#Hiroyuki Fujita

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To Heart Book Leaf丼 SPECIAL doujinshi-- JAM・SESSION. Illustrated by Miyasumi.

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just a little floor cleaning

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ToHeart Volume 3 + Final Thoughts Review On My Blog

The review for the final volume of ToHeart is on my blog alongside my final thoughts.

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Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 3 First Cour - Promotional Video 2

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The second promotional video for the first cour in Part 3 of the final season anime adaptation of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on…

#shingeki #AttackOnTitan #ShingekiNoKyojin #進撃の巨人

[aretheyqueer]

List of Canonically Trans/gnc Characters

My own list in this post is anime, manga, games mostly but in the spreadsheet you can add anything.

Following my tierlist of them, I realized I should make a public list so theyre not just kept in my head, since I spent quite a while finding these characters. If you want to watch/play anything with trans or gnc characters, you can use this list.

They range from good rep to bad, characters viewed as "traps" or not taken seriously to ones that the whole fandom understands is trans. I've added trigger warnings to the characters and fandoms I know can be triggering. I've also put certain names in bold to show that they're a main character, but i've only watched a few on this list so some are missing.

I would add trigger warnings for "bury your gays" and similar tropes, but I want to avoid spoilers. Maybe you can look it up first if you're worried. I've tried to exclude characters that are referred to as hermaphrodites.

The "crossdressers" section obviously includes some spoilers.

Enjoy :D

Transfem

Alice Arisuin from Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Prefers feminine name and terms but doesn't care too much).

Arachne from Angel Sanctuary

Arashi Narukami from Ensemble Stars

Astolfo from the Fate/Grand series

Leonardo Da Vinci from the Fate/Grand series (unsure)

Cassandra Igarashi from The Wicked + The Divine

Dahlia Carpenter from Carole & Tuesday

Victoria October from Batman

Elendira the Crimsonnail from Trigun Stampede

Giselle Gewelle from Bleach (The fandom is very transphobic)

Grell from Black Butler (Unnecessarily debated)

Hana from Tokyo Godfathers

Okasan from Tokyo Godfathers (Could be a drag queen)

Hibari Oozora from Stop!! Hibari-kun!

Isabella Yamamoto from Paradise Kiss

Kanamori from Heaven's Design Team

Kano Ienaga from Golden Kamuy

Kaoru Anesagi from IDOLiSH7

Kaoru Hanase from Tamako Market (Speculated to be a trans woman)

Kenji Hikiishi from My Hero Academia

Kikinojo from One Piece

Mariandale/Marian from Ixion Saga DT

Mizuki Akiyama from Project Sekai (Heavily implied)

Momoko from Shangri-La

Kikyou Motoki from Itazura Na Kiss

Nao from Skip and Loafer

Nathan Seymour from Tiger & Bunny

Perfuma from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Petrichor from Saga

Ruka Urushibara from Steins;Gate (Transphobic fandom)

Saber from the Fate/Grand series

Stephanie from Majutsushi Orphen

Ushiyama from All Worlds Alliance

Hiroyuki Yoshida from Wandering Son

Shuuichi Nitori from Wandering Son

Yuujirou Shiratori from The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi

Transmasc

Hachiro from Gintama

Kite from Japan Sinks: 2020

Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Turned himself into a boy when he was in the womb, otherwise never mentioned)

Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot

Shou Fujita from Stars Align (Very minor character)

Tooru Mutsuki from Tokyo Ghoul:re

Yamato from One Piece

Yawara Chatora from My Hero Academia

Yoshino Takatsuki from Wandering Son

Nonbinary

Anne Faulkner from Paradox Live

Asra from The Arcana

Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate (genderfluid)

Chaos from Hades

Berg Katze from Gatchaman Crowds (androgynous)

O. D. from Gatchaman Crowds

Daishikyou from Gintama

Chevalier D'Eon from Fate/Grand series

Enkidu/Lancer from Fate/Grand series (Inherently no gender/sex)

Double Trouble from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist (can transform into any gender)

Francois from Dr. Stone

Halara Nightmare from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Hange from Attack on titan (Fandom mostly refers to them as female)

Ivankov Emporio from One Piece (i'm not sure what they identify as)

Juniper from Xenoblade Chronicles

Kaoruko Someya from Okane ga Nai (Okama)

Kimera from Kimera (nb or transfem)

Kyuubei Yagyuu (Born female, raised male so has an unconventional relationship with gender)

Vanitas of the Blue Moon from The Case Study of Vanitas

Milo Belladonna from Monster Prom

Mogumo from Love Me For Who I Am

Najimi Osana from Komi can't communicate (Unknown gender)

Nakuru Akizuki from Cardcaptor Sakura (Sexless, identifies as female)

Nico from Tokyo Ghoul (Okama)

Opera from Marimashita! Iruma-kun

Orochimaru from Naruto

Ryuuji Ayukawa from Blue Period (Unsure, can be gnc/transfem/nonbinary)

Satan from Devilman

Shion Zaiden from RWBY

Someone (yes thats their name) from Shimanami Tasogare

Xanthe Zhou from Prime Earth

Yuuta Asuka from Stars Align

Intersex

Asuka Ran from Devilman Lady

Luca Esposito from Asra Lost in Space (identifies as male)

Desmond from Carole & Tuesday (Became intersex due to universe stuff but is at peace with this)

Megumi Yoshikawa from Princess Princess (Raised male before she found out she was genetically female, decides to live as a girl)

Richard III from Requiem of the Rose King (Struggles with his intersexuality, feels his body and him are unloveable)

Yoite from Nabari no Ou (Lives as male but they're unsure of their gender)

Crossdressers

Aki from Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Azumi Agonoske from Gintama

Buzam A. Calessa from Vandread

Ferris from Re:Zero (I've heard that the novel version is transfem)

Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Nonbinary coded)

Ranka/Ryouji Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Drag queen)

Hatsuka Suzushiro from Call of the Night

Hazumu Osaragi from Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Kurako from Kuragehime

Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 (The reveal can be triggering)

Chihiro Fujisaki from Danganronpa (The reveal can be very triggering - I recommend looking it up first if you're worried.)

Nuriko from Fushigi Yuugi (Unsure)

Rui Ninomiya from Gatchaman (May be transfem)

Cis characters that are gnc

Haruka Tenou from Sailor Moon

Kaoru Orihara from Oniisama e... (not sure what gender)

Kashima Yuu from Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun

Complicated

Angela from Black Butler (Changes form)

Berg Katse from Gatchaman (Changes form)

Fushi from To Your Eternity (Can change into female but presents masc)

Ginshu from Amatsuki (Raised male, turned genderless, dressed feminine. Idk their gender identity)

Inazuma from One Piece (Can present as both male and female, okama)

Izana Shinatose from Knights of Sidonia (Genderless to female due to universe rules)

Kou Seiya from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (Has a male and female form, I think)

Mahiro Oyama from Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (Was turned into a girl against his will)

Mermaid Sisters from Carole & Tuesday (I don't know, man...)

Natsuru Senou from Kämpfer (Transformed into a woman)

Shi Qingxuan from Heaven Officials Blessing (Can transform)

Ranma Saotome from Ranma (Changes between them)

Hinata Tachibana from Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (Gets transformed into a girl, goes on a quest to get their original body back)

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If you see anyone missing, feel free to let me know if I should add them. Input on who is a main character, triggering themes and offensive characters can be commented or sent to me.

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PLUTO | Official Teaser

PLUTO will stream on Netflix worldwide on October 26, 2023. The anime will consist of eight 1-hour long episodes.

Cast additions

Hiroki Yasumoto as Mont

Koichi Yamadera as North No. 2

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Brando

Rikiya Koyama as Hercules

Mamoru Miyano as Epsilon

Toshihiko Seki as Pluto

Previously announced cast members

Shinshū Fuji as Gesicht

Yōko Hikasa as Atom

Minori Suzuki as Uran

Staff

Director: Toshio Kawaguchi

Storyboard: Hiroyuki Okiura (Episode 1)

Music: Yūgo Kanno

Original Creator: Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka

Character Design/Supervising Animation Director: Shigeru Fujita

Art Director: Chikako Shibata

Animation Director: Kazunori Aoki, Itaru Saito

Sound Director: Masafumi Mima

CGI Director: Takahiro Miyata

Director of Photography: Mitsuhiro Sato

Executive Producer: Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki, Yuji Yamano

Creative Advisor: Naoki Urasawa

Animation Production: Studio M2

Production Producer: GENCO

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Shounen Sunday Urusei Yatsura Illustrations

I did this more for me, but it took forever so I'm gonna post it here.

Asayama Wakabi (Last Karte) Gosho Aoyama (Detective Conan) Tsukasa Abe (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) Takeru Atsumi (Chiisai Boku no Haru) Chigusa Ichihara (Akatsuki Jihen) Takahiro Arai (Te no Geka)

Kusakabe Yuuhei (Shiroyama to Mita-san) Oda Tomohito (Komi Can't Communicate) Koji Kumeta (Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition) Kagiji Kumanomata (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) Aiko Koyama (Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san) Kotoyama (Call of the Night)

Atsushi Namikiri (Red Blue) Hajime Saeki (Sternbild no Toorimichi) Kenjiro Hata (Fly Me to the Moon) Hikaru Mikaido (Eulen Spiegel, art) Boichi (Dr. Stone, art) Aya Hirakawa (Kunisaki Izumo no Jijō)

Takuya Mitsuda (Major) Shun Matsuena (Kimi wa 008) Yutaka (Gifu no Prism) Yanamoto Mitsuharu (Ryuu to Ichigo) Watari (Tatari) Yuji Yokoyama (Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen)

Mitsuru Adachi (Mix) Kazuhiro Fujita (Ushio & Tora) Takashi Shiina (Yashahime) Hiromu Arakawa (Silver Spoon, also Fullmetal Alchemist) Hiroyuki Nishimori (Kanakana)

Paru Itagaki (Beastars) Eiichiro Oda (One Piece) Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama) Keisuke Itagaki (Grappler Baki)

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Today is the 4th anniversary of the Kyoto Animation Arson Attack, which killed 36 people and injured 33. Please spare a moment to think about the victims today.

Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47 (director of Lucky Star, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hyouka)

Futoshi Nishiya, 37 (character designer and chief animation director on the Free! franchise, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird; animation director on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), Kanon)

Yoshiji Kigami, 61 (mentor of Kyoto Animation; worked as a storyboard artist, unit director and animator on most Kyoto Animation works; key animator on Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Space Adventure Cobra)

Junichi Uda, 34 (key animator on Hyouka and Nichijou — My Ordinary Life)

Sachie Tsuda, 41 (finish animation on Free! — Iwatobi Swim Club, Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei — Spell of the Unown, Hyouka)

Mikiko Watanabe, 35 (art director on Amagi Brilliant Park, Beyond the Boundary; background artist on many Kyoto Animation productions)

Yuki Omura, 23 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)

Yuka Kasama, 22 (new hire at the studio, no credits yet)

Ami Kuriki, 30 (key animator on Liz and the Blue Bird, Violet Evergarden, Myriad Colors Phantom World)

Keisuke Yokota, 34 (production manager over many Kyoto Animation works)

Nami Iwasaki, 31 (key animator on many of KyoAni's works such as K-On, Suzumiya Haruhi)

Atsushi Ishida, 31 (in-between animation on many KyoAni's works)

Norie Oto, 26 (Finish Animation)

Megumu Ono, 21 (new hire, no credits)

Yumi Kaneo, 22 (new hire, no credits)

Seiya Kawaguchi, 27 (in-between animation for Violet Evergarden the Movie and Sound! Euphonium the Movie)

Sumire Kusano, 32 (key animation for Liz and the Blue Bird, etc)

Aya Sato, 43 (in-between animation for many KyoAni works)

Kota Sato, 28 (animator on Free S2, Sound! Euphonium, Violet Evergarden)

Sana Suzuki, 30 (key animator for many of KyoAni's works)

Hiroyuki Takahashi, 48

Miho Takechi, 25

Tomoka Tokimori, 22

Maiko Nishikawa, 29

Takahisa Fujita, 27

Kana Matsuura, 24

Tatsunari Maruko, 31

Atsushi Miyaji, 32

Yuko Myoken, 29

Shiho Morisaki, 27

Sayaka Watanabe, 27

Chitose Murayama, 49

Kojiro Matsumoto, 25

[madamshogunassassin]

Hiroyuki Sanada & Makoto Fujita in Hissatsu/Sure Death 4 必殺4 恨みはらします (Kinji Fukasaku 1987)

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"Under the Aurora", from Garo: Beast of the White Night (2006). Performed by Garo Project (composed of Garo/Saejima Kouga (Konishi Ryusei), Zero/Suzumura Rei (Fujita Ray), Mitsuki Kaoru (Hijii Mika), Kiba/Barago (Kyomoto Masaki), and Garo/Saejima Taiga (Watanabe Hiroyuki)).

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Himitsu no AiPri: Títulos e sinopses dos episódios 15 ao 18

Episódio 15: Objetivo: Ganhar o Grand Prix! As estrelas do AiPri, Ruby=Lazuli, anunciam que será realizado o "2º AiPri Grand Prix". Himari Aozora e Mitsuki Hoshikawa decidem participar como uma dupla e prometem vencer, para conseguir isso elas começam a treinar duro. No entanto, um dia, Himari acaba dormindo demais. Mitsuki, que havia planejado o treinamento especial, fica brava porque Himari estragou tudo. No final, Mitsuki se irrita com Himari, pois ela não pede desculpas e nem acha que fez algo de errado. A Himari responde dizendo: "Não precisa ficar tão brava!" e, antes do Grand Prix, as duas acabam brigando. ◆Roteiro: Yumi Suzumori | Storyboard: Mea Naitou

Episódio 16: Himari, Mitsuki e Tsumugi Durante o 2º AiPri Grand Prix, Mitsuki diz a Himari que a dupla delas está se separando. Quando a Tsumugi descobre que as duas brigaram, ela vai falar com a Mitsuki para tentar reconciliá-las. Mitsuki diz: "Há momentos em que a Himari é tão egoísta que eu não consigo lidar com ela", mas decide encará-la adequadamente e se desculpar. Tsumugi vai ver Himari para contar sobre os sentimentos da Mitsuki. Tsumugi pretende reconciliar a amizade delas, mas acaba dizendo que a Mitsuki disse: "A Himari é egoísta". Como resultado, a relação entre Himari e Mitsuki piora ainda mais. Será que as duas conseguirão se reconciliar antes da apresentação ao vivo? ◆Roteiro: Yumi Suzumori | Storyboard: Hiroyuki Fukushima

Episódio 17: O Segredo das AISMIRIN Ultimamente, a dupla AISMIRIN de Airi Mitsuba e Rinrin Shinomiya não têm feito nenhum show. Como sua popularidade está diminuindo, as duas decidem que a próxima apresentação será o "último show". Embora o grupo ainda tenha a atenção dos PriFriends, Airi quer aposentar a unidade enquanto ela ainda é popular. Quando a Sakura Ichijouji e a Tamaki Nikaidou descobrem isso, elas provocam as duas dizendo: "É uma pena. Nós nunca vimos vocês fazerem um Bazzlume Change." Sentindo-se frustradas, Airi e Rinrin começam a treinar, mas não conseguem realizar o Buzzlume Change. Elas percebem que, se continuar assim, a chance de se despedirem com sucesso é praticamente nula. ◆Roteiro: Nanto Teranishi | Storyboard: Seiki Daichuu

Episódio 18: O Exame de Graduação da Himari No último dia do primeiro semestre, Himari é chamada pelo conselho estudantil e é informada de que "está na hora de se graduar da produção do conselho estudantil". No entanto, isso depende dela passar no exame final. Himari tem permissão para fazer o teste com a Mitsuki e a Tsumugi, mas para passar, elas precisam fazer uma apresentação ainda mais incrível do que a do 2º AiPri Grand Prix. As três pensam em que tipo de apresentação fazer e decidem o nome do grupo. ◆Roteiro: Gigaemon Ichikawa | Storyboard: Kentarou Fujita

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To Heart characters from the LEAF-FIGHT TCG

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ToHeart Volume 2 Review

Come read my review of ToHeart Volume 2 on my blog, Arum Journal!

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Campus Concert 2023

Dates: Friday, November 17 & Tuesday, November 21, 2023 14:00 - 

Venue: Sogakudo Concert Hall  Admission is limited to university personnel (*1) and those invited by the Composition Department (*2). *1 University personnel must also apply for admission in advance. *2 Those who have been admitted by the Composition Department with prior application.

Program: 

Friday, November 17 − Day 1 −

1. Rikuto Fujimoto: Neue Harmonie - Based on Paul Klee / Neue Harmonie (1936) -

Cond. Neo Fukudome A.Sax. Mikiya Hojo Vib. Ryo Saito Cb. Miku Nagasaka Pf. Sakura Watanabe Dr. Maki Koyama

2. Yudai Shigemori: TRIO for flute, oboe and piano

Fl. Yuri Kamakura Ob. Gentaroh Sakai Pf. Mami Takeuchi

3. Chiharu Suzuki: Sonatine for clarinet and piano

Cl. Rio Ishida Pf. Yui Amano

4. Kana Asanuma: daydream

Fl./A.Fl. Yuri Kamakura Vn. Reika Shimizu Vc. Rei Takatsuki Hp. Sonoka Shida

5. Koga Yano: 3 Phonetic Compositions for 8 players

Cond. Koga Yano Sop. 1st Mayu Sangu 2nd Rina Terasaki Alto 1st Ayumi Ishiyama 2nd Chika Ishiyama Ten. 1st Shunsuke Itaya 2nd Yuga Handa Bass 1st Shinji Tsukada 2nd Kakeru Sugita

6. Asuka Yokogawa: The Wind Forest

Cond. Asuka Yokogawa Fl. Kaisei Oshima Cl. Rio Ishida Perc. 1st Mei Murase 2nd Kotaro Kikuchi Va. Himari Yui

7. Miumi Watanabe: Sextet pour les vacances d’été

Cond. Shinnosuke Ito Fl. Chihiro Ruike Ob. Gentaroh Sakai Cl. Takuma Sato Hr. Shiori Tajima Bsn. Miki Yamashita Pf. Chitose Ishida

8. Motoki Masuda: Time Scale for piano

Pf. Riito Shimata

9. Yumi Ozaki: Petites Pièces pour piano

Pf. Yui Amano

Tuesday, November 21 − Day 2 −

1. Shunsuke Tabata: Through

Cond. Shinnosuke Ito Fl. Kaisei Oshima Vn. Kaoruko Yoshida Vc. Rei Takatsuki Pf. Kazuma Maki Perc. Yuya Homma

2. Moeki Omura: Candlelight for 8 players

Cond. Hiroyuki Nishimura Cl. Rio Ishida B.Cl. Yuna Suzuki Vn. 1st Reika Shimizu 2nd Aiki Takahashi Va. 1st Riko Eto 2nd Moeko Kikuta Vc. Shiho Takada Pf. Hayato Tomizawa

3. Eijun Tsutsumi: “How about you?”

Vn. 1st Shiyu Taniyama 2nd Kanako Azuma Va. Tamaki Asano Vc. Mone Tanikawa Pf. Rin Aoyagi

4. Ikuro Ono: Unubore (Vanity)

Tuba. Ikuro Ono Pf. Rin Aoyagi

5. Yuka Miyake: Breath, Movement, Space for percussion solo

Perc. Yujin Honda

6. Kazuma Maki: Wasurenagusa

Vn. Yota Nakamura

7. Ryosuke Kikuchi: TRANSITUS, PROGRESSUS, COMMENTUM

Cond. Hiroyuki Nishimura Trp. Shunsuke Imada Cort. Miwa Sekine Trb. 1st Ken Aoyagi 2nd Nao Kaneko 3rd Riho Wakui B.Trb. Rikuto Ishii Org. Masaki Shiozawa

8. Saki Takaba: The Victor

Cond. Hiroyuki Nishimura Bar. Kaito Fujita Ob. Gentaroh Sakai Cl. Karen Nobe Trp. Shunsuke Imada Perc. Tatsuya Homma Cb. Ikumi Maruchi

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My Review of To Heart

How did I get into this anime? I have been curious about this anime for a straight-up decade now and the randomizer decided to bless me with something not incest. Thank you Arceus!

Since she was young, Akari Kamigishi has been best friends with Hiroyuki Fujita. Because of kind acts he did for her as a child, Akari has stayed by Hiroyuki’s side. Now that they’re both in high school, something has changed in Akari and it feels more like she’s falling for her childhood friend. Will Akari find happiness with her best friend or will she end up friend-zoned?

And because this is a harem, there are quite a few girls hanging around Hiroyuki throughout the two seasons. Just to name a few, we have the brash friend, Shiho. Then there’s the tomboy type, Aoi. The very silent type, Serika! And then there’s the robotic maid, Multi. Yes, you read right. A robot! This is Japan after all! Oh yeah, there’s also the class rep, an actual American girl, and a quiet girl with supernatural powers.

Akari, girl, you need to step up your game if you’re up against all these chicks!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Before I discuss all that, let’s go down the ugly story about To Heart for fans in the U.S. The first season (and only the first season) was dubbed by RightStuf (at least I’m certain about that). Everything else wound up undubbed and even unlicensed. To Heart was kind of left in the dust due to what happened when the first season was supposed to release in the U.S. A lot of damaged material was the culprit and this came during the time when animation was transitioning from animating using cells to going digital. So to sum that up, the anime debuted in Japan around 1999, Rightstuf licensed To Heart in 2004 with a release in 2005, and the actual release was delayed to 2007. And in back-in-those-days times, that’s pretty fucking long. I can see why they didn’t want to bother with this series after it took all that trouble to remaster a series many were calling only “OKAY”.

Now then, on with the good stuff! I went in thinking that this was a Geneon reject, but was blown out of my ass to hear voices from New York! Lisa Ortiz, Jessica Calvello, Veronica Taylor, Wayne Grayson, and my personal favorite (not who you’re thinking), Carol Jacobanis! Yeah, surprisingly I didn’t hear Ted Lewis here. But Jacobanis is my second favorite in the NYAV group. I am in nostalgia heaven! Yes folks, these were the same people to give life to many characters from Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Berserk, His and Her Circumstances, Bakuman, Gravitation…OH, gambled and lost! Well, you get my meaning! Thankfully this dub wasn’t as horrific as Gravitation (despite Hiroyuki’s voice actor is well-known for something from that particular anime). Here’s what you might recognize these folks from!

JAPANESE CAST: *Akari is played by Ayako Kawasumi (known for Ursula on Pokemon DP, Saber on Fate/Zero, Izumi on Beyond the Boundary, Aoki on Bakuman, Laura on Index, Yoshida on Shakugan no Shana, and Nodame on Nodame Cantabile)

*Hiroyuki is played by Kazuya Ichijo (known for Hoteye on Fairy Tail and Zafila on Nanoha)

*Shiho is played by Chieko Higuchi (known for Tomo on Azumanga Daioh)

*Multi is played by Yui Horie (known for Hanekawa on Monogatari, Tohru on Fruits Basket, Hanyuu on Higurashi, Minorin on Toradora, Charla on Fairy Tail, Chie on Persona 4, Maria on Umineko, and Riki on Little Busters)

ENGLISH CAST: *Akari is played by Debora Rabbai (known for Mika from Gravitation, Rika on His and Her Circumstances, Leina on Queen’s Blade, and Boogiepop [original])

*Hiroyuki is played by Rich McNanna (known for Jack Walker on Pokemon Movie 9 and Shuuichi on Gravitation)

*Shiho is played by Jessica Calvello (known for Prima on Pokemon, Hange on Attack on Titan, Excel on Excel Saga, Kanako on Maria Holic, Tsukino on His and Her Circumstances, and Aika on Aria the Animation)

*Multi is played by Tara Sands (known for Richie on Pokemon, Soujirou on Rurouni Kenshin, Mokuba on YGO, Badiane on Sailor Moon SuperS movie, Tori on Pokemon Movie ~ Deoxys, and Filia on Slayers Try)

SHIPPING: So remind me what genre this anime is!

HAREM!

We’re watching a harem! But it’s more slice of life than anything romantic. There are a lot of love interests for Hiroyuki throughout the series. It’s just that it doesn’t develop as much as one might think (except for maybe Akari) in season one.

And it’s so easy to think that Hiroyuki is the object of every one of these ladies’ desire. Serika waits for him to come to the club room. Aoi finds him helpful, as does Tomoko and Lemmy. Multi got attached to Hiroyuki’s headpats. As for Akari, she’s got quite the teddy bear collection because of Hiroyuki. After watching all of season one where Hiroyuki is hanging with all of these ladies individually, I thought there would be a moment of jealousy from one or more of these girls. Much to my surprise, that was not the case. It didn’t go down any of those bad-end routes you’d see with things like Kanon, Clannad, or God-forbid, School Days!

But then season two happened…

Ooh boy! First of all, Hiroyuki ended up getting his first confession of love from the most unlikely person ever. Kotone wasn’t even a contender in the first season as she had other issues. In fact, didn’t she have feelings for Masashi in season one? But halfway in the season, she gets ballsy and confesses to Hiroyuki. He rejects her and thankfully it didn’t get ugly (except Akari heard it and got jealous). Lemmy, I also thought wasn’t in play, but here we are! She was apparently childhood friends with Hiroyuki and brought it up when confessing her feelings. That unfortunately came at a bad time as he’s in a quarrel with Akari so he dismisses her.

And then there’s Akari! She’s been able to put on a smile and kind of be a wall-flower whenever Hiroyuki is doing something with one of the other girls. And most of the season, we see him mostly with Aoi and Multi. Thankfully, Aoi never showed romantic interests in Hiroyuki. I much prefer Aoi x Kotone if you want to know the truth. But halfway into season two, jealousy came in like a drunkard in a bar. Akari was definitely pissed when she saw Kotone confess to Hiroyuki and would get jealous seeing Hiroyuki and Multi together so much.

Oh yeah, good old Multi! Yes Multi loves Hiroyuki. Now does Hiroyuki love Multi back? It’s complicated! Because of Multi, Hiroyuki ends up pursuing a career in robotics and as a result spends quite a bit of time with her (pissing Akari off in the process). But because Multi is kind of a malfunctioning robot, who the hell knows if she’ll even remember being with Hiroyuki.

Now are there other boys interested in any of these other girls? The only other boy that has any prominent screen time is Masashi. It’s just that after season one, he’s only seen every so often because he’s busy with soccer. But in season one, it almost felt like Kotone was admiring him from the distance. Don’t get excited because that was just a one-and-done sort of thing before Kotone set eyes on Hiroyuki. Actually, Masashi does reveal his fondness for Akari (at literally the worst possible time). But it seems like Masashi ends up with Shiho in the end. So…whatever!

Hiroyuki DOES end up with someone. Just go down to the end of season two to get that answer.

ENDING TO SEASON ONE: The last two episodes of this season consist around Shiho deciding that she wants to throw a Christmas party at an old hangout from her middle school days! But this isn’t the only nostalgic kick she feels. Shiho ends up remembering the first day she met Hiroyuki and after he took care of a wound she got, Shiho starts seeing Hiroyuki in a new light. Yeah, up until this point, Shiho and Hiroyuki’s relationship could be summed up by saying they both give each other shit every day. Then you have Akari, who is also feeling a little nostalgic with trying to see if Hiroyuki is able to remember things from their past. During the finale however, Akari does develop a cold and has to bail on the party planning.

When Shiho came to visit Akari, it kinda comes out that both girls do care for Hiroyuki. But because this isn’t one of those kinds of romance animes, it really doesn’t get ugly. It’s more of an “I acknowledge your feelings for the boy I like and good luck to you”. Shiho really didn’t do any confessing and we get a cute moment with Hiroyuki and Akari out in the snow.

Let’s see how Season Two holds up!

OMAKE: Nozomi Entertainment also released the six Omake specials that came with releases of the first season. Not dubbed! Just a couple of minute-long specials that range from cute to wildly absurd.

There were also Omake specials in season two that mostly consisted of all the girls fighting each other in almost a Street Fighter or Dragon Ball style.

REMEMBER MY MEMORIES: Five years after the first season aired, To Heart returns with a bit of a time-leap from where we left off last and some slightly improved(?) animation. And if you’re wondering why this season isn’t called “To Heart 2”, there is a series named that already. To Heart 2 is a spin-off of To Heart. It’s just that none of the characters from To Heart are in To Heart 2. ANYWAYS…

It has been a year or so from where we left off. Hiroyuki, Akari and the others are now in their senior year of high school and a lot has changed. Minor character, Kotone who mostly kept to herself in the first season, has found another role in hanging out with Aoi (the chick who’s into martial arts). Serika is still silent, but that blue hue to her hair is definitely not silent. What the hell is with this new animation? And finally, Multi apparently left a year ago and came back in the first episode of season two. Only now Multi has amnesia. A lot has changed since season one, especially when it comes to romance. Buckle up!

ENDING TO REMEMBER MY MEMORIES: Yeah, this season layed on the melodrama really thick compared to the previous season. All the ladies love Hiroyuki and at least half of them expressed those feelings to him. Akari had some conflicted feelings when it came to Hiroyuki. She loves him, but feels like he doesn’t return the feeling due to him hanging around a lot of other girls (especially Aoi and Multi).

Speaking of Multi, this girl has had such the rotunda of computer issues. My stroked-out Dell PC from 2005 had more working power than this girl! For starters, her memories are in danger of being wiped away at several points of the series. We even begin season two where Multi returns after over a year with full-blown amnesia. And since then, Multi had some sort of malfunction issue arise every other episode. This was showcased in the finale, where Multi gets so upset and runs away to the amusement park!

So, Hiroyuki and all of his friends come together to look for Multi. They thankfully found her at the amusement park (during closed hours) and broke into the main-frame to the Ferris wheel. And did I mention these people almost committed assault on police officers? Yeah, these kids are about to have a rap sheet the size of Texas by the end of the episode. Anyways, Hiroyuki, Akari, and Multi ride the ferris wheel and have a nice talk before Multi falls asleep for…

…Let’s say a long time…

Fast-forward to high school graduation! Hiroyuki and Akari seem to be doing a lot better. They’re both going to attend the same college and are pretty much on better terms than when Akari was having a jealousy, bitch-fit. At graduation, they both decided to give each other the Christmas gifts they never gave each other. Because Multi was having another malfunction, they never got to give the gifts. Hiroyuki got a hand-knit sweater. And Akari got a ring!

Hiroyuki wanted it and so he put a ring on it!

During the ED credits, we see the characters we’ve seen throughout these two seasons and what they ended up doing after high school. Lemmy is back in San Francisco. Aoi and Kotone are still doing the fighting matches. Rio is a primary school teacher. Serica is still into the occult. Tomoko is working for her father’s business. Masashi is becoming a big soccer star with Shiho working on journalism (and I think Shiho ends up romantically involved with Masashi).

And we close with Hiroyuki and Akari working with the HMX robots and surprise, surprise, Multi wakes up.

And before you ask, I did NOT watch To Heart 2. And I don’t intend to…at least not yet. I’m saving it for another day and putting it back on the randomizer list.

This anime was…just okay. Yeah, a lot of things were predictable, especially when it came to who the main male lead was going to end up with. Come on, we all know Akari was going to end up with Hiroyuki in the end. If this were the visual novel, I’m sure there were infinite numbers of routes Hiroyuki could take and there’d be a good end to all of the girls. But I’m mostly anime only here! In terms of recommendations, ehh…I feel like there were other better harems you could watch.

Only season one of To Heart got an official release in the U.S., but you might have to search around for any DVD copies as I’m pretty sure it’s currently out of print. Anything else from the series, you’ll have to do some heavy searching to watch all the way through.

Okay, next licensed limbo/unlicensed classics!

What’s that one play everyone and their mother has seen, but you haven’t?

*sighs* Hamilton.

No, the other one.

Les Miserable? Wait, this never got licensed?!

Okay! I guess I’m watching that. I hope I can do well at this review considering I never watched the play, read the book, or watched that film where Russell Crowe can’t sing.

[demifiendrsa]

PLUTO | Official Trailer

PLUTO will stream on Netflix worldwide on October 26, 2023. The anime will consist of eight 1-hour long episodes.

Key visual

Cast additions

Hideyuki Tanaka as Brau-1589

Romi Park as Helena

Toshio Furukawa as Professor Ochanomizu

Eizou Tsuda as Dr. Tenma

Kazuhiro Yamaji as Professor Abullah

Michio Hazama as Duncan

Kenyuu Horiuchi as President Alexander

Previously announced cast members

Shinshū Fuji as Gesicht

Yōko Hikasa as Atom

Minori Suzuki as Uran

Hiroki Yasumoto as Mont

Koichi Yamadera as North No. 2

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Brando

Rikiya Koyama as Hercules

Mamoru Miyano as Epsilon

Toshihiko Seki as Pluto

Staff

Director: Toshio Kawaguchi

Storyboard: Hiroyuki Okiura (Episode 1)

Music: Yūgo Kanno

Original Creator: Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka

Character Design/Supervising Animation Director: Shigeru Fujita

Art Director: Chikako Shibata

Animation Director: Kazunori Aoki, Itaru Saito

Sound Director: Masafumi Mima

CGI Director: Takahiro Miyata

Director of Photography: Mitsuhiro Sato

Executive Producer: Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki, Yuji Yamano

Creative Advisor: Naoki Urasawa

Animation Production: Studio M2

Production Producer: GENCO