#Kyotama

[yaoiadderall]

fuck it we ball. ohshc text posts (1/?)

[ayilings]

they’re formative yaoi to me

[animefeminist]

J Michael Tatum discusses returning to Spice and Wolf, dubbing philosophy, and Ouran's queer legacy

J Michael Tatum is a juggernaut of the English dubbing sphere. He started out as a secondary character in 2005’s Samurai 7, a mecha-flavored adaptation of the Kurosawa film, and from there went on to play multiple iconic roles, including Sebastian Michaelis, Scar, Okabe Rintaro, and Isaac Dion. Most importantly for today’s discussion, however, are his turns as traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence (Spice and Wolf) and host club manager (and Shadow King) Ohtori Kyoya (Ouran High School Host Club).

We sat down with Tatum to talk about radical recent changes in the dubbing industry, what it’s like being a highly visible gay voice actor, and Ouran’s enduring appeal.

Anime Feminist: Just to start off with something probably a lot of folks have asked you at this point: but what’s it like playing Lawrence again after all these years?

J Michael Tatum: Oh, such a gift. BrIna and I both—Brina Palencia, who plays Holo–so love those characters and that franchise that we’ve been dreaming of getting to revisit them for years because we never really got to finish it. And we loved it so much that we came back for the audiobook when they asked us even though we don’t typically do audiobooks, because they’re very time-consuming. But we love those characters so much we couldn’t resist. And then now [there’s] the reboot, so it is lovely.

It’s always such a wonderful feeling to get to come back to characters that you feel a relationship with, that you feel akin to. Now, I’m older, hopefully a little wiser and have more tricks up my sleeve that we can bring to the performance that I wouldn’t have thought of when I was, you know, 18 years younger. I’m also just so glad that here I am, pushing 50, and I could still play him. [Laughs]

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[tizzymcwizzy]

kyotama pls

i initially planned for this to be jokier but i drew it too well so i guess its serious now MHESGRNHLJFG

[jmgangel]

That one post that’s like “if I was attracted to a blond man I’d keep that to myself” but it’s Haruhi and Kyouya to each other about Tamaki.

[mossiestpiglet]

like can we please talk about the fact that honey and mori literally have to hold kyoya back while he is shouting at tamaki’s dad because kyoya is so fired up while detailing all the ways yuzuru has hurt tamaki that he might actually attack him??

you are the third son of one of the most powerful families in japan. your whole life is an exercise in restraint. but you just found out that all the pain your best friend- the one person in the world who matches your passion and understands you completely- all his pain was deemed acceptable collateral by his own father. all your restraint is gone.

[mossiestpiglet]

thought about the sports comp arc and i need to lie down.. tamaki manipulated their entire school just to give kyoya the opportunity to be truly openly himself but also to give HIM the chance to fairly compete with kyoya because they are the same. they are both competitive and driven but tamaki never gets to have full access to this side of kyoya normally because kyoya always holds back, which cheapens any victory tamaki earns. they are perfect for each other and always have been and they revolve around each other and pull each other forward like no one else.

like YES we know kyoya has been rearranging his furniture levels of obsessed with tamaki from the beginning, but its fully reciprocated. tamaki will rearrange their world just for the chance to see the fire inside kyoya again.

[pinytree]

You said, "We're not together" So now when we kiss, I have anger issues

[16th-of-a-twigg]

🌸 Personally signed photo's from the Host Club? Take my money senpai! 🌸 Ko-fi (This is a redraw/clean up of an old sketch)

[nekromeowncer]

Cringetober Day 10: Ship Dynamic

Featuring two serious people and their dumbass! (Or alternatively, two cats and their golden retriever)

Prompt list beneath the cut! vvvv

[paunchsalazar]

crush

[diakais]

Daddy & Mommy

[silly-cherries]

big fan of the "for twenty five years I've lived with him, fought with him, starved with him. twenty five years my bed is his, if that's not love, what is?" ships

[blue-cobalt]

Kyoya after Haruhi and Tamaki came into his life

[blutide-basslines]

I personally think Tamaki finds so much joy in flustering his bf

[citrus-wall-paint]

the Host Club doing summer things (Pride and Beach) cause i love them!