#Private Detective Hama Mike

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS] Sato Ryuji will be Featured in "Sparkle vol.59"

Magazine Name: Sparkle vol.59

Japanese Name: Sparkle vol.59

Release Date: January 31, 2025

Details on Sato Ryuji’s Feature: Ryuji's feature will be an interview and photoshoot about his upcoming "Private Detective Hama Mike -The Stairway to the Distant Past-" Stage.

Bonuses: 3 types of Sato Ryuji bonus postcards

To purchase the magazine (with the bonuses), please check the website for the different versions at the links below.

With Postcard A: HERE

With Postcard B: HERE

With Postcard C: HERE

NOTE: For more information on proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

[joeohuchi]

AKIRAって最高の作品だよね　AKIRA is a great movie.

ジョン・ウィック 全部見たけど チャプター4が一番面白いかな　I've watched all of John Wick, but Chapter 4 is the best.

あとジョーカー 1, 2とショーシャンクが面白いな　I also think Joker 1, 2 and Shawshank are interesting.

ちょっと 隙を見つけたら映画見よう これからは���From now on, when I have a chance, I'll watch some movie

市川実日子さんはいい女優さんだね　Ichikawa Mikako is a good actress.

私は好きだなと思う作品を言うだけで苦手な作品は何も言いません　I only say what I like and don't say anything about what I don't like.

もし言ってたらごめんね　Sorry if I said

太陽を見続けてはいけない。。 わからないよ　Don't keep looking at the sun… I don't know

カレーライスが一番美味しいのは 食べ終わった後に飲む冷たい水 なんですよ　The best thing about curry rice is the cold water you drink after you've finished eating it.

納豆かけご飯には ネギを入れるのがマスト　Adding green onions to natto rice is a must.

私立探偵 濱マイクに出てくるのはお姉ちゃんの実和子さんか　The character who appears in "Private Detective Hama Mike" is older sister, Miwako.

私は君の中の私のイメージを否定するよ　I will deny the image of me in your mind

君に私の何がわかる 私が私をわからないのに 自分では分からないもの。。なんて言わないでくれよ？　What do you know about me? I also don't know myself, don't tell me you're the one who doesn't know yourself the most

世界は美しいことに溢れているわけではないが数時間だけ 美しいものだけを見させてくれないか。。The world is not filled with only beautiful things, but can I just look at the beautiful things for a few hours?

[shihlun]

Kaizo Hayashi

- The Most Terrible Time in My Life

1994

[sutekiyomitsu]

Sato Ryuji's Major Performances of 2022

Shinmon Benimaru in Fire Force

Suzuki Kakeru in REAL⇔FAKE 2nd Stage: Special Records Queen Records Super Live

Count Mecha / Prider in Galaxy Express 999 The Musical

Ru in Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022

Sakuragi Ryota in Sharesuru Ra! Instant Ramen Arenji-bu wo Hajimemashita

Ryuji in The Brow Beat Live Tour 2022: 404

Kashuu Kiyomitsu in Musical Touken Ranbu: Shinken Ranbu Sai 2022

Itadori Yuuji in Jujutsu Kaisen

Tokui Hijiri in Prince Shotoku’s Kitchen

Sato Ryuji in Zipang Opera at Actors League in Baseball 2022

Nishikawa Yasushi in HiGH&LOW: The Worst X

Igarashi Junya in Double Drive: Outro Drive

Uchiha Sasuke in the Live Spectacle Naruto ~Ninkai Taisen, Kaisen~

Ryuji in The Brow Beat Live Tour 2022: Genkaku

Hama Mike in Private Detective Hama Mike

[paulajanice]

Masaki Yabe will be playing as hoshino again on stageplay 『 Private Detective Hama Mike - THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE | 私立探偵 濱マイク -我が人生最悪の時-』

#矢部昌暉 #yabemasaki #masakiyabe #Masaki #DISH//

[courtneytincher]

The Urgent Search for a Cyber Silver Bullet Against Iran

WASHINGTON -- After spending billions of dollars to assemble the world's most potent arsenal of cyberweapons and plant them in networks around the world, United States Cyber Command -- and the new era of warfighting it has come to represent -- may face a critical test in the coming weeks.President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to punish Iran for this month's attack on Saudi oil facilities, and has toughened sanctions on Iran and ordered the deployment of additional troops to the region. But a second cyberstrike -- after one launched against Iran just three months ago -- has emerged as the most appealing course of action for Trump, who is reluctant to widen the conflict in a region he has said the United States should leave, according to senior American officials.But even as the Pentagon considers specific targets -- an attempt to shut down Iran's oil fields and refineries has been one of the "proportionate responses" under review -- a broader debate is taking place inside and outside the administration over whether a cyberattack alone will be enough to alter Iran's calculations, and what kind of retaliation a particularly damaging cyberstrike might provoke."The president talked about our use of those previously, but I'm certainly not going to forecast what we'll do as we move forward," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" when asked whether a cyberattack might be an artful, nonescalatory response to this month's drone or missile strikes on two of Saudi Arabia's most important facilities."This was Iran true and true, and the United States will respond in a way that reflects that act of war by this Iranian revolutionary regime."Pompeo noted that the U.S. military was already sending additional troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, largely to bolster air defenses. But those moves alone are viewed as unlikely to be enough to prevent further Iranian actions.The question circulating now through the White House, the Pentagon and Cyber Command's operations room is whether it is possible to send a strong message of deterrence with a cyberattack without doing so much damage that it would prompt an even larger Iranian counterstrike.At least three times over the past decade, the United States has staged major cyberattacks against Iran, intended to halt its nuclear or missile programs, punish the country or send a clear message to its leadership that it should end its support for proxy militant groups.In each case, the damage to Iranian systems could be repaired over time. And in each case, the effort to deter Iran was at best only partly successful. If the American charge that Iran was behind the attack in Saudi Arabia proves accurate, it would constitute the latest example of Tehran's shaking off a cyberattack and continuing to engage in the kind of behavior the United States had hoped to deter.The most famous, complex effort was a sophisticated sabotage campaign a decade ago to blow up Iran's nuclear enrichment center using code, not bombs. The Obama administration later began a program, accelerated by Trump, to try to use cyberattacks to slow Iran's missile development. And this past June, Trump approved a clandestine operation to destroy a key database used by the Iranian military to target oil-carrying ships -- and canceled a traditional missile strike he had ordered to respond to the downing of an American surveillance drone.The June cyberattack, according to two American officials, also did damage that Iran has not yet detected."Cyber can certainly be a deterrent, it can be a very powerful weapon," said Sen. Angus King, the Maine independent who is a chairman of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, created by Congress, that is examining American offensive cyberstrategy. "It is an option that can cause real damage."King and other experts said Iran would probably respond to a cyberattack with one of its own, given the vulnerabilities that exist in the United States and the hyperconnected nature of American life.But current and former intelligence officials say a cycle of retaliation need not be confined to one military domain. Just as the United States responded in June to the Iranian downing of a drone and sabotage of oil tankers with a cyberattack, Iran could respond to an American cyberoperation with a terrorist attack by a proxy force or a missile strike.The Pentagon has long held that a cyberattack could constitute an act of war that requires a physical response, and there is no reason to think that Iran would not pursue the same policy.One senior administration official recently acknowledged that even Gen. Paul Nakasone, the commander of Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, has warned Trump and his aides that the cyberarsenal is "no magic bullet" for deterring Iranian aggression in the Middle East.In war games -- essentially online simulations -- held before the attack on the Saudi oil fields, officials have tried to figure out how Iran's increasingly skillful "cyber corps" would respond to an American cyberattack. These Iranian fighters have racked up a significant record: wiping out 30,000 computers at Saudi Aramco, freezing operations at American banks with a "denial of service" attack, and crippling a Las Vegas casino. Last year, they began to study the ins and outs of election interference, according to private experts and government studies of the 2018 midterms.When Nakasone was nominated for his job, he acknowledged that one of the biggest problems facing Cyber Command was that it had not cracked the deterrence problem. Nations that are attacking the United States via cyberattacks "do not think much will happen to them," he told Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. "They don't fear us."In his first 18 months in office, Nakasone has raced to bolster Cyber Command's authority to act preemptively -- and its preparations to respond to attacks. New, classified directives given to him by Trump and built upon by Congress allow Cyber Command to place "implants" of malicious software inside foreign networks without lengthy approval processes that run up to the president. Congress has called such efforts part of "traditional military authority."Iran has reportedly been a major target -- no surprise, because Nakasone was a key player in designing a plan called Nitro Zeus to shut down Tehran and other Iranian cities in the event of a war. The idea was to put together an attack so devastating that Iran might surrender without a shot being fired.The 2015 nuclear agreement between the Iranian leadership and President Barack Obama eased the threat of war, and the American cyberoperations plan was put back on the shelf, at least until recently.At the Pentagon, and even at Cyber Command, many senior officers are cautious about cyberwarfare, arguing that it is difficult for such weapons alone to deter an enemy.The attack using the "Stuxnet" virus that crippled Iranian nuclear-enrichment centrifuges a decade ago was successful in a narrow sense: It blew up 1,000 of the 5,000 centrifuges up and running at the time. But when it recovered, Iran built upward of 14,000 more, and counterattacked by crippling Saudi Aramco's computer systems.A long-running series of cyberattacks has slowed but not stopped Iran's missile program -- and Iran has continued to provide thousands of short-range rockets to Hamas and other terrorist groups. The Saudis are studying whether a new generation of Iranian-made missiles were central to this month's attack on its oil facilities.The Pentagon and other military officials have told the White House that neither another cyberattack nor the new deployment announced Friday will probably be robust enough to reestablish deterrence and prevent another attack by Iran on U.S. allies.Part of the problem is that most cyberactivity is clandestine, so it is easy for a government to play down the consequences of an attack or deny it even took place.But some people who favor stepping up cyberoperations suggest that officials are simply thinking too small. If a cyberstrike is damaging enough -- taking a refinery offline or shutting down an electric grid, for example -- it would be hard to hide. That might have a much more deterrent effect than the smaller bore operations the United States has undertaken so far, they argue.But such a devastating cyberoperation would also increase the risk of escalation -- just as a bombing run on the oil refineries would. Iran, or any other adversary, could say that people were killed or injured, and that might be difficult to disprove.A key element of deterrence is ensuring that an adversary understands the other side's basic capabilities. Unlike nuclear weapons, though, which are widely understood, the American cyberarsenal is shrouded in secrecy, for fear adversaries will develop countermeasures if even basic capabilities are known.Nakasone has argued that his cyberwarriors must be roaming cyberspace "persistently engaging" enemies -- a euphemism for skirmishing with adversaries inside their networks."We must 'defend forward' in cyberspace, as we do in the physical domains," he wrote in a Defense Department publication in January. "Our naval forces do not defend by staying in port, and our air power does not remain at airfields. They patrol the seas and skies to ensure they are positioned to defend our country before our borders are crossed. The same logic applies in cyberspace."But there is a growing consensus within Cyber Command that if cyberweapons are going to shape the actions of adversaries, they must be used in combination with other elements of power, including economic sanctions, diplomacy or traditional military strikes.King, the Maine senator, sees the decisions over the next few weeks on Iran as a test case. "The president's instinct is not to get in a shooting war, and I think he is right about that," he said. "So the question is how do we respond?"He argued that there was no urgency. "This was not a strike on New York City," King said. "This was not even a strike on Riyadh. There needs to be a response."But there is time to pause and take a deep breath and consider all of the options -- one of which is cyber -- but also to think about how we deescalate the situation."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2019 The New York Times Company

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WASHINGTON -- After spending billions of dollars to assemble the world's most potent arsenal of cyberweapons and plant them in networks around the world, United States Cyber Command -- and the new era of warfighting it has come to represent -- may face a critical test in the coming weeks.President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to punish Iran for this month's attack on Saudi oil facilities, and has toughened sanctions on Iran and ordered the deployment of additional troops to the region. But a second cyberstrike -- after one launched against Iran just three months ago -- has emerged as the most appealing course of action for Trump, who is reluctant to widen the conflict in a region he has said the United States should leave, according to senior American officials.But even as the Pentagon considers specific targets -- an attempt to shut down Iran's oil fields and refineries has been one of the "proportionate responses" under review -- a broader debate is taking place inside and outside the administration over whether a cyberattack alone will be enough to alter Iran's calculations, and what kind of retaliation a particularly damaging cyberstrike might provoke."The president talked about our use of those previously, but I'm certainly not going to forecast what we'll do as we move forward," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" when asked whether a cyberattack might be an artful, nonescalatory response to this month's drone or missile strikes on two of Saudi Arabia's most important facilities."This was Iran true and true, and the United States will respond in a way that reflects that act of war by this Iranian revolutionary regime."Pompeo noted that the U.S. military was already sending additional troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, largely to bolster air defenses. But those moves alone are viewed as unlikely to be enough to prevent further Iranian actions.The question circulating now through the White House, the Pentagon and Cyber Command's operations room is whether it is possible to send a strong message of deterrence with a cyberattack without doing so much damage that it would prompt an even larger Iranian counterstrike.At least three times over the past decade, the United States has staged major cyberattacks against Iran, intended to halt its nuclear or missile programs, punish the country or send a clear message to its leadership that it should end its support for proxy militant groups.In each case, the damage to Iranian systems could be repaired over time. And in each case, the effort to deter Iran was at best only partly successful. If the American charge that Iran was behind the attack in Saudi Arabia proves accurate, it would constitute the latest example of Tehran's shaking off a cyberattack and continuing to engage in the kind of behavior the United States had hoped to deter.The most famous, complex effort was a sophisticated sabotage campaign a decade ago to blow up Iran's nuclear enrichment center using code, not bombs. The Obama administration later began a program, accelerated by Trump, to try to use cyberattacks to slow Iran's missile development. And this past June, Trump approved a clandestine operation to destroy a key database used by the Iranian military to target oil-carrying ships -- and canceled a traditional missile strike he had ordered to respond to the downing of an American surveillance drone.The June cyberattack, according to two American officials, also did damage that Iran has not yet detected."Cyber can certainly be a deterrent, it can be a very powerful weapon," said Sen. Angus King, the Maine independent who is a chairman of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, created by Congress, that is examining American offensive cyberstrategy. "It is an option that can cause real damage."King and other experts said Iran would probably respond to a cyberattack with one of its own, given the vulnerabilities that exist in the United States and the hyperconnected nature of American life.But current and former intelligence officials say a cycle of retaliation need not be confined to one military domain. Just as the United States responded in June to the Iranian downing of a drone and sabotage of oil tankers with a cyberattack, Iran could respond to an American cyberoperation with a terrorist attack by a proxy force or a missile strike.The Pentagon has long held that a cyberattack could constitute an act of war that requires a physical response, and there is no reason to think that Iran would not pursue the same policy.One senior administration official recently acknowledged that even Gen. Paul Nakasone, the commander of Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, has warned Trump and his aides that the cyberarsenal is "no magic bullet" for deterring Iranian aggression in the Middle East.In war games -- essentially online simulations -- held before the attack on the Saudi oil fields, officials have tried to figure out how Iran's increasingly skillful "cyber corps" would respond to an American cyberattack. These Iranian fighters have racked up a significant record: wiping out 30,000 computers at Saudi Aramco, freezing operations at American banks with a "denial of service" attack, and crippling a Las Vegas casino. Last year, they began to study the ins and outs of election interference, according to private experts and government studies of the 2018 midterms.When Nakasone was nominated for his job, he acknowledged that one of the biggest problems facing Cyber Command was that it had not cracked the deterrence problem. Nations that are attacking the United States via cyberattacks "do not think much will happen to them," he told Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. "They don't fear us."In his first 18 months in office, Nakasone has raced to bolster Cyber Command's authority to act preemptively -- and its preparations to respond to attacks. New, classified directives given to him by Trump and built upon by Congress allow Cyber Command to place "implants" of malicious software inside foreign networks without lengthy approval processes that run up to the president. Congress has called such efforts part of "traditional military authority."Iran has reportedly been a major target -- no surprise, because Nakasone was a key player in designing a plan called Nitro Zeus to shut down Tehran and other Iranian cities in the event of a war. The idea was to put together an attack so devastating that Iran might surrender without a shot being fired.The 2015 nuclear agreement between the Iranian leadership and President Barack Obama eased the threat of war, and the American cyberoperations plan was put back on the shelf, at least until recently.At the Pentagon, and even at Cyber Command, many senior officers are cautious about cyberwarfare, arguing that it is difficult for such weapons alone to deter an enemy.The attack using the "Stuxnet" virus that crippled Iranian nuclear-enrichment centrifuges a decade ago was successful in a narrow sense: It blew up 1,000 of the 5,000 centrifuges up and running at the time. But when it recovered, Iran built upward of 14,000 more, and counterattacked by crippling Saudi Aramco's computer systems.A long-running series of cyberattacks has slowed but not stopped Iran's missile program -- and Iran has continued to provide thousands of short-range rockets to Hamas and other terrorist groups. The Saudis are studying whether a new generation of Iranian-made missiles were central to this month's attack on its oil facilities.The Pentagon and other military officials have told the White House that neither another cyberattack nor the new deployment announced Friday will probably be robust enough to reestablish deterrence and prevent another attack by Iran on U.S. allies.Part of the problem is that most cyberactivity is clandestine, so it is easy for a government to play down the consequences of an attack or deny it even took place.But some people who favor stepping up cyberoperations suggest that officials are simply thinking too small. If a cyberstrike is damaging enough -- taking a refinery offline or shutting down an electric grid, for example -- it would be hard to hide. That might have a much more deterrent effect than the smaller bore operations the United States has undertaken so far, they argue.But such a devastating cyberoperation would also increase the risk of escalation -- just as a bombing run on the oil refineries would. Iran, or any other adversary, could say that people were killed or injured, and that might be difficult to disprove.A key element of deterrence is ensuring that an adversary understands the other side's basic capabilities. Unlike nuclear weapons, though, which are widely understood, the American cyberarsenal is shrouded in secrecy, for fear adversaries will develop countermeasures if even basic capabilities are known.Nakasone has argued that his cyberwarriors must be roaming cyberspace "persistently engaging" enemies -- a euphemism for skirmishing with adversaries inside their networks."We must 'defend forward' in cyberspace, as we do in the physical domains," he wrote in a Defense Department publication in January. "Our naval forces do not defend by staying in port, and our air power does not remain at airfields. They patrol the seas and skies to ensure they are positioned to defend our country before our borders are crossed. The same logic applies in cyberspace."But there is a growing consensus within Cyber Command that if cyberweapons are going to shape the actions of adversaries, they must be used in combination with other elements of power, including economic sanctions, diplomacy or traditional military strikes.King, the Maine senator, sees the decisions over the next few weeks on Iran as a test case. "The president's instinct is not to get in a shooting war, and I think he is right about that," he said. "So the question is how do we respond?"He argued that there was no urgency. "This was not a strike on New York City," King said. "This was not even a strike on Riyadh. There needs to be a response."But there is time to pause and take a deep breath and consider all of the options -- one of which is cyber -- but also to think about how we deescalate the situation."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2019 The New York Times Company

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[allspark]

It’s time for our weekly Diamond Comics Shipping List! Check out some great titles IDW has in store for us next week like Transformers, Transformers/Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Usagi Yojimbo, and more! All coming your way for July 17th!

TRANSFORMERS #9

Brian Ruckley (A) Cachet Whitman, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CVR A) Umi Miyao (CVR B) Priscilla Tramontano

Time is running out! Orion Pax, his friends, and the Autobot security forces have to get a grip on their murder investigations as their superior, Sentinel Prime, makes his return to Cybertron! Secrets are revealed as loyalties shift! Sentinel Prime and his diplomatic entourage return!

TRANSFORMERS/GHOSTBUSTERS #2

Erik Burnham (A/CVR A) Dan Schoening (CVR B) Priscilla Tramontano

“GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON” Part 2! Okay. So. It seems as though there are giant robots who can disguise themselves as vehicles out there in the universe, and, as it happens, one of them as taken the place of Ecto-1. When the Ghostbusters discover this replacement, they naturally have a lot of questions-and this time, even the boys in gray might not believe the answers!

TRANSFORMERS #1 3RD PTG

Brian Ruckley (A) Angel Hernandez, Cachet Whitman (CVR) Gabriel Rodriguez

TRANSFORMERS #3 2ND PTG

Brian Ruckley (A) Angel Hernandez, Cachet Whitman (CVR) Nick Roche

TRANSFORMERS #4 2ND PTG

Brian Ruckley (A) Angel Hernandez, Andrew Griffith (A/CVR) Sara Pitre-Durocher

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #264

Larry Hama (A/CVR A) Netho Diaz (CVR B) Dan Fraga

G.I. Joe battles for justice, liberty, and freedom around the globe, and with the evil terrorist organization known as Cobra slithering around every corner, the stakes have never been higher! Living Legend Larry Hama and superstar artist Netho Diaz continue the latest explosive arc of… G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero! The first of two connecting B covers by artist Dan Fraga!

AMBER BLAKE #4 2ND PTG

Jade Lagard?re (A/CVR) Butch Guice

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA TP

Roy Thomas (A) John Nyberg (A/CVR) Mike Mignola

Advance solicited for July release! The comics adaptation based on the film from Columbia Pictures (Sony) and Zoetrope Studios returns with all-new colors. Mike Mignola is one of the most popular comic book artists of the past thirty years, known for such important works as Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Cosmic Odyssey, and, of course, Hellboy. Considered to be among Mignola’s greatest works, Bram Stoker’s Dracula was his last project before Hellboy launched and was originally released as a full-color four issue adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 movie. Updated with all-new colors! New cover by Mignola!

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE COMP LIBRARY HC VOL 03

Lynn Johnston (A/CVR) Lynn Johnston

No phone, no light, no motor car, not a single luxury-John and Phil’s canoe trip turns them into castaways on an island! Once back in civilization, John solves his mid-life crisis by buying a sportscar, and Elly improbably winds up in front of a judge as a result! Michael enters junior high school, but not before learning a different sort of life lesson at summer camp with a girl named Martha, while Liz loses her first tooth, gets her ears pierced, and finds herself in a “Mean Girls” situation with her friends at school. Then it’s wedding bells for Uncle Phil, and Lawrence moves back to town-with a new family of his own! Volume Three, which collects the complete daily and Sunday comics from July 6, 1986 through December 9, 1989, brings to a close the first decade of Lynn Johnston’s modern masterwork, but of course, the story is just getting started…

•   Advance solicited for April release! •   “An exquisite tome… Fans of the highest virtuosity in cartooning will relish this deluxe introduction to the Patterson’s heartfelt and delightful story”-Library Journal •   The beloved newspaper comic strip that chronicled the saga of the Patterson family in real time, over three decades, continues in this, the definitive edition.

FROM HELL MASTER EDITION #6

Alan Moore (A/CA) Eddie Campbell

“From Hell.” The narrative makes room for such figures as Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats while the killer writes the note which gives our work its title. Five unsolved murders. Two of the greatest creators in the history of comics. One sprawling conspiracy, one metropolis on the brink of the 20th century, and one bloody-minded Ripper ushering London into the modern age of terror. The award-winning bestseller FROM HELL, often ranked among the greatest graphic novels of all time, takes on haunting new dimensions in FROM HELL: The Master Edition, enhanced with impressionistic hues by Eddie Campbell himself. This volume contains Chapter 9, as well as all the original annotations.

GHOST TREE #4

Bobby Curnow (A/CVR A) Simon Gane

Mysteries are solved as an ancient evil rises. Will Brandt and his family be able to come to terms with their actions before the present is ruined? What does the future hold for those trapped in the past? The heartfelt conclusion to a most unusual tale!

GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS TP

Eric Powell, Tracy Marsh, Jason Ciaramella (A) Phil Hester, Victor Santos, Bruce McCorkindale (CVR) Eric Powell

Advance solicited for July release! The King of the Monsters rises again, and he’s bringing lots of other beloved Toho monsters with him in one destructive saga! When Godzilla appears off the coast of Japan, the Japanese government must respond quickly to contain the disaster… but before long, other monsters begin appearing all over the world. Can humanity survive this mysterious onslaught of giant beasts? Featuring Anguirus, Battra, Destroyah, Gigan, Hedorah, King Ghidorah, Kumonga, Mechagodzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Spacegodzilla, and Titanosaurus. Collects the entire 12-issue series for the first time.

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: TEMPEST #6

Alan Moore (A/CVR) Kevin O’Neill

In Moore and O’Neill’s final comic book, this issue masquerading as a British science-fiction weekly, the plot-strands of our concluding volume and loose ends from twenty years of continuity are tied in an ingenious starry bow, as Mina Murray and her legendary confederates transition from the world of fiction past and present to the world of fiction future. Planets end in visual spectacle, lovers are united in the matrimonial event of the millennium, and deadly enemies draw close in the conclusion of their fatal dances. This is your last call for the immaculate crescendo of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. IV, The Tempest.

MARVEL ACTION CLASSICS CAPTAIN AMERICA

Scott Gray, Roger Langridge (A) Craig Russeau, Matteo Lolli (CVR) Clayton Henry

Four tales for the price of one! Captain America, living legend of World War II, battles spies in Hollywood and M.O.D.O.K.’s predecessor P.R.O.D.O.K…. but nothing prepares him for spending the next few decades frozen in ice! When he comes to in the present day, Hydra strikes and Cap learns the action hasn’t let up-the Marvel Action, that is!

•   Classic Captain America tales from the legendary vault of heroes! •   All-ages action in the past and present! •   Reprints Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #8 and #12!

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #1

Walter Simonson (A/CVR A) Walter Simonson

In the end, the gods gathered together and met their foes on the Battle Plain of Vigrid. There, so the stories tell, the gods and their great enemies slaughtered each other, the stars fell from the sky, Midgard itself sank into the all-encompassing ocean, and the Nine worlds were destroyed. In this issue, Thor hears a voice out of the past and learns that not all the old stories are true, and that the path before him now leads to Helheim, the land of the Dead. Walter Simonson, legendary creator of Star Slammers, Manhunter and the Alien film adaptation (with Archie Goodwin), and the definitive version (after Stan and Jack) of Marvel’s Thor, presents the next thrilling chapter of his own post-Ragnarok Thor saga!

RIP KIRBY HC VOL 11 1973-1975

Fred Dickenson (A/CVR) John Prentice

The longest-running modern adventure strip continues with 11 new stories starring the debonair private detective, reproduced from the original King Features Syndicate proofs. In these stories, Rip Kirby takes part in an old-style shoot-out in a nearly deserted Western ghost town, battles the deadly Owl and the Pussycat over a hidden stash of heroin, and rubs a magic lamp the wrong way in a Turkish bazaar. After learning he is the doppelganger of the crown prince of a postage stamp-sized country, the bespectacled detective follows the train of a counterfeit two million before being framed by a paroled con man who wants to get even with Rip for making him play second fiddle in the prison orchestra. Plus-the long-awaited return of Rip’s original girlfriend, Honey Dorian, as well as his arch-nemesis, the deadly Mangler! The more than 800 sequential comics from January 22, 1974 to October 11, 1975 also feature Rip’s new girlfriend, Holly Glowstep, and standbys such as Desmond, Wiggins, and Ma Casino.

•   Advance solicited for July release! •   “John Prentice’s work is superb. He’s one of the few cartoonists who took an important strip by a great cartoonist and did it not only justice, but in some ways, was as good as-and in some cases better than-the originator.”-Tom De Haven, author of the Derby Dugan trilogy

ROAD OF BONES #3

Rich Douek (A/CVR A) Alex Cormack

There is no god but hunger. And the loss of their food has driven Roman, Grigori, and Sergei to the absolute extreme. Knives are sharpened and souls are searched as each man decides just how far he is willing to go in order to survive the brutal tundra. One thing is certain, though-one must die for the others to live. Escape from the gulag takes a brutal and horrific turn in Road of Bones #3, from writer Rich Douek (Gutter Magic) and artist Alex Cormack (SINK).

SONS OF CHAOS HC GN

Chris Jaymes (A) Alejandro Aragon

Oversized, panoramic graphic novel Sons of Chaos, exposes the quiet agenda of the Ottoman Empire’s most brutal dictator, and his fascination with a young Greek boy that led to a war that would define the Western World.

An immersion into the moments we never see, and the self-serving motivations that convince a nation that violence is warranted, and that war is necessary.

In honor of the 200 Year anniversary of the Greek War for Independence, Sons of Chaos presents the story of 1821 through the eyes of Marcos Botsaris, the son of a respected Greek leader taken prisoner as a child and raised within the dungeons of history’s most infamous Ottoman Pasha, known as the “Napoleon of the East”– Ali Pasha of Ioannina.  Over the next ten years, the bond formed between them would define history.

The Greek War for Independence was a conflict that quietly influenced the entire world and participants ranged from the London Stock Exchange to celebrities such as Lord Byron, as well as average impassioned Americans willing to transport themselves across the Atlantic to fight alongside the Greeks.

This conflict was the pinnacle of what we now know as the Romantic Period and yet, it’s a war that few know ever existed outside of the Greek and Turkish cultures; a war that stimulated the fall of the Ottoman Empire and shaped Western Civilization as we now know it, and in a sense is being fought today under a different heading amongst today’s political world leaders.

Hundreds of years of Ottoman rule gave the Greeks a reason to fight. Marcos Botsaris gave them a leader.

THEY CALLED US ENEMY TP

George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steve Scott (A/CVR) Harmony Becker

Advance solicited for July release! George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father’s-and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.

In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon-and America itself-in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

TREASURES RETOLD: THE LOST ART OF ALEX TOTH HC

Alex Toth (A/CVR) Alex Toth

A blockbuster collection of rare and little seen stories and artwork by the legendary Alex Toth. Included are complete stories from the 1950s and beyond, recently discovered color animation storyboards and presentation drawings, sketches and doodles, industrial comics, and individual pages from obscure comics and magazines. It’s a treasure trove that makes a fitting companion to the three-time Eisner Award-winning Alex Toth: Genius trilogy.

Toth’s significance to comics and animation art cannot be overstated. During his career, he was the comics field’s foremost proponent of modern design and composition. His work influenced almost every one of his contemporaries and has continued to work its magic on the generations that followed.

•   Advance solicited for March release! •   The Alex Toth: Genius trilogy won the Harvey award and three Eisner awards!

USAGI YOJIMBO #2

Stan Sakai (A/CVR) Stan Sakai

“Bunraku,” Part 2. Strange circumstances continue to surround a travelling puppet show as Usagi becomes embroiled in one of his most eerie adventures yet! Will the aid of a supernatural ally be enough for Usagi to prevent more death? Stan Sakai’s long-running epic continues its first thrilling storyline at IDW Publishing! Exciting samurai action, now in color!

  Join the IDW Hasbro Shared Universe related conversation here in our Comics Discussion and Reviews section and here for all other franchises, superheroes, or general comic book discussions! Not a member? Join our community by creating your own free account here! Or jump right into the live chat on our Discord server or our Facebook Group!

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[NEWS] Sato Ryuji is Starring in the "Private Detective Hama Mike -The Stairway to the Distant Past-" Stage

Reprising his role of Hama Mike, Sato Ryuji will be starring in the new Private Detective Hama Mike stage, "Private Detective Hama Mike -The Stairway to the Distant Past-".

Online live and archive streams have also been announced.

VIDEOS RELATED TO THE STAGE

Trailer

Sato Ryuji Comment and Visual Making

Sato Ryuji x Yabe Masaki (DISH//) Short Interview

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Hama Mike

Nagata Kohei as Sugimoto

Yabe Masaki as Hoshino

Koizumi Moeka as Hama Akane

Nanaki Kanon as Wang Bailan

Isawa Takuma as Yamaguchi

Yagi Mashiro as Mary of the Port

Nadagi Takeshi as Nakayama

Ohura Ryuichi as The White Man

Ouki Kaname as Lily

NOTE:

[1] Ryuji and Nagata Kohei have co-starred with each other in the "Musical Touken Ranbu" where they play Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Koryuu Kagemitsu respectively.

[2] Yabe Masaki will be reprising his role of Hoshino, which he has played since the "Reading Stage Hama Mike" in 2021 alongside Ryuji's Hama Mike. They have also worked together on the "Musical JAMIE" where they shared the role of Dean Paxton.

[3] Similarly, Koizumi Moeka will be reprising her role as Hama Akane from the previous "Hama Mike" Stage.

[4] Nanaki Kanon will also be reprising her role as Wang Bailan from the previous "Hama Mike" Stage. Additionally, she has worked with Ryuji on the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" (Uchiha Sasuke and Karin) and "Itoshi no Hakana".

[5] Nadagi Takeshi has co-starred with Ryuji in the movie "Outro Double".

STORY DESCRIPTION

It's been a while since Hama Mike (Sato Ryuji) has got an interesting case. Amidst this humdrum life, he hears a rumour his mother, Lily, who had abandoned him and his sister, Akane (Koizumi Moeka), has returned to town, so he goes to meet her without Akane's knowledge.

Meanwhile, a conflict has broken out at "the river". The river is the territory controlled by The White Man (Ohura Ryuichi), who cannot be touched by anybody, neither the police nor the yakuza. As more victims emerge from this conflict, Nakayama (Nadagi Takeshi) "hires" Mike to investigate.

As he digs deeper into the case, Mike's life comes under threat. Then, he finds out from Lily that the notorious White Man could be his real father.

STREAMING INFORMATION

Opening Performance

Live Stream Date: February 06, 2025

Live Stream Time: Open 16.30 (Japan time) / Start 18.00 (Japan time)

Archive Period: Until 22.59 (Japan time) on February 20, 2025

Grand Finale Performance

Live Stream Date: February 23, 2025

Live Stream Time: Open 11.30 (Japan time) / Start 13.00 (Japan time)

Archive Period: Until 22.59 (Japan time) on March 02, 2025

NOTE: The grand finale performance includes comment videos from the cast.

Links to Watch Streams

To watch the streams, please refer to the links below.

Opening Performance: HERE

Grand Finale Performance: HERE

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[NEWS] Hama Mike: Goods for the "Private Detective Hama Mike -The Stairway to the Distant Past-" Stage are Now Available Online

GOODS FEATURING SATO RYUJI (HAMA MIKE)

Pamphlet

Hama Mike Solo Bromide Set A

Hama Mike Solo Bromide Set B

Random Acrylic Stand (1 of 11 designs)

NOTE: 2 different random acrylic stand designs are available for Hama Mike (Sato Ryuji).

SALES INFORMATION

Sales Period: Now to 23.59 (Japan time) on March 15, 2025

To purchase the goods featuring Sato Ryuji as Hama Mike, please refer to this links below.

Pamphlet: HERE

Hama Mike Solo Bromide Set A: HERE

Hama Mike Solo Bromide Set B: HERE

Random Acrylic Stand (1 of 11 designs): HERE

NOTE: For more information on proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

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[NEWS] Itoshi no Hakana: The Sales Deadline of the "Itoshi no Hakana" Stage Blu-ray/DVD is December 15, 2023

To watch a preview video, please refer to this link: HERE

To watch the rehearsal video, please refer to this link: HERE

SUMMARY

Kudan Suzujiro (Sato Ryuji) is a gambler who has been left all alone in the world. With a greedy nature and sticky fingers, he is loved only by the God of Gambling. One day, Suzujiro wins a bet with a demon, and gets his hands on a beautiful woman. The name of the woman is "Hakana" (Nanaki Kanon). This beautiful woman is a person who has been made from the best parts of a collection of corpses. But, she is someone who cannot be laid with until 100 days after her birth. It is said that if she is laid with before the 100 days are up, she will turn into water and flow away.

And so it begins, the 100-day story of a man who doesn't know love and a woman who doesn't know loveー

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Kudan Suzujiro

Nanaki Kanon as Hakana

Fukumoto Shinichi

Gomoto Naoya

Noguchi Kaoru

Tanaka Shigemi

Sato Nobunaga

Asaba Maya

Noda Shouta

Shioya Manami

Konzama Masanori

Sakuraba Kei

Ohira Yuki

Shimada Ryo

Hino Yojin

Kayano Isamu

NOTE:

[1] Sato Ryuji and Nanaki Kanon have co-starred with each other in productions, such as the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" (Uchiha Sasuke and Karin) and the "Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-" Stage (Hama Mike and Wang Bailan).

[2] Kayano Isamu is the director of the "Musical Touken Ranbu". Ryuji has worked with him since the start of the franchise in 2015.

On a related note, Ryuji has also co-starred with Gomoto Naoya, Tanaka Shigemi and Sato Nobunaga in the same franchise as Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Kondou Isami, Musashibou Benkei and Minamoto Kiyomaro.

[3] Additionally, Ryuji and Naoyan have worked together in "Fire Force Stage -Hakai no Hana, Souzou no Oto-" as Shinmon Benimaru and Sagamiya Konro.

[4] Wada Shunsuke, who is the composer for "Itoshi no Hakana", has worked on productions, like the "Musical Touken Ranbu", "Live Spectacle NARUTO" and "'Jujutsu Kaisen' The Stage".

[5] The lyrics for the songs are written by Asai Sayaka. She writes lyrics for the "Musical Touken Ranbu", including songs like "Kazaguruma", "Yume no Ato", "To The North" and others.

She has also written the lyrics for songs featuring Kashuu Kiyomitsu, like "Akaki Hana Chirimagau" and "Noraneko Nihiki".

BLU-RAY/DVD SALES INFORMATION

To purchase the Blu-ray/DVD, please refer to the links below.

Blu-ray: HERE

DVD: HERE

NOTE: For more information about proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Twitter Account: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Website: HERE

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[NEWS] Itoshi no Hakana: International Online Live and Archive Streams have been Announced for "Itoshi no Hakana"

To watch Sato Ryuji's comment video about "Itoshi no Hakana", please refer to this link: HERE

SUMMARY

Kudan Suzujiro (Sato Ryuji) is a gambler who has been left all alone in the world. With a greedy nature and sticky fingers, he is loved only by the God of Gambling. One day, Suzujiro wins a bet with a demon, and gets his hands on a beautiful woman. The name of the woman is "Hakana" (Nanaki Kanon). This beautiful woman is a person who has been made from the best parts of a collection of corpses. But, she is someone who cannot be laid with until 100 days after her birth. It is said that if she is laid with before the 100 days are up, she will turn into water and flow away.

And so it begins, the 100-day story of a man who doesn't know love and a woman who doesn't know loveー

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Kudan Suzujiro

Nanaki Kanon as Hakana

Fukumoto Shinichi

Gomoto Naoya

Noguchi Kaoru

Tanaka Shigemi

Sato Nobunaga

Asaba Maya

Noda Shouta

Shioya Manami

Konzama Masanori

Sakuraba Kei

Ohira Yuki

Shimada Ryo

Hino Yojin

Kayano Isamu

NOTE:

[1] Sato Ryuji and Nanaki Kanon have co-starred with each other in productions, such as the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" (Uchiha Sasuke and Karin) and the "Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-" Stage (Hama Mike and Wang Bailan).

[2] Kayano Isamu is the director of the "Musical Touken Ranbu". Ryuji has worked with him since the start of the franchise in 2015.

On a related note, Ryuji has also co-starred with Gomoto Naoya, Tanaka Shigemi and Sato Nobunaga in the same franchise as Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Kondou Isami, Musashibou Benkei and Minamoto Kiyomaro.

[3] Additionally, Ryuji and Naoyan have worked together in "Fire Force Stage -Hakai no Hana, Souzou no Oto-" as Shinmon Benimaru and Sagamiya Konro.

INTERNATIONAL LIVE AND ARCHIVE STREAM INFORMATION

Live and archive streams will be made available online internationally.

Dates and Times

July 16, 2023 (Day)

Time: 13.00 (Japan time)

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on July 22, 2023

July 16, 2023 (Night)

Time: 18.00 (Japan time)

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on July 22, 2023

July 17, 2023 (Grand Finale)

Time: 13.00 (Japan time)

Archive Period: 23.59 (Japan time) on July 23, 2023

To purchase the streams, please refer to this link: HERE

NOTE: The streams can be bought in different currencies too. Please make sure to check which currencies can be used and what regions the streams are available in.

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Twitter Account: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Website: HERE

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[NEWS] Sato Ryuji will be Starring in "Itoshi no Hakana"

SUMMARY

Suzujiro (Sato Ryuji) is a gambler who has been left all alone in the world. With a greedy nature and sticky fingers, he is loved only by the God of Gambling. One day, Suzujiro wins a bet with a demon, and gets his hands on a beautiful woman. The name of the woman is "Hakana" (Nanaki Kanon). This beautiful woman is a person who has been made from the best parts of a collection of corpses. But, she is someone who cannot be laid with until 100 days after her birth. It is said that if she is laid with before the 100 days are up, she will turn into water and flow away.

And so it begins, the 100-day story of a man who doesn't know love and a woman who doesn't know loveー

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Suzujiro

Nanaki Kanon as Hakana

Fukumoto Shinichi

Gomoto Naoya

Noguchi Kaoru

Tanaka Shigemi

Sato Nobunaga

Asaba Maya

Noda Shouta

Shioya Manami

Konzama Masanori

Sakuraba Kei

Ohira Yuki

Shimada Ryo

Hino Yojin

Kayano Isamu

NOTE:

[1] Sato Ryuji and Nanaki Kanon have co-starred in the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" as Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Karin. They have also co-starred in the "Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-" Stage as Hama Mike and Wang Bailan.

[2] Ryuji and Gomoto Naoya have co-starred in the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Bakumatsu Tenrouden~ 2020" as Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Kondou Isami, and the "Fire Force Stage -Hakai no Hana, Souzou no Oto-" as Shinmon Benimaru and Sagamiya Konro. They have also co-starred in the "HiGH&LOW THE WORST" movies.

[3] Ryuji and Tanaka Shigemi have co-starred in the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Atsukashiyama Ibun~" as Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Musashibo Benkei.

[4] Ryuji and Sato Nobunaga have co-starred in the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Shinken Ranbu Sai 2022~" as Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Minamoto Kiyomaro.  

STAFF

Original Work: Yokouchi Kensuke

Director: Kayano Isamu

Music: Wada Shunsuke

Lyrics: Asai Sayaka

NOTE:

[1] Kayano Isamu is the director of the Musical Touken Ranbu, and Ryuji has worked with him since 2015 in the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Trial Performance~" as one of the starting members of the Musical Touken Ranbu franchise.

[2] Of the productions that Ryuji has worked on, Wada Shunsuke has composed songs for the "Live Spectacle NARUTO", "'Jujutsu Kaisen' The Stage" and the "Musical Touken Ranbu".

[3] Asai Sayaka has written songs for the "Musical Touken Ranbu", specifically "Akaki Hana Chirimagau" (Kashuu Kiyomitsu's solo) and "Noraneko Nihiki" (Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamatonokami Yasusada's duet).

VENUE AND DATES

Dates: July 06, 2023 to July 17, 2023

Venue: Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball

Capacity: 876 people

Ticket Application Start Date: 12.00 (Japan time) on May 13, 2023

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Twitter Account: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Website: HERE

Source(s): ( x , x )

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[NEWS] Itoshi no Hakana: The Release of the Blu-ray/DVD for "Itoshi no Hakana" has been Announced

SUMMARY

Kudan Suzujiro (Sato Ryuji) is a gambler who has been left all alone in the world. With a greedy nature and sticky fingers, he is loved only by the God of Gambling. One day, Suzujiro wins a bet with a demon, and gets his hands on a beautiful woman. The name of the woman is "Hakana" (Nanaki Kanon). This beautiful woman is a person who has been made from the best parts of a collection of corpses. But, she is someone who cannot be laid with until 100 days after her birth. It is said that if she is laid with before the 100 days are up, she will turn into water and flow away.

And so it begins, the 100-day story of a man who doesn't know love and a woman who doesn't know loveー

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Kudan Suzujiro

Nanaki Kanon as Hakana

Fukumoto Shinichi

Gomoto Naoya

Noguchi Kaoru

Tanaka Shigemi

Sato Nobunaga

Asaba Maya

Noda Shouta

Shioya Manami

Konzama Masanori

Sakuraba Kei

Ohira Yuki

Shimada Ryo

Hino Yojin

Kayano Isamu

NOTE:

[1] Sato Ryuji and Nanaki Kanon have co-starred with each other in productions, such as the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" (Uchiha Sasuke and Karin) and the "Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-" Stage (Hama Mike and Wang Bailan).

[2] Kayano Isamu is the director of the "Musical Touken Ranbu". Ryuji has worked with him since the start of the franchise in 2015.

On a related note, Ryuji has also co-starred with Gomoto Naoya, Tanaka Shigemi and Sato Nobunaga in the same franchise as Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Kondou Isami, Musashibou Benkei and Minamoto Kiyomaro.

[3] Additionally, Ryuji and Naoyan have worked together in "Fire Force Stage -Hakai no Hana, Souzou no Oto-" as Shinmon Benimaru and Sagamiya Konro.

[4] Wada Shunsuke, who is the composer for "Itoshi no Hakana", has worked on productions, like the "Musical Touken Ranbu", "Live Spectacle NARUTO" and "'Jujutsu Kaisen' The Stage".

[5] The lyrics for the songs are written by Asai Sayaka. She writes lyrics for the "Musical Touken Ranbu", including songs like "Kazaguruma", "Yume no Ato", "To The North" and others.

She has also written the lyrics for songs featuring Kashuu Kiyomitsu, like "Akaki Hana Chirimagau" and "Noraneko Nihiki".

BLU-RAY/DVD PRE-ORDER INFORMATION

Release Date: December 2023

Contents:

Main stage

Backstage footage filmed through cast point of view cameras

Additional Bonus:

Set of 10 postcards with scenes from the stage

Pre-Order Period: Now to July 31, 2023

To pre-order the Blu-ray/DVD, please refer to the links below.

Blu-ray: HERE

DVD: HERE

NOTE: For more information about proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE LIVE AND ARCHIVE STREAMS

International online live and archive streams for multiple performances of "Itoshi no Hakana" are also available.

For more information on how to watch the streams, please refer to this link: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Twitter Account: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Website: HERE

Source: ( x )

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[VIDEO] Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022: Pre-Event Meeting and Main Event

INTRODUCTION

A Theater Complex project produced by Aramaki Yoshihiko, Sato Ryuji participated as one of the company leaders along with Mackey, Takano Akira and Someya Toshiyuki.

Four teams headed by the company leaders competed in the "Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022" where each team put on their own original production based on a theme that were assigned to each team.

Both the pre-event meeting and the main event are currently available to watch for a limited time on Theater Complex TOWN.

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on December 04, 2023

NOTE: This is only available to fans with a paid "Theater Complex TOWN" membership.

To register for a "Theater Complex TOWN", please refer to this link: HERE

To download the "Theater Complex TOWN" app, please refer to this link: HERE

PRE-EVENT MEETING

Prior to the event, a meeting was held to decide the directors, the team members and the themes that the respective companies would be working with.

To watch the pre-event meeting, please refer to this link: HERE

GEKIDAN DA

Company Leader: Sato Ryuji

Director: Nishida Daisuke (Re:FOLLOWER, Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-)

Team Members:

Konishi Eito (Musical "JAMIE", Online ♥ Reading "Lily & Rose" Vol. 01)

Shiina Taizo (Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-)

Nojima Touya

Takagi Tomoyuki (Musical Touken Ranbu)

SUMMARY OF GEKIDAN DA'S PRODUCTION "APPLE"

The world has been fragmented into smaller worlds, represented by Ru, Achtzehn, Snapper and Huit. To ensure that the world isn't destroyed, they have to reunite the fragments.

However, all four have very different ideas of what they want for their world.

OTHER TRIVIA

Theme: Apple

Each of the characters in the production are represented by an apple.

In flower language ("hanakotoba"), the apple symbolises "honour" (Achtzehn), "regret" (Snapper) and "choice" (Huit).

Ru tells the audience that his apple is "revolution", but that is a false meaning, and it is revealed that the true meaning of his apple is "temptation".

Character Names

Ru (ル): Another reading for "流". Based on "Ryuji".

Achtzehn (アハセント): 18 in German. Based on "Touya" / 10 + 8.

Snapper (スナッパー): "鯛" (sea bream) is also a fish. Based on "Taizou".

Huit (ユイット): 8 in French. Based on "Eito" / eight.

MAIN EVENT

To watch the main event of the "Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022", please refer to this link: HERE

Source(s): ( x , x , x , x )

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[VIDEO] Itoshi no Hakana: "Itoshi no Hakana" dated July 16 and July 17, 2023

SUMMARY

Kudan Suzujiro (Sato Ryuji) is a gambler who has been left all alone in the world. With a greedy nature and sticky fingers, he is loved only by the God of Gambling. One day, Suzujiro wins a bet with a demon, and gets his hands on a beautiful woman. The name of the woman is "Hakana" (Nanaki Kanon). This beautiful woman is a person who has been made from the best parts of a collection of corpses. But, she is someone who cannot be laid with until 100 days after her birth. It is said that if she is laid with before the 100 days are up, she will turn into water and flow away.

And so it begins, the 100-day story of a man who doesn't know love and a woman who doesn't know loveー

CAST

Sato Ryuji as Kudan Suzujiro

Nanaki Kanon as Hakana

Fukumoto Shinichi

Gomoto Naoya

Noguchi Kaoru

Tanaka Shigemi

Sato Nobunaga

Asaba Maya

Noda Shouta

Shioya Manami

Konzama Masanori

Sakuraba Kei

Ohira Yuki

Shimada Ryo

Hino Yojin

Kayano Isamu

NOTE:

[1] Sato Ryuji and Nanaki Kanon have co-starred with each other in productions, such as the "Live Spectacle NARUTO" (Uchiha Sasuke and Karin) and the "Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-" Stage (Hama Mike and Wang Bailan).

[2] Kayano Isamu is the director of the "Musical Touken Ranbu". Ryuji has worked with him since the start of the franchise in 2015.

On a related note, Ryuji has also co-starred with Gomoto Naoya, Tanaka Shigemi and Sato Nobunaga in the same franchise as Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Kondou Isami, Musashibou Benkei and Minamoto Kiyomaro.

[3] Additionally, Ryuji and Naoyan have worked together in "Fire Force Stage -Hakai no Hana, Souzou no Oto-" as Shinmon Benimaru and Sagamiya Konro.

[4] Wada Shunsuke, who is the composer for "Itoshi no Hakana", has worked on productions, like the "Musical Touken Ranbu", "Live Spectacle NARUTO" and "'Jujutsu Kaisen' The Stage".

[5] The lyrics for the songs are written by Asai Sayaka. She writes lyrics for the "Musical Touken Ranbu", including songs like "Kazaguruma", "Yume no Ato", "To The North" and others.

She has also written the lyrics for songs featuring Kashuu Kiyomitsu, like "Akaki Hana Chirimagau" and "Noraneko Nihiki".

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS

"Itoshi no Hakana" is the inaugural first production of Isamu Kayano's new theater unit "Akudo Kaigi". The actors of the production were personally chosen by Kayano-san, including Ryuji. Kayano-san also decided to come out of retirement as an actor and return to the stage after 20 years because he wanted to act with Ryuji.

The result of this? One of the most intimate and intense stage plays Ryuji has ever participated in, which tells the story of a world where demons walk amongst men.

Suzujiro is not a good man, violent and uncaring of others (because he has only ever known violence and betrayal all his life), and who only believes in the god of gambling.

Until Hakana comes into his life.

Through his relationship with Hakana as he cares for her during the 100 days reveals a man who, as Hakana describes, has a gentleness and warmth within him. But, Suzujiro is too far gone, and while he manages to right his wrong and save Hakana at the end, it costs him his life and his soul.

Ryuji as Suzujiro is truly a sight to behold. He brings the character to life in all of Suzujiro's complexities, making us feel for Suzujiro in equal measure at his best and at his worst. When he's with Hakana, we can see why Hakana loves him, but Suzujiro's moments of desperation and madness, Ryuji is like a man possessed.

This is Ryuji as we've never seen him before.

Also, not to sound thirsty AF, but Ryuji as Suzujiro is the most undressed we've seen him. Ever.

INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVE STREAM INFORMATION

Archive streams are available online internationally.

Dates and Times

July 16, 2023 (Day)

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on July 22, 2023

July 16, 2023 (Night)

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on July 22, 2023

July 17, 2023 (Grand Finale)

Archive Period: 23.59 (Japan time) on July 23, 2023

To purchase the streams, please refer to this link: HERE

NOTE: The streams can be bought in different currencies too. Please make sure to check which currencies can be used and what regions the streams are available in.

BLU-RAY/DVD PRE-ORDER INFORMATION

Release Date: December 2023

Contents:

Main stage

Backstage footage filmed through cast point of view cameras

Additional Bonus:

Set of 10 postcards with scenes from the stage

Pre-Order Period: Now to July 31, 2023

To pre-order the Blu-ray/DVD, please refer to the links below.

Blu-ray: HERE

DVD: HERE

NOTE: For more information about proxy services available in Japan, please refer to this link: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Twitter Account: HERE

"Itoshi no Hakana" Official Website: HERE

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[NEWS] Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022: The "Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022" is Now Available to Watch on Theater Complex TOWN

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

A Theater Complex project produced by Aramaki Yoshihiko, Sato Ryuji participated as one of the company leaders along with Mackey, Takano Akira and Someya Toshiyuki.

Four teams headed by the company leaders competed in the "Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022" where each team put on their own original production based on a theme that were assigned to each team.

Sato Ryuji's team is Gekidan DA, and the theme of his production is "apple".

GEKIDAN DA

Company Leader: Sato Ryuji

Director: Nishida Daisuke (Re:FOLLOWER, Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-)

Team Members:

Konishi Eito (Musical "JAMIE", Online ♥ Reading "Lily & Rose" Vol. 01)

Shiina Taizo (Private Detective Hama Mike -THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE-)

Nojima Touya

Takagi Tomoyuki (Musical Touken Ranbu)

SUMMARY OF GEKIDAN DA'S PRODUCTION "APPLE"

The world has been fragmented into smaller worlds, represented by Ru, Achtzehn, Snapper and Huit. To ensure that the world isn't destroyed, they have to reunite the fragments.

However, all four have very different ideas of what they want for their world.

OTHER TRIVIA

Theme: Apple

Each of the characters in the production are represented by an apple.

In flower language ("hanakotoba"), the apple symbolises "honour" (Achtzehn), "regret" (Snapper) and "choice" (Huit).

Ru tells the audience that his apple is "revolution", but that is a false meaning, and it is revealed that the true meaning of his apple is "temptation".

Character Names

Ru (ル): Another reading for "流". Based on "Ryuji".

Achtzehn (アハセント): 18 in German. Based on "Touya" / 10 + 8.

Snapper (スナッパー): "鯛" (sea bream) is also a fish. Based on "Taizou".

Huit (ユイット): 8 in French. Based on "Eito" / eight.

INFORMATION ON HOW WATCH THE "ENGEKI DRAFT GRANDPRIX 2022"

Archive Period: Until 23.59 (Japan time) on December 04, 2023

To watch the "Engeki Draft Grandprix 2022", please refer to this link: HERE

NOTE: This is only available to fans with a paid "Theater Complex TOWN" membership.

To register for a "Theater Complex TOWN", please refer to this link: HERE

To download the "Theater Complex TOWN" app, please refer to this link: HERE

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