#kenichi nishi

[grrl-beetle]

L.O.L.: Lack of Love

[easternmind]

Happy 15th, oh captain my captain!

[utaitemusic]

ヰ世界情緒 #34「ほしをみるひと」【オリジナルMV】

[the-monkey-ruler]

Shinzo (2000) 爆裂战士マシュランボー

Director: Tetsuo Imasa / Kenji Nakamura / Haruo Kosaka / Toshiaki Komura / Miyo Sasaki / Mitsuo Hashimoto / Tomoharu Arata Edited by: Izumi Higashido / Makoto Kanjima / Kenichi Kaneka / Hiroyuki Kawasaki / Yukito Nonaka / Kenichi Yamada / Yōmichi Shirai Starring: Minami Takayama / Yuko Minakuchi / Yasuhiko Kawazu / Naosuke Tatsuta / Atsushi Kashiwagi / Kyoko Yamada / Ai Maeda / Tsuyoshi Hisakawa / Atsushi Kashiichi / Tomoe Sato / Junko Shimakata / Michitaka Kobayashi / Hideyuki Hori / Kenji Utsumi / Takashi Nakao / Mami Koyama / Toshio Furukawa / Keiko Han / Hiroo Egawa / Takeshi Aono / Banjo Ginga / Takashi Koda / Koji Fukusaku / Kazuko Sugiyama / Takumi Yamazaki / Horinoku / Nobutake Tatsuya / Tomohisa Aso / Norio Tsukui / Ienaka Hiroshi / Chie Seguchi / Hitoshi Domon / Akira Tahara / Kazuya Ichijo / Masaya Takatsuki / Masaharu Sato / Mitsuo Iwata / Keiko Yamamoto / Kunihiko Yasui / Hikaru Midorikawa / Mami Kanazuki / Hisaya Suganuma / Chigusa Ikeda / Hiromi Konno / Daisuke Nari / Yuko Nagashima / Nobuo Satouchi / Daifumi Tanaka / Naosuki Imamura / Takayuki Inoue / Akiki Chatan / Munehiro Ehoku / Rie Aoki / Yo Murakami / Tsuyoshi Nishi / Tsuyoshi Toshita / Higashi Genre: Animation Official website: www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/mashura/ Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2000-02-05 (Japan) Number of epsiode: 32 Also known as: Mushrambo IMDb: tt0293741 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

In the distant past, the Guardian of the Milky Way galaxy named Lanancuras began to harbor a desire for more power. Because of his connection to the galaxy, he was able to absorb parts of planets and add them to his strength. As a result, he began invading the worlds he was assigned to protect. In the wake of his destruction, a following of creatures from across the galaxy pledged allegiance to Lanancuras and became known as the Kadrians. Taking notice of his ever-growing power and followers, the other Celestial Guardians confronted him; however, he had become too powerful, and they were defeated. Unable to subdue Lanancuras, the Celestial Guardians each gave up a part of their power and combined it into a single new Guardian, Mushra. In a final desperate attempt, they used Mushra's core by transforming it into a powerful card with which to seal Lanancuras in a prison. The prison was created from the remains of planets that had suffered under Lanancuras' tyranny. Because planets are themselves large beings, their combined strength (along with the power of the card) was able to restrain him. Thus Lanancuras was successfully sealed in a large meteorite.

The meteorite was sent off into the galaxy to be sealed forever. Meanwhile, the way Lanancuras had increased his strength had consequences on the planets of the Milky Way On Earth, around the 22nd century, it was in the shape of a virus that merged with human DNA and destroyed the humans that way. In order to eliminate the virus, scientists worked on combining human DNA with the DNA of animals and other creatures immune to the effects. They succeeded and created a sentient race known as Enterrans (a race of engineered Earthlings) which are based on humans, insects, reptiles, birds, sea creatures, wild beasts, and phantom beasts. Eventually, a cure was found and the human race survived.

However, due to Lanancuras' influence, the Enterrans fought their human creators as well as the robots that worked with the humans, driving the human race to a near extinction state. Luckily, a scientist named Dr. Daigo Tatsuro placed his 4-year-old daughter Yakumo in a sleep chamber in hopes that she would save the human race and find the human sanctuary Shinzo and bring peace back to Earth which was then renamed to Enterra. When the meteor that Lanancuras was imprisoned in struck Earth during the earlier parts of the Human-Enterran War, its fragment had struck an infant Yakumo giving her abilities that she would later discover.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo

Link: https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/Shinzo-Sub/

[bak3r]

Further Research - Video Games

After presenting my 'What's the Plan' slides, I wanted to take a closer look into video games - specifically those built upon the foundations of experimentation and interactivity.

Here is a really interesting insight into artist Ian Cheng and his "video games that play themselves". I first found out about Ian from a book in the library, and thought that his work was really a like to nothing I'd see before in the video game world.

I also went on a humongous Love-De-Lic deep dive, looking into all of their respective games and the philosophies behind them. Love-de-Lic, Inc. was a Japanese company that developed video games. It was founded by Kenichi Nishi in 1995. After producing three amazing adventure games, the company disbanded in 2000, going their separate ways to other small and independent game companies such as skip Ltd., Vanpool, and Punchline. Each of these games were weird - completely contrasting the expectations of video games. My favourite would have to be Chulip, an adventure/simulation video game in which the player must improve the hero's reputation in the community of Long Life Town by kissing its various citizens. The interesting narratives and gameplay approaches these games that will be great inspiration for where I take my game.

Another inspiring artist is video game developer Keita Takahashi, the creator of Katamari Damacy, Wattam and Noby Noby Boy. His works are completly inane, pulling from childlike wonder and every day objects - crafting worlds so far away from ours. The way he approaches creating video games in such an artistic and emotional way rather than being corporate led is so interesting.

[deltaphoto3]

つとむさんから引き継いだ、えいちゃんがやってる「外国」や最新のファションが揃うかもしれない竹田衣料品店でも撮影させて頂きました。 他にも撮影したいとこはたくさんあるので、また機会があれば動画作りたいと思います。 横川商店街劇場に出展する動画 @art_fes_yokogawa_gekijou 「YOKOGAWA | 横川」　予告編3 cast_ Hitomi Fukuda @hitomiifukuda shot & edit_ Kenichi Asano, Ko Yamamoto @kouchamn direction_ Kenichi Asano @delta_photography_ #横川　#横川商店街劇場2022 #広島 #ショートムービー (Yokogawacho, Nishi-ku) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSIXtuP3mh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mendelpalace]

“moai - Nocturne” by Hirofumi Taniguchi and/or Yousuke Obitsumi An experimental jazzy track from Kenichi Nishi's GiFTPiA.

[tinycartridge]

A Pixel Game Maker MV game is now for sale on Switch ⊟

I don’t know if Pixel Game Maker Series STEOS -Sorrow song of Bounty hunter- is a good game, but I know that what it represents is very cool. Users of the Pixel Game Maker MV game design software (basically the RPG Maker of top-down or side-scrolling 2D games of all kinds) can submit their games to Gotcha Gotcha Games Inc. for potential publishing, opening up actual game development and publishing in a new way.

I will note that I don’t exactly know what the terms of the publishing deal are! I mean, I’m sure there are terms. 

Though I’m sure it’s not part of the Gotcha Gotcha submission process, this first release has deep roots in DIY amateur game publishing, as its producer is Tatsuya Suzuki, who directed Echochrome, a game that found its way to PSP via a Sony “Game Yarouze” competition.

Future releases include Dungeon of Nazarick, a spinoff of the Overlord light novel series; The Witch & the 66 Mushrooms, an original metroidvania-type game; along with La-Mulana creator Takumi Naramura’s Medium-Naut and a new game called Puzzl Pedestrians by Chibi-Robo creator Kenichi Nishi! And... you?

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Seiyuu That Write Music and Play Instruments!

Almost everything in this post is from this Reddit thread. I enlisted the help of the Reddit community, and I was so impressed! They’re very thorough and contributed a lot of what makes this list! I will try to find examples and sources if the information didn’t come with it.

Check out the Reddit Thread HERE!

Thanks to all the people who contributed to this list!

I might be making edits as we find new information! Feel free to contribute to this list too!

Seiyuu That Write Music!

Okamoto Nobuhiko He helps write lyrics for his solo music. There’s a post on Tumblr where he talks about it [here].

Kakihara Tetsuya

Irino Miyu

Miyano Mamoru 

Suzuki Tatsuhisa He often writes for his band Oldcodex.

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Saito Soma  It’s mentioned in Seiyuu Digest that he does write his own music.

Ito Kento It’s mentioned in Seiyuu Digest that he started writing music in 2009.

Nana Mizuki She writes a lot of her music

Minako Kotobuki She wrote all the new songs on her latest album

Maaya Sakamoto She often collaborates with other composers like Yoko Kanno, but she’s also known for writing lyrics. She talks a lot about her life and involvement with music in an interview. [source]

Saori Hayami  Wrote “Jewelry” which was used for the ending of the new Cardcaptor Sakura which you can listen to [here].

Aoi Shouta Here’s a song he wrote [video].

Hosoya Yoshimasa He wrote the lyrics to few of his character songs for Shiraishi Kuranosuke from TeniPuri. [source]

Midorikawa Hikaru  For E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) [source]

Ishikawa Hideo For E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) [source]

Ryotaro Okiayu For E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) [source] 

Nobutoshi Canna For E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) [source]

Daisuke Sakaguchi For E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) [source]

Seiyuus that play instruments

Yamadera Kouichi - guitar (he played it on Twitter with a weird face filter

Ono Kensho - guitar (he learned it in high school)

Hosoya Yoshimasa - guitar

Saito Soma - guitar They say a lot about his musical abilities in his Seiyuu Digest article.

Terashima Takuma - guitar

Hatano Wataru - guitar

Suzuki Tatsuhisa - guitar + piano

Morikubo Shoutaro - guitar

Suzumura Kenichi - guitar + piano

Umehara Yuichiro - guitar + piano

Miyano Mamoru - guitar + harmonica + harp

Irino Miyu - guitar + piano + drums [thanks @datenshi-luci for your contribution!]

Toyonaga Toshiyuki - guitar + drums

Maeno Tomoaki - flute

Kimura Ryohei - piano + keyboard

Aoi Shouta - flute + piano

Kakihara Tetsuya - piano + keyboard

KENN - piano + keyboard

Kaji Yuki -  Electone/Electric organ [interview source] If you just want to know what an electone sounds like, here’s a video. (Yeah, that’s all one instrument. It’s an OP instrument, to say the least)

Miyuki Sawashiro - piano [source]

Chiharu Sawashiro - guitar [source]

Nana Mizuki - piano + harp She’s friends with the famous harpist Agematsu Mika and they performed together in some of Mizuki's concerts. [source]

Maaya Sakamoto - guitar [source]

Minori Chihara - guitar [source]

Matsui Eriko - trumpet

Atsushi Abe - piano

Tadokoro Azusa - guitar

Uchida Yuuma - piano

Tachibana Rika - piano

Gotou Yuuko - guitar

Komatsu Mikako - guitar

Inoue Marina - piano

Kawasumi Ayako - piano It's also how she got into the seiyuu industry

Serizawa Yuu - piano

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu - guitar + tuba

Aida Rikako - piano She does some songs for Love Live! Sunshine!! live performances

Otsuka Sae - trombone + piano + guitar [source] Takanashi Rie - guitar 

Touyama Nao - piano + electone Here’s a video of her performing while singing and playing the piano [here].

Nishi Asuka - flute + trumpet

Yasumoto Hiroki - tuba (high school)

Nakamura Yuuichi - Euphonium (high school)

Ito Kento - guitar + drums + piano + bass + synths It’s talked about in his Seiyuu Digest article

Tarusuke Shingaki - guitar It’s talked about in his Seiyuu Digest article

According to Midorikawa Hikaru’s Seiyuu Digest article, he was part of the group called E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) which consisted of some veteran seiyuu. They formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2000.

Midorikawa Hikaru - bass

Ishikawa Hideo - drums

Ryotaro Okiayu - guitar

Nobutoshi Canna - lead guitar

Daisuke Sakaguchi - keys

All the seiyuu of “Hibike Euphonium” were instructed to learn their character’s designated instrument for a seiyuu event. [source]

Tomoyo Kurosawa - Euphonium

Ayaka Asai - Tuba

Moe Toyota - Contrabass

Chika Anzai - Trumpet

All the seiyuu of “K-On” learned their character’s designated instrument. ~This is a video of them learning~

Yoko Hikasa - electric bass [source]

Satomi Sato - drums [source]

Aki Toyosaki - guitar [source]

Minako Kotobuki - keyboard + guitar [source] (Technically she doesn’t play the guitar for K-On but knows it nonetheless)

The members of Poppin' Party and Roselia from BanG Dream! play their respective instruments:

[PoPiPa]

Aimi - guitar

Otsuka Sae - guitar

Nishimoto Rimi - bass

Ohashi Ayaka - drums

Itou Ayasa - keyboard

[Roselia]

Kudou Haruka - guitar

Endou Yurika, Nakashima Yuki - bass

Sakuragawa Megu - drums

Akesaka Satomi - keyboard

A lot of the Your Lie in April cast actually know how to play the piano (this is where Kaji also says that he plays the electone) [video source]

Hanae Natsuki - piano + guitar

Taneda Risa - piano

Sakura Ayane - piano

Hayami Saori - piano

[tofugu]

This article is part of a series where the Tofugu team visits Iron Chef restaurants, pitting them against each other in some kind of Iron Chef sequel. Come back and see new Iron Chef restaurant reviews, and (coming soon) a final ranking of them all!

Viet and I had high hopes for Chin Kenichi (Chen Kenichi, in the US), the only Iron Chef from the original series that battled through all six years and 309 episodes. We both had grown up watching Iron Chef almost religiously, and Chin—with a record of sixty-six wins, three ties, and a win percentage of 72.6%—was one of our favorites. He always seemed like he was having fun, and he made a lot of mabodōfu (some things never change).

But all this cooking didn't actually start with Kenichi-san. His father, Chen Kenmin, opened the first Szechuan restaurant in Nishi-Shinbashi, Tokyo, in 1958 (though it's now closed). He later opened a couple other restaurants, and is known to be the person who popularized Szechuan cuisine in Japan. His motto and philosophy was「料理は愛情。愛情のない料理はダメよ。」(Cooking is love. Cooking without love is no good.) It's no wonder his son became an Iron Chef, carrying his father's torch (though originally, he wanted to be a baseball player).

The particular restaurant we went to opened in 2001. It was the first of four that are a part of the "Szechuan Restaurant Chin Group." Their goal is to help customers enjoy "full-fledged Szechuan cuisine," and they try to "offer dishes that use seasonal ingredients from different genres with Szechuan's various seasonings."

We were, of course, very much looking forward to it.

Read more!

[easternmind]

L.O.L is initialism for Lack of Love, a 2000 Dreamcast game by Love-de-Lic. But it might as well stand for Labour of Love, as Sakamoto single-handedly composed, arranged, produced, performed and mixed this soundtrack in return for but a nominal fee. Additionally, he used mostly his own instruments, including a programmable music box (4. Transformation) and an antique pump organ he had restored (5. Mission). By using unexpected sounds and textures he aspired to produce music that would not be immediately recognized as game sound. 

On the insert back notes, he expresses his gratitude for his friend and game designer Kenichi Nishi. The concept behind Lack of Love originated from their email exchanges on topics as broad as evolutionary biology, earth sciences or cybernetics. The history of video game music is replete with masterpieces, the talent of its past and present composers increasingly divulged, recognized and celebrated. 

And yet there is a distinctive quality to Sakamoto's work that begs to be listened to. Attentively.

This soundtrack can be found on @Spotify or @Apple Music.

[ljaesch]

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Anime Film to Compete at Ottawa International Animation Festival's Digital Event

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Anime Film to Compete at Ottawa International Animation Festival’s Digital Event

The Ottawa International Animation Festival has announced that Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Studio 4°C’s anime film of Kanako Nishi’s Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor) novel, is competing in the Animated Feature category at this year’s online event. Ayumu Watanabe directed the anime at Studio 4°C. Satomi Ooshima wrote the script. Kenichi Konishi was the character designer and…

[recentanimenews]

Full Gyoko no Nikuko-chan Anime Film Trailer Previews Theme Sung by 10-Year -Old

  The official Twitter account for the upcoming anime film Gyoko no Nikuko-chan released a full trailer for the adaptation of Kanako Nishi's popular Mother and Daughter novel of the same name, announcing the theme songs for the film, which includes one being sung by 10-year-old Kurumi Inagaki.

    ＼美しい新たなアニメーション映像が満載／ 主題歌・エンディングテーマが心に響く✨ ☀『#漁港の肉子ちゃん』本予告完成☀ 心温まる感動のハートフルコメディ❣️ 6.11 （金）公開⛵️#明石家さんま#大竹しのぶ #Cocomi #花江夏樹#下野紘 #渡辺歩 #小西賢一 #木村真二#西加奈子 #STUDIO4C pic.twitter.com/qU48NtRV2S

— 劇場アニメ映画『漁港の肉子ちゃん』公式 (@29kochanmovie) April 14, 2021

    The song sung by Kurumi Inagaki is a cover of Takuro Yoshida's "Image no Uta" produced by band GReeeeN, who is singing the ending theme for the film "Taketen." "Image no Uta" was the debut single for Takuro Yoshida and is said to be a favorite of Gyoko no Nikuko-chan anime film producer Sanma Akashiya, who contacted Yoshida for permission for use of the song as well as permission to change the lyrics. Instead of changing the lyrics, Sanma decided to let a 10-year-old sing the theme.

    Children of the Sea anime film director Ayumu Watanabe directs Gyoko no Nikuko-chan with fellow Children of the Sea character designer and chief animation director Kenichi Konishi at STUDIO 4℃. Satomi Oshima adapting the novel into a screenplay. Comedian and talent Sanma Akashiya is producing the film for a June 11 release.

  Source: Gyoko no Nikuko-chan on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

[guardiannews24]

Studio 4°C Reveals Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Anime Film - News

Studio 4°C Reveals Gyokō no Nikuko-chan Anime Film – News

Studio 4°C announced on Friday that it will produce an anime film adaptation of Kanako Nishi’s Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor) novel. The anime will open in Japan in early summer. Ayumu Watanabe (Children of the Sea, Space Brothers) is directing the anime at Studio 4°C. Satomi Ooshima (Hataraki Man) is penning the script. Kenichi Konishi (Children of the Sea, A Good Librarian…

[animefagos]

Studio 4°C anuncia una película de animación basada en la novela Gyokō no Nikuko-san

Nueva entrada publicada en https://www.animefagos.com/2021/01/01/studio-4c-anuncia-una-pelicula-de-animacion-basada-en-la-novela-gyoko-no-nikuko-san/

Studio 4°C anuncia una película de animación basada en la novela Gyokō no Nikuko-san

Studio 4°C ha anunciado hoy viernes que está produciendo una película de animación basado en la novela Gyokō no Nikuko-san, de Kanako Nishi. La cinta se estrenará a principios de verano. Ayumu Watanabe (Kaijū no Kodomo, Uchū Kyōdai) se encarga de la dirección de la película bajo Studio 4°C. Satomi Ooshima (Hataraki Man) se encarga del guion. Kenichi Konishi (Kaijū no Kodomo, Daitoshokan no…