#the tale of akira

[gravitysoda]

nothing but sea foam, in the end

[talesfromtheshatterhome]

Akira inspired Kamen Rider shots I took

[timetravellingkitty]

Babe, based on what kind of shows and movies I already like, what kind of anime would you recommend for me? I wanna start watching anime and I have no idea where to start

Despite the fact that it's gonna 2 years since our mutualship I can't really think of an anime to watch based on what you like (that's on me I suck at vibe checking tbh) but I can give you a place to start. For example, the hit anime Death Note

[skilliemoon]

Fanart for A Tale of Two Tricksters! Go read it if you haven't, it's so good.

I love Ren in this fic so much he's everything to me

[ogradyfilm]

While Goncharov posting was (and, to a certain extent, continues to be) fun, I do regret that the trend seems to have reduced Scorsese himself to a meme on Tumblr.

Like, when people on here respond to every post that mentions his name by jokingly bringing up the nonexistent movie that he supposedly directed, do they know that they're talking about the very same man that cast Shinya Tsukamoto—the underground filmmaker behind such deranged, perverse cult classics as Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, and A Snake of June—as a devout Christian in Silence?

Was anyone who hopped on the bandwagon even aware that Scorsese played Vincent van Gogh in Akira Kurosawa's Dreams? Or, to lower the bar a bit, that he voiced Sykes in Shark Tale?

I mean, Jesus Christ, are any other users on this site old enough to remember the Animaniacs episode in which the Goodfeathers' preferred hangout spot is a statue sculpted in Scorsese's likeness?

It's time we stopped degrading Scorsese's legacy by falsely crediting him with entirely fictional accomplishments... and started acknowledging the objectively hilarious things that he's actually done throughout his career.

[miyakuli]

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Artist : @miraii_akira

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[geekcavepodcast]

The Grimm Variations Trailer

Brother Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected fairy tales and wrote them into a book. One day, the brothers where telling a fairy tale to their younger beloved sister Charlotte. With a melancholy looks she asked "Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?" Charlotte's versions of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Town Musicians of Bremen, and The Pied Piper of Hamelin turn out to be quite different than her brothers'.

The Grimm Variations features a screenplay by Michiko Yokote, animation by WIT Studios, music by Akira Miyagawa, and character concepts by CLAMP.

The Grimm Variations hit Netflix on April 17, 2024.

[tricksterlatte]

There are two wolves inside you: the specific version of Joker that resonates with you in correspondence with dialogue options and his civilian side versus Joker, and whichever other character in the cast best plays off him. There is a high chance they are kissing right now.

[hotstreak2k3]

Now this is the actual Chichi we all wanted to see!

A great martial artist, a fearless woman who is willing to defend her rival/lover Goku, and facing the devil Broly without flinching.

“The World’s Strongest Woman” fits her title well I wish Toriyama should take note on this.

AND MANY THANKS TO “MAD 54 ART” FOR THIS COMMISION ON TWITTER!

[faline-cat444]

The mailbox was never checked yesterday but it was filled to the point we're joking our mailman must be a Tetris champion in his spare time

[eien-no-gakusha]

Touken Ranbu:  The Contradictory Tale of Genji

Went in expecting fanservice and just a good time, left impressed.

Part 1/3 - Plot:

The videogame source material has a very barebones plot because it knows what it is:  a gatcha game for fujoshi to collect sword husbandos.  Basically, something evil is trying to change (Japanese) history and make the universe implode.  You, the player, are an onmyoji or priestess who is summoning famous swords like mad to save the world.  The touken danshi themselves basically have the personalities of their famous historical figure owners or forgers coupled with quirks related to random facts and legends surrounding them.  Some come with a Hachiko streak from losing their masters or their service in some darker parts of history.  (only your love can heal them!). Classic gatcha game fare.  In other words, there is a lot of room to be creative with this framework.  Just look at all the sexy derivative works spawned from the thirsty fujoshi.  This aspect of the fandom is surprisingly relevant to the plot of the musical.  Stick around and find out. 

Anyways, the plot of this specific show features a Tale of Genji crossover.  The usual evil is messing with history again and a squad of swords are dispatched to fix it.   The problem of the day is the entire Heian court has been isekai-ed into the novel Tale of Genji.  The author Murasaki Shikibu and her fans have all gotten merged with the characters of the book.  The Heian era swords are unavailable for vague reasons, leaving a bunch of young swords not forged in this era to untangle fact from fiction.

Thus, we start with team Kanesada finding themselves escorting a lady-in-waiting who explains that everyone around her has been suddenly larping Tale of Genji and she’s the only sane person left in court.  They realize they are trapped in the book and reenact all the early chapters as they figure out how to undo the curse.  Some of the more hot-tempered swords try to brute force their way out only to realize that book characters have protagonist halos to protect them from getting KOed.  At the center of this vortex, the titular character Hikaru Genji is effectively an NPC who has gained sentience a la RE:  Creators.  We learn he functions similarly to the sword boys as the embodiment of the book.  Not being a weapon, he can’t do much by way of fighting but he is unkillable and can act as dungeon master in his own story by transferring protagonist status to his victims.  In other words, Genji can possess targets to simulate his story as a substitute while he dicks off.  He uses this power to go OOC and try to retcon his own story.  This is all quite convenient for him since he has a complicated relationship with his author.  He is half reverential of her and half resentful.  This culminates in Genji ultimately killing his own author.  In the merged universe, Murasaki Shikibu and her readership have merged with the female leads of The Tale of Genji with Murasaki taking the role of the unobtainable Fujitsubo no Nyogo, Genji’s true love.  In breaking the story with literal death of the author, all hell breaks loose with Genji going rogue.

As the touken danshi dig deeper, they learn the source of this chaos was a result of toxic fan culture!  While many people enjoy Murasaki’s book and come away from it positively, a stalker fan voices his concerns that this is all vapid fiction with no value nor contribution to reality (the “wake up, loser” argument).  They debate about the point of writing “fake” stories.  While Murasaki understands the man’s point of view, she disagrees and refuses to put down her brush as this work is her passion.  The man becomes so upset he is taken over by the evil powers to cause the time rift and alter history.  His reasoning is if everyone is so obsessed with the book, they may as well live in it rather than face the real world. 

Back in the present, the touken danshi are having a bad time resolving the timeline.  They complain about needing grandpa Mikazuki’s help and keep getting possessed by Genji to reenact chapters while he escapes to cause trouble elsewhere.  However, during the final boss battle with evil Genji, the isekai-ed fangirls come to the rescue!  As they reminisce about their love of the novel (well, it would be equivalent of a serialized magazine at time of publication) and how it was therapeutic or inspiring for their real lives, they begin to return to themselves.  Now it’s important to note that Murasaki’s contemporaries did write derivative works or helped her transcribe chapters to share.  Therefore, these fangirls are effectively ancient Japanese fanfiction authors and thus have power to end Genji as much as the original author does.  But they love him as a character too much so are unable to strike the finishing blow and basically toss the responsibility to young Murasaki, Genji’s second wife who he had kidnapped as a child to groom into the perfect woman.  Unable to bear the suffering and moved by the women in his life both as characters and as his fans, Genji lowers his protagonist’s halo and accepts death.  The touken danshi are able to finally fix history and complete their mission.  When they return to modern day, they hear news that archeologists have found physical evidence that Genji existed as a historical figure and thus a conspiracy theory is born!  The touken danshi take this information with mixed emotions.

What an amazing story.  The theme was deep without being too obtuse.  The climax got meta and opened a lot of discussion about the value of fiction, derivative works, the dangers of escapism, censorship, and even spirituality.  Definitely worth a second viewing to digest all this.

There was a mini-revue number in the end where the cast performed an umbrella dance to anachronistic Touken Ranbu music.  Then the cast descended a staircase in parade order for final bows.  It was a much-needed break from the heavy and complicated plot.  It was also a small nod to the main cast’s Takarazuka roots or hina doll staging, which is a common set design when using Heian costume.  The umbrella dance reminded me of the finale Sakura dance OSK does at the end of their performances.  Perhaps this is a proud Osaka tradition.  I haven’t seen a different Touken Ranbu show (yet) so I don’t know if this is a part of the brand.

[eway]

[overlordches]

So I'm also a big fan of the Tales series, and the idea to give Akira "holy-motif" Tadokoro Symphonia-style angel wings hit me like a TRUCK a while back so I had to do it. I had a lot of fun making this!!-- so I did another one.

(not sure how happy I am with his pose, but uhhh we'll live)

Why Sundown? Uhhh I dunno. I just think the cowboys deserve some magical bullshit every once in a while >:)

[aidendh]

Projects

Sorry about not posting my stuff for a while, I'm currently working on fleshing out my Magic Mi story/characters and I'm working on a Bungou Stray Dogs AU with @abel-not-gaybel . I have a lot of stuff pilled up to post when the Gacha's / main info is done, including a bunch of Incorrect Quotes

I'll happily answer asks about these projects and even my other stuff, so feel free to ask!

Magic Mi! Hero Precure

My own original magical girl story

I'm working on reworking the transformations and adding in some Corrupted forms alongside a new villain

Amon has been heavily fleshed out, I'm also taking some of my other demons, Braham/Hesko and adding them into the story

I will be posting it after the Gacha's and Transformations/Corrupted forms are done

The story will be updated afterwords as I gradually add to it

Bungou Stray Dogs: Lost Souls

Me and @abel-not-gaybel have taken our BSD incarnates and turned them into BSD OCs and added some others

The main story is set over 11years before Cannon, with some bonus Suke, Abel (Abalynn) and Adrik around the Cannon timeline

We have merged their stories together to make an overarching plot, this includes most crossovers

Because I'm currently watching Assassination Classroom, we'll be able to flesh out Fyodor's, Nagsia's and Atsushi's backstory

So look forward to seeing the Hinata Family face The Resistance in the Gifted War of Yokohama!

:BSD Lost Souls, Crossovers:

Bungou Stray Dogs

Miraculous Ladybug

Persona 5

Assassination Classroom

Original Characters

Bnha Characters

Haikyuu!! Characters

Fake Wiki

I've been working on a fake BSD Wiki for Suke, Adrik, Aiden and Hesko. It's just for fun though and will only be updated when I feel like it. You can use the link to see sneak peaks at their stuff for both projects!

(Magic Mi is only there because of Aiden's Ability being based off of it)

[tales-from-hometown]

i want to believe...

[sentofight]

ooc. also i like to make ocs (or even add canon muses) for my friends to interact. if u have an idea we can make a magical creature out of it aaaaaaaaaaahahaha!!!!!