#iyami

[crtter]

Please don’t take me talking about Iyami’s canon fondness for feminine clothing as me lauding it as LGBT+ representation! While I do think that he’s a pretty neat early example of a GNC manga character (Osomatsu-kun started being published in 1962!) and probably one of the first to achieve so much recognition and popularity in Japan, Fujio Akatsuka was a very progressive man for the time he was born and raised in and there was no shortage of other cool early LGBT+ themes and characters in his work, even in other aspects of Iyami’s character!

For example, Iyami has married another one of Akatsuka’s characters, an openly gay man, in at least two separate stories from the 70s and has shared what might very well be the first kiss on the lips between two men in manga history with him!

[moeatsushi]

[sh309]

80’s Iyami based off various screenshots

[girlymatsu]

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY between two gay bitches who dress the same

[slepiesheep]

Hey

[ssserf]

been thinkin about this guy lately

[jokesitos-art]

[rolyjulioli]

Dropping this off before i go back to my quick vaca hiatus

[spacecadetomoly]

Osomatsu San Live Action Movie Now Available for Download

The infamous live action Osomatsu San movie staring Japanese idol boy band Snow Man has finally leaked online and is now available to watch! The link I've provided will take you to a dropbox with a 30 minute preview of the beginning of the film you can watch online and if you want to watch the rest of the movie (It's nearly two hours long!) you'll have to download it.

EDIT: The dropbox link I put up is not working at this time (but may work again in the future so I'm not removing it), so here's a link to a google drive with the movie, hopefully it stays up a little longer:

There are no English subtitles, so good luck trying to figure out what the plot is, but it's still delightfully insane to watch and you get to see all your favorite Osomastu characters in 3D which is even more of a trip to the uncanny valley than you could have ever imagined!

Enjoy! It's a Hell of a ride!

[friedmatsu]

my Secret Santa 2023 pic for @crtter/@iyamifucker ! thanks for being my secret giftee :)

[crtter]

Oh! Did you know! Iyami’s zansu originated as a form of speech associated with women! More specifically, an archaic, shortened form of de gozaimasu, associated with the madams of old-timey high class adult entertainment businesses. This, like most of Iyami’s speech quirks, comes directly from Tony Tani, one of the comedians Akatsuka took inspiration from when creating him. Tony Tani’s influence is VERY visible on Iyami, from his flamboyant stage persona, his tendency to sprinkle English words in his speech (he introduced himself as “number one handsome boy” in English, for example) to his signature pencil mustache! In fact, Iyami’s voice in the 80s adaptation of the Osomatsu-kun anime is a VERY spot on Tony Tani impression by Kaneta Kimotsuki! Just listen to one after the other:

[ciicadidae]

guguhhh hguuuhhhh *spits*

[sh309]

Sheee-bari zansu

[yaoillionaire]

opening this blog up with ososan scribbles and a wip :3

[slepiesheep]

Goobers

[charliesinfern0]

the only thing they can agree on is hating osomatsu