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Current Japanese Christines in the Elissa costume.

Pictures: The Sankei News, Shiki Theatre Company brochures (2017, 2020, 2022, 2023) & OZmall twitter

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Today's translation #348

Yuri!!! on ICE, DVD vol. 2, Kenji Miyamoto's interview

Part 4.

　On the rink, we had 4 or 5 fixed cameras, and Odagaki Kanako-sensei, while holding an additional one, was following me from behind, when I was skating. But the sense of speed is completely different when you watch through a camera's lens compared to when you watch with your own eyes, so whenever I started skating faster, she was falling behind. At first, the distance got quite large unfortunately, but with each time, we started to get better and better at it, and later on, we've got used to it so much that we were almost moving in unison. Each time, I explained to the Director beforehand the course I was going to skate, so for each program, we could discuss whether it would be better to film the choreography from the middle of the rink, or from outside. Kubo-san also gave us advises how to film the choreography.

　At first, I was skating in completely black clothes, but I was asked to wrap a tape around one of my arms and legs, because it was difficult to distinguish left from right otherwise. And in reality, all skaters wear costumes, so to see how, for example, a loose blouse would look like when it catches wind, while the skater is skating, I was trying on costumes, as well. I was always doing my hair, but I also thought that it would be good to show more natural look - [how your hair looks like] when you are all sweaty, for example, or when you are doing a spin.

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Love Live! seiyuus Wallpaper parte 2

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What was Tuesday

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[Announcement] ミュージカル「魍魎の匣」(musical mouryou no hako)

the show will be running from November 10th, 2021 to November 15th, 2021 (Tokyo) @ オルタナティブシアター (Alternative Theatre)

Cast:

Konishi Ryousei as Chuuzenji Akihiko (中禅寺秋彦) Yoshida Yuu as Kiba Shuutarou (木場修太郎) Kitamura Ryou as Enokizu Reijirou (榎木津礼二郎) Kanzawa Naoya as Sekiguchi Tatsumi (関口巽) Ookawa Haruka as Toriguchi Morihiko (鳥口守彦) Katou Shou as Kubo Shunkou (久保竣公) Kumagai Iroha as Kusumoto Yoriko (楠本頼子) Ikeoka Ryousuke as Bunzou Aoki (青木文蔵) Tokuoka Akari as Yuzuki Kanako (柚木加菜子) Marisa as Yuzuki Youko (柚木陽子) Yokota Yoshiki as Fukumoto Ikuo (福本郁雄) Miyata Kana as Chuuzenji Atsuko (中禅寺敦子) Yoneha Miho as Kusumoto Kimie (楠本君枝) Kanemura Hitomi as Kusumoto Kimie (楠本君枝) Kamino Saeko as Masuoka Seiko (増岡靖子) Horiuchi Toshiya as Suzaki Tarou (須崎太郎) Asakawa Hitoshi as Amemiya Noritada (雨宮典匡) Mori Ryuuji as Terada Hyoue (寺田兵衛) Komada Hajime as Mimasaka Koushirou (美馬坂幸四郎)

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The Osaka Christines from the 05.2022 brochure.

1 - 山本紗衣 (Sae Yamamoto)

2 - 海沼千明 (Chiaki Kainuma)

3 - 藤原遙香 (Haruka Fujiwara)

4 - 岩城あさみ (Asami Iwashiro)

5 - 久保佳那子 (Kanako Kubo)

Missing Kimiko Maki

Pictures from the Osaka brochure, credit if reposting please

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Today's translation #241

Yuri!!! on Life official guidebook, Miyamoto Kenji's interview

Part 4.

--- So it means that the Director listened to the song, and decided that "here goes a jump", "here goes a spin" and then she asked you to create a program that could get a specific score?

"Yes. When I do a choreography for real life skaters too, I don't tell them what elements they should include in it. Because it's the coach who knows their skaters the best, I always ask the coach to decide that. That's why, in case of this anime, I've been listening to Yamamoto Director and Kubo-san's requests while imagining that they are the coaches of all the skaters. So after listening to their requests as to what kind of choreography they want, I've created programs for all their students.

--- The way competitors are portrayed [in the anime] is also so well-researched.

"Of course, there are also a few things that makes you think "Nah, it's not possible", but, for example, the face [a character makes] when he meets with an older skater he always looked up to - I thought, "Yep, you really see skaters like that". They compete in the same competition, but still ask for an autograph. Outsiders may think that skaters should treat each other more like rivals, but skaters are actually quite friendly with each other. This characteristic [of figure skating world] was also portrayed in the anime and for me, it was a lot of fun to watch.

--- So in contrast, what would be impossible outside the world of anime?

"First of all, you don't go around kicking people.

--- And toilets?

"You also don't go around kicking toilets' doors (laugh). Other than that, the fact that everyone seems to speak a common language and be able to communicate. But a lot of what's shown in the anime is too real and that's what made it really interesting. People who help us with filming, Odagaki Kanako-sensei [Minami's coach] and Muramoto Satsuki-sensei [Phichit's coach], also made an appearance. I didn't, though.

--- You didn't make an appearance.

"I was watching while expecting it a little bit that maybe perhaps… But it was like: I'm not here. At all… Until the very last scene… I thought: What? It's already over now! (laugh).

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Nagoya 2015 brochure part 1

Phantoms:

芝清道 (Kiyomichi Shiba), 佐野正幸 (Masayuki Sano), 高井治 (Osamu Takai), 村俊英 (Toshihide Mura) & 橋元聖地 (Seiji Hashimoto)

Christines:

苫田亜沙子 (Asako Tomada), 土居愛実 (Megumi Doi), 山本紗衣 (Sae Yamamoto) & 久保佳那子 (Kanako Kubo)

Raoul:

鈴木涼太 (Ryota Suzuki), 北澤裕輔 (Yusuke Kitazawa), 岸佳宏 (Yoshihiro Kishi), 飯田達郎 (Tatsuro Iida), 中井智彦 (Tomohiko Nakai), 光田健一 (Kenichi Mitsuda) & 神永東吾 (Togo Kaminaga)

Carlotta:

河村彩 (Aya Kawamura), 吉田絢香 (Ayaka Yoshida) & 辻奈々 (Nana Tsuji)

Meg:

小川美緒 (Mio Ogawa), 中里未喜 (Miki Nakazato), 黒柳安奈 (Anna Kuroyanagi), 西田ゆりあ (Yuria Nishida), 小林由希子 (Yukiko Kobayashi) & 石田真子(Mako Ishida)

Madame Giry:

早水小夜子 (Sayoko Hayami), 佐和由梨 (Yuri Sawa), 秋山知子 (Tomoko Akiyama) & 原田真理 (Mari Harada)

Andre:

賀山祐介 (Yusuke Kayama), 増田守人 (Morito Masuda), 北澤裕輔 (Yusuke Kitazawa), 林和男 (Hayashi Kazuo) & 飯村和也 (Kazuya Iimura)

Firmin:

平良交一 (Koichi Taira), 佐藤圭一 (Keiichi Sato), 増田守人 (Morito Masuda) & 青木朗 (Akira Aoki)

Piangi:

永井崇多宏 (Takahiro Nagai), 山口泰伸 (Hironobu Yamaguchi) & 橋元聖地 (Seiji Hashimoto)

Pictures: pictures of souvenir brochure taken by me (credit if reposting), credit to original photographer

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Lucca Comics 2021: gli annunci anime targati DYNIT

Annunciati Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko e Sword Art Online Progressive, in arrivo il doppiaggio di Hunter x Hunter, Kemono Jihen e si prosegue con quello di Bleach!

Questa mattina, la seconda giornata del Lucca Comics & Games 2021 si è aperta con la conferenza Dynit, durante la quale Carlo Cavazzoni ha presentato alcune delle novità anime in arrivo nei prossimi mesi, fra attesi aggiornamenti riguardo ad alcune opere in corso di pubblicazione e un paio di inediti.

FORTUNE FAVORS LADY NIKUKO

Film d’animazione realizzato da STUDIO 4°C (I Figli del Mare, Harmony), tratto dal romanzo “Gyokou no Nikuko-san”, pubblicato nel 2014 da Kanako Nishi.

Nikuko e la figlia Kikuko vivono entrambe su di una barca. La storia segue i loro percorsi di vita e la loro crescita assieme.

Uscito nelle sale giapponesi la scorsa estate, l’adattamento è stato diretto da Ayumu Watanabe (I Figli del Mare, After the Rain) e sceneggiato da Satomi Oshima (Hataraki Man). Ad occuparsi del character design e della supervisione del comparto animazioni è invece stato Kenichi Konishi (I Figli del Mare, Tokyo Godfathers).

Distribuzione: Non si sa ancora quando e come la pellicola arriverà in Italia, se al cinema o in streaming.

SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE THE MOVIE: ARIA OF A STARLESS NIGHT

Nuovo film d’animazione della popolare saga sci-fantasy, il cui titolo prende spunto da quello del primo capitolo della serie di romanzi. La pellicola è infatti tratta da “Sword Art Online: Progressive”, il soft reboot del primo celebre arco narrativo della saga, nel quale l’autore Reki Kawahara torna ad Aincrad, reimmaginando ed espandendo l’avventura, riscoprendola questa volta senza time-skip da una nuova prospettiva.

Durante una partita a un gioco di realtà virtuale, la giovane Asuna Yuuki resta intrappolata suo malgrado nel mondo videoludico di Sword Art Online, insieme a migliaia di altri giocatori. Armata delle sue brillanti doti di studentessa, la ragazza dovrà imparare il più in fretta possibile la meccanica del gioco, per riuscire a terminarlo… o la sua permanenza in SAO non avrà mai fine! Con l'aiuto di Kirito, un giocatore navigato che la invita nel suo gruppo di utenti esperti, Asuna lotterà per diventare una campionessa di SAO, per fare ritorno al più presto nel mondo reale!

Prodotto ancora una volta da A-1 PICTURES (Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Sword Art Online: Alicization), il lungometraggio è diretto da Ayako Kawano, alla sua prima vera prova da regista. Il character design è ad opera di Kento Toya (Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld, Nanbaka) e la scene d’azione sono supervisionate da Yasuyuki Kai (già animatore chiave in Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale). La colonna sonora è firmata sempre da Yuki Kajiura (Fate/Zero, Demon Slayer, Puella Magi Madoka Magica), compositrice da sempre legata alla saga.

Distribuzione: È possibile che il film approdi nelle nostre sale prossimamente, ma non è confermato al momento.

STREAMING

BLEACH

Come spoilerato da Amazon Prime Video sui social, la serie animata continuerà ad essere doppiata e verrà dunque completata. 

Le stagioni 6 e 7 arriveranno in streaming dal 25 gennaio, le restanti verranno caricate in seguito.

Ichigo Kurosaki ha 15 anni ed è uno studente delle superiori che possiede la straordinaria capacità di vedere i fantasmi. Quando incontra Rukia, una Shinigami che aiuta le anime perdute a trovare la pace, la sua vita non così normale diventa ancora più speciale…

Andati in onda fra il 2004 e il 2012, i 366 episodi che compongono l’intera serie sono stati diretti da Noriyuki Abe (Great Teacher Onizuka, Yu Yu Hakusho) e prodotti presso STUDIO PIERROT (Black Clover, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations).

L’anime è tratto dal popolarissimo shonen manga, edito in Italia da Panini Comics sotto l’etichetta Planet Manga, che ha reso celebre in tutto il globo Tite Kubo. Serializzata in patria fra il 2001 e il 2016, l’opera si è conclusa con il 74° volume e presto ispirerà una nuovo anime, che ripartirà dalla saga Thousand-Year Blood War (o The Blood Warfare).

HUNTER X HUNTER (2011)

Già in corso di distribuzione su VVVVID, sottotitolata, la serie animata tratta dal popolare shonen manga firmato da Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu degli spettri, Level E) sta per arrivare anche interamente doppiata. 

La prima stagione sbarcherà in streaming su Amazon Prime Video dal 30 novembre.

A soli 12 anni Gon Freecss partecipa all’esame per diventare Hunter. Lo fa per seguire le orme del padre, tra i migliori Hunter della sua generazione, e comprendere perché il genitore l’abbia abbandonato quando era ancora in fasce. Durante l’esame incontrerà altri aspiranti Cacciatori come Leorio e Kurapika, Killua e lo spietato Hisoka. Di Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu degi Spettri), l’opera è diventata oggetto di culto per le sue animazioni e per la trasposizione accurata del manga cartaceo.

Realizzato da MADHOUSE (A Place Further Than The Universe, ACCA: L’ispettorato delle 13 province) fra il 2011 e il 2014, dietro la regia di Hiroshi Koujina (The vampire dies in no ime, Rainbow), l’anime si compone in tutto di 148 puntate.

Il manga viene serializzato sulle pagine della rivista Weekly Shonen Jump di Shueisha dal 1998 e, finora, ha visto pubblicati in tutto 36 volumi. Dal 2014, infatti, la pubblicazione è stata costellata da pause più o meno lunghe, che col tempo hanno portato alla diffusione di meme e sconforto generalizzato anche fra i fan più inossidabili. In Italia il fumetto è edito da Panini Comics, sotto l’etichetta Planet Manga.

KEMONO JIHEN

Portata in simulcast lo scorso inverno su VVVVID, la serie animata tratta dallo shonen manga a tinte sovrannaturali di Shou Aimoto, edito in Italia da J-POP Manga, sta per arrivare anche doppiata. I 12 episodi sbarcheranno in streaming su Netflix a dicembre.

Inugami è un detective specializzato nell’occulto, la cui missione è indagare su una strana serie di eventi che hanno colpito un villaggio sperduto tra le montagne. Le persone del posto hanno trovato i corpi senza vita di animali, la cosa strana è la velocità con la quale hanno iniziato a decomporsi: decisamente troppo in fretta. Mentre lavora sul caso, il detective incontra uno strano ragazzo, Dorota-bou. Anziché andare a scuola, il giovane passa le giornate a lavorare nei campi. I coetanei lo evitano come la peste, si dice per l’inumano e puzzolente odore che emana. Inugami a questo punto vuole vederci chiaro.

L’adattamento è stato diretto da Masaya Fujimori (Izetta: The Last Witch, Fairy Tail: The Phoenix Priestess), mentre la sceneggiatura è stata curata da Noboru Kimura (Dragonar Academy, Kokkoku). Il character design è ad opera di Nozomi Tachibana (animatore chiave in Ride Your Wave) e il tutto è stato realizzato presso lo studio AJIA-DO (Ascendance of a Bookworm, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord).

CINEMA

DEMON SLAYER THE MOVIE - IL TRENO MUGEN

Uscito lo scorso luglio su Amazon Prime Video, il film campione d’incassi arriverà dal 17 al 19 gennaio 2022 anche nei nostri cinema, portando sul grande schermo l’arco narrativo raccontato dal capitolo 52 al 66 del celebre shonen manga di Koyoharu Gotouge, edito in Italia da edito da Star Comics.

Tanjiro e Nezuko, insieme a Zen'itsu e Inosuke, si uniscono a uno dei più potenti spadaccini della squadra ammazzademoni: il Pilastro delle Fiamme Rengoku Kyojuro! Il gruppo si troverà ad affrontare il demone a bordo del treno Mugen, lanciato a folle velocità sui binari della disperazione più assoluta, precipitando così in un sogno infinito!

Il lungometraggio, della durata di quasi due ore, è stato diretto da Haruo Sotozaki (Tales of Zestiria the X, Tales of Symphonia the Animation) e animato presso lo studio UFOTABLE (Fate/stay Night: UBW, Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu). La storia fa da ponte fra la prima e la seconda stagione della serie animata.

MY HERO ACADEMIA THE MOVIE - WORLD HEROES’ MISSION

Riconfermata l’uscita nei cinema dell’atteso terzo film della popolarissima saga supereroistica nata dalla mente di Kohei Horikoshi, il cui manga è edito in Italia da Star Comics. La pellicola, della quale vi abbiamo già parlato in dettaglio, verrà proiettata nelle nostre sale dal 18 al 21 novembre.

Il film racconta una nuova storia completamente originale, concordata con l’autore, che si pone all’interno dell’arco narrativo del Tirocinio da Eroi presso l’Agenzia di Endeavor.

Un gruppo misterioso chiamato ‘Humarise’ crede ciecamente nella teoria dell’eredità dei Quirk secondo cui le unicità tramandante di generazione in generazione darebbero vita a un potere finale che potrebbe condurre l’umanità all’estinzione. Convinto che i Quirk siano malattie, il gruppo punta a ripulire il mondo da tutti coloro che ne possiedono uno. Per questo pianta le ‘Trigger Bombs’ in varie città del mondo, costringendo il portatore di un Quirk a esplodere causando omicidi di massa. Per salvare l’umanità, gli Eroi Professionisti hanno chiesto agli aspiranti Eroi del Liceo U.A. in corso di tirocinio di assisterli e di creare un team mondiale di Eroi selezionati. Obiettivo: fermare le bombe. Deku, Bakugo e Todoroki, che stanno temporaneamente lavorando presso l’Agenzia di Endeavor, sono chiamati a spostarsi in una città lontana di nome ‘Otheon’. Ma, durante l’operazione, Deku viene coinvolto in un evento catastrofico che lo inchioda erroneamente come uno dei criminali più ricercati al mondo. Toccherà agli Eroi salvare il mondo e il futuro in quella che pare essere la più pericolosa crisi nella saga di My Hero Academia!

Il lungometraggio è prodotto sempre dallo studio BONES (Noragami, Carole & Tuesday, Mob Psycho 100) e diretto ancora una volta da Kenji Nagasaki (Classroom Crisis, No.6), già regista delle prime tre stagioni dell’anime e degli altri film del franchise. Come al solito, la sceneggiatura e il character design sono curati rispettivamente da Yousuke Kuroda (Jormungand, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) e Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Mushishi, Kyashan Sins), mentre le musiche sono composte nuovamente da Yuki Hayashi (Death Parade, Haikyu!! L’asso del volley).

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L'ATACCO DEI GIGANTI  - THE FINAL SEASON (Parte 1)

Nel mentre che aspettiamo la seconda parte, che andrà in onda a partire dal 9 gennaio 2022 in Giappone, portando in tv l’attesa conclusione dell’epocale storia basata sul celebre manga di Hajime Isayama, edito in Italia da Panini Comics sotto l’etichetta Planet Manga, i primi 16 episodi della quarta stagione arriveranno dal 24 novembre anche in Blu-ray e Dvd.

Le due edizioni home video First Press, con box digipack, saranno vendute rispettivamente ad un prezzo di 59,99 euro e 49,99 euro.

Che ne sarà del futuro dell’umanità? Le stagioni sono passate, le amicizie sono state ferite, le armi sono finite sottoterra come le divise di chi faceva parte del Corpo di Ricerca. Fantasmi, di loro non è rimasto niente. Solo vuoto. Tranne per un seme donato dal loro sacrificio: la Speranza per il genere umano. Sono successe tante cose a Eren, Mikasa, Armin. Li abbiamo visti un’ultima volta davanti alla distesa abbagliante dell’orizzonte. Insieme hanno combattuto per la libertà. Come loro anche noi vogliamo conoscere i segreti del mondo. Avanzare. Tutte le cose che abbiamo visto sono accadute per uno scopo ed è ora che finiscano. Un pensiero strano, quasi amaro, ma che ci ha spinto fin qui. Alla stagione finale.

Dopo anni, l’adattamento ha visto un inaspettato cambio di staff, passando da WIT STUDIO (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Vinland Saga, The Ancient Magus’ Bride) a MAPPA (Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen, Banana Fish) per la realizzazione della stagione conclusiva.

Il progetto questa volta è stato diretto da Yuuichirou Hayashi (Kakegurui, Garo: Honoo no Kokuin, Dorohedoro) e sceneggiato da Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100, Vinland Saga), mentre il character design è stato curato da Tomohiro Kishi (Dorohedoro, Garo: Vanishing Line). Le musiche sono invece ad opera di Kohta Yamamoto (The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga), che però è stato comunque affiancato da Hiroyuki Sawano, il compositore storico della serie.

Tutte le stagioni della serie animata sono disponibili in streaming, sia doppiate che sottotitolate, su Amazon Prime Video e su VVVVID.

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February 2021 Monthly News Round-Up

It’s round-up time! Below the read more is a compilation of some notable news stories that we haven’t previously posted about.

This month features, some significant member changes for Wings of Artemis, Juice=Juice surprising news, and always more!

AKB48

Member Rei Nishikawa has recovered from COVID. She’s been deemed safe to resume activities with the group. [x*] Member Akari Sato has announced her graduation from the group which is set for March. She will be leaving the entertainment industry as well with his graduation. [x]

Chinami Tokunaga

The former Berryz Kubo member left both up-Front Promootion and the entertainment world at the end of February. She had studied in New Zealand learning English, and has a new job in Japan using those skills. [x*]

Dempagumi.inc

Following the graduation of Eimi Naruse, the group has announced five new members joining the group. Rito Amasawa from meme tokyo, Aozora Soranao of Archana project and Rina Takasaki from Niji no Fantasista will be members of their respective groups, and Dempagumi.inc as well. Ria Kobato and Kozue Akawa have joined the group exclusive as DEmpagumi.inc members. [x*]

Give & Give

A new idol group managed by DEARSTAGE and CyberAgent are being touted as global idols. The three member unit, Kyoka, Kana and Yuka. Some might remember Kyoka from when she was competing in the Nizi Project. More details will be revealed later. [x*]

Jewel☆Ciel

The group announced that they have two new members, Kimina Mochizuki and Makoto Makino. [x]

Juice=Juice

Former sub-leader** Sayuki Takagai was dismissed from the group, and left Hello!Project following the news that she is in a relationship with singer-songwriter Yuuri. [x*] However, she has been shifted from Hello!Project, to Up-Front Promotion, similar to Karin Miyamoto. Tomoko Kanazawa has been promoted to leader of Juice=Juice. [x*] Additionally their 14th single was delayed from it’s March release date, to an April one. *I, Mod Rise, made a mistake when I originally read the source, and hav since corrected Takagai's positions from when she was in the group.

Momoiro Revolution

The group will be disbanding on March 28th. They found it difficult to carry out activities due to the pandemic. [x*]

MiiS

As of February 16th, Usami left the group due to poor physical condition. [x*]

Morning Musume ’21

Member Msaki Sato has been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). She’s currently awaiting a further diagnosis as to the severity of her. [x*]

Re:Complex

The co-group has announced that they will disband on March 31st. The group whose activities were severely impacted by COVID, went into discussions about members future plans and decided to disband. [x*]

SKE48

Members Marina Nishi, and Shiina Hirata will both graduate the group on March 31st. Marina’s graduation performance will be held on March 25th. Shiina’s graduation performance will be held on March 26th. [x*] [x*] Akane Takayanagai and Jurina Matsui will graduate with audiences on April 10th and April 11th after being postponed extensively. [x*] Additionally, Saki Takeuchi will graduate from the group on May 31st. She will be joining Zest, SKE48’s management as an employee. [x*]

Tacoyaki Rainbow

Mai Haruna will be refraining from activities after misreading a set of kanji, that was a historical term referring to someone as being sub-human. She has apologized and the Youtube live which she said it on has been deleted. [x*]

YUMEADO, YUMEADO EUROPE, and Wings of Artemis

The sister group to YUMEADO ADOLESCENE, YUMEADO EUROPE has been formed. They will have eight members, and will have a concept with European diversity and themes from that perspective. [x*] Athena Shiori, Hermes Mizuki, and Kanako Centar will be filling in for Yumeado Europe members from February 27th through April 10th. [x] Additional, Ayaka Tachibana has withdrawn from the group, cited that balancing idol work and her studies. [x*]

Wings of Artemis and Star☆Fiorenerd

The groups have exchanged members for a limited time with the ‘possibility’ of the groups keeping these new line-ups or having the members return back. Medusa Kako, of Wings of Artemis is leaving the group with a possibility of return starting March 1 and joining Star☆Fiorenerd. Karen Koizumi has left Star☆Fiorenerd, and is joining Wings of Artemis as a performer and producer with the new name of Super Zeus Karen. Wings of Artemis will also gain a new member Andromeda Hina, who will be joining the group on March 3rd. [x*]

=LOVE

Member Nonno Satake will be graduating from the group in March. She’s expressed that she found a new job she wants to try. [x*]

#Babababambi

Ex-FES☆TIVE member Saeko Kondo, and ex-monogatari Usa Hiiragi have joined the group. [x*]

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Love Live height differences - a cautionary tale

I went on a LL seiyuu video binge session recently, and came across a Korean-subbed video of a clip from Shikaco’s radio show. I’m too lazy to try subbing it, but I liked the contents enough that I want to at least share it as a text post.

On Ep130 of Shikaco’s radio (air date: September 27, 2016), Shikaco received a fan letter asking if there were anything that she particular liked or disliked about being tall for a girl. Shikaco quips that she’s definitely on the tall side, but she’s not super-duper tall when it comes down to it.

(For those of you too lazy to Google it, Shikaco is 163cm tall, which is just under 5′4″. So yeah, tall for a Japanese female, but not that tall.)

Shikaco does note that she was the tallest in µ’s, though. That leads her to mention that one big downside to her height was that since Hanayo is a short girl, Shikaco often had to crouch down to match Hanayo’s pose for µ’s formations. It wasn’t just a slight bending of the knees either - she’d scrunch down to nearly half of her normal height. Shikaco laughs about how this really screwed with her leg muscles, but then she starts to become more serious.

Around the time of the 4th live, Shikaco had been complaining a lot about her thighs hurting all the time, especially when they’d have to walk down stairs. The way that Shikaco tells this portion of the story makes it seem that her complaints were mostly lighthearted at the time. After a while though, she went, “Wait, what if this is an actual problem?”, and decided to get a check up at a hospital. It turns out that she had developed muscle damage because of the constant abuse to her posture Σ(ﾟДﾟ ). Her word of advice to everyone: it’s not good to crouch down so much!

Some of us might be aware of how the seiyuu go through a lot just to match the hairstyles and hair colors of the characters, such as:

Ucchi enduring a bajillion pins in her hair for Kotori’s hair loop

Soramaru measuring the part in Nico’s bangs at exactly 35º

Nanjolno going through 6+ different wigs for Eli’s “simple” ponytail

Pile and Ucchi and Kussun dyeing their hair for Final Live

Shukashuu cutting her hair short for the first time in her life

Suwawa and Furirin partially dyeing their hair for 1st Live

There’s also the grueling training they have to go through to survive singing and dancing in front of thousands of people for two-day live concerts. But to worry about the character’s height on top of that…these girls work so hard for this franchise, and every story I hear about what they’ve done for the sake of the characters and the fans makes me love them even more. (இ⌓இ )

Bonus - some thoughts I had about Aqours heights while typing up this post:

While I’m on the subject of heights, let’s talk about the “Shikaco” (AKA the tallest in the group) of Aqours - King.

Supposedly, King is also 163cm tall. Based on this number, King is a whopping 11cm taller than Hanamaru - compare that to Shikaco’s 7cm height difference with Hanayo.

Note: I say “supposedly” because Arisha’s official profile says that her height is 164cm, which means that she should be taller than King. However, there’s lots of evidence that proves otherwise, such the fact that AZALEA lines up in height order of Suwawa-Arisha-King for their subunit greeting. If that’s not enough for you, then take a look at the LisAni lineup photo.

Ignoring the fact that Rikyako is in front of Shukashuu despite the two of them supposedly being 152cm and 150.5cm tall respectively (I refuse to believe that Shukashuu is truly taller than Rikyako *shakes fist at photo*), this lineup is a good guide on the height order for the seiyuu of Aqours. At the very least, you can see that King is unmistakably the tallest. King’s agency profile doesn’t list her height, so that 163cm floating around on Google results for “takatsuki kanako height” is probably inaccurate if we assume that Arisha isn’t straight-up lying about her own height, haha.

The only solid evidence we have for heights is during the very first Aqours niconama back in January 2016 (it’s been over a year since then, omg time sure does fly). Suwawa had recounted a story of how shocked she was at the placement of the mic when she was recording for the KimiKoko album - as Furirin had gone before her - and her amazement that someone that small was in the cast, as the seiyuu had not met each other at that point. Furirin then mentions that she and King have the ideal 15cm height difference for couples. Seeing as Furirin outright says that she’s 148cm tall (at about 49:17), this is where we get the 163cm figure for King. Arisha and Ainya then explicitly say that they’re 164cm and 147cm tall respectively when they point out their own lovely height difference and thus the kmny ship was born.

I’m still not convinced that Arisha is supposed to be taller than King. Perhaps the 15cm height difference between Furirin and King is just a ballpark, like how Arisha and Ainya also claimed the title with their 17cm difference, because King would have to be at least 17cm taller than Furirin to be taller than Arisha. Whatever the case may be, for the sake of having a concrete number to discuss, I’m just gonna assume that King is somehow both 163cm tall and the tallest seiyuu in Aqours.

Incidentally, the biggest character-seiyuu height difference is the 16cm gap between Mari and Ainya, standing at 163cm and 147cm respectively - breaking the previous 12cm record held by Eli and Nanjolno, at 162cm and 150cm. Guess Love Live has a thing for short singers voicing tall blondes.

…wow, I got really off-topic with the height talk there.

Anyways, just wanted to say that I’m lowkey praying for King to not pull a Shikaco and screw up her muscles or something from playing the part of a character who’s a lot shorter than she is. IIRC King has said something before about trying to make herself appear more small when voicing Maru. (꒪⌓꒪) Hope she takes care of her health!

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Nagoya Seitoku 40.5 profile

Nagoya Seitoku (Aichi)

Utiliser of exchange students of remarkable ability, the multinational corps.

Having gathered tennis scholarship students from all over the world, the old and established school attempts a renewed attack with new efforts. It is also of notice they have a new coach who took office this year.

The foreigner ace unit that experienced a sudden turn-around loss against Rikkai. Burning for recapturing the nationals, Nagoya Seitoku preserved the foreigner unit and advanced until fourth round against Rikkai. However, the rulers were a tough wall, and with two wins followed by three losses, the long held dream was not realised.

Tennis club data: Captain: Hayashi Shinya (3rd year) Vice-captain: Nanahara Shou (3rd year) Treasurer: Shionoya Naoki (3rd year) Interpreter: Minesaki Jun (3rd year) Advisor: Miyasato Kanako Club membership: 40 people

(Top left) Lucas Siebold (Top right) David Rivera (Bottom left) Sergei Mihajlovic Mikhailov (Bottom right) Michael Carothers

Are they really last year’s champs?

The Ice Man who cold-headedly crushes the enemy Liliadent Krauser

With power that is hard to imagine from his gorgeous looks, he’s an all-round player whose cold-headed way of getting the opponent out of the way nears on brutality.

Profile Birthday (sign): February 7th (Aquarius) Bloodtype: AB Hobby: Flower arrangement Favourite food: Miso soup

National tournament match results

With the captain Hayashi as the core, they got the veteran school Yamabuki out of the way easily and went to fourth round. In the match against Rikkai, they held the match point, but ended up lamenting a turnaround loss at S2.

Seeing the row of exchange students, even Rikkai is struck with wonder.

D1 and S1 were complete defeats. It can be said that the self-conceit that led them to totally underestimate the opponents’ strength brought this result on themselves.

Round 2: Nagoya Seitoku vs Yamabuki 4-1 S3 Shionoya vs Muromachi 6-1 D2 Yoshiyama-Hiei vs Nishikiori-Kita 6-0 S2 Hayashi vs Nitobe 6-2 D1 Katou-Isogai vs Minami-Higashikata 6-4 S1 Nanahara vs Sengoku 4-6

Round 3: Nagoya Seitoku vs Kuroshio 3-0 S3 Katou vs Mori 6-3 D2 Nanahara-Isogai vs Kusuyama-Setou 6-0 S2 Shionoya vs Tamaki 6-0 D1 Yoshiyama-Hayashi vs Narukami-Ryouno S1 Hiei vs Kubo

Round 4: Nagoya Seitoku vs Rikkai 2-3

S3 Gallagher vs Yagyuu 6-2 D2 Carothers-Moulin vs Kuwahara-Marui 6-1 S2 Krauser vs Kirihara 5-7 D1 Rivera-Bolt vs Niou-Yanagi 1-6 S1 Mikhailov vs Sanada 0-6

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Scan provided by @dimensionaltennis - thank you! Corrections to my translation are welcome as always.

For the romanisation of the exchange students’ names, I used existing ones from http://fet.fudomine.org.

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'Bleach' Fan Anime Releases 1st 'TYBW' Episode

The first Maria Holic  episode of the extremely anticipated Bleach fan anime from Retro Ryno and his workers is here, and therefore the group's TYBW is certain to satisfy fans' want for even a lot of Bleach.

 You can explore the primary episode above!

 Because the Bleach anime essentially fizzled out, the anime series ne'er custom-made the ultimate arc of the manga -- as an alternative referred to as the "Quincy Blood War" or the "Thousand-Year Blood War." Retro Ryno has been teasing a devotee animation that picks up wherever the anime left off for months currently, and it's like this one episode is simply a style of what is to return.

 "I'm wanting forward to functioning on Episode two, and doing a lot of for you all," Retro Ryno wrote within the YouTube comments of the primary episode. "I desire i'm setting out to apprehend what i am doing. there'll be a great deal of changes and enhancements from here on out, so please, still wait with ME."

 As Retro Ryno's comments form of imply, the animation itself may be a very little rough round the edges, however considering it is a fan's interpretation of stuff the anime ne'er covered? It's as good as done. Oh, and if you are the least bit conversant in English people dubbed version of Bleach, no, your ears don't deceive you; that apparently very is Rebel Yong Bosch reprising his role as Ichigo Kurosaki.

 What does one think about the fan animation? square measure you a (pardon the pun) fan? allow us to apprehend within the comments!

For those unacquainted with Tite Kubo's Bleach, the series follows the young delinquent Ichigo Kurosaki, WHO has the power to examine spirits. He shortly obtains the ability of a Soul Reaper -- one meant to usher lost souls to the lifespan -- and currently has the duty to defend the living world from monstrous dark spirits referred to as Hollows. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016, and was collected into seventy four volumes. it's been custom-made into English due to VIZ Media, and has sold  over 900 million copies in Japan. The series was custom-made into associate anime by Studio fictitious character from 2004 to 2012, and has four feature-length animations, rock musicals, video games, and a lot of alternative merchandise.

ANIME NEWS: further episodes of ‘maria holic anime Girl’ anime to seem in March

Three extra episodes of the animated TV series “High Score Girl” are created for straight-to-video unleash in March 2019.

 News of episodes thirteen to fifteen, which is able to even be streamed on Netflix, came following the ultimate episode that ventilated in Sep in Japan.

 The anime is predicated on a manga of an equivalent name by Rensuke Oshikiri presently running within the huge Gangan monthly comic collection. Set in associate out-of-date arcade within the Nineties, the series options several classic computer game titles from reality.

 The story revolves around main characters Haruo Yaguchi, Akira Yoko Ono and Koharu Hidaka.

 The additional episodes square measure expected to point out however their relationships prove.

In search of true love, Kanako Miyamae transfers to Ame no Kisaki church school, impressed by however her oldsters fell soft on with one another there. there's only 1 distinction, though: as a result of men build Kanako entered hives, she has really come back to the all-girls college to seek out a partner of identical sex.

 When she meets the attractive Mariya Shidou, Kanako believes she has found that special someone; but, there is additional to Mariya than meets the eye—it seems that Kanako's past love is really a cross-dressing boy. Mariya threatens to show Kanako's impure intentions unless she keeps his real gender a secret, and to create things worse, he conjointly replaces her original friend so he will currently keep a detailed eye on her.

 Maria†Holic follows Kanako as she appearance for love all told the incorrect places and searches for the woman of her dreams—that is, if she will be able to survive being Mariya's roommate!

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I was thinking about Mouryou no Hako again,

I don’t know if this happens in the original novel or in the manga but I’d have like to know how Kanako felt when she realized what was going on. I guess we never know because we aren’t even supposed to know what happened to her body until the very end when we know that the same thing is being done with Kubo. The fact that Kubo was able to attack another human means that even if he’s just a head in a box he still was conscious and even able to move at will, it wasn’t just blinking or emitting a random sound because from just seeing that as the opening scene it could just mean that the head in the box is not very different from a person on a vegetative state perhaps. Does this mean she was able to talk? Her kidnapper talks to her but we don’t know if she ever actually responds.

There was a scene in the anime that wasn’t in the manga (at least in the first three volumes) and it was Kanako having a nightmare in which she had lost her limbs and when she wakes up she expresses she’s glad it was just a dream and she still had all her limbs to just discover that in fact, she didn’t really had them anymore and she’s now basically half if not mostly a machine. But then we don’t see her react to this truth. There’s a slight look of shock but then the scene ends and we don’t see her anymore until the reveal that the head in the initial scene was in fact hers and in that moment she’s smiling. Did she come to terms with her new state? Is she okay with that? What does it feel like? Could she felt herself slowly dying as her time ran out? Did she know she was only going to live 24 hours after being disconnected her artificial body? I have so many questions, I’m really interested in knowing how Kanako felt...