#mako midori

[shihlun]

Yasuzô Masumura

- Blind Beast

1969

[rapturousrot]

Blind Beast (1969) dir. Yasuzô Masumura

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2023: 71. 盲獣/Blind Beast (1969) - Dir.  Yasuzō Masumura

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

The Autistic Anime Girls Tournament Bracket!

Here are the matchups. The winners of each group will compete in a three-way finale. Full matchups below the cut! I typed all of this by hand, so if you spot an error PLEASE let me know. My brain was simply Not There after a certain point.

I have the poll visuals for the first half of group one done, I just need to make posts for them. I'll try to finish them up by the end of tonight. I'll be releasing halves a day or two apart, but wait for one group to finish up before releasing matches for the next group. Without further ado...

GROUP ONE:

(Side A)

Tome Kurata (Mob Psycho 100) VS Emu Ootori (Project Sekai)

Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) VS Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)

Maria Ushiromiya (Umineko When They Cry) VS Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)

Tomoko Kuroki (WataMote) VS Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Shouko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate) VS Mayaya (Princess Jellyfish)

Manami Okuda (Assassination Classroom) VS Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)

Rina Tennouji (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club) VS Mizuki Date (AI: The Somnium Files)

Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion) VS Rin Shima (Laid-Back Camp)

Futaba Sakura (Persona 5) VS Kaoruko Moeta/Kaos (Comic Girls)

Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger (Little Witch Academia) VS Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Suletta Mercury (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) VS Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi) VS Mashiro Shiina (The Pet Girl of Sakurasou)

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena) VS Kanade Yoisaki (Project Sekai)

Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh) VS Penny Polendina (RWBY)

Tae Yamada (Zombie Land Saga) VS Tomori Takamatsu (BanG Dream: It's MyGO!!!!!)

Midori Asakusa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) VS Jiji (Princess Jellyfish)

(Side B)

Asa Mitaka (Chainsaw Man) VS Shijima Tsukishima (Shimeji Simulation)

Patty Thompson (Soul Eater) VS Minori Ichinose/Cure Papaya (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure)

Mako Mankanshoku (Kill la Kill) VS Nami (One Piece)

Ayumu Kasuga/Osaka (Azumanga Daioh) VS Rena Ryuugu (Higurashi When They Cry)

Mitsumi Iwakura (Skip and Loafer) VS Hina Hikawa (BanG Dream! Girls Band Party)

Sawako Kuronuma/Sadako (Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You) VS Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries)

Hikaru Hoshina/Cure Star (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure) VS Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Lain Iwakura (Serials Experiments Lain) VS Banba (Princess Jellyfish)

Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode) VS Maki Aikawa (Air Master)

Honoka Yukishiro/Cure White (Futari wa Pretty Cure) VS Milly Thompson (Trigun)

Atsuko Kagari/Akko (Little Witch Academia) VS Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa)

Hitori Gotoh/Bocchi (Bocchi the Rock!) VS Ryou Yamada (Bocchi the Rock!)

Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish) VS Victorique de Blois (Gosick)

Clara Valac (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) VS Nagi Usui (NEO: The World Ends With You)

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Cowboy Bebop) VS Nene Kusanagi (Project Sekai)

Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia) VS Chieko (Princess Jellyfish)

GROUP TWO:

(Side A)

Nico Niiyama (Kiznaiver) VS Ajimi Kiki (PriPara)

Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad) VS Fuuko Ibuki (Clannad)

Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto) VS Nagisa Momoe (Madoka Magica: Rebellion)

Hinata Hyuuga (Naruto) VS Yellow (Pokémon Adventures)

Cibo (Blame!) VS Kuriko Saiki (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)

Vanilla H (Galaxy Angel) VS Himiko Yumeno (Danganronpa)

Nejire Hadou (My Hero Academia) VS Yuuko Aioi (Nichijou)

Tsubomi Takane (Mob Psycho 100) VS Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort (Genshin Impact)

Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) VS Reina Aharen (Aharen is Indecipherable)

Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) VS Orihime Inoue (Bleach)

Don Quixote (Limbus Company) VS Chizuru Hishiro (ReLIFE)

Io Nitta (Devil Survivor 2) VS Miho Nosaka (Yugioh)

Ringo Andou (Puyo Puyo) VS Aoi Akane (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)

Mei Hatsume (My Hero Academia) VS Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

Gin Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dog) VS Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi)

Sorawo Kamikoshi (Otherside Picnic) VS Three (Drakengard 3)

(Side B)

Satsuki Minazuki (Liar Satsuki Can See Death) VS Yuki Shirakaba (Catulus Syndrome)

Anri Sonohara (Durarara!!) VS Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)

Nico Yazawa (Love Live!) VS Bocchi Hitori (Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)

Ahiru Arima/Duck (Princess Tutu) VS Kanao Tsuyuri (Demon Slayer)

Miriel (Fire Emblem Awakening) VS Anzu (Ensemble Stars!)

Rinku Aimoto (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ) VS Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Mako Wakamiya (Do Chokkyuu Kareshi x Kanojo) VS Biscuit Krueger/Bisky (Hunter x Hunter)

Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) VS Maria Inomata (School Babysitters)

Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape) VS Sayo Yasuda (Umineko When They Cry)

Sonia Nevermind (Danganronpa) VS Mai Minakami (Nichijou)

Miki Naoki (School-Live!) VS Ai Mie (The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses)

Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) VS Lynne (Ghost Trick)

Sumireko Usami (Touhou Project) VS Lucina (Fire Emblem Awakening)

Shouko Sano (Colorful) VS Shizuku Murasaki (Hunter x Hunter)

Kon Ishimori (Kemono Jihen) VS Marcille Donato (Dungeon Meshi)

Anisphia Wynn Palletia (The Magical Revolution Of The Reincarnated Princess and The Genius Young Lady) VS Hayate Tendo (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ)

GROUP THREE:

(Side A)

Ai Enma (Hell Girl) VS Kaoru Seta (BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!)

Jun Naruse (Anthem of the Heart) VS Kanna Makino (Tamako Market)

Eve Wakamiya (BanG Dream!) VS Chouko Shizuhata (Oddman 11)

Hikari Kagura (Revue Starlight) VS Croix Meridies (Little Witch Academia)

Miko Iino (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) VS Nafra Ampsey (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

Sana Futaba (Magia Record) VS Momoko Hanasaki (Wedding Peach)

Mei Misaki (Another) VS Valerie (Pokémon)

Kanade Tachibana/Angel (Angel Beats!) VS Akashi (The Tatami Galaxy)

Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid) VS Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure)

Katarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) VS Sayaka Kanamori (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)

Hana Tabata (A Bouquet for an Ugly Girl) VS Richeh (Witch Hat Atelier)

Saki Hanajima (Fruits Basket) VS Myne (Ascendance of a Bookworm)

Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket) VS Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)

Shizuku Mizutani (My Little Monster) VS Ran-Mao (Black Butler)

Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy (Smiley Pretty Cure!) VS Tsubame Mizusaki (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)

Kyouka Izumi (Bungou Stray Dogs) VS Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)

(Side B)

Nico Robin (One Piece) VS Tsubasa Katsuki (Comic Girls)

Penny (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) VS Alice Carroll (Aria)

Sora Kajiwara (Sketchbook: Full Color’s) VS A.K.I. (Street Fighter 6)

Maya Yamato (BanG Dream!: Girls Band Party) VS Sucy Manbavaran (Little Witch Academia)

Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyuu!!) VS Sen (Hakumei and Mikochi)

Arle Nadja (Puyo Puyo) VS Mai Mishou/Cure Egret/Cure Windy (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)

Omoharu Nakanaka (Komi Can’t Communicate) VS Sora Naegino (Kaleido Star)

Yor Forger (Spy x Family) VS Li Tianxi (Link Click)

Maho Hiyajo (Steins;Gate 0) VS Kirie Motoba (Himouto! Umaru-chan)

Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Eula Lawrence (Genshin Impact)

Miae Hwang (After School Lessons For Unripe Apples) VS Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Nanami Hiromachi (BanG Dream!: Girls Band Party) VS Lotte Jansson (Little Witch Academia)

Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia) VS Bulma (Dragon Ball)

Witch (Puyo Puyo) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid) VS Tooru Taki (Natsume's Book of Friends)

Suzuno Kamazuki/Crestia Bell (The Devil is a Part-Timer!) VS Yoo Iseol (Return of the Mount Hua Sect/Return of the Blossoming Blade)

[creampuffiemina]

messy doodles abt midoris story(?) during the events of the game. yapping incoming.

this is when mako decided to hang out with dori for a while in the cafe after coming across her for like. the 6th time i think. they treat each other like friends, but they both are a little suspicious of each other (well. makoto not really. hes more like, "annoying ass detective. get the fuck outta my city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" but after chatting a bit with her and getting to know her, he thinks of her less negatively and decided itll be funny if he would tease her a bit abt the citys secrets. maybe a little bit of lie)

this is during the chapt 3 obviously. when he came floating with his little balloon. and yes, midori has definitely said stupid things before. using gen alpha slangs as a joke when talking to him. he pretended to understand, though

(also Here's a translation of what she said in the flashback LOL "what a crazy weather today". Idk what's crazy abt the weather midori.)

this is after maybe................like. a few days after the broadcast abt the truth. he invited dori for a little drink, and they have this kind of conversation. idk (he would never do this)

+ bonus doodles lol

..and then theres this

erm. thats pretty cringe of you buddy! in my cringe compilation you go

[ts4ritsa]

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animes ✎…

AGGRETSUKO : retsuko, fenneko, haida, tadano, washimi, gori, tsunoda, manaka, jiro

* DANGANRONPA : makoto, sayaka, chihiro, mondo, kiyotaka, leon, hifumi, yasuhiro, aoi, sakura, celeste, kyoko, toko, byakuya, junko, mukuro, syo, hajime, nagito, chiaki, fuyuhiko, peko, sonia, gundham, kazuichi, ibuki, akane, nekomaru, mikan, kazuichi, mahiru, hiyoko, teruteru, izuru, ryota, komaru, kaede, shuichi, gonta, kokichi, angie, tenko, himiko, kaito, maki, miu, rantaro, kirumi, korekiyo, ryoma, keebo

KILL LA KILL : ryuko, mako, satsuki, gamagoori, jakuzure, sangageyama, nui

KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE : komi, tadano, katai, onemine, otori, himiko, osana

LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA : akko, lotte, sucy, diana, amanda, chariot, andrew, croix

MADOKA MAGICA : madoka, homura, mami, kyoko, sayaka, hitomi, kyosuke

* OSHI NO KO : ai, aquamarine, ruby, kana, mem-cho, akane, yuki

cartoons ✎…

AMPHIBIA : anne, sasha, marcy, king andrias, darcy, yunan, lady olivia

DUCKTALES (2017) : huey, louie, dewey, webby, lena, donald, della, scrooge, launchpad

GRAVITY FALLS : dipper, mabel, pacifica, wendy, robbie, melody, soos

INSIDE JOB : reagan, brett, gigi, andre, myc, ron

STAR VS. THE FORCES OF EVIL : star, marco, eclipsa, moon, globgor, jackie, janna, tom, kelly, ponyhead

TANGLED: THE SERIES : rapunzel, eugene, cassandra, varian, lance, adira

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL : gumball, darwin, penny, larry, carrie, masami, tobias, alan, molly

THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE : molly, libby, andrea, darryl, scratch, oliver, june

THE OWL HOUSE : luz, amity, hunter, willow, gus, matt, boscha, eda, raine, darius, adrian, the collector

TOTAL DRAMA : duncan, courtney, gwen, leshawna, heather, lindsay, beth, izzy, bridgette, dj, eva, trent, ezekiel, cody, noah, owen, katie, sadie, justin, harold, geoff, tyler, alejandro, sierra, blaineley

OK K.O.! LET’S BE HEROES : k.o, enid, rad, elodie, professor venomous, darrel, shannon, raymond, carol, mr. gar, t.k.o

STEVEN UNIVERSE : steven, connie, lars, sadie, jenny, sour cream, buck, kiki, jamie, kevin, pearl, garnet, amethyst, ruby, sapphire, rose quartz, jasper, lapis, peridot, bismuth, aquamarine, eyeball, the zircons, the diamonds, yellow pearl, blue pearl, volleyball, spinel

games ✎…

* PROJECT SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE : ichika, saki, honami, shiho, minori, haruka, airi, shizuku, kohane, an, akito, toya, tsukasa, emu, nene, rui, kanade, mafuyu, ena, mizuki

* YANDERE SIMULATOR : ayano, taro, osana, amai, kizana, oka, asu, osoro, hanako, megami, raibaru, midori, budo, umeji, musume, kuroko, akane, shiromi, aoi

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last updated 8/28/23

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[thekimonogallery]

Mako Midori in Kawaikute Sugoi Onna (Cute and Awesome Woman, 1966).

[jade-of-mourning]

i wrote this post two months ago, but i was thinking about how much i love music on accident again and now i'm going to make an incredibly self-indulgent and unwarranted post on music i think that krew+opal in a modern au would enjoy based on music i like.

opal would definitely love lamp and other j-indie bossa-nova/jazz/folk sounding types — ichiko aoba/kaneko ayano/fishmans/nujabes come to mind. she also gives sweet trip/panchiko and adrianne lenker. she'd possibly like norah jones/jolie holland in a different sphere. i think she'd be into more experimental flavor of black country, new road/black midi/kero kero bonito. she'd like the city-pop in anri and j-pop like aimyon.

asami also seems like she would like lamp, though to a lesser extent than opal, and probably romantic-era classical music (specifically, chopin). she'd be a slowcore duster/bedhead/mazzy star type, and probably love dream-pop beach house too. she'd be a secret fan of jazz-punk/noise midori and in japanese shoegaze-alternative flavor with plastic girl in the closet/kinokoteikoku/my dead girlfriend, and i can see her being into either nick drake or psychedelic rock — something mildly high, probably. i can see her liking suzanne vega/fiona apple/aimee mann a lot too. i think that between her and opal, they'd have the most music-nerd music taste. idk how to express it… that rym sort of music taste haha

mako is either the type to say "i don't listen to music", or if he does, he gives straight face while listening to crunchy noise and ambient deeply miserable-edgy, like nouns/teen suicide/have a nice life. he'd enjoy high quality japanese jazz-instrumental math rock like mouse on keys/fox capture plan/t-square, but i think he'd also have a guilty pleasure for the mildly-adjacent, crappy midwest emo. not sure why, maybe it's the album covers and names, but he really gives parannoul. he has the energy of a british new-wave the smiths/radiohead/the cure kind of guy. he's probably prone to get too deep in his feelings in sujfan stevens/giles corey. i think like opal, he'd enjoy big thief/adrianne lenker a lot too.

korra would like pop-punk and alternative a lot and also rnb, maybe korean rnb like jiwoo/miso. but she'd love pup/paramore/sorority noise a lot and i think she'd also be fan of jazz-punk/noise sound in midori, and also accidentally nu-metal loathe/tool/slipknot. i feel like she'd really like the synthpop in magdalena bay and she too would vibe to anri a lot. i think she'd be a fan of emo in unconcentrated forms only (specifically los campesinos!), or maybe also power pop. i could imagine her enjoying certain flavors of breakcore and electronic and for some reason i see her liking nirvana/red hot chilli peppers/the smashing pumpkins. all in all, mostly anything that's more upbeat and has energy to it. she'd probably be a mitski listener at certain times too, in all honesty.

bolin's more pop/rock and probably some alternative, though i think he'd lean more towards ok go/cracker/camper van beethoven/modest mouse. i can also see him liking vampire weekend/the postal services/death cab for cuties a lot. i feel like he would secretly enjoy mako's british-new-wave flavor but refuse to admit it to the general populace because he is an independent man! he also gives they might be giants/jukebox the ghost/ben folds five fan, aka sounds-like-children's-music-but-is-kinda-messed-up piano-rock-esque (it epitomizes him), and upbeat neo-psychedelia animal collective is just very bolin. i also see him casually enjoying the shins and the 1975.

i think that among them, there'd be a mutual enjoyment of lamp (most of all opal/asami/mako in that order) and mitski (with bolin being the only outlier in the mitski department lol). i think that if they were ever put in a car together they would never not play there is a light that never goes out and that they'd all be a fan of any music involving car crashes actually. i can't really imagine any of them outside of opal liking folk or any of them outside of korra liking any form of metal and i don't see any hyperpop in their energy sorry lol. only asami and mako seem like they would really like instrumental stuff, though different spheres of it. actually i think the two of them would overlap the most in music taste for some reason (with opal in the same arena), even if the examples i provided don't have a lot of overlap lol, followed by korra and bolin.

[starlitskvaderart]

Midori One Day One Page 87!

Originally I was gonna have Day 2 for this week be Favorite Inner Senshi and Day 3 Favorite Outer… but I can never choose between Ami and Mako so the Inners get two days :D

[asexual-spongebob]

my octonauts au’s

The Waves That Lap The Shore/ Octonauts x H2O AU :

A AU where Shellington goes to the Irish Sea Caves from h2o for research purposes, only to discover he became a mermaid, and later on Peso and Kwazii go to Mako Island and become mermaids to. (Inspired by c-midori)

ships in the au :

shellso (main ship, established from the start)

twashi (side ship or background ship, established )

kwazini (side ship, happens later on in the fic).

Octonauts Toy AU :

A Toy Story and Raggedy Ann inspired AU where every character is a toy owned by a kid, this kid gets a new toy (Paani) and Kwazii feels jealous of him. However over the course of the AU he starts to realize that maybe Paani isn’t as bad as he thinks.

Ships in the AU:

shellington x kwazii x peso x paani (no idea what the ship name is lmao)

twashi (established from the start)

Vampire Kwazton AU:

A AU that takes place during the early 90s grunge era in which a new guy named Shellington joins The Octonauts.. however he’s keeping a secret… he’s a vampire. knows that if he told anyone, things could go horribly wrong. The only person he told accidentally broke his trust Kwazii. Ships in the AU:

kwazton (main ship (you can probably tell given the name of the au) develops over the course of things, basically slow burn)

twashi (established)

Cottagecore Witch AU:

An AU where Tweak and Dashi are witches who live in the countryside, the other octonauts are their neighbors. Ships in the AU:

twashi (main ship)

kwasoton (side ship)

Late 90s frozen lemonade AU:

A High School AU that takes place in the 90s, where Pearl is a pretty popular girl, however a new girl (aka Bianca) at school catches her eye.

ships in the AU:

pearlanca (main ship)

shellso (background ship)

still deciding other ships for this one

if I ever come up with more they’ll be added here.

[shihlun]

Yasuzô Masumura

- Blind Beast

1969

[rapturousrot]

Blind Beast (1969) dir. Yasuzô Masumura

[retrosofa]

Here’s an outline of the third season (or “cour” if you’re a nerd) of Mahou no Mako-chan. Aside from a few very good episodes, I think this is probably the weakest part of the series. I think it’s worth mentioning Akira is not mentioned or appears at all. Neither does the sea witch. Mako’s parents make very brief appearances.

Episode 27: A stinker. Mako meets a young man who owns a fancy “Galac,” an obvious but strange parody of a “Cadillac.” Some h- jinks ensue but it’s a pretty boring episode overall.

Episode 28: Another uneventful episode. This one is about one of Mako’s PE teachers who pushes the students into doing dangerous gymnastic moves. This was actually featured in the Toei Manga Matsuri, which surprises me since it’s not that entertaining and the animation looks downright awful.

Episode 29: Finally! An entertaining episode! Tomiko is running for student council and enlists the help of Mako and Midori. Admittedly I couldn’t understand a lot of the episode but overall it was pretty fun. It was hilarious seeing Tomiko trying to get votes. It was also great seeing her in a (somewhat) positive light. Such a rare treat! This is another Fumio Eto episode so it doesn’t look very good but he does try to do a lot of interesting things with the animation. 

Episode 30: One of Mako’s older sisters visits the surface but is seen by a young man named Mitsuo. At the same time, Mako’s class has been discussing Little Women, which makes her wonder how her sisters are doing. Mako crosses paths with Mitsuo that night near the harbor, where he tells her he’s looking out for the mermaid he recently saw. Assuming it must be one of her sisters, Mako agrees to “help him” catch the mermaid. Mitsuo tells Mako to meet him later that night and takes her pendant as collateral. In exchange he gives her his most precious asset, an omamori. Unfortunately things don’t go as planned, with Mako unable to meet up with Mitsuo and he ends up capturing her sister with a fishing net. The next day Urashima is called to an aquarium called “Marine Paradise,” after Mitsuo proposes to sell them the mermaid. Mitsuo gets fed up with everyone and attempts to flee with Mako’s sister. Mako begs him to let her go, admitting the mermaid is her sister and reveals she looked into his omamori, which contains a message from his sister begging him to “never die.” Mitsuo tearfully frees Mako’s sister and the two have a touching reunion. Mitsuo’s memory is wiped with the magical pendant and Mako’s sister wishes her happiness before returning to the sea.

This is one of my all time favorite episodes. It’s so beautiful. This was the first episode Shingo Araki worked on it and it’s some of his finest work. The scenes where Mako begs him to Mitsuo to free her sister and the reunion are such tearjerkers.

As beautiful as Mako’s sister is, Araki just reused Mako’s mermaid design and gave her blonde hair. This is fine but I wish he would’ve used one of the designs for Mako’s sisters in the first episode. Also, doesn’t it seem strange Mako’s father wouldn’t intervene in some way? Oh well, still a great episode!

Oh and one more thing: Starting with this episode they start calling Mako’s pendant “The Mermaid’s Tear.” They still call it “The Mermaid’s Life” but not as often. Sigh.

Episode 31: Stinker. Mako forgets a package containing important and expensive books for Mr. Urashima on the train. She tries lost and found but they’re not there. The attendant tells her about an old man who collects and resells items left on the train. Mako visits him but he doesn’t have them either. When Mako goes home to tell Mr. Urashima what happens, he of course, slaps the fuck out of her. However! This time he actually apologies and feels bad about what he’s done. FINALLY. Also this is the last time he hits her. Anyway, it turns out some bratty little boy has them and uses them as leverage to get Mako to hang out with him. Pretty lame episode overall.

Episode 32: Oh boy, this one is a tearjerker. Mako rescues a St. Bernard named Lulu after she was injured in a hit and run. Lulu belongs to a sweet, blind girl named Nobuko, who’s currently under the care of her uncle. However, her uncle is a fucking asshole, who hates dog, and is highly abusive. Lulu attacked him after he started hitting Nobuko but then was driven out of the home. He’s also the one responsible for the hit and run. The majority of the episode has Mako attempting to reunite Lulu with her owner. A lot ends up happening and things escalate when a fire breaks out and Lulu dies saving Nobuko and her uncle. This episode doesn’t pull it’s punches. It’s hard not to cry after Lulu’s heroic sacrifice. Heartbreaking episode and one of my favorites.

Episode 33: Mako and the twins come across as baby deer that’s been injured by poachers and separated from its mother. She takes it to Urashima, who nurses it back to health. At one point it runs away but the episode ends on a happy note with Mako having the poachers arrested and the baby deer being reunited with its mother. Kind of a boring episode and it really falls flat compared to the previous one.

Episode 34: It’s been many months since Mako came to live on the surface and she starts thinking about her mother. After she gets into a physical altercation with Tomiko, she has a discussion with her teacher. They both have hangnails and he mentions how they represent a lack of filial piety. Tomiko’s subordinate sees Mako and their teacher talking and assumes something is going on between them. Mako decides to write letters to her mother but her father tells her it’s pointless since the ink would smear underwater. Tomiko steals Mako’s letters (believing they’re love letters) and gets annoyed when she thinks it’s all fantastical nonsense. Tomiko’s mother finds the letters, thinks it’s a fictional story and has them published. Mako’s mother is now able to read the letters in the form of a book.

This is a cute episode but the logic in this series makes no sense. How could a cheaply printed magazine survive the depths of the sea but standard stationary can’t? And couldn’t Mako (or her father for that matter) use magic to make the letters waterproof?

Episode 35: This one was kinda hard to understand... the zoo where Urashima works is about to bought out? I think? It wasn’t terribly interesting regardless.

Episode 36: This one is bonkers. A man attempts suicide because his wife and child were killed in a hit and run. A ladies magazine holds a contest seeing if any woman can convince him to live. Mako is selected by the magazine by chance. We find out it’s all a ruse to boost magazine sales. Whoa.

I can’t remember for sure but I think this is the first episode that features Akira Kamiya as Bancho’s friend Senkichi. Mahou no Mako-chan was his first voice acting job. He takes over the role of Senkichi for the remainder of the series.

Episode 37: An anonymous person mails a lipstick to Mako. Although she’s excited to try it, she discovers mermaids can’t wear makeup. This distresses her since she wants to be fully human which means (to her) getting married and wearing makeup. The anonymous sender turns out to be a man who’s sister died in a car accident. The lipstick was originally for her but she never got to wear it. At the end of the episode Mako uses her pendant to wear the lipstick and goes to the summer festival with the young man.

I’d like to point out Mako actually did attempt to put on lipstick back in episode 3. She stops when she hears Urashima approaching and hides it in her dresser.

Episode 38:  Mako and her friends cross paths with an all-girl biker gang called the “Cherry Group.” Mako and Haruko go on a trip to an island and they see the gang again. Mako and the leader, Nanako, end up falling in an old well and get trapped. This episode was okay, I guess. I liked Nanako but this episode wasn’t terribly exciting. The climax of the episode has Mako and Nanako cowering in fear over a herd of hermit crabs. How goofy.

Episode 39: Mako and friends meet a little girl named Miyuki who’s best friend is an old circus lion. The circus plans on holding a fight between the lion, Mao, and a ferocious tiger. Miyuki knows Mao will die if the fight happens, so Mako tries to stop the circus. This episode has some pretty cool looking animation but the story itself is boring. There are a few interesting moments, like when Mako’s father conjures up a storm to save her. Also we already had a character named Miyuki back in episode 19.

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NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

WINNER - Ciclope Asia GOLD 2022 - Best Director WINNER - Ciclope Berlin SILVER 2022 - Choreography 1.4 Awards - Flying High, Shortlist, Longlist - Branded

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

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AUTISTIC ANIME GIRLS ROUND TWO MATCHUPS!

Each group will last for one week.

List below the cut:

GROUP ONE:

Tome Kurata (Mob Psycho 100) VS Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)

Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon) VS Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Shouko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate) VS Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)

Rina Tennouji (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club) VS Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Futaba Sakura (Persona 5) VS Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger (Little Witch Academia)

Suletta Mercury (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) VS Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena) VS Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)

Tomori Takamatsu (BanG Dream: It’s MyGO!!!!!) VS Midori Asakusa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)

Asa Mitaka (Chainsaw Man) VS Patty Thompson (Soul Eater)

Mako Mankanshoku (Kill la Kill) VS Ayumu Kasuga/Osaka (Azumanga Daioh)

Mitsumi Iwakura (Skip and Loafer) VS Sawako Kuronuma/Sadako (Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You)

Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)

Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode) VS Milly Thompson (Trigun)

Atsuko Kagari/Akko (Little Witch Academia) VS Hitori Gotoh/Bocchi (Bocchi the Rock!)

Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish) VS Clara Valac (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Cowboy Bebop) VS Chieko (Princess Jellyfish)

GROUP TWO:

Nico Niiyama (Kiznaiver) VS Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad)

Nagisa Momoe (Madoka Magica: Rebellion) VS Yellow (Pokémon Adventures)

Kuriko Saiki (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) VS Himiko Yumeno (Danganronpa)

Yuuko Aioi (Nichijou) VS Tsubomi Takane (Mob Psycho 100)

Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) VS Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)

Don Quixote (Limbus Company) VS Miho Nosaka (Yugioh)

Ringo Andou (Puyo Puyo) VS Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Sorawo Kamikoshi (Otherside Picnic)

Satsuki Minazuki (Liar Satsuki Can See Death) VS Anri Sonohara (Durarara!!)

Nico Yazawa (Love Live!) VS Ahiru Arima/Duck (Princess Tutu)

Miriel (Fire Emblem Awakening) VS Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Biscuit Krueger/Bisky (Hunter x Hunter) VS Maria Inomata (School Babysitters)

Sayo Yasuda (Umineko When They Cry) VS Mai Minakami (Nichijou)

Ai Mie (The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses) VS Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)

Sumireko Usami (Touhou Project) VS Shizuku Murasaki (Hunter x Hunter)

Marcille Donato (Dungeon Meshi) VS Anisphia Wynn Palletia (The Magical Revolution Of The Reincarnated Princess and The Genius Young Lady)

GROUP THREE:

Kaoru Seta (BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!) VS Kanna Makino (Tamako Market)

Chouko Shizuhata (Oddman 11) VS Hikari Kagura (Revue Starlight)

Nafra Ampsey (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) VS Sana Futaba (Magia Record)

Valerie (Pokémon) VS Akashi (The Tatami Galaxy)

Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid) VS Sayaka Kanamori (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)

Richeh (Witch Hat Atelier) VS Saki Hanajima (Fruits Basket)

Konata Izumi (Lucky Star) VS Ran-Mao (Black Butler)

Tsubame Mizusaki (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) VS Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Nico Robin (One Piece) VS Penny (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)

Sora Kajiwara (Sketchbook: Full Color’s) VS Sucy Manbavaran (Little Witch Academia)

Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyuu!!) VS Mai Mishou/Cure Egret/Cure Windy (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)

Omoharu Nakanaka (Komi Can’t Communicate) VS Yor Forger (Spy x Family)

Kirie Motoba (Himouto! Umaru-chan) VS Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Miae Hwang (After School Lessons For Unripe Apples) VS Lotte Jansson (Little Witch Academia)

Bulma (Dragon Ball) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Tooru Taki (Natsume’s Book of Friends) VS Suzuno Kamazuki/Crestia Bell (The Devil is a Part-Timer!)

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NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy