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[mceproductions]

Best of 2023 Music #8: RADWIMPS and Toaka “Suzume”

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Sam Elliot in the 2018 version of A Star is Born mentioned how music can be boiled down to 12 notes, that repeat endlessly. With only the artist that can switch things up on how the world sees the variations on those notes.

Here we focus on 7 and how it becomes intertwined within a journey.

RADWIMPS have become almost the right hand of Makoto Shinkai when it comes to his most recent films. Crafting and curating a body swapped love story, and the connections between 2 who would change things.

For Suzume they give its theme an iconic voice via those 7 infamous notes and frame a journey around it as we see how a girl and a soul within a chair go to prevent a disaster from happening.

Toakas haunting voice is what carries this.

And it’s pure magic.

SUM 22: The theme of Suzume gets its ground established via RADWIMPS backing melody and the haunting sound of Toaka giving us 7 infamous notes.

[animechristi]

Suzume: Preparation for the Gospel

I place this in Mary's hands for her to bring to Jesus

Mark 15:16 “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.’”

First, for those who haven’t seen the movie

a.) Background: Suzume is a 2023 anime movie written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. While it’s his third collaboration with musicians Kazuma Jinnouchi and the Radwimps, if my research is correct, it’s his 7th feature film. In other words, he’s no stranger to movie making. If you haven’t seen it or Shinkai’s other films, I’d say it’s worth a watch here’s the trailer.

b.) SPOILERS, it’s the nature of an analysis, nothing personal. If you don’t want them then go watch the movie.

c.) Premise: Like many of Shinkai’s other movies, Suzume adds a supernatural layer onto your average adolescent story. In this case, it’s an evil spirit called “the worm” that lives under Japan. Whenever it breaks into our world through certain portals – called “doors” – it causes devastating earthquakes. These doors are usually located in abandoned urban areas, e.g. the entrance door for a shutdown school, or the door of a Ferris wheel carriage at an abandoned theme park. Thankfully these gates have been kept shut throughout the centuries by a group of “Closers” who travel throughout the country shutting any gates that may pop up. Par for the course this “closing” takes the form of a spell and then using a physical key to close the door.

Our heroine, Suzume, starts the movie by unknowingly removing one of the two keystones in Japan that help keep the worm from entering our world. Luckily a young Closer, named Souta, has come to town just in time to help her closer the door. The keystone, called Daijin – a spiritual creature in the form of a cat – decides Suzume has given him a vacation, and after turning Souta into a chair and deeming him the new keystone, our feline friend takes his leave.

The rest of the movie is Suzume and Souta traveling across country to close more doors, return Souta to a human state, and get Daijin to return to his post as a keystone.

Freed from Keystone duty, Daijin takes the form of a mischievous kitten.

Second, what’s our take on all this?

Seems pretty pagan, isn’t this a Christian analysis Mr. Blogger?

Of course! And as you’ll all recall Vatican II states that “Whatever good or truth is found amongst them [those who have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God] is looked upon by the Church as a preparation for the Gospel” (Lumen Gentium 16). Neither is this anything new since the phrase preparation evangelica comes down to us from Eusebius writing in the 4th century.

So how does Suzume fit into this?

I suggest the events of Suzume mirror key points of salvation history and thus prepare viewers to understand the Gospel. AND I HAVE MANY EXAMPLES!!

St. Paul preaching at Athens appealed to the mindset of his listeners. There weren’t many converts but that’s more from there own complacency than his own method.

Gospel Parallels

a. Need for a Savior

Halfway through the movie – once Suzume and Souta have gained the assistance of the other keystone guardian, named Sadaijin – we are offered this reason for all the trouble they’re going through: “to set right what has been wronged by human hands.” But what we later find out is that Suzume and Souta aren’t enough by themselves to resolve the keystone issue. They need help, and it needs to be spiritual a.k.a. divine. This is a great way to highlight the fittingness of the incarnation. Man needed to make reparation to God for his original sin, yet man was also incapable of doing precisely that. Thus, God became man so that He might do what we ourselves couldn’t do.

b. Willing self-sacrifice

Especially poignant to the story is Souta realizing he’s become the new keystone and he’ll be deprived of his human life to remained forever a keystone guardian against the worm. While you could view Souta’s sacrifice as a Christ-like one, I don’t think that does justice to the rest of the movie. His sacrifice is noted, especially by his grandfather, but it’s also pointed out that he didn’t actively will to be a keystone. Instead, he merely resigned himself to the role Daijin forced on him. The key here – no pun intended – is that it is only when Suzume proclaims that she’ll willingly offer herself up as a keystone in place of Souta that Daijin changes his mind, helps free Souta, and takes up his role as keystone once again.

This helps viewers understand that Jesus’s Passion wasn’t simply a matter of gritting His teeth and accepting divine punishment from His Father. Rather, Jesus willingly offers Himself out of love. Christ is very explicit about this when He says: “No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again” (Jn 10:18).

It was in the context of the last supper, at the beginning of His Passion, that Jesus taught his disciples what self-gift, i.e. what true love of God and neighbor is.

c. Nature and Grace

Related to this previous point is how Daijin agrees to help Suzume after she explicitly expresses her willingness to be a keystone in place of Souta. Curiously enough, Daijin doesn’t force Suzume to keep this promise. He doesn’t even mention it. He simply responds by to it by helping her free Souta. The Gospel parallel is this: God doesn’t simply override our wills to accomplish His plan, but desires to work with us.  

Another example of this mystery is how at the beginning of the movie both Suzume and Souta think Daijin is running around opening doors for the worm, but in actuality he is guiding them towards the open doors so that they can close them. He’s trying to call them to a greater service but they don’t understand and so think he’s mischievous and malevolent. Does this not call to mind God’s words in Isaiah “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Is 55:8).

d. Acts of Prayer

The formula that Souta recites to close a door references the hills and rivers of the land as gifts from the gods and how people have enjoyed life on this land but now the Closer offers those all back to the gods. Acknowledging that everything in life is a gift is not just a Christian notion, although Paul clearly articulates it one (1 Cor 4:7 What do you have that you did not receive?)But going beyond our life being a gift from God this formula shows how we are called to offer everything back to our Creator not because He’s greedy and demands it but because it helps us – in the movie it literally keeps a destructive spirit out of our life!) What comes to my mind are the beautiful words of one of the Prefaces for Mass: “For, although you have no need of our praise, yet our thanksgiving is itself your gift, since our praises add nothing to your greatness but profit us for salvation, through Christ our Lord.”

Suzume, having learned from Suota how to close a door, activates the key in her hand. If this looks intense, then know that prayer is just the same since by it we fight against the evil spirits who seek the damnation of souls.

e. Healing of memory

Finally if I can offer a more affective example it’s when Suzume meets her younger self and we finally see her internal resolution to all the emotional trauma she’s been dealing with. But I would argue this is done in an incarnational way. It’s not just don’t mentally. The movie doesn’t just have her visit here old house, or find her old notebooks. It doesn’t even pretend she’s talking to herself in her mind. It has her literally going back in time and meeting her younger self (I did say Shinkai was a fan of this stuff).

Nowadays, it’s very common for people to openly talk about their trauma, but often it’s presented as something that can’t be overcome. But this isn’t the Christian approach. Rather, it is precisely by allowing Christ to be King over all parts of our life – as well as all parts of our past – that we are no longer under the terror or fear of what has happened to us. And this isn’t accomplished by just imposing principles anachronistically. Instead, it’s by finding where and how Christ is working in that moment just as little Suzume actually encounters her older self on that cold snowy night.

Final verdict?

To close, I’ll once again recommend Suzume, but more importantly I encourage you to think about any connections you see in our culture that point to our life of faith in Christ. Don’t be afraid of being too geeky by talking about these things with friends – with respect to time and place of course e.g. not in the delivery room. My point is until we act as if our Christian faith has an influence on how we read, watch, and listen to the world around us, then we won’t have the influence on the world that we should as Christians.

One of the reasons why Mary was so effective in converting the Mexican people is that every part of her dress pointed to some native symbolism which informed the Mexican people of her role and status as the mother of God.

[agendaculturaldelima]

  #ProyeccionDeVida

🎬 “SUZUME” [Suzume no tojimari]

🔎 Género: Animación / Fantástico / Aventuras / Drama / Sobrenatural./Adolescencia

⌛️ Duración: 122 minutos

✍️ Guion: Makoto Shinkai

🎼 Música: Kazuma Jinnouchi & Radwimps

🗯 Argumento: Una joven de diecisiete años Suzume ayuda a un misterioso joven a cerrar las puertas de otro mundo, que están provocando desastres en todo Japón.

👥 Reparto: Daijin (Ann Yamane), Souta Munakata (Hokuto Matsumura), Suzume Iwato (Nanoka Hara), Tomoya Serizawa (Ryūnosuke Kamiki), Tamaki Iwato (Eri Fukatsu), Tsubame Iwato (Kana Hanazawa) y Chika Amabe (Kotone Hanase)

📢 Dirección: Makoto Shinkai

© Productoras: CoMix Wave Films, Story, Aniplex, Kadokawa, Lawson Entertainment & Voque Ting

🎞 Distribuidora: Toho

🌎 País: Japón

📅 Año: 2022

📽 Proyección:

📆 Jueves 04 de Abril

🕗 8:00pm.

🎦 Cine Caleta (calle Aurelio de Souza 225 - Barranco)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

🙂 A tener en cuenta: Prohibido el ingreso de bebidas y comidas. 🌳💚🌻🌛

[darkxmartcom]

Suzume no Tojimari

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 While going to class one day, Suzume Iwato incidentally finds Souta Munakata, a youthful individual searching for abandoned locales. The optional school young woman organizes Souta to a nearby ruin, `but out of pure interest, she decides to go to a comparable goal.

At that point when there, Suzume finds a separate doorway with a deceptive universe lying past it — a spot that she can see and feel, but not enter. A bizarre stone lies on the ground nearby, yet it changes into a catlike like creature and takes off when Suzume lifts it. All of a sudden fearful, she rushes toward her school, not understanding that her show of leaving the doorway open will have results.

With the "foundation" conveyed, the insidious inside the other universe can now uninhibitedly escape and release ruin all through Japan. Expecting to address her dangerous blunder, Suzume joins Souta — whose real goal is to hold fiendish back from spoiling — in finding and locking all entrances before the country is obliterated.

Suzume (Japanese: すずめの戸締まり, Hepburn: Suzume no Tojimari, lit. "Suzume's Securing") is a 2022 Japanese vivified dream experience movie composed and coordinated by Makoto Shinkai, created by CoMix Wave Movies, and disseminated by Toho. The movie includes the voices of Nanoka Hara and Hokuto Matsumura, with the person plans by Masayoshi Tanaka, movement heading by Kenichi Tsuchiya, craftsmanship bearing by Takumi Tanji, and music by Radwimps and Kazuma Jinnouchi. Suzume is Shinkai's third joint effort with Radwimps and Tanaka, after Your Name (2016) and Enduring with You (2019), and was propelled by the Tōhoku tremor and tidal wave. The film follows 17-year-old secondary school understudies Suzume Iwato and Souta Munakata, who collaborate to forestall a progression of fiascos across Japan.

The film started its creation in mid-2020, in the long run being declared as finished by October 2022. A clever transformation, likewise composed by Shinkai, and a manga series shown by Denki Amashima both appeared preceding the film's delivery.

Suzume previously debuted in IMAX in Japan on November 7, 2022, and was dramatically delivered cross-country on November 11; it was delivered globally across 2023 by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Delivering (under the Sony Pictures Delivering Worldwide pennant), and Wild Bundle Global. The film got positive surveys from pundits, with acclaim for its activity, characters, profound weight, and music, albeit a few commentators condemned the plot for being fundamentally like Shinkai's past movies. It has netted $298.3 million around the world, turning into the fourth-most elevated earning film of 2022 in Japan and the fourth-most elevated netting Japanese film ever.

Story Line

Suzume Iwato is a 17-year-old secondary school young lady who lives with her auntie in Kyushu. One evening, she fantasizes about looking for her mom as a youngster in a demolished area. The following morning, while setting out toward school, Suzume experiences a young fellow looking for deserted regions with entryways. She enlightens him regarding an old onsen resort close by, then follows the man herself to the hotel. Suzume finds an entryway remaining solitary on its edge, which shows a twilight field through the entryway, however, she can't enter it. She gets a feline sculpture which turns into a genuine feline and escapes. Terrified, she goes to class. At noon, Suzume sees a burst-like section emerging from the site of the onsen that no other individual can see. Returning there, she tracks down the man from previously, attempting to close the entryway. Seeing him battle and get harmed, Suzume hurries to help. They effectively close the entryway and the red section vanishes, yet not before colliding imperceptibly with the town and causing quakes like harm.

Suzume takes the man, Souta Munakata, to her home to gauze his injury. He makes sense of that he traversed Japan, finding and securing entryways in deserted spots to forestall a monster otherworldly "worm" from causing seismic tremors. The feline from the hotel shows up and transforms Souta into the kid's seat he was perched on. Souta, presently a three-legged seat, pursues the feline to a ship set out toward Ehime with Suzume following. He portrays the feline as a cornerstone, and that the worm was left after its evacuation out of close to the neglected entryway.

At Ehime, the pair use signs via web-based entertainment from local people who have captured the feline and named it "Daijin" to follow it across Shikoku. With the assistance of neighborhood inhabitant Chika, they track down the worm and close its entryway of section at an unwanted school. Following Daijin's path to Kobe because of Rumi, a neighborhood bar proprietor, the pair experience the worm reappearing at an unwanted entertainment mecca. Sōta requests that Daijin turn around into a cornerstone, however, he declines, needing to "play" with Suzume. She and Sōta lock the worm's entrance. Sōta makes sense of the entrance prompts the Always After where spirits pursue demise. As they go through the night at Rumi's bar, it is uncovered that Sōta is losing his healthy identity in his seat structure. 

After following Daijin to Tokyo, Sōta has Suzume take him to his loft. He makes sense of the legend of the worm Namazu, and the way things are assuaged by the situation of two cornerstones in eastern and western Japan. The western cornerstone has turned into the feline Daijin, while records of the eastern cornerstone's area are dark. Should the worm show up in Tokyo, it could obliterate the city like the 1923 Extraordinary Kantō quake. Daijin returns and uncovers that he had given his capability as a cornerstone to Sōta's seat structure. In the wake of finding the reappeared worm, Sōta transforms into a cornerstone in Suzume's grasp, passing on Suzume to seal it away. She does so and awakens in a cavern lodging Tokyo's entryway. Looking into the Always Later, she sees the cornerstone Sōta yet again can't enter to contact him. Suzume visits Sōta's granddad at the clinic. He clarifies that Suzume's capacity to see the worm and the Consistently After through the entryways implies that she has incidentally entered the domain once previously. Besides, the entryway that she previously utilized is the main spot where she can reappear the Always Later and save Sōta.

Rejoining her Auntie Tamaki, who followed her from Kyushu, Suzume goes to her life as a youngster old neighborhood in Tōhoku, which was obliterated in the 2011 Tōhoku quake and tidal wave along with the assistance from Sōta's kindred college colleague and companion, Tomoya Serizawa whom she met at Sōta's loft just before the worm showed up in Tokyo. At a rest stop en route, Suzume finds that Tamaki was moved by Sadaijin, the eastern cornerstone. Tamaki takes Suzume to the vestiges of her old house where she once resided with her mom/Tamaki's sister, a medical caretaker who was killed in the wave. Suzume tracks down her old entryway and enters with Daijin and Sadaijin. She arises in the Consistently Later, which shows up as her town following the seismic tremor wave. While Sadaijin occupies the worm, Suzume stirs Sōta, returning him to human structure. Conceding rout, Daijin gets back to being a cornerstone. With Daijin and Sadaijin, Suzume and Sōta reseal the worm, keeping it from leaving the Always Later.

Sōta then, at that point, sees a kid in the Consistently Later: Suzume from quite a while back. Suzume recollects how she entered the Consistently After as a youngster following her mom's demise. She takes her life as a youngster seat from the Consistently After variant of her home and gives it to her more youthful self, informing her regarding her future. Youthful Suzume exits the Consistently After with the seat, prompting her to be found by Tamaki 12 years earlier. Suzume and Sōta leave the Consistently After themselves, with Sōta getting back to Tokyo while Suzume and Tamaki return to Kyushu, returning to the companions she made en route.

In a little while, back in Miyazaki, Suzume is headed to school when she by and runs into Sōta, strolling up a similar street where they initially met.

[anicastes]

I’ve got some, too, you know.

[anime-fyi]

A slice of life, romantic comedy following a group of friends and their every blossoming relationships. Sounds simple enough, and much overdone in anime. Now, make the friends adults, have the key characters in the same workplace, and make it a positive experience for everyone involved. That’s My Senpai is Annoying.

Following Futaba Igarashi, the show’s main character is a small adult woman with a good heart but an attitude if anyone remarks about her resemblance to a kid. Her senpai, Harumi Takeda, is a large, loud man who’s always willing to help her out, whether it’s guiding her in work, or dealing with troublesome people outside of work. The pair make for an entertaining time, work and personal situations usually involving some sparing, but along with warmth and humor. The joke of it becomes that while they seem like a dating couple, they aren’t.

Other characters in this show include Touko Sakurai, a fairly attractive woman who works in the same office that has the eye of multiple co-workers, and Souta Kazuma, an unassuming man also in the office that slowly builds a close friendship with her through a lot of small, kind actions. By comparison, this pair is much more innocent than Futaba and Harumi, though Touko does her fair amount of teasing of Souta that’s adorable to watch. Right, also have to mention Futaba’s friend Natsumi, that black haired, yellow eyed girl that does more than her share of teasing toward Futaba and notices early on that her friend might have a love interest.

Recommended? Yes. I’m jumping ahead, but My Senpai is Annoying feels like a great example of what a romantic comedy should be if it’s not going for a satirical or melodramatic bent. Relationships don’t appear out of thin air, but slowly warm up over time. Trust is built, friendships slowly get understood, frustrations are shared, minor fights are had, all with a good amount of warmth that makes the whole feel real. It makes use of some mainstay episode types and cliches you’ll see in other series, but puts enough clever spins on it to feel unique and well executed. It’s simply a great example of what the genre can be, even if it doesn’t end with a clean payoff like some romances. Wholly recommend.

[addictedtomanga]

Shoujo manga recommendations - love triangle

1.     Ao Haru Ride

While most girls desire popularity among boys, Futaba Yoshioka wants the exact opposite. After attracting many admirers back in middle school which resulted in her being shunned by her female classmates, she decided that high school will be her chance to revamp her image. Therefore, she starts acting unfeminine and indifferent to boys, allowing her to make some “friends” along the way.

Little does Futaba know, her life will take another drastic turn when her first love, Kou Mabuchi, returns after his sudden disappearance years ago in middle school. Despite his extended absence, the fond memories they shared together still linger in her mind, and she wishes to return to those days. But she realizes that the sweet, gentle boy of the past has completely vanished, and in his place stands someone cold and pessimistic. While he admits that her feelings for him back then were mutual, he warns that they can never go back to the past, as everything, including him, has changed.

2.     Beauty Pop

Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the "Scissors Project" at school. Determined to become the best makeover team in Japan, they give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself responding to beauty's call...

3.      Blue Sky Playground

On a cold day, Mirita finds discovers a hidden room with a kotatsu (a table that keeps one warm) inside. The kotatsu belongs to two of the most popular and handsome twin brothers in school. Both immediately kick Mirita out. However, Mirita becomes even more determined to get back into that room. What love triangle will commence?

4.    Boku kara Kimi ga Kienai  

Hotaru managed to get in the same high school where Haruna-sensei teaches to see him again! However, on her first day there, she meets a very unpleasant guy who looks just like her beloved sensei...?

5.      Dear!

Rei, Kazuma and Banri are close childhood friends. Rei, who's better than any guy, the cool and smart Kazuma and Banri who's mischievous and bright have the perfect balance. It's normal for the three of them to be together all the time and without thinking of themselves as men and woman they're just together. But something happens after which Rei starts to think of Banri as a "man", so the relation of the three changes...?!

6.       Faster than a Kiss

After losing their parents, Fumino and her brother hop from one relative to another. Getting tired of all those moves, she finally decides to quit school and work to support her brother on her own. As they sat on a park bench, her teacher appears in front of her and agrees to her demands of marrying and supporting both her and her brother!! Is he serious or just playing around...?!

7.      Haru Matsu Bokura

The timid and reserved Mitsuki Haruno seeks her dream sociable life at high school. But despite her best efforts, her ineptitude to speak her mind impedes her from befriending anyone. Nonetheless, while working at a cafe one day, she has a fateful encounter with her school's four idolized basketball players—Towa Asakura, Rui Miyamotoi, Ryuuji Tada, and Kyousuke Wakamiya. At first glance, these four heartthrobs come off as arrogant individuals, responsible for invading her cafe's safe haven. Soon after though, as they uphold their promise of keeping her workplace a secret, Mitsuki starts to see them in a new light.

Hence begins an improbable friendship between Mitsuki and the boys, as her days of solitude finally comes to an end. However, things aren't always so simple—with her heart waning toward Asakura and the female students green with envy, is there a chance this friendship could blossom into something more?

8.      Hirunaka no Ryuusei 

Suzume Yosano has spent the entire 15 years of her life in the countryside, so when her parents decide to move overseas for work and leave her with her uncle in Tokyo, she finds herself in a whole new environment. On the way to her uncle's house, however, she gets lost and faints.

Waking up safely at her uncle's house, she learns that a strange man had carried her there and that he happens to be an acquaintance of her uncle. Moreover, when Suzume goes to her new school for the first time, she discovers that the weird man in question, named Satsuki Shishio, is actually her homeroom teacher! Now, Suzume must adapt to her new school and make friends, since her blossoming high school life in the city has just begun!

9.    Hoshi to Kuzu - Don't Worry, Be Happy   

Anzu is poor but very ambitious and aims for a bright future. Her first step is to be student council president but that chance is destroyed by the equally ambitious and egocentric Yamabuki. She just has to settle for being the vice-president.

10.  Iya da Nante Iwasenai 

Anzu currently works part-time at a beach house however when it comes to serving male customers, she can't help but be cold and shy. When she accidentally spills a drink on one of them, a male co-worker saves her who ends up being her childhood friend Rei. Anzu is happy to reconnect with Rei, however, Rei might be after a bit more...?

11.   Kaichou wa Maid-sama

Seika High School was an all-boys school, but it has since turned co-ed. Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president of the school, eventually earning the nickname of the "Demon President" due to her mastery of Aikido and imposed iron rule.

However, Misaki harbors an embarrassing secret—she has to work at a maid café to support her family. If anybody from her school was to find out, her reputation would be utterly destroyed. And after Takumi Usui—the most popular boy at school—discovers her secret, that might just happen.

12.  Kaoru-kun to Hana no Mori 

Kaoru is as kind as a prince towards girls. She would love to met men stronger than her! And then, two men appeared in front of her...

13.  Katakoi no Tsuki

Kurumi likes Souta-kun, but what happens when Kurumi witnesses Souta-Kun hugging one of her friends? Could Souta-kun already have someone he likes or is Kurumi misunderstanding? What can she do if that girl is her friend, too!?

14.  Katakoi Triangle

Sekiya-san of the cultural library has an unrequited love for Yuuki-kun. The one who cares about Sekiya-san is the popular Kasai-kun, who is also Yuuki-kun's friend! And, what's this? Yuuki-kun is rooting for Kasai-kun?! It seems that everyone's feelings are one-sided...or are they?

15.  Kimi to Koi no Tochuu 

Just when I thought it'd start with you, you disappeared; I would've never thought this... Yuna has lost trust in love after her first boyfriend Takumi broke up with her. Shiina-kun from her class has already confessed to her twice and now finally she approached onto love another time. But Takumi appears in front of her!! What will the swaying Yuna do!?

16.   Kyoudai Gokko

Growing up, Takara Rio has always wanted siblings. So when her parents decide to move overseas without her and tells her she will be living with two people around her age, she's cautiously optimistic. But they turn out to be brothers who fight like cats and dogs. Is this what having siblings is like?

17.  Last Game 

Nothing is beyond Naoto Yanagi, heir to the Yanagi business conglomerate. Idolized for his athletic and intellectual competence, looks and wealth, Naoto lived like a king during his elementary school days—then entered Mikoto Kujou, a plain, gloomy-looking transfer student.

Due to her low financial status, Naoto was initially apathetic towards Mikoto. But despite having just arrived at his school, she completely eclipsed him in everything by consistently scoring top marks in exams and placing first in athletic events. After a brief confrontation with her that left him shocked, Naoto vowed to outdo her no matter the cost.

Ten years later, they are now students attending the same college. Having failed to defeat Mikoto throughout middle and high school, Naoto decides they will have one last game: if he can make Mikoto fall in love with him and then break her heart, it will be his victory. However, he finds himself falling in love with her instead...

18.  Last Notes 

Haru and Aki are the masters of the branch store - an old-looking and very unusual shop. It sells only one thing: a special kind of incense that, when burned, allows the user to see and speak with the spirit of the dead person that appears in the smoke. Every customer has a different reason for calling up the dead, and how they use this unusual opportunity is up to them...

19.  Love Berrish 

15 year-old Yuya Fukushima has always wanted to live on her own, in an inn next to her school. This new dorm of hers, the Strawberry Tree Dorm, turns out to be a place with weird people -- a girl that touches her chest out of the blue, a guy with one of the shortest tempers ever. BUT the good thing is, there's a really handsome and nice guy that she fell in love with instantly! Also, not to mention a crazy cat who adores him (looks can be deceiving...). Yuya's life has just became much more interesting...

20.   Mata Ashita

Towa's always been shy around guys, despite being a total tomboy. This has crushed her chances of ever having a boyfriend, but a perhaps fateful encounter on the first day of high school might lead to love? But will it be with the surprisingly kind "angelic" delinquent, or the popular yet secretly "devilish" prince?!

21.  Momo Raba 

Chieri (Cherry) was living an ordinary life, until her sister Ichigo (Strawberry) suddenly left her child Momo (Peach) on Chieri's doorstep. Momo is an infant; how is Chieri supposed to take care of a baby while still in high school!? To make matters even more frustrating, two guys are fighting for Chieri's love...!

22.   Monokuro Shounen Shoujo

Kureha Mimachi, a 15-year-old girl, has just transferred into Shiritsu Kenhono High School. However, there is something weird about this school, it is actually a school where the Princes and Princesses of the beast-kind go to! Even though Kureha is human, she is there as a way to help the students lead their lives peacefully with humans and has the role as the "rabbit". Will she be able survive without being eaten by the students? Only time and her hidden bodyguards will be able to answer that...

23.   Ouran High School Host Club

At Ouran High School, an academy where only the children of the rich and powerful attend, there exists a club consisting of the most elite of the student body: the legendary Host Club. Within the club's room, six beautiful, bored boys spend their time entertaining equally beautiful and bored girls.

Haruhi Fujioka, a poor scholarship student, has no interest in the Host Club—until she breaks a valuable vase in their clubroom. After being mistaken for a boy, Haruhi is forced by Kyouya Ootori to work for the Host Club to repay her debt. Tamaki Suou, the princely leader of the club, eagerly takes her under his wing to teach her the ways of the host. Things, however, are never quite so simple with the Host Club around. Even the most mundane events can turn into huge spectacles with the likes of prankster twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, stoic Takashi Morinozuka, and sweet Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka. The crazy adventures of the Host Club are just beginning, and Haruhi must learn how to survive in the glitzy world of the hosts.

24.  Parfait Tic

Fuuko is a happy and cheerful girl. One day, two cousins, Daiya and Ichi, move into the apartment upstairs. Cold Ichi and mischievous Daiya gave a very bad first impression. All three are going to the same school as well. How will Fuuko's high school life turn out?

25.  Renren Zakari 

The day of her graduation, while she was lost and end up on the infirmary, a girl met by coincidence a good looking boy. But she was so panicked that the young man started to make fun of her...?

26.  Rockin Heaven 

Sawa applies to Heaven's Wing Academy, thinking she would look cute in the uniform. But she never expected the academy to be a previously all-boys' school! And the head honcho of the school, the class president himself doesn't seem to like her one bit and takes no pains to hide it. At first, adjusting to life at the academy is tough. Sawa is bullied and teased, and the boys in the class even throw her new shoes in the water. While attempting to retrieve her shoes, she falls into the water and is unexpectedly saved by Ran, who up until this point has made her life hell. The newfound gentleness in Ran intrigues her, and she finds herself falling for him. What will her days be like for the rest of her school life?

27. Saiouji Kyoudai ni Komarasareru no mo Warukunai  

Satou Fuuka is an orphan. Her aunt, who was her guardian, absconded in the night, leaving her with no money. Her parents wanted her to go to school, so she was looking for a job to cover her school expenses and rent (plus living expenses, though she didn't mention it). She goes to be interviewed for a part-time house helper job but is rejected before she can say anything, because the guy offering the job is the eldest for 4 brothers and it's an all-male household. She pours out her story, so he takes pity on her (even though he'd pointed out that she can't really take a part-time job if she doesn't have a guardian) and offers the job as a live-in position. However, he has one condition: she's supposed to disguise herself so his brothers don't take an interest in her. Her disguise: lots of towels around her body, so she looks fat; makeup so she looks old (39); plus her hair is all loose and she's wearing glasses.

28.   Sekirara ni Kiss

Chitose has always done well wearing her face like a mask: always smiling, always cute. She feels complete whenever she put it on because it's built to hide her unrefined self: no one hates her, and no one makes fun of her. But after meeting a cute boy who is instinctively more annoyed by her mask than her real self, can Chitose change and make people accept her for who she really is?

29.  Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume 

Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou, who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou, who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's force-fed something? What will the future bring to them?

30.  Stardust Wink 

I’m Anna. I’m 14 years old and I’ve just entered the ninth grade. Sou and Hinata, who live in the same apartment complex as me, are my childhood friends and we’re all the same age. I thought that from now on we’d become even closer friends, but then Sou suddenly did that to me…!!

31.  Strobe Edge 

Having no experience in romance, the vibrant Ninako curiously explores the meaning of what "love" really is, and is surprised to feel a colorful range of emotions as she grows closer to the school heartthrob, the quiet yet gentle Ren, who also happens to be involved in a longtime relationship. With every intention of keeping her head held high, Ninako prepares to face the mental pain of this one-sided love that she had allowed to take root, facing a series of trials that would either contribute to her growth as a headstrong woman, or break her as it did with other girls.

32.  Suki desu Suzuki-kun

Suzuki Hikaru, Hoshino Sayaka, Itou Chihiro and Suzuki Shinobu are all new students who have just entered the same middle school. Sayaka is a shy girl who secretly loves acting. Hikaru is an energetic boy who loves basketball. Incidentally, he shares the same last name with Shinobu, a popular rich boy who would be perfect if not for his rotten personality. Chihiro is Hikaru's childhood friend and has long had a crush on him. On the day of the opening ceremony, Hikaru happens to witness Sayaka acting out the lines of a drama on the rooftop and is instantly captivated. Upon seeing Hikaru getting along with Sayaka, Chihiro's chest begins to ache. When Shinobu sees this, he is overcome by a strange emotion and his heart starts beating faster... Unbeknownst to the four, this is the beginning of their magnificent love story; one that would last years to come.

33.  Taiyou no Ie 

After her mother abandoned her and her father remarried, high schooler Mao Motomiya is left feeling like she doesn't have a place where she belongs. One night, her childhood friend Hiro Nakamura finds her in a shrine eating cheap convenience store food and offers to take her to a restaurant. Their subsequent heart to heart leads to Hiro suggesting that Mao move in with him. To Hiro who has lived apart from his younger siblings all these years after their parents passed away, bringing his family back together in the once-lively Nakamura home begins with the first step of giving Mao a loving place to belong. When Mao reluctantly accepts his invitation, she is surprised at how easy it is to settle in with her longtime friend. Now she must deal not only with mending her relationship with her father and helping the oldest Nakamura brother attain his goal, but also her growing feelings for Hiro.

34.   The Maid at My House

Runako is studying hard to someday succeed as owner of her family's maid dispatching service company. One day, a request comes in from an entertainment production company and shockingly, it's for their super-popular star, Seirei Moroboshi! But could it be that the image he projects on the TV is far different than his true secret face...?!

35.  Tonari no Koigataki 

Hiro-kun and Icchan are both very important childhood friends to Akane. She thought they would always and forever be good friends, but...

36.  Tsubasa to Hotaru 

Tsubasa to Hotaru follows 15-year-old Tsubasa Sonokawa, a young student—and a renowned stalker? After one very romantic gesture by a popular upperclassman, she falls head over heels for who she believes to be her one true love. Unfortunately, love can be deceiving, as her feelings are soon proven to be one-sided; the upperclassman directly tells her that she's annoying and that she needs to stop bothering him. How's that for some tough love? Shortly after this horrific heartbreak, her good friend Yuri suffers from a sprained wrist, making it impossible for her to continue her position as the basketball team's manager. After some coaxing on Yuri's part, Tsubasa decides to take on the role in her place. This may be the perfect opportunity for Tsubasa to move on and forget about her unrequited love. On Tsubasa's first day as a manager, the team's shooting guard Aki Hidaka saves her from being hit by a ball. Is this another fateful encounter? Or just a random, meaningless event? One thing is for certain: Tsubasa's days will never be the same again.

37.   Uwasa no Midori-kun

Midori Yamate is a 15 year-old girl and is very much a tomboy. When she was young, Midori meets a boy called Tsukasa Hino, who came to the island she lives on for a holiday. He teaches her to play soccer and she falls in love with the sport. Midori is inspired by Tsukasa and continues to play soccer in hopes that they would meet again someday. When they do meet again Tsukasa does something unforgivable. Determined to defeat Tsukasa on the soccer field Midori enrolls in an all boy high school.

38.  Yagami-kun wa, Kyou mo Ijiwaru

 Just by talking to the famous Yagami-kun, Shizuku's high school life has become hard even from the start—!?

39.  Yumemiru Taiyou

While loitering in the park, Shimana Kameko, who intended to run away from home and skip school, meets a suspicious man in a kimono. This man, who had been locked out of his house, offers Shimana a place to stay. However, he requests she fulfill three conditions in exchange for her tenancy!?

[natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk]

Happy Birthday Jun Fukuyama (Nov 26)

It took me a while to make this post. 

Notable Roles

Kou Nakano - Ajin

Raji Shenazard - Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Ichimatsu Matsuno - Osomatsu-san

Yukio Okumura - Ao no Exorcist

Liberta - Arcana Famiglia

Lelouch Lamperouge - Code Geass

Kassim - Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Shinra Kishitani - Durarara!!

Rikuo Sakisaka - Eve no Jikan

Misaki Yata - K

Gorou Fujita - Meiji Tokyo Renka

King - Nanatsu no Taizai

Kraft Lawrence - Ookami to Koushinryou

Ren Amamiya - Persona 5

Hau - Pokemon Sun & Moon

Kenya Oshitari - Prince of Tennis

Souta Takanashi - Working!!

Kimihiro Watanuki - xxxHOLiC

Yahaba - Kimetsu no Yaiba

Yuuta Togashi - Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

Kazuma - Noragami

Haruma Yamazaki - Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Yuusha - Maoyuu Maou Yuusha

Grell Sutcliff - Black Butler

Yumichika Ayasegawa - Bleach

Yut-Lung Lee - Banana Fish

Ango Sakaguchi - Bungou Stray Dogs

Koro-sensei - Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Videos/Some Music

I haven’t really listened to a lot of his music, but I will recommend some:

Delicate - Yukio Okumura Character Song

Hikari - Kassim Character Song

Live Voice Acting

His Wagnaria Co-stars Comment on His “Gap Moe”

Persona 5 the Animation Radio Kai-Talk

[multitudcxfmuscs-archived]

Favorite character meme !!

List your fav characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people. 

I’m just going to try to do fandoms that I don’t have muses from... but, to be fair any fandom I’m apart of... it’s almost a given I simp for all characters in that fandom sooo....

horimiya -- izumi miyamura, souta hori, tooru ishikawa, syu iura, kakeru sengoku, akane yanagi, kouichi shindou

disastrous life of saiki k -- saiki kusuo, aren kuboyasu, hairo kineshi, reita toritsuka, shun kaido

nisekoi -- marika tachibana, shuu maiko, raku ichijo, kosaki onodera

re:zero -- rem, felt, reinhard van astrea, emilia, felix argyle, puck

 psycho-pass -- shusei kagari

noragami -- yato, yuki, kazuma, bishamonten, kofuku

tokyo ghoul -- ken kaneki / haise sasaki, kotaro amon, hinami fueguchi, ayato kirishima, shuu tsukiyama, juuzou suzuya, hide nagachika, seidou takizawa, kuki urie, saiko yonebayashi

wolf children -- sohei, ame, yuki 

hotarubi no mori e -- gin <3

a silent voice -- shoya ishida, shouko nishimiya

* you might be seeing a few of the above characters in the near future... just saying..

Tagged by: stolen from @electricea​

Tagging: you should all do this... it was... interesting.

[waha-no-baka]

Hanazakari no kimitachi e # Bloc Technique Titre original : 花ざかりの君たちへ, Hanazakari no kimitachi e Autres titres : hana kimi, parmis eux Genre : comédie, lycée, amour, amitié Auteur : Nakojo Hisaya dans le manga hana kimi ou parmis eux (dispo en france) Réalisation : Matsuda Shigeruchi, Tsuzuki Junichi, Sato Genta Pays d’origine : Japon Chaine de diffusion : Fuji Television Nombre de saisons : 1 Nombre d’épisodes : 12 épisodes un SP une emission Durée : 54 minutes Date de diffusion : 3 juillet 2007 – 18 septembre 2007 (2008 pour le SP) Site Web officiel : Musique : Opening : Ikenai Taiyou – Orange Range; Ending : Peach – Ai Ōtsuka # Mon Synopsis Ashiya Mizuki , une jeune japonaise de 16 ans vit avec ses parents aux USA. Quand elle apprend que Sano Izumi, un champion de saut en hauteur dont elle est réellement fan ne sautera plus, elle fuit au Japon pour integrer le même lycée que lui afin de le remotiver. Seulement le lycée en question est un lycée pour monsieur… Mais bon, ça ne va pas la déranger !!! Puisqu’elle va se travestir en gars et se faire passer pour tel… Et au final, elle va partager la chambre de son idole et vivre une vie de lycéen pas tout a fait normal… Oui, dans ce lycée, ça ne se passe pas vraiment normalement :/ Trois dortoirs s’affrontent pour avoir des privilèges……. Ce qui n’aidera pas Ashiya a garder son secret… Et surtout pas Nakatsu Shuichi qui va commencer a développer des sentiments…. # Mon Avis Un triangle amoureuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \o/ Bon l’histoire est pas bien compliquée mais au final y’a pas mal de rebondissements, d’humour… Les personnages sont attachants et amusants. L’ambiance est délirantes, des petites touches d’effets spéciaux augmentent cette touche humour :p j’ai pas lu le manga donc je peux pas trop dire si c’est mieux ou pas mais je me suis vraiment amusée a suivre cette histoire…. Les combats entre dortoirs donnent des défis bien marrant :p Je le conseille a tous quoi !!!! A j’ajoute qu’il y a très peu de filles dans ce drama !!! plaisir pour les yeux les filles :p # Avis d’Hikari Trop délire Hana Kimi!! XD Je regarde pas souvent les dramas (plutôt « au passage » quand mes soeurs visionnent) mais celui-là j’ai bien aimé. L’histoire paraît simplette comme ça mais c’est tellement drôle XD En plus j’adore l’actrice, elle joue super bien (La première fois je l’avait vu dans le rôle de Nobuta, le gros changement avec Mizuki! Oo) # Distribution Principaux Maki Horikita – Ashiya Mizuki Shun Oguri – Sano Izumi Tôma Ikuta – Nakatsu Shuichi Dortoir 1 Yuma Ishigaki : Tennouji Megumi, leader du dortoir 1 Mitsuomi Takahashi – Daikokucho Mitsuomi Kouhei Takeda – Kitahanada Kouhei Ryohei Suzuki – Akashi Souichiro Yuuichi Sato – Tetsukayama Shota Ryo Hayakawa – Gotenzan Sakyo Kouji Matsushita – Shojaku Ren Sousuke Nishiyama – Shichido Souma Tatsuya Hagiwara – Ishikiri Hiroto Dortoir 2 Maki Horikita : Mizuki Ashiya Shun Oguri – Sano Izumi Tôma Ikuta – Nakatsu Shuich Mizushima Hiro – Nanba Minami, leader du dortoir 2 Ryo Kimura – Senri Nakao Okada Masaki – Sekime Kyogo Yusuke Yamamoto – Kayashima Taiki Shunji Igarashi – Noe Shinji Junpei Mizobata – Saga Kazuma Hiromi Sakimoto – Kyobashi Shota Chiyo – Yodoyabashi Taichi Ryo Tajima – Ranzan Jyo Enoku Shimegi – Tannowa Kyoichi Hikaru Okada – Takaida Mutsumi Jun Ikeda – Kamishinjo Itsuki Keisuke Shibazaki – Minase Manato Dortoir 3 Nobuo Kyou – Himejima Masao Oscar,leader du dortoir n3 Keisuke Kato – Yao Hikaru Toshihiko Watanabe – Imamiya Noboru Yuta Takahashi – Shijyo Haruki Shouichi Matsuda – Kuzuha Junnosuke Naoki Miyata – Saiin Tsukasa Yasuhisa Furuhara – Ogimachi Taiyou Naoya Ojima – Kaizuka Kouhei Kouta Suzuki – Uenoshiba Souta Yuuya Nakata – Katahiranotsuji Ken Hiroshi Kawakami – Korien Genji Hibari Four Mayuko Iwasa – Hanayashiki Hibari Madoka Matsuda – Kishizato Juri Mirei Kiritani – Amagasaki Kanna Manami Kurose – Imaike Komari Airi Taira – Abeno Erika Personnel du lycée Takaya Kamikawa : Umeda Hokuto, médecin du lycée Seiko Matsuda – Tsubaki, principale du lycée Susumu Kobayashi – Yoshioka Takashi Ukaji – Sawatari, secrétaire de la principale Autres Mahiru Konno – Hara Akiha Yuu Shirota – Kagurazaka Makoto Yoshinori Okada – Ashiya Shizuki Shunsuke Daito – Sano Shin Tags : #drama #Hanazakari_no_kimitachi_e #hana_kimi #parmis_eux #comédie #lycée #amour #amitié #Nakojo_Hisaya #Matsuda_Shigeruchi #Tsuzuki_Junichi #Sato_Genta #Fuji_Television Lien vers la fiche : http://bit.ly/2tg3JOW http://bit.ly/2GfWpeZ

[trashexplorer]

BLCD 2018: September Releases

Legends:

✓ - have      

💡 - interested

✘ - not interested (but will probably still listen to)    

🙏 - dying for

1. Yuutori Buka ni Namerareteimasu 2 ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/11

Cast: Shirai Yuusuke x Okitsu Kazuyuki

Synopsis: Second installment of the series.

2. Danshi Koukousei, Hajimete no ~Summer Vacation 2018~ ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/14

Cast: Can I not? It’s so long. 😭

Satou Takuya x Suzuki Yuuto

Tachibana Shinnosuke x Tamaru Atsushi

Takeuchi Ryouta x Okitsu Kazuyuki

Furukawa Makoto x Murase Ayumu

Shirai Yuusuke x Masuda Toshiki

Yashiro Taku x Shingaki Tarusuke

Eguchi Takuya x Kawanishi Kengo

Yamashita Seiichirou x Kobayashi Yuusuke

Hatano Wataru x Hayashi Yuu

Horiuchi Ken x Hirakawa Daisuke

Synopsis: Third anniversary mini drama cd featuring all then pairs spending their summer vacations.

3. Beautiful Life + ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/26

Cast: Kawahara Yoshihisa x Yamanaka Masahiro

Synopsis: Beautiful Life after story.

4. Idol Datte Koi wo Suru vol. 1 ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/26

Cast: Kawahara Yoshihisa x Yamanaka Masahiro

Synopsis: During his second year of being unemployed, Koishikawa Hiromu became a manager of an idol unit under “La-Plus” after being invited by an acquaintance to apply. He was in charge of a four member group named “EmpReal” and he becomes considerably close with the group’s youngest member - Kiriya Kureha. One thing leads to another and Kureha asks him for sex? He's fucking sixteen! Stay right there, I'm calling the police!

5. Rakka ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/26

Cast: 

Takahashi Hiroki x Ono Yuuki almost made me interested but no

Furukawa Makoto x Nakajima Yoshiki

Synopsis: 

(first story) Stockholm syndrome. Basically, this is a poor psychotic man’s MODS. When Ringo, a top-selling bitch (literally and figuratively), gets his face cut up in revenge by one of his clients, he gets taken in by the creep who just watched him get cut up because if he ever stopped it then Ringo wouldn’t have lost his job making him unable to get a chance at him. 

(second story) Leo x the shop manager. Idk. I don’t read the scans and I have no intentions to.

6. MAKARE ~Ma wa Kitarete Kare wo Otosu~ Vol. 3 Ji Hen “Vollerei” & Ten Hen “Fleischeslust” ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/28

Cast: 

Horie Kazuma x Nakazawa Masatomo

Furukawa Makoto x Nakajima Yoshiki (oh that's twice in one month you two 😂)

Synopsis: 

(Vollerei) It’s been two years Taichi and Lucifer have gotten into their contract and they’ve been spending their days peacefully until one day when Taichi discovers that he could use magic. Sensing that his magic resembled what Satan once had - Lucifer was quick to warn him and help him conceal his abilities but despite their efforts, a visit from Pandemonium’s council in search for “Satan’s Memory” will surely blow his secret out of the water.

(Fleischeslust) After an attack by some demon upon the world above, Helvim, along with Michael and his subordinates, engaged in battle. During the fight, both Helvim and Michael were attacked but at the end of the day, it seemed like nothing major - until they discovered that they could no longer use their magical powers the day after. After consulting a doctor, they find out that they were under a curse put on them by the demon that attacked and that they couldn’t use their powers if they weren’t by each other’s side.

 7. Wankokei Buka no Shitsukekata ✘

Release Date: 2018/09/28

Cast: Itou Kento x Shirai Yuusuke

Synopsis: "Please use this fleshlight in front of me." Sasaki works for an adult toy company. Souta Nakamura, a puppy-like jock (who's also an idiot) gets transferred to his department. Souta's very motivated and begs Sasaki to test his sample product. Sasaki agrees, but he feels awkward using a fleshlight while being watched... But things start to go even further and they eventually...! An office love story between the "jock puppy" Souta and the socially awkward Sasaki, who himself is in an odd relationship! (Renta!)

Huh, I actually don’t like any of these. What am I going to do in September then? 😂

[anicastes]

🤣

[blazardragon]

Assassination Classroom Background Character Spotlight - Page 2 of Mobdemy 

Here’s part 2 of the catalogue of minor characters! This time on the list of characters you wouldn’t expect to have names: Random hotties, random massive jerks, and random lovable dorks

Also, remember that this is written in Korosensei’s POV 

Group 3: For background characters, they’re actually kinda hot? With pointlessly refreshing looks, these are people that may be able to graduate from their “background character” status if they work a little harder

Zinedine: One of the astronauts. He’s a French man who’s often the life of the party

Kusano Taisei: A security guard. He can sleep with his eyes open

Mizuguchi Hideki: The boss of the delinquents in Nagisa Shiota’s class. It takes two hours to style his hair

Miki Takeaki: A member of the Self Defense Force. The vigor in his eyes alone is enough to make women go “Oh my!”

Mikhail: The head of Yanagisawa Kotaro’s organization. When he was young, he looked a lot like Elvis Presley

Inoue Naotaka: An announcer. He’s extremely popular with his female colleagues

Group 4: Those with absolutely horrible personalities. One look at them leaves a sour impression. These are people who constantly emit an intimidating air.  

Kikkawa Kazuya: A delinquent who fought against Karma Akabane. All he’s got going for him is brute strength

Mishima Aya: An exam student. Her specialty is making noises, such as clicking her tongue, during a test to obstruct other participants

Okada Yuuto: A delinquent. His attitude changes based on his enemy’s appearance

Tsuji Takashi: A stickler for already established ideas. He’s a lecturer at the Art University Sugaya Sosuke attends

Tajima Taizou: A boy who’s nervous about Class E. His nickname is “Karipaku”

[Translation note because I can’t think of a suitable English word for “Karipaku”. A “Karipaku” or “借りパク”  is a person who borrows other people’s things (especially video games), and then acts like it’s their own and never gives it back.]

Ishihara Yumi: A high school girl with three boyfriends of different types  

Enzo Jr: A policeman who encountered the God of Death. He spits on the ground without regard for wherever he might be

Yamamoto Souta: When he’s at an ATM, he does a number of transactions, ignoring the row of people waiting behind him

Tsuchiya Shou: A former bully who became a gambling addict [Welp, now I know the name of the person Gakuho hates most]

Tanaka Kazuma: A boy who’s quick to brag “I’m in Class A!”

Group 5: Surprisingly lovable characters. They might look mean, but you just can’t hate them!

The Taguro Brothers: A pair of assassin siblings. They give all their earnings to their sick mother [;A;]

Haaman: Taiko drummer #2. His boss is listed on the next page

Saionji Hiroshi: A mathematics lecturer who loves trimming his prized bonsai trees 

Suzuki Jirou: A baseball scout who’s extremely weak against the tears of someone who’s enthusiastic about the sport

Chase: An assassin who continues to wear the hat he bought 10 years ago

Saigou Takeshi: An assassin. He has a scary face, but he loves cats above all else  [I APPROVE OF THIS!]

Yamane Mika:  She’s an office lady who runs the road of defeat at mixers [I guess this means she isn’t very popular at parties]

Ookura Sachiko: She’s part of a Five Virtuoso-like group of girls. She’s the “Sakakibara Ren” of the group [I want to learn more about this group :o ] 

Anthony: A migrant worker who came to work on the Final Assassination Project

Sergei: His nondetachable wig is custom-made

[seiyuuqueen-blog]

Fukuyama, Jun 潤 福山 

Japanese Voice Actor, Singer and Actor, 

2006 Achievements: won the Anican Japan Grand Prize Male Seiyū Award (2006),  also won the Best Male Voice Actor award in the "Anime Grand Prix 2006",  was also awarded the "Manga Best Ten 2006" voice actor award.

2007 Achievements:  he won the "Best Male Seiyū" award in the first Seiyu Awards and won the Anican Japan Grand Prize Male Seiyū Award for the second time.

2008 Achievements:  won the Anican Japan Grand Prize Male Seiyū Award for the third time,  awarded in the Animage's "30th Anime Grand Prix" voice actor category.

2009 Achievements:  won the Tokyo International Fair 2009 voice actor award,  also won the newly established Overseas Fan's Award in the 3rd Seiyu Awards,  also got an award for the 2nd time in the "31st Anime Grand Prix".

2016 Achievement:  won the Animage's "38th Anime Grand Prix" voice actor award for the third time.

BIRTHDAY: 26 November 1978

BIRTHPLACE: Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

HEIGHT: 170 cm (5'6 ft)

BLOOD TYPE: A

STATUS: Single

NICKNAME: Jun Jun

AGENCY: Axl One (TRIVIA:  Fukuyama Jun quit Production Baobab and joined Morikawa's new agency. They have founded a seiyu school Axl Zero and will train young seiyu on their own.)

SKILL: Kendo

NOTABLE ROLES:

Ao no Exorcist as  Okumura, Yukio

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! as  Togashi, Yuuta

Code Geass as  Lamperouge, Lelouch

Durarara!! as  Kishitani, Shinra

Assasination Classroom as  Koro-sensei

Kuroshitsuji  as  Sutcliff, Grell

Noragami as  Kazuma

Osomatsu-san as  Matsuno, Ichimatsu

Working!! as  Takanashi, Souta

WEBSITE: http://www.axl-one.com/talent/fukuyama.html

BLOG: http://ameblo.jp/junfukuyama/

TWITTER: f_junjun_music

[yaotomejr]

[April 17th 2017] Ace Attorney Official Popularity Poll

Remember when Capcom held a popularity poll for all Ace Attorney characters from the main series (1-5) and from the Investigations games 3 years ago? Well, they’re back at it again! During today’s stream commemorating Ace Attorney’s 15th anniversary, they released the results for their newest popularity poll! This time, we have characters from Dai Gyakuten Saiban and Spirit of Justice!

The results for the popularity poll are under the cut below. Like last time, characters are listed with the game they debuted from!

1. Bobby Fulbright [GS5]

2. Apollo Justice [GS4]

3. Klavier Gavin [GS4]

4. Miles Edgeworth [GS1]

5. Asougi Kazuma [DGS]

6. Phoenix Wright [GS1]

7. Simon Blackquill [GS5]

8. Nahyuta Sahdmadhi [GS6]

9. Naruhodou Ryuunosuke [DGS]

10. Athena Cykes [GS5]

11. Barok van Zieks [DGS]

12. Sherlock Holmes [DGS]

13. Maya Fey [GS1]

14. Kristoph Gavin [GS4]

15. Trucy Wright [GS4]

16. Franziska von Karma [GS2]

17. Dick Gumshoe [GS1]

18. Simon Keyes (Sarushiro Souta) [GK2]

19. Kay Faraday [GK1]

20. Mikagami Hakari (Justine Courtney) [GK1]

21. Wendy Oldbag [GS1]

22. Juror 3 (The Guy With The Knife) [DGS] - Wait, I Can Explain

23. Luke Atmey [GS3]

24. Godot [GS3]

25. Mike Meekins [GS1]

26. Naito Manosuke (Horace Knightley) [GK2]

27. Ema Skye [GS1]

28. Yumihiko Ichiyanagi (Sebastian Debeste) [GK2]

29. Rayfa Padma Khura'in [GS6]

30. Larry Butz [GS1]

31. Manfred von Karma [GS1]

32. Damon Gant [GS1]

33. Gregory Edgeworth [technically GS1, in-person GK2]

34. Iris Watson [DGS]

35. Mikotoba Susato [DGS]

36. Armie Buff [GS6]

37. Shigaraki Tateyuki (Raymond Shields) [GK2]

38. Herman Crab [GS5]

39. Clay Terran [GS5]

40. Richard Wellington [GS2]

41. Datz Are'bal [GS6]

42. Shi-Long Lang [GK1]

43. Dhurke [GS6]

44. Blue Badger [GS1]

45. Mia Fey [GS1]

46. Roger Retinz [GS6]

47. Matt Engarde [GS2]

48. Jake Marshall [GS1]

49. Lisa Basil [GS3]

50. Uendo Toneido [GS6]

51. Judge [GS1] - actually not in the announced poll, but the streamers revealed that he almost made it into the top 50