing. The ending, if possible, is drawn even better, even though it’s mostly a panning of still images and it too drives forward an interesting message.

The plot: This first season loosely covers the first 4 volumes of the manga (and a chapter from vol 5). Loosely because they actually skipped 3 arcs and added one. Each arc is a case the Moriarty brothers take, but the structure of its presentation might differ from case to case. This season works mostly an introduction to the characters and the story but we also see an evolution in the situation as the characters start to interact and the Moriarty brothers’ plan begins to unfold. Personally I enjoyed the series both for the overarching plot that it starts and for the episodic plots that it contains.

The characters: As this season covers only a small part of the manga we get introduced only to a part of the full cast and since not all the arcs of the manga are covered Fred and Moran are less developed than their manga counterparts, the anime focusing more on the Moriarty brothers as well as on Holmes and Watson. Still, the characters come out as interesting and likeable and there’s a care in depicting the minor characters involved in the various stories, even though they often get to end up being simplified a bit, often either to tame down the story or due to time constraints.

The visual: Personally I think the anime did a good work of reproducing Miyoshi Hikaru’s work. The character design is faithful enough to the one of the manga and there’s this amazing cure in the background which I really love. Here and there however I feel the quality is a little less than good though it will probably get fixed in the dvd release. There are some interesting stylistic choices too so it’s still very pleasurable to watch.

The BGM: Oh, no doubt I love it. I truly enjoyed Tachibana Asami’s work on this series, the music well underline the mood, stays with you and it’s pleasurable to hear.

Overall: It’s a good, well done and intriguing first season. I would personally wish it had been longer, so as not to cut arcs and take more time exploring the characters but nowadays seasons are mostly short so I guess they couldn’t do things differently. It’s still a good work and a good transposition, even though if you want to know more about the characters I recommend you to read the manga.

THE LONG VERSION… or what I loved and hated about this with, of course, TONS OF SPOILERS.

Let me dig a moment into the opening and the endings as I think they really did a good job here. The opening really get you in the mood of the series and gifts you with little gems of foreshadowing and symbolism.

It starts with the sun disappearing so we find ourselves in the dark side of the day and of London. Then it well introduces the Moriarty brothers and their helpers (Fred and Moran) and then send them walking for the night streets of London.

The scene is interrupted by the nobles entertaining themselves with a masked ball… uncaring of how a lily (usually used as symbol of purity and innocence) lays in a pool of blood. The only one who pays it any mind and picks it up is William Moriarty, which basically foreshadows the whole plot of the story, the nobility is uncaring of other people’s suffering while he wants to help. As the lily seems to redden further in blood we basically get a flashback of a poor girl selling lilies having her flowers tossed on the ground a noble deliberately stepping on them with cruelty while she’s desperate and then disappears in red petals. The lily in William’s hand, now completely red, burns.

I mean, this whole scene isn’t just beautifully drawn and takes care to match with the music in both melody and lyrics but it’s of an awesome symbolism for the series down to how London will burn in the following season.

We’re treated with some more symbolism, fruits which quickly grow rotten, a poor street and a cemetery, a statue of the angel of death then, in a maze of thin threads, Sherlock appears and this too symbolizes how he’ll have to untangle the skein of the Moriarty case. Sherlock runs with Watson and the next we know is he and William are pointing their respective guns at each other head, foreshadowing another scene in the next season.

Then a bird flies above them (birds, I’m not sure if they’re crows or ravens, are used to symbolizes the Moriarty brothers) and, superimposed to it, we see hands being joined and then the other 2 Moriarty brothers and William and Fred, so as to symbolize how they’ll join forces with William.

We get a flashback of the Moriarty house burning down and then of William’s eyes. To better tie him to the bird, his eyes are then covered by bird’s wings and we see 3 birds (symbolizing the Moriarty brothers) fly away. The song’s pace get fast and we’re showing Fred and Moran fighting, Albert smiling (as he basically fights from behind the scenes, using his own power to aid his brother’s plan) and then Louis fighting as well.

William then, in a scene that reminds me a lot of the opening of “Zankyō no Terror” let himself be fall from what we’ll discover is the big bang tower, watching the city as it burns, and foreshadowing how he plans to end his plan. As if this foreshadowing isn’t enough, the scene switches again, William joins his companions in a room and points a gun at his own head. All this is beautiful animation, smooth transitions and intriguing storytelling that well fit with the music and the lyrics of the song which I recommend to read as you enjoy it. And I love it.

And what to say of the ending?

It starts depicting a simple episode of the Moriarty brothers’ childhood. They’re just having fun painting some walls with beautiful scenery (which is symbolism for how they are hoping in real life that, with their actions, they can paint a beautiful world).

I love how they did the colouring, it reminds me of watercolours, I liked how they had bright colours all over the characters, how the clear colouring of the scenery makes it look like as if everything is filled with light. Although it’s made by still images on which the camera pans, it has its own dynamism, the characters in motion and expressive. It reminds me of the manga “Fushiji Fushiji” (ふしぎふしぎ ‘Wonder wonder’) by Yamazaki Hiroshi whose message was just to discover the wonderful beauty of the ordinary all around you.

There’s an interesting contrast between the lyrics and this calm and happy moment, well harmonized by the music that still seems happy and dynamic but it has a purpose.

In fact the hopefulness and the wonder are kind of shattered when, at the end, we have a really clever transition.

The image moves from the brothers looking at the painting they made in front of them, to the beautiful images painted behind them, as if to hint those images, those happy moments will become their past, something they’ll leave behind, and then the image quickly shift and we see the three brothers, now adults, under the rain and among ruins (are those the ruins of the place they painted?). Albert has a bittersweet expression, the corner of his lips are turned up but the rain makes it look as if he’s crying,

Louis keeps his face down, in the shadows and is not smiling,

William is smiling but it’s a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes, which are on the ground, a forced smile.

The rain soaks them like tears, in a way it washes away the memory of the colours that covered them because, despite their beautiful hopes and dreams, what they had to do was dark and painful and definitely not nice, the sad contrast between idealism and realty.

The songs end showing the Moriarty coat of arms on the ground, in a giant puddle (or outright under water) the words ‘Je crois en moi’ (“I believe in myself”) clearly visible as the song ends with “There is no turning back” which fits so well with how the Moriarty brothers can’t return to that time of their childhood… how they can only advance until the end.

So okay, said this let’s move on the story.

As I said the anime starts with an original only episode. Why this choice when they instead cut manga arcs? Why not to animate another manga arc instead than create a new one that’s loosely based on “The hunting of the Baskervilles”? Why not to just animate “The hunting of the Baskervilles” instead? Why did we ended up having “The earl’s crime” instead?

My guess is that the anime was very invested in making sure we would know we’ve to root for the Moriarty brothers, but also that we were aware that, although they want to create a new world, they’re not Yagami Light from “Death Note” but are closer to Lelouch Lamperouge from “Code Geass”.

So what they do?

They first remember us who was Professor Moriarty, the Lord of Crime in Conan Doyle’s tales by starting the story showing us a kid reading “Sherlock Holmes – The final problem” book and, as his father gives the book a look, his gaze falls on a photo of Professor Moriarty (and the image of Moriarty is a copy of the illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of “The Final Problem”) and then we hear…

Narrator: This is the tale of the man who confounded even the great detective Sherlock Holmes… Professor Moriarty, the Lord of Crime.

…and, as we hear so the image switches from the picture of the book to an image of William Moriarty as we’ll see him in the series, all busy writing mathematic expressions on a blackboard, but then everything seems to take fire as he keeps on writing and then everything fades to black.

From this start we might even think the story was going to represent Moriarty as we know him from the books… an evil mastermind… though the story would start from his past, as the Moriarty we see writing on the blackboard is clearly younger.

And this is a device to raise interest. Then the opening starts.

I’ve discussed about how awesome the opening is above, but when you first see it, you might not catch up all the symbolism or only part of it and therefore fail to see the full picture and this too is a good idea.

Then the episode starts and in a nightmarish red atmosphere (as every image is painted with a red filter) someone chases a poor kid, captures him and makes clear he’s going to make something terrible to him.

We don’t clearly see who’s doing this so we might be tricked into thinking it’s Moriarty himself… but then it turns out the guy implied to be a young Moriarty is reading on the newspaper about the kidnapping and this can divide the audience in 2 groups, those who realizes by the glimpses we saw of the abuser he can’t be Moriarty and those who didn’t.

And here the anime does another clever thing with this bit of dialogue.

Louis: It’s hard to believe a human being could do such a thing. William: (smiling) It’s human to think that this could not be the work of a man.

The fact William can smile in such a way for such topic feels suspicious, the anime plays with our pre-existing ideas of how professor Moriarty is evil. Is he bragging when he talks with Louis? Or is he genuinely analyzing the case? Or is he planning to offer his services to the child murderer?

And then, as he studies the case we get this line…

William: People’s fancies do not get taken by that which is out of view. They want what they see.

…and doesn’t all this starts to look like a reference to “The silence of the lambs”?

Clarice Starling: The thing is that Lecter said everything we need to catch him is in these pages. Ardelia Mapp: Dr Lecter said a lot of things. Clarice Starling: He's here, Ardelia. Ardelia Mapp: Is this Lecter's handwriting? "Clarice, doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random - like the elaborations of a bad liar? Ta, Hannibal Lecter." Clarice Starling: "Desperately random." What does he mean? Ardelia Mapp: Not random at all, maybe. Like there's some pattern here...? Clarice Starling: But there is no pattern or the computers would've nailed it. They're even found in random order. Ardelia Mapp: Random because of the one girl. The one he weighted down. Clarice Starling: Oh, Fredrica Bimmel, from... Belvedere, Ohio. First girl taken, third body found. Why? Ardelia Mapp: 'Cause she didn't drift. He weighted her down. Clarice Starling: What did Lecter say about..."First principles"? Ardelia Mapp: Simplicity... Clarice Starling: What does this guy do, he "covets". How do we first start to covet? Ardelia Mapp: "We covet what we see -" Clarice Starling: " - every day." Ardelia Mapp: Hot damn, Clarice. Clarice Starling: He knew her.

Now, child murder is one of those crimes that are considered morally terrible by a lot of people included criminals. If you add to this a comparison between the criminal and the culprit of “The Silence of the Lambs” you create in people’s mind the image of a monster.

And, as William keep on talking, it’s clear he’s not the culprit, but the fact he claims…

William: This may be a case in which we become involved.

…might still make people to wonder on how he would get involved.

Professor Moriarty wasn’t a detective, he was a crime consultant, a lord of crime, so what is he up to?

And there’s also something else that’s incredibly smart, the whole mention of how a victim was an orphan with William discussing the lack of relation between noble men and orphans.

Louis: Still, one of the victims… …appears to have been an orphan who slept on the streets. What of him? William: Ah, yes. Noblemen and orphans—there is nothing quite so far removed as the two worlds in which they live. Assuming that’s the case, it could be the clue that leads us to our culprit.

And at this point the dynamic between the two starts to resemble the one people would expect between Holmes and Watson but there’s more in this line that just that, the foreshadowing William knows personally the distance between nobles and orphans.

And then Albert appears and goes visiting the father of one of the victims, Eden, but who pays attention to the discussion might notice that he’s an earl… and the episode’s title was “The Earl's Crime” so is he the culprit?

Meanwhile as we are introduced to the poor father, we start to pity him. That man is destroyed from pain for his loss… and he’s a nice, humble man, a loving father who lost a beloved child. We sympathize with him, we want justice for him.

Then William approaches a boy… but in case we still have doubt it’s clear he’s merely doing so to investigate on the case… and then William and Louis are joined by Albert and their goal is made clear, provide the poor father with a chance of vengeance.

So, now we know for sure William, Louis and Albert aren’t involved in the child murders and are hunting the culprit… and we all side with them because what he did was terrible… but just in case we need an extra push let’s have Earl of Argleton, aka the culprit, be introduced… and at the same time William confirm what we assumed, that he is William James MORIARTY.

Then William, engaging conversation with the Earl, acting as if he were Sherlock Holmes (to the point even the Earl observes he seems a detective) points out from where the various objects the Earl is wearing come. The Earl is impressed by his deductions but for us, viewers, the scene is a further proof the Earl is guilty because all those objects come from the shops from which worked the murdered kids. And, as William progresses, even the Earl realizes that’s the point he’s trying to make.

And then we’ve William say this.

William: You prefer the meat of young hares, yes? Tender, not yet fully developed, and so fresh that it still drips with blood, which you take your time to savour, nice and slow.

And, as he says so, we see the shapes of young boys running, and they seem naked, and they’re smiling and it’s clear that’s how the earl sees them… Previously we were merely said the killer ‘target young boys for their amusement, and then, after they’re done, slaughter them’.

You might even think the amusement was in the hunt… but now it has been made clear the Earl lusts for those young boys. And if killing a child is considered one of the worst crimes, it pales to sexually abuse a child. The series as now successfully painted the Earl as the most disgusting monster ever.

So why is this so very important?

Because you ends up agreeing with William that this person deserves to be killed, that the world would be better without him. And this means that in the viewers’ eyes the figure of Moriarty despite being called ‘crime lord’ and ‘crime consultant’ will be viewed as someone who bring justice, not something like Yagami Light who forced his own justice to the world, but something we all agreed upon is justice.

The Earl is a monster. He deserves to die.

This episode also becomes a chance to let us glimpse Lois in action. In the manga he would start to be more active much later, ironically exactly in “The hunting of the Baskervilles” while the anime decided to put him immediately at work. While this choice sacrifices part of the character arc of both Louis and William (there was a reason why Louis wasn’t as active at the start), since “The hunting of the Baskervilles” was cut, it made sense to put it here.

There’s also the beautiful artistic choice to show William arriving driving a coach as the scene is completely covered by fog with the sounds somewhat muffled.

It feels creepy, like the death itself is getting on that place. And then it turns out the tables are turned, the coach was likely Earl of Argleton’s one and this time it was his turn to be kidnapped, taken there and tied over as he had done countless times with the boys… and it’s William, instead than him, the one who gets inside the place, his red eyes shining as he gets inside.

And really, the colouring is so brilliant here because it’s mostly greyish brown and white but then there are some colours that shine and are clearly visible.

William’s eyes and tie which are red… his blond hair… Eden’s red tie and his empty blue eyes… the Earl’s fear filled blue eyes…

And then there’s a flashback in which William is shown talking with Eden.

Eden: Are you certain you can grant my wish… …Sir William? William: Mr Eden, what you are proposing to do Is unfortunately categorized by this twisted world as a crime. Knowing this, does your resolve remain unchanged?

We’ve a flashback in a flashback, with Eden thinking at what happened to his poor son before he nods.

William: Very well. Then I, crime consultant William James Moriarty, accept your request.

And with this we go back to the present and to Eden pulling out a pair of scissors. It’s clear what he wants to do and William urges him to be quick about it. We see nothing of the gruesome scene that happened after, just darkness and a scream, but we’ve gotten to a point where few of us would deny a poor father the chance to avenge his own son abused and murdered by such a monster.

Light returns as William lights a match and this too symbolizes how William’s actions bring light in a world filled with darkness. Birds fly away and raven’s feather flutter around him so that we now will get the symbolism in the opening.

Eden joins him and William kindly offers him his tissue so he can clean up before he personally takes care to close the door of the place in which Earl of Argleton was killed. We don’t see the Earl, just some blood but it’s clear it should have been a gruesome mess and this too is clever.

Some anime like to show things up but merely implying is much more powerful because you can actually imagine a scenario as bad as you prefer.

The episode ends showing Eden being back to normal. Although this is kind of a dangerous message to give out (vengeance by murder bringing you peace, I mean) it makes sense.

The ending for this episode is just a black screen on which credits runs but it makes sense to postpone seeing the images in the ending AFTER this episode, when we’ve seen “The scarlet eyes” and got to know the young versions of the Moriarty brothers.

After the ending the anime leaves a final bit explaining how the Moriarty brothers went through the trouble of erasing everything so that the death of the Earl and his coachman don’t even make it to the news, so that they successfully created the perfect crime.

With this the episode ends and now the series has successfully created a mind setting in which we know William helps people in committing terrible crimes… but in a way we see him as Robin Hood, as if those crimes were an act of justice because those people were terrible but due to social differences and privileges they were also untouchable and this was the only way to punish them.

William is not Yagami Light, who passed judgement on people because he felt better than them, he really feels a lot more like someone who brings justice were none can be obtained but with terrible methods. Like Lelouch Lamperouge, he took what was helpless and gave him power so that they could obtain justice.

Long story short, this episode exist to make as easy as possible to see William as a good guy despite committing crimes and “The scarlet eyes” couldn’t quite drive to the same result.

It’s not solely just because the anime tamed it down, so that the nobles involved seem less abusive than in the manga, but because that’s what those nobles are. In “The earl’s crime” we have a paedophile murderer, so it’s easy to say he deserved a horrible death but in “The scarlet eyes” we just have abusive people.

They’re bad, mind you, but this could still lead to the discussion ‘did they deserve to be murdered like that though?’ They were Albert’s real family after all. They were horrible but they hadn’t killed anyone yet. And the decision to murder them is taken by three children who all benefit from their death. And what about young William preaching to kill all the bad nobles to a group of children?

Mind you, I’m not saying that the “The scarlet eyes” is bad, in truth it’s a lot more interesting than “The earl’s crime” but it moves on a huge grey area… which is great if you want to think things through but if you’re handling a short anime and need your viewers to immediately stick with the main character… well, it doesn’t work so well.

So yeah, “The earl’s crime” might not be quite as good but it works well as first episode, and it serves well to make viewers understand to what William is referring when he gives his speech about wanting to fight the whole country.

William: Our lives should have the same value… Everyone should have an equal right to happiness… But in this country, that doesn’t exist. This class system places a curse upon people. Because of it, people’s hearts are tainted and twisted, giving rise to devils. In which case, the opposite is also true. Once the devils are cast out, people’s hearts become clear again, and the curse is lifted. The country will assuredly be beautiful.

And if you hear all this and think to episode 1, you see how the unfairness of a class system allowed a man to abuse and murder young poor boys and how murdering him fixed everything. It’s an easy to understand, immediate message and one that can easily be shared by the viewers.

So yeah, it works. It’s not great and morally elaborate like the other episodes but that’s exactly its purpose. To be as straightforward as possible to drive home a concept.

So, yeah, I think they did a very clever thing with episode 1… though, on the opposite side, I hate how, due to the limited episode number, its existence meant to further cutting chapters from being transposed. And it’s not just that chapters were cut… even those that were transposed were often changed so as to make them short and simpler.

Mind you, the episodes still remains powerful and well done but they’re actually a lot less strong than the original.

For example in “A rare breed” which is the transposition of “The one grapefruit pie” all William does is to cause the viscount’s death because he let a child die. In the manga he lowered the rents the townspeople had to pay to live on his newly acquired property, stole the control of the town from an evil baron (in the anime they decided to turn Baron Dublin into Viscount of Belfor), forced him to regret denying to the parents of the sick child a glass of water by causing him to feel sick and desperately needing water, write down a formal apology to the child as well as a testament that, once he were to die, his tenant farmers would inherit his lands and then caused the baron’s death.

It’s a much bigger accomplishment for a more complicate plot which is much more tied to the state of society than the one of the anime, who merely focus on a noble’s wrongdoing toward a poor family… but “A rare breed” is still a very good episode, even if simpler than what gave it inspiration.

Another downside of the cuts is that, as I mentioned before, the characters gets less fleshed out than in the manga, which is something that strikes hard for the minor characters. Moneypenny gets cut off and the same goes for Von Herder and Mycroft Holmes (although they’ll manage to recover the two of them for season 2), while Fred and Moran will get a lot less characterization.

Major characters will also be affected by the cuts, although they won’t have it as bad as the minors.

Still…

William James Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty, Louis James Moriarty, Fred Porlock, Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Miss Hudson, George Lestrade, I loved them all. They might be not as fleshed out as in the manga but they’re still interesting and very likable, especially William and Sherlock. I love those two guys they’re perfect.

Now… for who’s not familiar with “Sherlock Holmes” and doesn’t get why this story involves the ‘Moriarty brothers’ instead than just professor Moriarty, that is because Takeuchi Ryōsuke, the manga author, found an interesting way to solve the contradictory information about Professor Moriarty. Professor Moriarty has no given name in the first story in which he appeared (“The Final Problem”) but gives him a brother, Colonel James Moriarty. However, according to another story (“The Adventure of the Empty House”) it’s said that is professor Moriarty who’s named James and his brother is not a Colonel but a station master. So Takeuchi Ryōsuke decided to interpret all this as Moriarty having two brothers, one of which is a Colonel (Albert) and giving to the three siblings the middle name of ‘James’ so that when they play the role of Lord of crime the three of them can say they are ‘James Moriarty’, which is quite clever if you ask me.

And then, because repetita iuvant, the visual is so very great, from the art used for the background to the way the scenes are framed. Really I love this.

So, to sum it up, the first season of this series is a very good first season and actually I hope the fact that it differs slightly from the manga will also work to persuade you to read the manga because boys, the manga is awesome.

And now let's end this with an AMV about this series I recommend watching: Confrontation

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i may be def biased towards jp dub now but i love the emotion hiroshi hatanaka puts into eugene 

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°•Seiyuus featured in the blog with Shimono °.•*

「A」

Akesaka Satomi

Amamiya Sora

Amasaki Kohei

Aoi Shouta

Aoi Yuki

Asakura Momo

Asanuma Shintaro

「B」

Ban Taito

「C」

Chiwa Saito

「E」

Eguchi Takuya

「F」

Fukuen Misato

Fukuyama Jun

「H」

Hama Kento

Hanae Natsuki

Hanazawa Kana

Harada Hitomi

Haruno Anzu

Hatanaka Tasuku

Hayami Saori

Hayami Show

Hidaka Rina

Hikasa Yoko

Hino Satoshi

Honda Yoko

Horie Shun

Horikawa Ryō

Horiuchi Kenyuu

「I」

Inada Tetsu

Inoue Marina

Ishii Kazutaka

Ishikawa Kaito

Ishikawa Yui

「K」

Kaji Yuki

Kakihara Tetsuya

Kamiya Hiroshi

Kaneda Tomoko

Kanemoto Hisako

Kato Emiri

Kawanishi Kengo

Kawasumi Ayako

Kayano Ai

Kimura Ryohei

Kito Akari

Komatsu Mikako

Komoto Keisuke

Kondo Takashi

Konishi Katsuyuki

Kugimiya Rei

「M」

Maeno Tomoaki

Mariya Ise

Masuda Toshiki

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu

Midorikawa Hikaru

Misaki Kuno

Miyamoto Katsuya

Miyano Mamoru

Miyata Kouki

Mizuhashi Kaori

Morikubo Showtaro

Murase Ayumu

「N」

Nagatsuka Takuma

Nakahara Mai

Nakamura Shugo

Nakamura Yūichi

Namikawa Daisuke

Nishiyama Koutaro

Nojima Kenji

「O」

Ōgame Asuka

Ohashi Ayaka

Okamoto Nobuhiko

Ono Daisuke

Ono Kensho

Otsuka Akio

Ozawa Ari

「S」

Saitō Momoko

Saitō Sōma

Sakakihara Yuki

Sakura Ayane

Sakurai Takahiro

Sato Gen

Satō Takuya

Seki Tomokazu

Shimazaki Nobunaga

Sugita Tomokazu

Suzaki Aya

Suzuki Chihiro

Suzuki Momori

Suzuki Tatsuhisa

「T」

Taketatsu Ayana

Taneda Risa

Takahashi Hidenori

Taniyama Kishou

Tatsumi Yuiko

Terashima Junta

Terashima Takuma

Toki Shunichi

Tokui Sora

Tomatsu Haruka

Toriumi Kōsuke

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Tsuda Kenjiro

Tsujitani Kōji

「U」

Uchida Maaya

Uchida Yuuma

Uchiyama Kouki

Uesaka Sumire

「Y」

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamamoto Kazutomi

Yamamoto Maria

Yamashita Daiki

Yasumoto Hiroki

Yonoga Tsubasa

Yusa Kōji

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INTRODUCING CHIYO HATANAKA, THE SHSL ACTRESS!

Name: Chiyo Hatanaka「千代幡中」

Personality: Despite being a genuinely compassionate and empathetic person, Chiyo is socially awkward around her peers and often accidentally puts her foot in her mouth. She values hard work, honesty, and sincerity.

Design: Reference here (Above art by @bastart13!)

About: You could say Chiyo’s very conception was a scandal. Born to the famous director Hiroshi Yuuya and his leading lady at the time, Emi Hatanaka, she was labeled a no-good illegitimate child before she could so much as talk. Chiyo grew up under the care of her mother, and started acting in productions when she was four. Due to the neverending negative press, she felt a lot of pressure to prove herself as she was growing up and spent years carefully cultivating a positive image, often missing out on important childhood experiences to do so. She is supported wholeheartedly by her mother, who she’s obviously close to. When asked about her father, Chiyo’s only answer remains a consistent “No comment.”

As far as her acting prowess, Chiyo’s the real deal – expect nothing less than glowing reviews and standing ovations after every performance. Her name’s connected to plays, musicals, movies, TV shows, you name it! She was most recently cast in a live-action remake of the popular “Emiko Enchanti” anime that is set to debut next year.

OC Tag

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Thirty Days of Vanitas no Carte -  #10 #11#12 #13

I’m catching up!! asdrfghj I know it’s a bit of cheating, but.... I’m putting those under a read-more because they will be a bit long

#10 - Coolest Battle In the Series?

hmmm, either the battle at the climax of the catacombs arc or the Gévaudan battles overall - they were very cool and nicely panelled.

#11 - Most Stylish Character?

in my personal opinion..... Vanitas. I adore his ribbons, his balloon coat, his blue aesthetic, those boots and the funky waistcoat... but if I had to be less subjective I’d say Domi! She has a great sense of style, and while it’s not my personal favourite, she’s definitely the most stylish in-universe... makes me wonder if she had a hand in coordinating Noé’s outfits, since they give me off a similar vibe...

I also love Chloé’s 18th century style dresses!

#12 - What about Voice Actors? And Studio?

oh boy.... when it comes to studios, my immediate pick would be Kyoani, but with their way of choosing works and stuff that has no chance of happening.... so my second pick would go to Studio Bones, since they produce solid works and animated some of my personal favourites (Mob Psycho 100, Ouran, Noragami, No.6); MAPPA would be close behind, since they’ve also made some great-looking animes (Banana Fish, Dororo, Zombieland Saga), and I feel like their style would fit VnC. A definite no-no is A1 or Pierrot

as for voice actors... it’s really hard for me to say. I imagine Vanitas’s voice to be more youthful, so maybe someone like Saitou Souma? or Ayumu Murase for a more obvious, shonen-type voice.. for Noé my choices would be Hiroshi Kamiya, Tasuku Hatanaka or the great Akira Ishida

for Domi, I’d really love it to be Kana Hanazawa (icon!); for Jeanne either Saori Hayami or Sumire Morohoshi!

#13 - Favorite Worldbuilding Detail?

definitely how astermite is utilized! I love the way it’s used instead of coal/steam and I’m looking forward to seeing more of it! I also think that the vampire formula rewriting is very interesting... The real treat for me are also the malnomens - I love the that they correspond with fairytales and stuff, it’s so neat to see, especially if you’re interested in those!

welp, I hope I can keep up with the next ones normally....

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Writing Playlist Tag

Tag Game: Song Title URL

Rules: List song titles that start with the letters of your URL

tagged by the lovely @fieryanmitsu! Thank you so much!! This was super fun but also low key difficult because of the repeating letters in my URL and how uncommon they are in song titles ahaha. I’m basically a sole j-pop gal with some exceptions to seiyuu and character songs since I am also a gigantic seiyuu trash. You’re gonna see the full extent of my j-pop and seiyuu weebness in this challenge oop. Links to the mv/song will also be included for anyone that is curious!

“ANIMANIACHAN”

A- “April Showers” by Aimer

N- “Next Stage” by AAA

I- “I4U” by AAA

M- “MANKAI☆KAIKA SENGEN” by A3ders! from A3! (cv. Sakai Kodai, Eguchi Takuya, Sawashiro Chiharu, & Tamaru Atsushi)

A- “ANSWER” by Akashi Seijuro & Kuroko Tetsuya from KnB (cv. Kamiya Hiroshi & Ono Kensho)

N- “ninelie” by Aimer & chelly

I- “Ichiya Kagiri no Aibou” by Settsu Banri & Hyodo Juza from A3! (cv. Sawashiro Chiharu & Takeuchi Shunsuke)

A- “ADAMAS” by LiSA

C- “Clattanoia” by OxT

H- “Haru desu ne” by New Spring Troupe from A3! (cv. Sakai Kodai, Shirai Yusuke, Nishiyama Kotarou, Asanuma Shintaro, Igarashi Masashi, & Hatano Wataru)

A- “Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai” by AAA

N- “Natsu tte ☆ Pari Pari” by New Summer Troupe from A3! (cv. Eguchi Takuya, Toki Shunichi, Yamaya Yoshitaka, Hirose Daisuke, Ozawa Ren, & Hatanaka Tasuku)

Geez, this was a struggle, I literally ran out of “A” songs by the time I got to my second “A” T__T and legit none of my A3! jams started with the letter of my URL??? cries But nonetheless it was super fun to do! Thank you again for the tag!

Tags: @kimeyngo only if you want to and basically anybody else who would like to join in!

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[Announcement] ミュージカル 封神演義－開戦の前奏曲－(musical houshin engi -kaisen no prelude-)

the show will be running from October 23rd, 2020 to November 2nd, 2020 (Tokyo) @ 品川プリンスホテル ステラボール  (Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stella Ball) & November 6th, 2020 to November 8th, 2020 (Osaka) @ COOL JAPAN PARK OSAKA WWホール

Cast:

Hashimoto Shouhei as Taikoubou (太公望) Asato Yuuya as Youzen (楊ゼン) Kiyama Ryuu as Nataku (ナタク) Oota Masaki as Kou Tenka (黄天化) Miyamoto Kousuke as Bukichi (武吉) Miyakawa Tomoyuki as Kou Hiko (黄飛虎) Araki Kentarou as Taiitsu Shinjin (太乙真人) Yoshihara Hideyuki as Suupuushan (四不象) Ishida Anna as Dakki (妲己) Nagae Ryouki as Inkou (殷郊) Taguchi Tsukasa as Inkou (殷洪) Matsui Kenta as Ki Hatsu (姫発) Oohira Shunya as Shinkouhyou (申公豹) Hirano Ryou as(趙公明) Hatanaka Hiroshi as Bunchuu (聞仲)

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Disney Voice Stars 2019

I’m not the most familiar on this, but I did do some digging. I first discovered these songs when I started to get deeper into seiyuu in around 2016. They’ve been around for a while, and this will be their fourth time doing it.

They gather up male seiyuu and have them sing Disney songs in Japanese. I will link the older volumes of it below. This post is to introduce the people and songs that are happening for this fourth edition in 2019. They will be holding a live show for this as well!

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

OFFICIAL TWITTER

I’m going to be putting the English names of the songs and linking the original English versions. I’m not going to be translating the cast messages or videos, but you can see those on Twitter and on their website.

Kaito Ishikawa: “I Want to Be Like You” (Jungle Book) [Original]

Yuuto Uemura: “A Whole New World” (Aladdin) [Original]

Takuya Eguchi: “Under the Sea” (The Little Mermaid) [Original]

Kenshou Ono: “When She Loved Me” (Toy Story 2) [Original]

Takuya Satou: “Beauty and the Beast” (Beauty and the Beast) [Original]

Shunsuke Takeuchi: “Friend Like Me” (Aladdin) [Original]

Tasuku Hatanaka: “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King) [Original]

Wataru Hatano: “If I Didn’t Have You” (Monsters Inc.) [Original]

Natsuki Hanae: “Part of Your World” (The Little Mermaid) [Original]

Satoshi Hino: “Be Our Guest” (Beauty and the Beast) [Original]

Tomoaki Maeno: “Go the Distance” (Hercules) [Original]

Daiki Yamashita: “Remember Me” (Coco) [Original]

Here are the previous editions!

Volume One Playlist

Tomokazu Sugita ~ One Jump Ahead

Toshiyuki Morikawa ~ Once Upon A Dream

Kouichi Yamadera ~ Circle Of Life

Hiroshi Kamiya ~ You Can Fly

Takahiro Sakurai When You Wish Upon A Star

Hikaru Midorikawa ~ Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Tomokazu Seki ~ Go The Distance

Miyu Irino ~ Under The Sea

Kenichi Suzumura ~ A Whole New World

Jun Fukuyama ~ Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo

Volume Two Playlist

Kouichi Yamadera~ Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

Hikaru Midorikawa & Takahiro Sakurai ~ I See The Light

Tomokazu Seki & Ryoutarou Okiayu ~ Beauty And The Beast

Hiro Shimono & Nobuhiko Okamoto ~ Hakuna Matata

Kouichi Yamadera ~ Great Spirits

Ryoutarou Okiayu ~ Bella Notte

Takahiro Sakurai ~ Lalalu

Hikaru Midorikawa ~ Love Is A Song

Nobuhiko Okamoto ~ Good Company

Tomokazu Seki ~ You'll Be In My Heart

Hiro Shimono ~ Kiss The Girl

Hiroshi Kamiya ~ Heigh-Ho

Volume Three Playlist

Daisuke Ono ~ It's so much fun

Hiroshi Kamiya ~ Aloha E Komo Mai

Junichi Suwabe ~ Compass of Your Heart

Yuki Kaji & Hiroshi Kamiya ~ Magical Moments

Kousuke Toriumi ~ Zip A Dee Doo Dah

Ryotaro Okiayu and Kousuke Toriumi ~ Swept Away

Takuma Terashima ~ Chim Chim Cher-ee

Yuki Kaji ~ Part of Your Worldanyyvink

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Movie/Drama that Casted Seiyuu

In case you're like me, someone who's curious about seiyuu's acting in a movie/drama that wasn't animated. I want to make your burden a little bit lighter by making this list. Hope this help!!

Notes :

The movies and drama I include are where the seiyuus acted live, not only the voice appearance. So no sentai series, except there's seiyuu making appearance.

The movies and dramas will be always updated whenever I have time/I found new dramas and movies which included seiyuu. Please look forward to it!!!

For movies :

Takumi-kun Series 1 : And The Spring Breeze Whispers (2007)

The seiyuu includes in this movie was Hatano Wataru as Yoshizawa Michio, a member of archery club who likes Takabayashi Izumi (played by Saito Yasuka).

Apparently, this movie is available in some platform such as dailymotion with eng sub. Please check if you like!

Movie genre : Boy's Love (BL), romance, drama

Monochrome Girl (2009)

The seiyuu included in this movie is Irino Miyu as the main character, Igarashi Hiroshi. The link to watch this movie isn't available online.

Movie genre : Drama

Wonderful World (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Miyano Mamoru as Katayama Seishi

Uehara Ayumi as Fukushima Narumi

Namikawa Daisuke as Katayama Koichi

Hirata Yuka as Tanaka Akiko

Morikubo Showtaro as Nakamura Ryoji

Sugita Tomokazu as Chin'nen

and many more. Not only joined as a cast, Namikawa Daisuke directed the movie as well. There's no link to watch/download available.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

Kami★Voice : The Voice Makes Miracles (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Kaji Yuki as Yuu Siraike

Hatano Wataru as Tatsumo Kubodera

Morikubo Showtaro as Hareruya Oda

Namikawa Daisuke as Ku'on Kobayakawa

Park Romi as Sayuri Takeda

Miyano Mamoru as Kanade Asai

Eguchi Takuya as Tetsurou

Tanaka Mayumi

Nozawa Masako

Hosoya Yoshimasa

Chiba Shigeru

Yamada Keaton

Koyama Rikiya

Yamadera Kouichi

Hazama Michio

Takizawa Roko

Arthur Lounsbery as Christian

and many more. Kamiya Hiroshi also included, but only as a narrator. The only links available is the cut scene of Park Romi, Miyano Mamoru, trailer, and the MV of the soundtrack.

Movie genre : Comedy

Messiah (2011)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Uchiyama Kouki as one of the student. Namikawa Daisuke is also in the movie as one of the police staff. You can find the movie, but with Korean subtitle.

Movie genre : Drama, action

Omaera Zenin Mendokusai (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Ono Kensho as Kitanuchi Kunihiko, the male lead character, a new Japanese teacher in his school. Since the DVD and Blu-ray hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Harem, comedy, romance

Chronos Jaunter (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Shimono Hiro as Fukihara Kazuhito, a guy who will time travel to when his girlfriend still alive before an accident. Since the movie hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

For dramas :

Koi Suru Seiza (2009)

The seiyuu included in this drama is Uchiyama Kouki as Hinata, the girl in the episode's boyfriend. Appeared in episode 9. You can watch it here.

Drama genre : Comedy, romance.

A Girl and Three Sweethearts (2016)

The seiyuu include in this drama is Irino Miyu as a high school friend of Shibasaki Chiaki (played by Miura Shouhei). He appeared at episode 4. You can watch it on some platform where the drama is available.

Drama genre : Romance

Boku no Koe ga Sekai wo Sukutta Koto wa Kimi wa mou Shiranai (2017)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Masuda Toshiki as Rei

Tasuku Hatanaka as Eiyuu

Nishiyama Koutarou

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Minoru Shiraishi

The drama was produced by GYAO × WOWOW. For now, it isn't available anywhere. It also wasn't listed in any of this seiyuus' work in wikipedia so I don't know.

Ani Tomo (2018)

The seiyuu include in this drama was Fukuyama Jun as Tachibana Yonosuke, the cafe owner who constantly helped the main couple of the series to go through their relationship growth.

Drama genre : Romance

Koe Girl! (2018)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Fukuhara Haruka as Kikuchi Makoto

Haruka Tomatsu as herself

Namikawa Daisuke as himself

Hidaka Noriko as herself

Iwata Mitsuo as himself

It's available with eng sub in dailymotion.

Drama genre : Slice of life

Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne (2019)

The seiyuu that include was Miyano Mamoru as Onita, one of the clerk.

Addition :

Namikawa Daisuke once appeared at Ressha Sentai ToQGer Returns : Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams as a track maintenance worker, episode 7.