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nyxravessnow · 4 years

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Shin Tenimyu - Musical The New Prince of Tennis The First Stage Report

I saw the stream of the first performance of the The New Prince of Tennis musical awhile back and I wanted to write some of my thoughts. But I didn’t really enjoy the show and as I love tenimyu with all my heart, as it is my favourite show, I find it much harder to be super negative about the show when talking specifically about the show scene by scene. But with the casting news for 4th I thought that I would finish this so anyone who hasn’t seen the show can know my thoughts.

I tried to finish it, I really did. But I have no motivation to really talk in length about this show in a deep dive sort of way. I will keep what I did for the 1st half of the show but after that it will only be kinda a summary of my thoughts.

I have only seen the first night and I do not intend to see anymore of this show. I was incredibly disappointed and didn’t not make me want to see the show again or really any of the shin tenimyu shows but I will still watch those as a bad first show doesn’t mean all of them will be bad but I don’t think shin tenimyu will ever really be my thing.

I will say that Tokki, Raima and Maeda-chan are actors I love so I am a little biased towards them

Bare in mind that this was the first performance and while I am not taking that into consideration for my criticisms things could definitely improve before the final show, the one that will be on dvd.

Overall the show was about a 4-6/10 for me. There was only really one scene that brought it to a 6 and without it it would be a 4.

Music: 2/10.

Direction: 1.5/10.

Acting: 6/10

Spoilers under the cut

Actors

Imamaki Hikaru - Echizen Ryouma: All round a solid 6/10. He was cute and delivered his lines very well but still has far to go with his singing and the design on his hair really sticking out from the sides of his hat made him seem much younger which I was not a fan of. This was a problem I had with early Nichika of them making Echizen seem too young and innocent. Like of course he is 13 and is a child but he isn’t this cute adorable boy. He can be cocky and he isn’t all innocent so I hope they don’t keep making the Echizen’s appear super young in this way.

Yamada Kento - Tezuka Kunimitsu: 8/10. I don’t think I really have any issues with his Tezuka at all. He had a very good voice, really good acting.

Houjuyama Shun - Momoshiro Takeshi: 6/10. He has a really good voice for Momo when speaking but his singing leaves a lot to be desired. He didn’t really do very much in the show so I can’t rate him higher than a 6 as I don’t remember very much that he did bar the Oni match.

Gaku - Tachibana Kippei: 7/10. Similarly to Shun I don’t really remember him but his singing was quite good so this is where he landed

Takahashi Ryouya - Atobe Keigo: I’m sorry 1/10. He is an excellent singer and performer but there was nothing about his performance that made me think of Atobe. His voice was quite high, he was not very confident (Blending into the background when it wasn’t his match), saying his lines softly, moving softly. If I couldn’t see the wig I would not have known he was Atobe. I really hope that he can gain some confidence to play Atobe or else I think he was the wrong actor for the role.

Maeda Ryuutarou - Kirihara Akaya/Hiramatsu Raima - Tooyama Kintarou: 10/10. I put these two here together because what I want to say is the same for both. You could absolutely tell they had been in the show before. The two brought confidence not many others had to their roles. They controlled their stage and as soon as they stepped onto it they were their characters. Every movement and every line was exactly like the character. I am so happy that they are continuing in tenimyu and hope that they will help the cast get to their level by the end of this run or maybe in future shows.

Takemoto Yusuke - Shiraishi Kuranosuke: 9/10. By far my favourite of the new cast members. I know a lot of people were apprehensive that he might play Shiraishi as sexy too much but he didn’t at all. He was excellent. The only reason that he isn’t a five is there are still some tiny things he could polish but once those are polished he will be perfect.

Matsushima Hiroki - Chitose Senri: 7/10. Ngl I keep forgetting that he was in this show. His doubles with Tachibana was quite forgetful and he didn’t have any major moments but was also quite good and not many problems in his performance.

Shintani David - Lilident Krauser: 10/10. Like Maeda-chan and Raima you could tell that he had been in the show before, albeit much less than they had. For anyone who doesn’t know, he was an understudy and doubled as the part of Lilident in vs Rikkai Nationals. Very solid performance

(Warning I know much less about the high schoolers so this will be more on their acting in general rather than whether they were good as that character)

Ono Kento - Tokugawa Kazuya: ?/10. He was barely in the show and I have no idea how I could rate his performance. Pretty solid.

Okamoto Yuuki - Oni Juujirou: 8/10. Solid performance. Good enough singing for the role.

Aiba Hiroki - Irie Kanata: He wasn’t in the show so I can’t write a judgement of his performance

Yasue Kazuaki - Irie Kanata: 9/10. He was so excellent. Singing, acting, everything was top notch. Similarly to Yusuke he’s only not 10 because he has some small things to polish.

Chanhe (dunno how to spell his name) - Nakagauchi Sotomichi: 6/10. No real comments, pretty solid.

Matsushima Yuunosuke - Yamato Yudai: 6/10. Pretty good, singing okay.

Suzuki Ryouhei - Miyako Shinobu: 6/10. Didn’t have many lines or do very much, pretty overshadowed by Tokki (Will cover him next). What he did do was good, singing could use some improvement.

Tauchi Tokihiro - Matsudaira Chikahiko: 10/10. Absolutely perfect. He brought so much energy and character to his performance that I don’t think any other new actor brought. He owned the stage, even competing with Maeda-chan for my attention when on stage. He had so much presence and would draw your eyes to him. He made everything seem so natural and not acted. Like the continuing actors he became his character on stage rather than acted them out.

Takahashi Shunichi - Suzuki Shun and Tsurimoto Minami - Washio Issa: 6/10. Didn’t do too much, pretty solid performance.

Murakami Kouhei - Kurobe Yukio/Izumi Shuhei - Saito Itaru: 6/10. Pretty standard for a coach. Singing was good.

Kishi Yuuji - Mifune Nyuudou: 10/10. Absolutely amazing. Everything about his performance was perfect. By FAR the best voice in the cast, incredible singing.

Direction and choreography

I am not a director so I cannot be too specific about details but I can say what I liked and didn’t. (Every comment is specifically about the direction not singing or acting). I have studied theatre though so I do have some insight from that angle Also, please don’t criticise what I classified as the same scene and what as different.

Scene 1: Echizen in America, 1st song

Good beginning, very solid for a first show opening.

Scene 2: High schoolers practicing while middle schoolers arrive, coach song

Felt very reminiscent of the vs Fudomine shows where Echizen first arrives at Seigaku, I really liked this.

Scene 3: Middle schoolers and high schoolers collecting dropped balls, middle schooler song

Was not a fan. I didn’t like how close everyone was but also randomly placed. I know it is inevitable with such a small cast of middle schoolers but I would have liked to see them more with their teammates in little clusters and slowly appear in front of Seigaku. Maybe even projecting images of other middle schoolers getting balls if none are to appear.

I did like how Echizen arrives out of the back at the end though

Scene 4: Oni vs Momoshiro, Oni solo, Momo solo

Done pretty well, will talk in other section about stage design. Both actors were solid in their tennis, no missed moves that I saw. Built up Oni’s power well, showing him as a strong player. Showed Momo’s desperation well in the blocking.

Was not a fan of only having unknown high schoolers watching on. Makes sense in an anime or manga that has time to build up and unlimited cast but this show only has three hours to build up characters that may never return or become more important later. They did not need lines but would have been interesting to see them watching the match

Scene 5: Saito and Kurobe

Pretty simple scene, just the two talking. Pretty gay.

Scene 6: Saito talking to the middle schoolers about elimination matches, Saito solo

I think the middle schoolers could do with being less clumped up around him as it makes the cast of characters seem small and does not give an indication of scale. Liked the stillness of the middle and high schoolers during his song.

Scene 7: Echizen and Kinchan meet Tokugawa and Oni, Echizen vs Tokugawa, Echizen and Tokugawa duet

I really love the way Oni and Tokugawa are tall and imposing and unmoving or slow moving on the outside of the stage where as Echizen and Kinchan are being active in the middle, shows contrast between the characters well.

I really like there not being a net here reinforcing that Kinchan and Echizen just run off and do their own thing with no regard for officiality.

Did not like the two random ensemble cast members appearing to watch and commentate, felt very weird and slightly meta.

Scene 8: Elimination matches

I have EXTREMELY mixed feelings here. On the one hand I think the direction is excellent with the spotlight, the figures who lose falling and the single lines echoing. On the other hand, I hate that they didn’t have many of the matches and skipped over them completely, especially the lack of cast members (which I will touch on later). If they do the elimination matches in another show and this was building up to it then I take back my negative comments and I’ll be very happy about that. But if not I think this was not enough to cover them, especially since so many were missed out

Scene 9: Kinchan vs Oni, Kinchan and Oni duet

I really love this scene. A lot of, again, slow movements from Oni contrasting the never still form of Kinchan. Probably my favourite choreography from the show with Kinchan darting back under Oni’s legs. Doubles to show Oni’s maturity vs Kinchan’s childishness as well as showing Oni not taking Kinchan too seriously and letting him just run around aimlessly before he beats him.

Scene 10: Irie and Chitose talking

No real comments, they just stood and talked.

Scene 11: Saito takes Kinchan and Echizen to the mountain

Liked them lying on the floor together, part of a series of things linking Kinchan and Echizen together. It was a bit weird seeing Tokugawa just watching them lie on the floor and catching their breath before giving them a message and leaving. Liked Saito picking them up by their collars, gives the impression that he doesn’t care that they are children. Which he doesn’t. Scene of climbing suffers from lack of actors as this could be a good place to add in comedy, which the show is lacking, but since they only have Momo, Echizen and Kinchan, none is created.

Scene 12: Mifune solo (ft. Echizen and Kinchan )

Loved how he is sat in the beginning, instantly shows his character. Along with his heavy slow movements and slightly hunched back. Liked it showing the middle schoolers climbing in the background, showing that he is not caring about their effort or wellbeing in getting to him. Liked the breaks to show Echizen and Kinchan and the complete shift in tone, will talk more about later in song, but also in lighting and speed of movement.

Scene 13: Middle schoolers arrive at the camp, hs vs ms outside match

Love the distance between the high schoolers, creating a sense of scale. Despite looking down usually being a sign of strength from the person standing you got a sense of Mifune’s power as they are all looking down on him sipping his sake.

Loved the lighting for the high schoolers vs middle schoolers match. Fluid movements of the hs vs the random movements of the middle schoolers.

Scene 14: Training back at the main camp, ms getting their place on court 5

Really liked the running on a off stage but would have liked to see characters return to stage and run off again like a consistant training menu and would have liked to see the words detailing their training be on the screen for a tad longer.

Liked the short matches between the ms and hs but would have liked to see the hs look a bit more helpless in their movements.

Scene 15: Coaches talking, court 5 and 3 meet, Irie and Tokugawa chat

Coaches talking is pretty standard

Liked the ms entering from different sides vs court 3 entering from the same side. Gives the impression that court 3 is a team whereas 5 is a lot of good individual players thrown together.

Chat again, pretty standard

Scene 16: Oni talking to his court, court 5 song

I like them being spread out. Like them walking around at the beginning of the song with only Oni spotlighted to show he is bringing them together.

Scene 17: Yamato and Tezuka talk

Like the distance between them, showing how far apart they had grown due to time and also in personality, contrasted later during their duet.

Scene 18: Lining up, Nakagauchi vs Liladent

Liked contrast between Oni being just behind court 5 whereas Tokugawa is behind the bench (?). Of course court 3 isn’t Tokugawa’s court but it reminded me of Oni actively helping his court vs Tokugawa sending Echizen away to improve.

Pretty standard tenimyu match with no songs. Liked the show of Nakagauchi’s power by showing him being thrown into a fence, like Taka-san one of the strongest middle schoolers was in Shiten, but being unaffected by this. Of course I know it was done in the original so they also had to do it but I like how the direction is similar in both cases.

Scene 19: Shiraishi and Akaya vs Miyako and Matsudaira

BEST SCENE OF THE SHOW. If every scene was like this one the show would be 10/10. Without this scene the show would be a 4/10 or perhaps lower.

Miyako and Matsudaira’s song was great.

Shiraishi’s solo was so good.

Shiraishi and Akaya’s duet is by far and away the best song in the show. The only song that really felt like ‘tenimyu’ and reminded me of what I loved about tenimyu.

Scene 20: Camp training, Mifune sends Echizen/Kinchan/Momo to get Sake, Mifune solo

Pretty solid, suffering from a lack of actors and it felt a bit flat. Mifune’s singing was amazing again, though I think he did slightly get too many songs bc Mifune isn’t as important to the plot as the musical seems to make out, as far as I’m aware.

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So, that’s the first half.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ SOMETHING VERY NEGATIVE AND HARSH, PLEASE STOP HERE.

This show might be one of my least favourite 2.5d shows I have ever seen. The dancing was okay, the singing wasn’t great, the show did not feel well thoughtout and it was just so disappointing. So, many of the actors were rather underwhelming and despite so much going on the show felt boring.

I may have not read the shintenipuri manga but I have seen the anime and it is really funny. This show was barely funny, so many jokes were cut out seemingly for no reason other than the characters who made the jokes not being there. But I do not understand why there weren’t there. I get they couldn’t have every shintenipuri character there but there are quite a few I think they could have added that would have brought a lot, not just to fill the numbers as the stage did feel quite empty quite a few times. Sanada, for example, would have been a very good addition to the cast he speaks to a few of the people there, he rallies the middle schoolers going up the mountain and they already use him quite a bit through voice recording so I do not see why they couldn’t actually cast him.

The show was just lacking the heart that normal tenimyu has. Every tenimyu show before this, even the ones I haven’t enjoyed as much like Remarkable Match Fudomine or Seigaku vs Shitenhoji 2nd season, made me want to watch them again. They still drew me in and got me invested in the characters, partly because of excellent chemistry between the actors. Honestly, so few of these actors had good chemistry with one another. Raima and Maeda-chan quite honestly felt good with everyone. Tokki and Ryouhei were good as Miyako and Matsudaira, Kento and Yuunosuke weren’t bad as Yamato and Tezuka and Ryoya and Kazu were pretty okay. I didn’t feel a connection between almost anyone else. I don’t know if this was the actors not feeling comfortable with each other or the fast pace of the show that left no time for actors to develop in character chemistry but I am leaning towards the 2nd as the backstage photos would suggest they got on well.

This show felt like tenimyu’s attempt to make a Toho show. And it did not work. The show took itself way too seriously instead of in normal tenimyu where they seem to have a blast and it’s okay to understand that the show is ridiculous. I don’t know if this is at all what they were attempting but with the new attitude and the actors from Toho, especially Mifune’s actor who they gave a lot of solos to, it certainly felt like that to me.

I am not just being negative about shin tenimyu because I wanted tenimyu to stay the same forever. I was very prepared for new things in shin tenimyu but I don’t think the approach of let’s keep virtually nothing from past tenimyu really appealed to me. I honestly did like some of the new stuff they tried but I think they should have kept more things the same and phased stuff out later down the line when people were more onboard with shintenimyu. I.e. not in their first show.

I will talk more about the issues I had with casting in my next post as I will finally talk about the casting of 11th Seigaku and 4th Fudomine.

RANT OVER

Okay, now I’ve gotten a lot of my negative thoughts out of the way.

Thanks for reading this half review, and I’m sorry it took so long. I personally wouldn’t recommened to anyone who is a massive tenimyu fan to check out this show but please don’t just take my word but see what other people think to.

Please continue to support my reviews and leave a like and maybe send me a message so we can chat about stuff.

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i saw your post and was curious, what other japanese dramas do you enjoy? any personal faves you would recommend? ^^

heya ^^ oh my, dear anon. you opened the box of the pandora. because even though i’ll just give you the list on top of my head this is going to be long orz

my favourite drama can be sorted in the following categories:

- ridiculous school drama (with occasional dash of romance) which i watched mostly in middleschool & highschool ®- slice of life drama with amazing houses, roommate shenanigans (S)- detective & crime drama with the occasional supernatural twist ©

(I will put a “holds up!” next to some older series which i’ve rewatched that are still great despite their age!)

. Gokusen, 2002 ®: the classic high-school delinquents meet a strong teacher and start to show their vulnerable side story. trope galore but it never gets old to see Yukie Nakama as Yankumi, grand-daughter of a Yakuza family beating the shit out of people. → holds up!

. Manhattan Love Story, 2003 (S): a gentleman of a barista starts to meddle in his customers lives so that they’ll finally get the time to appreciate his coffee. → holds up!

. Hana Yori Dango, 2005 (R): the classic. some parts are icky regarding the bullying but the most down-to-earth rendition of all the versions. → holds somewhat up!

. Kurosagi, 2006 (C): a swindler who swindles swindlers. besides the notorious Yamashita Tomohisa one of my favourite actors in his now 80s Yamazaki Tsutomu delivers a shakespearean performance. don’t remember much, only that Yamazaki Tsutomu is glorious.

. My Boss! My Hero!, 2006 (R:) a 27 year old yakuza heir has to go back and finish high school. some weird age-gap thing going on but it is freaking hilarious (the infamous pudding run scene). me and my friends are still singing the ending song during karaoke.

. Nodame Cantabile, 2006 ®: hilarious rom-com set in a music college

. Hotaru no Hikari, 2007 (S): the love story is not that important (even though I love the main female character) because the real star of the series is the house!

. Bloody Monday, 2008 ©: gruesome crime series with college kids helping in an investigation. Michiko Kichise as one of the policewomen is brilliant. i have a crush on her. Hiroki Narimiya is very hot in this, my bi heart is happy.

. Love Shuffle, 2009 (S/R) - 4 people living on the same floor of an apartment complex decide to swap partners “for science”. stellar cast with my crush Karina, Shota Matsuda and more. rare occurrence of a well written gay main character, Shosuke Tanihara is great in this. tw: one plotline starts very dark, featuring themes of depression & suicidal thoughts → holds up!

. BOSS, 2009 ©: not only does this drama have Michiko Kichise (s.o.) but it is headlined by Yuki Amami. my favourite female character in jdrama land. she is strong, intelligent, weird af, slightly older than the average jdrama heroine, has platonic friendships with very hot guys and is herself very hot. one gay side-character who is sadly written underwhelmingly. → holds up!

. MR.BRAIN, 2009 ©: neurologists gets added to a major crime devision. the science in this doesn’t hold up but the cases are pretty rad (especially the piano one, episode 4 I think?) → holds up!

. Otomen, 2009 ®: guy who enjoys female coded hobbies such as knitting and playing with dolls tries to keep up a manly facade in school. some nonsense but I still live for Asuka Masamune’s “female” side. sadly a gay sub-plotline that doesn’t get handled well.

. Tumbling, 2010 ®: bad boy & high-school delinquent Wataru Azuma (Yusuke Yamamoto) joins the male rhythmic gymnastic team of his school to impress his crush on the women’s team and to appease his teachers. discusses toxic masculinity in a great way and has a really good gay subplot (with Daito Shunsuke) (if i recall everything correctly). the cast actually learned rhythmic gymnastics for this and this level of care & passion shows. → holds up!

. Atami no Sousakan, 2010 ©: maybe my favourite japanese drama ever. with the brilliant Odagiri Joe & Chiaki Kuriyama who play two detectives that get send to the small town of Minami-Atami to support the local police in a mysterious case of a vanishing school bus when some of the missing school girls return to town. turns out that the case is weird but the town and its people are even weirder. (i have hardly laughed so hard when watching a tv series) → fucking holds up!

. Asuko March, 2011 ®: due to bad grades Nao Yoshino has to enter a technical highschool and finds herself surrounded by only boys. the romantic plot is average but some great plotlines about emancipation and femininity. and Emi Takei in a working overall handling tools =

. Arakawa Under The Bridge, 2011 (idek what genre this is): this drama is just weird af and for that sole reason worth a watch. the soundtrack is also great.

. Ouran Highschool Host Club, 2011 ®: this drama is pure camp, allures to some incesty/gay plotlines that are really not great when you think about it but its one of the best manga adaptations I know and just pure hilarity. also: Yusuke Yamamote is made for slapstick.

. Watashi ga Renai dekinai Riyuu, 2011 (S): again featuring my love Karina as a tomboy. fucking great portrayal of different kinds of women and their friendship plus a great house with roommate shenanigans and cooking. → holds up!

. Lucky Seven, 2012 ©: pretty standard detective drama but it features Eita and Nanako Matsushima as the female boss of the agency (who is another of my crushes)

. Switch Girl, 2012 (R): this drama is stupidly funny and while having a pretty traditional love story it features some nice thoughts on judging people by their appearance and beauty standards.

. Kagi no Kakatta Heya, 2012 ©: locked room mystery crime series.

. Soumato Kabushiki Gaisha, 2012 ©: a company that stores the film everyone sees before they die. the customers are able to watch their whole life on film, most of them discovering some very dark secrets about their lives. tw: suicide, abuse, generally quite heavy topics

. Toshi Densetsu no Onna, 2012 ©: a female detective connects her cases to mysterious urban legends to solve them. Masami Nagasawa’s outfits are the second star of the show.

. Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou, 2013 (C/S): mystery solving with the help of literature and placed in an old antique book store. what’s not to like.

. Yakou Kanransha, 2013 ©: two families living opposite of each other in an upscale neighborhood. one day a man is found murdered and everything is connected by a midnights ferries wheel.

. Summer Nude, 2013 (R/S): Karina (again! i love her) as a famous cook who has to rebuild her life in a coastal town after some hiccups in her personal life. food and a town at the beach with Karina playing another tomboy role. i love it.

. Mahoro Eki Mae Bangaichi, 2013 (C/S): Eita plays a problem solver for hire in a weird neighborhood featuring the eclectic Ryuhei Matsuda.

. River’s Edge Ookawabata Tanteisha, 2014 ©: aesthetic™ with my love Odagiri Joe.

. Gomen ne Seishun, 2014 (R/S): some catholic girls school vs boy school rivalry focused on the teachers with a mysterious case in the past. Hikari Mitsushima as the girl school’s teacher has amazing clothes.

. Koinaka, 2015 (R/S): two highschool sweethearts meeting again by chance. really quiet and sweet love story.

. Miss Sherlock, 2018 ©: a female sherlock. a female watson. solving crime. i wanted it to be more gay but the series is pretty solid. Yuko Takeuchi’s wardrobe is goals. also: Yuko Takeuchi is goals.

. What did you eat yesterday, 2019 (S): gay slice-of life series. still airing but so far I’m super happy. a couple in its 40s and their everyday life. food porn. also hilarious. (I might gif some more)

#ctlyuejie writes #REC!#longpost #long post #i def forgot a bunch #but i'm both amazed and frightend by myself for remembering this much #cutest anon alert #idek if anyone is going to bother to watch these :"D #btu you are always welcome to rave about these series to me (or complain)#especially what did you eat yesterday as it is currently airing

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recentanimenews · 5 years

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Crunchyroll to Simulcast Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and We Never Learn: BOKUBEN Anime

Aniplex of America shared streaming plans for two new Spring 2019 anime series, with both Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and We Never Learn: BOKUBEN coming to Crunchyroll. Dig into the details for both below ahead of their launch on April 6, and stay tuned for more information on territories and exact launch times!

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Launches: April 6

Synopsis:

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself.

Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.

STAFF

Original Story: Koyoharu Gotoge (Weekly Shonen Jump / SHUEISHA)

Director: Haruo Sotozaki

Character Design: Akira Matsushima

Sub Character Design: Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi

Screenplay Production: ufotable

Conceptual Art: Koji Eto, Masaru Yanaka, Kasumi Takeuchi, Yuri Kabasawa

Directors of Photography: Yuichi Terao

3D Director: Kazuki Nishiwaki

Color Setting: Yuko Omae

Editing: Manabu Kamino

Music: Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina

Animation Producer: Hikaru Kondo

Animation Production: ufotable

Opening Theme: “Gurenge” by LiSA

CAST

Tanjiro Kamado: Natsuki Hanae

Nezuko Kamado: Akari Kito

Zenitsu Agatsuma: Hiro Shimono

Inosuke Hashibira: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Giyu Tomioka: Takahiro Sakurai

Sakonji Urokodaki: Hochu Otsuka

Sabito: Yuki Kaji

Makomo: Ai Kakuma

Genya: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Black-haired Guide: Aoi Yuki

White-haired Guide: Shiori Izawa

Haganezuka: Daisuke Namikawa

Kasugai Garasu: Takumi Yamazaki

Demon in the temple: Hikaru Midorikawa

Teoni: Takehito Koyasu

We Never Learn: BOKUBEN

Launches: April 6

Synopsis:

Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams.

Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and “the Thumbelina supercomputer,” Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school!

While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!?

As Nariyuki’s life is turned upside down by these quirky girls who just never learn, he must do everything he can to get them accepted into college!

The stage is set for this romantic comedy featuring prodigies who never learn when it comes to studying and love!

STAFF

Original Work: Taishi Tsutsui (Serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" by Shueisha)

Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Series Structure: Go Zappa

Character Design: Masakatsu Sasaki

Art Director: Hiroki Matsumoto

Art Design: Hironori Yamamoto, Takahiro Murata

Background Studio: atelier Platz

Color Setting: Aiko Matsuyama

Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi

Photography Studio: Typhoon Graphics

Editor: Tomomi Umetsu

Editing Studio: editz

Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama

Sound Production: MAGIC CAPSULE

Music: Masato Nakayama

Animation Produced by: barnum studio

Animation Production: SILVER x ARVO ANIMATION

Produced by: BOKUBEN COMMITTEE

CAST

Nariyuki Yuiga: Ryota Osaka

Fumino Furuhashi: Haruka Shiraishi

Rizu Ogata: Miyu Tomita

Uruka Takemoto: Sayumi Suzushiro

Asumi Kominami: Madoka Asahina

Mafuyu Kirisu: Lynn

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: [email protected]

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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Sparkle vol. 33 (Double Cover)

Release Date : February 15th 2018

Actors featured :

Sakiyama Tsubasa,

Miura Hiroki,

Kuroba Mario,

Akazawa Ryotaro,

Aoki Tsunenori x Sana Hiroki,

Someya Toshiyuki x Wada Takuma,

Murai Ryota x Matsuda Ryo x Matsushima Shota,

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Arrivano in simulcast le serie di Darwin’s Game, Magia Record e l’originale ID: INVADED!

Svelate finalmente tutte le novità in arrivo sul catalogo di VVVVID che andranno a comporre il palinsesto invernale della piattaforma di streaming gratuito, offerto in collaborazione con Dynit che ne ha acquistato le licenze.

SIMULCAST

DARWIN’S GAME - Ogni venerdì a partire dal 10 gennaio alle 20:30 solo su VVVVID

Serie di 11 episodi tratta dal manga “Darwin’s Game”, ad opera dei FLIFLOPs, edito in Italia da Planet Manga.

Kaname Sudo, un normale studente delle superiori, riceve un invito a provare un'app misteriosa chiamata "Darwin’s Game". Kaname, dopo aver lanciato l'app, viene attirato in un gioco in cui i partecipanti si sfidano l'un con l'altro usando superpoteri chiamati Sigils. Senza conoscere la ragione di tutto ciò, Kaname può sopravvivere a furiose battaglie contro potentissimi giocatori!

L’anime è diretto da Yoshinobu Tokumoto (Comic Girls) presso lo studio Nexus. La sceneggiatura è curata da Shuu Miyama, uno dei membri dei FLIFLOPs. Il character design è ad opera di Kazuya Nakanishi (direttore d’animazione in Granbelm e Comic Girls), mentre la colonna sonora è composta da Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Golden Kamuy).

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MAGIA RECORD: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA SIDE STORY - Il primo episodio domani, venerdì 10 gennaio! Ogni sabato a partire dal 18 gennaio alle 20:30 solo su VVVVID

Serie tratta dal videogioco per dispositivi mobili “Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story” (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden) che andrà in onda per 2-cour.

In cambio della concessione di un desiderio, le Ragazze Magiche combattono in segreto. Ma Iroha Tamaki ha dimenticato quello che era il suo desiderio... "Qual è stato il mio desiderio quando sono diventata una ragazza magica?" La sua vita quotidiana è caratterizzata da un grande vuoto. C'è qualcosa che ha perso e giorno dopo giorno, continua a combattere senza sapere perché... Inizia così la storia di Iroha Tamaki, la ragazza che cerca il suo desiderio perduto!

Il progetto in lavorazione presso lo studio Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Un marzo da leoani) sta venendo diretto Gekidan Inu Curry con l’assistenza di Yukihiro Miyamoto. La sceneggiatura sta venendo supervisionata sempre da Gekidan Inu Curry, in collaborazione con Elsewhere, lo studio di sviluppo del gioco. Junichiro Taniguchi si sta invece occupando sia del character design che di supervisionare il comparto animazioni assieme ad Akiyuki Shimbo. Altri direttori d’animazione coinvolti sono e Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Monogatari Series Second Season) e Hiroki Yamamura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Parte 1: L’inizio della storia, Fate/Extra Last Encore)

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ID: INVADED - Il primo episodio domani, venerdì 10 gennaio! Ogni lunedì a partire dal 20 gennaio alle 19:00 solo su VVVVID

Serie originale diretta da Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero, Aldnoah.Zero, Re:Creators) e sceneggiata dallo scrittore specializzato in mistery e sci-fi, Otaro Maijo (Biorg Trinity, Jorge Joestar, The Dragon Dentist).

Sakaido è un detective che cerca di risolvere il raccapricciante omicidio di una giovane ragazza di nome Kaeru. Ma la soluzione di questo caso sarà diversa da qualsiasi altra in quanto il mondo intorno a Sakaido inizia a stravolgersi… sfidando tutto ciò in cui crede e pensa.

Il design dei personaggi parte da quello abbozzato da Yuuki Kodama (Blood Lad, Hamatora The Animation) ed è adattato per l’animazione da Atsushi Ikariya (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Hataraku Maou-sama!). Al progetto partecipa come assistente di regia Takehiro Kubata, mentre Yoshihiro Sono (Psycho-Pass, Kabaneri of the Iron Frotress) ed Emi Chiba (After the Rain) figurano rispettivamente come concept artist e colorista.

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IN PROSECUZIONE

MY HERO ACADEMIA 4 - Ogni sabato alle 21:00 solo su VVVVID

Quarta stagione di “My Hero Academia”, la popolarissima serie supereroistica tratta dall’omonimo manga di Kohei Horikoshi, edito nel nostro paese da Star Comics.

Fin dalla più tenera età Izuku Midoriya voleva diventare un supereroe come il suo idolo All Might, simbolo di pace mondiale. La sete di grandi imprese e l'ardore di giustizia lo hanno portato ad allenarsi con lui fino a ricevere l'Unicità “One For All”. Beh, non siete curiosi di vedere come continua la storia di Midoriya, allora non perdete la 4° stagione di My Hero Academia!

I 25 episodi di questa stagione sono diretti da Masahiro Mukai (Hyperdimension Neptunia, Trickster) presso lo studio Bones (Bungo Stray Dogs, Carole & Tuesday, Mob Psycho 100), ma comunque sotto la supervisione Kenji Nagasaki (No. 6, Classroom Crisis), il regista delle precedenti stagioni e dei film del franchise.

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NOVITÀ (DOPPIATE)

DEMON SLAYER - I primi due episodi doppiati in italiano da venerdì 10 gennaio solo su VVVVID

Serie di 26 episodi tratta dal manga “Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba” di Koyoharu Gotouge, edito in Italia da Star Comics.

È il periodo Taisho, Tanjiro Kamado vive una vita modesta ma tranquilla tra le montagne insieme allla sua famiglia. Un giorno, quando torna dalla vendita del carbone in città, trova i resti della sua famiglia massacrata dopo un attacco demoniaco. Tanjiro si precipita giù per la montagna innevata con l'unico sopravvissuto, sua sorella Nezuko, sulla schiena. Ma sulla strada, Nezuko improvvisamente incomincia a ringhiare, spaventando Tanjiro. Inziano qui le vicende del Demon Slayer!

L’anime è diretto da Haruo Sotozaki (Tales of Zestiria the X, Tales of Symphonia the Animation) presso ufotable (Fate/stay Night: UBW, Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu), seguendo la sceneggiatura concordata dallo studio (non viene riportato nessun membro specifico per il ruolo). Il character designer principale è Akira Matsushima (Tales of Zestiria the X), assistito da Miyuki Sato, Yoko Kajiyama e Mika Kikuchi. La colonna sonora è ad opera di Yuki Kajiura (Fate/Zero, Madoka Magica) e Go Shiina (Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, God Eater).

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NOVITÀ (SOTTOTITOLATE)

SAKAMICHI NO APOLLON (Kids On The Slope)

Serie di 12 episodi tratta dal manga “Jammin' Apollon” di Yuki Kodama, edito in Italia da Planet Manga.

L’introversa pianista classica Kaoru Nishimi è appena arrivata nel Kyushu per il suo primo anno di liceo. Dopo essersi trasferita costantemente da un posto all'altro fin dalla sua infanzia, sembra aver abbandonato ogni speranza di adattarsi, preparandosi così ad un altro anno solitario e insignificante. Almeno fino a quando non incontra Sentarou Kawabuchi, un noto delinquente appassionato di jazz…

La serie è stata diretta da Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) e prodotta nel 2012 da Tezuka Productions (The Quintessential Quintuplets) e MAPPA (Doror, Banana Fish). La colonna sonora è firmata da Yoko Kanno (Wolf’s Rain, Cowboy Bebop).

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MONONOKE

Serie originale di 12 episodi prodotta nel 2007 da Toei Animation (), spin-off della precedente serie antologica “Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror”.

Il Venditore di Medicine è un misterioso maestro dell'occulto che viaggia attraverso il Giappone feudale alla ricerca di spiriti malvagi chiamati "mononoke". Quando individua uno di questi spiriti, non può semplicemente ucciderlo; deve prima imparare la sua forma, la sua verità e la ragione per cui agisce prima di poter maneggiare la potente spada dell'Esorcismo e combattere contro lo spirito.

L’anime è stato diretto da Kenji Nakamura (Gatchaman Crowds, Kuuchuu Buranko, Tsuritama) e sceneggiato da Chiaki Konaka, Michiko Yokote e Ikuko Takahashi. Il character design e la direzione delle animazioni sono ad opera di Takashi Hashimoto, mentre i fondali sono stati realizzati da Takashi Kurahashi. Le musiche sono state composte da Yasuharu Takanashi (Terra e..., Gegege no Kitaro, Jigoku Shoujo).

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