#Keiichirou Akasaka

[spectralreplica]

Every so often I remember that the very beginning of TMM establishes that in-universe ALL cryptids are caused by alien parasites and somehow this NEVER comes up again. I feel like this is a concept the fandom should do more with!!! Where's the fan content of Ichigo fighting mothman?!

Anyway, style swaps are always a super fun design challenge, but I couldn't resist also doing Mew Mew Mabel + Dipper. They're based on the fur-bearing trout and jackalope

Does this AU imply that Ford has been put in the Ryou role?? Is Stan forced to run a cutesy cafe????

[ribbonstrawberrysurprise]

TMM Character Bios over All Versions

At long last, my collection of TMM bios, both transcribed and translated.

Sorted by source here. Sorted by person here. Collection of pictures of chara bio stickers, mostly from (expired) auction/sale listings online here.

List of sources:

Manga-related:

Manga character info page: that page that appears at the beginning of each volume of the manga. Very short. Does not change over time (with one exception), so sometimes it doesn't highlight the character's main personality trait…

Manga character info page (a La Mode): Same as above, but for a La Mode. Only appears in volume 2. (Note: Re-Turn does not have one of these)

A La Mode Intro Boxes: the little character bio charts that Berry and Tasuku get in A La Mode chapter 1

PS game manual: manual from the PS game. Contains the most direct ages for all characters and the only info on game-exclusive characters.

2002 Anime-related:

Profile stickers: square stickers with a picture of the girl on the front and a little chart of character info on the back. Comes in 2 distinct styles: One with a headshot of the character inside a heart on the front and the back printed in the character's theme color, and the other with a sparkly full-body shot + closeup of their head on the front and the back printed in red/hot pink.

2002 Anime Fanbook: artbook/fan guide for the original anime. Character pages have 2 taglines, a short bio, and a chart containing information similar to the stickers. Not well edited, so there's some inconsistent formatting/punctuation.

2002 Anime Insert from the TMM New Artbook: small section on the original anime within the New season 1 artbook. Character pages have a tagline, a short bio, and a chart containing information almost identical to the 2002 fanbook. The text for the bios are similar to the 2002 fanbook, but with more kanji and some editing for consistent style.

TMM New-related:

TMM New website character page: page on the official TMM site that has designs, birthdays, and short bios for all major characters. The one source that lists Seiji as a major character.

TMM New season 1 artbook: artbook with background information on season 1 of New. Only contains info on what appears in season 1, but the 2002 insert has spoilers for that whole series. Character pages have a tagline and a short bio which is very similar but not identical to the bio from the website.

If you want to see some of my thoughts on the info here + interesting changes/differences I noticed, that's below the cut!

It's obvious the original anime was aimed at kids and the new one is aimed at adults because sources related to the original manga and anime use lots of kana instead of kanji and have furigana on all kanji they do use. New-related sources use way more kanji and have no furigana.

Possibly related to this, older TMM stuff tends to use ミュウプロジェクト (Mew Project) vs New, which uses 「μ」プロジェクト (μ Project).

The original TMM fanbook has spotty editing which is especially visible in the charts. There's lots of small inconsistencies, like some words being spelled slightly differently (e.g., らっきょ instead of らっきょう for Pudding's least favorite food) and punctuation being inconsistent between the girls (e.g., items in lists being separated by interpuncts ・ except for Pudding's special skills, where it's inexplicably a comma 、). The biggest, most glaring issue is actually with a section I'll be posting slightly later, but I'll go ahead and list it here too: out of all official sources, the TMM Fanbook is the ONLY one who lists the Mew Mews' attacks as begining with リボン (ribon) instead of リボーン (riboon). This would be conclusive evidence in the Ribbon/Reborn debate if I didn't have the suspicion it's just a typo no one double-checked…

The stickers are in a slightly weird place continuity-wise since they have anime art on the front but refer to some manga-only information on the girls (e.g., Pudding having a pet monkey).

Speaking of the monkey, apparently at the time the stickers were coming out, Mia Ikumi had yet to finalize Annin's name, since here the monkey is called Mapo (i.e., mapo tofu)

The sticker bios have some otherwise-unseen info on character backstories: specifically, we find out that Mint's dad is a CEO and her mom runs a school, Zakuro's father is a producer and her mother is a model, and that Keiichirou is an orphan taken in by the Shiroganes at age 14. Also, apparently Ryou lives in the room above the cafe and Keiichirou lives in the secret basement.

Keiichirou seems to get way more impressive intros as time goes on. The manga bio comically undersells him, calling him "a waiter", and the PS game book only calls out his cooking skills, although Masha's bio drops the bomb that Keiichirou's the one who built him for Ryou. The 2002 fanbook mostly makes a point of how considerate he is, in contrast to the 2002 insert in the New artbook, where he's explicitly referred to as a researcher on cryptids/UMA. The New bios on the website and artbook go one step further and call him a "leading" researcher in the field!

Moe and Miwa's personalities seem to have changed or even reversed between the OG anime and New. Originally both Moe and Miwa are mostly defined by how they react to Ichigo. I.e., Ichigo says/does something weird (usually related to Mew Mew stuff or Aoyama), then Moe calls her out and Miwa either plays peacemaker or ends up joining in with Moe. So Moe snarky, Miwa gentler. New attempts to give them goals/personalities outside of this, so Moe becomes a "soothing" person with an interest in psychology and Miwa becomes a practical aspiring writer. I can only assume the writer thing is based on her writing Keiichirou a poem in the one episode where she and Moe get crushes on him and Shirogane, but I have no idea where Moe's career goal came from, much less how she became the "nice" one… I have to assume it's from her cutesy name??? Or maybe they thought that the one with blond curls looked "nicer/gentler" than the brunette with very short hair??? Weird.

The girls + Masaya (and Seiji, who is now in college so that he remains an older brother!) are aged up for New, but Ryou still seems to be the same age, which kind of makes the whole situation much funnier. Ichigo already had zero respect when he was slightly older, but now he's basically just one of her classmates. …of course, there's still room for him to be 16-17 instead of 15…

Sidenote: Ryou is consistently referred to as shonen/boy, which strikes me as funny despite making sense for his age. The narrator also doesn't respect him. Keiichirou gets seinen/young man, which trends a little older.

Ichigo gets referred to as ドジ (doji) in the '02 Fanbook which made me double-take since I'd usually associate it much more with Lettuce… I'd usually translate it to "clumsy", but in this case it's clearly going more for ditsy, flighty, disorganized, etc. so I went with "scatter-brained". The New bios do call Lettuceドジ, and I just used clumsy there.

Buling knowing kenpo/martial arts sure shows up more than I expected considering how little relevance it has to the actual show…

Zakuro, at least in the '02 anime, is supposed to be good with computers apparently! It shows up in her Fanbook bio as well as in one of the stickers (hobby: the internet). The internet being framed as a cool and mysterious thing for a smart character to know feels very 90s to early oughts, so maybe that's why it got dropped from her New characterization once everyone has smart phones… Saying someone's hobby is "the internet" reads more as neet or maybe influencer nowadays, as opposed to Cool Hacker or whatever. But I guess you could argue this is precedent for he inexplicable technological/manufacturing skills when she helps Minto make the prototype windmill thing?

In the stickers, there's a split between the Mew Mews favorite foods vs favorite sweet, but later on the sweets get lumped into favorite foods, which is how it's listed in the Fanbook and '02 Insert. But this does obscure the fact that Lettuce is the only one of them who just straight out has sweets as her favorite foods (shortcake, crepe cake), probably related to the fact that "cooking" and "making sweets" are listed as her special skills. 煮物/nimono (boiled or stewed food) is only added to her list of favorites in the Fanbook.

Weird that we never see Tasuku and Buling interact since he's explicitly compared to a monkey lmao.

[fractalflare]

205 KEIICHIROU AKASAKA ICONS / TOKYO MEW MEW NEW

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[nichigoh]

¡¡El capítulo 2 está aquí!!

Espero que lo disfruten <3

[findurfuture]

In the anime/manga, Tokyo Mew Mew (2002); Keiichiro (voiced in Japanese by Hikaru Midorikawa and in English by Andraw Rannells) is one of the non-Mew main characters. He is the assistant on the Mew project as well as the head of the cafe that Ryou and he run. Keiichiro is the one that created Masha, and is also in charge of tracking Mew Aquas and the Alien trio. Keiichiro has long brown hair, with long bangs framing his face, and the rest is worn back with a red hair tie. His eyes are a dark greyish color. We see him usually in a white button-up; a black bowtie with matching suspenders and belts, brownish-black slacks, and brown shoes. Collect all the accessories of Keiichiro Akasaka costume from Tokyo Mew Mew (2002) for Halloween and cosplay.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Tokyo Mew Mew (2002) 東京ミュウミュウ

Director: Nomoyuki Abe

Screenwriter: Makoto Tokawa / Natsuko Yamamoto / Akatsuki Yamatoya / Tetsuo Tanaka

Starring: Saki Nakajima / Yumi Kazuki / Komi Sakuma / Kuyo Mochizuki / Junko Noda / more...

Genre: Drama / Animation / Fantasy

Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan

Language: Japanese

Date: 2002-04-06 (Japan) / 2022-07-05 (Japan)

Number of Seasons: 2

Episodes: 52 / 24

Single episode length: 23 minutes

Also known as: Tokyo Mew Mew / Tokyo Meow Meow / New Tokyo Cat / Tokyo Cat completely new work

IMDb: tt0469008 / tt12299696

Type: Appropriation

Summary:

In Tokyo, Japan, a young girl named Ichigo Momomiya (voiced by Shashu Nakajima) attends an endangered species exhibit with her "crush" Masaya Aoyama. After an earthquake, Ichigo and four other girls are bathed in a strange light. A cat appears before Ichigo, then merges with her. The next day, she begins acting like a cat and making cat puns. After meeting Ryou Shirogane and Keiichirou Akasaka, Ichigo learns that she was infused with the DNA of the Iriomote cat. Ryou and Keiichirou explain that this allows her to transform into Mew Ichigo, a powerful heroic cat girl. She is ordered to defeat Chimera Animas—alien parasites which infect animals and turn them into monsters. Ryou and Keiichirou instruct Ichigo to find the four other girls from the exhibit—the remaining Mew Mews.

The eldest lady Lan Zemint (voiced by Yumi Kazuki), the gentle Bichuan Lettuce (voiced by Sakuma Hongmi), the lovely Huang Buling (voiced by Mochizuki Jiuyo) and the beautiful Fujiwara Pomegranate (voiced by Noda Shunko) appeared one after another In front of Momomiya, they are all girls with the power of meow. At this moment, they are gathered together, and what they will face is the very powerful Blue Shadow (voiced by Emi Ogata)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Mew_Mew

Link: https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/Tokyo-Mew-Mew/ https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/tokyo-mew-mew-new.23253/ https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/tokyo-mew-mew-new-season-2.68820/

[ao3feed-gochi]

A Safe New World

by SaraT

AU. Some characters may be OOC. Several of my favorite anime & a lot of characters. Each character will be mentioned, but only some will be the main focus.

A mysterious being searches the many different universes that are dying or just plain unsafe, & takes the pure or good-hearted people & places them in a new world the mysterious being created for safety & population.

Most of the new members are hesitant at first, but eventually start to relax, make new friends, & even fall in love.

AS ALWAYS I DO NOT OWN TOKYO MEW MEW, DBZ, SAILOR MOON, TSUBASA CHRONICLES, YU YU HAKUSHO, INUYASHA, FRUITS BASKET, KAMISAMA KISS OR ANY OF THEIR CHARACTERS! I ONLY CLAIM THE STORY & CHARACTERS I CREATE!

Words: 3417, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Tokyo Mew Mew, Dragon Ball, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga), InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Kamisama Hajimemashita | Kamisama Kiss, Fruits Basket

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Fong Pudding, Tart (Tokyo Mew Mew), Shirayuki Berry, Meguro Tasuku, Sohma Kisa, Sohma Hiro, Sohma Momiji, Tsukino Chibiusa, Tomoe Hotaru, Helios (Sailor Moon), Peruru (Sailor Moon), Shippou (InuYasha), Kaede (InuYasha), Sakura | Tsubasa, Li Syaoran (Tsubasa), Bra Briefs, Son Chihiro (OC), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Genkai (YuYu Hakusho), Sohma Kazuma, Kiwi (OC), Taiya (OC), Toto (OC)

Relationships: Shirogane Ryou/Chiba Mikiko (OC), Trunks Briefs/Chiba Misa (OC), Chiba Mamoru/Tsukino Usagi, Sohma Hatori/Kari (OC), Urameshi Yuusuke/Yukimura Keiko, Higurashi Kagome/InuYasha, Honda Tohru/Sohma Kyou/Sohma Yuki, Aoyama Masaya/Momomiya Ichigo/Quiche, Momozono Nanami/Tomoe/Mizuki, Akasaka Keiichirou/Meiou Setsuna, Kaiou Michiru/Tenoh Haruka, Bulma Briefs/Vegeta, Chi-Chi/Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Knickers Briefs (OC)/Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei/Son Gohan, Aino Minako/Son Goten, Sohma Ayame/Sohma Shigure, Aizawa Mint/Fujiwara Zakuro, Sohma Hatsuharu/Sohma Rin, Fay D. Fluorite/Kurogane, Kuwabara Kazuma/Yukina, Kino Makoto/Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi, Hiei (Yuyu Hakusho)/Kohana (OC), Miroku/Sango (InuYasha), Tiencha/Yamcha, Midorikawa Lettuce/Pie, Keomi (OC)/Chiba Mari (OC)

Additional Tags: Family, Love, Alternate Universe, Mentioned Apocalypse, Mentioned Disease, New World, Falling In Love, Love Confessions, Love at First Sight, Making Out, Making Love, Sex, Threesome - F/M/M, Loss of Virginity, New Friendships, Blizzards & Snowstorms, Mention of cancer

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/44895403

[myjudsie]

4 pages about Tokyo Mew Mew New~ ♡ on Animage september issue, with a double interview (I suppose) to Yuuichi Nakamura (Ryou Shirogane) and Yuusuke Shirai (Keiichirou Akasaka). ❤️

[coralcatsea]

BY THE WAY WHY ARE RYOU AND KEIICHIROU DRIVING A SEMI TRUCK PFFFT

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SIMPLE RED CAR

[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Tokyo Mew Mew Artist: Ikumi Mia Publication: Nakayoshi Magazine (02/2001) Source: Scanned from personal collection

[shompu]

DSA 7. thank you for my childhood 💔

[spectralreplica]

Happy birthday to my bff @sanchoyo ! You should def go check out their very cool TMM fancomic, Tokyo Miracle, here!

I think of this as a kind of redux of this piece I drew... *checks timestamp* EIGHT YEARS AGO???????????? LMAO

[pumpkinpie59]

neutral tired: zakuro, ringo, tart, pie, ryou, minto

chaotic idiot: quiche, ichigo, tasuku

lawful romantic: keiichirou, retasu, berry

all 3: masaya, bù-líng

[fractalflare]

141 KEIICHIROU AKASAKA ICONS  / TMM

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[leenaevilin]

[Announcement] 2021年劇団☆新感線 41周年興行 秋公演 いのうえ歌舞伎「狐晴明九尾狩」(2021nen gekidan☆shinkansen 41shuunen kougzou aki kouen inoue kabuki kitsune seimei kyuubigari)

the show will be running from September 17th, 2021 to October 17th, 2021 (Tokyo) @ TBS 赤坂 ACT シアター (TBS Akasaka ACT Theater) & October 27th, 2021 to November 11th, 2021 (Osaka) @ オリックス劇場 (Orix Theater)

Cast:

Nakamura Tomoya Yoshioka Riho Asari Yousuke Ryuusei Ryou Saotome Yuuki Chiba Tetsuya Takada Shouka Awane Makoto Mukai Osamu Ukon Kenichi Kouno Masato Sakagi Keiichirou Muraki Yoshiko Indie Takahashi Yamamoto Kanako Isono Shingo Yoshida Metal Nakatani Satomi Hosaka Ema Muraki Jin Kawahara Masatsugu Takeda Kouji

homepage natalie

[your-fave-is-pro-ship]

Keiichirou Akasaka for Tokyo Mew Mew is pro-ship!