#Mizuhara Junko

[therosecrest]

[cextra-loz]

Oh anime is your comfort series? Oh you are anime girl obsessed?

name eveyr anime girl >:3

2B (Nier: Automata)

Mikasa Ackerman

Yūko Aioi

Taiga Aisaka

Ritsuko Akagi

Moka Akashiya

Homura Akemi

Alita (Battle Angel Alita)

Misa Amane

Android 18

Anita Hailey

Ann Takamaki

Aqua (KonoSuba)

Ami Asai

Athena Asamiya

Mina Ashido

Tsuyu Asui

Asuna (Sword Art Online)

Cagalli Yula Athha

Atoli

Rei Ayanami

Ilia

Baby Bonnie Hood

Belldandy

Benten (Urusei Yatsura)

Queen Beryl

Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)

Boa Hancock

Alisa Bosconovitch

Euphemia li Britannia

Sarah Bryant (Virtua Fighter)

Bulma

C.C. (Code Geass)

Cammy

Carrot (One Piece)

Caulifla and Kale

Michelle Chang (Tekken)

Chi (Chobits)

Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)

Chun-Li

Lacus Clyne

Jolyne Cujoh

Tomoyo Daidouji

Golden Darkness

Dejiko

Lala Satalin Deviluke

Momo Belia Deviluke

Nana Astar Deviluke

Chrome Dokuro

Ed (Cowboy Bebop)

Elena (Street Fighter)

Emma (The Promised Neverland)

Ami Enan

Junko Enoshima

Etna (Disgaea)

Felicia (Darkstalkers)

Maya Fey

Mia Fey

Pearl Fey

Anya Forger

Yor Forger

Haruhi Fujioka

Chika Fujiwara

Toko Fukawa

Yuno Gasai

Rias Gremory

Toru Hagakure

Sakura Haruno

Hatsune Miku

Misa Hayase

Lucy Heartfilia

Leona Heidern

Hestia (character)

Kagome Higurashi

Himawari Kunogi

Hinako (anime character)

Tohru Honda

Hsien-Ko

Hinata Hyuga

Yuko Ichihara

Midari Ikishima

Orihime Inoue

Lum (Urusei Yatsura)

Konata Izumi

Sagiri Izumi

Yumeko Jabami

Oscar François de Jarjayes

Kyoka Jiro

Abigail Jones

Juri (Street Fighter)

Jynx

Kagura (Azumanga Daioh)

Kaho Mizuki

Nezuko Kamado

Kamiya Kaoru

Madoka Kaname Midna

Mitsuri Kanroji

Urumi Kanzaki

Karin Kanzuki

Yuu Kashima

Ayumu Kasuga

Sakura Kasugano

Misato Katsuragi

Tomie Kawakami

Ami Kawashima

Nadeshiko Kinomoto

Sakura Kinomoto

Kyoko Kirigiri

Saya Kisaragi

Miyuki Kobayakawa

Kohane Tsuyuri

Yuri Koigakubo

Yotsuba Koiwai

Kirino Kosaka

Yui Kotegawa

Koyomi Mizuhara

Rukia Kuchiki

Nobara Kugisaki

Minamo Kurosawa

Motoko Kusanagi

Minori Kushieda

Anna Kyoyama

Lady (Devil May Cry)

Nunnally Lamperouge

Leafa

Connie Lee (Dr. Stone)

Lenalee Lee

Lillie (Pokémon)

Lina Inverse

Luna (Sailor Moon)

Makimachi Misao

Mari Illustrious Makinami

Hitomi Manaka

Mako Mankanshoku

Wendy Marvell

Ayeka Masaki Jurai

Ryūko Matoi

Sakura Matou

Megumin

Meiling Li

Chiyo Mihama

Sayaka Miki

Mai Minakami

Fujiko Mine

Lynn Minmay

Mikoto Misaka

Misty (Pokémon)

Kirari Momobami

Ririka Momobami

Morrigan Aensland

Multi (To Heart)

Naga the Serpent

Mio Naganohara

Yuki Nagato

Nino Nakano

Nakoruru

Nakuru Akizuki

Nami (One Piece)

Chiaki Nanami

Naru Narusegawa

Atsuko Natsume

Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)

Queen Nehelenia

Nico Robin

Darya Nikitina

Chisato Nishikigi

Himari Noihara

Arale Norimaki

Nyaruko

Yuzuriha Ogawa

Mamako Oosuki

Paninya

Suo Pavlichenko

Yomiko Readman

Rem (Re:Zero)

Revy (Black Lagoon)

Ritsu (Assassination Classroom)

Ritsuko Akagi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Winry Rockbell

Roll (Mega Man)

Rose (Street Fighter)

Rebecca Rossellini

Ruri (Dr. Stone)

Saber (Fate/stay night)

Haruna Sairenji

Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)

Yuri Sakazaki

Sakura (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)

Chiyo Sakura

Kyoko Sakura

Haruko Sakurai

Izumi Sakurai

Shirō Sakurai

Mary Saotome

Ranma Saotome

Chie Satonaka

Erza Scarlet

Senko-san

Yuzuki Seo

Serena (Pokémon)

Yoruichi Shihōin

Mika Shimotsuki

Kaguya Shinomiya

Hakase Shinonome

Kuroko Shirai

Mai Shiranui

Noelle Silva

Elexis Sinclaire

Sinon (Sword Art Online)

Skuld (Oh My Goddess!)

Sonomi Daidouji

Asuka Langley Soryu

Kallen Stadtfeld

Celty Sturluson

Suika (Dr. Stone)

Super Sonico Sonichu

Haruhi Suzumiya (character)

Secre Swallowtail

Swindler (Akudama Drive)

Kiyomi Takada

Saya Takagi (character)

Sora Takenouchi

Taki (Soulcalibur)

Tomo Takino

Yukari Tanizaki

Utena Tenjou

Teresa Beria

Origami Tobiichi

Rin Tohsaka

Mami Tomoe

Trish (Devil May Cry)

Ayu Tsukimiya

Akane Tsunemori

Sarada Uchiha

Ulala (Space Channel 5)

Ochaco Uraraka

Urd (Oh My Goddess!)

Hana Uzaki

Kiri Uzaki

Tsuki Uzaki

Yanagi Uzaki

Shion Uzuki

Faye Valentine

Mereoleona Vermillion

Mimosa Vermillion

Videl

Anna Williams (Tekken)

Elf Yamada

Momo Yaoyorozu

Akari Yukimura

Mikan Yuuki

Maki Zen'in Zelda

Zero Two

[kakalich]

Án Mạng ở Công Quán (Death at an Old Mansion [本陣殺人事件], 1975)

Kindaichi Kousuke là một trong những thám tử nổi tiếng nhất làng văn học Nhật Bản. Thật ra, tôi biết cháu nội “ăn theo" Kindaichi Hajime của ông trước nhờ manga (”ăn theo" vì Hajime nhận là cháu nội của Kousuke, nhưng tác giả của Kousuke không nhận bà con). “Án mạng ở Công quán" là tiểu thuyết đầu tay của Yokomizo Seishi, cũng là khởi đầu sê-ri 77 quyển về thám tử Kindaichi, được những người yêu thích truyện trinh thám Nhật bình chọn là một trong những vụ án phòng kín hay nhất. Với Nakao Akira trong vai vị thám tử, đạo diễn bởi Takabayashi Yoichi, “Án mạng ở Công quán" là bộ phim đầu tiên trong bộ ba phim chuyển thể từ tiểu thuyết của Yokomizo Seishi.

Bắt đầu từ điểm kết phim, Kindaichi đến công quán để thăm Suzu (Takazawa Junko) thì biết cô vừa mất và đang chuẩn bị hạ huyệt. Vừa tròn một năm ngày anh gặp cô, thời điểm đó, anh cả của Suzu là Kenzo (Tamura Takahiro) vừa kết hôn với Katsuko (Mizuhara Yuki), một phụ nữ trẻ mà ông yêu, mặc kệ sự phản đối quyết liệt từ gia tộc. Trong đêm động phòng, cặp đôi đã bị sát hại dã man trong một căn hộ riêng kề bên toà nhà chính. Các cửa đều được khoá chặt bên trong và không có hung khí tại hiện trường. Dấu vết duy nhất là ba dấu tay dính máu của ai đó mang “tsume" (một dụng cụ đeo trên ngón tay khi khảy đàn koto). Kindaichi, lúc này đã là thám tử nổi danh, được chú của Katsuko là Ginzo (Kaga Kunio) mời đến để hỗ trợ điều tra.

Nguyên tác tiểu thuyết được xuất bản vào năm 1946, lấy bối cảnh thời tiền chiến 1937, khi quan niệm nhân sinh rất khác so với thời điểm làm phim (1975), chứ đừng nói chi bây giờ (2020). Gia tộc Ichiyanagi sống trong một biệt thự lớn (không phải “công quán" - khu vực nghỉ chân của hoàng gia thời Edo, như trong tên tác phẩm), là gia tộc giàu có và danh vọng bậc nhất trong khu vực. Ngược lại, Katsuko xuất thân từ một gia đình làm nông “nghèo hèn", khiến nhiều thành viên Ichiyanagi tin quyết định kết hôn của Kenzo là nỗi sỉ nhục to lớn. Học giả Kenzo đột nhiên kết hôn, đã phá vỡ truyền thống gia tộc.

So với phương Tây, trong các tiểu thuyết trinh thám Nhật, động cơ gây án ít được đề cập đến hơn là các mối quan hệ giai cấp.

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Má, xạo l** đủ rồi. Nói chung là nguyên nhân gây án chỉ có 2 chữ “trinh tiết" với “mặt mũi". Em Katsuko, gíao viên lịch sử sơ trung xinh đệp, đã có 1 đời bồ là con trai nhà bác sĩ. Thằng già Kenzo độc đoán, gia trưởng, khinh miệt người kém hơn, 40t mới biết yêu, tưởng hốt được thiên thần trong tr��ng, ai ngờ... Sợ mất mặt nên bày mưu giết vợ tự vẫn, lại sợ người ta nói ra nói vô nên giả bị giết hohoho.

[pkjd]

"Kono Oto Tomare!" anime additional cast and PV. Series begins April 6th.

-Synopsis-

“Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto” (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?”

-Staff-

Series Director: Ryouma Mizuno

Series Composition: Ayumu Hisao

Character Design: Junko Yamanaka

Sub Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

OP: Shouta Aoi

Studio: Platinum Vision

-Cast-

Chika Kudou (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Takezou Kurata (CV: Junya Enoki)

Satowa Houzuki (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Tetsuki Takaoka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

Mio Kanzaki (CV: Shouta Aoi)

Saneyasu Adachi (CV: Haruki Ishiya)

Michitaka Sakai (CV: Makoto Furukawa)

Kouta Mizuhara (CV: Yuuichi Iguchi)

Hiro Kurusu (CV: Sara Matsumoto)

Suzuka Takinami (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)

Gen Kudou (CV: Tetsuo Kaneo)

Takeru Kurata (CV: Natsuki Hanae)

Mashiro (CV: Ayaka Asai)

Isaki Kudou (CV: Nana Mizuki)

[jounetsulovers]

Introducing: Matsuoka Junior High’s soccer team bench lineup!

More information under the cut:

MIZUHARA JUNKO (MF) || #13.

First year.

Fire.

Avatar: None.

“A transfer student who is immensely popular online. Has dreams of being a fashion model, and wants to use soccer to boost her fame.”

YAMADA TARO (???) || #14.

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???

Avatar: ......?

“No one knows where this boy came from, or why he’s at school. There’s rumors that he may have once been a spy for Fifth Sector, but he can’t seem to remember...”

ARAMI TAMAKO (FW) || #15.

Third year.

Earth.

Avatar: None.

“An unlucky girl whom most people avoid like the plague. Some say she’s haunted by an evil spirit... but they’re probably just mad she broke something of theirs.”

KASABAYASHI KAHO (GK) || #17.

Third year.

Fire.

Avatar: None.

“A spirited drummer who acts like everyone’s older sister. Very popular with the student body, especially the girls.”

But wait! Where’s #16........?

[rieshon]

Fall 2018 Power Rankings

Wow, I actually finished this shit sort of on time this season.

1 Yagate Kimi ni Naru: You know a show is good when you put off finishing it just because you don't want it to end. I did that with Yagakimi this season, and not only is it my favorite show of the season, I'm pretty sure it's my favorite yuri anime of all time. It's not just that Touko and Yuu are such an adorable couple, but that the story and relationship dynamics are genuinely original for a yuri anime. You've got two heroines who are de facto dating from the outset, so no will-they won't-they bullshit like most yuri stories (lookin' at you citrus)... But only sort of, because it's complicated. You've got one heroine who doesn't want her girlfriend to fall in love with her because she has a weird identity crisis because of past trauma and is afraid to embrace her own individuality which having someone fall in love with her would validate because she's "only herself" around said girlfriend... And then you've got the other heroine who thinks she's asexual/aromantic but slowly starts to realize she's actually just gay, but only after she's promised her girlfriend she won't fall in love with her because she "can't." To say this is a weird relationship is putting it mildly. There's also some stuff you usually don't see in anime at all, like another character who actually IS aro/ace, and a live-in adult lesbian couple (one of whom is actually revealed to be bi later on) who are the Big Gay Mentors to the younger characters. There is still the requisite amount of Yuri Melodrama, of course (elevated by a beautiful soundtrack from the venerable Haketa Takefumi) but it's so much more interesting than usual here. Oh, and of course, as I mentioned above, Touko and Yuu are the most darling couple ever, perfect cinnamon rolls who must be protected. Well, okay, maybe not perfect: they got issues. But I love this story and characters so much I actually picked up the manga to read what happens next, and I basically never do that. Maybe it's not technically the "best" anime of the season, but it's the one I love the most. ★★★★☆

2 SSSS.GRIDMAN: Somehow, based Trig just keep doing it. You'd be forgiven for thinking Darling in the Franxx, the show that has "SMART ANIME FOR ADULTS" practically engraved on everything about it, would be the 'cerebral' robot anime Trigger made this year, and Gridman, a spinoff of a cheesy tokusatsu show that was itself a spinoff of Ultraman, would be little more than a fun but forgettable robot romp. You'd be totally wrong, of course: Gridman is every bit the heavyweight that previous Trigger/Gainax robot anime are, with its own flair of course. It takes a while for it to fully develop and present its themes about social anxiety and isolation, but once it does it really pops off. The dual heroines of Akane and Rikka are brilliant, not just for their lewd character designs but also for how well their stories are written. Rikka is the real hero of the show--Yuuta might be the one jumping around in a robot, but ultimately Rikka is the most important. Stellar performances from both Ueda Reina and Miyamoto Yume as Akane and Rikka, respectively, really carry the thematic weight of the show. There is, of course, some great art and animation on display, as you might expect from Trigger, who always make the most (and then some) of whatever resources they're given. Episode 9, which takes place for the most part inside of a dream, was especially visually striking. An all around great production and one that won't soon be forgotten. ★★★★☆

3 Zombie Land Saga: With all that out of the way, here's a show about some moe zombies. Ah, anime, even after all these years it still finds ways to surprise me, like a show about moe zombie idols being as genuinely moving as it is hilarious. Probably the weirdest thing about Zombie Land Saga, even as a show that features the undead filming commercials for a Saga-based fried chicken restaurant and competing in a Takeshi's Castle-style mud Olympics, is that it unironically works as an idol anime, too. All the characters (well, except for Yuugiri, who is woefully underutilized) really do grow throughout the show and it gives the idol anime aspect a really solid backbone to build off of. Of course, Zombie Land Saga is more than just another idol anime, and calling it a zombie idol anime is somehow still selling it short. From the aforementioned chicken commercials, to the unforgettably epic zombie rap battle, to the middle schooler biker gangs, to basically everything Yamada Tae does, this show was not just surprisingly moving but shockingly hilarious at times. Also, it must be noted that these zombies are fricking adorable: definitely way cuter than the undead should ever be. Especially Junko who is the best girl, once again proving the superiority of Showa idols. ★★★★☆

4 Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai: Since this is a light novel anime through and through, it seems fair to describe it in terms of light novel anime: it's basically the Monogatari series meets Oregairu. Our sardonic protagonist with a heart of gold (and impossibly hot girlfriend) meets a bunch of high school girls with weird supernatural problems and helps them solve them. That might make it sound boring or derivative, but as I always harp on, it's really all in the execution and Aobuta sticks the landing. It reminds me of those above shows not just in narrative content but also in terms of how sharp the dialogue is: it is one of those delightful shows where you could have two characters just have a conversation for 24 minutes and it would still be endlessly absorbing. The reliable Ishikawa Kaito is great as our male lead, bringing not just snappy wit to the table but also a surprising amount of emotional depth in later story arcs. The aloof, sarcastic protagonist is of course done to death in this genre (hi, Kyon!) but Sakuta is certainly an example of it done well. It helps that he's such a loving oniichan and cute boyfriend, which really endears him to the viewer. The gallery of heroines is of course stocked with plenty of cute and sexy girls--the art and animation is top notch--but what really carries the show is Sakuta's relationship with his girlfriend (and best girl) Mai, which is a continuing story throughout the series even as the focus moves to other heroines. They're just so adorable together. Ironically, the element of the show that probably matters the least is the weird sort-of-sci-fi plot hooks: you're really just here to watch these characters talk through their emotions and stumble through adolescence, and the sci-fi plot devices are basically incidental to all of it. ★★★★☆

5 Himote House: Talk about a dark horse of an anime... Himote House is the latest... thing... from the man, the myth, the legend who brought us Minarai Diva, Ishidate Koutarou, and it's great. It's half nichijou-kei anime, half just a seiyuu radio show that's animated, and it's all superb. In the scripted bits, the show can get wonderfully weird, from the episode that used the Game of Life to teach us about the lack of gay rights in Japan, to the episode that took place entirely inside of a copy machine, and I haven't even mentioned the Bitcoin episode yet, which is too bizarre to even give away in this review no one will read. The unscripted bits are also great thanks to a collection of some of the seiyuu industry's top personalities, including the always great combination of Suzakinishi, comedic genius Mimorin, and the criminally underrated Mizuhara Kaoru whose performance as Tokiyo really must be experienced: it starts over the top and just keeps going from there. Even the cheap 3DCG animation is surprisingly charming, and it's at least good enough that these girls look genuinely cute, although the show is also helped along by regularly inserting some nice hand-drawn stills in the most important moments. Almost everyone probably overlooked this show this season, but I'd give it a hearty recommendation. ★★★★☆

6 Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san: I hope Comic Cune anime are here to stay, because this was certainly the best pure nichijou-kei offering this season. It's "cute girl vampires" but, as you might expect from the source, this is the most laid-back depiction of vampires you're ever going to find in fiction. None of the human characters even seem to be remotely bothered that vampires are in their midst, the sun is an inconvenience that mostly makes it harder to go buy manga in the middle of the day, and they order their blood from Amazon. Even when a vampire hunter shows up, she's just won over by the vampire girls' cuteness. It does use vampire lore to tell some amusing jokes at times, like Sophie getting trapped outside because she had to count all the seeds in a sunflower, or Akari getting a plank put on her in bed because the vampires felt bad that her bed didn't have a lid, but mostly you're just here for the cute girls cuting, and cute they do. There's the requisite amount of soft yuri, and the character designs and animation are fantastic. Very little to complain about here--the show's only real weakness is that the jokes are occasionally kind of meh. Ellie is best girl. ★★★☆☆

7 Uchi no Meido ga Uzasugiru!: Shocking no one, the Comedy God delivered again. This show is frequently laugh out loud funny, and it's helped along by animation from Douga Koubou that is right up there with some of the best they've ever produced. The sole factor that makes this show somewhat weaker than Oota Masahiko's previous works is that with its completely absurd comedic premise it is ultimately trying to tell a very serious story--about a little girl who is terrified of having her late mother replaced by having any other adult woman enter her life--with a premise that definitely should not be telling a serious story. The show is at its best when Tsubame (voiced by Numakura Manami in some of her best-ever work) is being an irredeemable lolicon shithead, not a role model. Still, the show is pretty great most of the time, and it only gets better when ドM best girl Midorin turns up about halfway through. The Russian loli is pretty cute too I guess, but as seems to always be the case in these shows (I can't help but remember another Douga Koubou production, Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) the silliest and most perverted girls always steal the show. ★★★☆☆

8 Irozuku Sekai no Ashita Kara: It's a P.A. Works original, so that means it's time to complain about how it's not as good as other P.A. Works originals! Seriously though, although it's not the second coming of TARI TARI, this show is easy to recommend, being beautiful both artistically and narratively, with a simple and heartfelt story to tell about a girl going to a new place (well, a new time) to discover herself. Yep, you guessed it, this is one of my favorites: sentimentality anime! Girl literally learns to see the beauty in the world that she had been blind to by leaving her comfort zone and falling in love. Good shit, good shit. My main complaint is that the best girl, Kurumi, gets short shrift as best girls often do, although she at least does get one little story arc to develop her character. Ishihara Kaori is solid as the female lead, but I just loved Naobou as the snarky Kurumi so much. It's also worth noting that although the cast actually has a fairly even gender split, all the male characters are pretty much inoffensive to likable, which is all I really ask in a show like this. There's no one on the level of Wien, but Chigusa and Kurumi's relationship was pretty cute. Overall, though, this show is just about drinking in the atmosphere and the feels, and trying to avoid thinking about time paradoxes. ★★★☆☆

9 Akanesasu Shoujo: I had cautiously high expectations for this show going into the season, and although it didn't blow me away with a masterpiece, I was satisfied with what I got. The show doesn't have the best production values, but it has a solid premise that is executed well. A group of misfit high school girls in the incredibly lame Radio Club find a way to slip between alternate dimensions, have misadventures where they learn that The Real Power Was Inside Us All Along, and end up saving the universe from being consumed by some vague evilness. The story comes courtesy KID's Uchikoshi Koutarou, and definitely feels like something you might find in a science fiction visual novel. It's not afraid to be at least a little adventurous, with the various dimensions we visit being varying degrees and kinds of social commentary, and it even goes as far as killing off major characters and actually letting them stay dead! Plus, it had Kurosawa Tomoyo basically playing like three or four characters at once, which has to be worth something. If nothing else, I respected this series. ★★☆☆☆

10 Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet: Romeo and Juliet may well be the Bard's most widely popular play, so it's not surprising that now we have an anime version of it... sort of. In true anime fashion, this is not a tragedy of star-crossed lovers, but a comedy of errors about two goofball kids who fall in love at a ridiculous boarding school. Set against a backdrop of, uh, race war. Kayano Ai's blondenblu Juliet is pretty cute but as is typical in these shows the best girls never win, namely Ayaneru's Hasuki and the actual best girl, Shimamura Yuu's Chartreux. As always, the gay girls are the best. The show does have an unusually likable protagonist for one in this genre: Romio is a big dork who is singlemindedly dedicated to his cute girlfriend, and even if she's not the best girl, you definitely want to root for them. A pretty good show. ★★☆☆☆

11 Animayell!: Kirara anime are playing second fiddle to other cute girl shows again this season, but like Harukana Receive last season, this show is still decent. What it lacks in a compelling premise (sorry, not only do I come in thinking cheerleading is lame, but the show's animation isn't good enough to get it over as a cool thing) it makes up for in the most important ingredient for an anime, homosexuality. Not only is there the immaculately gay Hanawa-chan and the extremely homo Ukki, for some reason at one point theres also a completely random, out lesbian side character who asks our heroines for advice confessing to her female home tutor. But yeah, it's definitely worth it for Hanawa and Ukki at least; your mileage may vary on the rest of the actual show. ★★☆☆☆

12 Sword Art Online Alicization: I've repeatedly gone on record saying I love a slow burn, and I don't necessarily mind when nothing happens in a show if its at least giving me some good atmosphere and characters to gnaw on in the meantime... But man, is the new SAO one slow-ass show. Though I've never read the books, this really feels like a case of following the Original Way too closely. That's not to say that what is here is bad by any means; there's some truly interesting concepts, a good SAO story, and of course some stellar animation, but they probably could have cut this first cours down to like, six episodes and still accomplished the same things. I still have confidence that it will get more hype as we progress, though. There's a long way to go in this one yet, so this rating is anything but final. ★★☆☆☆

13 Debidoru!: This show is an ugly looking 3DCG abomination that was probably made in MikuMikuDance, but thankfully we now live in a post-Kemono Friends world, and so Debidoru! was still pretty great. You couldn't ask for a better trio of voices for an ad-lib stuffed comedy than Hanazawa Kana, Mimori Suzuko and Iguchi Yuka and they fill their roles with aplomb, especially Iguchi, who at one point tsukkomis so hard she clips the microphone. Like the best no-money shorts it also had some moments of true ART, like Sugahara Souta (the director) singing the moe opening song (in one uncut take) for no reason, or one of the greatest things I saw all season, episode 11, which was done (also in one take) entirely with paper cutouts of the characters in front of a camcorder. It's not really a mastapeece in the way Himote House was, but it was certainly a memorable little show. ★★☆☆☆

14 Beelzebub-jou no Okinimesu Mama: I'm as surprised as anyone that this show ended up as low as it did, but by the end of the season I had a hard time convincing myself to even load up the latest episode of this one, and it's hard for me to really even say why. On the face of it it should be my jam: it's full of cute girls and pastel colors, and it's even occasionally lewd. Really, it's probably just because there's so many male characters who get a decent amount of attention in the narrative. It also doesn't help that Beelzebub (despite being a cute blondenblu voiced by Oonishi Saori) is not really a very appealing character, which makes the protagonist, who is constantly fawning over her like she's the best thing since sliced bread, come off as less likable as well. It had some good stuff too, like Sargatanas's shyness and Gocchin's needing to pee constantly, but I guess it wasn't quite enough to hold my interest. It also doesn't help that my favorite girl, Eurynome, was barely even in the show after she was introduced. We ankle fetishists gotta stick together, man! ★☆☆☆☆

15 Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: I had exactly zero expectations for this show to begin with, so I was pleasantly surprised with it at first. Those great typographic effects, especially, really sucked me into the first episode and I was excited to see where it went for the first few weeks, especially with the promise of cute girls on the horizon. The girls have been underwhelming, though (mainly by virtue of their having nothing to do in the story) and what actually is going on in the story, I find incredibly dull. Rimuru is just such a booooring protagonist, and his very existence tends to sap the tension out of scenes since you know he's ridiculously OP and will probably just absorb whatever bad thing shows up next like he's absorbed every other bad thing up to that point. 俺TUEEEEEE isn’t even necessarily something I hate, and it can be made to work, but Rimuru isn’t cool enough of a guy or really interesting in any way that I can self-insert and live vicariously through his TUEEEEE-ness. Just give me more Shion, she is the best purple oni secretary. ★☆☆☆☆

16 Hashiritsuzukete Yokattatte: I guess I should put this down since it's technically a show I finished from this season. It's kinda boring and lame, do not recommend. The girl with the glasses never even puts them on, she just wears them on top of her head like a doofus the whole time. Might have been able to deliver some feels if it was in a longer format, but just falls flat due to the <60 minute total runtime. ☆☆☆☆☆

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[pkjd]

A new key visual update for the TV anime “Kono Oto Tomare!" has been unveiled. Series begins April 6th.

-Synopsis-

“Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto” (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?”

-Staff-

Series Director: Ryouma Mizuno

Series Composition: Ayumu Hisao

Character Design: Junko Yamanaka

Sub Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

OP: Shouta Aoi

PV: https://youtu.be/TtE4mOHXNV0

Studio: Platinum Vision

-Cast-

Chika Kudou (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Takezou Kurata (CV: Junya Enoki)

Satowa Houzuki (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Tetsuki Takaoka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

Mio Kanzaki (CV: Shouta Aoi)

Saneyasu Adachi (CV: Haruki Ishiya)

Michitaka Sakai (CV: Makoto Furukawa)

Kouta Mizuhara (CV: Yuuichi Iguchi)

Hiro Kurusu (CV: Sara Matsumoto)

Suzuka Takinami (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)

[pkjd]

The “Kono Oto Tomare!“ TV anime will have its broadcast premiere on April 6th.

-Synopsis-

“Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto” (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?”

-Staff-

Series Director: Ryouma Mizuno

Series Composition: Ayumu Hisao

Character Design: Junko Yamanaka

Sub Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

OP: Shouta Aoi

PV: https://youtu.be/TtE4mOHXNV0

Studio: Platinum Vision

-Cast-

Chika Kudou (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Takezou Kurata (CV: Junya Enoki)

Satowa Houzuki (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Tetsuki Takaoka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

Mio Kanzaki (CV: Shouta Aoi)

Saneyasu Adachi (CV: Haruki Ishiya)

Michitaka Sakai (CV: Makoto Furukawa)

Kouta Mizuhara (CV: Yuuichi Iguchi)

Hiro Kurusu (CV: Sara Matsumoto)

Suzuka Takinami (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)

via: http://www.konooto-anime.jp/

[pkjd]

“Kono Oto Tomare!“ TV anime CM. Series begins April 6th.

-Synopsis-

“Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto” (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?”

-Staff-

Series Director: Ryouma Mizuno

Series Composition: Ayumu Hisao

Character Design: Junko Yamanaka

Sub Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

OP: Shouta Aoi

PV: https://youtu.be/TtE4mOHXNV0

Studio: Platinum Vision

-Cast-

Chika Kudou (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Takezou Kurata (CV: Junya Enoki)

Satowa Houzuki (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Tetsuki Takaoka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

Mio Kanzaki (CV: Shouta Aoi)

Saneyasu Adachi (CV: Haruki Ishiya)

Michitaka Sakai (CV: Makoto Furukawa)

Kouta Mizuhara (CV: Yuuichi Iguchi)

Hiro Kurusu (CV: Sara Matsumoto)

Suzuka Takinami (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)

via: http://www.konooto-anime.jp/

[pkjd]

More of the cast for the upcoming TV anime series “Kono Oto Tomare!" has been revealed. The 1st-cour will air in April 2019. The 2nd-cour will premiere in October the same year.

-Synopsis-

“Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto” (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?”

-Staff-

Series Director: Ryouma Mizuno

Series Composition: Ayumu Hisao

Character Design: Junko Yamanaka

Sub Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

Chief Animation Director: Junko Yamanaka, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

OP: Shouta Aoi

PV: https://youtu.be/TtE4mOHXNV0

Studio: Platinum Vision

-Cast-

Chika Kudou (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Takezou Kurata (CV: Junya Enoki)

Satowa Houzuki (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Tetsuki Takaoka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

Mio Kanzaki (CV: Shouta Aoi)

Saneyasu Adachi (CV: Haruki Ishiya)

Michitaka Sakai (CV: Makoto Furukawa)

Kouta Mizuhara (CV: Yuuichi Iguchi)

Hiro Kurusu (CV: Sara Matsumoto)

Suzuka Takinami (CV: Daisuke Namikawa)

via: http://www.konooto-anime.jp/