#Kenji Tominaga

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Kamen Rider Kuuga Celebrates 25th Anniversary With A New Logo and Exhibition

The First Heisei Rider is turning 25 this year as Toei announces a brand-new exhibition for Kamen Rider Kuuga. Accompanied by the Exhibition news, a special teaser trailer, visual, and a new logo for the 25th Anniversary.

This Super Kuuga Exhibition will be held in four cities in Japan, starting with the Tokyo Venue in June 2025, which will be…

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Interview with Kenji Tominaga and Kenta Nitta from Hyper Hobby Sept 2012.

If this is translated somewhere please let me know and I’ll link to it.

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Klonoa Developer Relay Essay masterpost

Klonoa Developer Relay Essay was a series of behind the scenes stories of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile published online from January 30th to May 1st, 1998.

1/30/98 - Development Director Hideo Yoshizawa [Eng] [Jpn]

2/6/98 - Game Designer: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi [Eng] [Jpn]

2/13/98 - Programmer: Yoshikazu Hato [Eng] [Jpn]

2/20/98 - Programmer: Kenji Nakano [Eng] [Jpn]

2/27/98 - Sound Staff [Eng] [Jpn]

3/6/98 - Graphic designer Yoshihiko Arai [Eng] [Jpn]

3/13/98 - Movie Team [Eng] [Jpn]

3/27/98 - Graphic designer Hideki Tanaami [Eng] [Jpn]

4/3/98 - Graphic designer Mika Tominaga [Eng] [Jpn]

4/10/98 - Graphic designer Hideyuki Mitani [Eng] [Jpn]

4/17/98 - Graphics Staff [Eng] [Jpn] 

4/24/98 - Sales Promotion Staff [Eng] [Jpn]

5/1/98 -  (Final) Development Director Hideo Yoshizawa [Eng] [Jpn]

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What Did You Eat Yesterday? 2 Ep 12 (Finale) Stray Thoughts

Last week, Kenji finale met Kayoko and Tominaga-san, and it was everything I ever hoped it would be. Kenji shared the story of how they met, and also learned from Kayoko that Shiro is always talking about him to them. We also watched Kohinata play tennis with Wataru, and then cook pancakes with Shiro.

I'm glad Shiro's mom drew attention to the towel Kenji gave her. It's a nice callback and a reminder that she's trying.

Oh, they were visiting nursing homes. Don't you hurt me in the finale, WDYEY.

You know, I hadn't thought about Shiro getting old and still having to care for his parents.

Poor Shiro. I am also not good at giving gifts.

I really hope Shiro makes a cute bento before the end of this episode.

Oh, I cried when Shiro told them about Baby Goro.

They want to put Kenji in their will!!

Shiro, please tell Kenji that you love him and want to spend the rest of your life with him!

I like that the show brought up through Kenji how adoption sucks for gay couples who want to be married.

I hope that this is a super normal bento and not overly cute just to troll Shiro.

I wondered if they would move Shiro's desk, and I like that they got him a new chair.

I'm going to make this bento.

Shiro got them matching aprons in their colors!! I'm going to cry!

Oh, Kenji. Thank you for always understanding this man and saying the things that need to be said.

Well, that was beautiful.

Final Verdict: 10, Highly Recommended. There is nothing else like this show. I have watched or attempted over 300 shows in BL and this is the only one about a long-term committed older gay couple. I loved how morbid this entire season felt even when all the fun and silly moments. Shiro and Kenji are getting older, and so are the people in their lives. There are new opportunities and challenges to face, and I love how so much of this season wraps around how steadfast the support around them is, and also how they are it for each other. I sincerely hope that Japan passes gay marriage while Nishijima and Uchino are still active because we all deserve to see Shiro and Kenji get married. Please watch this show. If you read me regularly, you have seen enough shows about men getting together. You deserve to see them stay together and choose each other over and over again.

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Today’s translation #807

Spoon 2Di vol. 22, Tominaga Keisuke interview

Part 1.

-- The last episode of Yuri!!! on ICE has finally aired - please tell us what kind of show Yuri!!! was for you? Also, working as a music producer for the show, have you challenged yourself with trying something new?

Tominaga: The whole series, the way it was created by Kubo Mitsurou and Yamamoto Sayo is just like a collection of beautiful 'lyrics' and the role of music was to create a melody for those lyrics. In a sense, it felt as if we were producing a ballet or a musical. I was also responsible for track selection from the music that was created, and I also participated in the work that was being done in the mixing studio and that was a first time challenge for me. I'm very glad that we could implement what we have visualized, the ideas that we had come up with at the music production stage directly into the process of creating an audio for a show.

-- If there was something particularly memorable to you, among the things that you've heard when discussing the music production with Director Yamamoto or Kubo Mitsuro-san, or the choreographer, Miyamoto Kenji-san, please share with us!

Tominaga: The phrase 'his clean sex appeal is violence', which I've heard in the beginning as describing Yuuri's image, left a strong impression on me. I've never thought that a 'clean sex-appeal' can be described as 'violence' myself, but at the same time, it's such a powerful expression, that somehow made sense to me. The unusual combination and balance of these three words made me anticipate an extremely volatile show, in which 'instincts' play a major role.

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I'm laughing, because how can What Did You Eat Yesterday? (episode 2) be more perfect?

If you've read the manga, there's a lot of foreshadowing of arc continuations that you already know about (e.g., what will happen with the future of the law firm, Kenji's weight, future marriages, etc.). But in NOT knowing that, from only the context of the dorama itself:

The way in which Shiro is judged by his boss for not being serious at least about his love life is so deep, isn't it? He *can't* commit publicly to his partner, in more ways than one. He's in the closet anyway at work, but -- he can't get married, literally.

I'll allow one little spoiler from the manga, so here's a break for ya:

O-sensei will ask Shiro to take over the law firm as its managing partner, meaning he'll manage the new clients coming in, and will make assignments of those cases to Osamu and O-sensei. Shiro takes O-sensei up on the offer after lots of consideration.

The question I have, from both the dorama and the manga, is: would Shiro have been asked to do this IF he was out in his workplace?

I love that these questions are only ever very indirectly touched upon in both the manga and the dorama. Shiro and Kenji do have a quick conversation about children in the manga; I don't know if it'll crop up in the dorama, but clearly the focus on little Goro-chan, and how Kayoko and her daughter were able to communicate about their own family growing, is also meant to be gently comparative to what Shiro and Kenji *can't* have.

But, of course, what makes this show perfect is how it so very gently shines on what Shiro and Kenji DO have together, in their balanced existence together as partners. And the comedy infused in it is just so golden. They almost held hands in that fantasy of Kenji's in the park! How Kenji and Tominaga tease Shiro in calling him "ojisan."

And Kenji's eyes welling up as they sat at their brunch, realizing that Shiro DOES look forward to their days off, even if he won't admit it. Those tiny little signs of love and appreciation -- they're fleeting, they're SO quiet in those show, and they carry SO much weight of the devotion these two have for each other.

Despite so many parts of their world not accepting them, it's at their table that they can find acceptance for each other and themselves. It's just gorgeous to watch.

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The details for the rest of the upcoming Japanese Blu-Ray release of TIGER & BUNNY 2 have been revealed over on the official website. All Blu-ray volumes will include English subtitles for the episodes - details of each volume include:

Blu-ray Volume 5 – episodes 14 – 16 – release date: 26th April 2023

Audio Drama #5 "Who is the Quiz King? Contents: The Fire Sky and Origami Rock buddy pairings appear on a buddy quiz show. Which buddy pairing will be crowned the King of Quizzes?

Extras include:

- Simultaneous cast watch party episodes 14 – 15 – hosted by Hiroaki Hirata and Masakazu Morita, with guest(s); Nobunaga Shimazaki. - WILD TIGER Special Birthday Party 2022.8.14 - Featuring: Hiroaki Hirata, Kenji Tominaga (Wild Tiger suit actor) Masakazu Morita, Hikaru Takahashi (Sky High suit actor) - Special booklet (16 pages)

Blu-ray Volume 6 – episodes 17 – 19 – release date: 26th May 2023

Audio Drama #6 “Rookie Hero Remote Meeting” Contents: With the spread of the rumoured "X," an infectious disease that causes the NEXT ability to go out of control, the new heroes and Dragon Kid hold a remote meeting hosted by Subaru.

Extras include:

- Simultaneous cast watch party episodes 17 – 19 – hosted by Hiroaki Hirata and Masakazu Morita, with guest(s); Inoue Gou, Mariya Ise, Yuichi Nakamura. - Barnaby Special Birthday Party 2022.10.30 - Featuring: Hiroaki Hirata, Kenta Nitta (Barnaby suit actor) Masakazu Morita, Hikaru Takahashi (Sky High suit actor) - Special booklet (16 pages)

Blu-ray Volume 7 – episodes 20 – 22 – release date: 28th June 2023

Audio Drama #7 “Hero's Love Course” Contents: In the break room of the training centre, Keith is struggling with how to approach a woman he is interested in. Karina and Ryan, who are curious about Keith's love story, give him some love advice.

Extras include:

-Simultaneous cast watch party episodes 20 – 22 – hosted by Hiroaki Hirata and Masakazu Morita, with guest(s); Inoue Gou, Yoshihiro Ike. - TIGER & BUNNY 2 Special Jet: Unveiling at STARFLYER - Digest video - Special booklet (16 pages)

Blu-ray Volume 8 – episodes 23 – 25 – release date: 28th July 2023

Audio Drama #8 “Noisy People of Sternbild” This involves all the heroes – details of the plot to be revealed at a later date.

Extras include:

- Simultaneous cast watch party episodes 23 – 25 – hosted by Hiroaki Hirata and Masakazu Morita, with guest(s); Minako Kotobuki, Yusa Koji and production staff; Nishida Masafumi, Mitsuko Kase and Masakazu Katsura - Special booklet (16 pages)

Source: TIGER & BUNNY website

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THE H-MAN (1958, BIJO TO EKITAI NINGEN) – Episode 173 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“What if by some bizarre phenomenon, his physical form just melted away? Would that fit your crime scene?” Hmm … bizarre phenomenon? Let’s run with it. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr along with guest host Chris Peters – as they discuss Toho’s The H-Man (1958), directed by the great Ishirô Honda.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 173 – The H-Man (1958)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

When a narcotics dealer disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police are stumped. A scientist claims H-Bomb tests in the Pacific have created radioactive creatures – “H-Men” – who ooze like slime and liquify anyone they touch.

  Directed by: Ishirô Honda

Writing Credits: Takeshi Kimura (written by); Hideo Unagami (story)

Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka

Music by: Masaru Satô

Cinematography by: Hajime Koizumi

Editing by: Kazuji Taira

Production Design by: Takeo Kita

Special Effects by: Eiji Tsuburaya (director of special effects) 

Selected Cast:

Yumi Shirakawa as Chikako Arai, singer in the nightclub

Kenji Sahara as Dr. Masada

Akihiko Hirata as Inspector Tominaga

Eitarô Ozawa as Police Sgt. Miyashita (as Eitaro Ozawa)

Koreya Senda as Dr. Maki

Makoto Satô as Uchida, gangster

Yoshifumi Tajima as Detective Sakata

Yoshio Tsuchiya as Detective Taguchi

Ayumi Sonoda as Emi, lead exotic dancer

Hisaya Itô as Misaki, the dissolved gangster

Nadao Kirino as Shimazaki, the waiter-thug

Naomi Shiraishi as Mineko, Dr. Maki’s assistant

Tetsu Nakamura as Mr. Chin, gangster

Tadao Nakamaru as Detective Seki

Minosuke Yamada as Chief of Inspectors Kusuda

Akira Sera as Horita – Fisherman

Haruya Katô as Sochan – Fisherman

Yasuhiro Shigenobu as Yasukichi – Fisherman

Senkichi Ômura as Daichan, 1st dissolved fisherman (Let me try on the pants!)

Haruo Nakajima as Chosuke, 2nd dissolved fisherman & Liquid Human Being

Shigeo Katô as Matchan, 3rd dissolved fisherman

Paul Frees as Various Voices (American dubbing)

Are you ready to battle an invasion of liquified men? Watch out, The Blob (1958), The H-Man (1958) is here to make you rue the day. Toho Films and director Ishirô Honda (Godzilla, 1954) blend sci-fi, horror, film noir, and… cabaret… for all kinds of horrifying shenanigans. Yup, people liquify left and right throughout the short 87-minute runtime. That’s right, only gooey globs of clothes and hairpieces remain. Join the Grue-Crew along with special guest-host Chris Peters (aka, José) as they revisit and review this unusual yet highly entertaining entry from the film company that gave the world Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda, Godzilla, Mothra, and so much more.

At the time of this writing, The H-Man is available for streaming from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Classic Sci-Fi Movie Channel, and Tubi.

You may be interested in these other Decades of Horror episodes focused on Ishirô Honda-directed films:

GODZILLA (1954, GOJIRA) – Episode 58 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

HALF HUMAN (JÛ JIN YUKI OTOKO, 1955) – Episode 16 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

RODAN (1956) – Episode 101 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

MATANGO (1963, ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE) – Episode 135 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (FURANKENSHUTAIN NO KAIJÛ: SANDA TAI GAIRA, 1966) – Episode 57 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

SPACE AMOEBA (1970, YOG: MONSTER FROM SPACE) – Episode 127 – Decades of Horror 1970s

TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975) – Episode 165 – Decades of Horror 1970s

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by guest host Scott Wells is King of the Zombies (1941), a horror comedy directed by Jean Yarbrough (The Devil Bat, 1940; House of Horrors, 1946; The She-Wolf of London, 1946) and starring Dick Purcell, Joanne Woodbury, Henry Victor, and the great Mantan Moreland.

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

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WHO is letting freaks like this into the sword of logos???? no fucking wonder yall keep getting traitors in your ranks when this is what we’re teaching the next generation of swordsmen

anyways hi kenji tominaga famed suit actor of kamen rider kuuga i love your work

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Yuri on Ice interview translation - CREA 2017/03 (p34-35)

Second part of the YOI interviews featured on CREA. As for the one with Kubo, more than “interviews” they are like “mini articles” that incorporate what the interviewed people said. The interviews are with Kenji Miyamoto (choreographer), Eiji Abiko & Junpei Tatenaka (figure skating animators), Yuuko Sagiri (original costume designer), Keisuke Tominaga (music producer).

Random note: thanks to this magazine I was finally able to know that Sagiri’s name is “Yuuko”. When I translated her interview on Pash I did lots of research but wasn’t able to find out the pronunciation so I used Yuiko because that was what came out searching for the name alone, but now it’s confirmed that it’s Yuuko so as soon as I have time I’ll edit that interview to fix it. I swear all magazines should be obliged to provide the pronunciation of names, because sometimes it’s really hard to find out how the kanji are pronounced when it’s not famous people with Wikipedia pages and such...

By the way, the issue of Pash coming out today (Feb. 10th) has an article I was really looking forward to (the second part of Kubo’s detailed commentary on each episode), so I’ll probably spend the night translating it when I get home from work. Also because I want to post it before the YOI all night event on Saturday (I’m going to the live viewing).

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The reality as expressed by 5 people who created “Yuri on Ice”

Reality #2: Choreography x Kenji Miyamoto “The footage taken with the camcorder was the key to create realistic and powerful anime scenes”

Profile: From Hyogo prefecture. After retiring from competitive ice dance in 2006 he started working as a choreographer and commentator. With director Sayo Yamamoto’s “ENDLESS NIGHT” for the first time he was involved in creating figure skating choreographies for an anime.

The choreographies for all characters’ programs were created by choreographer Kenji Miyamoto. He created them integrating the music with the information he received from director Yamamoto and Kubo regarding the characters and their programs. What was different than usual is that the songs for the FS were 4 minutes long instead of 4:30 minutes. “In the anime characters need less strokes to speed up, so it’s possible to use less ‘transitions’, the movements connecting different techniques. I cut down on those and made the programs more compact.” Miyamoto was filmed with 4 fixed cameras and 2 portable camcorders as he danced all the programs, then the footage was edited into a multiframe video based on which the animated figure skating scenes were created. “I believe that the footage taken with the portable camcorder, that filmed me up close, is what made it possible to create realistic and powerful tournament scenes.” After watching the finished anime, Miyamoto commented that the characters’ monologues during their performances are realistic. “When you are performing lots of things are whirling around inside your head. In my case it wasn’t words but still pictures, like photographs. I was happy that they expressed the athletes’ feelings.”

Reality #3: Animation x Junpei Tatenaka & Eiji Abiko “The performances look realistic thanks to Miyamoto-sensei’s choreographies”

Profile: Animators working for the anime production company MAPPA. Specialized in sports and action scenes. They both created animation for director Sayo Yamamoto’s “ENDLESS NIGHT”.

Animation of the figure skating scenes was created by action specialists Junpei Tatenaka and Eiji Abiko. “It’s the first time that we digitally create 2D pictures after deciding the camerawork. It was very difficult because we had to figure out how to do everything”. Tatenaka, who was already a fan of figure skating, says: “For the moments I believed to be the ‘highlights’ of a performance I would add 1-2 extra stills. This way, I was able to draw out a little what in the live footage only lasted an instant.” They actually made jumps much higher than they are in real life. “While being aware that real skaters wouldn’t jump that high, I still wanted the scenes to be striking, therefore I was always looking for a good balance between realism and what could be allowed in animation.” (Abiko) They both agree that Miyamoto’s choreography footage was the most important factor that allowed them to create realistic performance scenes. “When there was a key point in the music, Miyamoto-sensei would pose with all of his body creating a beautiful line, from his fingertips to the tips of his toes. It was very easy to draw.” (Tatenaka)

Reality #4: Costumes x Yuuko Sagiri “I think the only difference is that there were no budget restrictions (LOL)”

Profile: Ballroom dancing costume designer working for the ballet & dance supplies maker Chacott. She has designed figure skating costumes for athletes such as Nobunari Oda and Akiko Suzuki.

Yuuko Sagiri, designer of the athletes’ costumes, created the designs giving importance to functionality that would improve a skater’s performance and to elements that would make the character’s personality stand out, just like she does for real costumes. She chose materials, cuttings and decorations that would actually be employed in costumes used for real performances. “Normally I objectively watch an athlete’s past performances to understand their level and what kind of movements they are skilled at, and this is then reflected in the design. This time I based the design on the characters’ setting materials, the information I received from the director and the choreography footage by Miyamoto-sensei. I think the only difference is that there were no budget restrictions (LOL).” Regarding Yuuri’s costume, she mentions that she wanted to reflect the fact that he is psychologically weak and gains weight easily. “I added shining decorations on his chest so that his face would look bright even when he is tense. The cuts on the waist are to make him look slim.” Actually, she also designed a costume for Yurio’s exhibition. Sagiri said that she created the design thinking of what “Yurio would really want to wear”. We’d definitely like to see him skate with that costume!

Reality #5: Music x Keisuke Tominaga “I added melody to the beautiful lyrics that is ‘Yuri on Ice’”

Profile: From Kanagawa prefecture. Music producer. He founded PIANO INC. in 2012 and is the current representative director. His main works include the Pocari Sweat 2016 commercial “Kimi no Yume wa, Boku no Yume.”, the TV anime “Zankyou no Terror”, etc.

When creating the music for this show, music producer Keisuke Tominaga constantly asked himself whether it was music you could dance to. “I would move my hands, feet, my whole body, sometimes even checking the rhythm like a conductor or a dancer. Figure skating has many elements that resemble ballet, so to express the elegant movements of the body I used many tunes in triple time like waltz and bolero.” Most of the classical and orchestra tracks were created by Taku Matsushiba, while the vocal tracks and modern band songs by Tarou Umebayashi. They worked on the music as a team, always communicating with each other. “The world created by Kubo-san and director Yamamoto was like realistic and beautiful ‘lyrics’, and I feel that our role was to create a ‘melody’ for those lyrics. In fact, when I joined together Yuuri’s FS song “Yuri on ICE” and Victor’s recorded voice for the first time, the lines sounded just like the words of a song, and I can’t describe how moved I was. I believe that this strong, deep expression that you would not be able to obtain with music alone is what realistically affects the viewers.”

Bonus in case you haven’t seen it already: Sagiri’s design for Yurio’s exhibition program.

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Interview with Kenji Tominaga and Kenta Nitta from the Tiger & Bunny The Live Official Book.

If this is translated somewhere please let me know and I’ll link to it.

[myucornerorg]

I was tagged by @landofanimes!

RULES: go here, list 15 BANDAI sera myu characters (senshi are fine but name the actor too), randomize and answer! Then tag two other people from the fandom.

1. Your Parent: Jaguar Mask (Kenji Tominaga)

Ok...pretty weird parent, but I did try to be creative with the myu characters I put on the list. Jaguar Mask is this wrestler character from the 10th Anniversary myu Ai no Sanctuary who the Senshi cheer for, but then he gets turned evil by Dark Nibiru (he gets better later). I guess it would be kinda cool to have a famous wrestler as a dad...

(By the way, I recently found out there's a manga from the late '60s/early '70s called Tiger Mask, which was made into an anime in the '70s and has been remade a bunch of times. Real-life Japanese pro wrestlers have taken on the Tiger Mask persona as well. I wonder if this influenced the creation of Jaguar Mask...).

2. Sibling: Loof Merrow (Ono Hikari)

Well, that'd be a pretty cool sibling actually. Though she also lived thousands of years ago so not sure how that works...

3. Grandparent: Centi (Endou Ado)

Ok not sure how she'd be my grandmother but ok... (Centi is one of the Grimmseijin from Mugen Gakuen BTW).

4. Haunts You: Prince Dimande (Ono Hikari)

Yep, sounds about right. I mean, Bandai Dimande wasn't quite as creepy as PE Dimande (though I can still picture Hikari rocking "Junpaku no Megami"), but Dimande is a creepy guy regardless.

5. Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Chibiusa (Gunji Ayano)

Um...I don't date girls (I'm straight)...but for the purposes of this example let's pretend I do. Chibiusa is quite a bit younger than me (physically at least; obviously she's really 900+), so us dating would be kinda weird. Possibly even illegal if she's considered a child. (That's why I picked Gunji as an actress cause she's older than most Chibimoon actresses). Maybe we started with a mentor relationship and it became something more??

6. Ex: Kaolinite (Kawasaki Miki)

Again I don't date girls but we'll pretend. Man Kaolinite would be like the worst kind of ex. Maybe I dumped her when she started getting all evil, or maybe she cheated on me with Tomoe. Don't know. I'd imagine now that she wants to hex me big time. (Or just flat out steal my hostie and turn me into a vessel for a Daimon).

7. Best Friend: Tiger's Eye (Kasahara Ryuuji)

Um...WTH. Why would we be best friends? He's kinda creepy. (I feel like Ryuuji would be a cool friend though).

8. Proposed to you: Rei (Megumi Yoshida or maybe Kotani Misako)

That seems highly unlikely. Maybe she was drunk? Or maybe she secretly leans that way but didn't want to be with Minako anymore? The mind races...also since I just became reacquainted with Sailor Moon Abridged recently, I'm picturing the SMA Rei (a crazy, always angry, has-no-indoor-voice Satanist) in this for some weird reason.

9. Boss: Mamoru (Shirota Yuu or Kenji Urai)

That would be one cool hot boss...dang.

10. Random Person You Met at a Bar: Usagi (Ooyama Anza)

Of all the people I could meet at a bar LOL. I mean, Usagi did use her Disguise Pen that one time to get into an adult nightclub.

11. Rival: Space Knight (Mochizuki Yuuta)

So...my boss is Mamoru, but my rival is future Mamoru (since Space Knight is an alter ego of King Endymion's). Awkward. Also would be problematic as my sister Loof Merrow would be in love with him.

12. Gave you first kiss: Sailor Astarte (Hosoda Aya)

Well...this is getting, uh, interesting. My first kiss was with a senshi from the new moon, who's also secretly a goddess and a vessel for Dark Cain, an evil undead guy who's trying to end the world. My ex Kaolinite became a witch and part of the Death Busters. And my current girlfriend is a kid (and my boss AND rival's daughter to boot!). This is like a telenovela!

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13. Drunk and sing karaoke with: Miss Dream (Takeda Keiko)

Another villain...ok. I mean, she is picked on by the rest of the Dead Moon Circus, so she probably needs a friend.

14. Played 7 minutes in heaven with: Ami (Kawabe Chieco)

No joke...I had no idea what 7 minutes in heaven was and had to look it up. 😅 Anyway, I don't think Ami and I would make out or anything (though maybe since according to this list I'm a lesbian who's just getting around like nobody's business). Seriously though I think we'd probably sit and talk the whole time, like two reasonable, intelligent people. We'd have the deepest conversation one can have in 7 minutes, then exchange contact info so we can continue the conversation later.

15. Gave you your fave dessert: Minako (Ayumi Murata)

Can Minako even bake?? Still, I'd definitely appreciate the gesture.

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Hmm...who should I tag?? I'll tag @kosmosinusa and @gracemyheart (hopefully you haven't already done it...if so sorry).

[bengiyo]

What Did You Eat Yesterday? 2 Ep 11 Stray Thoughts

Last week, Shiro got to meet Kenji's family! He decided to take them to the restaurant Oo-sensei took him to when he first started working with her, and it was a huge hit. Kenji's mom wanted to meet Shiro because he was worried about what could happen to Kenji and wanted to let Shiro know that she sees him as a part of their family. It was beautiful, and I'm so glad we still have this show.

We're finally seeing Kohinata play tennis, and he's good! Too bad neither Wataru nor Shiro can appreciate his skill, but I do! Excellent serves!

These crumb crushers! Wataru stay pretending like he doesn't love Shiro's food, and now Kohinata has injured his teammate!

I hope Kohinata is satisfied with the little that Wataru played.

Here this mean twink goes making fun of Shiro again.

The intense energy between Shiro and Kohinata gets to me sometimes, and I almost want them to try.

I kinda like that Wataru knows a little bit about Shiro's mean boyfriends, and also noticed that Shiro is actually extremely accommodating.

These pancakes look good.

I really hope Kayoko gets to meet Kenji properly, but I love her fangirling too hard and running back home.

I love how excited and nervous the Tominaga family are about this.

Of course he wanted to know how Kenji and Shiro met. I'm glad Kayoko has Shiro distracted.

So proud of Shiro for getting some food and help for making tempura!

Thank you, Tominaga-san, for letting Kenji know how much Shiro fawns over him.

Holy shit this spread looks delicious.

I cannot believe that Shiro didn't introduce them to Kenji for five years! Happy that he's been with Kenji for eight now.

KAYOKO! You're gonna make Kenji cry if you tell him how much Shiro talks about him and thinks about him! This is so lovely. Kenji needed to know that Shiro is such a simp.

Wataru is so valid for being upset that he didn't get to meet the Tominaga family, too.

That's right, Kenji! Remind Shiro that he wanted their lives to be private!

This was a great penultimate episode. We got to check in with the closest side characters and see how comfortable the dynamic has become for everyone. Kenji finally met Kayoko. This was excellent. I will miss everyone as soon as this ends next week, but I'm so thankful that we got this.

[rikeijo]

Today's translation #674

Go Yuri!!! Go, official fanbook, Tominaga Keisuke interview

Part 1.

-- As the first thing, please tell us how the process of production of music was like?

Tominaga: In the beginning of Fall in 2015, I've met with the Director, Yamamoto Sayo, Kubo Mitsurou and the choreographer, Miyamoto Kenji and after listening to them talk about the project, the music production started. I was then asking for advice and discussing the image and tempo of each track with them, and in this process, the definite idea for each track crystalized. Around November of the same year, together with the two composers, Umebayashi Taro and Matsushiba Taku, we started to actually work on the music. We started with the demos of tracks, that were to be used for the skating programs and that took us the time until early Spring. At the same time, we started to record the final versions of those tracks - from after the New Year break until June. After that we tackled the rest of the soundtrack, everything except for the figure skating music. From July to the beginning of August, we focused on mixing, and we finally reached the finish line after that. Next, we worked on the opening and ending. We were making a good use of every spare moment that we had, but it was almost one full year of work.

[Notes: I remember reading a series of tweets some time ago from a different music producer that also specialized in anime music, and according to him, usually all this work is almost like volunteering, with very low pay - the music team can only earn real money from their work if the anime gets popular enough, so that they can get royalties from DVD, CD sales, the music being used in TV programs etc. A bit 'high risk, high return' thing.

It's really painful to think how much (very low-paid) time and effort the same team must have invested into music production for IceAdo that probably will never be released 😞 the injustice is just... 😭]

[tigerandbunnyftw]

Tickets are available for the Kotetsu Special Birthday Party stream (which will be held on the 14th August @ 17:00 JST time), which will be broadcasted over on TwitCasting. This will feature the voice cast, Hiroaki Hirata (Kotetsu), Masakazu Morita (Barnaby), along with THE LIVE’s Hero suit actors Kenji Tominaga (Wild Tiger) and Hikaru Takahashi (Keith Goodman/ Sky High).

Archive of the recording will be available until the 28th August 2022.

Kotetsu birthday themed stamps are being sold on Twitcasting, which can be used during the live stream chat.

Note that this will be a Japanese only stream, so no subs will be available. Tickets can be purchased if you have a credit card.

Source: TIGER & BUNNY Twitter / Kotetsu themed stamps

[biomic]

also some really cool news, kenji tominaga, OG kuuga himself, will be blades’ full time suit actor in saber! the people are responding exactly as you would expect