#Depicting: Famicom Gun

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WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ - part 2

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This is an EXTREMELY rare and obscure Super Mario animated movie that was released in Japanese theaters in 1986.

It had a rental-only VHS release and copies in Japan are rare and go for the equivalent of hundreds of US dollars.

This movie predates a lot of the modern lore and art style of Mario and has a lot of weird things that would never be done with modern Mario.

Highlights include:

Mario and Luigi as grocery store clerks in what appears to be the “real world”

The Mushroom Kingdom apparently exists within a Famicom game Mario is playing, and the Mario Bros become involved when Peach and Bowser climb out of the TV into their world

Enemies like Hammer Brothers and Parakoopas are depicted as being 5 times the size of Mario, they’re like the size that Bowser is now typically depicted as.

Mario talking, extensively.

Luigi’s main character gimmick is that he’s obsessed with treasure and money. His “luigi is afraid of ghosts” gimmick wouldn’t be invented for another 15 years after all.

Mario holding hand guns.

Lots more stuff I won’t spoil

There are lots of surreal things that remind me of Felix the Cat: The Movie, and  the interesting animated interpretations of the Mario characters are worth it to see this movie, and the animation, though cheap in parts, its very nice to look at, I especially like watching the Goombas that appear throughout the animation.

Nintendo basically seems to disavow any ownership of this movie, they haven’t done anything to acknowledge its existence in 30 years, and somehow this fan-restoration and subtitled version has been up on on YouTube since 2016 without being removed for copyright violations, but I would see this while you have the chance, because once its gone, I’ll probably take a bit of digging to find, wheras here you can just watch it with ease.

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10 Hidden Details Everyone Missed In Cowboy Bebop | ScreenRant

There are few anime as widely praised as Shinichiro Watanabe's Cowboy Bebop. Other series are certainly better known, but they lack universal acclaim. The show was actually well-received during its original release. Having only one season is what likely kept the series from being as popular as Dragon Ball Z, though.

This space neo-noir is celebrated for its stellar writing and striking characters. The anime is rife with talent and innovation. And now with Netflix's live-action adaptation on the horizon, this is a great time to revisit the original series. So, here are some hidden details fans might have missed.

RELATED: Why Anime Is Definitely Not Just For Kids

10 Forefather of bebop

Jet shares a dream he had with Spike in Session #3. In it, a man named Charlie Parker told Jet, "Only hands can wash hands." Charlie Parker — whose nicknames included "Yardbird" or simply "Bird" — was in fact a real person. Parker was an American jazz composer and saxophonist who is considered influential in bebop's creation. He shirked tradition and developed a groundbreaking style characterized by intricate chord progressions, diverse key changes, and improvisation.

In spite of its name, Cowboy Bebop's soundtracks aren't bebop sounding at all. The use of "bebop" in the title actually refers to the anime's storytelling style.

9 Gren's no Brad Pitt, but...

Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener (or just Gren) is an unforgettable one-time character in Cowboy Bebop. Gren served in the Titan War with Spike's nemesis Vicious. After being tried as a spy, however, Gren was sentenced to prison. An overwhelming animosity towards Vicious — who may have testified against Gren — urged the prison to sedate him. The medication, though, had a distinct, physical side effect on Gren that Faye couldn't help but notice in Session 12.

The series' character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto originally modeled Gren after Brad Pitt, but he changed his mind later for spoiler-y reasons.

8 Faye Valentine's age

Session #15 is an important episode for Faye Valentine. First, an easter egg — on Faye's cryo-container is the serial number NCC-1701-B. Star Trek fans will recognize this as the same serial number for the USS Enterprise. This ship was first seen in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.

This episode most importantly also reveals Faye's age. Her cryo-container was last opened on November 23, 2019, which presumably is when Faye entered it. The events of Cowboy Bebop happen in 2071, and Faye was born in 1994. So in order of time, Faye would be 77-years old.

RELATED: 10 Anime To Fill The Void After Game Of Thrones

7 Lupin III's car

In Session #15, William Haggis Matsumoto and Faye pass a familiar Fiat 500 on the road. This is no doubt a reference to Arsène Lupin III's iconic yellow car. Lupin III is a classic manga and anime series created and illustrated by Monkey Punch. The original Fiat 500 car was manufactured and sold between 1957 and 1975. The compact city vehicle was less than 10 feet long; one model was powered by a 479 cc two-cylinder engine. From the characterizations to the themes, the Lupin III franchise is believed to be a major source of inspiration for Cowboy Bebop.

6 Classic video game consoles

Faye goes undercover in a cult called SCRATCH so she can collect a bounty on the leader. This cult believes eternal life can be achieved by uploading our digitized souls to the Internet. In a commercial for SCRATCH, people throw away their classic video game consoles in favor of a new system called Brain Dream. The consoles in the commercial are the Sega Genesis (or Sega Mega Drive), the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom), the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super Famicom), and the first Sony PlayStation (or PS1). The controllers' buttons and d-pads are switched around, though.

5 Aliens references

Spike and his crew are under attack by an alien lifeform in Session #11. In the episode, a blob-like alien with a nasty bite targets everyone aboard the Bebop. This story is similar to James Cameron's 1979 film Alien where the titular monster disposes of the USCSS Nostromo crew one by one. Scenes in the episode also reference the sequel Aliens. For instance, Spike arms himself with a gun and a flamethrower like Ridley did. In addition, he uses a handheld motion tracker. Lastly, the blob creature is defeated the same way as the Xenomorph: it's expelled through an airlock.

RELATED: Alien: 10 Questions We Still Want Answered

4 Coffee and Shaft

When the Bebop crashes on Jupiter's moon Io in Session #17, Ed and Ein meet a bounty hunter named Coffee. The episode is an homage to "blaxploitation" crime movies of the 1970s. Coffee herself is a reference to the namesake of the 1973 movie Coffy. In the film, Pam Grier plays a disgruntled nurse who wages a war on drugs. She avenges her addict sister by killing anyone who sells or pushes drugs. Coffee is styled like Grier's character. The same episode has a character named Shaft, who is indeed modeled after the eponymous character in the 1971 film Shaft.

3 Babe Ruth

In Session #19, "Wild Horses", Jet and Faye pursue a trio of techno pirates. This band of terrorists — whose M.O. is using computer viruses to attack ships — is comprised of three men named George, Herman, and Ruth. The full name of famous baseball player Babe Ruth is George Herman Ruth, Jr. His career in Major League Baseball lasted a whopping twenty-two seasons. Miles — a minor character in the episode who's modeled after Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation — is a big Blue Sox fan. This is a reference to one of Ruth's teams, the Boston Red Sox.

RELATED: The 15 Least Inspirational Sports Movies Of All Time

2 9021... Oh

In Session #18, Jet and Spike receive a Beta tape in the mail. In case you're unfamiliar with what Betamax even is, it's an older video cassette format. Anyway, in the episode "Speak Like a Child", Jet and Spike visit a shop in hopes of finding a Betamax player. The shopkeeper is watching what looks and sounds like a taped copy of Beverly Hills, 90210. The depicted characters are fraternal twins from Minnesota, and "Jason Prestory" and "Shanan D'Har-"-something are the show's executive producers. The names are clearly a reference to Beverly Hills 90210 stars Jason Priestly and Shannen Doherty.

1 Enter the Spike

Martial artist and actor Bruce Lee inspired many characters in film and television. In Cowboy Bebop, Bruce Lee's influence can be seen in Spike Spiegel and his fighting style. Spike practices jeet kune do, a special technique developed by Bruce Lee. When he engages in physical combat with opponents, Spike uses jeet kune do with varied results. The style — whose Cantonese name translates to "The Way of the Intercepting Fist" — combines aspects of boxing, fencing, and obviously kung fu. Spike's fight with villain Abdul Hakim is Session #2 references Lee's match with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the film Game of Death.

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source https://screenrant.com/cowboy-bebop-hidden-details/

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Little details about the concept photos for LOVE YOURSELF 承 'Her'

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Release date: 06-07 September 2017

Facebook albums: L, O, V, E

Instagram posts: L, O, V, E

Twitter: L (x, x), O (x, x), V (x, x), E (x, x)

Episode of the Jacket shooting sketch

Naver Music article

Naver Starcast article (archive)

Outfits and accessories identified by @GetOnSwag: main list, j-hope’s Fendi keyring, V’s Gucci shirt

Bangtan bombs filmed on the set for version E:

BTS' exciting Game room #1

BTS' exciting Game room #2

BTS' exciting Game room #3

BTS' exciting Game room #4

Like with the albums for The Most Beautiful Moment in Life and WINGS, you can connect the four versions. It works with the front cover and the spine of the albums. This time you can also connect the photocards to obtain a similar picture of the four flowers.

SKNNYLEGENDS analyzed all the albums covers for the Love Yourself era. The whole document is really interesting but to summarize the part about Her, the lilies, the rose, and the Smeraldo flower depicted represent notably a new love for someone else but with underlying deceit.

Now concerning details that can be found in the different versions.

The main structure this time is: group, subunits (composition change in all the versions), solos (JH, JM, J, JK, RM, SG, V)

The exceptions to that structure are in the V version where Jimin solo shots are between Jungkook’s and RM’s and in the E version that’s organized like follow: Laundry Pizza (group, solos), arcade (subunits, solos), street (subunits).

In the subunits, all the members appear together at least once, except for Jin and V.

L version

Tweet from RM

This version was shot at Billybean studio (Instagram post, Naver post about the studio)

Jimin drew a heart with ‘love’ next to it.

In the subunit shots, each group has two shots that are pretty similar. Except for Jimin and Jung Kook who exchanged places between the two pictures. Here’s the composition of the subunits:

Jin, j-hope, RM

SUGA, V

Jimin, Jung Kook

It was 9:40 when SUGA posed next to a book about Helsinki.

O version

They shot this version at a studio in Namyangju (cf. Memories of 2017). RM’s gas station scene in “I NEED U” was also shot there.

The boys are posing among flowers that look like Black-Eyed Susans or Coneflowers, something belonging to the Asterodae, a supertribe of the Asteroideae (I would bet on the Calenduleae tribe but I admit I’m too lazy to confirm).

There are two sets of subunits:

first:

Jin, SUGA, Jimin

j-hope, RM, V, Jung Kook

second:

SUGA, Jimin, V

Jin, RM

j-hope, Jung Kook

V version

You can see a Famicom Disk System in front of the TV in front of V. It’s a Japanese video game console. Talking about consoles, we already saw a Nintendo 64 in V’s hands in his poster for BTS Begins and a Super NES in the MV for “Fire,” played by V once again.

The subunits are:

Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jung Kook

RM, Jimin, V

They did the shooting at 209 아뜰리에 (Atelier 209).

Food is featured in this version. Behind Jin, SUGA, j-hope and Jung Kook, we can see several cans:

one of Van Camp’s Pork and Beans

one of paprika flavored Chipsletten

one of Chilli Beans and one of Kidney Beans from SW

there are two more I couldn’t identify but one has “baked beans” written on it

There are also God Save Punk, a poster showing Sid Vicious, created by The Meme Machine and the Guns N’ Roses photo used on the 1989 European cover of “Sweet Child O’ Mine”.

A few pages later j-hope is accompanied by Coca-Cola cans.

Concerning V, he doesn’t have any cans but you can see a corner of a page from Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness by Pete Earley, with ��buy” written on it and a ticket for the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

As for Jung Kook, there’s a little Rocky the Flying Squirrel next to him (it’s not visible on the picture but it’s the page tapped on the pole).

In that version, we also get our usual rock references.

You can read Guns N’Roses behind Jin, a reference to the name of a famous hard rock band.

In the book, you can see more of that scene, like Jin tearing a Nirvana logo apart as well as a promo poster for Incesticide, another Nirvana album, a poster for Negative Creep, a tribute concert to the band.

Behind RM there’s a photo of Sonic Youth taken by Naomi Peterson for SST Records and one of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana’s leader, during their concert at Maxwell’s on July the 13th, 1989, taken by Ian Tilton.

SUGA also has his Nirvana photo. It’s the same as the Negative Creep poster. It was taken by Anton Corbijn in 1993.

Nirvana has been heavily referenced by BTS. You can find a post about all those references here.

E version

More pictures of this version can be found on the entertainment page from Naver.

The first part was shot at 런드리피자 Laundry Pizza. The second one was taken at izone Pop (cr. Deokutour). Some pictures were also snapped in Hongdae Mural Street (cr.)

Again, there are two sets of subunits:

at izone Pop:

Jin, SUGA, Jung Kook

j-hope, Jimin

RM, V

in a street:

Jimin, Jung Kook

j-hope, V

Jin, SUGA, RM

In his solo picture at the pizzeria, RM is next to a magazine display stand, including a copy of issue N°23 of Milk magazine for Korea.

SUGA is sitting on a Speed Rider 2 arcade machine.

Jung Kook is on a Pump It Up machine. It’s probably the same machine that appears behind V on his solo picture.

Jin is about to play Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited.

j-hope is lying on a Fishing Spirit machine.

In one of his supplementary pictures, he’s seen in front of an iCube machine.

Lastly, Jimin revived his iconic NOW3 look with the overall in front of an En Shoot arcade machine.

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WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ - part 1

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