#Hiroshi Nomura

[lilium-dragomir]

[sterkeyra]

Metro PD: Close to You Next Season Announcement!!

Apparently the great news just keep coming!

Voltage released a movie for the anniversary and used it to announce that

On July 1st a new Season will launch starting with Hanai Azusa

"The Misfits Married Couple for Eternity"

This is a great time to be a fan, as we get Nomuras new story in EN next month and this might be an opportunity for them to release more untranslated stories.

Spread the word to wake up all the sleeping fans that have been starving for ages haha

Anyways here's the Video, so sit back and enjoy some blinks into the past!

[natstarbuck]

Ep. 01

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me catching up with Tadanobu's 24 hours and counting and thinking how hot my fav detectives are... or yes, "cool" is the word... all the guys and mc are just so cool

[mhslovers2002]

Ampoo (アンプー, Anpū)

Voiced by: Chiyako Shibahara (Japanese)

Borocca (ボロッカ, Borokka)

Voiced by: Junji Majima (Japanese)

Chaps (チャップス, Chappusu)

Voiced by: Hisayo Mochizuki (Japanese)

Docky (ドッキー, Dokkī)

Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao (Japanese)

Enton (エントン, Enton)

Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki (Japanese)

Fonton (フォントン, Fonton)

Voiced by: N/A

Genie (ジーニー, Jīnī)

Voiced by: Ryuuzou Ishino (Japanese)

Hikky (ヒッキー, Hikkī)

Voiced by: Hiromi Ohtsuda (Japanese)

Inky (インキー, Ink��)

Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (Japanese)

Juno (ジュノ, Juno)

Voiced by: Ayumi Kida (Japanese)

Kabo (カボ, Kabo)

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese)

Liddy (リディー, Ridī)

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese)

Magnero (マグネロ, Magunero)

Voiced by: Setsuji Satoh (Japanese)

Noisy (ノイジー, Noijī)

Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (Japanese)

Onpoo (オンプー, Onpū)

Voiced by: Sakiko Tamagawa (Japanese)

Piranin (ピラニン, Piranin)

Voiced by: Eriko Nakayama (Japanese)

Quicky (クイッキー, Kuikkī)

Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao (Japanese)

Rosso (ロッソ, Rosso)

Voiced by: Eriko Nakayama (Japanese)

Spimon (スピモン, Supimon)

Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese)

Tubee (チュービー, Chūbī)

Voiced by: Chiyako Shibahara (Japanese)

Usop (ウソップ, Usoppu)

Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano (Japanese)

Vincent (ビンセント, Binsento)

Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano (Japanese)

Watt (ワット, Watto)

Voiced by: Sakiko Tamagawa (Japanese)

Mr. X (ミスター X, Misutā X)

Voiced by: Ayumi Kida (Japanese)

Yumyum (ヤムヤム, Yamuyamu)

Voiced by: Ryusei Nakao (Japanese)

Zobie (ゾビー, Zobī)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Numata (Japanese)

?

Voiced by: N/A

Mr. Salaman (サラマン先生, Saraman-sensei)

Voiced by: Sukekiyo Kameyama (Japanese)

Mr. Tigerl (ティゲール先生, Tigēru-sensei)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese)

Ms. Peginand (ペギナンド先生, Peginando-sensei)

Voiced by: Hiroko Oohashi (Japanese)

Principal (校長先生, Kōchō sensei)

Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese)

Eddy the Skeleton Dragon (ドラゴンの骨エディ, Doragon no hone edi)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese)

Johnny Crow (ジョニークロウ, Jonīkurou)

Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano (Japanese)

Lure the Fisherman (ルーア, Rūa)

Voiced by: Yūichi Nagashima (Japanese)

Book Deposit (返却機, Henkyaku-ki)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese)

Mr. Showtime (ミスターショータイム, Misutā shōtaimu)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese)

Old Owl Sage (フ��ロウじいさん, Fukurō jīsan)

Voiced by: Hiroshi Iwasaki (Japanese)

Screwsnail (ネジマキツムリ, Nejimakitsumuri)

Voiced by: N/A

Fountain of Sorrow (悲しみの泉, Kanashimi no izumi)

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama (Japanese)

Vending Machines

Voiced by: Cho, Sukekiyo Kameyama

Yurumaki (ユルマキ草, Yurumaki kusa)

Voiced by: N/A

Spy Fly/Leader Fly (リーダーバエ, Rīdābae)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Numata (Japanese)

Keshi (ケッシー, Kesshī)

Voiced by: Kōsuke Okano (Japanese)

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thoughts on Akihiko Yoshida? hes done several greatest game of all time contenders but I still don't know how 2 feel about him tbh

I would rank him highly, although I do think his best work belongs to a bygone era. I've always had a lot of affection for Yoshida as the Square-affiliated artist most likely to describe form with profuse hatching. The original Tactics Ogre cover is one of my favorite pieces of game art:

I think he produced his most compelling work around this period, in collaboration with Hiroshi Minagawa, and more generally prior to the onset of HD development. I don't know how deeply involved he was with the process (Minagawa is credited as supervisor in both cases), but between Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII, his designs have been treated to the most compelling applications of texture mapping in the medium.

I also love the lush storybook style he adopted for Four Heroes of Light, and I wish that quality had carried more cleanly into Bravely Default.

His contributions to FFXIV are obviously accomplished but they don't really stand out in my mind due to their proximity to so many other artists on that project working in a style that roughly approximates his own. I think that's something that has muddled my impression of his work over the past decade, the glut of designers seemingly trained in his style, or the new prominence of those who simply came up in the industry working in a comparable idiom, usually in the Ivalice games. The deliberately abstracted faces contrasted with baroque or luxuriously rendered dress, the almost exclusive use of earth tones etc. It's evident everywhere from certain of Kazuya Takahashi's key art in FFXVI to Naoki Ikushima's entire corpus of Yoshida-lite emulations, even Hideo Minaba's work on Granblue Fantasy.

At one point this was a perfect triangular complement to the sectors defined by Amano and Nomura, but as we recede further and further from any remaining stylistic imprint of the former and all the appealing extravagance is bled from the latter, a sort of repetitious sameness sets in. It's no fault of Yoshida's, and I think his own work still consistently outshines his "imitators", but it probably accounts for my cooler feelings of late.

As an aside, the guy has definitely indulged his predilections to a greater degree as time goes on. He's settled on an anatomical template for his female characters that I find vaguely disquieting, as evinced in this Tomb Raider illustration. That one has especially chitinous proportions, but most of it is basically just, like... hippy zettai ryoiki shit. A fetish so mild that it's one step removed from being really 'into' big titties. Guys with active accounts across multiple booru image boards will be cranking their shit to 2B for long and silent aeons, when even the memory of man is only a shadow over the wine-dark sea.

I would still like another game where he's allowed a fuller reign over design responsibilities. Like Nomura, he's reached a position of seniority that precludes him from designing anything beyond a few core characters and some key art, leaving the heft of the work to younger artists or middle-talents like Roberto Ferrari. Hopefully he'll be on tap for something other than Nier Automota phone games or FFXIV package illustrations or whatever the fuck Little Noah: Scion of Paradise is supposed to be. Damn, videogames are rough! This shit is not cooking!

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Midnight Horror School (Netflix Jr.) Character Voices

English

Ampoo - Christina Kelly

Anto - April Winchell

Æon - Kelly Sheridan

Bri - Laura Post

Borocca - Rebecca Soler

Chaps - Candi Milo

Dabble - Sarah Taylor

Docky - John Tartaglia

Enton - Tom Kenny

Fonton - Richard Steven Horvitz

Friedi - Fryda Wolff

Furanzo - Maria Petrano

Genie - Simon Hill

Hikky - Madeleine Martin

Inky - Leslie Carrara-Rudolph

Juno - Tabitha S. Germain

Kabo - Hope Marie Segoine

Kami - Cree Summer

Karen - Kira Gelineau

Liddy - Andrea Libman

Magnero - Andrew Sabiston

Noisy - Grey DeLisle

Nonny - Michelle Marie

Onpoo - Abigail Gordon

Œther - Dee Bradley Baker

Oozee - Lizzie Freeman

Piranin - Scott Menville

Quicky - Corinne Orr

Ringring - Michael Kovach

Rosso - Kelsey Painter

Shiro - Tara Strong

Spimon - Annick Obonsawin

Tubee - Pamela Adlon

Usop - Lance Henriksen

Vincent - Vincent Martella

Watt - Jo Wyatt

Mr. X - Jeremy Shada

Yumyum - Katt Williams

Zobie - Donovan Patton

Zuzu - Carla Delaney

Mr. Salaman - Ian McDougall

Mr. Tigerl - KJ Schrock

Ms. Peginand - Julie Sype

Ms. Unirex - Leah Ostry

Mr. Komoika - Shannon Lynch

Lure - Cory Doran

Johnny Crow - Patrick Warburton

Vending Machines - Patrick Seitz, Laura Bailey

Mr. Showtime - Christian Bale

Mr. Book Deposit Machine - Don Brown

Old Owl Sage - Jason Jones

Owl Sage Apprentice - Mariette Sluyter

Principal Kocho - James Hong

Eddy - Meesha Contreras

Vice-Principal Esme & Osma - Samantha Bee & Helen King

Casey - Vegas J Jenkins

Ra - Teala Dunn

Wendell - Brett Bauer

Winifred - Carol Ann Day

Monty Carlo - Joey Mazzarino

Bashful - Roger Rhodes

Pumu - Scott McNeil

Quasar - Lenore Zann

Edgar - Meesha Contreras

Smooch - Patton Oswalt

Kwazii - Veronique Barnard

Dr. Ongo - Park Shin Yong

Bello the Bus Driver - Dave Pettit

Coco the Jinn - Travis Willingham

Motherboard - Kimberly Brooks

Siobhan - Estela Echevarria

Izzy - Winter Murdock

AJ - Bommie Catherine Han

Eli - Sarah Bock

Fiona - Dahlia Lynn

Fred - Nitzan Sitzer

KC - Hope Marie Segoine

Mona - Meghan Strange

Roy - Finn Phoenix

Rudy - Yantzi Michael David (credited as Mike Yantzi)

Tee - Bommie Catherine Han

Zane - Sharon Youngmee Kwon

Japanese

Ampoo - Chiyako Shibahara

Anto - Ai Maeda

Æon - Ai Kayano

Bri - Kumiko Yokote

Borocca - Junji Majima

Chaps - Hisayo Mochizuki

Dabble - Ken Morita

Docky - Takeshi Kusao

Enton - Tarusuke Shingaki

Fonton - Kenji Nojima

Friedi - Azusa Enoki

Furanzo - Miyuki Sawashiro

Genie - Ryuuzou Ishino

Hikky - Hiromi Ohtsuda

Inky - Tomoe Hanba

Juno - Ayumi Kida

Kabo - Etsuko Kozakura

Kami - Nakamura Maiden

Karen - Kaori Yamamoto

Liddy - Etsuko Kozakura

Magnero - Setsuji Satoh

Noisy - Tomoe Hanba

Nonny - Yutaka Nakano

Onpoo - Sakiko Tamagawa

Œther - Kenjiro Tsuda

Oozee - Ayano Yamamoto

Piranin - Eriko Nakayama

Quicky - Takeshi Kusao

Ringring - Yuna Taira

Rosso - Eriko Nakayama

Shiro - Isla Summerhaze

Spimon - Etsuko Kozakura

Tubee - Chiyako Shibahara

Usop - Kosuke Okano

Vincent - Kosuke Okano

Watt - Sakiko Tamagawa

Mr. X - Ayumi Kida

Yumyum - Ryusei Nakao

Zobie - Yusuke Numata

Zuzu - Etsuko Kozakura

Mr. Salaman - Sukekiyo Kameyama

Mr. Tigerl - Kenji Nomura

Ms. Peginand - Hiroko Oohashi

Ms. Unirex - Hiroko Oohashi

Mr. Komoika - Kenji Nomura

Lure - Yuichi Nagashima

Johnny Crow - Kosuke Okano

Vending Machines - Cho, Sukekiyo Kameyama

Mr. Showtime - Kenji Nomura

Mr. Book Deposit Machine - Kenji Nomura

Old Owl Sage - Hiroshi Iwasaki

Owl Sage Apprentice - Yuko Sanpei

Kocho-sensei - Tomomichi Nishimura

Eddy - Kenji Nomura

Esme-sensei & Osma-sensei - Cho & Hisayo Mochizuki

Casey - Kenji Nomura

Bello the Bus Driver - Chafurin

Ongo-isha - Mayumi Tanaka

Coco the Jinn - Kenji Nomura

Ra - Chiyako Shibahara

Wendell - Kosuke Okano

Winifred - Hiromi Ohtsuda

Bashful - Setsuji Satoh

Monty Carlo - Tomoaki Maeno

Motherboard - Atsuko Tanaka

Pumu - Ayumu Murasa

Quasar - Misato Fukuen

Edgar - Kenji Nomura

Smooch - Tomoaki Maeno

Kwazii - Reina Ueda

Siobhan - Nanako Ishizuka

Izzy - Yuna Saito

AJ - Karen Miyama

Eli - Chinami Yoshioka

Fiona - Maika Pu

Fred - Botchiboromaru

KC - NOA

Mona - Ai Kayano

Roy - Isla Summerhaze

Rudy - Yu Fukaya

Tee - Kaori Yamamoto

Zane - Yuna Taira

[voltageapps]

Top 30 General Election 2023

The result has been out since November 7. Stay tuned for the final round at the end of November! You can check the full list of the ranking on the 100恋+ app.

Ranking for 1-30:

Hideki Ishigami

Munechika Takado

Sentaro Kyogoku

Tadanobu Nomura

Kosei Aihara

Teorus

Boss (Seiichi Setoyanagi)

Hiroshi Kirisawa

Shusuke Soma

Tsukumo Kobayakawa

Jin Namba

Nagi

Soshi

Ryuga

Togo Daimon

Hayate

Towa

Aki Mochizuki

Takamasa Saeki

Minoru Tsujimoto

Misao Higuchi

Kuranosuke Kiba

Asahi Kakyoin

Kiyoto Takasogo

Seiya Fushimi

Bunta Kurimaki

Croudia Saigu Sui

Takuto Hirukawa

Riki Yanase

Takane Momochi

[materialsscienceandengineering]

New biobased recyclable polyesters exhibit excellent tensile properties beyond polyethylene and polypropylene

The research group of Professor Kotohiro Nomura, Tokyo Metropolitan University, in cooperation with the research group of Director Hiroshi Hirano, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, has developed biobased polyesters from inedible plant resources, which can be easily chemical recyclable and exhibit promising mechanical properties in films than commodity plastics. The work has been published in ACS Macro Letters. The development of high-performance, sustainable, recyclable plastics is important for the creation of a circular economy. Biobased polyesters made from plant resources are expected to become a promising alternative to commodity polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene produced from petroleum. However, there have been few examples of the development of high-performance materials that exceed required mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation at break.

Read more.

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The Best of January 2023

This monthly series of articles will chart The Best matches of 2023, ranking them via their Cagematch rating and correlating that with WON star ratings. Only matches with 9+ on Cagematch will qualify.

1. Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay - Wrestle Kingdom 16.

Cagematch - 9.78

WON - 6.25*

GRAPPL - 4.91 (Highest rated match on the app)

The greatest match of all time? Probably not, but it does sit at number one on GRAPPL; although only 395 people have voted on it compared to the 1652 that have voted on Omega/Okada 1 on GRAPPL. Additionally, it sits at number 7 in Cagematch with 879 votes. So it may drop over time, if GRAPPL can get it's users voting as much as they once did.

I've written about Omega vs Ospreay in a separate article here, where I discuss my confusion around why I didn't experience this as one of the greatest matches on all time in the manner which the vast vast majority of viewers did.

2. Kento Miyahara/Takuya Nomura vs Naoya Nomura/Yuma Aoyagi - AJPW Giant Series

Cagematch - 9.48

WON - 4.75*

GRAPPL - 4.47

This match rocks, and I say that as somebody whose most recent All Japan match that they have watched is from the late 90s. I'm not up to date with the wrestlers or the storylines but I found this match to be a very welcome breath of fresh air in my wrestling viewing.

It's an incredibly action packed; strike and strikedown heavy, match built around a furious exchange of reversals and tide changes. Neither team spends extended time selling for their opponents. Instead, both teams sell in short bursts before exploding back onto offence, creating an intense struggle for dominance that sees a dramatic face-off between Aoyagi and Miyahara.

3. Kaito Kiyomiya vs Kenoh - NOAH The New Year 2023.

Cagematch - 9.06

WON - 4.5*

GRAPPL - 4.35

The return of NOAH to critically acclaimed in-ring brilliance? I certainly how so but reports of a giant contract being offered to Hiroshi Hase, could be seen as a sign that the 61 year old may be the next nostalgia cash cow for NOAH. Hopefully the company realises that doing so so soon after the Mutoh retirement tour may be a bit much.

This was a match that built big moments such as big dives and that Top-rope Falcon Arrow onto the apron built around strong strike exchanges. This was a strongly contested match where both men had periods of advantage, Kenoh got more in overall but Kiyomiya took control at the end and very much put Kenoh away strongly.

In January 2023, there were 4 matches that received a rating of 9 or higher on Cagematch. The fourth, ranked in third, was of course the very well executed and hugely emotional match between Mark Briscoe and Jay Lethal. I have chosen not to give this match the in-ring statistics treatment or place it alongside the matches above. This is because that match was a tribute to Jay Briscoe, it wasn't a piece of entertainment in the same way as the three matches above, but instead it was a tribute and a piece of catharsis for the Mark Briscoe and the audience.

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WALKTHROUGH MASTERLIST

I. HER LOVE IN THE FORCE

II. IRRESISTIBLE MISTAKES

III. KISSED BY THE BADDEST BIDDER

Eisuke Ichinomiya

Coming soon

Mamoru Kishi

Coming soon

Mitsunari Baba

Coming soon

Ota Kisaki

Coming soon

Soryu Oh

Coming soon

IV. METRO PD: CLOSE TO YOU

Hiroshi Kirisawa

Main Story (Steam)

Sequel (Steam)

Armed & Engaged (Steam)

NYC Case Files (Steam)

24 Hours and Counting (Steam)

Kazusa Hanai

Main Story (Steam)

Sequel (Steam)

Armed & Engaged (Steam)

NYC Case Files (Steam)

24 Hours and Counting (Steam)

Tadanobu Nomura

Main Story (Steam)

Sequel (Steam)

Armed & Engaged (Steam)

NYC Case Files (Steam)

24 Hours and Counting (Steam)

Yutaka Tennoji

Main Story (Steam)

Sequel (Steam)

Armed & Engaged (Steam)

NYC Case Files (Steam)

24 Hours and Counting (Steam)

V. OOPS, I SAID YES?!

Kunihiro Kasai

Main Story (Part 1)

Kuranosuke Kiba

S2 Main Story (Part 1)

S2 Main Story (Part 2)

S3 Main Story (Part 1)

S3 Main Story (Part 2)

Togo Daimon

Main Story (Part 1)

Main Story (Part 2)

[lilium-dragomir]

[sterkeyra]

Metro PD: Tadanobu Nomura 24 Hours and Counting releases on July 19th ❤️

Voltage finally went to their basement and discovered Nomuras wedding story after a year and three months since the jp release!

And it will be a very lovely story. Here's a little sneak peak:

I hope the Metro PD fandom is still alive and kicking after they've been done so dirty lately. This is your time to make yourself heard. Show them how much you love Metro PD and buy Nomuras story. There are still over 40 (!) untranslated special stories and they don't release them because they think noone would be interested probably. MPDs special stories are the only ones that cover each guy and each story has still cgs for everyone. Drawn cgs not just edits of already known cgs as it is the fashion in each other title.

In case you know someone who's a fan feel free to share this with them so that they can awake from their slumbe :D

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For Japan's ageing soccer players, 80 is the new 50

FILE PHOTO: Red Star’s midfielder Mutsuhiko Nomura (left), 83, shoots to score a goal against Blue Hawai’s goalkeeper Hiroshi Nishino, 87, at the SFL (Soccer For Life) 80 League opening match in Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO—Mutsuhiko Nomura’s soccer career has spanned 18 World Cups, or 70 years, to be exact. Now the silver-maned former Japanese national team player…

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