#junichi nakagawa

[yuni-bells]

[Otaku Visual Novel] Detective Walkthrough/Guide

A Visual Novel by junichi nakagawa, available on iOS  (Also called Hikikomori Detective Brothers)

This is a straightforward walkthrough listing the correct choices to get to the end! :>

Notes: - There are more than 50 different endings (yup, you read that right) but only one ultimate end (or true end) to the story. This can be achieved by making all the correct choices (listed like this). - Clicking on a wrong choice will get you one of those 50+ endings, and you’ll either have to start from the beginning of the story or restart the chapter to select the correct choice. - To completely finish the game, you’ll have to get all 50+ endings! But, even just getting the true end is enough! The other 50+ endings are more comedic in nature, so you won’t be missing out on them if you choose not to get them.

"No of course not." "Nah, he's just sleeping." 

"Do it yourself!" "Sheesh. fine......" 

"Shut up! Grow up already!" "Sorry, it's just for a bit!"

"The past." "The future." 

"Sorry I lectured you."  "Never mind! Listen to me!!"

"That must be it."  "No work, no food."  "I'm overthinking." "Never mind that, I'm starving" 

"Gently admonish him." "Abandon him." 

"I strongly punch him."  "I softly slap him."

"Let's go outside and gain experience!!"  "You do have the potential!! Do your best!"

"Never thought like that."  "Never mind about that thought."  "That is a bizarre idea."

"Absolutely impossible." "Well, true." 

"Master the Internet!"  "Then go out into the society!" "I'm annoyed."  "My head hurts." 

"Let's read it." "Let's ignore it." 

"Are you sure you want to trust them?" "Don't get involved! It's too risky!"  “Get his attention with a different topic!" 

"Get yourself together!!" "You're invading her privacy." 

Quietly watch the procedure. Stop him. 

"Go, Shizuku!" Make something nourishing.  Quietly watch him.

Quietly watch the procedure.  "Be careful, Shizuku!"

"Yeah, we must do it thoroughly." "No, this should be enough."  Let's give it a boost.  "Do you see something?" 

Suggest to meet with her. Suggest to call her.

"Your setting is wrong" "Your mindset is wrong"

Force quit the call. Let him speak. Draw attention to me.

Take forceful measures. Quietly watch how it goes.

There's nothing I can do. Shoot, I gotta calm him down. 

It's not too late yet.  It should be fine. Huh, what's this? Go back to cook for him.

"He's fine." "I'm curious."

Coma back later. Go inside using the spare key.

"Hold on! I'll call for the ambulance!"  "Hold on! I'll cook something!"

"Get a hold of yourself!" "Whatever......" "I'll get him something to drink so he can calm down." "I'll drink something to calm myself down."

Hesitate. Lie.

Look outside. It's nothing.

Take him outside. Confront him. Look for something that can put out the fire.

"Let's report it to the police!" "We gotta do something!"

Patience. The speed of lightning.

Watch him. Say my opinion. Make him something.

"Shizuku, it's a waste of time." "Don't be like that and explain it to him, Shizuku."

"Suit yourself." "That's enough."

Gently admonish. Kick. Help Shizuku.  Calm down somehow.

Join them. Come up with a plan. 

Wait for him.  Go inside.

Take on the men.  Eat first. Take on Suzume Furuhashi.

Go full throttle. Go easy on them.

Pressure them thoroughly. Forgive them.

That should be enough. Do it thoroughly. Take a break.

Keep pressuring her. Let her free. 

Decide to let her go. Add more pressure. 

Bow down on the ground. Give up.  Curious about something that's on the desk.  Curious about something that's on the table. 

Hand her the phone. Push the call button and hand her the phone.

"I'm taking the chance!"  "Shizuku, help!" Try to put the fire out with the water nearby.

Quietly listen. Stop him. Watch while eating something. Watch while drinking something.

[literaryeagle]

For today's Venom book review, here is Japan's Venom movie program. Japanese movie theaters sometimes sell souvenir booklets that are not available in North America, so I'm super happy that I was able to acquire this for my collection! This publication contains pictures and information about the movie, including interviews and behind the scenes stuff. It's around the size of a magazine, but with a sturdier cover and pages made of high quality paper. Seriously, my scanner could not do justice to the front cover art (shown above). The cover actually has a metallic shine that looks gorgeous in person.

This booklet is not available in English or French (although there are a few little bits of English text here and there), but there are plenty of pics to enjoy. Some of them are in full color, and some of them are in black-and-white... well, perhaps black-and-pewter would be a more accurate description, because the program uses a silvery gray instead of white. It looks lovely, although some of the images are a bit darker than they would have been if regular black-and-white had been used.

Want an example of the contents? Check out this two-page spread from the center of the booklet, which shows the development of Eddie and the Venom symbiote’s relationship:

Sorry for the bad photo, but a two-page spread of that size is way too big for my scanner. Anyway, hopefully you can still see how that spread compares two images. One is a frightened Eddie having a face-to-face conversation with the Venom symbiote for the first time, and then the second pic is from near the end of the movie, with Eddie and the symbiote working together to stop Drake's rocket. Awww, they fell in love and saved the world!

Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

The Introduction section of this booklet is illustrated with a stunning two-page spread that is half Venom, half Eddie. It's the same art that was used as the Blu-ray cover for the North American release of the movie, but in a huge size so the details can be seen more clearly. Wow! After that is a story synopsis and a few pages of screenshots from the movie. Here are two of those screenshots:

Next, there's an interview with Tom Hardy, and then a cool of drawing of Venom. So although most of the art in this book consists of screenshots from the movie (and a few behind the scenes pics), there are some additional images! Here is the drawing of Venom:

After that is the Making of Venom section, which is in black-and-pewter. I tried to scan one of the pictures from this part so you can get an idea of what I mean by "black-and-pewter", but once again my scanner couldn't really do it justice. Anyway, here it is:

It just looks black and gray in the scan, but if you see the booklet in person you'll notice that the gray has a slight metallic shine to it. Pretty! Anyway, for some reason the Making of Venom section stops after two pages so the booklet can cover a bunch of other stuff, and then resumes later. So the first part of this intermission is for short Cast Interviews with Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams, and Jenny Slate. Then the booklet switches back to full color for a Cast Profiles page featuring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, and Reid Scott.

Next is an interview with the movie's director, Ruben Fleischer. This interview is illustrated with some screenshots from the movie that have been modified with different colors. So a picture of Eddie sprinting down a corridor has been altered to look yellow, and a shot of Riot attacking looks greenish, and so on. After that is the center of the booklet with the two page-spread that I showed earlier in this review, then a column called "Kowakute Tanoshii Entertainment Venom" ("Scary and Fun Entertainment Venom"), and a couple more pages of screenshots.

Then the booklet switches back to black-and-pewter for the rest of the Making of Venom section, and after that it switches back to full color for the remainder of the booklet, starting with another cool drawing of Venom. Next is a Filmmakers page that credits some of the other people who worked on the movie, then a page with two more screenshots. This is followed by a column called "Kyouakuna Shugosha Venom" (Um... something like "Brutal Guardian Venom"? I guess it's the Japanese equivalent of Lethal Protector Venom). And to illustrate Venom's role as a brutal guardian, after that column there is a two-page spread of Venom defending Mrs. Chen from the "protection money" guy.

After that is another credits page, and then a page with comments from three of the voice actors who worked on the Japanese dub of the movie. Here are the Japanese voice actors (from left to right) for Venom, Eddie, and Anne:

For those of you who don't recognize those names/faces, Shido Nakamura (Venom) is the voice of Ryuk in Death Note, Junichi Suwabe (Eddie) is the voice of Victor Nikiforov in Yuri!!! on Ice, and Shoko Nakagawa AKA "Shokotan" (Anne) is a singer and also a presenter on Pokemon Sunday.

The booklet comes to an end with full color versions of the Eddie and Venom portraits from the Making of Venom section, and a couple of advertisements for Venom stuff. Check out this ad for a Venom figurine:

Overall, the Venom movie program is beautiful! It's so cool that Japanese theaters sell stuff like this! By the way, in Japan there are also little mini-posters called "chirashi" that are used to promote movies. I was able obtain a couple of those for Venom as well. Yay! So I'll take this opportunity to show those to you now. The first one has a very simple design, showing Venom's eyes:

In the above poster, the small line of Japanese text says "Tom Hardy", and as I'm sure you can probably guess, the larger line of text says "Venom".

The other mini-poster I have is the same art as the front cover of the movie program, although it doesn't have the metallic shine:

Cool, huh? Was the Venom movie promoted in unique ways in your area? If so, I would love to hear about it!

Well, I guess that’s it for today. Gosh, this was a long post, heh. I hope you enjoyed it! Keep my checking my blog for more Venom content! :)

[dizzydennis]

I am a bit torn on the voice change in the Japanese version of Sonic the Movie. Nakagawa Taishi is replacing longtime Sonic voice actor, Kanemaru Junichi. I believe this will only be for the film, but we never know.

Since I live in Japan, I was really looking forward to hearing Kanemaru-san in the film. In some ways, he is the definitive voice for Sonic and it’s a shame to see the bigwigs are changing it around mainly because Nakagawa Taishi has a broader appeal. I actually like his previous projects like Your Lie In April, ReLIFE, and Prison School. I just wish we could have continue having Kanemaru-san as Sonic since he’s been doing it since 1998.

That being said... I’m also not naive about why they made this change. Kanemaru-san is not going to be well known to the general public... but Taishi is. He’s still featured in commercials and I still know of people who talk about his previous advertisements with popular Japanese actress, Hirose Suzu. I am honestly impressed with the push Sonic is getting with this film. At least in Japan, it’s getting a lot of promotions throughout and I feel like the companies are really trying to make it a success. Though I’m worried because I am also the only person in the entire city of Nagasaki to have gotten the preorder ticket and Baby Sonic figure. Having Taishi voice Sonic will definitely get more people into the theaters to see it, but I don’t know how many will actually show up.

In the end, I’m not really happy about the voice change, but I understand why they are doing it. If it means that the film will perform better then it’s fine. I just do not want anything from this film dripping into the games.

[leenaevilin]

[Update] ミュージカル「チェーザレ 破壊の創造者」(musical cesare hakai no souzousha)

cast update under the cut^^

Cast:

Nakagawa Akinori as Cesare Borgia (チェーザレ・ボルジア)

Miyao Shuntarou as Miguel da Corella (ミゲル・ダ・コレッラ)

Matsuda Ryou as Angelo da Canossa (アンジェロ・ダ・カノッサ) Hirano Ryou as Giovanni de’ Medici (ジョヴァンニ・デ・メディチ) Izawa Yuuki as Draghignazzo (ドラギニャッツォ) Suzuki Shougo as Roberto (ロベルト)

Yamazaki Taiki as Angelo da Canossa (アンジェロ・ダ・カノッサ) Kazama Yuujirou as Giovanni de’ Medici (ジョヴァンニ・デ・メディチ) Kondou Shouri as Draghignazzo (ドラギニャッツォ) Kido Yuuya as Roberto (ロベルト)

Washio Shuuto Yamaoki Yuuki Kosaka Ryoutarou Kobayashi Ryou Kiyama Ryuu Adachi Yuuto Takeoka Junichi

Fujioka Masaaki as Dante Alighieri (ダンテ・アリギエーリ) Kon Takuya as Lorenzo de’ Medici (ロレンツォ・デ・メディチ) Kiyama Haruki as Raffaele Riario (ラファエーレ・リアーリオ) Yokoyama Daisuke as Henry VII / Heinrich VII (ハインリッヒ7世) Oka Koujirou as Giuliano della Rovere (ジュリアーン・デッラ・ローヴェレ) Bessho Tetsuya as Rodrigo Borgia (ロドリーゴ・ボルジア)

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I’m just going to be transferring the article here for those who want to read it on Tumblr!

In addition to these interviews, I highly recommend checking out some other posts and interviews that I’ve posted and/or transferred to Tumblr!

Maaya Sakamoto LONG Interview

MONOGATARI Interview

Birthday Post (2019)

Thoughts on Marriage

“On My Own” from Les Miserables

Kenichi Suzumura’s Message for her

Song Recommendation List

Name: Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾) Birthday: 31st March 1980 Birthplace: Tokyo, Itabashi City Nicknames: Maaya Agency: fortunerest

Maaya Sakamoto actually began her career as a child actress joining Gekidan Komadori. Joining a troupe where studying was the main focus, she focused most of her time in the troupe doing CM songs and dubbing.

She got her first big break as the Hitomi Kanzaki, the main character of The Vision of Escaflowne. She also did the opening theme song Yakusoku wa Iranai and began her first radio show titled “Sakamoto Maaya no Naisho Banashi.”

In 2003, she also started her first actress role in the musical edition of Les Miserablesperforming as Eponine for 6 years straight until 2009.  She also made sporadic appearances as Junichi Okada’s ex-girlfriend in the TV drama Suekko Chonan Ane-Sannin.

In 2005, she wrote her first essay collection titled Idea..She also began to self-produce her own music from then onwards.

First role:

Her first big starring role as we mentioned earlier was Hitomi Kanzaki from The Vision of Escaflowne. While this wasn’t her first role, as she has done many roles as a kid, it was thanks to her role as Hitomi that she had her big break and at the same time, begin her career as a performing artiste.

Current season:

You can see her in the upcoming anime BEM, where she will be playing “the unidentified Girl”. She will also be voicing Elizabeth in another upcoming anime, To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts. Two Maaya Sakamotos in the upcoming season that you’d be spoilt for choice. She will also reprising her role as Annerose von Grunewald in The Legend of Galactic Heroes ~Die Neue These: The Stellar War later this year.

Famous Roles:

Lunamaria Hawke – Gundam Seed Destiny

Alright, let me get this character out of the way, first and foremost. I am the generation that grew up with Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny. So it’s natural for me to immediately put a voice to the character when you asked me what I think of when I hear Maaya Sakamoto. She was a great foil for the protagonist Shinn Asuka (who just so happens to be voiced by her husband Kenichi Suzumura) and they’re practically inseparable when it comes to later rendition of their characters in other media. Personally, I really enjoyed using her Gunner Zaku Warrior in Gundam games with that massive gun so she’s pretty special for me.

Shiki Ryougi – Garden of Sinners

Now if you asked me my favourite character voiced by Maaya however, it has gotta be Shiki Ryougi from Garden of Sinners. A friend of mine invited me to watch the newest Garden of Sinners movie many years back and I instantly fell in love with Maaya’s portrayal of Shiki. The mysterious aura surrounding her character is what really grabs you. She has this ability called Mystic Eyes of Death Perception where she by simply these lines in front of her, it could kill her opponents. She was such an iconic character for me I’d like to see Shiki again. Maybe playing Fate/Grand Order sounds great talking about this.

Aerith Gainsborough – Final Fantasy VII Series

Now I play a lot of games, so naturally, I had to mention Aerith. Back in my teenage days, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children were my jam and Aerith was one of many central characters in the series. Unlike the cold-hearted Shiki Ryougi, Aerith was the opposite end of that spectrum. She’s warm and full of life. Her interactions with Zack Fair (who, also coincidentally is voiced by her husband Kenichi Suzumura too) in Crisis Core, always looking forward to his next visit.  As for the fate of Aerith in Final Fantasy VII? I believe the story tells itself.

Music

As mentioned earlier, she began her career singing the opening theme song for The Vision of Escaflowne titled Yakusoku wa Iranai. At the same time, it began her career with Yoko Kanno being her main producer until 2013 when she decided to part ways and produce her own music.

[VIDEO] CLEAR

One of her more recent tracks was the opening theme song from the popular Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Chapter, CLEAR. She also sang Platina for the original Cardcaptor Sakura as well, it is her 5th single. I love how this song succeeds from Platina and follows the same style which brings back memories as I myself watched the series as a child. It’s a great successor to Platina.

[VIDEO] Anata wo Tamotsu Mono/Mada Ugoku

Another of her more recent songs, this single in particular is one I have personally purchased. I’m a big fan of Ghost in the Shell, and Maaya actually played Motoko Kusanagi in the recent Ghost in the Shell: ARISE series succeeding Atsuko Tanaka. These songs are the opening theme songs for the TV anime and the film versions of the series. The world-view of these songs are so perfectly in-tune with the elements of the series due to Cornelius’ electric tones and dissonant elements, topped off with Maaya’s vocals giving it a very haunting, GITS song.

[VIDEO] Triangler

We can’t end this section off without mentioning Triangular from Macross Frontier. One of the most iconic songs of the series-and it’s not even by the songstresses in the series! While I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the TV series at all but the song is so famous even I understand the impact of the song itself. Did I mention it won the 2008 Animation Kobe award for the best theme song and the best selling single from Maaya? You absolutely have to go listen to it. Listening to it will make you understand how amazing it is.

She has many notable fans in the industry such as Motoo Fujiwara from BUMP OF CHICKEN, Shoko Nakagawa and even seiyuu Minori Suzuki who is well known to have gone to see Maaya’s concert just one day before the audition to become the next Macross star even.

Personal Impression

I really love her clear voice, plain and simple. She is one voice you will cannot get tired of listening. Sure sometimes she is said to lack range because she only has one type of voice. But when you sound so good in one voice, do you really need any other? She has a simply perfect voice that fits someone who’s emotionless like Shiki Ryouki or Motoko Kusanagi.

There are people like Koichi Yamadera who can basically do anything and everything and sometimes we have the Maaya Sakamoto’s who just have a wonderful speaking voice, she was practically born to be a seiyuu. I’d love to listen to her narrate forever.

And on top of being able to sound perfect during afureko, she sings even better. No wonder Yoko Kanno picked her and worked with her for so many songs. With such a deadly combination of Yoko Kanno and Maaya Sakamoto, we were blessed with so many timeless songs, I’m ever so thankful.

I recently heard that she even released an essay collection titled Idea.. For someone so eloquent as Maaya, you’d probably assume her essay collection would be a thrill to check out. So much so that I’ve been looking around just to see how it is.

[natsspammityspamspamham]

Basically, it’s something like that.

The timestamps are from the comments. I’m going to add their names and some comments from me in (if I feel like they’re needed) at the bottom. Keep in mind, there is usually a lot of vocal editing for talent shows, and I’m not a singer myself and can only guess about the vocal techniques and difficulty. 

Hosted by Junichi Suwabe and Kana Ueda!

1. 16:30「God knows…」平野綾 (Aya Hirano) 2. 21:10「銀河鉄道999」武内駿輔 (Shunsuke Takeuchi) 3. 33:10「昭和ブルース」大塚明夫 (Akio Ootsuka) 4. 36:30「手のひらの宇宙」岩男潤子 (Junko Iwao) 5. 52:05「愛としか呼べない」堀内賢雄 (Kenyu Horiuchi) 6. 56:08「Shooting Star」井上喜久子 (Kikuko Inoue) 7. 63:25「水中飛行論における多角的アプローチ」平川大輔 (Daisuke Hirakawa) 8. 67:50「ブルーバード」井上ほの花  (Honoka Inoue) 9. 84:25「チャンピオン」大塚明夫、黒田崇矢 (Akio Ootsuka and Takaya Kuroda) 10. 90:50「トップをねらえ!～Fly High～」日高のり子、中川翔子 (Noriko Hidaka and Shoko Nakagawa) 11. 99:03「創聖のアクエリオン」岩男潤子、平野綾 (Junko Iwao and Aya Hirano) 12. 112:00「桜」井上和彦、内田直哉、堀内賢雄 (Kazuhiko Inoue, Naoya Uchida, Kenyu Horiuchi) 13. 125:10「コンディション・グリーン～緊急発進～」笠原弘子 (Hiroko Kasahara) 14. 129:06「必ず景色は変わる」黒田崇矢 (Takaya Kuroda) 15. 136:15「ゲキテイ(檄!帝国華撃団)」横山智佐 (Chisa Yokoyama) 16. 139:46「戦闘男児～鍛えよ勝つために～」関智一、秋元羊介 (Tomokazu Seki and Yousuke Akimoto) 17. 152:58「Maybe the next waltz」小松未可子 (Mikako Komatsu) 18. 157:26「Day you laugh」豊永利行 (Toshiyuki Toyonaga) 19. 165:40「空色デイズ」中川翔子 (Shoko Nakagawa) 20. 169:55「ああ電子戦隊デンジマン」内田直哉 (Naoya Uchida) 21. 185:21「ハート ないしょ/2」日高のり子 (Noriko Hidaka) 22. 189:14「誰がために」井上和彦 (Kazuhiko Inoue) 23. 206:08「GO!!!」全員歌唱 (Everyone)

I just underlined by favourites

Aya Hirano’s still got it! After 13 years, she’s still got it!

Shunsuke Takeuchi, Akio Ootsuka, and Junko Iwao’s performances weren’t bad. Akio was kind of surprising. The same goes for Kenyu Horiuchi. Seriously, I know both for playing those really ominous characters. 

It’s a running joke amongst fans and the fandom that Kikuko Inoue is forever 17 (she’s 54 years old?!?!?!) She’s the mother of Honoka Inoue.

I didn’t enjoy Daisuke Hirakawa’s performance partially because I didn’t watch Free and partially because I have eardrums and a clear conscience (okay, that was a little overly harsh. Really, it just didn’t stack up compared other performances).

Honoka Inoue was good considering I know the original so much (and like it a lot). Her mom Kikuko Inoue even joined her on stage! Considering that this song has a lot of difficulties as well, they did a good job! (Even though it was a little rough)

Nothing stuck out so I just skipped to Mikako Komatsu because I love that song. Of course, I knew it would turn out this way. This song takes a lot of air to get to that range, and at speed with little rests, it’s hard. For that reason, I was impressed even if it was rough compared to the studio version. 

Toshiyuki Toyonaga did so well!!! One of the best that I’ve seen in this video!!! He owned the stage, performed well, and was fun to watch!

I don’t mean to be harsh, but I was expecting better out of Kakashi-- I mean Kazuhiko Inoue.

That final song was so much fun! Dude, that’s one of the most iconic theme songs for Naruto for me.

[the-carrotella]

I was tagged by @fenkoli Rules - put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up

Kanemaru Junichi – GOT IT! Saiga Mitsuki – Terra he... Coming Home To Terra Ravebird  –  Simpathy Madina Lake – Let's Get Outta Here Mr. 3 (Nobuyuki Hiyama) & Miss Goldenweek (Akiko Nakagawa) – リトルガーデンMUSEUM Set It Off – I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Sumire Uesaka – POP TEAM EPIC Scorpions – The game of live Panic! At The Disco – Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks Megumi Hayashibara – Just be conscious

Not gonna tag anyone specific but feel free to participate.

[freewheelingscans]

Nijiiro Days Gets Live-action Film, Premieres in Summer 2018

An official website and Twitter account for the live-action film based on Minami Mizuno's Rainbow Days (Nijiiro Days) manga opened on Tuesday. The film is slated to premiere in Japan in summer 2018. 

Ken Iizuka (live-action Arakawa Under the Bridge) is directing the film and Rika Nezu (Saint Young Men) is writing the screenplay. Filming will take place from mid-October to November.

The film's cast includes: (from left to right in the image above)

Mahiro Takasugi as Tsuyoshi Naoe

Movies:

The Longest Picture In The World (2018) - Hironobu

Before We Vanish | Sanpo Suru Shinryakusha (2017) - Amano

The Time of Backlights | Gyakko no Koro (2017) - Takatoyo Akada

Purinshiparu Koi Suru Watashi wa Hiroin Desuka? (2018) - Wao Sakurai

Tori Girl (2017) - Kei Takahashi

Policeman and Me | P to JK (2017) - Heisuke Okami

ReLIFE (2017) - Kazuomi Oga

Bon Lin | Bon to Lin chan (2014) - Rintaro Tomoda (Lin)

The World of Kanako | Kawaki (2014) - Matsunaga

Quartet! | Karuteto! (2012)

Hanjirou (2010) - Ichiki Shinnosuke

The Lady Shogun and Her Men | Ohoku (2010) - servant

Series:

Setoutsumi (TV Tokyo / 2017) - So Utsumi

Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg? (WOWOW / 2016) - Shingo Torigoe

Sumika Sumire (TV Asahi / 2016) - Keiwa Amano

Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu! (TBS / 2015) - Yu Miyazaki

Ghostwriter (Fuji TV / 2015) - Daiki Tono

Daddy Detective (TBS / 2015) - Naoki Nagayama (ep.2)

No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (NTV / 2013) - Ren Higashi

High School Entrance Exam (Fuji TV / 2012) - Yoshitaka Matsushima

Legal Eagle, First Class | Tokujo Kabachi!! (TBS / 2010) - ep.4

Reo Sano as Natsuki Hashiba

A member of the group GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE

Movies:

High & Low The Movie 3 Final Mission (2017) - Takeshi

High & Low The Movie 2 End of Sky (2017) - Takeshi

High & Low The Movie (2016) - Takeshi

Road To High & Low (2016) - Takeshi

Series:

High & Low The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (NTV / 2015) - Takeshi

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (Fuji TV-KTV / 2014) - Taichi Usami

Inpei Sousa (TBS / 2014) - Kunihiko Ryuzaki

Sugarless (NTV / 2012) - Shiro Mukai

Taishi Nakagawa as Tomoya Matsunaga

Movies:

Kids on the Slope | Sakamichi no Apollon (2018) - Sentaro Kawabuchi

ReLIFE (2017) - Arata Kaizaki

Closest Love To Heaven | Kyo no Kira-kun (2017) - Yuiji Kira

Zenin, Kataomoi (2016) - Satake (segment "My Nickname is Butatchi")

Your Lie in April | Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (2016) - Ryota Watari

Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Tochu (2015) - Kou

Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Densha (2015)

Blue Demon ver.2.0 | Ao Oni ver.2.0 (2015) - Hiroshi

Hanjirou (2010) - Iwatora Miyata

Series:

Minami kun no Koibito (Fuji TV / 2015-2016) - Shunichi Minami

Prison School  - (TBS-MBS / 2015) - Kiyoshi Fujino

Hell Teacher Nube | Jigoku Sensei Nube (NTV / 2014) - Hiroshi Tateno

Water Polo Yankees | Suikyu Yankisu (Fuji TV / 2014) - Kohei Shimura

Ferris Wheel at Night | Yakou Kanransya (TBS / 2013) - Shinji Takahashi

Perfect Blue | Pafekuto Buru (TBS / 2012) - Shinya Morooka

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka  (Fuji TV / 2012) - Noboru Yoshikawa 

Teppei 1990 | 13-sai no Hello Work (TV Asahi / 2012) - Junichi Mikami

I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper  (NTV / 2011) - Kakeru Asuda

Ohisama (NHK / 2011) - Haruki Sudo (young)

Gou | Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~ (NHK / 2011)

Ryūsei Yokohama as Keiichi Katakura

Movies:

Ani Tomo (2018) - Sota Nishino

Honey (2018) - Ayumu Misaki

Tenshi no Iru Toshokan (2017) - Kosuke

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day | Kiseki Ano Hi no Sobito (2017) - Navi

Zenin, Kataomoi (2016) - (segment "Ibu no Okurimono")

Wolf Girl and Black Prince  (2016) - Takeru Hibiya

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler (2013) - Funaki

Series:

JK is a Snow Woman | JK wa Yuki Onna (TBS-MBS / 2015) - Rei Ando

The Chasing World: The Origin (TVS-Chiba TV-tvk / 2013) - Yo Sato

SOURCE: ANIME NEWS NETWORK & ASIANWIKI

[filmkomik]

Kids on the Slope / Sakamichi no Apollon (2018)

Yuri Chinen as Kaoru Nishimi Taishi Nakagawa as Sentaro Kawabuchi Nana Komatsu as Ritsuko Mukae Erina Mano as Yurika Fukahori Baijaku Nakamura as Tsutomu Mukae Dean Fujioka as Junichi Katsuragi

Because of his father’s work, Kaoru Nishimi (Yuri Chinen) moves out to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He is a first grade high school student with an introverted personality. He meets classmates Sentaro Kawabuchi (Taishi Nakagawa), who is labelled as a disorderly student, and Ritsuko Mukae (Nana Komatsu), who is a beautiful student. Kaoru Nishimi falls in love with beautiful Ritsuko Mukae. Kaoru Nishimi is talented with the piano, but he only plays classics. Due to Ritsuko Mukae, Kaoru Nishimi begins to play jazz.

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Serie TV anime, gennaio 2020

Serie animata originale prodotta da MOVIC, incentrata su una squadra di giovani giocatori di rugby che competono nel campionato universitario del Kansai.

-STAFF- 

Soggetto originale: Kei Mori (Verrocchio Agency)

Concept storia: Movic

Character design originale: Yukikana

Character design/Supervisione animazioni: Saori Sakaguchi

Regia: Shigeru Kimiya

Sceneggiatura/ Configurazione della serie: Rika Nakase

Direttore artistico: Scott MacDonald

Fondali: Tsukasa Oohira

Direttore della fotografia: Atsushi Kano

Supervisore di produzione: Shinobu Nakagawa

Produttore di animazione: Yoshiki Sakamoto

Studio di animazione: PRA

Animatore principale: Minefumi Harada

Direttore scene d’azione: Fumiya Uehara

Design abbigliamento: Michiko Ōtani

Oggetti di scena: Hiroshi Ogawa

Colorazioni: Yukiko Yamaguchi

Direttore 3D: Akio Hayashi

Montaggio: Hitomi Sudō

Direttore del suono: Takatoshi Hamano

Produzione sonoro: Magic Capsule

-CAST-

Natsusa Yuzuki: Kengo Kawanishi 

Seiichiro Jingyouji: Ryouta Suzuki

Ibuki Ueoka: Junichi Yanagita 

Yasunari Tsuru: Shohei Komatsu

Yuu Mashiro: Ayumu Murase  

Gakuto Zaitsu: Hinata Tadokoro 

Ikuto Yufu: Shinnosuke Tachibana 

Taisei Uchinashi: Makoto Furukawa 

Ethan Taylor: Kazuyuki Okitsu 

Madoka Hongo: Soma Saito 

Kazutaka Hongo: Kaito Ishikawa 

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[frederator-studios]

Natasha dedicated the half-hour Bee and PuppyCat special, "Toast Dogs, Wedding Donut," to Small Town Security's Joan Koplan, who voiced this episode's TempBot. Sadly, Joan passed away last March, shortly after recording her part. We're lucky to have had the chance to work with her.

Here's the cast & crew for the third quarter of "Toast Dogs, Wedding Donut."

Created by Natasha Allegri

Written by Natasha Allegri, Madeleine Flores, Frank Gibson, Natalie Nourigat Directed by Larry Leichleiter

Cast Bee: Allyn Rachel Cardamon: Alexander Rodriguez Deckard: Kent Osborne TempBot: Joan Koplan

Storyboard: Madeleine Flores, Natalie Nourigat, Natasha Allegri Art Director: Efrain Farias Character Design: Becky Dreistadt, Hans Tseng Prop/EFX Design: Zachary Sterling, Hans Tseng Background Design: Hans Tseng Assistant Background Design: Nichols Maniquis Background Painter: Hans Tseng, Mira Lark Crowell Assistant Background Painter: Nichols Maniquis Storyboard Revisions: Hans Tseng

Executive Producer: Fred Seibert Producers: Kevin Kolde, Eric Homan Associate Producer: Sylvia Edwards Production Manager: Stephen Worth Production Assistant: Ross Kolde Casting Director: Meredith Layne, CSA Editor: Ray Valenzuela Animatic Editor: Logan McBeath

Voice Director: Meredith Layne Dialog Recording: Salami Studios Dialog Mixer: Thomas J. Maydeck, CAS Assistant Dialog Mixers: Griffin Cooper Dialog Editorial: Mark Mercado Post Production: Salami Studios Re-recording Engineer: Thomas J. Maydeck, CAS Sound Designer: Rick Hinson, MPSE Sound Effects Editor: Rick Hinson MPSE Foley Mixer: Roberto Dominguez Alegria Foley Artist: Cynthia Merrill Score: Will Weisenfeld Animation Checking: Wendy Jacobsmeyer Track Reading: Slightly-Off Track Inc.

Animation Services by OLM, Inc. Lead Animator: Yukiko Watabe Key Animation: Yuji Ikeda, Shuji Tanaka, Hiromi Nakayama, Miyuki Sano, Ken Ishizuka Secondary Animation: Chie Ohtsuki, Nakamura Productions, D-motion, Anitas-Kobe, Studio Elle Animation Checker: Yumi Abe Animation: Hiromi Ito, Fujika Enomoto, Shiori Miyazaki, Saki Ebisawa, Kei Goda, Hiroko Suzuki, Aoi Yamagishi, Aya Takeno, Mai Toriyama, Kiyomi Okuda, Arisa Kuzumoto, Dragon Production, ZAENDO, Nakamura Production, Kino Production, Anime R Finishing: Studio Elle Cinematography: OLM 2D Colorist/Finishing Checker: Koji Ohtsuki Filming Director: Tatsuki Yukiwaki Art Department: Katsumi Takao, OLM 3D

OLM, Inc. Production Staff Production Manager: Ryosuke Sakurai Production Desk: Tomoaki Kurimoto Production Chief Assistant: Isamu Kikuchi Production Assistant: Akihiro Kuji Supervisor: Susumu Nakagawa Executive Assistant (OLM, Inc.): Miho Matori Producer (Sprite Animation Studios): Junichi Yanagihara

[recentanimenews]

Top Talents Compete in "Voice Actor Red-and-White Singing Matches 2019"

  On April 14, 2019, two teams of famous voice actors will square off in a "red-and-white" singing contest at the Maihama Amphitheater for the "Seiyu Kouhaku Utagassen 2019" event, and now the first members for the red and white teams have been revealed. The participants include:

  Red team: Kikuko Inoue, Honoka Inoue, Junko Iwao, Hiroko Kasahara, Mikako Komatsu, Shoko Nakagawa, Chisa Yokoyama, and more.

White team: Naoya Uchida, Akio Ōtsuka, Tomokazu Seki, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kenyu Horiuchi, and more.

    The "Seiyu Kouhaku Utagassen 2019" is hosted by Junichi Suwabe and Kana Ueda and features Jôji Nakata as a promoter. The event kicks off at 5:30 PM JST on April 14, 2019, at the Maihama Amphitheater in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Tickets to the event cost 9500 yen ($86.82 US).

  Sources:

Ota-suke

Official Seiyu Kouhaku Utagassen 2019 home page and Twitter feed (@seiyu_kouhaku)

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[anitokio]

La película de imagen real de Sakamichi no Apollon en un teaser

https://anitokio.mx/?p=1752 La web oficial de la adaptación cinematográfica de imagen real del manga Sakamichi no Apollon de Yuki Kodama ha mostrado un teaser en el que se revela que el filme se estrenará el 10 de marzo en cines japoneses. En el reparto estarán: Yuri Chinen como Kaoru Nishimi Taishi Nakagawa como Sentaro Kawabuchi Nana Komatsu como Ritsuko Mukae Erina Mano como Yurika Fukahori Dean Fujioka como Junichi Katsuragi Baijaku Nakamura como Tsutomu Mukae Takahiro Miki (imagen real de Solanin, Aozora Yell) dirigirá la película contando con un guion de Izumi Takahashi(imagen real de Solanin, Museum). El manga está protagonizado por un joven que vive en un pueblo de la prefectura de Nagasaki en los años 60. En el verano de 1966, Kaoru se transfiere al instituto local desde Yokosuka, y debido a las constantes mudanzas de su familia nunca suele tener tiempo para ajustarse a su nueva zona y hacer amigos. En esta ocasión, en su primer día de clase, conoce a otro chico con el cual cambiará su vida. Kodama comenzó el manga en las páginas de la Monthly Flowers en 2007, finalizándolo en marzo de 2012 con un total de nueve tomos recopilatorios. Posteriormente se le sumó un tomo spinoff llamado Sakamichi no Apollon: Bomus Track. En abril de 2012 la serie tuvo una adaptación televisiva animada que se emitió en el bloque Noitamina de Fuji TV.  

[aramajapan]

Trailer for live-action 'Kids on the Slope' starring Yuri Chinen, Dean Fujioka, & Erina Mano

A trailer for the highly anticipated live-action film Kids on the Slope has been released. Hey! Say! JUMP member Yuri Chinen stars as the main protagonist Kaoru Nishimi. The rest of the main cast include Dean Fujioka (Junichi Katsuragi), Erina Mano (Yurika Fukahori), Taishi Nakagawa (Sentaro...

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[madjetey]

Making of Kyoto Gakuen University TVCM from KOHTA MORIE on Vimeo.

Kyoto Gakuen University TVCM youtube.com/watch?v=iGZAwulxWUo 　 　 Kyoto Gakuen University kyotogakuen.ac.jp/ 　 　 --------------------------------------------- 　 Director : Kohta Morie cargocollective.com/KohtaMorie 　 　 Character design : kamogawa pixiv.net/member.php?id=4084485 　 　 Music : hidetake takayama hidetaketakayama.com/ 　 　 Creative director : Shingo Nishida CM planner : Daisuke Aoki / Tatsuya Shimizu / Fusako Shibata / Yusuke Hiza Producer : Aya Kawabe Production manager : Shota Takei 　 　 　 CG Animation Production : Transistor Studio transistorstudio.co.jp/ 　 　 CG Animator : Kohta Morie / Ryo Nihara / Cotalo Azuma / Hideyuki Kato CG Modeler : Takashi Nakagawa / Hayato Kanayama / Masanori Hirata / Kazuki Matoba / Hironari Okada / Masato Tajima / Satoshi Sagawa / Ken Sato CG Effects Artist : Junichi Akimoto / Toyokazu Hirai Compositor : Takahiro Shibano Graphic Artist : Tasuku Innami / Ayu Maejima Assistant Director : Yosuke Ohno

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[frederator-studios]

So the cast & crew credits for the second of the four sections of the "Toast Dogs, Wedding Donut" episode of Bee and PuppyCat are sameish—but not the same—as the first bit. And how about Saki Muramoto's lovely animation to Brad Sucks's "Lonely" song (the one about the octopus)?

Created by Natasha Allegri Written by Natasha Allegri, Madeleine Flores, Frank Gibson, Vera Brosgol, Efrain Farias Directed by Larry Leichleiter

Cast Bee: Allyn Rachel Cardamon: Alexander Rodriguez Crow: Natasha Allegri Deckard: Kent Osborne Host, Pretty Patrick: Patrick Seery Omelette: Arin Hanson

Storyboard: Vera Brosgol. Natasha Allegri, Efrain Farias Art Director: Efrain Farias Character Design: Becky Dreistadt, Hans Tseng Prop/EFX Design: Zachary Sterling, Hans Tseng Background Design: Hans Tseng Assistant Background Design: Nichols Maniquis Background Painter: Hans Tseng, Mira Lark Crowell Assistant Background Painter: Nichols Maniquis Storyboard Revisions: Hans Tseng

Executive Producer: Fred Seibert Producers: Kevin Kolde, Eric Homan Associate Producer: Sylvia Edwards Production Manager: Stephen Worth Production Assistant: Ross Kolde Casting Director: Meredith Layne, CSA Editor: Ray Valenzuela Animatic Editor: Logan McBeath

Voice Director: Meredith Layne Dialog Recording: Salami Studios Dialog Mixer: Guiliano Pizzulo Assistant Dialog Mixer: Nick Garafolo Dialog Editorial: Thomas J. Maydeck, CAS, Mark Mercado Post Production: Salami Studios Re-recording Engineer: Thomas J. Maydeck, CAS Sound Designer: Rick Hinson, MPSE Sound Effects Editor: Rick Hinson MPSE Foley Mixer: Roberto Dominguez Alegria Foley Artist: Cynthia Merrill Score: Will Weisenfeld “Lonely” Song by Brad Sucks Animation Checking: Wendy Jacobsmeyer Track Reading: Slightly-Off Track Inc.

“Lonely” Song Animation: Saki Muramoto

Animation Services by OLM, Inc. Lead Animator: Yukiko Watabe Key Animation: Yuji Ikeda, Shuji Tanaka, Hiromi Nakayama, Miyuki Sano, Ken Ishizuka Secondary Animation: Chie Ohtsuki, Nakamura Productions, D-motion, Anitas-Kobe, Studio Elle Animation Checker: Yumi Abe Animation: Hiromi Ito, Fujika Enomoto, Shiori Miyazaki, Saki Ebisawa, Kei Goda, Hiroko Suzuki, Aoi Yamagishi, Aya Takeno, Mai Toriyama, Kiyomi Okuda, Arisa Kuzumoto, Dragon Production, ZAENDO, Nakamura Production, Kino Production, Anime R Finishing: Studio Elle Cinematography: OLM 2D Colorist/Finishing Checker: Koji Ohtsuki Filming Director: Tatsuki Yukiwaki Art Department: Katsumi Takao, OLM 3D

OLM, Inc. Production Staff Production Manager: Ryosuke Sakurai Production Desk: Tomoaki Kurimoto Production Chief Assistant: Isamu Kikuchi Production Assistant: Akihiro Kuji Supervisor: Susumu Nakagawa Executive Assistant (OLM, Inc.): Miho Matori Producer (Sprite Animation Studios): Junichi Yanagihara