#Takeo Takeda

[oh-sunny-sun]

4年前の7月9日は,こちらの二つの展覧会をハシゴしました.

１枚目

― ファンタジーの世界～武井武雄 展 ―

@ 慶應義塾大学日吉キャンパス来往舎2Fギャラリー

“童画”の発案者の方の作品を,初めて目にする機会を得た,貴重な展覧会でした.

2枚目

― ヨシダナギ写真展 | HEROES 2019 ―

@ そごう横浜店

ネ���ティブの方々とヨシダさんの“生命のエネルギーの共鳴”に圧倒された展覧会でした.

[ikemenfangirl]

Ikémen Villains : Ellis route ! (JP server) 🇯🇵

Ellis Twilight

CV: Sato Gen #佐藤元

upcoming on This Spring

PV: https://youtu.be/Q1EStfSYqB4

เกมจีบหนุ่มวายร้าย อัพเดตรูทใหม่ เอลลิส เริ่มฤดูใบไม้ผลินี้

Title: Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance

By: Cybird

Platform: iOS, Android

✔️ English version

✔️ Female protagonist

🦋 CAST

✦ William Rex CV : Tachibana Shinnosuke

✦ Harrison Gray CV : Sugiyama Noriaki

✦ Liam Evans CV : Nishiyama Koutaro

✦ Elbert Greetia CV : Otsuka Takeo

✦ Alfons Sylvatica CV : Saito Soma

✦ Roger Barel CV : Eguchi Takuya

✦ Jude Jazza CV : Takeda Kaito

✦ Ellis Twilight CV : Sato Gen

✦ Victor CV : Takahashi Hiroki

Character design : Natsume Lemon (https://twitter.com/remon101121)

🦋 OFFICIAL SITE

JP : https://ikemen.cybird.ne.jp/title/villains/original/index.html

EN : https://x.com/ikevil_en

🔻 Pre-Reg 🔻

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.cybird.appli.android.vil.en

iOS : Coming Soon

LINE：https://lin.ee/eKFGwVy

[dark-frosted-heart]

Ikemen Villains Cast

William Rex - Tachibana Shinnosuke Harrison Gray - Sugiyama Noriaki Liam Evans - Nishiyama Kotaro Elbert Greetia - Otsuka Takeo Alfons Sylvatica- Saito Soma Roger Barel - Eguchi Takuya Jude Jazza- Takeda Kaito Ellis Twilight - Satou Gen Victor - Takahashi Hiroki

[twirightbriar]

just finished william mad love ending and lol a mini video started to play, i noticed they put the wrong name on jude's va 😭 otsuka takeo asking why he's voicing two characters and takeda kaito crying bc he loves jude so much how could they

[darkeraven22]

MadHouse MARVEL X-Men 2010 Episode 10 Review

Ugh. Really? Your Doing Us Like This??Not just MadHouse. We have the biggest discrepancy in the Japanese To English Localization yet. One we can’t just ignore. The first half deals with fighting two members of the Hellfire… Acolytes? Muck and Rat. Mire? Anyway them. The whole first half is the fight against them. Mire and Mastermind… Infiltrate the holding chamber of Legion. Takeda… Huh? Takeo?…

[shinsengumi-archives]

Shinsengumi Members

I have decided to give a description for each Shinsengumi member I've come across. It came out of a desire to not let these members to go down as nameless persons in fandom. Those who have studied the Shinsengumi would surely know the charter members, the commanders, vice-commander and Captains of this police group as they have been a topic of various films, drama, novels, manga, anime etc. They are included here as well, along with those whom most of you haven't heard before.

As some of us know these men did not formally start out as the Shinsengumi nor did they end in that name. Most accept that the Shinsengumi started with a group of men breaking up from the Roshigumi that was ill-formed by Kiyokawa Hachiro. They will not be given the name "Shinsengumi" (Newly Selected Group) and will be known instead as "Miburoshi" (their headquarters was in Mibu village in the Yagi and Maekawa residence) until they have proven themselves worthy enough to be acknowledged by the Kyoto Protector, Matsudaira Katamori, Daimyo of Aizu and be officially sanctioned as a police force for the Bakufu. They will not retain the name however, using instead the Koyou Chibuntai (Pacification Corps) during their decline and inevitable end, at least in history.

The High Officials

Kondou Isami (Isamu) Masayoshi

Serizawa Kamo

Niimi Nishiki

Hijikata Toshizou Yoshitoyo

Yamanami Keisuke Tomonobu (Sannan)

Itou Kashitarou Takeakira

Before the Kyoto Protection Employment were established (mostly Roshigumi)

Iesato Tsuguo

Endou Jouan

Kamishiro Jinnosuke

Shimizu Goichi

Suzuki Chouzou

Tonouchi Yoshio

Negishi Yuuzan

The

Ten Troop Captains

(Kumichou and Fukuchou Jokin)

Okita Souji Fujiwara Kaneyoshi

Nagakura Shinpachi

Saitou Hajime

Matsubara Chuuji Nobutada

Takeda Kanryuusai Tokuhiru

Inoue Genzaburou Kazutake

Tani Sanjuurou Tomokuni

Todou Heisuke

Suzuki Mikisaburou

Harada Sanosuke

Initial Members and Fukuchou Jokin

(includes Miburoshi)

Noguchi Kenji

Hirama Juusuke

Hirayama Gorou

Abiru Eizaburou

Kasuya Shingorou

Saeki Matasaburou

Asano Toutarou

Andou Hayatarou

Ogata Shuntarou

Various members in

Investigations and Inspections

Ashiya Noboru

Arai Tadao

Andou Yuujirou

Ibaraki Tsukasa

Ooishi Kuwajirou

Ootsuki Ginzou

Kondou Hayao

Shinohara Tainoshin

Shimada Kai

Hattori Takeo

Hayashi Shintarou

Murakami Kiyoshi

Mounai Arinosuke

Yasutomi Saisuke

Yamazaki Susumu

Yoshimura Kanichirou

Accounting Personnel and Corporals

Aoyagi Makitarou

Ootani Isao

Ozeki Yashirou

Kawai Kisaburou

Kanzaki Hibumi

Sakai Hyougo

Nakamura Kendou

Yada Kennosuke

Abe Jurou

Ikeda Kosaburou

Itou Tetsugorou

Okuzawa Eisuke

Ohara Kouzou

Kazurayamatake Hachirou

Kanou Washio

Kinoshita Iwao

Kumebe Masachika

Kondou Yoshisuke

Sanada Shimenoshin

Shimura Takezou

Tomiyama Yahee

Nakanishi Noburu

Nakamura Kojirou

Nemajiri Kobungo

Hashimoto Kaisuke

Maeno Gorou

Yokokura Jingorou

Regimental Soldiers

Aiba Kunzaburou

Aoki Ren

Aoyama Jirou

Akashi Kakushirou

Akiyama Gisaburou

Adachi Rintarou

Abe Junta

Amaji Issen

Amami Katsunoshin

Aya Ichirou

Arai Hamao

Araki Shintarou

Arakida Samanosuke

Aridooshi Kango

Aridooshi Shimenoshin

Ieki Shougen

Igarashi Iori

Igi Hachirou

Ikeda Shichisaburou

Ikeda Shouji

Ishii Inosuke

Ishii Yuujirou

Ishikawa Saburou

Ishida Nyuugou

Ichinose Kanji

Ichihashi Kamakichi

Ichimura Tatsunosuke

Ichimura Tetsunosuke

Isshiki Zennojou

Itsumi  Katsusaburou

Itou Kazue

Itou Naminosuke

Itou Hayanosuke

Itou Yahachirou

Inayoshi Yuuzaburou

Inoue Genzaemon

Inoue Taisuke

Iwasaki Ichirou

Iwasaki Katsujirou

Ingu Umasaku

Uesaka Koutarou

Ueda Adachinosuke

Ueda Umanojou

Ueda Kingo

Ueda Matsuji

Uehara Eisaku

Ueyama Eihachi

Uchiyama Motojirou

Utsumi Jirou

Umedo Katsunoshin

Egawa Shichirou

Echigo Saburou

Ebata Kotarou

Oouchi Yarinosuke

Ootani Yoshisuke

Ootsuki Touzou

Oono Uchuu

Oono Kuranosuke

Oohashi Hanzaburou

Oohashi Yamasaburou

Oomachi Tsunatarou

Oomura Ataka

Okada Katsumi

Okada Gorou

Okada Yonetarou

Okado Manjirou

Okamura Kametarou

Ogawa Issaku

Ogawa Shintarou

Okita Shounoshin

Ozawa Souji

Obata Saburou

Ohara Kinzou

Kagatsume Katsunoshin

kajitani Rinnosuke

Kasuya Kojirou

Kasuya Juurou

Katou Kumagorou

Katou Sadakichi

Katou Tamiya

Katouu Higuma

Kadogaya Tadasu

Kaneko Shoubee

Kneko Jirosaku

Kamei Mikinosuke

Karashima Shouji

Kawai Tetsugorou

Kawai Yasaburou

Kwai Heizou

Kwamura Yazoemon

Kawamura Rinjirou

Kanbe Shirou

Kiuchi Mineta

Kikuchi Ou

Kishida Kenkichi

Kinoshita Katsuzou

Kihata Katsunoshin

Kihata Saburou

Kimura Katsunosuke

Kimura Chuujirou

Kimura Hirota

Kimura Yoshinosuke

Kiyohara Kiyoshi

Kusakabe Shirou

Kusakabe Toomi

Kusunoki Kojuurou

Kumazawa Motozou

Kurihara Sennosuke

Kurokawa Sakichi

Kokubo Seikichi

Koshinoumi

Kojima Mikinojou

Gotou Daisuke

Gobayashi Keinosuke

Kobayashi Koujirou

Kobayashi Minetarou

Kobari Seiichirou

Saitou Shuuzen

Saitou Seiichirou (someprint say Ichidakusai?)

Sakai Youjirou

Sakamoto Heizou

Sakuma Gintarou

Sakuma Kensuke

Sakuma Soutarou

Sakuma Norito

Sakurai Kazuma

Sakurai Yuunoshin

Sasaki Aijirou

Sasaki Kuranosuke

Sasaki Hajime

Sasazuka Minezou

Sashida Takejirou

Saji Hiroshi

Satou Fusatarou

Sano Shimenosuke

Sano Makita

Sawa Chuusuke

Shiosawa Rinjirou

Shikauchi Chikara

Shinozaki Shinbachirou

Shibaoka Mansuke

Shibata Hikosaburou

Shibayama Tokusaburou

Shiba Ryousaku

Shiba Rokunosuke

Shibusawa Kichinosuke

Shimada Kounosuke

Shimada Yaichirou

Shimizu Ukichi

Shimizu Kyuuzaemon

Shukuin Ryuuzou

Shouji Heizaburou

Shirai Takanoshin

Shirato Tomoe

Shirahara Shichirouemon

Sugano Rokurou

Sugiyama Youji

Suzuki Naoto

Suzuki Ryouhei

Suzuki Renzaburou

Suwa Ichijirou

Sekikawa Daijirou

Sekikuchi Fusatarou

Seyama Takito

Senda Hyoue

Souma Kazue

Daimatsu Keisai

Tauchi Tomo

Taoka Tarou

Takaoka Kuratarou

Takasu Kumao

Takada Bunjirou

Takano Ryouemon

Takahashi Kyousuke

Takahashi Wataru

Takayama Jirou

Takeuchi Gentarou

Takeuchi Tokuhei

Takeshiro Kurata

Takenouchi Takeo

Takenouchi Tokuo

Takebe Ginjirou

Tachikawa Chikara

Tagouro Hiroto

Tanaka Umetarou

Tanaka Torazou

Tanaka Ritsuzou

Tani Mantarou

Tanigawa Tatsukichi

Taniguchi Shirobee

Tamaoki Ryouzou

Tamgawa Masanosuke

Tamura Ichirou

Tamura Kinshichirou

Tamura Ginnosuke

Tamura Daizuburou

Tamura Rokushirou

Chiba Sakae

Tsukamoto Zennosuke

Tsuga Ushigorou

Tsuchida Shinnojou

Tusbota Chouzou

Tsuruoka Kenshirou

Terai Chikara

Terashima Hanzou

Toba Takimatsu

Tomigawa Juurou

Tominaga Masanosuke

Nakai Mitsuya

Nakagawa Kojuurou

Nakazawa Tsutomu

Nogasawa Masanojou

Nagashima Gorosaku

Nakajima Nobori

Nakajiou Tsunehachirou

Nagase Seizou

Nagata Kamasaburou

Nakamura Kichiroku

Nakamura Kyuuma

Nakamura Kingo

Nakamura Korou

Nakamura Seishichi

Nakayama Juuzou

Nariai Kiyoshi

Nishizawa Yoshikichi

Nishimura Isogorou

Nishimura Kozaemon

Nishimura Kanzaburou

Nishimura Genrokurou

Nitta Kakuzaemon

Nitta Toranosuke

Numajiri Aijirou

Nobu Tamio

Nomura Yuuki

Nomura Risaburou

Hatakeyama Yoshijirou

Hamaguchi Hiichi

Hayashi Kyuukichi

Hayashi Kogorou

Hayashi Shoukichi

Hayashi Takenosuke

Hijikata Tsushima

Fukuda Katsunoshin

Fukuyo Onari

Fujii Yasuhachi

Fujisawa Takeki

Fujimoto Kichinosuke

Fujimoto Hikonosuke

Fujiwara Wasaburou

Funazu Kamatarou

Furukawa Kojirou

Furuya Jounosuke

Hoshikawa Sanbei

Hosoi Shikarosuke

Hosokawa Sentarou

Hosokawa Takumi

Honda Iwakichi

Honda Taichirou

Maeda Iwatarou

Maeda Kurando

Maeba Kijima

Maeba Kogorou

Makino Genshichirou

Magoshi Daitarou

Masaki Orinosuke

Mazaki Takutarou

Matsui Tokutarou

Matsui Ryuuzaburou

Matsuzaki Shizumi

Matsuzawa Otozou

Matsuzawa Danji

Matsuda Rokurou

Matsunaga Kazue

Matsubara Ikutarou

Mazume Shinjuurou

Matzume Ryuutarou

Matsumoto Kijirou

Matsumoto Shuuzou

Matsumoto Sutesuke

Matsumoto Chikara

Maruo Keijirou

Maruyama Komnosuke

Manda Kouzou

Miura Keinosuke

Miura Shigetarou

Miura Tsunujirou

Miura Matsugorou

Miura Isetake

Mishina Ichirou

Mishina Jirou

Mishina Chuuji

Mizuguchi Ichimatsu

Mizutani Toushichi

Mitsuii Ushinosuke

Miyagawa Kazumi

Miyagawa Nobukichi

Miyagaki Hannojou

Miyatake Orizou

Miyamoto Touta

Miyoshi Yutaka

Mukaidate Noboru

Mutou Matasaburou

Murakami Saburou

Murakami Monjirou

Murayama Kenkichi

Muro Takunosuke

Motoi Waichirou

Mototake Gonbei

Morian Rokunosuke

Mori Gonjirou

Mori Takanosuke

Mori Tsunukichi

Morishita Heisaku

Mori Rokurou

Yagane Shigezou

Yaguchi Kenichirou

Yanagisawa Touma

Yanagida Sanjirou

Yabe Hyougo

Yama Toranosuke

Yamaura Tetsushirou

Yamagata Tokitarou

Yamagiwa Heizaburou

Yamaguji Bunjirou

Yamazaki Hachizou

Yamazaki Ringorou

Yamada Harutaka

Yamano Yasohachi

Yamamoto Jisoroku

Yuuki Umunosuke

Yokoyama Nabejirou

Yoshizawa Heizou

Yoshimura Jirou

Yoshimura Shintarou

Yoshimura Yoshitarou

Wakada Eikichi

Wada Juurou

Wada Hayato

Wada Rokurou

Wakada Kotouta

Wadaka Toranosuke

Watanabe Ichizou

Wadou Teizou

[otro-estupido-ser-humano]

"A fool's errand often resulted in a fool's fate."

Renée Ahdieh, Flame in the Mist

[aintnolionpridelands]

Basic info on the Japanese production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Official Site: https://www.tohostage.com/thegreatcomet/

Date: January 5th - 27th, 2019 Venue: 東京芸術劇場 プレイハウス (Playhouse, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)

Produced by Toho / Nippon Broadcasting System / Mixzone

Cast

ピエール：井上芳雄 (Pierre: Yoshio Inoue) - Video

ナターシャ：生田絵梨花 (Natasha: Erika Ikuta) - Video

エレン：霧矢大夢 (Hélène: Hiromu Kiriya) - Video

アナトール：小西遼生 (Anatole: Ryosei Konishi) - Video

ソーニャ：松原凜子 (Sonya: Rinko Matsubara) - Video

ドロホフ：水田航生 (Dolokhov: Kouki Mizuta) - Video

マリア：はいだしょうこ (Mary: Shoko Haida) - Video

バラガ：メイリー・ムー (Balaga: Meili-Mu) - Video

マーリャ・D：原田薫 (Marya D.: Kaoru Harada) - Video

アンドレイ／ボルコン��キー老公爵：武田真治 (Andrey/Old Prince Bolkonsky: Shinji Takeda) - Video

Ensemble

亜久里夏代 (Kayo Aguri)

会田桃子 (Momoko Aida)

Alyssa Chetrick

木暮真一郎 (Shinichiro Kogure)

森山大輔 (Daisuke Moriyama)

村松ハンナ (Hannah Muramatsu)

大嶺巧 (Takumi Omine)

大月さゆ (Sayu Otsuki)

酒井翔子 (Shoko Sakai)

菅谷真理恵 (Marie Sugaya)

武田桃子 (Momoko Takeda)

塚本直 (Nao Tsukamoto)

山田元 (Gen Yamada)

山野靖博 (Yasuhiro Yamano)

Creative & Crew

Music, Lyrics, & Orchestration: Dave Malloy

Direction & translation: 小林香 (Caori Covayashi)

Choreography: 原田 薫 (Kaoru Harada)

Music supervision: 前嶋康明 (Yasuaki Maejima)

Artistic direction: 松井るみ (Rumi Matsui)

Lighting design: 高見和義 (Kazuyoshi Takami)

Sound design: 山本浩一 (Koichi Yamamoto)

Costume design: 中村秋美 (Akimi Nakamura)

Hair & Makeup: 宮内宏明 (Hiroaki Miyauchi)

Vocal direction: 亜久里夏代 (Kayo Aguri)

Assistant director: 斎藤 歩 (Ayumu Saito)

Stage manager: 二瓶剛雄 (Takeo Nihei?)

Producers: 小嶋麻倫子 (Mariko Kojima), 塚田淳一 (Jun-ichi Tsukada), 中出 桂 (Kei Nakade?), 近藤久晴 (Hisaharu Kondo)

Stage/Seating

There will be 5 sections on the stage (gold area) that have seats for audience. They’re called “Comet Seats S/A” (black areas, except the bottom right one, which will be the orchestra pit). Normal seats are in the auditorium (gray area). The image above does not necessarily show the actual set/seating design.

Fun Facts

Yoshio Inoue (Pierre) is one of the most popular musical theatre actors in Japan.

He’s btw two years older than Josh Groban.

Erika Ikuta (Natasha) is from a girl idol group called Nogizaka46. She's been in a few musicals including Les Misérables and Mozart!.

Meili-Mu (Balaga) is a drag queen who identifies himself as a gay man.

* Actually I’m not really familiar with this show, but it seems it’s drawing a great amount of attention from non-Japanese speaking musical theatre fans, so I made this post. I’m happy that people are getting aware of Japanese musical theatre! There's been a lot of great productions in the past and the future.

[sambart93]

2019.03.20 and 22 Tsuki ni Hoero, Yoru wo Kogegase-kun Yo [Review]

I was highly anticipated the sequel to a stage I saw last year -- first stage’s review is here.

Official Website here Official Twitter here Press Coverage and Video 1, 2, 3, 4

CAST and CHARACTERS

Oguri Ryo as Byakki / Byakomaru Satake Uki as Mibu Sumika Maruyama Shogo as Gedomaru (Young) Hattori Takeo as Yumemaru Yamamoto Mayu as Suzuran Kadono Sho as Kagami Saizou Hanaoka Meika as Nadeshiko (Young) Iwasaki Koji as Yagara Keiji Harigaya Saori as Kohaku Sekiya Mayu as Yukikusa Kimura Yuryou as Kumasaka Gyouki Aina as Hikime Shouji Masato as Takagai Eiji Nishimura Misaki as Tsubaki Tanaka Hiroki as Sayo / Tenkokumaru Mizuki Momoko as Nazuna Araki Miyu as Yukinashi Matsuda Misato as Fuji Oobaya Chieri as Kaki Tsubata Maruyama Raiden as Gedomaru (Old) Ogura Erika as Ayame Ishiibe Yuichi as Mibu Taigoku Takeda Tomohiro as Sunayama Ukon Ensemble: Umeda Shohei, Oda Shunpei, Uruhata Mirai, and Soga Kaoru

NON-SPOILER REVIEW

Overall: Unfortunately my gut instinct that I got before the show started, turned out to be true: This didn’t live up to past ASSH stages, and this is the first ASSH stage that I’ve been somewhat disappointed in them. This play is still very good: great acting, great characters; the stage, the costumes, the music are all beautiful; and the comedy is very good and had a lot of the audience laughing really loudly.... I was especially in love with the background of the stage this time around, and I thoroughly enjoyed the falling cherry blossom petals that we got throughout the play too. One of my favourite scenes is a ‘in the river/lake’ scene; the sound work during that scene was great. And I also loved the Ryo vs Sho fight scene too! BUT the story didn’t have anything new or surprising. I felt the character introductions were too long (it’s something we’ve seen a billion times, no need to explain who’s fighting against each other etc.), and that they were trying to fit in too many story lines -- There are like 6 or 7 storylines in this and at least 2 of them have nothing to do with one another. Upon my second rewatch, you could’ve easy cut out the 3 - 5 characters who were part of this Women’s Only Fight Club, and that would’ve made the story stronger and would’ve cut the play down by about 20 - 30 minutes (the play is 2 hours and 25 minutes!) -- which we could’ve used to develop other character’s relationships. A thing I can’t blame them for is, I went on Shonichi (the very first performance) so of course it’s not going to look or be perfect. But in the first show, their fight scenes and choreography was very slow. But luckily at the Friday night show, their movements were much more refined and the speed was up and I could really appreciate some moments. Personally, this stage would’ve flourished more if they’d either: A. cut a storyline out, OR B. cut out about 2-3 characters, OR C. cut the introductions down, in order to make it a tighter show. I’m still hoping for a third stage though but it would be nice to have Sayo/Tenkokumaru as the main this time and not as the Storyteller as he has been the past 2 times. Rating: 6/10

*

SPOILER REVIEW

STORY:

So we follow Gedomaru and the Young Boy around on their travels when they end up at a village where someone recognises Gedomaru. Soon, they are ambushed by a group of girls who claim that Gedo is the reason for their mother's death and that they are out to avenge them. All the while, the Young Boy is curious as to how he and his father met, so Gedo recites how. Soon enough Gedo realises that the group of girls' mothers had a part to play in that part of his history and the stories begin to entwine.

The backdrop to Gedo and Byakko's meeting is in the middle of two warring states (which are coloured Green and Orange). But in order to create peace, one side, Green, sends their daughter to be married to the other, but the other side (Orange) had other mischievous plans in mind.

COMMENTS

☆ I absolutely adored the background this time around. They made it look like the starry sky and had lots of glitter on it! It was so beautiful!

☆ I also loved what they did with the lighting! Depending on which side of the war we were on, the lights were either more green/blue, or more orange/red.

☆ The sound was great too! There is a scene where two characters are in a river and the timing of their movements with accurate water sounds were perfect! The music itself was great! Some tracks I could recall being in the first play too so it felt very familiar and nostalgic at times, especially some of the fighting and high tension(?) songs/tracks.

☆ Once again, Oguri (along with Sho this time) did the choreography for the fighting scenes! You could tell they were the more skilled ones, because the fight between them two (compared to everyone else') was so tense and so high speed and their movements were much more fluid. I really enjoyed one specific move Hiroki did too. It was when the Girl Gang attacks them and he does this move where, in order to stop/block the person behind him, the wings his sword around and behind him without even looking where his target is! And I thought it was hella cool. I also really enjoyed the choreography with the two Ninjas, they had lots of high kicks, lots of slides, lots of cartwheels etc. which I enjoyed watching (as an ex-gymnast myself).

But I will say, on the first day, all the fight scenes were very slow. You could tell it was their first performance, because there were a lot of minor slip ups, and it wasn't perfect, and it looked very, very clunky and slow. But on my second viewing (which was the 5th show), they had drastically improved and I could see how fast and how comfortable they had gotten with the fights.

☆ Of course I thoroughly enjoyed the acting! There were some moments and some characters that really stood out.

☆ BUT, and this is a big butt, I didn't really enjoy the antagonist this time around. I don't know why but I found the bad guy very 1D and very bland. I don't even have a specific reason why. But he felt very much like an after thought; it felt like he was put in at the last minute because 'damn we need a big bad guy'. I'm not sure how to describe it. But, let me tell you his arc: So he's on one side of the warring states, the Orange side, and he's very much ready to fight and battle with the other side til one of them is standing. But agrees to take their sister and 'marry her'. But as soon as she's in his hands, he holds her hostage and eventually kills her. He then starts a big battle against the other side. But when his henchmen go against him, he doesn't hesitate to kill them, even though he was having a sexual relationship with one of them. To stop him advancing, the Greens and Byakki team up and defeat him. His arc and his story takes up like 10% of the entire play. He's killed off about 30 - 40 minutes before the end (or at least felt like that) so.... I don't really understand WHY he was chosen as the 'antagonist'. This play could've very easily stood well on it's own without him. We could've cut his stage appearance out completely and just had people discussing him and it would've had the same amount of impact. Maybe I missed something but I personally didn't find him compelling or interesting. In fact, I was more interested in his daughter's story.

☆ His daughter, Sumika, has ran away and gone into hiding because she holds the power of seeing the future when she sleeps. She believes she's cursed, and because of her power, she believes she's to blame for everything bad that has happened and now she's on the run, because both her father and the Greens are trying to find and capture her (for different reasons). She finds Byakki via one of her dreams and manages to track him down; she begs Byakki to kill her. But he refuses, twice. Her journey is basically questions why she was born, why she has these powers, and finding solace in Byakki who has also been ostracised for his 'abnormality'. I loved her and Byakki's relationship! And there's a scene where the Ninjas track her down and Byakki defends her, but once he's taken too many blows, she gets in the middle of them and yells 'he's not a monster! He's a human just like us!' and it really hit me in the feels.

☆ Another character I thoroughly enjoyed was Nadeshiko. She was played by Hanaoka (and if you remember, I absolutely loved her in Zigoma!) who is just one of the funniest women I know. Her comedy and the way she delivers her comedy is always so spot on and so well done! She has the perfect balance of being cutesy-funny and then switching to a 'deep-voice' funny. She's also not afraid to make fun of herself or her fellow actors. She had some GOLD comedy moments in this.

☆ There was a cast change with Young Gedomaru... I have to admit, I was not happy the first time around. I felt like there was a complete change in his personality compared to the first version we saw of him. But then I saw how much laughter he was getting from the audience and how much the audience accepted him. Also this is set before the events of the first stage so of course he'd be a bit less mature, and more child-like and would have a more happy, positive view on things, so then I came around to this new Gedomaru and I just enjoyed his upon my second viewing. He is very funny and is another main source, besides Nadeshiko, of the audience's laughter and the comedy. He falls in love with Sumika straight away and vows to protect her. Also his stubbornness of wanting to win against Byakki so much. It's both admirable and stupid at the same time, and Byakki feels the same. But fighting against each other is what tightens and strengthens their relationship.

☆ Sumika was really cute. I loved how quiet and how pleasant she was. But she was also going through a tough time and kept it to herself which proved how strong she was. She was also determined about dying while also showing how vulnerable and scared she was which was beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed her relationship with Byakki too. BUT I really wish we'd removed a character or a storyline or two so we could've expanded other scenes and relationships like this one. I would've loved an extra 20 or so minutes with Sumika and Byakki building a relationship, because it felt very much like: They met -> he protects her in a fight or two -> crying and super sad because he has to kill her -> End. It felt very rushed and I couldn't get emotional about the scene at all! So I would've appreciated it more and would've been more invested if we'd actually spent time to develop their relationship and feelings.

ALSO! The entire show I was like: Yo is this Young Boy's mother?! Are we finally finding out who she is?! But alas, she dies in the end so we're still left wondering who tf his mother is!! Grrrrr. We better be getting a third stage to finally answer that god damn question!

☆ Also on the topic of Young Boy and Hiroki; I was so pissed he was playing the story telling again! He was barely in the stage because he was only needed when we were in the present or hoovering over some of the past scenes. COME ON! GIVE HIM THE LEAD ROLE HE DESERVES! I was disappointed we got him as the Story Teller again -__-

☆ In this we got to meet Gedomaru's older brother! Who is a priest at a temple. I loved how much obvious love he had for his brother, but also allowed his brother to grow independently and learn from his mistakes. I thoroughly adored the last scene with him where he tells Gedo that he's going back to the temple and accepts that Gedo will be going off with Byakki, and his last line is something like 'you know you can always come back to your home at the temple' which was really sweet. But now there's the mystery as to what happened to his brother, because in the present Young Boy asks 'how's your brother now?' and Gedo replies very vaguely like 'it's best if we don't meet again.' so I'm like super suspicious! What happened to his brother?! I hope he gets killed and Gedo goes on a manic revenge spree or something that Byakki has to save him from! Ohhhh that'd be good!!

☆ Towards the end of the play, we get sakura / cherry blossom petals falling down from the ceiling and oh my did it look beautiful! It was such a beautiful touch and I am so glad they added it into the stage because it's so emotionally and visually beautiful! I know it's such a simple thing and it IS used in so many stages, but every time, I can't not appreciate it!!

Now I want to get into the negatives in detail for a moment.

☆ For me this was their weakest stage so far. I've always been so impressed with their stages, and I had a feeling this one wouldn't quite hack it, and unfortunately, I was right.

☆ For me, I didn't find anything surprising or new in this stage. I am so used to ASSH taking a simple story and just having them put in such surprises that my mind is blown by the end of the story. But I feel they played it very safe in this one. There were no surprises, and nothing new. Also ASSH are known to be brutal with their killing off of characters but no one major died. No one's death was really that surprising or emotionally hurt.

I will admit that Sumika's death was impressive but that was all thanks to the actress' skills. She first gets her ear cut off and her scream during that moment is just pure gold and absolutely amazing voice and physical acting! But in terms of WHO died, there were no high stakes at all. Like ASSH have killed of WHOLE casts before!! Now that's theatre! That's drama! That's WOW! But this one was just ... safe.

☆ I also felt that even though the story was very stereotypical: two warring states/kingdoms and their daughters getting caught up in the shit shit, yet I spent we OVER-spent time introducing the war and who was on who's side. I seriously think you could've completely cut out the two leaders and just had his underlings talking about him. I felt the presence of the two big leaders were unnecessary and you could've easily just had them AS spoken characters -- I hope you understand what I mean: they could've just been talked ABOUT rather than actually getting actors and having them physically onstage.

☆ They also spent a whole scene dedicated to the three Girl Gang members and explaining their tragic past and why they joined this group. You could've cut out both of these parts.

☆ There were also too many story lines. Let me break down the groups and relationships:

Present Day:

(1) Old Gedo with Young Boy, eventually Old Nadeshiko joining. (2) Girl Gang: out for Revenge on Gedo because of what happened to their mothers.

Past Day:

(1) Orange Clan: We have the Leader who's marrying Green's girl but ultimately wanting to battle, and absolutely hates his daughter and trying to track her down thanks to his ninja henchmen. His henchmen are slowly questioning their leader's leadership, sanity and motives. (2) Green Clan: Just wants a peaceful land, sends daughter to marry Orange so they can have a peaceful, political agreement. After the daughter gets killed, they try and find Sumika for either help or entrapment. (3) Girl Gang (4) Nadeshiko and Sumika on the run and trying to find Byakki. (5) Byakumaru bumping into Gedo, becoming spar buddies and eventually friends. (6) Gedo and his brother: Out on their travels and find Byakki and won't leave until Gedo defeats Byakki. (7) Sumika and Byakki: After finding Byakki, she really wants him to kill her so her powers can stop. (8) Gedo falls for Sumika at first sight and now sees Byakki as a love and fighting rival.

As you can see... there is just too much. This stage/story would've benefited if they had either: cut 2 or 3 characters out, OR cut one story line out completely. Upon my second watch, I realised that there is literally NO POINT to the Girl Gang at all (besides gender equality and girls can fight too and being a conflict to present Gedo), so I think they should've cut them characters out completely. Also physically cutting out the two leaders and having them only in the dialogue would've saved a lot of time too.

☆ This play is 2 hours 35 minutes long. If they had cut out the parts I wanted, this could've been under 2 hours. AND if they really wanted, they could've used that extra time to actually DEVELOP relationships between the remaining characters. I have no problem giving that time to Gedo and Byakki, or Byakki and Sumika! We need their development in this story in all honesty! And thinking about it, to say Byakki is the same character, he's in it almost a little as Young Boy is! He's barely in the stage compared to some many other characters.

☆ Also I went there for Hiroki and his has the smallest part... again! He's playing the story teller... again! So of course my bias heart is sad about this! I really thought we were going to get HIS story this time around! I really thought we were going to find out who his mother was this time around! But alas, this stage was set in the past and he's just a bystander again *cries* I really hope we get a third stage and that he's main next time!

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Don't get me wrong, this is still a solid play, with amazing acting and lots of great characters. Also it has a lot of charm, a lot of amazing scene and nice moments, some great lines, some very funny parts. However, this was just their weakest one for me. 'Safe' is definitely the word to describe this play. I am still hopeful and wanting a third stage! But seriously, if the next stage is not about Hiroki and his mother, I swear to god! xD Anyway, thanks for reading as usual!

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🌐Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance (English Version)

Title: Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance

By: Cybird

Languages: English (Japanese Voice)

Platform: Android, iOS

The official site and twitter upcoming

Upcoming in 2024

🎬 Teaser : https://youtu.be/p6xb-cDAguw

บาปรักแสนหวาน กับ 9 วายร้ายหนุ่มหล่อ

🦋 CAST

William Rex CV: Shinnosuke Tachibana

Harrison Gray CV: Noriaki Sugiyama

Liam Evans CV: Koutaro Nishiyama

Elbert Greetia CV: Takeo Otsuka

Alfons Sylvatica CV: Soma Saito

Roger Barel CV: Takuya Eguchi

Jude Jazza CV: Kaito Takeda

Ellis Twilight CV: Gen Sato

Victor CV: Hiroki Takahashi

Theme game: The Villains 🦋

Theme song by Fujita Maiko

Character design : Natsume Lemon

Japanese server https://ikemen.cybird.ne.jp/title/villains/original/

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今日、恋をはじめます (Love for Beginners)

MOVIE DETAILS

Title: 今日、恋をはじめます

Title (english): Love for Beginners

Genre: Romance / Teen

Release Date: December 8, 2012

Runtime: 120 min.

Distributor: Toho

PLOT

Hibino Tsubaki (Takei Emi ) is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this.

One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota (Matsuzaka Tori) targets Tsubaki for teasing. Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Kyota has commitment issues...

TRAILER

CAST

Takei Emi as Hibino Tsubaki

Matsuzaka Tori as Tsubaki Kyota

Kimura Fumino as Nana

Aoyagi Sho as Hananoi

Yamazaki Kento as Nishiki Hasegawa

Shinkawa Yua as Hibino Sakura

Takanashi Rin as Yamauchi Arisa

Dawkins Erina as Misaki

Fujiwara Reiko as Kana

Takaoka Saki as Kanzaki Kyouka

Murakami Hiroaki as Tsubaki Keita

Asou Yumi as Hibino Setsuko

Hasegawa Hatsunori as Hibino Shoichiro

Additional Cast Members:

Katoono Taikou

Yamazaki Hirona

Sakai Ayane

KENTA

Kondo Maaya

Iijima Akari - Hibino Tsubaki (child)

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director: Furusawa Takeshi

Assistant Director: Kikuchi Takeo

Original writer (novel): Minami Kanan

Screenwriter: Asano Taeko

Producer: Takeda Yoshitaka, Watanabe Yoshiyuki, Tashiro Hideki

Cinematographer: Kikumura Tokusho

WEBSITE 

Official Homepage: www.kyokoi-movie.jp

source : AsianWiki

SPOILER

Yamazaki Kento played as Kyota's chilhood friend. He has love interest on Tsubaki's younger sister 'Sakura' while Sakura has crush on Kyota. Kind of triangle love? Or maybe not? Find the full story by download or stream here:

[DOWNLOAD LINK]

RAW & SUBTITLES: Ganool, Doramax264, Akadesu

STREAM (with engsub)

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Sakuya Komatsu (Digimon Tamers)

Name: Sakuya Komatsu (Sah-coo-yah Coh-mah-sue) Age: 13 (Based off of the Anime) (please tell what you are basing their age from; Movies;USM; 1980's TV Show etc...) Siblings: Takeda Komatsu ( Deceased) Parents: Rin (Mother)  and  Takeo(Father) Komatsu Talents: Job: Digimon Tamer Bust: - Waist: - Hips: - Height: Likes: Dislikes: Allergies: None Favorite Food: Best Friend: None Crush/Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Ryo Akiyama School info: Personality: Quirks: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Series Info: Series: Digimon Tamers Digimon Partner/base transformation: Luximon Element: Fire Digivice(pic): ----------------------------------------------------------------- Fandom Family Info: which OC they are connected to: how they are connected to that OC:

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Underarm Hair-themed Anime Film "Complex x Complex" Hits Theaters February 2017

A 24-minute short FLASH anime film Complex x Complex produced by Tokyo-based film production group Panpokopina will get theatrical screenings at the Shimokitazawa Tollywood theater in Tokyo from February 4 for a limited time of two weeks. The story follows the protagonist girl Yui Kotani, a second-year junior high school student who is obsessed with men's underarm hair, and the relationship with her male classmate Masato Takeo who has the thickest underarm hair in the class.

  The 29-year-old independent film creator Miyuki Fukuda-written/directed film has already received various film awards as below:

  The 8th Shimokitazawa Film Festival (Grand Prix)

Skip City International Film Festival 2016 (Anime Section Grand Prix, Audience Popularity Poll No.1)

The 19th Ozu Yasujiro Memorial/Tateshina Kougen Film Festival

 (Anime Section Grand Prix, Special Recognition Award for Yasue Hayashi)

Kisssh-Kissssssh Film festival 2016 (Anime Section Grand Prix)

The 36th TOKYO Tsukiichi feilm Festival (Grand Prix)

The 2nd Awara Yikemuri Art Festival (Special Recognition Award)

Nasu Short Film Festival 2016 (Nasu Film Commission Award)

West Tokyo Film Festival 2016 (Best Anime Award)

    Trailer

    Flyer visuals

  【チラシ設置・ポスター掲示にご協力いただけるお店・企業様を募集中！】ご協力頂ける方はDMかリプライを送って頂くか、件名を「チラシ設置・ポスター掲示」として頂き下記アドレスまでご連絡頂けると幸いです。info.panpokopina@gmail.com（担当：上田） http://pic.twitter.com/FHO1Si0wwF

— 「こんぷれっくす×コンプレックス」公式 (@wakigeanime_cc) December 31, 2016

    Main Voice Cast:

  Yui Kotani: Kanae Hayashi (Tipi in Kulipari: An Army of Frogs)

Masato Takeo: Seigo Agatsuma (Takuto Hasegawa in the Chihayafuru live-action films)

Fumi Nakamura: Fuuka Haruna (Pokomi Akagawa in Omakase! Miracle Cat-dan)

Yui's mother: Mina Hiroe (Mizuki Okajima in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Yui's father: Naoto Takeda (Koumei in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life)

Mai Kotani (Yui's older sister): Haruka Yamaguchi

Teacher: Masataka Okada

    Source: "Complex x Complex" official website, Twitter

  By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[ikemenfangirl]

🌎 Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance (Otome Game) upcoming on Spring 2024

Teaser Trailer : https://youtu.be/p6xb-cDAguw

✔️ English version

✔️ Female protagonist

Title: Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance

By: Cybird

Platform: iOS, Android

X : https://x.com/ikevil_en

🏰 STORY

19th century, London, England.

There was a royal order organization of Queen Victoria called 'Crown'

While working as a postal worker, you accidentally find out their secret.

It is a "fairy curse" that was put on them.

"Those born with a curse will inevitably follow the same fate as the tale."

You, who escaped death by becoming a Fairy Tale to write down their curses,

Forced to live a sweet sinful life with nine handsome villains.

Without knowing that you'll fall in love that drives everything crazy

The darkest, sexiest, addicting love story he and you spin

I can't go back to before I knew this love

โอโตเมะเกมหนุ่มหล่อร้ายพร้อมจะขโมยใจคุณภายในฤดูใบไม้ผลิปี 2024

🦋 CAST

✦ William Rex CV : Tachibana Shinnosuke

✦ Harrison Gray CV : Sugiyama Noriaki

✦ Liam Evans CV : Nishiyama Koutaro

✦ Elbert Greetia CV : Otsuka Takeo

✦ Alfons Sylvatica CV : Saito Soma

✦ Roger Barel CV : Eguchi Takuya

✦ Jude Jazza CV : Takeda Kaito

✦ Ellis Twilight CV : Sato Gen

✦ Victor CV : Takahashi Hiroki

Character design : Natsume Lemon

https://twitter.com/remon101121

🦋 OFFICIAL SITE

JP : https://ikemen.cybird.ne.jp/title/villains/original/

EN : coming soon

เรื่องราวความรักที่มืดมนที่สุด เซ็กซี่ที่สุด และน่าติดตามของเขากับคุณ

ย้อนกลับไปก่อนที่จะรู้จักความรักครั้งนี้ไม่ได้แล้ว

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Ikémen Villains - Coming soon! เกมจีบหนุ่มหล่อวายร้าย เร็ว ๆ นี้ (Google Play & Apple Store)

Title: Ikémen Villains: Wrapped in Wicked Romance (イケメンヴィラン 闇夜にひらく悪の恋)

By: Cybird

Platform: iOS, Android

Language: Japanese

Website: https://ikemen.cybird.ne.jp/title/villains/original/index.html

🦋 CAST

✦ William Rex

CV : Tachibana Shinnosuke

✦ Harrison Gray

CV : Sugiyama Noriaki

✦ Liam Evans

CV : Nishiyama Koutaro

✦ Elbert Greetia

CV : Otsuka Takeo

✦ Alfons Sylvatica

CV : Saito Soma

✦ Roger Barel

CV : Eguchi Takuya

✦ Jude Jazza

CV : Takeda Kaito

✦ Ellis Twilight

CV : Sato Gen

✦ Victor

CV : Takahashi Hiroki

Character design : Natsume Lemon

🦋 STORY

19th century, London, England.

There was a royal order organization of Queen Victoria called 'Crown'

While working as a postal worker, you accidentally find out their secret.

It is a "fairy curse" that was put on them.

"Those born with a curse will inevitably follow the same fate as the tale."

You becoming a “fairy master” who write their curse,

Forced to live a sweet sinful life with nine handsome villains.

Without knowing that you'll fall in love that drives everything crazy

🦋 DOWNLOAD

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.cybird.appli.android.vil.ja

iOS: coming soon

Expected: March 25