#ito rie

[linkspooky]

Continuing on with a writing ask (I’m the same one that originally asked which characters you needed up liking when writing + which you found difficult to write)…

Since you’ve made OCs for your fics, which OCs did you enjoy writing the most? And which one was the most difficult for you to write?

Commission by @/ JJIMCMSN

Michi is the easiest of my ocs to write. He is my baby darling boygirl. Look how many outfits I've dressed him up in. The reason he is the easiest is twofold he is the oc I spent the longest time developing. He existed for over a year backstory and all ever since right around the hidden inventory arc was running in the manga.

Fandom-wise I was way more interested in the kids in the previous generation (the SSS Trio) and wanted a character to explore them by being another student at Jujutsu High during that generation. Second, I wanted Geto's family to be more explored because we know very little about the members who are not Mimiko and Nanako so Michi was created around the concept of someone who defects from Jujutsu High to join Geto's family, and therefore interacts with both Gojo and Geto.

The second reason he is the easiest, is because so much of him is modeled after Gojo his character voice is roughly the same. Michi dialogue is the same as Gojo dialogue, it's just phrased more politely. They are both characters who say whatever comes to mind and often have trouble perceiving other people's emotions in reaction to what they say. Gojo is the easiest character to write, so Michi who is his double in the story, the moon to his sun essentially comes naturally to me too.

Michi is just also once again the character I have put the most thought into, and planned out his arc. I know him when he was seventeen years old as a student in Jujutsu High. I know him and how he interacted with Geto's family for those ten years he lived with Mimiko and Nanako. For example, Michi never believed in Geto's dream, he only wanted to remain by Geto's side because he believed in some small way that he could course correct Geto. One thing he often did was intervene and try to calm Geto down whenever Geto tried to attack children who were not jujutsu sorcerers. Michi also believed that Geto is the only person powerful enough, to have stood a chance of achieving his goal of just destroying Jujutsu Society point blank and forcing them to rebuild.

(Michi is the alternative to Gojo, if he had Gojo's powers he would have just slaughtered the elders and let someone else take control from there, which is pretty extreme but Michi's belief is child abuse is the utlimate evil that can never be tolerated and should be punished and made so it can never happen again. An institution that exists at the expense of children cannot be reformed in any way, only destroyed. Basically Gojo thinks any radical change wouldn't stick and wants to make the next generation strong enough to take power and replace the elders, Michi has no patience and wants them gone now).

Then, in the third stage of his life post Geto's death, Michi basically has lost his purpose and place of belonging so he finds himself again in creating a place that is safe for other lost children like Mimiko, Nanako, Junpei.

Like, see it's easy to write an OC when you have this much of them planned out down to the smallest detail. When you have their character arc, flaws, and where you want them to end up at the end of the story all mapped out. (Ideally, Michi will eventually be a teacher again b/c working with children is what his character centers around). 

The OC that was the hardest for me to write was Ito Rie from Werewolf, and that is because they're actually not my OC originally. They belonged to a friend who was basically like "can I create an oc for your universe? Okay, well she's a really dirty kid, she used to live with her grandma but now she's a runaway kid, she cuts things with her kendo sword she swings around. Michi found her on the side of the road and gave her food. And also she's a lesbian. And also I think she'd be friends with Mai."

They did not really give me a lot of details beyond that so I had to spend a lot of time asking her questions, and then giving her ideas for what Ito's backstory could be, and how she became a curse user in the context of the story, and what happened to her grandma that caused her to be homeless and continually on the run from other people. It was all those questions I asked my friend about this character that made Werewolf come about, which was essentially Ito Rie's origin story and how she became a runaway.

The other thing that made Rie tricky is I decided to do the possession with Noranso plotline, which meant I had to write a character who was posessed but this was a twist and not obvious right away. Which means I essentially have to write a character acting very noticeably off (hence why she goes by weird girl) and unsettling for a girl, and at the same time like, idk have her have dialogue, have her interact with other characters, have her do stuff without giving away the twist too early. It was just a weird line to balance. The other thing is that Ito is posessed for most of the story, so I had to establish what Possessed! Ito acted like and what Normal!Ito acted like. The Ito we were talking with for much of the story is not the real ITO! TM so I had to find a completely different character voice for pre-possession ITO! and also she only appears really briefly in her first person segments so she had to be someone unique and striking like. You had to get a grip of what Ito was like before she was posessed within that limited screen time. 

I write characters by their voice, basically how they talk, how they think and so characters with clear voices like Michi are easy for me. Characters who are more muddled, which is Ito Rie by design because she's a victim of possesion and she's also a mystery to the girls of the main cast are harder because they're not so clear. Also, in general the more time I spend before planning a story the easier that original character is to write because I have lots of details to inform me how they would act in certain situations.

[egoist0306]

[fuckyeahmeikokaji]

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子), Hiroko Ohgi (扇ひろ子) and Rie Yokoyama (横山リエ) in Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (女囚７０１号　さそり), 1972, directed by Shunya Ito (伊藤 俊也).

Scanned by me.

[hatenkou-yuugi-fan-blog]

what are some series / movies / comics / creators / directors / art pieces / etc. that you connect as what an adaptation would look or feel like for ai the somnium files or the sequel? or any reference scenes , gifs , moments , art works , music for characters or scenes?

for some reason i feel like the aesthetic / cinematography / direction of occultic;nine (like seriously!!!) , blood blockade battlefront, rie matsumoto , sakurako’s investigation /  Sakurako san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru,   satoshi kon (paranoia agent , paprika , millennum actress, etc.) , the visuals of revue starlight , the direction of naoko yamada and mitsuo iso (orbital children), the cowboy bebop movie for some reason (maybe its the lighting or the choreography (that entire train fight though) or narrative idk ) , would make for a neat adaptation

(please share your thoughts with me , cant stop thinking about this idea)

[fma03anniversary]

For December 2003, after 6 episodes, Fullmetal Alchemist gets its first animation magazine cover special on Animage. Let's look inside!

Two new 2-page spread illustrations debut. Also a story rundown so far, character information, and interviews with Hiromu Arakawa, Seiji Mizushima, Yoshiyuki Ito, Romi Park, and Rie Kugimiya.

Later on in the magazine the first printings of the character designs for episodes 1-6 are presented.

Since monthly magazines come out in the 2nd week of the prior month, during this issue's shelf life episodes 7 (Nov 15) through 10 (Dec 6) will air. Episode synopsis and key staff information are listed for each episode.

Character ranking wraps the magazine up! Ed moves up the ranks to #4 (after debuting at 27). He will own this chart for the next 10 months :)

[tetrix-anime]

Oshi no Ko - Characters and casts

Ai (CV: Rie Takahashi)

Aqua (CV: Takeo Otsuka / Childhood: Yumi Uchiyama)

Ruby (CV: Yurie Igoma)

Goro (CV: Kent Ito)

Sarina (CV: Tomoyo Takayanagi)

[putschki1969]

Overseas travelers' ticket sales for Kaji Fes. 2023

Overseas travelers' tickets for the 30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#19 -Kaji Fes.2023- will go on sale starting at noon on June 15th (JST). If you haven’t been able to secure a ticket yet, here’s your chance!

[Title] “30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#19 -Kaji Fes.2023-“ [Schedule] December 8th, 2023 (Friday) Open 5 PM / Start 6 PM December 9th, 2023 (Saturday) Open 3 PM / Start 4 PM [Venue] Nippon Budokan https://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/ [Performers] Yuki Kajiura/FictionJunction (Piano/Chorus) Vocals: KAORI, KEIKO, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle, rito, and LINO LEIA Musicians: FRONT BAND MEMBERS (Koichi Korenaga on guitar, Kyoichi Sato on drums, Tomoharu “Jr.” Takahashi on bass, Konno Strings, Rie Akagi on flute, Obawo Nakajima on percussions, Yoshiaki Sato on accordion, Naoki Nakahara on uilleann pipes, and Yoshio Ohira on manipulator) [Guest Performers] Day 1: Aimer, Yuri Kasahara, Revo, and Remi Day 2: ASCA, Eri Ito, KOKIA, Hanae Tomaru, JUNNA, Hikaru, and Aira Yuuki [Pricing] All tickets issued with assigned seating: JPY 10,890 (incl tax/service fee) [Sales Period] June 15th ~ June 25th [Link] https://ib.eplus.jp/kajifes2023 *Children under the age of five are not permitted to enter *You can purchase tickets once per performance date *You can buy up to four tickets per performance *Tickets are sold on a first-come-first-served basis *Tickets purchased need to be picked up on the day of the performance at the venue’s box offices

KOKIA Announced as Guest Vocalist for Day 2

KOKIA will be joining the guest vocalist lineup for DAY 2 of Kaji Fes. 2023! Please look forward to it!

Homepage: https://fictionjunction.com/kajifes2023/

[hungnitan]

Binge reading Oshi no Ko until latest chapter (as now ch 115) and my conclusion kinda funny with title isn't that match with the context (I guess read too many isekai manga with long title affect me lol)

Before anyone confuse, let me tell everyone that I only watch 2 episode firsthandly then read all chapter so I was thought Oshi no Ko is about life as idol's children while thinking their child become idol too (tbh opening song too really misleading lol). But overall it's enjoyable, it exposed many bad side of entertaiment in specific idol and acting world. Eventhough some case pretty unrealistic and scifi, not too mention their star like Sasuke mangekyo sharingan eyes things which makes me wonder is the title supposed to be pun of Hoshi no Ko ?

While looking to anime again, despite not her intent role, I still think Ai Hoshino VA Rie Takanashi really doing a great job on delivering Ai personality just like Hutao Genshin since their energy feels same one of reason I try watching this anime of course and of course Kent Ito as Aqua should do a good job with entertaiment genre anime.

But if I gonna give honest answer, I think this anime will suffer "really popular for season one only" syndrome since well... I read manga too, only some plot have a unexpected twist except you really interest in dark joke or deepening your knowledge how harsh entertaiment world are (lol)

Well as for me, since it's shonen jump weekly, it include in my weekly reading schedule from now on (lol) since depend on their editor I think that manga gonna end soon (maybe around next 2 year)

[lovelyllamasblog]

EAH VA/Seiyuus Part 2

For @sayuricorner's AU. Link to Part 1 here.

Same rules as my previous post, but I decided to look into more Japanese VA/Seiyuu's for this one. I also found a link for the Latin America VAs that I'll drop here because I had the hardest time finding Prudence and Charlotte's English VA (Erin Fitzgerald voices both of them) for some reason and they list both the English and LA VAs there.

Again this will be long so it's under the cut. Enjoy!

Alistair Wonderland/Liddell

Hirose Daisuke: Tenma Tsukasa (Project Sekai), Leonhard von Granzreich (Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine), Ikaruga Misumi (A3! Act! Addict! Actors!)

Atsushi Abe: Kukai Souma (Shugo Chara), Touma Kamijo (A Certain Magical Index/Scientific Railgun), Takeru Nakashima (Haikyuu 2)

Takuma Terashima: Touma Amagase (The Idolmaster SideM), Shiroe (Log Horizon), Otoya Ittoki (Uta no Prince-sama)

Bunny Blanc

Rikako Aida: Riko Sakurauchi (Love Live! Sunshine!!), Iyo Sakuraba (Pop Team Epic), Yuna Tachiki (Those Snow White Notes)

Akina: Azusawa Kohane (Project Sekai), Oona Aya (Girls Und Panzer), Karakuri Hitoha and Futaba (Tokyo 7th Sisters)

Minako Kotobuki: Vert FarBreton (Dog Days), Tsumugi Kotobuki (K-On!), Karina Lyle/Blue Rose (Tiger & Bunny)

Kitty Cheshire

Mikako Komatsu: Neko/Miyabi Ameno (K Project), Kotori Mizuki (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal), Ito Suzuno (Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live)

Emiri Kato: Blair (Soul Eater), Momoko Akatsutsumi/Hyper Blossom (Powerpuff Girls Z), Kagami Hiiragi (Lucky Star)

Sumire Uesaka: Sharu (Dog Days), Yuni/Cure Cosmo (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure), Konomi Kasahara (Iwa Kakeru! Climbing Girls)

Ginger Breadhouse

Machico: Kusanagi Nene (Project Sekai), Fumino Sayuki (Magia Record), Misaki Ayane (KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode)

Aoi Yuki: Ichigo Amano (Yumeiro Pâtissière), Koto Yumeno (Onegai My Melody), Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Minami Takahashi: Megumi Tadokoro (Food Wars!), Sora Kazesawa/Rin Oikawa (Aikatsu!), Aone Shikimiya (Re:Stage! Dream Days♪)

Courtly Jester

Mayumi Shintari: Nonon Jakuzure (Kill la Kill), Wendy (Black Butler: Book of Circus), Miss Shamour (Go! Princess Pretty Cure)

Misato Fukuten (Misato Sakuragi): Patty Lowell (Devil May Cry), Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire), Himiko Toga (MHA/BNHA)

Kikuko Inoue: Shizuna Minamoto (Negima! Magister Negi Magi!), Belldandy (Ah! My Goddess), Lust (FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood)

Chase Redford

Gou Inoue: Kaisar Lidfard (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis), Kieth Goodman/Sky High (Tiger & Bunny), Stain (MHA/BNHA)

Kazuhiko Inoue: Kakashi Hatake (Naruto), Günter von Christ (Kyou Kara Maoh!), Daryun (Arslan Senki)

Takahiro Sakurai: Kouichi Kouno (Cardcaptor Sakura), Fakir (Princess Tutu), Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass)

Jillian Beanstalk

Ayana Taketatsu: Azusa Nakano (K-On!), Vanilla (Yumeiro Pâtissière), Eclair Martinozzi (Dog Days)

Shizuka Ishigami: Nao Kashiwagi (Your Lie in April), Ikumi Mito (Food Wars!), Ayaka Uehara (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?)

Sumire Uesaka: Sharu (Dog Days), Yuni/Cure Cosmo (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure), Konomi Kasahara (Iwa Kakeru! Climbing Girls)

Cedar Wood

Machico: Kusanagi Nene (Project Sekai), Fumino Sayuki (Magia Record), Misaki Ayane (KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode)

Mai Aizawa: Natsumi Murakami (Negima!), Ayano Minegishi (Lucky Star), Rie Nishina (Clannad (After Story))

Himika Akanya: Laala Manaka (PriPara), Ritsuka Tachibana (Dance with Devils), Zircon (Land of the Lustrous)

Rosabella Beauty

Chiaki Omigawa: Maka Albarn (Soul Eater), Valkyrie (Luck & Logic), Naomi Tanizaki (Mob Psycho 100)

Mariya Ise: Yuka Kano (Onegai My Melody), Urara Kasugano/Cure Lemonade (Yes! Pretty Cure 5), Levy McGarden/Romeo Conbolt (Fairy Tail)

Aina Aiba: Tokoha Anjou (Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT/Z), Yukina Minato (BanG Dream!), Claudine Saijou (Revenue Starlight:RE LIVE)

Prudence Step

Saori Hayami: Razette, Burupya, Taijo, etc. (07 - Ghost), Miki Arai (Say "I Love You"), Yumeko Jabami (Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler)

Ami Koshimizu: Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill), Kallen Stadfeld (Code Geass), Leonmichelli Galette des Rois (Dog Days)

Aoi Koga: Sora Kaneshiro (Angel's 3 Piece), Paimon (Genshin Impact), Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama: Love is War)

Charlotte Step

Rie Kugimiya: Alphonse Elric (FullMetal Alchemist), Kagura (Gin Tama), Nagi Sanzenin (Hayate the Combat Butler)

Yui Horie: Eri Sawachika (School Rumble), Fiena (Orphan), Honey Kisaragi (Re: Cutie Honey (OVA 2004)

Chinatsu Akasaki: Nanami Akasaki (Sacred Seven), Akane Hino (The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls), Alice Nakiri (Food Wars!)

Justine Dancer

Nanae Katou: Ahiru/Princess Tutu (Princess Tutu), Miki (Shugo Chara), Kakeru Megane (Inazuma Eleven)

Yoshino Nanjo: Eli Ayase (Love Live!), Maaya Awatsuki (A Certain Scientific Railgun), Shirabe Tsukuyomi (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)

Chinatsu Akasaki: Nanami Akasaki (Sacred Seven), Akane Hino (The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls), Chinatsu Hiyama (Welcome to the Ballroom)

Nina Thumbell

Aimi: Suiko (Cardfight!! Vanguard), Kazumi Tokiwa (Futari wa Milky Holmes/Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD), Kasumi Toyama (BanG Dream!)

Yui Horie: Millhiore Firianno Biscotti (Dog Days), Fiena (Orphan), Honey Kisaragi (RE: Cutie Honey (OVA 2004))

Kino Hina: Ootori Emu (Project Sekai), Fuwa (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure), Moon Rabbit Cake (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

And that is it! Thanks again for reading! Remember to show Sayuri some love too okay?

[historyhermann]

"The Demon Girl Next Door": A Comedic Anime Worth Watching

What if one day you woke up and were a demon? Yuko experiences this dilemma in The Demon Girl Next Door. She tries to get a hold of her new form and is tasked with defeating the local magical girl... but not everything is as it seems.

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog (it will be published there on Dec. 20), and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-ninth article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 18, 2022.

The Demon Girl Next Door is a supernatural and magical girl anime directed by Hiroaki Sakurai. It is based on Izumo Itō's manga parody series, is also known as "Street Corner Demon", and is filled with comedic moments from beginning to end.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses some spoilers for the first 19 episodes of The Demon Girl Next Door.

Yuko begins transforming into her crisis management form

The Demon Girl Next Door, builds off the usual story, where someone wakes up and is different from who they were when they went to sleep. One day, Yuko Yoshida (voiced by Konomi Kohara) comes to the frightening realization that she has a tail and horns. She learns that she is the descendant of a demon cursed to live in poverty by an opposing clan.

In order to restore the clan's honor, her mother, Seiko Yoshida tasks her with defeating the local magical girl of the town, Momo Chiyoda. This is easier said than done. Yuko is assisted by her ancestor, Lilith, who is trapped in a totem, and occasionally by her sister, Ryoko Yoshida.

However, Yuko is beset with a dilemma after Momo (voiced by Akari Kito) saves her from certain death. This is made even worse when she realizes that Momo attends the same high school as her! Luckily, she is helped by her school friends Anri Sata (voiced by Sayaka Senbongi) and Sion Ogura (voiced by Ayaka Suwa). Some call her "Shamiko" or by her full name "Shadow Master Yuko."

Sion is into the occult as much as Yoshiko Tsushima in Love Live!! Sunshine! who believes she is a "fallen angel" named "Yohane" and Rie Maruyama in Cue! who calls itself a demon from hell named "Ellis."

The series shares many similarities with The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, where a powerful demon named Jahy lives in a ratty apartment and tries to gain all of the mana crystals to restore her powers. Yuko also lives on the edge of poverty with her sister Ryoko (voiced by Hitomi Ohwada) and mother, Seiko Yoshida (voiced by Sayaka Ohara).

Similar to the aforementioned series, in The Demon Girl Next Door Yuko becomes friends with Momo and her friend from another town, Mikan Hinatsuki (voiced by Tomoyo Takayanagi). In a unique twist, Mikan has been afflicted by a "guardian spirit" that attacks whenever Mikan's heart is racing, resulting in those around her to experience calamities. This is akin to the misfortune that the magical girl faces when she uses the mana crystals in The Great Jahy.

Later in the series, it is comically revealed that Yuko and Ryoko's father, Joshua (voiced by Hideyuki Umezu) was sealed inside a cardboard citrus box by another magical girl. It turns out that the family uses this box every day to cook their meals on a hibachi!

That magical girl is named Sakura Chiyoda (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto) and the stepsister of Momo. She disappeared ten years ago after she manipulated a sacred seal to ensure she stayed in good health. It later becomes Momo, Mikan, and Yuko's mission to find her. And she does appear in one of the show's most recent episodes. Mikan, on the other hand, has a familiar named Ugallu.

In another parallel with The Great Jahy, for some time Yuko begins working at a cafe run by a demon tapir named Shirosawa (voiced by Takashi Matsuyama) which has a chef and waitress named Lico (voiced by Ayassa Ito). Although Yuko goes there to garner information about Sakura, she becomes poisoned by the food, which makes her a work zombie, until she is saved by her more-than-a-friend Momo.

Mikan (left) gives Yuko (middle) a lemon while Momo (right) watches Yuko, and Yuko's ancestor sits on a nearby table

On the one hand, the series has plot lines focused on mindscapes, reminding me of scenes in The Owl House, Steven Universe, and Inside Job where characters travel inside the minds of other characters, either on purpose or by accident.

In fact, Sakura, another magical girl, helps Yuko out of her nightmare in the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's most recent season, appearing as a mirage of sorts. The audience also learns that Sakura sacrifices herself so that Yuko could live; a noble sacrifice.

This series also features main characters with cool magical transformations. This is coupled with comedy, which is integral to the show.

This is not an off-the-wall comedy like the hilarious three-season slice-of-life yuri comedy, YuruYuri, for which the protagonist complains about her lack of presence, even resulting in her becoming translucent at times. Neither is it like romantic comedies such as the currently airing Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Love After Domination, or a recently-ended isekei comedy with transgender themes, Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout.

Instead, there is situational comedy either based around interactions between Yuko, her family and school friends, and family, or with her magical girl friends, Mikan and Momo. As a person who loves to eat sliced oranges as a snack, I have to give props to Mikan, whose family owns a fruit company, for constantly, and somehow, finding fruit. She slices up oranges and lemons and chomps on them when they hang out or brings fruit to eat while she is on the go. Are there any other characters who do this? I can't even think of one.

Even more hilarious is the fact that Mikan's hair color fits directly with her love of citrus, as it has the same color as an orange-dyed orange. It also connects with her bubbly, excitable personality and her orange-themed magical transformation.

The same can be said for Momo whose hair color is pink, a color often associated with "innocence and uncomplicated childhood", who has incredible strength and can quickly transform.

Unlike some other series, Momo has no interest in remaining a magical girl, feeling that having such power is too much responsibility for her. Yuko attempts to take advantage of this and recruit Momo as her "vassal." While Momo turns this down, she remains on friendly terms and there are hints in the season 2 introduction that she may go down that route in the future. All the while Yuko continues to declare "don't think this means you won" after Momo "defeats" Yuko in some way.

This is series is not unique in flipping generally understood values, like magical girls seen as "good" and demons as "bad." In fact, the 2017 supernatural slice-of-life and comedy anime, Gabriel DropOut, has angels act like demons, and demons act like angels. Helluva Boss has the demons act like jerks but be relatable and care about each other, while the angels are utter jerks who only care about themselves.

It is even a bit funny that Yuko's magical girl-esque transformation is called "crisis management". It gives her a somewhat scantily clad uniform akin to the lead in The Great Jahy, but it only slightly improves her abilities. This is different than Jahy, as it only helps her a little bit. Due to this, however, Momo helps train her on how to hone her abilities and improve herself. Instead of magical girls and demons fighting one another, they are both on the same side, working together for common goals.

Image from the Season 2 opening of the two protagonists, Momo and Yuko

In the process, the series plays on the common magical girl elements, often associated with female interests like romance, femininity, and child-rearing, with cute appearances of characters resembling idol singers or princesses. When they are in their transformations, Momo, Yuko, and Mikan clearly transform into versions of themselves that seem more mature and prettier, with magical powers. However, Momo and Yuko have items that allow them to use their powers outside of their transformations.

Most powerfully, and apart from any other character in the series, Yuko has the ability to enter other people's minds. She does it often with a wand that sometimes transforms into silly items like a pen, a super-heavy trident, or anything else that does not help her in the slightest. She is also very expressive, with her demon tail telling as much about her emotions as the cat ears of Blake Belladonna in RWBY say about what she is thinking from minute to minute.

Yuko's demon features are often exploited by other characters, who hold her back by her tail, making it hard for her to move, or hold her horns like handles. This is even more painful than someone grabbing onto her tail.

I further found it funny that Yuko's younger sister, Ryoko, is more skilled with technology than her. In fact, she is just as skilled with technology as the underclassman angel Tapris in Gabriel DropOut.

At the same time, her ancestor, Lilith (voiced by Minami Takahashi), can be bought out of her totem into small forms which are like dolls. Hilariously, Momo can easily control her movements, angering Lilith, who is trapped inside the totem. She can only leave to occupy Yuko's body from time to time, which slightly changes Yuko's personality and even her tail in the process. Similar to many characters, she has a weakness for alcohol, which makes it easy to subdue her.

Although there is a goal for magical girls to have romance that leads to marriage, it is unlikely this would happen in The Demon Girl Next Door. No notable male characters appear in the series.  Although Yuko and Momo seem to have some feelings for each other, it is unlikely that Yuko and Momo would marry one another.

In later episodes, they will likely become even closer. After all, in the most recent episode, she became Yuko's vassal (temporarily) and came over the the "dark side", nicknamed "Darkness Peach" by Mikan, to save her from a nightmare. In an unexpected twist, she becomes a dual-class holder whose physical class is light while her spiritual class is light. They both agree to work together to protect the city.

Rather, these characters could be shown ambiguously together and walking off into the sunset akin to the end of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. It is even less likely that there would any possible marriage, like that hinted between office worker, Kobayashi, and a dragon girl, Tohru, in the final episode of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

All in all, The Demon Girl Next Door is a must-see, especially for those interested in demons, magical girls, and supernatural comedies.

The series is currently streaming on HIDIVE. The next episode will air on May 26, 2022.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[b3crew]

ANIME BOSTON 2023 | "Oshi no Ko" US Premiere | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

One of this Spring’s most-hyped anime is the latest from the creators of Kaguya-sama: Love is War and Scum’s Wish. Oshi no Ko has been called by many as a “controversial” series, and after watching the 90-minute premiere at Anime Boston, it’s easy to see why. However, it’s not for reasons that are easy to explain.

Presented by HIDIVE, the premiere began with a quick video interview with the main cast of Oshi no Ko. The voice actors were already familiar with Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari’s work, and were quite surprised by the narrative they were telling. In fact, they couldn’t believe the story that they were allowed to tell in this story. After a quick thank you and farewell, the screening truly began. What unfolded next was something that anime fans need to see to believe.

Animated by Doga Kobo (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle), Oshi no Ko begins with Dr. Goro Amemiya (Kent Ito), who is a big fan of pop idol Ai Hoshino (Rie Takahashi). One day, he’s surprised to see Ai in his countryside hospital, and pregnant with twins at that! Vowing to keep the pregnancy a secret, Dr. Amemiya tells Ai that he’ll do his best to deliver her kids safely. Unfortunately, a run-in with a crazed fan leaves Dr. Amemiya dead down a secluded mountainside.

That’s where the strangest thing happens: Goro wakes up in the body of one of Ai’s newborn kids, alongside his new twin sister. Now dubbed Aqua (Yumi Yuchimura), he and his sister Ruby (Yurie Igoma) embrace their life living as the children of their favorite idol singer. With assistance from her manager and his wife, Ai aims to keep the kids’ existence secret, in hopes to make sure they have a normal happy life and continue her idol career. However, that’s easier said than done.

Click here to read the rest of the preview!

[egoist0306]

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Star Wars Games Japanese Dub

I just watched a clip of a Japanese VTuber playing that moment in Fallen Order. You know, that moment where Darth Spoiler shows up to make Cal question his entire life.

(This is the link in case anyone’s interested: https://youtu.be/PdBqXDXZLHI )

And I started thinking, who might be good voices for SWTOR characters. If anyone has any fancasts, please let me know. (This is not a comprehensive list)

Player Characters:

1.      Male Knight Male: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Minato in Naruto, Isshin Kurosaki in Bleach, Kagaya Ubayashiki in Demon Slayer. Also, he’s the OFFICIAL dub-over artist for EWAN MCGREGGOR, so…)

2.      Female Knight: Marina Inoue (Momo Yaoyorozu in MHA, Armin in AoT, Yoko Littner in Guren Lagan)

3.      Female Warrior: Romi Park (Edward Elric in FMA and FMA:B, Toshiro Hitsugayain Bleach, Temari in Naruto, and Teresa in CLaymore)

4.      Male Warrior: Noriaki Sugiyama (Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto)

5.      Male Inquisitor: Toshihiko Seki (Muzan in Demon Slayer)

6.      Female Inquisitor: Yumi Hara (Albedo from Overlord)

7.      Male Consular: Ryotaro Okaiayu (Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Kokushibo in Demon Slayer)

8.      Female Consular: Nana Mizuki (Hinata Hyuuga, Naruto)

9.      Female Smuggler: Rie Kugimiya (Alphonse Elric in FMA and FMA:B, Happy in Fairy Tail, Kagura from Gintama)

10.  Male Smuggler: Yuki Kaji (Sonic in Onepunch Man, Shoto Todoroki in MHA)

11.  Female Agent: Shizuka Ito (Irina Jelavic in Assassination Classroom, Byleth in Fire Emblem Three Houses)

12.  Male Agent: Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi in Naruto, Gildarts in Fariy Tail, and Yoriichi in Demon Slayer)

13.  Male Trooper: Katsuyuki Konishi (Laxus in Fairy Tail, Tengen Uzui from Demon Slayer)

14.  Female Trooper: Miyuki Sawashiro (Daki from Demon Slayer, Minfilia from FF14)

15.  Male Hunter: Hiroki Yasumoto (Sado Yasutora from Bleach, Elfman Strauss in Fairy Tail)

16.  Female Hunter: Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, Konan in Naruto, Merlwybb Bloefhiswyn in FF14)

 NPCs

1.      Satele Shan: Miyuki Sawashiro (Daki from Demon Slayer, Minfilia from FF14) (Why Miyuki again? If you know, you know!)

2.      Darth Malgus: Kenjiro Tsuda (Atomic Samurai in One Punch Man, Hans in Konosuba, Kishibe in Chainsaw Man)

3.      Lana Beniko: this was a tough one. I can’t decide between Yui Ishikawa (Violet Evergarden, Mikasa Ackerman in AoT) and Ai Kayano (Y’Shtola in FF14, and Darkness). I’m leaning towards the former, but I see way too many similarities between Y’Shtola and Lana to fully discard this one.

4.      Theron Shan: Yuichi Nakamura (Gray from Fairy Tail, Mumen Rider from Onepunch Man, Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen)

5.      Valkorion: Naoya Uchida (Madara Uchiha from Naruto)

6.      Darth Marr: Hochu Otsuka (Jiraiya from Naruto)

7.      Arcann and Thexan: Kenyu Horiuchi (Tobirama Senju and Tendo Pain from Naruto)

8.      Vaylin: Aoi Yuuki (Tanya in Saga of Tanya the Evil, Diane in Seven Deadly Sins, Kumoko in So I’m a Spider, and Krul Tepes in Seraph of the End)

9.      Senya: Masako Katsuki (Tsunade in Naruto)

10.  Kira Carsen: Rie Takahashi (Megumin)

11.  Scourge: Akio Otsuka (All for One in MHA, Shunsui Kyoraku in Bleach, Gaius Baelsar in FF14)

12.  Vette: Kana Hanazawa (Kanroji Mitsuri in Demon Slayer, Mayuri Shiina in Steins;Gate aka “tuturu” girl)

13.  Jaesa Willsaan: Saori Hayami (Yor Forger from Spy x Family, Shinobu Kochou from Demon Slayer)

14.  Malavai Quinn: Jun Fukuyama (Korosensei in Assassination Classroom, Ban in Seven Deadly Sins, Joker in Persona 5, and Kazuma in Noragami)

15.  Pierce: Daisuke Ono (Sebastian in Black Butler)

16.  Torian Cadera: Masakazu Morita (Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Whis in Dragonball Super) (Chosen for a very specific reason)

17.  Gault: Koji Yusa (Gin Ichimaru in Bleach)

18.  Aric Jorgan: Hideo Ishikawa (Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach)

19.  Kaliyo Djannis: Fairouz Ai (Power in Chainsaw Man)

20.  Risha Drayen: Yoko Hikasa (Utahime in Jujutsu Kaisen, Angelina Shields in Irregular at Magic High)

21.  Akaavi Spar: Satsuki Yukino (Yoruichi Shihoin in Bleach)

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I was wondering what was your inspiration for Noran-so and Ito Rie?

I found Noran-so, the curse spirit, in your fic to be really interesting and it’s ability unique. So I was wondering what was the inspiration and how the curse fit in with them theme so far with the fic.

I also found Ito Rie to be very tragic and human as well. And I also see she sort of parallels with Mai in some ways. Was that your intentions? If so was that the inspiration for Ito Rie?

Thank you for sending me the ask, I lovet alking about my fics so let me go and rant underath the readmore. 

Noran-so’s inspiration came from my two friends who each had a twin (that’s four twins in total) who were kind of annoyed at the reveal that twins or at least the type of twins Maki and Mai are, are cursed in Jujutsu Kaisen, and they will always share the same cursed energy. That kind of frames it like it’s Mai’s fault that Maki isn’t as powerful as she wants to be because Mai just won’t try hard enough, when the whole point was supposed to be they were supposed to reconcile and understand each of them was a complicated victim in their own right. 

They were especially annoyed by the whole “I am you, and you are me” thing that implies that Mai is Maki’s Jungian shadow somehow and not her own special person. 

So I wanted to tweak the lore a bit in regards to twins sharing a cursed technique and / or cursed energy. Basically my rewrite is that Maki and Mai are unique in that they both have a heavenly restriction placed on them, and they just happened to be born that way it’s not because they are twins. Twins aren’t actually an omen, that’s just a made up superstition. 

Then, I thought what could be the cause of the superstition, and that’s Noran-so, a horrific set of conjoined twins and member of the Death Painting Wombs whose both halves were ripped apart soon after they were born. 

Also Noran-so being a literal set of conjoined twins, is thematic because it represents how Jujutsu Society at large, and how the people around them see Maki and Mai, treating them like they are the same person just because they are twins who grew up in the same house, and not like they are two different people who deal with their trauma in different ways. Nobara essentailly comapres them because they are sisters, and expects Mai to act like Maki and finds fault in Mai because she doesn’t, and that’s also an expectation Mai sets on herself because she has always viewed Maki as better than her and herself as lacking in comparison. Of course, siblings are often times compared to one another, but being the same person is an expectation that’s uniquely put on twins. 

Also, Noran-so after being ripped away from the other set of conjoined twins, wants to return to the way they were before, when they were still in the womb and perfectly connected to one another. Maki and Mai also wish to return to the simplicty of their childhood where they were always together hand in hand, and Maki could keep a simple promise that she would never let go because they were sisters, but they cannot return to that. 

As for Noran-so’s motivation, concept-wise they were inspired by a light novel called Shinobumonogatari, the basic gist is that a girl who wants an excuse to quit the basketball team begs to be mugged as she comes home, or even eaten by a monster because that will give her an excuse. Afterwards a vampire finds her and on a whim transforms her. The actual story itself was kind of unexciting in its execution but i thought the concept was neat. 

Ito Rie was inspired by two characters, the first is the character Ruri Hijibire. She’s a character from Durarara!! whose backstory is that she grew up in a small village and lost her family, and was bullied because of rumors her grandmother was a vampire (she was). SHe grew up wishing to become a monster, and loving monsters in horror movies especially the special effects makeup that created them, so she apprentices to a legendary makeup artist to get her start in HollyWood. However, she ends up going through serious trauma and turns into the serial killer hollywood, someone who uses her makeup skills to dress up as a different famous hollywood movie monster for each kill. 

Her second inspiration was the novel Confessions by Kanae Minato. Basically, it’s a novel about children inflicting violence against other children. The main (ish) character is beaten by his mother over and over again, and eventually abandoned by her when she divorces his father, because she blamed him for having to give up her career as an academic. Because of that, the child internalizes the idea that he needs to be a genius, and special in some way. When he sees newspaper headlines and all the attention children are getting for acts of violence, he decides he can do better and use his invention a small wallet that shocks people to deliberately kill a much younger child. There’s a lot more than that, but basically the entire book is about analyzing why children who are so young they could possibly become violent (hint hint, they learn it from the adults around them), but then it kind of totally fumbles the message. More or less, the mother of the child gets really violent revenge on the boy who was beaten by his mother, and then tells the audience not to feel sorry for them because he was just telling a very convincing sob story. 

Anyway, the whole website scene and the motivations of Ito are a pretty close tribute to the final third of the book, because I wanted to write something about what could push a child to such violence through a much more sympathetic lens to the child. 

Mai and Ito are parallels in that they both make themselves into monsters, or in Mai’s case, the bad twin as a way of coping with their trauma. They both believe in the absolute worst of themselves. However, this manifests in different ways, Mai has an inferiority complex towards her sister, and Ito wants to prove she is in some way superior to the other children to prove her existence. They isolate me because I am better than them. They are also both people who are not really looking for sympathy, Ito Rie is generally offputting to be around, Mai starts fights with Nobara and tries to make people hate her so they know she doesn’t care what they think. 

Ito is also partially inspired by Junpei, the concept was originally “how Junpei’s victimhood and bullying would manifest if he were female instead of male.” She has the same shared fascination with horror movies, though her interest lies in making models not talking about them in film club. Ito also mentions Junpei once, because Junpei’s violent incident at the high school getting the same kind of sensationalized media coverage that school shootsings got, essentially inspired her plan. 

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Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Producer: Alexis Coulter ECD: Keith Anderson   ECD: Alison Gragnano   CD: Mark Sikes  CD: Nick Sonderup   CD/Design: Lucas Camargo  

Elastic Director:  Andy Hall Producers:  Sarah Gamazo, Kate Berry Designers:  Paul Kim, Jeff Han, Henry DeLeon Head of Production:  Carol Collins Executive Producer:  Jennifer Sofio Hall Managing Director:  Linda Carlson

CG Supervisor:  Kirk Shintani CG Lead:  Andy Wilkoff, Andrew Romatz 2D VFX Artists:  Shahana Khan, Maciek Sokalski, Daniel  Raschko, Krystal Chinn 2D Artist(s:  Lucy Kim, Andrew Soria, EJ Kang, Richard “Trix” Taylor 3D Artist(s):  Ian Ruhfass, Caleb Ollivant, Ariana Ziae Mohseni, Josephine Kahng, Adam Newman, Miguel Salek, Jun Kim, Phiphat Pinyonsophon, Joe Paniagua, Jessica Hurst, Jose Limon, Christian Sanchez, Katie Schiffer, Ken Bishop, Lindsey Butterworth, Mike DuPree, Mike Kash, Patrick Vidal, Paulo deAlamada, Rie Ito, Stephanie Russell, Wendy Klein, Tim Kadowaki, Bryan Cox, Chad Fehmie, Christopher Janney, Dustin Mellum, Jon Balcome, Dark Hoffman, Marc Samson, Marco Lozzi, Adam Carter, Cristina Grunauer. Online Artists:  Dan Ellis, Gabe Sanchez

Colorist:  Paul Yacono Color Assistant:  Christopher Riley Color Producer:  Jenny Bright

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50秒

昨年参加した「50秒」が恵比寿映像祭にて再上映されます。 東京都写真美術館1階ホールでの上映となります。会期中は毎日上映されますが、日によって上映時間が変わりますのでご注意ください。

『50秒』

参加アーティスト :青木真莉子、青木陵子、青崎伸孝、秋吉風人、麻生晋佑、荒川医、荒木悠、池崎拓也、イッタ・ヨダ、 伊藤存、江口悟、岡田理、片岡純也＋岩竹理恵、金村修、KAYA (デボ・アイラース＋ケルスティン・ブレチュ)、窪田隆之、COBRA、小松浩子、佐藤純也、 アーロン・ジェント、庄司朝美、髙橋耕平、たちばなひろし、田中和人、玉山拓郎、ナヴィッド・ヌール、 花代＋斎藤玲児、甫木元空、 細倉真弓、増本泰斗、サトミ・マツザキ、間部百合、南川史門、森田浩彰

詳細：https://www.yebizo.com/jp/program/2454

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ The “50 seconds”  exhibition of video works by a total of 34 artists, which the Kyoto-based artist-run space “soda” around director TANAKA Kazuhito presented in November 2022, is once again repeated at the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023.  127 years after the Lumière brothers unveiled their 50-second-long landmark film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in 1895, selected contemporary artists show works that are each just as long. The program at large explores new possibilities of the moving image as an art form.  Event produced by: TANAKA Kazuhito (Director, soda) Artists: AOKI Mariko, AOKI Ayako, AOZAKI Nobutaka, AKIYOSHI Futo, ASO Shinsuke, ARAKAWA Ei, ARAKI Yu, IKEZAKI Takuya, Ittah Yoda, ITO Zon, EGUCHI Satoru, OKADA Shizuka, KATAOKA Junya + IWATAKE Rie, KANEMURA Osamu, KAYA (Debo EILERS and Kerstin BRÄTSCH), KUBOTA Takayuki, COBRA, KOMATSU Hiroko, Aron GENT, SHOJI Asami, TAKAHASHI Kohei, TACHIBANA Hiroshi, TANAKA Kazuhito, TAMAYAMA Takuro, Navid NUUR, Hanayo + SAITO Reiji, HOKIMOTO Sora, HOSOKURA Mayumi, MASUMOTO Yasuto, Satomi MATSUZAKI, MANABE Yuri, MINAMIKAWA Shimon, MORITA