#Kumi Nakamura

[kmexk]

Koda Kumi fue con su familia al SuperShow Summer Tour

Aquí con Cody Rhodes, Shinsuke Nakamura y Bull Nakano.

Fotos de arreglos florales que Kenji y Kuu enviaron al evento.

[chororine]

The Who's Who of Hipipo

("Open Image In New Tab" highly recommended!)

one of my favourite scenes in "Osomatsu-san: The Hipipo Tribe and the Glistening Fruit" was the climactic chase featuring cameos from many reoccuring and one-off characters (some of whom also appeared in the film's opening) from all three seasons of the anime - some well-known among fans of the franchise, others not so much.

in an attempt to fill in those "not so much" gaps, I proudly present a project I've been looking forward to posting for three months: a visual guide to the name and origin of every character who cameos in the climax and/or opening. see the list in text form under the cut!

Nanmaiders (season 3 episode 16: "Nanmaider Attacks")

Potato Kingdom citizens (season 3 episode 17: "Imoni")

Tatsunami/"Tacchan" (season 3 episode 23: "Friend")

Satozaki (season 3 episode 5: "Well, Yeah...")

Drunk couple (season 3 episode 2: "Let's Be Quiet At Night")

Sanematsu/Sanecop and Kaoruko (season 1 episode 13: "Sanematsu-san", season 2 episode 14: "Sanematsu-san Episode 9" and season 3 episode 16: "Sanecop")

Jyushi-senpai (season 3 episode 3: "Magical Angel Magi Lunatic Icchi")

Kouji Murakami (season 3 episode 1)

Shonosuke Hijirisawa (season 1 episode 2: "Aesop's Fables That Are Actually Terrifying" and others)

The New Sextuplets (season 3 episode 1)

Dobuko Busujima/"Dobusu"/"ugly flower fairy" (season 1 episode 15: "The Life of Chibita's Flower" and others)

Sukeroku (season 3 episode 12: "AI")

Tortoise and Hare (season episode 15: "Cosplaymatsu" ("Mister"))

The voice actors: Takahiro Sakurai, Yuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama and Daisuke Ono (season 3 episode 1)

Miyu Irino (season 3 episode 24: "A-1 Grand Prix")

The director: Yoichi Fujita (season 3 episode 1)

Kumi and Miwa (season 2 episode 7: "Osomatsu and Todomatsu")

Sextuplets as "kill the cacao" demons (season 2 episode 19: "Valentine's Day")

Shoei (season 2 episode 3: "Totoko's Challenge")

Kinko Inuyama (season 2 episode 16: "The Cutie Next Door")

Devil Yeti (season 2 episode 17: "UMA Expedition Team")

Eitaro (season 2 episode 12: "The Eitaro Family")

Eitaro's mother (season 2 episode 12: "The Eitaro Family")

Michaelmatsu (season 2 episode 13: "Discharge Notice 2017: The Youngest Brother Who Got Fired")

Osoma (season 2 episode 17: "Inn")

Matsuzou as "Cherryzou" (season 2 episode 4: "Matsuzou and Matsuyo")

Sousou (season 2 episode 7: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms")

Giant oni/demon (season 2 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san in Hell")

Regular oni/demons (season 2 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san in Hell")

Chupacabra Deluxe (season 2 episode 15: "UMA Expedition Team"

F6 (season 1 episode 1: "Osomatsu-kun Returns" and others)

Super Mongolian Death Worm (season 2 episode 14: "UMA Expedition Team")

Chanto Shitaa/"Propershitter" (season 2 episode 1: "Osomatsu-san Returns")

Aida and Sacchi (season 1 episode 2: "The Melancholy of Osomatsu", season 1 episode 7: "Todomatsu and the Five Demons" and others)

Dayon girl/"Dayoko" (season 1 episode 23: "Dayon Tribe")

Black Factory supervisor (season 1 episode 2: "Let's Get A Job")

Sutabaa Coffee manager (season 1 episode 7: "Todomatsu and the Five Demons")

Dayon Tribe members (season 1 episode 23: "Dayon Tribe")

Totoko's parents (season 1 episode 4: "This Is Totoko" and others)

Flag Corporation employees (season 1 episode 6: "It's A Birthday Party, da jo")

Kamimatsu/Godmatsu (season 1 episode 21: "Kamimatsu")

Jiguzou (season 1 episode 3: "Tidbits Collection" ("OAW/OSO"))

"Christmas couple" (season 1 episode 11: "Black Santa" and season 2 episode 5: "Summer Kamen")

"Fheeeh" master (season 1 episode 22: "Final Sheeeh")

Shaorin (season 1 episode 22: "Final Sheeeh")

Atsushi (season 1 episode 22: "The Star of Hope, Todomatsu" and others)

Oil magnate (season 1 episode 24: "Totoko's Huge Panic")

Coachmatsu (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

"Kanojo"/"Homura" (season 1 episode 9: "Jyushimatsu Falls In Love" and season 2 episode 8: "Jyushimatsu and the Dolphin")

Akumatsu/Evilmatsu (season 1 episode 21: "Kamimatsu")

President of France (season 1 episode 6: "Iyami Has Arrived")

Musashi Ironworks baseball team (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

Fourth Galactic University Affiliated High School baseball team (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

Oguri Overbite (season 1 episode 6: "Iyami Has Arrived")

Wanta (season 3 episode 19: "Dogs")

PHEW 💦

[docrotten]

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

“I was confused. I couldn’t decide what to do. Then… I ate them!” Oh, oh. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Dirk Rogers – as they journey to a Pacific island and attempt to resist the lure of the deadly mushrooms found in Ishirô Honda’s Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, 1963) from Toho.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 135 – Matango (Attack of the Mushroom People, 1959)

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Synopsis: A group of pleasure-seeking young people is stranded on a mysterious island when their boat crashes. One by one they succumb to the lure of the deadly mushrooms.

  Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Takeshi Kimura (screenplay); Shin’ichi Hoshi & Masami Fukushima (adaptation); William Hope Hodgson (story by, “The Voice in the Night,” Blue Book Magazine, November 1907); Sakyo Komatsu (uncredited)

Music by: Sadao Bekku

Cinematography by: Hajime Koizumi

Director of special effects: Eiji Tsuburaya 

Chief assistant special effects director: Teruyoshi Nakano

Special effects unit production manager: Shigeru Nakamura

Special effects art director/Special effects set decorator: Akira Watanabe

Costume Design/Art Department: Shigeru Komatsuzaki

Selected Cast:

Akira Kubo as Kenji Murai – Professor

Kumi Mizuno as Mami Sekiguchi – Singer

Kenji Sahara as Senzō Koyama – Sailor

Hiroshi Tachikawa as Etsurō Yoshida – Writer

Yoshio Tsuchiya as Masafumi Kasai – Owner

Hiroshi Koizumi as Naoyuki Sakuta – Skipper

Miki Yashiro as Akiko Sōma – Student

Takuzô Kumagai as Doctor  (billed as Jiro Kumagai)

Yutaka Oka as Doctor

Keisuke Yamada as Doctor

Hideyo Amamoto as Skulking Transitional Matango

Haruo Nakajima as Matango

Toku Ihara as Transitional Matango

Kuniyoshi Kashima as Transitional Matango

Masaki Shinohara as Matango

Kōji Uruki as Matango

Tokio Ōkawa as Matango

In this episode, your Classic Era Grue Crew is joined by Dirk Rogers, a special effects artist with KNB EFX Group and a long-time friend of the show. As the guest host, Dirk chose Matango for this episode’s topic and with the movie’s use of effects – miniatures, suits, prosthetics, set dressing – it’s easy to see why this is one of his favorites. 

Dirk was originally drawn to Matango because it featured a lot of the same players from the Godzilla films. He loves the damp (shall we say moist?) atmosphere, the use of color reminiscent of Mario Bava, the sets, and the miniatures. He’s always loved Matango and feels the English title, Attack of the Mushroom People, doesn’t represent the depth of what you get from the film. Dirk also provides valuable insights into the effects work and the documentation of who did what during the production.

Matango is probably Chad’s first exposure to body horror and the horrors of fungus. He loves the way the story ramps up the terror and the cringeworthy fungus-filled sets. As one of Toho’s best, Matango still holds up for him. Daphne is blown away by the colors and the textures of the mushrooms and the fungi, loving it all over again. Jeff agrees that “Attack of the Mushroom People” sounds kind of hokey and doesn’t represent the depth of the story told in Matango. He loves the concept, the story progression, the creepy and downright icky creatures and fungi, and the movie’s cultural and historical relation to the horrors experienced by the Japanese from the atomic bombs of World War II.

Dirk was turned onto the writings of William Hope Hodgson by this movie as it is developed from Hodgson’s short story, “The Voice in the Night.”  During the episode, the crew discusses several versions of this story, all of which are provided through the following links:

Story: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Voice_in_the_Night

Audio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIfPcyTAH0

Suspicion (TV series, 1957-1958), Episode 24: “The Voice in the Night” (aired 24 March 1958); from the story by William Hope Hodgson; starring James Donald, Barbara Rush, Patrick Macnee, James Coburn. This is a very poor resolution but the Classic Era Grue-Crew still enjoyed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssi6_YWrrxc

If you have been motivated by this episode to catch Matango (and you should be), at the time of this writing, it is available to stream from Classic Horror Movie Channel, Tubi, The Criterion Channel, and various PPV sites. In terms of physical media, Matango is available on DVD.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by guest host, the one and only Dave Dreher: The Return of Dracula (1958). 

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 listening!”

Check out this episode!

[dare-g]

Eyes of the Spider (1998)

[clemsfilmdiary]

Eyes of the Spider / Kumo no hitomi (1998, Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

蜘蛛の瞳　（黒沢清）

8/6/21

[profqlasses]

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan  ·  岸辺露伴は動かない —  Episode 3  「D.N.A.」

"There's a lot that we still don't know about DNA. What if it contained memories of the soul?"

[lucas-lopes-santos-07]

High School DxD seiyuus and characters wallpapers part 6

[allicaj]

P U R P L E

01 chay | LAVENDER

02 AYUSE KOZUE | LOL

03 FLiP | LOVE TOXICITY

04 fonogenico | ねがいごと

05 Yasuda Rei | Re:I

06 Maiko Nakamura | 春色COVERS

07 Ayumi Hamasaki | A BALLADS 2

08 KODA KUMI | TRICK

09 YAYOI DAIMON | GIRLS -STRONG-

[angela-addams]

Police/mystery/crime BL recs that are just *chef's kiss*

•Takahashi Hidebu Stigmata Seikon Sousa and the sequel Stigmata Aikon

A bit bloody but the premise is amazing. A young rookie police investigator has an exceptional gift - he can relive the last dying moments of the victims and help with the investigation, his somewhat cold superintendent is the one who believes in his gift and supports him. Despite the mystical premise this manga is surprisingly realistic.

And the blood spatter is just beautiful as well as the tentative relationship between the main characters. This is a manga that makes hand-holding the best part.

•CTK On Doorstep

A pickpocket gets caught by an ex-cop who suffers from PTSD and inevitably gets involved with the man. The art is amazing and it's a nice change from the typical frail bishounens.

•Kodaka Kazuma Hana to Ryuu

Oldie but goodie. It follows the story of Ryuuji whose family was brutally murdered by a rival kumi, he wants nothing to do with the yakuza, but turns out the person who swore to protect him is a member of a clan.

It has a compelling story and amazing artwork.

• Nakamura Asumiko Anata no Tame ni Doko Made mo

A definition of bacouple. An investigator has finally managed to track down an elusive con artist but the culprit doesn't mind being arrested at all. Hillarity ensues.

A great comedy from Nakamura sensei that I highly recommend

• Nishida Higashi Yoru ga Owaru Made

A prosecutor is looking into the disappearance of his colleague, a popular guy at work and a handsom fella, but his phantom keeps visiting him in his dreams.

I love the mystical elements in this manga and it has a gripping story.

[skippysartq]

HQ 2nd stories - Meet Everyone

Trust me I have lots I wanna write about these kids I created. It not all the fleshed out. I can tell ya I am not the best in that department.

But boy I have some stories to tell about them all.

Like how Kadashi, my first, became Kadashi.

Tetsuhana saga of crushes. And his teasing family.

The Kageyama Twins. Fights.

Dai's found family in all the kids she gets to know she treats them as if her own siblings.

Reiko accepting, self worth, selfishness and bravery.

Kento learning to listen to other and not only himself.

Shun finding friends and a passion on his own. No longer in the shadows of his brother.

Uta meeting his soulmate and Thier dad on the first day of knowing them.

Oba-Joben learning to be helpful.

Kuniko growing to protect his baby sister.

Sota meeting Kinhoshi and after a rivalry with Ena, they get together.

Not in that order persay.

There are more to be thought of but it'll be quiet awhile before this book will be finished. So enjoy them as they come out.

Slow updates as they are big stories.

Now here they are; Meet everyone of my 2nd gen kids. Pictures of them in Thier respected chapter and later a chapter just to show some pictures.

(First name, Last name)

9 - Shun Kageyama

10 - Kento Kageyama, the Karasuno 1st year Twins.

11 - Kadashi Tsukishima, 1st year

Daia Sugawara, 3rd year Manager

4 - Yuuma Nishinoya, 3rd year Captain

Miki Nishinoya, 7 years old

5 - Kiyoryuu Tanaka, 2nd year

Aiya Tanaka, 2nd year college

-Kuroo- Tetsuhana, Oldest graduated beauty school, 23?

Saihiro, 2nd kid, 1st college

3- Tetsuroyo, 3rd kid, 3 year high school

9- Toshihiro, youngest, 1st year high school

Ruka Haiba, 1st year

Cousin Suzuki Haiba, 3rd

Jun Sasaya, 2nd year

Asa Sasaya, 1st year college

Ena Aone, 2nd year

Kinhoshi Koganegawa, 2nd year

Sota Bokuto, 2nd year

Katashi Shirofuku, 1st year

Kumi Shirofuku, 1st year

Uta Oikawa, 2nd

Genki Kindaichi, 1st

Morina-Hana Mattsukawa, 3rd

Oba-Joben Kita, graduated High school

Sana Miya, 2nd year

Masa Miya, 2nd middle

Mairi Komori, 6

Asaya Michimiya, 7

Jakkaru Inuko, 3

Introduced in the twins 2nd year.

Shiratorizawa

Setsuko Shirabu, 1st

His cousins; Reo, 2nd middle

Kana, 1st middle

Nozomi, 3rd middle

Ayako, 10

Kuniko Ushijima, 1st year

Yuatori Ushijima 1 month, 3 weeks.

6 - Nori Akakura, 2nd year

7 - Kiyoshi Akakura, 1st year

9 - Saro Nakashima, 1st

12 - Gorogen Saito, 1st

-New Karasuno -

8- TakeTame Ennoshita, 1st year

9- Mainazii Yonezawa, 1st year

10- Reiko Narita, 1st year

Sara Amanai, 2nd year

Original OCs - Karasuno

2 - Midori Kiboken, Setter Captain 3rd year

Dekinii Shimiza, 2nd year

Shiratorizawa

1 - Khace Tomas, Captain 3rd year

2 - Akemi Taroda, 3rd year

3 - Touma Chai, 3rd year

Annaisha Eichi, 3rd year

Haru Daicho, 1st year

8 - Hiro Kichikawa, 1st year

Itachiyama

1 - Yukino Takishima, 3rd year Libero

O OCs - from Animo's help.

Nekoma

6 - Aoi Kirishima, 2nd year Libero

Itchayama

7 - Haru Nakamura, 2nd year Setter

Pictures off most of my characters are here on this page.

[radiodread]

blanc ch 11 spoilers

it happened!!!!! after years of waiting, rihito & hikaru finally got married. it was nice to see the members of zgok attend as well, but the biggest surprise was rihito’s dad showing up. granted, he only showed up to drop off the CD kumi had made for hikaru before she passed away, but that’s still gotta mean something? as nakamura previously stated on her twitter (said tweet has been removed for some reason, though), there are still some pages yet to be released since they didn’t fit into the latest release of the opera magazine. so i’m hoping there’s more to the issue with rihito and his dad to get some sort of closure. i’m not expecting rihito’s dad to completely accept things given how he’s been up until this point but maybe just a normal conversation without yelling from the dad’s side. that’d be okay.

other than that i feel like things have been resolved relatively well, so it’s a good point to end off the series on. they’ve both come a long way since that fateful day in their second year of high school, and while things still aren’t perfect as they are now, it’ll get better.

it’s going to be sad and strange to see this long-running series end soon. of course it’s got to end sometime but it’s all been so incredibly good that i just want it to keep going. even so, i’m looking forward to what asumiko nakamura has in store for us in the future.

[chibisunnie]

Blanc Ch 8 Translation

EDIT: BLANC HAS BEEN LICENSED IN ENGLISH!! :D It is now released and can be ordered from all the places listed on Seven Seas’ site here: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/classmates-vol-6-blanc/ Since deleting a tumblr post from my page won’t delete it everywhere on tumblr, I figured the best thing to do would just be to delete the pictures from my translation and then whenever anyone clicks the read more they’d see this update and the link of where to buy it. So if you want to read it, go buy the official version or request it from your public library! :D Under the cut is my translation for Blanc Ch 8! ^_^ Thank you as always to @aliciacentolla​  for letting me use her pictures of the raws for this post! :D Also thank you to Kai for answering my “is this an idiom or a grammar thing I haven’t learned yet?” questions so that I could ensure this is as accurate as possible! ^_^

I’m still working on Ch 7 (this semester killed me @_@) but Ch 8 was so intense that I ended up translating 20 pages the weekend it came out. ^^; So I figured I might as well just finish it up and post it before Ch 7. ^^; I advise you read this chapter somewhere where it’s okay to scream and cry. @_@ Seriously. Have tissues ready. You will need them. T_T

Please support Nakamura-sensei and buy the mangas if you’re able! Vol 1-3 of Doukyuusei are available in English (they call it Classmates) at pretty much all places that sell mangas, and you can buy the rest of the series and the current issues of Opera that contain Blanc on amazon.jp or CDjapan (they even have ebook versions, but they’re always at least 1 issue behind for the magazine)! Also Seven Seas has a survey on their website where you can request titles you want them to license. So if you haven’t yet requested them to license the rest of Doukyuusei (Sora to Hara, O.B., and Blanc), let your voice be heard and fill it out! :D

Pg 1: Panel 1 Box 1: ------------Huh? Where is…   Panel 2 Box 1: …that song? Box 2:  I thought I included that song. Box 3: Let me see… Box 4: Huh?   Panel 3 Box 1: What song was it again?   Panel 4 Box 1: Uhhhh… Box 2: No. Box 3: Wait. Box 4: Wait!

Pg 2: Panel 1 Box 1: Wait!   Panel 2 Middle of Page: Nakamura Asumiko Right side text line 1: A thing we can’t go recover, a thing we’re unable to turn back. Right side text line 2: Continually spilling, the time flows moment by moment…

Pg 3: Panel 1 Bubble 1: Gasp Bubble 2: ------------We’ve arrived.   Panel 2 Bubble 1: That’ll be 2620 yen.

Pg 4: Panel 1 Top part: Past Issues:   Main Box: Three years since graduation, Kusakabe and Sajou have been in a long-distance relationship where they haven’t been able to see each other and became distant. In this situation, Sajou’s mother Kumi has been hospitalized with cancer, and Kusakabe offered to help her. Kumi said, “I want to listen to music chosen by you, Kusakabe-kun,” and when he gave it to her, the final track included a song he had made himself about Sajou. That lead to him getting inspired to start afresh, but meanwhile……….

Pg 5: NO TEXT

Pg 6: Panel 1 Bubble 1: ………….. Bubble 2: How did………….   Panel 2 Bubble 1: …They said it was pneumonia.   Panel 3 Bubble 1: Because last time they had to perform a small surgery on her lung, Bubble 2: it was quite frail. Bubble 3: And because of that… Bubble 4: Um….

Pg 7: Panel 1 Bubble 1: Well, umm… Bubble 2: There’s really not much…   Panel 2 Bubble 1: But…   Panel 3 Bubble 1: Still, I’ll try to do absolutely… Bubble 2: ...everything I can…   Panel 4 Bubble 1: -----------Who is this?

Pg 8: Panel 1 Bubble 1: What the heck are you--?   Panel 2 Bubble 1: No one except family can be in here! Bubble 2: Dad!   Panel 3 Bubble 1: This is improper, you know that, right? Bubble 2: Get out of here!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: No! Bubble 2: He’s-- Bubble 3: I…

Pg 9: Panel 1 Bubble 1: …I’ll go home. Bubble 2: You’re allowed to stay! Bubble 3: Rihito!   Panel 3 Bubble 1: He’s…   Panel 4 Bubble 1: He’s my partner!

Pg 10: Panel 1 SFX: Shaaa   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Rihito!

Pg 11: Panel 1 Bubble 1: I know that…   Panel 2 Bubble 1: …I shouldn’t have said that last thing.   Panel 3 Bubble 1: But… SFX: Tremble SFX: Tremble Bubble 2: …I couldn’t stop myself.     Panel 4 Bubble 1: Those things Bubble 2: he said to you…   Panel 5 Bubble 1: …are unforgivable…!!

Pg 12: Panel 2 Bubble 1: …………….. Bubble 2: What…?

Pg 13: Panel 2 Bubble 1: …What are you saying?   Panel 3 Bubble 1: You’re…   Panel 4 Bubble 1: …Mom had known everything.

Pg 14: Panel 1 Bubble 1: I’ve Bubble 2: always…

Panel 2 SFX: SLAP

  Panel 3 Bubble 1: RIHITO!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: Are you okay?! Bubble 2: Cough Bubble 3: Haah

Pg 15: Panel 1 Bubble 1: Haah Bubble 2: What kind of… Bubble 3: What kind of plan was this?   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Haah Bubble 2: At a time like this…     Panel 3 Bubble 1: You…   Panel 4 Bubble 1: Mom just died! Bubble 2: What a perverse…   Panel 5 Bubble 1: HAVE YOU NO SHAME?!!

Pg 16: Panel 1 Bubble 1: SHOULDN’T YOU BE THE ONE WHO IS ASHAMED?!   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Your own son said that he likes men Bubble 2: and because you don’t accept it…   Panel 3 Bubble 1: …you hit him! You’re a horrible person!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: Rihito.

Pg 17: Panel 1 Bubble 1: I’m the one who should be embarrassed! Bubble 2: Since I was born to an old-fashioned bigot of a dad like you!   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Stop it, Rihito!   Panel 3 Bubble 1: You work overseas and yet your worldview hasn’t expanded at all!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: Because of that, you didn’t notice anything at all about your son! Bubble 2: Your wife as well! Even though you outlived her, Bubble 3: you left her all alone and made her last years Bubble 4: sad and lonely! Bubble 5: Rihito, stop!

Pg 18: Panel 1 Bubble 1: You’re queer! Bubble 2: You became queer!   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Since when?! Bubble 2: It’s because of… Bubble 3: You became like this after going to that low-ranking school!   Panel 3 Bubble 1: WHAT?! Bubble 2: Don’t!!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: You’re in front of your mom!!   Panel 5 Bubble 1: …Is this your fault…?

Pg 19: Panel 1 Bubble 1: What a… Bubble 2: Your hair too. It’s so provocative because it’s a weird color and long…   Panel 2 Bubble 1: You don’t have any decency, do you?! Bubble 2: It’s you, isn’t it?!     Panel 3 Bubble 1: It’s your fault that Rihito is deviant!!   Panel 4 Bubble 1: SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

Pg 20: Panel 1 Bubble 1: I WISH YOU HAD DIED INSTEAD!!

Pg 21: NO TEXT

Pg 22: NO TEXT

Pg 23: Panel 2 Bubble 1: …I’m going back.   Panel 3 Bubble 1: Because there are things regarding the funeral service and such……….. Bubble 2: …Ahh. Bubble 3: Will you be okay? Bubble 4: Yeah………….   Panel 5 Bubble 1: …Sorry. Bubble 2: About saying that unexpected thing.   Bubble 3: Huh? Bubble 4: Introducing you as my partner.

Pg 24: Panel 1 Bubble 1: Right now we’re… Bubble 2: You know…   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Umm… Bubble 2: For me, that’s…   Panel 3 Bubble 1: …that’s been Bubble 2: the plan all along.

Pg 25: Panel 1 Bubble 1: I’ve been waiting for you.   Panel 2 Bubble 1: Well then, Bubble 2: take care of yourself so you don’t catch a cold, okay? Bubble 3: And ice down your cheek. Bubble 4: Ah--   Panel 3 Bubble 1: Tell me when you’ve decided the date of the funeral service and such. Bubble 2: I will. Bubble 3: Umm….

Pg 26: Panel 3 Bottom text: Blanc #8 / End

[houkagokappa]

I read my English copies of Doukyuusei today and it made me love the series even more than I already do. I reread it quite a lot, but I usually skip the very beginning so it was fun to read the first volume again and discover some smaller details I had forgotten about (also to see just how much Nakamura’s artstyle has changed over the years!)

It broke my heart to read Kumi’s introduction and I almost started crying during her scenes, because I love her so much and I hate to be reminded of what’s going on in blanc (I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS OVER CHAPTER 8). The scene were Sajou comes out to her and she meets Kusakabe is one of my favourites in the entire series :’(

Overall it’s a really nice publication. There were a couple of instances were the translation could’ve been smoother, but that’s something I’m very nitpicky about especially since I’ve also read the Japanese volumes and know the language used there, but other than that it’s very high quality and something you should be spending your money on. I hope they’ll license the sequels as well!

[chrryblssmninja]

Japan Cuts Film Festival 2021

 https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/japan-cuts-festival-of-new-japanese-film

In-person (New York City) and online through September 2.

Titles below can be rented to stream for $1-10 in the USA with free registration.

Feature Slate (Online)                                

Come and Go 2020. 158 min. Directed by Kah Wai Lim.

Tourists, foreigners and social outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama that weaves through multiple characters' lives to reveal a universal loneliness in the heart of the melting pot city.

Company Retreat 2021. 135 min. Directed by Atsushi Funahashi.              Following a workplace sexual harassment incident that leads to social media bullying, a group of co-workers gather for a seaside vacation that quickly turns ugly when they broach the #MeToo elephant in the room.

The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea 2021. 76 min. Dir. by Sara Ogawa.

In this poignant coming-of-age tale, 18-year-old former foster child Hana reconciles trauma and chosen family. A stunning, naturalistic drama lensed by longtime Hirokazu Kore-eda DP Yutaka Yamazaki.

It’s a Summer Film! 2020. 97 min. Directed by Soushi Matsumoto.              

A precocious chanbara-obsessed teen and her friends aspire to make a samurai film over the course of one summer in this endearing take on a coming-of-age story, replete with teen romance and a sci-fi twist.

Ito 2021. 116 min. Directed by Satoko Yokohama.              

Returning to her birthplace of Aomori, Satoko Yokohama introduces Ito, a painfully shy high schooler reconnecting with her matrilineal practice of Tsugaru-shamisen while learning the ropes part-time in a unique maid cafe.

Wife of a Spy 2020. 115 min. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.              

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first historical drama is a dizzying tale of suspicion, betrayal, and love during WWII, featuring surprising metafilmic turns and condemnation of colonialism, with a brave performance by Yu Aoi.

Wonderful Paradise 2020. 95 min. Directed by Masashi Yamamoto.              

As a family moves out of their luxury home, a group of increasingly eccentric guests arrive for an impromptu farewell party that turns into a surreal carnival in this energetic comedy from indie auteur Masashi Yamamoto.

Next Generation (Online)                                    

B/B 2020. 77 min. Directed by Kosuke Nakahama.              

In this highly imaginative and stylish debut, a pop culture-obsessed high school girl with dissociative identity disorder is questioned by a psychiatrist and police detective in connection to a murder case.

Mari and Mari 2021. 91 min. Directed by Tatsuya Yamanishi.              

A casting agent’s life is turned upside down when his longtime girlfriend, Mari, suddenly disappears—only to be replaced (without explanation) by a complete stranger bearing the same name.

My Sorry Life 2021. 95 min. Directed by Kozue Nomoto.              

A driven TV producer, perturbed by her doting ex-comedian boyfriend’s desire to have children, finally takes the lead on a new series in which she works with a young trans man who changes her perspective.

Sasaki in My Mind 2020. 118 min. Directed by Takuya Uchiyama.              

In the midst of a quarter-life crisis, a frustrated actor’s memories of the immature antics of a class clown bring on renewed appreciation for youthful dreams and abandoned creative ambitions in this surprising debut.

Spaghetti Code Love 2021. 96 min. Directed by Takeshi Maruyama.              

In this beautifully lensed and ambitious drama, a disparate group of young people connected by chance or circumstance struggle to find love and acceptance amidst the pressures of modern life in Tokyo.

Town Without Sea 2020. 105 min. Directed by Elaiza Ikeda.              

A shy high schooler is at a crossroads wondering what happiness means—and if he’s ready to pursue it amongst attachment to friends, family, and taiko drumming in Tagawa, Fukuoka—in this debut by actress Elaiza Ikeda.

Classics (Online)                                  

Hiruko the Goblin 1991. 89 min. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.              

30th Anniversary—New 2K Restoration! Fresh off the success of his trailblazing cyberpunk debut, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tsukamoto’s foray into lighter genre convention relishes in over-the-top comedy and body horror effects.

Robinson’s Garden 1988. 119 min. Directed by Masashi Yamamoto.              

Newly Remastered! Late one night, free-spirited Kumi stumbles across a flourishing garden in a derelict industrial site and takes it upon herself to create a DIY haven for outcasts and punks from all walks of life.

To Sleep So as to Dream 1986. 80 min. Directed by Kaizo Hayashi.              

35th Anniversary—New 2K Restoration! An aging silver-screen starlet seeks the aid of two steadfast detectives when her daughter is kidnapped for ransom in this unforgettable, dream-like ode to silent cinema.

Documentary Focus (Online)                                    

No Smoking 2019. 96 min. Directed by Taketoshi Sado.              

This intimate portrait documentary follows legendary musician and composer Haruomi Hosono—founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra—as he candidly talks about his life and travels overseas to play concerts.

Ushiku 2021. 87 min. Directed by Thomas Ash.              

Japan’s restrictive refugee policies materialize in Ushiku immigration detention center, where people languish for years under threat of deportation. Using hidden cameras, this brave work is an urgent call for human rights.

Why You Can’t Be Prime Minister 2020. 119 min. Directed by Arata Oshima.      What keeps popular policies of social welfare from the seat of power? Over nearly two decades, Arata Oshima follows a politician navigating splintered opposition parties in a landscape dominated by the rightwing.

Experimental Spotlight (Online)                                  

The Blue Danube 2021. 105 min. Directed by Akira Ikeda.              

The absurdity of war and mindless bureaucracy is put on full display in this entrancing tale of a young man assigned to his unit’s marching band, approached with surprisingly profound and moving deadpan comedy.

Double Layered Town 2021. 81 min. Dir. by Haruka Komori & Natsumi Seo.              As the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe of March 11, 2011 reaches its ten year anniversary, this deeply imaginative and empathetic film approaches the past and future of the city of Rikuzentakata.                    

Experimental Shorts Program 2021. 84 min. Yu Araki, Takuya Chisaka, Masami Kawai, Hakhyun Kim, Hirofumi Nakamoto, Onohana, Koki Tanaka, Nao Yoshigai, Yoko Yuki.              

In a range of boundary-breaking shorts from handmade animation to essay film, abstract nature documentary, and lo-fi sci-fi, filmmakers reimagine past and future terrains.

Narrative Shorts Program 2021. 103 min. Anshul Chauhan, Mayu Nakamura, Toshiaki Toyoda, Yoko Yamanaka.              

A samurai condemns corruption on the eve of his death, and friends and lovers reconnect and break apart during COVID-19 lockdown in this outstanding collection of shorts by established and up-and-coming directors.

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Sentai Announces Upcoming Titles

Sentai Filmworks have unveiled upcoming releases for April as well as new acquisitions:

HOUSTON, TX — February 11, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired rights to the suspense-filled thriller Babylon, the anime series based on Mado Nozaki’s popular light novels. Sentai plans to release the series on Blu-ray as well as digital sell-through via select outlets.

Zen Seizaki, dedicated prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, is assigned a seemly cut-and-dry case of false advertisement on part of a pharmaceutical company. But what starts as a routine investigation soon turns into something much darker, the strange details of the case painting a portrait of corruption and deceit that permeates the mayoral election being run in the newly formed Shiniki District. Soon Seizaki discovers depravity that puts at risk the very fabric of the Japanese justice system — not to mention Seizaki’s own sense of right and wrong.

The anime is a production of studio Revoroot (FLCL Alternative) and directed by Kiyotaka Suzuki (Psycho-Pass 2); Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga) provided the series’ musical composition. Babylon features the vocal talents of Takahiro Sakurai (Psycho-Pass) as Shinobu Kujin, Satsuki Yukino (When They Cry) as Ai Magase and Yuichi Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen) as Zen Seizaki. The series will be released on home video, including Blu-ray and digital sell-through, in Spring 2021.

Sentai announced today that it acquired NANA, the 47-episode anime series produced by Madhouse and based on the manga by Ai Yazawa (NEIGHBORHOOD STORY, TENSHI NANKA JA NAI) with 40+ million copies sold. The series has been upconverted from its original format to vivid high definition.    

Two twenty-somethings seemingly share nothing in common apart from their first name, but a chance meeting on a train bound for Tokyo sets Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki on a collision course with destiny. Nana Komatsu, a love-at-first-sight dreamer, aims to find enduring happiness in the big city. Nana Osaki, neo punk rock vocalist, pursues her burning ambitions of musical stardom and worldwide fame. As their fates increasingly intertwine, they each chase their dreams — until the harsh realities of life in big city Tokyo threaten to tear everything apart.

A production of studio Madhouse (No Game, No Life, Parasyte -the maxim-, DEATH NOTE), NANA is directed by Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, MY Love STORY!!, Cardcaptor Sakura) with series composition by Tomoko Konparu (Blue Spring Ride, Sunday Without God, Glass Mask) and music by Tomoki Hasegawa (Mysterious Girlfriend X, D.N.Angel, Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei). The series stars Romi Park (Land of the Lustrous, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Shaman King) as punk-rocker Nana Osaki and KAORI (Kaleido Star, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Pokémon: Advanced Generation) as the cheerful Nana Komatsu.

Sentai is planning an HD version for release on digital outlets with an HD home video release to follow.

Sentai announced today that it acquired home video rights to the action thriller series HERO MASK, a Studio Pierrot (Tokyo Ghoul, Bleach) production, through a worldwide licensing arrangement (excluding Asia).

Detective James Blood, member of an elite police unit, pushes the edges of law enforcement to bring down the criminal threats and terrorist organizations plaguing a beautiful metropolitan city. When the murder of Crown Prosecutor Monica Campbell crosses his desk, Blood finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy involving LIVE, a two-faced corporate conglomerate with ties to the sordid underworld of human experimentation. With Sarah Sinclair — the only witness to Campbell’s death — at his side, Blood will have to face an army of mask-wearing superhumans to uncover the truth and stop LIVE before its plans can come to dark fruition…

HERO MASK stars Yasuyuki Kase (The Perfect Insider, 91 Days) as James Blood, Yuuko Kaida (The Promised Neverland, A Certain Scientific Railgun) as Sarah Sinclair, Kouki Uchiyama (Amagi Brilliant Park, Haikyuu!!) as Harry Creighton and Junpei Morita (Eureka Seven, Naruto: Shippuden) as Lennox Gallagher. Director Hiroyasu Aoki (assistant director Hunter x Hunter Movie 2: The Last Mission) provides series composition and the script.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

Coming April 2021

      Title:                 ELFEN LIED

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         350 min.

Street Date:      4/6/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Critics have described Elfen Lied as “weird,” (Anime Planet), “surprisingly sadistic,” (Gamers Edge), and “addictive”(Animesou).  No wonder, when you consider what makes this series hum!  Lucy,  a beautiful young mutant, is bred by the military to be the ultimate weapon. Now, with government killers on her trail, the disposition of a five year old, and a hair trigger for ultraviolence, Lucy and her young friends must unravel the dark secret of her legacy before it’s too late.

    Title:                 IRON GIRL: FINAL WARS

Published by:    Switchblade Pictures

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         90 min.

Street Date:      4/6/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $19.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Chris may have survived the Apocalypse, but there are still plenty of threats from the past lurking in the ruins of civilization… and now one of them is actively looking for her! At least, that’s how it seems when she encounters Joe, a member of the resistance who is trying to discover why the artificial intelligence known as JUDA has been sending out murderous cyborgs with a certain heroine as their target! Even more unnerving is the fact that a mysterious young girl Sara has been having dreams calling to Chris for help… even though the two of them have never met! And if killer cyborgs alone aren’t terrifying enough, JUDA has doubled their lethality by equipping their resurrected warriors with the latest in sword technology in IRON GIRL: FINAL WARS! 

    Title:                 SUNDAY WITHOUT GOD

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         325 min.

Street Date:      4/6/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

  SYNOPSIS:  In a world abandoned by God, the bodies of the dead will continue to walk unless they are buried by one of the mysterious Gravekeepers. Ai, one of the last children in a world where no more can be born, becomes her small village’s Gravekeeper when her mother, the previous Gravekeeper, passes on… but the arrival of a pale gun-wielding stranger destroys her village and what little remained of Ai’s old existence. Is this seemingly immortal man possibly an important figure from Ai’s past? Uncertain of what else to do, Ai finds herself compelled to set forth on a mission to learn the secrets of this strange world without proper death, unravel the mysteries of her own past, and, hopefully, find a way to put the dead permanently to rest in SUNDAY WITHOUT GOD!

    Title:                 KIDS ON THE SLOPE

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      4/13/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $59.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Kaoru Nishimi has spent his life on the move, always struggling to fit in to new schools and having to push on just when he’d started to set down roots. But when he comes to stay with his extended family in seaside Kyushu, things will be different. Kaoru wanders through high school, meeting friends who change his life forever, and discovers a new kind of music that affects him like nothing ever has before.Ritsuko, the girl whose family owns the music store, and Sentaro, the high school delinquent, both set in motion Kaoru’s fascination with this amazing thing called Jazz. Fashions may change and fads come and go, but when you put a couple of musically obsessed teens together and let them follow their muse, magic is sure to happen in THE KIDS ON THE SLOPE!

    Title:                 LAIDBACKERS

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         60 min.

Street Date:      4/13/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $29.98

  SYNOPSIS:  A funny thing happened to Kumi when she moved to Kyoto to take over her grandmother’s sweet shop. While she does find a store that sells cheap snacks, the supposedly empty adjoining residence is instead inhabited by three other girls: Harami, Mai, and K, plus a dog, who claim to be legendary heroes reincarnated into our world! However, that’s not as exciting as it sounds, as the Demon Lord they were seeking never showed up, so they’ve just been hanging out, waiting for something interesting to happen. That’s when ANOTHER cute young girl, Ran, shows up, and it seems that she WAS the Demon Lord, but botched up her own resurrection and now wants to make amends for the things that she did in the past. But in order to do that, she’s going to need a little demon-hunting help from the LAIDBACKERS!            

    Title:                 KAIJI

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         1250 min.

Street Date:      4/20/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $99.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Unemployed degenerate Kaiji Ito spent his time drinking, gambling, and racking up bills, and was sure that his life had hit rock bottom. Then that bottom fell out when Endo the Loan Shark arrived to inform him of a friend’s default on a loan that Kaiji foolishly co-signed, making Kaiji responsible for a soul crushing 3,000,000 yen! But there is one possible way out; if Kaiji goes to a secret gambling ship and plays successfully for one night, his debt could be absolved. It’s a trick, of course, but what choice does Kaiji have? Trapped into playing a series of increasingly ruthless contests that are hopelessly rigged against the players, Kaiji finds himself a pawn in a competition where the game pieces aren’t expected to survive… and the real players are all actively betting against KAIJI!

    Title:                 ASSASSINS PRIDE STEELBOOK

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         300 min.

Street Date:      4/27/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $99.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Against the savage monsters that lurk outside the glass walls of Flandore, the last remnants of humanity have only one defense: the mana magic wielded only by members of the Noble class. When Melida, heiress to House of Angel, fails to manifest her magic upon reaching majority, the half-vampire Kufa is sent with orders from her own Grandfather to resolve the issue… and if Melida cannot manifest mana, Kufa is to execute her for the crime of impure blood. But when Melida fails the test, Kufa can’t bring himself to kill the spirited young woman whose only fault was to have an adulterous mother. And so, instead, he commits the crime of giving Melida some of his own mana. Now, bound by magic and a deadly secret, the two must work together in order to stay alive in ASSASSINS PRIDE!

    Title:                 HERO MASK

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         600 min.

Street Date:      4/27/2021

Format:             BD

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $89.98

  SYNOPSIS:  Are a series of bombings and the murder of a high-ranking government official linked to the actions of the huge international pharmaceutical company LIVE? Ordered to investigate, Detective James Blood of the Special Service of Crime quickly discovers far more than just a conspiracy. There’s a new technology on the street: masks as thin as paper that completely alter the appearance of the wearer’s face while also granting amazing strength and agility… at the cost of years off their users’ lives! Together with assistant attorney/murder witness Sarah Sinclair, Blood must unearth the secrets behind the masks and their connection to LIVE’s mysterious founder. But the clock is ticking down and James and Sarah may already be living on borrowed time. Because when the ultimate disguise powers the ultimate human killing machines, death can be lurking anywhere in HERO=MASK!

      About Section23 Films:

Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan, Kraken Releasing and AEsir Holdings.  With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.