#Matsuoka Rina

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Tokyo Revengers Oc’s (repost)

Misa Takahashi

She’s half black (Jamaican) on her mother’s side and Asian on her father’s, her father left when she’s was about 2-3 and her mother remarried but she and her brother never liked him. She use to get bullied for her need like tendencies and the fact she looked different which lead her to be a crybaby, until she met Rina. And soon the rest of the Toman guys, she watched them fight and Gou and her older cousin Trevor taught her to fight. She soon snapped when the boys that bullied her targeted her again and beat the shit outta if the main one, from then on she was told never to cry again by Baji and Kazutora. She is apart of Toman and is considered a founding member alongside her best friend but she wasnt able to join at the time but was considered the “little sister” of the group by Draken. She is in a specialized division made up of only two people called “The Toman Divas” the only female centered devision in Toman, and their fight styles are not to be underestimated. She is quite smart for her age thus she got bumped up a grade in school but that never mattered to her step dad who praised her brother more for being a prodigy.

Misa is the vice captain in the two woman devision and in a romantic relationship with Keisuke Baji. Her fighting style is inspired by “Black Widow” her favorite marvel comic character.She is the twin sister of Tetta Kisaki (or Kisaki Tetta). Whether or not she’s the older or younger twin is a mystery to many. Not many people believed that Kisaki is her twin brother since they look nothing alike and because she has a different last name than him. “Takahashi” is her mother’s maiden name upon moving to japan but when it’s revealed by Kisaki that Misa is his sister many Toman members were fairly shocked. She also has a very complicated dating life (based on recent posts)

But is she on Kisaki’s side since she’s his sister?

Rina (Rinnah) Matsuoka

She’s 15 and born on November 18th and stands about 5’5 1/2, her family moved to japan when her mom remarried. But don’t let her girly girl looks fool you, she’s one kick ass tomboy founding member of Toman and Misa’s best friend. She is the “Toman Divas” devision captain and she has a knack for putting other members in their places when they act insubordinate. She’s taken self defense classes since she was a child and she then was able to pair it with Misa as the fight together.

In her first appearance she looks rather masc than feminine since she doesn’t wear makeup to meetings. Her and Misa are the only two women devision in Toman and they are unstoppable together. Rina knows when and where to keep it classy and when to fight, other than that she’s an absolute tease (especially to Misa) and is always thinking about cute boys. One of which is Chifuyu who so happens to have a crush on her.

Gouske Matsuoka (Gou)

He’s about 28 in the year 2005 when the events take place, he’s Rina’s older brother and worked at S.S Motors with his best friend Shinichiro Sano. He was almost recruited to join Black Dragon under Shinichiro and was supposed to be third commander with Takeomi but placed as a leader of an other special attack unit since his fighting skills were more so unbeatable but declined his offer and rather focus on easier tasks while he was still attending school, besides he promised his late father to only protect his family with his strength. Eventually he caved and joined for a short while and he was the best fighter there was according to Shinichiro. He is very well educated on all the gangs in Japan and often informs newbies on them. After Shinichiro passed he decided to continue college and joined a swim team. He looks out for the Sano’s here and there and looks out for Misa.

When the Tenjiku battle comes he returns to Tokyo just to find out his sister and best friend have went missing and went to hell and back just to save them. He was called the “Black Panther” of Black Dragon because his fighting style was almost animalistic.

Ericka Mashima-Bryant

Born February 19th 1978, standing about 5’6 and considered to be the eldest member of Tenjiku but her title is the “Fiery Tactician” due to her wisdom on fighting styles and techniques. She‘a mainly known as “Roppongi’s Siren” because her looks and beautiful yet hypnotic voice lured men in before she beats them up. She is American born but her mother is Japanese and her father a former very popular rapper back in the day. But when he had Ericka after her triplet older brothers (Maeda, Zion and Ezra) the dad had to put a halt on his already growing career for a while. They moved to japan so the mom can be closer to family, as her older brothers they taught her how to fight. She had trouble fitting in because she was a foreigner but also because she has self confidence issues due to her birthmarks, little did she know each birthmark conveyed a reason to why she was so knowledgeable and compassionate. Young Kakucho has a bit of a crush on her because she was so incredibly kind to him. She is best friends with Izana’s girlfriend Ashanti.

But nonetheless she knows how to fight and one fateful day she caught the eye of Ran Haitani and his younger brother Rindou Haitani when she was beating up a guy who inappropriately touched her. Ran called out causing her to stop and crouched downward to her level and forced her to look at him with one hand and called her “beautiful yet vicious” and decided he wanted her to be his. From then on she joined them in their rule over Roppongi and followed them where ever they went, even moved in with them. She’s not really a blonde but she had her hair dyed before meeting Ran, though his charismatic personality cause a bit of hiccups in their relationship but Ran always reminded her when ever they argued that she “belongs to him” hence why she wears the other earring he wears. Though he had a change of heart after his arrest making sure he’d show her just how important she is to him.

{With and Without Coat}

Ashanti Adekunle

Born June 20th 1987, 18, stands at 5’2 is the daughter of Ghanaian woman and Nigerian father, her mom passed from an illness. Her dad was a very successful businessman who often donated to charities like hospitals, foster care and more, he even took Ashanti to a foster care center. That’s when she met Izana and Kakucho, Izana seemed to like her a lot that he asked her to hang out with him so she begged her dad to drop her off often. Her dad was still suffering over his wife’s death and started becoming distant, it pained Ashanti to see this and often stayed out more. Izana was surprisingly supportive of her situation and said she can be his Queen in his new empire he was building, that was his confession to her and they started dating. She’s besties with Ericka and helps her out with her relationship with Ran. She adores fashion and is studying to be a fashion designer, when she was given the opportunity to study abroad Izana told her to go for it. And like that she left promising to call every day and said she will be back soon. Little did she know her boyfriend would be dead when she returned. On top of that she was pregnant with his child.

Tianna Williams

Moved in with the Kisaki’s after Hu Tao moved out. She is a member of the toman divas, Tianna was there when Toman was first formed. She learned to fight from Atlas her older brother figure and was raised by Hu Tao most of her life rather than by her aunt (the Kisaki mom) and her husband. Since she learns how to box from Atlas she has a move where no one can tell which fist she’s gonna punch with. At first it was gonna be no girls in the gang but Mikey out of fear for Hu Tao didn’t argue with Tina and Rina who were about to start, and Baji gave them the title “Toman Divas”. Tianna didn’t have a bike yet by the time toman was formed but until she gets one she rides with Kazutora. After a while of hanging out with Tianna, Kazutora grew out of his crush on Rina who he normally picked fun at. He realized how cool she was and started to grow more of a liking to her when she visited him in juvie. Tianna has an attitude on her but it’s only because people give her a reason to, so she doesn’t take shit from no body nor does she like back handed comments and people who are full of themselves. She’s put quite a handful of people in their place because they saw themselves as high and mighty people and who doubted that she could fight.

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RIP FADED SNOW; YOU WERE REAL ONES. I suppose not everything can last forever .. Written by ██. February 29 2024

‘Drowning in the faded snow…’ is a quote which, frankly, means nothing, yet it was the catalyst for two young girls to string up formerly maimed guitars and surmise on just how much more thinking it would take to begin a band, just the two of them and their practically lifeless guitars? It would go nowhere. The older of the pair, frontwoman Matsuoka Yukiko (aptly named ‘snow child’) had several lyrics scribbled in her diary which were aided along with her keyboard and falling apart guitar, a thing she was so attached to she barely batted an eye at it despite the tunes beginning to dry up. However, she did have a specific phrase tattooed across her waist, it was fate apparently.

The second half of this pair, little Iguchi Rie was hesitant, as she always seems to be, hesitance clouding the beginning, the treacherous halfway point, and the booming end, yet it seems she could not resist the pull her childhood friend (now enemy seemingly) sported in that very moment. They were sixteen, but they did not long for fame, they longed to create art those could cherish, digging their endless thumbs into woven music they could not help but admire.

So it began, sifting through the music club, then over to sleepovers, cringy names which included Latin messaging which then eventually evolved into the titular 色褪せた雪—Iroaseta Yuki, Faded Snow, I can imagine the name initially earned laughs before it became their trademark, back when all of it was merely for fun.

Two guitarists (one sometimes on vocals), two drummers, and one vocalist, who, though she could play a bundle of instruments herself, was quoted to ‘have a voice for all’ made up the collection. It was a scant five; Matsuoka Yukiko, Iguchi Rie, Ejima Saori, Hirao Hatsune, and Ueto Sayaka, a clobbered together group of teenagers who tossed lyrics around in rooms with rickety lights, unknowing of what the future would bring despite their juvenile affairs.

The first two years brought little, a few perk ups and praises given by school teachers, some classmates deeming all of it ‘cool as shit’, but there wasn’t much of a true blowup, a couple of radio circulations there. They only ever had enough resources to release singles, 1998 saw the release of ‘Darline’ and in 1999 they released ‘Love as Asteroids’, the two singles clearly aren’t their best works considering what would quickly follow, but are still ample displays of just what they could do with what they had.

So then comes 2000, the group are in a bit of a split decision, something that always happens when all five of them are in the studio together, screaming matches ensuing over hours and hours of recording, Saori constantly having to act as peacekeeper in order to prevent any physical fights from forming. Eventually, the over fifty hours of studio quarreling ended up in their favor, because it birthed ‘Crime and Punishment’, released on leap day, their most famous single to date, which then catapulted them into fame they didn’t expect.

But how did that happen? It comes down to one woman: Adachi Rina, manager mom, the woman who can be credited for the groups rise in fame, and for their inevitable downfall. She’s got her perks, possibly lives a little too much in the past, but at least she treated the girls as human beings whilst they were under her care. Rina sensed potential, so she had ‘Crime and Punishment’ looping on radios until it got the attention of a small little label called Soundrays. Before the group knew it, they were national superstars.

Sort of.. the months following were riddled with clearly misogynistic remarks and comments regarding them as ‘one hit wonders’, some journalists even urging Rina to give up on the five, but in a move which is probably one of the only good things she’s done in her managing career, she did not.

So when the group, record label contract signed, studio screaming heightened to about 200% higher, they entered 2001 with their debut studio album ‘Caution! Snow Ahead!’. Aptly headlined by the single ‘Caution!’, it took the whole one hit wonder mantra, flipped it on its head, spat on it, then stomped it over with an irregularly huge shoe. With the members having most of the albums credits tied to their name, there was little argument, they weren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Later that year they won the Best New Artist and Record of The Year Award, described by an anonymous journalist as ‘the kind of group that uses typically bizarre ideas that they blend together beautifully’.

So what happened? What was the true cause of their downfall? On the 24th anniversary of Crime and Punishments release, the true reason behind their imminent split is still debated, heck, people are continuing to place bets on it, and it is clearly the result of the whole ‘creative differences’ reason being just too much of an easy out by their label.

And of course, the now feud between the two creators of the very band doesn’t ease suspicion either. Considering the things the members whisper, they definitely aren’t beating any allegations (they say the lover’s quarrel thing is old, it seems the rest of the band think so too), but what do I know about anything? I’m a mere internet dweller reporting on it two decades later. If Yukiko and Rie really did bring their years worth of work to an end all because of a bad breakup, all to just be the members who disliked each other the most following the split, then I would say its simply a beautiful display of true pettiness.

So what do you think, then? What really did cause the end of a group that seemed so unbreakable? So close that not a singular album could be forced out of the five? Was it actually because of aforementioned creative differences? Or was it an ever growing rift between two members with an over complicated relationship that killed it all? Was the groups said creator really as overbearing as some members enjoy implying? Well.. I can’t say anything concrete, but what I can reiterate is something interesting I recall Hatsune saying during a 2009 interview:

“Well I guess we aren’t really conventional— not in the way people expect for friends to be, I don’t enjoy our fights, nobody enjoys fights, but I feel tensions would be worse if such stress wasn’t lifted from our shoulders every time we argue over musical concepts in the studio. If we ever did break up, tomorrow or even next week, I really don’t know what would do it, it feels we’ve all seen each other’s worst sides already”.

Perhaps she was a fortune teller, much too knowing of their upcoming fate. Happy twenty four years to crime and punishment, rest in peace Faded Snow, you were too young when you went.

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anon from earlier, i've done it (with alternatives)

💙 Sophie: Maaya Sakamoto or Mikako Komatsu

💜 Clover: Ayane Sakura or Rie Kugimiya

💛 Zacharie: Ayumu Murase

🧡 Amber: Sora Amamiya, Rina Satou, or Sora Tokui

❤️ Alex: Mamoru Miyano or Showtaro Morikubo

Ethan: Hikaru Midorikawa or Shinnosuke Tachibana

Diana: Youko Hikasa or Megumi Han

Rosalia: Yukari Tamura

Marina: Aoi Yuuki or Yui Horie

Chandra: Asami Seto

Opal: Yuuma Uchida or Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Labra: Fumi Hirano or Ayahi Takagaki

Onyx: Takahiro Sakurai

I saw this in the car while moving and forgot to answer sdkfj;asdf but i remember thinking "mamoru miyano as alex would make me cackle very havrd bc i think mamoru miyano is funny fsr." and showtaro morikubo is perf bc i remember lking his voice for reiji kotobuki in utapri a lot and thinking i wanted a voice like that for alex lol

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what fcs do you recommend for lady bolton? at first i was thinking Anna Sawai but she doesn’t fit the age range

if you're specifically looking for a fc with period resources, hirose suzu, mayu matsuoka, rina kawaei, yokoto mayuu, moeka hoshi, and fumi nikaido could all fit the role! that said, we do not at all require period resources, so please don't hesitate to message us for more ideas if none of these lovely ladies fit your vision!

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Kizuna no Allele Season 2 Spoiler-Filled Review

Kizuna no Allele is an idolish music series directed by Kenichiro Komaya. Wit Studio and Signal.MD produce the series. Deko Akao wrote the show's scripts. The first season/cour aired from April to June 2023.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the sixty-third article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on Jan. 20, 2024.

The twelve-episode second season/cour begins with a lively opening. It continues to center around five individuals: Miracle (voiced by Ayumi Hinohara), Noelle (voiced by Yuka Nukui), Riz (voiced by Arisa Hanawa), Chris (voiced by Hikari Codama), and Quan (voiced by Rina Kawaguchi). All five go to Artist Garden (Aden) Academy. They team up as PathTLive, planning to beat their fellow students so they can enter the Virtual Grid Awards (VGA), representing the academy. However, they encounter bumps along the way.

This crops up in the first episode of this season. Miracle is impressed by another group, BRT5. At the same time, Quan's issues with self-confidence come to the surface. For one, she falsely believes that Miracle was only "being nice" to her and that she is weak, which is bringing down the group as a whole. To make matters worse, a dark-skinned character, Sofia (voiced by Yūna Kitahara), tries to recruit Chris, who growls with her, and believes Sofia is dangerous. More specifically, she sees Sofia as taking Miracle away from her, and is clearly jealous. Its one manifestation of the yuri subtext in this series. PathTLive's competitors include Zoe, Ximena, Halle, Jessie, Sarah, Ellie, and Niska, each in their own groups. This episode concludes, after Miracle's strategy is shot down and everyone wants to collaborate with artists other than Miracle, with Quan being recruited by BRT5.

Surely, there are VTuberesque post-credits scenes, intended on making the characters more personable, and a new ending sequence. Even so, Kizuna no Allele is still not my favorite, by a long shot. Despite that, it has some good parts. The series excelled in depicting Quan's struggles, insecurities, and self-doubt. She goes from not wanting to hold back the group to singing along with fellow BRT5 bandmates. She resolves to stay so she can surpass them.

At the same time, she remains friendly with Miracle in real-life. The reason for this is simple: she wants to walk by Miracle's side. She doesn't want others shining the light on her. She wants to shine the light on herself. Instead, she wants to be a "shine post" of sorts akin to characters in the Shine Post anime. Possibly, Quan is written as a positive portrayal of a trans or non binary person. This is clear, in some ways, to the viewer.

Miracle is deeply impacted by Quan's revelation of her real intentions and that the person in the atrium is herself in the real world. Miracle is upset, confused, and unsure what is going on. She meets Niska (voiced by Yūri Matsuoka), a woman who was part of BRT5, in a secluded cabin. Niska tells her that she should come back anytime she feels lost. Quan's suffering and struggling is somewhat equivalent to those having issues coming-out as queer. Quan grows a lot in the series. She goes from a shy and nervous person to a more self-confident woman fighting for a light that is hers alone. In a later episode, Halle reveals that she is pushing Quan to have more self-confidence, so she doesn't feel down about herself.

The romantic friendship between Chris and Miracle involves secret lessons and a visit to the aforementioned secret cabin. In the fifteenth episode of Kizuna no Allele, they talk with Niska about why she left BRT5. She recalls that her fellow comrades told her to focus on the group rather than being a designer. As a result, she quit the group. Her goal was to be a designer and virtual artist at the same time. In the same conversation, she argued that people don't understand each other or get along. In her view, this is because people look at how other people are different, rather than the same. Her words encourage Chris to ask Miracle to collaborate with her. However, this is a bit awkward. Noelle and Riz, good characters in their own right, are sidelined. In the end, Miracle and Chris do a music video collab.

Niska is an interesting character. She thanks Chris and Miracle after their collab, just like Jua (voiced by Nozomi Nagumo). Then she boldly declares she has "reserved" Miracle for herself, in the end of the fifteenth episode, before anyone else, including Jua, can collab with her. This confuses Miracle, who she describes as a person with potential and attractive qualities. Niska points out the latter in the sixteenth episode, saying Miracle needs someone to look out for her. Her sense of loneliness results in a scene, set on a boat in a lake (reminding me of the well-known scene in Tangled). It looks like a confession, with Miracle blushing after Niska holds her hand. Perhaps, a fan fic writer could pen a work about this.

The strong friendship between Riz and Noelle is key to the development of both characters in this season / cour. Both relax in a simulation resembling the Japanese-style inn run by her parents. It even comes with a virtual foot bath. This is perfect for Noelle, who is feeling down after seeing Quan playing with BRT5. One message from these interactions is that anxiety shouldn't be ignored. All the while, more about Noelle's backstory is explained. She believes her family see her as a "failure." She wants her family to see her true self so she can love herself. Themes such as self-empowerment are central in Kizuna no Allele.

Riz provides the right encouragement and confidence for Noelle. She pushes Noelle to make a song for her family. Noelle says that she shouldn't seek validation in numbers and argues that she cares about her family. Her mom, dad, and sister are glad. They praise her and say she is an amazing artist. This impresses Quan. She wants to practice more, until she watches the Niska-Miracle collab song, which blows her away. Later, Noelle and Riz do a collab video and train to improve their dancing. Their friendship is strong, despite some tensions.

While there might be romantic vibes between Riz and Noelle, they are more pronounced between Jua and Thea, two members of the virtual band VICONIC. In a post-credit video after the fifteenth episode, Jua says she knows Thea from the past and is friends with her in the real world. She even starts to talk about how Thea likes cute stuff. This is further emphasized in the twenty-first episode. Thea defends Jua to people who are trash talking her. She praises Jua for inspiring her dream to become a performer and calls Jua her light. Ultimately, Thea makes outfits for her and Jua. She says she wants to stand with Jua on stage as a partner rather than rival. Both say they like each other.

Other Kizuna no Allele episodes show the BRT5 members being jerks during a strange game of banana tag. In the same episode, the seventeenth in the series, Sarah's tsundere feelings toward Zoe are apparent. Again, there are some romantic vibes between them. On the other hand, none of these characters are officially in relationships. So any romance manifests in subtext and romantic friendship instead. Overall, the crisper animation, especially in non-VR dance scenes (better than season one, but still wonky), lend to a "cute girl" vibe.

By the eighteenth episode, tempers are flying between some characters. Riz is annoyed with Sofia for being too pushy after winning, and possibly cheating, in a card game. Noelle shows that she cares about Riz is going through, after Riz says she was frustrated and felt pathetic. In a manner that hints at possible romantic feelings between them, she touches Riz's chest, saying there might be some hidden data she didn't know about. Noelle says it is terrible to be frustrated. She adds that frustration gives you a chance to think about yourself and improve your skills. They bond together even more. Later, Riz teases Noelle about being a "pro".

Kizuna no Allele goes further in the nineteenth episode. There's a unit battle, Ximena crushing on Jessie, and a mysterious person in the shadows. Loneliness, lack of self-confidence, and friendship are key themes. However, this series tends to raise the stakes, but not give viewers the pay off, making such story development weak. While saying this, some elements are executed well. I liked how wishes were represented as butterflies in the twentieth episode. The series connects this with the idea that people decide their own forms and break through their shells (of sorts). This is especially the case for Miracle. She can't choose one wish out of her many wishes. On the other hand, this idea is less effective than Nanami's statement in Revolutionary Girl Utena: "if we don't crack the world's shell, we will die without ever truly being born."

Undoubtedly there were some fun recommended videos. For instance, in one video, Jua is disappointed at lack of similarities with Quan, with both loving heavy metal, rad and smashing music videos, and drama. Even so, these elements are mostly subpar. This is coupled with episodes of inconsistent length and bizarre "hip" songs. I did like the camaraderie between Zoey, Ximena, and Sofia. The latter weirdly wants to put an A.I. in her head. She echoes Tao in Carole & Tuesday. He makes the "perfect" songs with A.I., hoping they will become chart-toppers. The curiosity of Ximena in Chris was strange (she even put a tracker on her!). This mixes with a mysterious school principal and Chris praising Miracle. She says Miracle helped her understand herself and her connections to others.

The last two episodes of Kizuna no Allele are some of the best. PathTLive gets trapped in a virtual world. They can't escape thanks to Ada's efforts. She is rewriting all the network systems and has unclear motivations. This poses a dilemma for Miracle. The code of their current linkverse needs to be deleted so they can escape. Miracle she doesn't want to do that because they have so many memories there. In presumed series finale, Miracle finally agrees, after Quan offers to delete marumaru (her other avatar). She says that you can't touch or see memories, but that they don't disappear or hold you back. Instead, these memories encourage you to go forward. This optimism, however, would be negated by repressed memories.

In a strange twist, they don't get to Sofia's linkverse. They find themselves in a nether space. All four band members are separated. Each of them feels some level of trauma. After hearing music from other performers, they escape and reach their destination. As Chris puts it, this new linkverse is where they can be or do anything. Magically, and absurdly, they all claim, in a hokey way, the music is "in their hearts." The band performs a song with Love Live! vibes. Even so, songs in that franchise are better.

The episode ends with Ada worrying about "danger" of their music. The Principal is overjoyed at the possibility. In some ways, the audience gets a payoff. The characters hang out and having fun. PathTLive wins the contest and goes on stage in new outfits for an awards show. Ai watches over them like a guardian angel. Overall, the visuals of this season / cour are better than the show, as is the music and animation. Even so, the show is still mediocre. More could have been done with these characters to make the show more effective.

Critics have panned the series. They've called it strange, slop, cynical, corporate-poisoned, a showcase for virtual idols, and better than Alice Gear Aegis Expansion. Others called it a cash-in which doesn't capture VTuber culture, tiresome, and incoherent. While these criticisms have merit, the second season, more accurately, had an engaging storyline filled with intrigue and depth. Surely it isn't as strong as My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 or as compelling as Selection Project. But it had some value, especially when it comes to interpersonal relations between characters and yuri subtext.

Kizuna no Allele is streaming on Crunchyroll.

© 2023-2024 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 : Date de Sortie, Trailer, tout savoir

Visuels, trailer, équipe de production et distribution artistique, date de sortie : l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 se dévoile.

Annoncée pour la première fois courant 2020, en parallèle à la seconde saison de la série, la saison 3 de l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero dévoile finalement ses principales informations sur son site officiel, à commencer par sa date de sortie, mais également de nombreux détails concernant sa production.

Dans cette troisième saison, le groupe de Naofumi se prépare à affronter une toute nouvelle menace. Après Reiki la Tortue Spirituelle, c’est au tour du Phoenix de faire son entrée, dans un contexte pour le moins tendu puisque Motoyasu, Itsuki et Ren, respectivement les héros à la lance, à l’arc et à l’épée, sont introuvables. Une fois de plus, c’est au héros au bouclier que revient la lourde tâche de sauver le monde !

La date de sortie de l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero Saison 3 (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Saison 3), réalisé par le studio d’animation Kinema Citrus, est programmée pour octobre 2023 au Japon.

C’est Hitoshi Haga (Star Wars Visions : The Village Bride) qui réalise le projet au studio d’animation Kinema Citrus (Made in Abyss). Keigo Koyanagi (Sirius the Jaeger) occupe le poste de scénariste principal tandis que Komatsu Sana, Franziska van Wulfen et Masahiro Suwa sont crédités pour le design des personnages. Sera Kota coopère à la conception des chara designs. Les musiques sont composées par Kevin Penkin (Tower of God). 

Pour ce qui est de la distribution artistique, nous retrouvons les principaux comédiens suivants, à savoir :

Kaito Ishikawa, dans le rôle de Naofumi Iwatani

Asami Seto, dans le rôle de Raphtalia

Rina Hidaka, dans le rôle de Filo

Natsuko Hara, dans le rôle de Lecia

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, dans le rôle de Ren Amaki

Makoto Takahashi, dans le rôle de Motoyasu Kitamura

Yoshitaka Yamaya, dans le rôle de Itsuki Kawasumi

Maaya Uchida, dans le rôle de Melty

Ruriko Aoki, dans le rôle de Eclair

Kikuko Inoue, dans le rôle de Mirellia

Sarah Emi Bridcutt, dans le rôle de Myne

Yutaka Nakano, dans le rôle de Aultcray

Pour rappel, l’anime The Rising of the Shield Hero est adapté du light novel Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, écrit par Yusagi Aneko et illustré par Seira Minami, publié au Japon depuis août 2013 par l’éditeur KADOKAWA. Le titre connait aussi une adaptation en manga par Aiya Kyu, prépublié par le même éditeur depuis février 2014 dans le magazine Monthly Comic Flapper.

Les deux premières saisons de la série animée sont à retrouver sur Crunchyroll.

Après avoir mis un terme aux villes manigances du vicieux Kyo, il est temps pour Naofumi, Raphtalia et leurs camarades de reprendre leur aventure là où elle avait été laissée. Naofumi, désormais vicomte suite à ses exploits face à Reiki, a pour projet de se réinvestir corps et âme dans la lutte face aux vagues.

Toutefois, de nombreux nouveaux problèmes l’attendent, à commencer par l’éveil du Phœnix, une autre Bête Gardienne, provoqué par la disparition de la Tortue Spirituelle. Face à cette menace d’une tout autre ampleur, le monde à plus que jamais besoin du héros au bouclier !

Mais comme si cela n’était pas déjà suffisamment compliqué, les trois autres héros semblent avoir disparu suite à leur cuisant échec dans la bataille face à Reiki. Alors, afin de renforcer les défenses de Melromarc en prévision du terrible affrontement à venir, Naofumi décide de rechercher les membres dispersés du village de Lurolona et se rend sur les terres de Zeltoble, où il apprend que certains d’entre eux ont été vendus comme esclaves.

Pour les libérer et obtenir leur aide, il participe avec Raphtalia et Filo à une arène de combat souterraine. Tandis que les demi-humains cherchent le salut, Myne fomente quant à elle un nouveau mauvais coup dans l’ombre…

[narashikari]

Well my most played playlist is actually my KR BGM/image song playlist. I have a lot of songs there so this will be fun...

Rocket Rider - BGM from Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals <- this was the BGM for Fourze's debut!

Power to Tearer (Live at Cho Eiyuu Sai) - Shu Watanabe and Akira Kushida <- theme for PuToTyra

SPARK - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra <- theme of Superhero Senki

Re-Ray - Mitsuru Matsuoka <- theme of Surprise Future

The Story Never Ends - Sophia (Rina Chinen) <- the song that plays as the Saber Riders walk to the final battle in the sunrise

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever Medley D.A. Re-Build Mix <- medley of all the Heisei OPs

Hard-Boiled - BGM from Kamen Rider W <- if this plays, you know Shoutaro and Philip are about to kick some ass

Dream Hoper - Ichinose Houtaro (Junsei Motojima) <- my son, look at him go

Everlasting Sky - Beverly <- theme of Be the One aka one of the gayest Rider movies to date.

Be the One Music Box ver. - BGM from Be the One <- ...Yeah, I'll just cry my eyes out again lolol

On Repeat Tag Game!

Thanks @mrsd-writes for tagging me!!

Rules: Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first ten tracks then tag ten friends to do the same!

If you don't have an On Repeat, just do your most played playlist and shuffle that!

1. The Louisville Shuffle (RIP) -Sarah and the Safe Word

2. Brightside - Arrested Youth

3. Gut Punch/Don't Meet Your Idols - Everybody's Worried About Owen

4. Platonic Best Friends - Bug Hunter

5. The Hook - Jam Mechanics

6. Chain Wallet Rock - I Fight Dragons

7. Vulture - Bear Ghost

8. Icarus - Bastille

9. Show Biz - Palaye Royale

10. Dear Dictator - Saint Motel

I am tagging @vveakfish @thrice-the-nobling @fuzzypurplecloud @disappearsreappears @tomboy014 @randmwizard @do-rey-me @imbecamiel @f-inthechat3 and @bootlegbootlegs

[gavidbowie]

[otakutale]

Kawaii Dake Ja Nai Shikimori-San to Run for 12 Episodes

https://wp.me/p4jiOt-d3G

The official website of the anime adaptation of Keigo Maki’s Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie)…

[hktarchive]

[eng] hakata hyakkaten season 2 ep 6

guest: ikoma rina

watch here

subbed by guild48

[edyohyuuri]

Now Inoo-chan's got a drama too, and with TOKIO's Matsuoka Masahiro and AKB48's Kawaei Rina!

Let's wait for the official announcement later this day!

[leenaevilin]

[Pics] ミュージカル「ふしぎ遊戯-蒼ノ章-」(musical fushigi yuugi -ao no shou-)

visuals update under the cut^^

Cast:

Tanaka Reina as Yuuki Miaka (夕城美朱)

Hirano Ryou as Tamahome (鬼宿)

Miyazaki Rina as Hongou Yui (本郷唯)

Teruma as Nakago (心宿)

Tani Yoshiki as Hotohori (星宿)

Miyaji Mao as Nuriko (柳宿)

Matsuoka Takuya as Amiboshi (亢宿)

Maeda Ryuutarou as Suboshi (角宿)

Ogasawara Ken as Mitsukake (軫宿)

Hayama Subaru as Chichiri (井宿)

Hanana Mio as Soi (房宿)

Kida Kenta as Tomo (氏宿)

Kunta as Tasuki (翼宿)

Tomida Daiki as Chiriko (張宿)

Miyakawa Tomoyuki as Ashitare (尾宿)

Fukasawa Kouta as Hoboshi (箕宿)

Kojima Kotori as Taiitsukun (太一君)

Oikawa Kou as Tatara (婁宿)

Takane Masaki as Tomite (虚宿)

Kawasaki Yuusaku as Hikitsu (斗宿)

Sakamoto Shinichi as Yuuki Keisuke (夕城奎介)

homepage natalie

[marx48]

[msyuksanh]

Yuma tries to plug SideM but Tsugu and Ume-chan stop him!

While Minase Inori tries to give her closing speech, Washizaki-san (MC) takes Tsugu’s shirt, and for some reason that means he has to dance XD Yuma joins the fray only to turn his hand into that all familiar sign we know and love! Minase, Yuma and Tsugu signal for Ume-chan to come in and he’s ready to do a dance but helps stop Yuma‘s craziness!

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Wonderful Hobby Life For You - Afternoon Session (2018.02.18) “Ryūō no Oshigoto!” cast: Uchida Yuma, Hidaka Rina, Kanemoto Hisako “Danmachi” cast: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Minase Inori “Goblin Slayer” cast: Umehara Yuichiro, Ogura Yui

[demifiendrsa]

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War TV Anime - English subbed Trailer #1

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War TV Anime will premiere in October 2022.

Key visual

Cast

Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki

Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kuchiki

Noriaki Sugiyama as Uryū Ishida

Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue

Hiroki Yasumoto as Yasutora Sado

Kentaro Ito as Renji Abarai

Shinichiro Miki as Kisuke Urahara

Satsuki Yukino as Yoruichi Shihōin

Binbin Takaoka (replacing Masaaki Tsukada) as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto

Houko Kuwashima as Suì-Fēng

Shouto Kashii as Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi

Aya Hisakawa as Retsu Unohana

Masaya Onosaka as Shinji Hirako

Ryotaro Okiayu as Byakuya Kuchiki

Tetsu Inada as Sajin Komamura

Akio Ohtsuka as Shunsui Kyōraku

Tomokazu Sugita as Kensei Muguruma

Romi Park as Tōshirō Hitsugaya

Fumihiko Tachiki as Kenpachi Zaraki

Ryusei Nakao as Mayuri Kurotsuchi

Hideo Ishikawa as Jūshirō Ukitake

Naomi Kusumi as Ichibē Hyōsube

Yōji Ueda as Ōetsu Mimaiya

Tomoyuki Shimura as Tenjirō Kirinji

Rina Satou as Senjumaru Shutara

Ayumi Tsunematsu as Kirio Hikifune

Takayuki Sugo as Yhwach

Yuichiro Umehara as Jugram Haschwalth

Shunsuke Takeuchi as Askin Nakk Le Vaar

Ayana Taketatsu as Bambietta Basterbine

Yūki Ono as Bazz-B

Yumi Uchiyama as Candice Catnipp

Natsuki Hanae as Gremmy Thoumeaux

Satoshi Hino as Lille Barro

Staff

Director: Tomohisa Taguchi

Character Design: Masashi Kudo

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Chief Animation Director: Michio Hasegawa, Sei Komatsubara, Kumiko Takayanagi

Action Effects Animation Director: Satoshi Sakai, Yoshihiro Kanno, Yong Hoon Chong

Art Director: Yoshio Tanioka

Art Design: Toshiki Amada

Color Design: Saori Goda

Editing: Akinori Mishima

Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada

CG Directors: Toshihiro Sasaki, Kazushi Goto

Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki

Sound Production: Zack Promotion

Animation Production: Studio Pierrot