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[wanderersrest]

A Cheat Sheet to Gintama References

Have you ever said to yourself "I want to get into Gintama, but I want to understand all of the references?"

Well fear not, for I have a cheat sheet for a lot of the references. Not all of them, because I'd never finish this post. But there are a lot of references the series makes, and as non-native Japanese viewers, a lot of things are lost on us. That's not even getting to things that are lost due to the language barrier. So here it is: a (not so) comprehensive list of series that Gintama references!

Manga

Dragon Ball (Bonus points if it involves dunking on Yamcha.)

Fist of the North Star (Complete with a copyright-friendly version of You Wa Shock!)

Saint Seiya (an entire episode hinges on Gintoki being afraid of getting sued by Toei because of their constant Saint Seiya references)

City Hunter (I wouldn't be surprised if City Hunter was an inspiration for Gintama. Like Gintoki as a main character is what happens if you were to combine Kenshin Himura and Ryo Saeba into a single man. And then you gave said man Kakashi's hair.)

Rurouni Kenshin (Gintama is best described as the post Big 3 answer to Rurouni Kenshin. While One Piece and Shaman King are the true successors to RK, Gintama is the series most similar in terms of aesthetics... minus the modern tech in Meiji-era Japan.)

One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach (I'm folding all three into one line due to their nature as Jump's Big Three. Not helping things is that Gintama ran around the same time as all three.)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventures

Death Note

To Love Ru (Yes, really.)

SKET Dance (Not surprising as SKET Dance mangaka Kenta Shinohara was Sorachi's apprentice at one point)

Fullmetal Alchemist

Lupin III

Golgo 13

Kinnikuman (the thing Ultimate Muscle is based off of)

Doraemon

Sazae-san

Berserk

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K (Ask me about how Gintama helped screw Saiki K out of an English Dub for Season 2)

Anime

Mobile Suit Gundam (It helps that Sunrise/Bandai Namco Pictures produced the Gintama anime, because there are a lot of Gundam references in particular. You also don't get the Renho arc without Sunrise producing the anime.)

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (Specifically the fact that Shinpachi and Tsukuyo's voice actors are in each series respectively)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Especially if it involves MADAO, as MADAO shares a voice actor with Gendo Ikari)

Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and My Neighbor Totoro (I'm highlighting these three Ghibli movies in particular due to how often they are referenced throughout the series.)

The Brave Franchise (Specifically The Brave Express Might Gaine and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar)

Patlabor (Yes really, and SKET Dance is partially to thank for this one)

Video Games

Dragon Quest (Specifically DQ III & IV, this series gets referenced a lot once Tama is introduced)

Sengoku Basara (Specifically when it involves one Toshiro Hijikata)

Final Fantasy VII

Mother

Super Mario Brothers

Tales Of

Resident Evil

Yakuza/Like a Dragon (Not surprising, as both Like a Dragon and Gintama are set in and around Kabukicho)

Monster Hunter

Live Action Film & Television

Abarenbo Shogun (SHOGUN KA YO!!!!!)

NHK Taiga Drama (The Shinsengumi drama in particular is a primary influence for Gintama)

Game of Death

Star Wars

Kinpachi-sensei (The series that the Ginpachi-sensei segments are based off of)

Doctor Who

I hope this helps if and when you decide to watch through Gintama. I'll try to update this post as I remember more references or if anyone messages me with a reference that I missed. Because good lord are there a lot of references. Oh, also remember: if this is your first time watching Gintama, start on episode 3. The first two episodes are filler.

[kuiperblog]

How often do men think about Japan's warring states period?

Imagine a woman who is obsessed with Miyamoto Musashi, the 16th century Japanese swordsman and philosopher. Okay, she might deny that she's obsessed with Musashi, but here are the things that an objective observer might note:

When people ask her what her favorite book is, she says it's the The Book of Five Rings, the book which contains Musashi's teachings, or the Niten Ki, the earliest biography of Musashi.

At least once a week, she makes a post on her Instagram that is a quote from the The Book of Five Rings or Dokkodo, like "Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love" or "Do not fear death"

She has a group of friends that she specifically met through her love of Musashi. Once a week, she grabs her copy of The Book of Five Rings, and goes to meet up with her friends to discuss a specific passage from the book and how to apply its message to their lives.

(She used to have a previous friend group that was really into Musashi in the city where she went to college; when she moved, one of the first things she did was find a new group of people who like Musashi as much as she does.)

If you asked her what she's looking for in a husband, one of her qualifying criteria would be, "He has to love Musashi and live in accordance with Musashi's teachings."

One day, she's scrolling through TikTok and sees a video from a woman saying, "Ladies, did you know that all men are obsessed with Sengoku-era Japan? If you don't believe me, go and ask your man how often he thinks about the Japanese warring states period."

Our Musashi-loving heroine laughs and says, "Oh, my boyfriend would never." But, amused by the idea, she asks him, "Hey babe, how often do you think about the Sengoku period?" He pauses and says, "Hmm, maybe once a day. Isn't it common for most men to think about serving under a daimyo who orders them to pick up a katana and march into battle?" She laughs and says, "You're doing this as a bit, aren't you?" He says, "No, I was obsessed with the Sengoku period as a kid, and I still am." He pulls up his Steam profile and shows her that he has spent 500 hours playing "Total War: Shogun 2," then shows her his PlayStation profile, where he's completed all of the achievements for Sengoku Basara 3, Sengoku Basara 4, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. He then shows her his DVD collection, which contains movies like Seven Samurai and Heaven and Earth. He says, "when I was a kid, I had a LEGO set with samurai characters, and I would play with them and imagine what it would be like to live in Japan during the warring states period. I still think about that, from time to time. Sometimes, I'll see a knife with a particular shape that looks sort of like a katana, and it makes me think about the Sengoku period."

She laughs. "Okay, okay, you've convinced me. I didn't realize that men spent so much time thinking about the Sengoku period."

He then asks her how often she thinks about Sengoku-era Japan. "I don't know," she says. "Like...never? Not since high school history class."

During this conversation, it doesn't occur to either of them to comment on the fact that she is a huge fan of Musashi, one of the most famous historical figures who lived during the Sengoku period.

That would be weird, right?

Okay, now replace "Musashi" with "Jesus," and "Sengoku-era Japan" with "the Roman Empire."

[yukikorogashi]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

What’s your phone wallpaper: This piece by Yuumei! Last song you listened to: Levantine - Midnight (Agent Stereo Remix) Currently reading: Uh just a bunch of fanfics in my free time. Last movie: I think it was The Medium, and that was weeks back, LOL! Last show: Abbott Elementary What are you wearing right now?: Pajamas. Piercings / Tattoos?: Just on my ears! c: Glasses? Contacts?: Both. Though I’ve been wearing my glasses a lot more lately after a really bad infection I got from some contacts a couple of months back... Still, if I can, I do like putting on my colour contacts for when I go out! Last thing you ate: Sour cream chips, I feel awful rn, lol. But I’m drinking green tea now to cleanse! Favorite colors: Green and purple! Current obsession: I’m back on my Resident Evil bs, tbh, LOL! Favorite fictional characters: Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3, Chris Redfield, Lucas Baker and Jack Krauser from Resident Evil, Taki and Seong Mi-na from Soul Calibur, Asuka Kazuma and Hwoarang from Tekken, Date Masamune, Saika Magoichi and Narita Kai from Samurai Warriors, Date Masamune, Saika Magoichi and Chosokabe Motochika from Sengoku Basara, Joseph Joestar, Jean Pierre Polnareff and Risotto Nero from JJBA, Kiryu Kazuma and Tianyou Zhao from RGG, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu and Kaito Momota from Danganronpa, Starscream from nearly every TF continuity... juuuust to name a few! 💦

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[newtypezaku]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Thanks....

I don't mind at all! In no particular order...

Yang Wen-li (Legend of the Galactic Heroes): The man is simultaneously the most interesting and most boring guy in the room. He outdoes his superiors in talent, principles, and humility, and although he'll always claim to hate working harder than he has to, he always does what he believes to be right in spite of them. Republican democracy continues to exist in his universe because of his actions and the guidance he gave to his adopted son.

Wakamiya Shinobu (Chihayafuru): Shinobu has no peers at her age and came to accept Chihaya as a worthy challenger and friend, which also helped undo some of the damage from her grandmother's strict upbringing. Which you'd almost never guess she had, because she's kind of a disaster when left to her own devices. And like most of the cast, she's a gigantic dork when not dialed into game mode.

Amuro Ray and Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam, Char's Counterattack): Original MSG wasn't my first Gundam, or even my second, or even my third. But when I finally watched that doomed Toonami run, it clicked. While the roles they occupied weren't that different from other shows of the time, the WAY they occupied those roles gave new potential to the 30-minute toy commercial. Going through the various sequels, different adaptations, and side stories, you realize that they're actually not that different, and that makes their rivalry that much more personal and intense.

Judau Ashta (ZZ Gundam): Sticking with Gundam, ZZ required a second watch for me to really appreciate what was happening. Like Amuro and Camille before him, Judau comes from a broken home and is surrounded by adults who've given up on him ever amounting to anything. All of his friends are in the same boat. And they experience positive growth over the course of the show, as they get drafted into the resistance and are given trust and responsibility. Their arc is actually one of the most satisfying, I think, out of all UC crews.

I'm also going to include Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing) and Allenby Beardsley (G Gundam) with the other Gundam characters because I thought they were cool when I was a teenager.

Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara): This dude, riding around on a horse with handlebars with his clan styled like a biker gang, screaming bad English phrases like "PUT THE GUNS ON!" in feudal times, helped take my weebishness to the next level by stirring an interest in Japanese history that has resulted in my bothering bemused staff at more local history museums than I'd care to count.

Mizuno Ami (Sailor Moon): The best girl in a franchise full of them, Ami is another character who gets top marks because of first impressions in the Toonami days. As a dork, of course I was going to crush on the smart one. Fiercely loyal to her friends, and willing to take action well outside her comfort zone when the situation demands it.

Jigglypuff (Pokemon): She just roams the countryside demanding that people listen to her song, and then draws all over them with magic marker when they inevitably fall asleep? Extremely powerful force of nature. Unstoppable.

[pidayforpi]

[Written on Monday/15th. Feeling slightly better now, but the facts still hold true.]

(So...for the past few days, I have been browsing Netflix for...children's cartoon animation movies to (re-)watch.

Today, I came across something called..."Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank"?

(which, by the way, I thought was a comic/cartoon-adapted movie, but apparently it's an original one)

[This thing. Don't know what image to attach, so here is the thumbnail of the trailer.]

Like a mature adult, I decided to watch it.

And, like a definitely non-weeb (and because it's available, otherwise it would be very hard to find), I decided to watch it in Japanese.

The first voice I 100% recognised was Jimbo's: Tesshō Genda （玄田哲章） [Younger Toguro, Sengoku Basara's Takeda, City Hunter's Umibozu] (Samuel L Jackson in the original voice, by the way). Which...okay, I know Genda-san does dubs. He's the voice of Foghorn Leghorn, after all. His voice is very iconic, too. You can't miss it when he does a "battle cry" thingie (maybe it's because I first knew him as Toguro).

But the second one I kinda recognised was Ika Chu's (yes that's the character's name apparently), and I was like:

"Wait, is that Tomokazu Sugita （杉田智和）???" [Gintoki Sakata, Kyon, Escanor, Joseph Joestar and much more]

And I immediately thought: "No way, Sugita doesn't do dubs..."

"But I also cannot not recognise that voice, his voice is very iconic too (and I have known him for a considerable number of roles, starting from Gintoki)."

After the movie, I checked the (Japanese) Wikipedia page, and literally did Joseph's "Naisu!" pose:

It really is Tomokazu Sugita.

And, to add on Sugita's role as Joseph Joestar: Apparently Hank's voice is Yū Hayashi （林勇）, who voices Smokey Brown.

Not gonna lie, I somehow found that very funny.

"NIGERUNDAYO, SMOKEY!!!!!"

There are also apparently other (JoJo) casts, like Tomokazu Seki （関智一） [Enrico Pucci] and Junichi Suwabe （諏訪部順一） [Leone Abbacchio/Younger D'Arby], who voice Chuck and Ichirou respectively. But I couldn't recognise them while I was watching (probably because they are using some silly voices, instead of the ones you hear shouting "Whitesnake!!!" or "Moody Blues!!!")

And of course, Tesshō Genda voices Impostor Captain Tennille/Dark Blue Moon from Stardust Crusaders...if you remember who that is.

(the "Onii-chan!" guy if that helps)

Also also, I may write another entry about this later on...but I would like to meet whoever decided to hire Akio fucking Ōtsuka （大塚明夫） [Wamuu, All For One, Uvogin, Saint Seiya's Hades] to voice Jimmy Crystal.)

[Shits and giggles end here. Much more personal stuff below.]

Maybe because I am still a student, I divide periods of my life into school years (instead of...you know, "real years").

Truth be told: This school year has been very bad for me.

Not because something bad happened (not something sudden and catastrophic), but because...nothing happened. I did nothing...outside school.

(Well, I had an internship interview during my very bad time in January, which was my first "job interview", and which was also my first unsuccessful "job interview").

And school is so super damn busy and stressful, that it is hard to do anything outside school.

I mentioned in my last...personal post, that I have been feeling mood swings. Some days are better (which are the days you see me liking and sharing posts, such as mid-February to early-March), and some days are absolutely bad (which are the days you don't see me at all).

Such as now. The reason why I am watching random stupid shit on Netflix is because, otherwise, I would be lying on my bed doing nothing. So I might as well be lying on my bed doing something. I can't sleep, because I have been sleeping too much already. I did try reading too, but I guess my mind is a bit too exhausted/overwhelmed to do that.

(I know I also should be spending at least some time socialising (a massive sorry to all my Discord server-mate seeing this), which is a "how to feel better" self-help tip I see in every single article. But whenever I am feeling bad, I just tend to...disappear. I know I should stop doing that, and I have been saying I will stop doing that. Sorry.)

Honestly, I shouldn't even be watching something on a Monday (it's my day off, but it's still a weekday, and I still have homework to do). I did go to school (to get out of home, at least), but I really had no energy to work today.

Okay, I actually have no energy nor interest to do...anything at all. I know it's waterfowl breeding season soon, and I haven't been to a park in...months. Which is definitely a sign that something is wrong with me.

This "on-and-off but constantly feeling bad on average" pattern reminds me of another past school year. A year I still dread and regret whenever I think about it.

Moreover, now that the Undertale cringe is one-year-old, I have successfully failed to create anything for a year.

Which is not ideal, and I have been saying this since last summer vacation. Because things have not been okay since then. My WIPs are becoming four years old.

I also didn't do any "active" stuff at all since school started, like gaming. My Brok the InvestiGator progress is still around 50%, so I have been dodging spoilers like mad. I tried to mod and play Skyrim a bit, but no big progress whatsoever (Vilja is still waiting for me to complete her quest). I know DD2 just dropped last month, but I haven't even bought it yet.

The only things I have done were "passive" things like watching shows/movies and reading fics. And sometimes even those stopped, when I am feeling really bad.

The reason why I am writing this is because "writing your feelings down" is another "how to feel better" self-help tip I see in every single article. I used to keep a diary where I did exactly this every day, but the habit sort of...faded away (during the aforementioned bad past school year, probably because I was too sad to write down how sad I was every day).

I don't have a cool/motivational ending to this, so I will just end it abruptly here.

(15-4-2024)

[mysticdragon3md3]

CANONICALLY QUEER ANIME CHARACTERS THAT I REMEMBERED BUT WEREN'T ON THIS ARTICLE'S LIST:

Date Masamune Daley Wong Motoko Kusanagi Jakotsu Toru Shiro & Saya Monou Toya Kinomoto & Yukito Tsukishiro Tomoyo Daidouji Subaru Sumeragi & Seishiro Sakurazuka Utena Tenjou & Anthy Himemiya Juri Arisugawa & Shiori Takatsuki Suletta Mercury & Miorine Rembran Kenjiro Hato Sailor Uranus & Sailor Neptune Fatora Venus & Alielle

Have these poor otaku not heard of Date Masamune? Famously bisexual historical figure with MANY anime and videogame portrayals? Half his dialogue with Sanada Yukimura in "Sengoku Basara" (2009-2011) is just flirting. Heck, last year, I saw a little kids' anime with a Date Masamune cat whose whole gimmick is having a crush on the male main character cat! I just watched episode 6 to refresh my memory, and Masamunya is daydreaming about marrying Nyanpire!

And what about Daley Wong? He is canonically gay. Do otaku these days not know about "Bubblegum Crisis"???? That was standard issue anime watching when I got into anime! A fundamental scifi series! It even got a remake, "Bubblegum Crisis 2040", which didn't change Daley's openly gay status.

Motoko Kusanagi from "Ghost in the Shell" is canonically gay. The movies may skip over that, but the longer format series usually show her girlfriends or have her coworkers mention what a womanizer she is. I'm a little confused about that episode where she talked about having a childhood crush on a boy---the one who was hesitant about getting a prosthetic body because they weren't dexterous enough to make origami cranes at the time---while the rest of the series seems to portray her as a lesbian. So I'm not 100% sure if she's gay or bi.

There's also Jakotsu from Inuyasha. Not a regular character, but part of the Shichinintai (Band of Seven) who were reoccurring antagonists for several episodes until they were defeated. Maybe a little stereotypey, but a canonically openly gay anime character.

CLAMP has several gay couples. Unfortunately they do like to use them for tragedy, unrequited love, and the "bury your gays" trope.

We've got "X" (series known as "X/1999" in English localization) with Toru and Saya. A lesbian couple so in love that when it was prophesied that Toru would die, giving birth to the Sacred Sword at the Togakushi Shrine, Saya found a loophole, married the Shinto priest at Togakushi Shrine to ensure she would constantly be at that location, and thus became the one who died instead of Toru, giving birth to the Sacred Sword. I think the anime changed things so that Saya said she fell in love with her husband Kyogo Monou instead, or downplayed her feelings for Toru, or something I'm misremembering, but I grew up with CLAMP's manga, and that's what I go by. Besides, the plot later explains that the whole reason Saya's spirt ended up in the Sea of Tears is because she married a man she didn't love, while fully knowing that she was in love with another woman instead.

"Cardcaptor Sakura" has several queer couples. We've got Toya and Yukito. The teacher Toya dated before Yukito, could see the future, and she specifically broke up with Toya because she foresaw he would fall in love more deeply with Yukito in the future. And when she and Toya met again, she asked Toya if he was happy (being with Yukito), and he said yes. Unless I'm misremembering, the manga also has a panel or 2 explaining that Tomoyo was coincidentally repeating her mother's unrequited sapphic crush on Sakura's mother, by she herself having an unrequited sapphic crush on Sakura. But I just checked the Wiki and there was apparently a lot of weird editing mistakes in the manga that made Tomoyo seem straight, and then CLAMP had to use several interviews and future manga issues to clear up that Tomoyo's crush was actually on Sakura. O.o

I've had "Tokyo Babylon" on my shelf for years, but haven't finished the manga or the anime disks that I bought. lol But from my understanding, that whole series is steeped in the crush between the male leads, Subaru and Seishiro. And then it culminates in "X", because that series was a crossover continuation of several CLAMP series. During "Tokyo Babylon", Seishiro has this hidden omen running in his family about being destined to be killed by the person he loves the most. Within "X", Seishiro is killed by Subaru.

And how can we forget "Revolutionary Girl Utena"? Even if the series doesn't outright state them as gay, the whole series is built around their romance and then the movie has them out-right kiss. And it's not an accident situation or an animation that happens for only 2 frames, or something. It's an actual, romantic kiss, center-frame, as the resolution of that movie. Also Juri and Shiori are doing some unrequited things that I can't remember. But I remember Shiori being kind of toxic in the movie, like she was trying to make Juri jealous?

Speaking of Utena, "Gundam: the Witch From Mercury" is often compared to following Utena's outline, right down to the sapphic couple at the center. The series is still going, and I haven't been able to watch all the episodes so far, but if they truly homage Utena, they will advance from all their romance tropes between Suletta and Miorine, into hopefully an outright declaration of queer love. Here's hoping. <3

Can we count Kenjiro Hato from "Genshiken: Second Generation"? Because I don't know if they're "canonically" queer or not. Do we count them as "canonically" queer if they don't state they're queer? So much of that series is Hato still trying to figure out how they feel about crossdressing, about Harunobu Madarame, and being a fudanshi. I can't remember if Hato ever came to terms with any conclusions about themself. I can't remember if Hato ever definitely stated being in love with Madarame, or just spent all that time not quite understanding their own feelings. Is Hato a trans egg? Or is Hato genderfluid? Or did they just never figure that out about themself? Does Hato still identify as "male" by the end of the series? I don't remember! (But I'm sorry the series framed how Yoshitake treated you as a joke, because that was really uncomfortable.)

And how did I forget Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune? So famously gay, that when the first English dub tried to censor their relationship for the localization, it just turned into awkward "cousin loving cousin" dubs.

Almost forgot Princess Fatora and Alielle from "El Hazard: The Magnificent World". One of the first isekai genre series I watched. Fatora doesn't appear for most of the series, since she is a prisoner of the antagonists. But her girlfriend, Alielle, is in most of the OAV series. I remember them being very clearly lesbians, and after Fatora is rescued, I think they spent a lot of the sequel series chasing around the other girls in the cast.

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations as Koji Kashin.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind as Bruno Bucciarati.

The Irregular at Magic High School as Tatsuya Shiba.

Shinmai Maou no Testament as Basara Tōjō.

[iryomito]

SenBasa characters as movies

Something for this special event xd

happy 15th anniversary!!!

Date Masamune: Deadpool

Sanada Yukimura: Superman

Katakura Kojuro: John Wick

Sarutobi Sasuke: Fantastic beasts

Ishida Mitsunari: Kill Bill

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Avengers

Chosokabe Motochika: Pirates of the Caribean

Mouri Motonari: Silence of the Lambs

Shima Sakon: Ocean eleven

Shibata Katsuie: the fault in our stars

Maeda Keiji: the new year’s eve

Maeda Toshie and Matsu: Fun with dick and Jane

Otani Yoshitsugu: It

Oda Nobunaga: the Godfather

Nouhime: Millenium Actress

Oichi: The Conjuring

Azai Nagamaza: Justice League

Tenkai: Saw

Matsunaga Hisashide: National Treasure

Fuma Kotaro: the artist

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: 300

Takenaka Hanbei: Angels and Demons

Tsuruhime: Howl’s moving castle

Saica Magoichi: Wonder Woman

Takeda Shingen: the Lord of the rings

Uesugi Kenshin: Stardust

Kasuga: Cinderella

Shimazu Yoshihiro: Last Vegas

Kuroda Kanbei: series of unfortunate events

Otomo Sorin: Sister’s act

Mogami Yoshiaki: the three Musketeers

Kobayakawa Hideaki:Julie and Julia

Kyōgoku Maria: Letters to Juliet

Ii Naotora: La femme Nikita

Itsuki: Jack frost

Mori Ranmaru: Home alone

Yamanaka Shikanosuke: The Jungle book

Goto Matabei: World war z

Ashikaga Yoshiteru: the great gatsby

[roger-maylor-brian-tay]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime, books, movies or tv series)? Thanks....

Not at all!

Here they are:

1. Genjo Sanzo - Saiyuki (anime)

2. Nakayama Haruki - Given (manga/anime)

3. Adachi Kiyoshi - Cherry Magic (TV drama)

4. Date Masamune - Sengoku Basara (anime)

5. Shindo Shuichi - Gravitation (manga/anime)

6. Loki - MCU

7. Tendo Akane - Ranma 1/2 (manga)

8. Hyoga - Saint Seiya (anime)

9. Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes - MCU

10. Thranduil - The Hobbit (movie)

🙂

[babygray-dam]

Character designs from the Gintama x Toei Kyoto Studio Park collaboration from 2018, to promote the second live-action movie.

Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura are dressed like common foot soldiers, while everyone else (apart from Yamazaki) are dressed like famous figures of the Sengoku era.

Kondo as Naoe Kanetsugu, a retainer of the Uesugi clan. On his helmet is the character for ‘love’.

Hijikata as Date Masamune. Is this a gag because Nakai Kazuya voices both Hijikata and Sengoku BASARA’s version of the One-Eyed Dragon? “Let’s Party!!!!”

Okita as Oda Nobunaga, who has an evil or demonic reputation in pop culture. If I remember correctly, one of his introductions in BASARA had him drinking wine out of a human skull.

Yamazaki’s a ninja. Just a ninja.

Katsura as Izumo no Okuni, who is considered to be the creator of the kabuki art form. She’s said to have performed her new theater style by the Kamo River.

Sakamoto as Saint Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary who was determined to convert the Japanese to Catholicism. He was notable for the being the first Jesuit missionary to come to Japan.

Kamui as Miyamoto Musashi, a famous swordsman known for his double-bladed style and his undefeated record of 61 duels.

Takasugi as Sasaki Kojiro, a genius swordsman in his own right and Musashi’s long-time rival. Most well known for his duel with Musashi, which ended in his death.

[fauzhee10069]

Can i ask what stuff (games, animanga, shows etc) ur into

Quite a lot, but some are no longer active (lost interest or no longer catch up). I will list fandoms that I know quite well about the characters and familiar with the overall stories ((but don't think of me as an expert because I don't consider myself as such, I’m simply a casual fan):

the bolded ones are where I'm currently active, while the bracketed ones are discontinued/less familiar with

Anime/Manga:

Mugen no Juunin/Blade of The Immortal (completed)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Mob Psycho 100 (completed)

One-Punch Man

Hunter x Hunter

The Ravages of Time

Shingeki No Kyojin/Attack On Titan (completed)

DURARARA!!

One Piece

Shin-Angyo Onshi (completed)

Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler

Death Note (completed)

Naruto (completed)

Bleach (completed)

(Berserk)

(Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn)

(Yuuri on Ice)

Video Games:

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy XV

Devil May Cry

Grant Theft Auto

Sengoku Basara

Dynasty Warriors

Samurai Warriors

Mortal Kombat

Tomb Raider

Outlast

Bully

(Final Fantasy series)

(Resident Evil)

(God of War)

Black Desert Mobile (MMORPG)

Movies/TV Shows/Books:

Tolkien’s: Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, Silmarillion

Harry Potter

Empire

Good Doctor

(Supernatural)

(Sherlock Holmes)

Various Historical K-Drama

Muhteşem Yüzyıl/Magnificent Century, including its spin-off: Kösem

(currently also into) Danmei:

Chen Qing Ling/The Untamed (MDZS)

Shan He Ling/Word of Honor (Tian Ya Ke/Faraway Wanderers)

Qian Qiu/Thousand Autumns (completed)

2ha/The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (still reading)

Tian Guan Ci Fu/Heaven Official’s Blessing (completed)

also will continue to: SVSSS, Sha Po Lang.

Expect the list to be growing, because I often tend to discover new fictions/fandoms.

[lockeoutersan]

How has anime influenced the rest of the world

The word anime — pronounced "ah-knee-may" — is an abbreviation of the word animation. In Japan, the word is used to refer to all animation. However, outside of Japan, it has become the catch-all term for animation from Japan.

For decades, anime was produced by and for Japan — a local product, with a distinct look-and-feel to not just the artwork but the storytelling, the themes, and the concepts. Over the last forty years, it has become an international phenomenon, attracting millions of fans and being translated into many languages. A whole generation of viewers in the West has grown up with it and are now passing it on to their own children.

Because all things anime tend to be lumped together, it's tempting to think of anime as a genre. It isn't, at least no more than animation itself is a genre, but rather a description of how the material is produced. Anime shows, like books or movies, fall into any number of existing genres: comedy, drama, sci-fi, action-adventure, horror and so on.

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What Makes Anime So Special? Most anime fans can sum this up in two words: "It's different." Anime is as unlike most American cartoons like "Batman" and "Spider-Man" are different from the comics that run in daily papers. These differences show up in many ways including the artwork storytelling, breadth of material and even cultural nuances exhibited by the characters.

Anime art styles range from the flamboyant and outlandish in shows like "Samurai Champloo" and " FLCL" to the simple and direct in shows like "Azumanga Daioh!." That said, even shows with more "basic" artwork can still be visually striking. Anime has this way of making everything look fresh and new.

It doesn't shy away from epic storylines, either, which often run for dozens (sometimes hundreds) of episodes. The best anime, though, no matter what their length, all demand great emotional involvement from the viewer.

The sheer range of anime shows out there means a fan of most any other kind of TV or movie can find an anime series that mirrors its style. For fans of hard science fiction, the show "Planetes" would be perfect for you; romantic comedy fans will love "Fruits Basket" while crimefighting lovers will enjoy "Ghost in the Shell." There are even adaptations of classical literature like "The Count of Monte Cristo."

Not only that, fans of anime also get an intimate look into Japan's history, language and worldview, woven into a great deal of anime on many levels. Some shows are takeoffs on Japanese history like "Sengoku Basara" or raid Japanese mythology for story ideas like "Hakkenden" or "Hell Girl." Even shows that are outwardly non-Japanese in their presentation like "Claymore" and "Monster" have tinges of a Japanese sensibility to them.

What's most striking is how anime's impact is coming full circle. Some recent American cartoon productions, like "Avatar: The Last Airbender," are openly inspired by anime itself, and live-action English-language versions of anime titles are starting to come into production more frequently.

Is Anime Okay for Young Kids? Because anime's so broad-reaching in its subject matter, it's possible to find anime aimed at just about every age group. Some titles are specifically for younger viewers or are suitable for all ages like the animated series "Pokémon" or Studio Ghibli film "My Neighbor Totoro" while others are aimed at teenage audiences and older like "InuYasha." There are even some animes aimed at older teens like "Death Note" and some for mature audiences only like "Monster" and "Queens Blade."

[newtypezaku]

Do you mind if I ask, what are your top 5 (or top 10) favorite moments from any anime (can be series or movies)? Sorry if you have answered this before.....

Oof, do I even remember that many individual moments? Here are some faves (naturally, there are spoilers) in no particular order:

In Gundam X, Garroad uses the Double X's twin satellite cannon to fire a warning shot at the Space Revolutionary Army's colony laser escort fleet to intimidate them into calling off an attack. The SRA is not threatened because no existing satellite cannon can be fired multiple times in rapid succession... and then the second shot comes even closer.

CHUCHU BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF THE MEAN GIRLS IN WITCH FROM MERCURY.

Ace of Diamond, basically anytime Sawamura is pitching and he hits the batter with a changeup. Love how the ball comes out and appears to just freeze in midair while they're already most of the way through their swing.

Sengoku Basara is pretty nuts all the way through, but I think when Takeda Shingen appeared standing on his horse and riding on a nearly-vertical slope... I knew I was in for something special.

Watching Summer Wars with the Carnegie-Mellon Unversity anime club, and we get to the very end where the characters are watching a CNN news report about the evil AI... and there's the dude in a photo from his time at Carnegie-Mellon University, standing in front of the College of Fine Arts building right across the street from ours, resulting in us losing our goddamn minds.

[mysticdragon3md3]

"Let Goku Die" by Mother's Basement

I remember when I switched from American superhero comic books to manga, it was a tough transition, ecause manga had endings. Even when Magic Knight Rayearth got a sequel series, that too, also had an ending. Even the seemingly neverending episodic series like Ranma ½ got an “ending”…even if that ending was that the characters would continue their lives, just as they had while we watched/read them, but now we would have to say goodbye to them, while they continued on. But it’s been a long time now, and I can’t really remember those feelings anymore.

I don’t really understand the feeling of needing new episodes/chapters of a series to keep releasing, especially when the story is episodic or the type where each story arc is just ANOTHER adventure. Maybe because I’m the type who can rewatch a movie or series multiple times, and still get enjoyment out of those scenes, each time, I don’t understand the need to always need NEW misadventures of the characters we love. Just go back and re-watch/re-read things. Even years after watching my favorite series Sengoku Basara (2009-2011), I can still realize new ideas and new interpretations, out of subsequent rewatches. As Geoff said in this video essay, re-watching has value in the new interpretations you can have while rewatching.

Though the moral of this video essay is admirable, I am solidly rooted in my escapism and refuse to leave my refuge of “slice of life”, iyashikei, and rewatching “comfort” series. lol

But this idea of not letting go of long-running anime is also funny to me, because from my perspective, otaku have become very good at letting go of series and moving on to the next. For many years now, I realized that most of my main fandoms have been videogames. Maybe because videogame franchises can span literal decades. Just this past week in March 2023, Persona 5 announced P5X, ANOTHER spinoff, after P5 originally released in 2016 (in Japan; released worldwide in April 2017). If you are a Kingdom Hearts fan, that fandom is still active. But me as a Western Sengoku Basara anime fan, must face a desert. Compared to most videogame fandoms, most anime fans go from favorite series, to new favorite series, EACH SEASON. Recently, I saw a figure collecting channel warn against buying Nendoroids of EVERY character you like, because everyone is going from “seasonal waifu, to seasonal waifu”, not even remembering the previous favorite characters, a year later (when Nendoroids usually release after their preorders). ("DO NOT DO THIS Anime Figure Collecting MISTAKE!" by The Anime Figure Collector; https://youtu.be/mxKDfjJsXVU) For a while now, I’ve had this feeling that anime fans far too easily let series go. They get distracted by the new hot thing in the new season, with 4 seasons every year.

Not that I can’t understand that certain series would probably shock most otaku to end. Especially from Shonen Jump. Hearing from their mangaka, it seems the Jump publishers highly pressure a lot of their series to go on eternally, even when the mangaka wanted to move onto new projects. I can see everyone being shocked when One Piece eventually ends. And we saw everyone lamenting about Berserk (even when it was announced that the deceased mangaka’s assistants would continue the series). Certain series have become legacy IPs. Dragonball, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Naruto/Boruto, etc. Even if you haven’t been reading every chapter, it’s just something we all got accustomed to expecting in the background of the industry/fandoms.

I remember being shocked when I finally reached Ranma ½’s ending. But I feel like a lot of the most popular series, like Dragonball and Naruto/Boruto, are these fandoms I’ve moved away from, so long ago, that I didn’t even realize they were still going. Like The Simpsons. I can objectively see how it would be hard to let go of a long-running manga/anime, but it’s been so long since one long-running anime/manga was my personal obsessed fixation, that it’s still a little difficult for me to see. It’s not like a videogame which needs 3+ years for each installment. A manga/anime can get through a lot of story, that would be an abundance of rewatch material, after the series was done. That being said, if Persona or Fire Emblem just ended their franchises, no more of either of those games, then maybe I’d remember what this feeling was to be unable to let go of a manga/anime. In fact, it’s kind of happening to me right now. I got into Fire Emblem only through Fire Emblem 3 Houses; now everyone is moving onto Fire Emblem Engage. Persona 5 is still getting spinoffs, and though I've become less fixated on P5, I still love it, and don't want to let go of it. Meanwhile, everyone talks so tired of Persona 5. Atlus can barely announce a spin off for P5 without everyone groaning, "Why are we still milking Persona 5?!? Give us Persona 6 already!". I meanwhile, would like to stay on Persona 5 as long as possible. I can't let go. Despit the fact that but I chose to leave Persona 5 as my primary fixation, in exchange for Fire Emblem Three Houses. I imagine that fixation switch was a hint of what otaku are experiencing, jumping from season to season, with new favorite series/character, but they do it a lot more often. So I guess if I think about it, I can relate, though my perspective is distorted through longer stretches of time. Me being unable to relate or so out of practice with this feeling of being unable to let go of a weekly series/story, is such a strange scenario, because I am intensely unable to let go of things. I’m a craft supply hoarder. I keep every movie ticket. I can’t sell off parts of my multiple collections that I’m not that interested in anymore. My favorite anime is still Sengoku Basara from 2009. Most of the anime I watch aren’t new, but from 10 years ago. I can’t let go of things. …But I guess I haven’t had to. I could probably relate more to otaku, who want their anime/manga to keep going on forever, if I was still obsessed with anime, still needing a daily anime fix, with their storylines constantly hurtling towards their endings, as much as I used to be. But when I shifted my fixations to videogames, I may have accidentally found safety from that feeling of “things ending”. Because even if a videogame franchise does end, it may take literal decades. So videogames is a relatively safe fandom, to avoid that “ending” feeling.

Still, can people please stop groaning at every P5 spinoff? I'm looking forward to them! Even the Chinese-only one that I can't play! I just love looking at the art and knowing their adventures in that world are still going. Persona 6 will come! Please let me enjoy these p5 spinoffs without using P6 as an excuse to rain on my parade! ;o;

[whipbogard]

Favorite Character Tag Game

Thanks @kunfyouzed for the tag!!

Rules: name ten favourite characters from ten different things (TV, movies, books, etc.), then tag ten people

1. Jason Todd (DC) 2. Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) 3. Tony Stark (Marvel) 4. Sirius Black (Harry Potter) 5. Sugimoto Saichi (Golden Kamuy) 6. Simon Blackquill (Ace Attorney series) 7. Date Masamune (Sengoku BASARA) 8. Anders (Dragon Age) 9. Mirai Trunks (Dragon Ball) 10. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Tagging: uhhh I’m so bad at this so feel free to do it if you’d like ;_;

[ihrasan]

Anime

         Anime is a popular style of animation in Japanese films. It is not synonymous with "cartoon" despite the popular belief held by the "uneducated" masses. While both are caricatures that may be animated, anime usually has visually distinct features for characters, and a more "limited animation" style for depicting movement. Anime is considered to be an art form by those who appreciate it. A wide range of audiences are targeted with complicated, in depth and emotional storylines.

 Why do people like anime? And why is anime so addicting as some fans claim?

Anime and manga have long been at the heart of Japanese culture, with a consistent wave of popularity between the generations. Over recent years, the popularity for anime and its comic strip counterpart manga has grown considerably in the UK and even the West.

One of the main reasons why anime has stood the test of time and grown in popularity across the world is due to its unique ability to grow with its viewers. The famous anime expert, Takamasa Sakurai, claims that the genre has been widely accepted due to its unconventional nature, “Japanese anime broke the convention that anime is something that kids watch”. Overseas fans of anime claim that they enjoy the intensity of the storylines with the endings being difficult to predict as anime is often targeted at adult audiences.

It provides epic storylines, which often run for dozens and sometimes hundreds of episodes. The best anime, though, no matter what their length, all demand great emotional involvement from the viewers. The sheer range of anime shows out there means a fan of most any other kind of TV or movie can find an anime series that mirrors its style. For fans of sports related anime, the show "Haikyuu!!" and “Kuroku no Basket” would be perfect for you; romantic comedy fans will love "Fruits Basket" and “Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama” while crimefighting lovers will enjoy "Ghost in the Shell." There are even adaptations of classical literature like "The Count of Monte Cristo."

Not only that, fans of anime also get an intimate look into Japan's history, language and worldview, woven into a great deal of anime on many levels. Some shows are takeoffs on Japanese history like "Sengoku Basara" or raid Japanese mythology for story ideas like "Hakkenden" or "Hell Girl." Even shows that are outwardly non-Japanese in their presentation like "Claymore" and "Monster" have tinges of a Japanese sensibility to them.

What's most striking is how anime's impact is coming full circle. Some recent American cartoon productions, like "Avatar: The Last Airbender," are openly inspired by anime itself, and live-action English-language versions of anime titles are starting to come into production more frequently. 

Much of the genre is aimed at children, but anime films are sometimes marked by adult themes and subject matter. Early anime films were intended primarily for the Japanese market and, as such, employed many cultural references unique to Japan. For example, the large eyes of anime characters are commonly perceived in Japan as multifaceted “windows to the soul.”  At the turn of the 21st century, anime began to attain wide international popularity with the Pokémon television series and films such as Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2002), winner of an Academy Award for best animated feature film.