Since some people weren't able to make it to a few streams I've decided to link some of them here! Hopefully nothing happens to my channel! I had to set them as unlisted so the links links would work.
New 'I'm in Love with the Villainess' Trailer Announces October 2 Premier, New Cast and Theme Revealed
On August 10, a second promotional video for the upcoming television anime adaptation of isekai Yuri series I'm in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou) was released. The trailer unveiled the series' October 2 premiere date and previewed the opening theme song, "Raise Y/Our Hands!!."
Main cast members Yuu Serizawa (Rae) and Karin Nanami (Claire) perform the opening theme, as well as the ending theme "O.C. Optimum Combination."
The trailer also announced new cast member joining Serizawa and Nanami, as follows:
KENN - Rod Bauer
Daisuke Namikawa - Thane Bauer
Youko Hikasa - Yu Bauer
New visuals were also uploaded to the series website along with the trailer.
Previously announced cast includes Aimi, Ikumi Hasegawa, Sara Matsumoto, and Minami Kurisaka. The anime is created at Platinum Vision and directed by Hideaki Oba (Love of Kill). Additional crew includes:
Ayumu Hisao - Script Composer
Youko Satou - Character Designer
Hijime Takakuwa - Sound Director
Noriyuki Asakura and Usagi to Uma - Music Composers
Yachi Kiyotaka - Art Director
Yamagami Aiko - Color Designer
Sato Yoko and Kobayashi Toshimitsu - Animation Directors
I'm in Love with the Villainess is based on the series of the same name by Inori. Originally released as a webnovel on Shousetsuka ni Naro in 2018, the series was picked up by BL Bunko for digital publishing. It ran for five volumes, concluding in 2021. Hanagata illustrates the light novels.
A manga adaptation of I'm in Love with the Villainess began serialization in Comic Yuri Hime! in June of 2020. Aonoshimo illustrates the manga adaptation. Seven Seas licenses the manga, light novels, and the spin-off series She's So Cheeky for a Commoner in English.
I'm in Love with the Villainess is a popular series, especially with overseas consumers. It has been praised for its world building, characters, and emphasis on explicitly discussing LGBTQ+ identity and life.
The anime is set to premiere on October 2, 2023 and stream in internationally on Crunchyroll.
Source: I'm in Love with the Villainess Anime Official Website
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Last week was utter hell, with a new class, a new schedule, and my sleep going out of whack. I'm still trying to readjust, and let me explain why I'm mentioning all of this. Almost nothing would have motivated me to get out of my zone and type this post except for Frieren. Frieren is one of my favorite manga series. If you've talked to me about anime/manga before, you would know this. So, ever since it was announced, it has been one of my most anticipated series. To add to that, Keiichirou Saitou was announced as the director. He's a great example of an upcoming new-gen director who has excelled in everything he's been a part of. From the beautiful and abstract EDs he created for The Executioner and Her Way of Life or Boogiepop, to the mesmerizing, dreamlike episodes he directed for Sonny Boy, and the expressive, now very popular Bocchi the Rock. He was a perfect choice as a director for a series like this, and let me tell you, he delivered fully.
Just from a quick glance, you can see how the show looks. Everything is eye-catching, making it almost hard to focus on one particular element because they all just look so good, and no, it's not just the chromatic aberration causing the lack of focus. The various departments responsible for compositing, the background, and the overall color design have done an outstanding job, creating a beautiful and cohesive piece of art. Seeing someone you might consider a less experienced director pulling off such a complete and harmonious experience is incredible. In terms of design, the whole show is aesthetically pleasing. It's not the experimental work you saw in Sonny Boy; it's going in a totally different direction, like a beautiful painting that should be framed on a wall.
It works very well when paired with, you know, how Frieren is as a story. The fantasy world they are in isn't an extremely unique one. You've seen it before; it's fairly typical in that sense. But that's not truly the point. The main focus is showing the day-to-day or year-to-year life of this immortal elf girl, Frieren, and how she views time, how she remembers her past. It's not an incredibly grand adventure, but with the small lens we have on these characters, it feels like a cherished moment, something that should be captured in a photo or painting. It's beautiful in a very simple way. It's not a series made for extremely large moments, I think Frieren has always been focused on a simpler view of life, much like a painting. The smaller details of such a straightforward approach are highlighted so well. The trees in the environment, the squirrels just moving around—there's so much life in each scene. It really all comes together for me like a piece of art.
The consistency lasts through all four episodes, and the staff distribution also seems fairly good, so I expect this to continue throughout the two cours. The pacing itself is perfect. I've really enjoyed how the story has been adapted to animation so far. I believe that nowadays, many anime series have fallen into the pitfalls of adapting things too quickly to capture the interest of newer viewers early on. However, the series composition for Frieren here is excellent.
This writeup might have been shorter than most people were expecting considering how amazing the anime adaptation is and how much I love the source material, but what can really be said about except just praising? I feel like even if you don't like the source material, the anime's execution is almost undeniably good. Additionally, as I said this past week has not been kind to me so my energy is a bit drained, at first I was planning to be more specific in my write up and make points more adhering to the specifics of each episode, but I didn't really have time for that. However, I will do my best to cover every Frieren episode weekly from now on. Make no mistake this is going to be my favorite series from this year.
From Joestar Radio P2 Battle Tendency EP4 with Tomokazu Sugita in purple as Joseph Joestar's VA, Takuya Satou in blue as Caesar Zeppeli's VA, and Daisuke Ono as Jotaro Kujo's VA.
The next guest for Dangerous Reunion is Satou Takuya!! This is amazing!! First, he’s super talented and has an amazing voice so we love to hear it lol. But!! This is the first time they’ve had a guest younger than 47yrs old (SatoTaku is 39), meaning this is will open the door for lots of other amazing people to guest on their show!
Toshi is the youngest out of 7 siblings and as for their names and ages:
Tamegorou (41)
Yoshimaru (38)
Haruka (35)
Daisuke (33)
Norifumi (31)
Futaba (29)
Toushirou (27)
Including his sibling in-laws:
Hijikata Sumire (Tamegorou's wife)
Kasuya Akemi (Daisuke's wife)
Satou Hikojirou (Futaba's husband)
After the fire and bandit incident, with Tamegorou no longer fit to be the head of the family, the other siblings fought for the inheritance and only stopped when two of the siblings were killed by Yoshimasa who later died in prison
When Tamegrou died, the family was later survived by Daisuke, Futaba and Toshi
Later on in life, Toshi reconciled with Daisuke and Futaba who have long since became better people and earned Toshi's forgiveness for the way they isolated him in the past
**Kenji Nomura does Demack, and Housaku (the Tomato guy):
https://myanimelist.net/people/299/Kenji_Nomura
As a general rule, a lot of characters who had bit roles in the past got more bit roles due to episodic nature of the show. Because ZEXAL had a huge budget, a lot of high profile actors are here for bit roles as glorified cameos.
Daisuke Yanase's main role in the play may be Yang Kum-Ji, the cruel ruler of Awa... but in the 1st act he appears as Ao, Shin-Ah's childhood guardian and the previous Blue Dragon warrior! He had to practice the swordfight and was more nervous for Ao than Kum-Ji 🐉 ⛵
On the other hand Hisanori Satou primarily plays Kan Tae-Jun, son of the Fire Tribe Leader, but in the 2nd act he's around as one of Kum-Ji's subordinates 🔥🫡