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南佳孝 - POPEYE No.98(1981)  (Tokyo Dragon Road)

(via POPEYE No.98(1981) - 「年齢別アイテム読本」特集 | Tokyo Dragon Road)

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忘れられた夏 - 南佳孝/Yoshitaka Minami (1976)

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夜霧のハイウェイ (Yogiri no Highway) by Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

Album: 摩天楼のヒロイン Year: 1973 Label: Showboat Lyrics: Takashi Matsumoto / 松本隆 Music: Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

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Artist - 南佳孝 (Minami, Yoshitaka) Song - スローなブギにしてくれ (I want you) (Slow Na Boogie Ni Shitekure [I Want You]) [Eng. "Play Me A Slow Boogie (I Want You)"] Release Date - January 1981

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My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

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クール・ダウン (Cool Down) by Rajie / ラジ featuring Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

Album: Love Heart Year: 1978 Label: CBS/Sony Lyrics: Etsuko Kisugi / 来生えつこ Music: Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

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東京物語

２週間前に今年は訃報ばかりだと言って古いCDを紹介していましたが、その後も訃報が続いてますね。小さい頃999に熱狂していたもんで��本零士さんや、その後昨年出た新譜を紹介したばかりのムーンライダース岡田徹さんまで、本当にショック続きです。 ですが、この２週間の間に私事で恐縮ではありますが、実父まで亡くなりまして只今てんやわんや中です。

今回も古いCDの紹介になってしまうのですが、この心境で聞きたくなったCDを今回は紹介します。

東京物語 南佳孝

このアルバムの11曲目に「親父」という曲があり、その後のエンディングの「東京物語（エピローグ）」というインストの曲があるのですが、上手く伝えられないのですが今の心境はまさにこの2曲の雰囲気です。

このアルバムは他にも名曲「Boy Meets A Girl」とかもあり大好きなアルバムなので紹介させてもらいました。

色々ありますが3月21日は予定通りライブやりますので、よろしくお願いします。

こんな感じで2週間に１回のペースで載せてます。次回は3/11or12頃にUPする予定です。

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🌴 pt. 5 (final) just a buncha random scenes that came to mind 😌

up next the wedding 👀

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Saiai / Dearest. 8

Story: 8

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 8

Comparable to: Byakuyako (jdrama) ; Itoshii Uso: Yasashii Yami (jdrama)

This drama has a mixture of a lot of genres all rolled up into one. It’s kind of like a family, law, crime, mystery, thriller all wrapped into one. The storyline is pretty well cohesively written as well as the characters were too. The only downside I saw for series was the chemistry for the main leads. Acting for both of them we’re excellent, I just wasn’t feeling it between them.

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And i also finished a new edit tonight :)

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𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 || 𝐜.𝐬

𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: carlos sainz jr x reader

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: you’re moving to Madrid to be closer to Carlos and on the day he picks you up from the airport, he has a suprise for you

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: established relationship, fluff

𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 1.5k

𝐚/𝐧: carlos is attentive (and rich)

"You’re not kidnapping me, right?”

The buzz of Carlos’ car dwindled under the breeze whistling through the rolled-down window. Soft bossa nova tunes floated around the car as you reached over to toggle the volume on the radio. Yoshitaka Minami’s voice flooded your ears as your eyes fluttered closed. You practically had complete ownership of the car radio whenever you and Carlos drove around together, and he didn’t mind at all. Carlos’ hand stroked your knee tenderly as he swivelled up and down the bustling streets of Madrid. You indulged in the smell of the fresh breeze, and the familiar musk of Carlos’ cologne. It was the fragrance of home. Your new home. 

You’d spent numerous Summers in Madrid with Carlos, but you’d always found yourself missing the comfort of your hometown, even though you didn’t really enjoy the town itself. You’d always end up so homesick while you were in Madrid, feeling lost as you yearned to go back to your mundane life, away from intruding cameras and vexing fans. Yet, when you went back home, you found yourself calling Carlos every night, expressing how much you missed him and life in Madrid. It was paradoxical, and Carlos never understood why your feelings about Madrid and your hometown were equally polarizing, but he never pried. Nonetheless, the more time you spent in Madrid, the more you felt like the lack of privacy was worth it. Madrid was beautiful; the streets, the people, the culture, it was everything your hometown had never been. So here you were, sitting in your boyfriend's Ferrari 812 Competizione, with your luggage in the trunk, and your heart in his hands. 

The car ride from the airport to Carlos’ home wasn’t long, you’d practically memorized the route yourself after travelling between the two locations so frequently. Carlos’ fingers tapped on your clothed thigh to the mellow beats of the song, causing you to turn your attention toward him. His hair had been tossed around due to the turmoil of the wind, yet it still managed to look more cloud-like than messy. It was an art form. He hummed along to the music before throwing a quick look at you.

“It’s rude to stare, querida,” Carlos chuckled, his gruff voice snapping you out of your daze.

“Not staring. Just admiring, querido,” You replied. He squeezes your thigh once before returning his hand to the steering wheel, leaving the lingering phantom of his touch.

“I missed you a lot,” Carlos spoke.

“I missed you too. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time for you to talk about how devoted and in love with me you are once we get home,” You punctuate the sentence with a poke to his cheek, and he turns his head in an attempt to bite your finger.

“I unpacked all the boxes you sent over to the house from your hometown. I think you’re really gonna like how everything turned out.” Carlos said.

“Didn’t realize you were also a part-time interior designer,” you teased.

“I suppose I’m just good at a lot of things,” Carlos winked.

You turned your attention back toward the picturesque view painting the window. The trees and buildings blurred into a single mosaic as the car sped through the city. Carlos slowed the car down as he moved into the right lane of an intersection. You faced him with a raised eyebrow as the car turned onto the unfamiliar road. This was not the way to Carlos’ home, but he remained unfazed.

“Carlos, I think we’re going the wrong way,” you said as you leaned further into the window.

“Nope. This is the right way,” Carlos said curtly.

“Is this the long way?” You were looking right at him now.

“I guess you could say that,” He said, keeping his eyes directly on the road ahead of you.

“Carlos…” The music was being drowned out by the tumbling of thoughts in your head. The syncopated guitar couldn’t stop your brain from kicking into overdrive.

“Don’t worry, I know where we’re going,” He pokes your thigh, sensing the anxiety boiling over in your stomach. 

“We’re going home, right?” You ask.

“In a way.” The corner of Carlos’ mouth upturns.

“Carlos, seriously. You’re not kidnapping me, are you?” You half-joked. Carlos laughs at the quiver in your voice. 

“Mi amor, I’m not doing anything. Don’t worry,” Carlos reassured.

“Fine.” You gave in, calming your unnerving thoughts as you analyzed the unknown environment.

Carlos continued to drive through Madrid, stopping upon a large iron gate surrounded by meticulously sculpted trees. He pulled out his phone, typing quickly before the iron gates began to creak open. Carlos smiled at you briefly as the car started to drive forward. The driveway was decorated in yellowed cobblestone, leading up to a breathtaking statue situated at the heart of a fountain adorned with specks of moss. 

“Carlos, what are we doing here?” You whisper. 

“You’ll see. Be patient, querida.” He turns off the car engine before opening the driver-side door. Carlos opens up the passenger-side door, holding out his hand for you like the gentleman he was, even when he was being annoyingly secretive. You place your hand into Carlos’, allowing your fingers to entangle as he leads you to your luggage in the trunk of the car. He pops open the trunk, grabs your luggage for you, then smiles at you once more before leading the pair of you up the cobblestone path. 

As you walked further up the path, a regal home sat at the top of the slope. The exterior of the home was a mustard yellow with grand windows that spanned the entire height of the building. Plants and abstract furniture peeked through the openings of the windows. The home could only be described as otherworldly. 

“Carlos, can you tell me where we are now?” The home was so captivating that you hadn’t even bothered looking at Carlos as you spoke to him. 

“Cariño, remember when we were watching Architectural Digest a few months ago, and there was that one home that you said was the embodiment of your dream home? Well, I did some research and it turns out the house was located in Madrid. So I bought it. For you. For us.” Your heart plummeted to the floor of your stomach. You could almost hear the pride oozing from Carlos’ mouth. “Is that okay with you?” Your silence was causing Carlos to deflate as he searched your face for a hint of emotion 

“Cariño, please say something,” Carlos placed your luggage on the doorsteps in favour of holding your hands in his. 

“Carlos…” Your gaze shifted to his. His eyebrows were knitted together as his eyes fixated on yours.

“If you’re going to be mad at me, please do it inside. There’s a really pretty view in there,” Carlos spoke carefully, pointing toward the home. Your home. 

“Carlos, I don’t know what to say… I love it so much. I love you so much. This is, like, surreal. My brain is hardly processing this.” You sank into him, wrapping your arms around his torso as if he were about to vanish into the atmosphere. Carlos encased you in his embrace, embellishing the top of your head with never-ending kisses. 

“I mean, you bought us a house. My dream house, Carlos. I’m having a hard time believing you aren’t a literal Angel,” You spoke, lifting your head to look into his eyes.

“The only angel here is you, mi amor.” He nuzzled his nose into the side of your head, holding you tighter.

“How are you so perfect?” You felt your eyes begin to water as the weight of the moment began to settle. You’d been so hesitant to move to Madrid, but everything turned out better than you could have ever hoped, and it was all because of Carlos. He released you from his hold before he dug into his pockets in search of the house keys. Carlos pushed the front door open, and a wave of warm vanilla diffused into your lungs. You walked past the threshold of the front door together, welcoming your new environment as a unit. The interior of the home was suited perfectly to your and Carlos’ tastes. It was an undeniable incarnation of your relationship; coordinated, cozy, and inarguably quite beautiful.

“Your clothes were unpacked and placed in our shared closet, all of your instruments are in their own music room, and we’ve even got a home theatre for when our friends come over,” Carlos explains. Photos of the pair of you lined the hallway as they sat in gold picture frames. You couldn’t help but wonder how long he’d been working on this. 

“Friends? I’m not sure about that. Can’t let Pierre taint our little sanctuary.” You joked, stroking Carlos’ back. 

“Come on, Hermosa, you’ve gotta see the library we decorated for you,” He grabs your hand, pulling you down the vast hallway. 

“Library? Carlos, you’re joking…” Hummingbirds couldn’t have competed with the flutter of your heart.

“I know what my girl likes.” 

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So, I wasn't sure how I was going to start this post. But for any AssClass fan that is reading this: you might have seen this image before, right?

This image was made back in 2015, during the year of the airing of the anime's first season. It was made for the anime songs 3-days concert Animelo Summer Live 2015 -The Gate-, also abbreviated as Anisama 2015, that was held at the Saitama Super Arena (on August 28th to 30th). It's a very big concert that involves solo artists, group artists, and voice actors singing anime songs.

Speaking of voice actors: the JPN VAs of the 6 Class 3-E students on this image were one of the many performers at Anisama 2015 (can be found on the official Anisama website). They performed on Day 2 of the concert. Forming a special version of 3-nen E-gumi Utatan (Class 3-E Song Unit) known as 3-nen E-gumi Samatan (Class 3-E Summer Unit). Consisting of: • Nagisa Shiota - VA: Mai Fuchigami • Kaede Kayano - VA: Aya Suzaki • Karma Akabane - VA: Nobuhiko Okamoto • Yuma Isogai - VA: Ryota Osaka • Hinata Okano - VA: Minami Tanaka • Tomohito Sugino - VA: Yoshitaka Yamaya

The song this unit sung live was the anime's first opening song: Seishun Satsubatsuron There were also some messages by Koro-sensei (VA: Jun Fukuyama) pre- and post-performance.

Also, Aya Suzaki also performed as Minami Nitta from THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls on the exact same day as well, with a few other VAs from same iM@S branch. And Minami Tanaka also performed as Minami Katayama from Wake Up, Girls! with the rest of the VAs from the same franchise on Day 3 of the concert.

Additionally, there were a few other JPN VAs of the AssClass cast that also performed at Anisama 2015. Just either as themselves (solo singer artists or in a singer artist group) or as one of their character roles from another franchise they voice in.

Manami Numakura (Rio Nakamura's VA) as Hibiki Ganaha from THE iDOLM@STER - P.S. she's one of the few seiyuu who kickstarted the live concert on Day 1 (alongside her with some of the 765PRO ALLSTARS seiyuu who are also from THE iDOLM@STER as well as the idol unit Muse's seiyuu from Love Live!; via collaboration medley

Mamoru Miyano (Gakushuu Asano's VA)

All the VAs/seiyuu mentioned in this post have (or have not) returned to perform at Anisama in later years. Again, either as solo artists or in one of their other character franchise role(s).

I tried my best explaining everything on this post. But I guess this can be seen as some sort of piece of trivia? At least, that's what I think...

Image with all the six JPN VAs on the official AssClass TV Anime Twitter account

A list with the full setlist (Day 1-3) can be found on here

Kinda a surprise for me to see that you can find the full live performance (of this group) on bilibili... (Link)

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My 5 Favorite Legal J-Dramas

I love them because they have perfect balance of seriousness and humour, not too dark and not too comedic. And the chemistry of the main leads are fun to watch with their constant bickering. 😂

1. Hero (2001)

Kuryu (Kimura Takuya) is an unconventional prosecutor who has a habit of investigating the criminals himself before prosecuting, which agitates his paralegal, Amamiya (Matsu Takako) has it delays the process while more cases are piling up, and often conflicts with the police who thinks he does not trust their investigation skills.

The series is so good that it has a second season with a newcomer played by Keiko Kitagawa, a special episode with Haruka Ayase and a movie with both Keiko Kitagawa and Matsu Takako. I like their chemistry, not just between the main leads but the supporting characters as well that got pulled into Kimura Takuya's shenanigans.

2. Miss Justice (2018)

A similar tale of a public prosecutor, Ririko (Yoshitaka Yuriko) whose strong sense of justice get in her daily work as she takes time to solve each cases diligently, playing the role of a "detective" to ascertain that the suspects are really guilty before she prosecutes them. However, it only delays her other cases which snowballs.

This agitates her older and experienced paralegal (Yasuda Ken) who is tasked to ensure she completes each task on time without delay. But over time, both him and the entire department who got pulled into her shenanigans finally understands her reasoning and begin to respect her as a fellow prosecutor and not as a newbie.

3. Police and Prosecutor (2023)

Gota (Kiritani Kenta) and Minami (Higa Manami) are siblings who work as a law enforcer and a paralegal respectively. She works for an ambitious public prosecutor, Shuhei (Higashide Masahiro) whose values and principles are opposite of Gota, which often puts them at odds with one another when they work together on every case.

While Minami and Shuhei know the grey world in their line of work, Gota is a brash detective who only sees thing in black and white which often puts them at odds with one another. But their opposing personalities and styles of work eventually help to solve the cases in arresting and prosecuting the right criminal.

4. Ishiko and Haneo (2022)

Ishiko (Kasumi Arimura) is an obstinate law graduate who aspired to be a lawyer but after failing the bar four times, she gives up her dreams and works as a paralegal at her father's private law firm where she met the prodigy Haneo (Nakamura Tomoya) who passed the bar on first attempt due to his photographic memory.

Ishiko is a bit insecure in having to work with a prodigy while Haneo is actually terrible at adapting that he often mask it with his "superior intellectual". Their different personalities and styles of working contradict each other as the two of them, with their own inferiority complexes, are thrown together to solve cases.

5. Binta : Love and Law (2022)

Minowa (Matsumoto Toshio) is a former delinquent who doesn't have a regular job and never really thought seriously about life until he had to look after his young step-sister left behind by his late father. He lands a job as clerk, working for a strong headed lawyer, Natsumi (Yamaguchi Sayaka) who is dumbfounded by his "stupidity".

But his strong sense of justice is a welcoming change that she needed having work in a corporate law firm surrounded by "vultures" that the two decided to start their own private firm to genuinely help people that really need help and not simply for the big money. But with each case, they realize things are not as simple as they think.

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ソバカスのある少女 (Sobakasu no Aru Shoujo) by Tin Pan Alley / ティン・パン・アレイfeaturing Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

Album: Caramel Mama Year: 1975 Label: Nippon Crown (Panam sublabel) Lyrics: Takashi Matsumoto / 松本隆 Music: Shigeru Suzuki / 鈴木茂

[nobbykun]

Artist - 南佳孝 (Minami, Yoshitaka) Song - 素敵なパメラ (Sutekina Pamela) [Eng. "Lovely Pamela"] Release Date - October 1984

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My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

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THE TOKYO TASTE by Rajie / ラジ featuring Yoshitaka Minami / 南佳孝

Album: Heart to Heart Year: 1977 Label: CBS/Sony Lyrics: Chris Mosdell & Yukihiro Takahashi / 高橋幸宏 Music: Tsugutoshi Goto / 後藤次利 & Yukihiro Takahashi / 高橋幸宏