#Takuya ; 01

[ran-orimoto]

Who would the Frontier kids meet and hang with from other series?

Since yesterday it was Odaiba day, I will finally reply to an ask from this Anon, whose identity I know because @teclajellymon isn’t skilled at hiding secrets lmaoooooo. She wanted to only ask about Izumi and Junpei but she had to act like a chameleon, you know ahahahha.

Happy Odaiba ( in late *flops* ) !!!

• Takuya: I mean, you’d think a googlehead should be placed by the side of another one. And I do understand that, the official did the same as well, but can I change the rules a bit? I want to see Takuya and Sora interacting, because Sora reminds me of Rin from Yes!5 and Rin from Yes!5 is voiced by the same woman voicing Takuya, who also said she wished Takuya was a girl like Ri-

OK. I just think they’d share they football passion together and it would be cute? Besides the fact aesthetically they would look really pleasant together, they both also are fire themed. I’d like to see them playing together and if Taichi wants to join, why couldn’t he?

Still, among the googleheads, I think the one I would like to see interacting with Takuya is Marcus…? I want them to kill each other, yes?

Kouji: He’s kinda easy, because I really like that Cd cover where he stared at Yamato playing his harmonica, dreamy eyed. I know it’s kinda lame Kouji is being put with a loner wolf, so I’m taking a safe route, but I honestly can’t get rid of that image printed in my head. Hmmm someone else, someone else, idk. Help. Maybe he could meet Takeru? If he met Yamato, he would meet Takeru as well and Takeru has got a Patamon. Since Kouji was often seen getting Patamon’s attention in the original season, Takeru’s would bring him memories.

• Izumi: Of course, when it comes to your favs you have got ton of ideas. Ton. Let’s say I will write a little bonus down here for Junpei and Izumi, so, for now, I’ll just temporise ahhahah. Many pair Izumi with Miyako, but I would honestly be curious to see how a meeting between Ruki and Izumi would play. Once a friend of mine drew Izumi and Ruki collaborating in modelling together (Ruki was the photographer, Izumi was the model of the photoshoot), but I want to picture them together more because Seki Producer liked saying Izumi “is actually more similar to Ruki than Mimi”. How? At what extent? What did you mean, SekiP? We will never know imo, but maybe if Ruki and Izumi got to know each other…

• Junpei: OF COURSE, same identical tale as old as time like when it comes to Izumi. So many ideas for my boy, I’d make him even meet Taichi and I think they’d go along. During my Adventure 01 “rewatch”, I truly found myself spotting a piece of Junpei in so many characters ahaha. Taichi has got a scene in which he drives some kind of crane in a factory and Frontier’s episode 5, the one in which Junpei drives one as well, blatantly is a homage to that. Needless to say, Junpei has also got something in common with Jyou, whom he met in an official comic (during which Junpei doesn’t miss the chance to compliment Izumi in front of strangers and in her absence lmaoooo); moreover, in the first Frontier ending, Junpei reading his homework on the stairs is another clear homage to 01, to a scene focusing on Jyou, though I can’t recall which episode it was and I apologize.

Still, and I’ve already said it, I ABSOLUTELY want Junpei to meet Ruri. I want him to become envious of her little detective life and bugging her by sticking his nose in whatever digital mystery she’s on. The Great Detective Shibayama meets the fantastic Ririrun! I need to draw them *wants to explode*. Maybe Junpei could affect Ruri with his fantasies about owning a series, who knows.

Junpei would also so funny with Miyako, I swear. The 02 x Frontier pic did place them in a mirroring position and I just adore it lol. They can eat together while talking about their crush, even if Miyako does yell much more than Junpei lmao. Bingo. I think Junpei would admire her technological skills and would evolve in Bolgmon to gain maths intelligence lmao x 2.

• Tomoki: I have played the Takeru card and I don’t really care? Because I want Tonoki to join the Tamers younger kids for once, though we know nothing about Ai and Mako, and unfortunately about Shaochung as well. But ehy, we can come up with headcanons and make these babies have fun. If Impmon acts as a bully like usual, Tomoki will have someone to deal with, though…

• Kouichi: He doesn’t give me any problem like his twin (good boy, Kouichi). Thanks to some people from this fandom, I have jumped on the boat of Kouichi and Hikari, not necessarily on a shipping level. I can see it. I can see Juri boarding as well, but Juri is way too hyperactive to Kouichi’s tastes imo. Hikari is a bit quieter and more considerate. He would put him at ease just like his twin does www.

• Bonus: Koumi x Junzumi

And here I can say : aren’t shippings ending with umi so beautiful at this point ?

Talking again about my 01 rewatch, I can confirm to myself early Mimi does remind me of Junpei a lot, which is a sacrilege but, ehm, seriously…???? I don’t blame some dude playing in their stories about Junpei being a Jyoumi son, because he’s really a mix of them. People usually like connecting Junpei with Koushiro (and I do too lol) because of the electric/thunder bug theme, but I also adore creating scenarios for Junpei and Mimi ahahah, two spoiled kids coming from rich families always complaining about needing to eat, sleep, getting disgusted so easily….Two needles stuck up your butt, speaking bluntly ahahha.

I have got a lot of ideas about Junzumi x Koumi . In my hcs Izumi will open a restaurant someday and I do believe Mimi would love visiting it. Then, she would invite Izumi to her cooking tv show and Junpei would stop underlining how wife is much better than this Mimi Tachikawa who has come from who knows where. Do you know my wife won two contests, is Gambero Rosso’s favourite guest, her restaurant received compliments from both Terramadre and Slowfood-

Junpei, shut up and let the girls play.

[bubblegeon]

What would make a person tremble? 🚓 KAZAMA KIMICHIKA: KYOJO ZERO (2023)

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If Gomamon and Takuya are voiced by Junko Takeuchi (Japanese voice of Naruto), how would they sound like if they were voiced by Maile Flanagan (US voice of Naruto)?

[doctorbunny]

MILGRAM Hallucination Booklet Translation pt.1 (Yamanaka and DECO*27 Interview)

Context: This interview was from a booklet handed out at the MILGRAM Hallucination live show on the 21st January 2024 (if you want a copy you can buy it here) This translation was made possible by the generosity of @maxpawb sharing images of his booklet with me This translation is mostly my own, but @maristelina helped me with some sections. Now without further ado:

Q.01 Introduce Yourself. I'm Takuya Yamanaka. I'm the creator/planner/screenwriter for MILGRAM. I'm DECO*27. I work as the music producer for MILGRAM. I like Hatsune Miku.

Q.02 What reactions from the guards have been the most surprising so far? Yamanaka: There are a lot of guards that were born overseas, aren't there? Even though it's created with rather Japanese sensibilities, overseas audiences didn't seem to mind at all. Though the countries and sensibilities are different than what I anticipated, votes have become more multifaceted, it's very interesting, isn't it? DECO: To forgive or not forgive the prisoners what do you do, whether it goes as you expected or the result turns out to be quite the opposite, its fascinating. Maybe your nationality affects the kind of criteria you use to make judgements? I've been thinking about something like that.

Q.03 Is there anything you didn't imagine would happen at the start of the trial? Yamanaka: I didn't write it with a large overseas audience in mind, because from the start I wasn't worrying about popularity at all, I simply didn't think I'd be watching over so many guards. Milgram was developed as a more underground project, but it's popularity is a good surprise, isn't it. DECO: There were more people who got into MILGRAM without already caring about my music than I imagined, it was surprising. I feel like MILGRAM has spread further beyond than what I thought it would. I'm very grateful!

Q.04 So far, what's made you the happiest? Yamanaka: Everything. As a creator it brings me great joy to see a work that existed in my mind, take shape and be enjoyed by so many people. Other than that, because I also love the characters I've birthed, seeing all the guards talking about them and sharing their thoughts, both positive and negative, has to be the best feeling. DECO: It makes me happy to see lots of people analysing the meanings I put in my songs! The theories get pretty close to the truth too, I think... the power of all the guards is really cool.

Q.05 So far, what has been the most challenging? Yamanaka: Because I have to change the script in accordance with the audience's decisions, I can't create the entire story in advance. Furthermore, as of the second trial, there aren't only individual character storylines, the prisoner's verdicts begin to emerge and they influence each other. That is to say, I can't start writing until after everyone's results are out. Willingly subjecting myself to doing something this unreasonable, is what I feel is difficult for me. But because DECO*27 is also going through the same hell, we're holding on to some semblance of sanity. DECO: The story changes in accordance to all the guards' choices, and the music has to be written to match. I think this is harder for Yamanaka-P, who writes the script, than it is for me... But though its tough, I feel its really worthwhile, It makes me really happy to be able to communicate with everyone through my songs!

Q.06 Do you have any regrets like "I wish I had done it differently back then!"? Yamanaka: I've thought it over quite carefully, but there's nothing in particular. I think everyone involved in the project is giving it their all and its a really passionate environment. DECO: Nope! I've been able to put all the things I've thought of into my songs.

Q.07 Which prisoners are the easiest to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: If I had to pick one, it'd be Fuuta. He's the type of person that's pretty easy to write because his brain never shuts up. Other than him, Yuno and Shidou are relatively academic kids in theory, so they're easy to write because they're very clear when it comes to what they want to convey. [TL note just because its funny, the idiom Yamanaka uses is lit. "There is barking in the inside [of Fuuta's] head] DECO: It went smoothly for all of them!

Q.08 Which prisoners are the most fun to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: Muu's lines were the very fun to write~. I'm fascinated by her approach to life and can't help but envy how fun it must be to behave like that. Yuno and Amane are my runners up. I enjoy writing the kinds of characters who plainly state their ideas and speak eloquently. DECO: Mahiru! From the start writing about the relationships between men and women has been what you might call my forte, its enjoyable to make. I feel like this is also why I find Yuno easy to write for.

Q.09 Which prisoners are the hardest to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: Overwhelmingly, Haruka's dialogue takes me the longest to write. I have to use the parts of my brain that I wouldn't normally use to figure out how to not just directly convey what he wants to say. DECO: None of them!

Q.10 What's your favourite combination of characters? Yamanaka: Amane and Shidou. They're on completely different wavelengths about everything, and the best part is that there's no getting around it. My second pick might go to Yuno and Muu. They don't get along at all so their fights are never just superficial squabbling. DECO: I always like the interactions between Es and the prisoners. I'm liking how over the course of the voice drama interrogations, Es seems to be gradually coming to understand the prisoner's humanity. Especially Es + Mahiru!

Q.11 Do you want to be friends with any of the prisoners? Yamanaka: Shidou and Kazui. I like the idea of being friends with professional people. I think that people who choose to go into something specialized, its clear they have a kind of resolve and that's charming, isn't it? DECO: Yuno! I feel like she'd be easy to talk to. She seems like she's used to friends who maintain a good distance from each other. [note: while 'good' here can mean a fair amount of distance, in Japanese relationships the concept of boundaries is also built into the idea of distance, so in English you might talk about someone who is a close friend but still has good boundaries, but in Japanese this is someone who has the 'right amount'/ちょうどいい of distance from you, so this could mean Yuno doesn't have any close friends or that Yuno is just a good friend because she isn't going to turn up to your house unexpectedly and eat all the food in your fridge]

Q.12 Do you want to date any of the prisoners? Yamanaka: I love all of my characters a lot, but, well... how should I say it... I don't think I would date any of them. [TL note: I had to shift the wording to be more natural in English but the Japanese Q is more like 'which prisoner would you want to be your boy/girlfriend?' curse english for not having an exact equivalent to koibito, so Yamanaka's answer is more like 'I think would break up with all of them' its a nominal difference but my friend said to mention it bc its funny] DECO: I'm sorry.

Q.13 What's your favourite line/phrase? Yamanaka:

[Scene from Muu's first voice drama Crying B, TL taken from MILGRAMMER]

Es: Judging from your facial features, are you what they call “half-Japanese”? [lit. haafu/Half] Muu: Yeah… I’m biracial. [lit. daburu/Double]

It would have to be that wouldn't it? I got goosebumps when I wrote it it. DECO:

"It's not my fault"

I think that single phrase was able to represent Muu's character really well, if I do say so myself.

Q.14 Are there any prisoners that you think its good they're in MILGRAM? Yamanaka: All of them. Without these 10 people, this Milgram would be a complete failure. DECO: Without these 10 people, MILGRAM wouldn't exist!

Q.15 Is there anything the guards aren't aware of yet? Yamanaka: Of course, there may be some minor details, but I don't think there are any major points missing. The mysteries have already disseminated, I feel the full picture will be clearly revealed if the theories and wild speculations, which have been shared around the world, come together. As expected. DECO: There are! I hope you look forward to the gimmicks I wanted to put in my songs that will come out in the third trial!

Q.16 Is there anything you haven't been able to do up to now, but you want to try doing after this? Yamanaka: I want to do a stageplay. Every performance would be a different story set in Milgram. If anyone reading this is involved with stage productions, please contact me. [I can't find it now but I swear a while ago Yamanaka tweeted something similar like "I'm interested in doing stage adaptations of Caligula Effect or MILGRAM, if anyone is involved with stage production please contact me" I hope he does it, a MILGRAM stage play would be awesome] DECO: Fortunately, I'm already doing everything I want to do! Writing the trial 3 songs couldn't be more fun.

Q.17 Represent "MILGRAM" in one word. Yamanaka: 『人』 "People" DECO: 『噓』 "Lies" [This one is both simple and interesting so as a preview I'll share how akka and DMYM answered] akka: 『幻』 "Illusions" DMYM: 『信』 "Faith"

Q.18 Give a brief comment about the future of "MILGRAM". Yamanaka: There have already been plot developments that I personally wish I didn't have to write. The guards have all chosen a very intense path. It's frightening. I've also been ready to obey these choices since the start of MILGRAM, so I think we all should enjoy this story that can only be told once together. DECO: I've already started writing the prisoner's songs. It's hell. Please prepare yourselves. Q.19 A message for the guards. Yamanaka: Thank you for always looking after the prisoners. Milgram is a work that involves the participation of everyone, including yourself. The thoughts you had, the actions you took, the joy, and resentment you felt towards this prison, all this became a part of Milgram too. I would like you all to please live healthily in your realities alongside Milgram. DECO: Thank you for your hard work as guards. Although MILGRAM is full of troublemakers, we would be grateful if you could continue to watch over us for a long time to come. We will do our best to meet your expectations.

[A link to part 2 will be posted here when its ready]

(Japanese transcript under the cut)

Q.01 自己紹介を。 山中拓也です。 ミルグラムでは企画・原作・脚本をしています。 DECO*27です。 MILGRAMのサウンドプロデューサーを務めています。 初音ミクが好きです。

Q.02 これまでの看守たちからの反応で驚いたことは？ Yamanaka: 海外にもたくさんの看守が生まれるていったことですね。とっても日本的な感性で創っているので、海外ウケとかきにしていませんでした。やはり国が違うと感性も違うものだと思うので、より多面的な投票がされて、とても面白いですね。 DECO: 囚人が赦すor 赦さないのどっちになるか、と自分で予想していたりもしたのですが、結構それが逆の結果になっていることがあって興味深ったです。もしかして国民性で判断基準が違ってくるのかな？とか考えたりしました。

Q.03 審判開始時点では思い描いていなかったことはあるか？ Yamanaka: 海外ウケ気にしたことないと書きましたが、そもそもウケ自体あまり気にしていなかったので、シンプルにこんなにたくさんの看守の方に見守っていただけるコンテンツになるとは思っていませんでした。もっと、アンダーグラウンドで展開するつもりだったんですが、嬉しい悲鳴ですね。 DECO: 想像以上にDECO*27を知らない方にもMILGRAMを観てもらえたことに驚��ました。自分の思っていた以上にMILGRAMが広がったなと感じています。ありがとうございます！

Q.04 これまでで一番嬉しかったことは？ Yamanaka: 全部です。自分の脳内にしかなかった作品が、形になり、たくさんの人に楽しんでもらえること自体がクリエイターとしては大きな喜ぶです。あとはやはり僕は自分が産んだ登場人物のことが大好きなので、プラスでもマイナスでも看守の皆様が彼らについて語って、想いをぶつけてくれいることが最高に嬉しいです。 DECO: たくさんの方に自分が音楽に込めた意味考察してもらえた嬉しいです！かなり正解に近い考察もあって、看守の皆さんのパワーすごいな…と思っています。

Q.05 これまでで一番大変だったことは？ Yamanaka: ユーザーの選択によって、シナリオを変更をするので、あらかじめ制作することができないということです。しかも二審からは個人のストーリーラインだけでなく、他の囚人の結果による影響も出てくる。ということは全員の結果出てからじゃないと制作できないということです。そんな無茶を勝手に自分でやりはじめて、勝手に自分で大変な思いをしています。同じ地獄をDECO27も味わっているので、なんとか正気を保っています。 DECO: 看守の皆さんの選択に応じてストーリー変化し、それに合うように音楽を書くことです。これは僕よりもシナリオを書く山中Pのほうが大変だろうな…と思いますが…大変ではありますがとてもやりがいをかんじていますし、曲を通じて皆さんとコミュニケーションが取れていることが嬉しいです！

Q.06　「今思えばやっておけばよかった！」のような後悔はあるか？ Yamanaka: よくよく考えてみたんですが、特に無いです。制作に関わる全員がベストを尽くしてくれているとてもアツい現場だと思います。 DECO: ないです！思いついたことはすべて楽曲で出力できています。

Q.07 シナリオや音楽の制作がスムーズな囚人は？ Yamanaka: 一人あげるとすればフータでしょうか。頭の中でわんわん言ってるので、かなり書きやすいタイプです。あとはユノや、シドウあたりの比較的理論的で偏差値高めな子たちは何が伝えたいかが明確なので書きやすいです。 DECO: みんなすんなりでした！

Q.08 シナリオや音楽の制作が一番楽しい囚人は？ Yamanaka: セリフを書いていて一番楽しいのはムウですかねぇ~。こんなふうにふるまえたち人生楽しいだろうという憧れすあります。次点でユノやアマネでしょうか。思想がはっきりしてて、弁の立つタイプは書くのが楽しいです。 DECO: マヒルです！自分が元々男女間の関係性を描くのが得意ということもあって、楽しく制作しています。そういった意味ではユノも書きやすいなと感じます。

Q.09 シナリオや音楽の制作に苦労する囚人は？ Yamanaka: 圧倒的にセリフを書くのに時間がかかるのはハルカです。彼が伝えたいことを、伝わらないようにする調整に普段は使わない脳を使います。 DECO: いないです！

Q.10 お気に入りの組み合わせはあるか？ Yamanaka: アマネとシドウ。すべての要素が噛み合わなさすぎて、どうしようもないところが良いです。次点でユノとムウかもです。表面的なケンカにならないだけでかなり気が合わないので。 DECO: エス対囚人の絡みは須く好きです。ボイスドラマの尋問によって段々とエスが囚人の人間性を掴んでいく様が気に入っています。特にエス＋マヒル！

Q.11 囚人を友達にするなら誰か？ Yamanaka: シドウとカズイ。友達にいてほしい職業の人たちです。なにかのスペシャリストを選択する人たちというのは、何かしらの覚悟が決まっている人だと思うのでそれだけで魅力的ですね。 DECO: ユノです！話していて気楽そうだなと感じます。お互い良い距離感を保てる友達になれそう。

Q.12 囚人を恋人にするなら誰か？ Yamanaka: 僕は登場人物のことを全員最高に愛してますが、まぁ、なんというか、全員やめとこうと思います。 DECO: ごめんなさい。

Q.13 お気に入りのセルフやフレーズは？ Yamanaka: 「その顔立ち、ハーフというやつか？」「うん...…ダブル」ですね。書いてて鳥肌でした。 DECO: 「悪くないもん」 1フレーズでムウのキャラクターを上手に表現できたなと我ながら思っています。

Q.14 ミルグラムにいてくれてよかった、と思う囚人は？ Yamanaka: 全員です。この10人でなければ、このミルグラムになっていないので。 DECO: MILGRAMはこの10人がいなければ成立しません！

Q.15 看守たちにまだ感づかれていないことはあるか？ Yamanaka: もちろん、些末な部分はあるかと思いますが、大きいところだとないんじゃないですかねぇ。既に問題はバラまいたし、世界中に発信された考察や妄想を組み合わせたらきっちり全貌が明らかになる気がします。さすがです。 DECO: あります！第三審で僕が楽曲を通じてやりたかったギミックが出てくるので楽しみにしていてください！

Q.16 今できていないが、今後やってみたいことはあるか？ Yamanaka: 舞台がやりたいです。毎公演、コンセプトの異なるミルグラムで行われる舞台。舞台制作に関わる方が、読んでおられましたら是非山中まで。 DECO: 有り難いことに、やりたいことは全部やれています！第三審の曲を書くのが楽しくてしょうがないです。

Q.17 「ミルグラム」を一文字で表せ。 Yamanaka: 『人』 DECO: 『噓』

Q.18 今後の「ミルグラム」について一言。 Yamanaka: 既に僕が個人的には書かないでいたかった展開が確定しています。看守の皆さんなかなか強烈な道筋を選びました。恐ろしい。自分もその選択に従う覚悟をしてミルグラムをスタートしているので、一度きりの物語を皆さんと一緒に楽しもうと思います。 DECO: 既に楽曲を書き始めている囚人もいます。地獄です。覚悟しててください。

Q.19 看守たちへメッセージを。 Yamanaka: ���つも囚人たちのことを世話してくださってありがとうございます。ミルグラムとは、参加する皆さん自身を含めてミルグラムという作品です。この監獄に対して感じた思い、起こした行動、喜び、 憤り 、それらすべてが作品の一部になります。是非ミルグラムと共にある皆さんの現実を健やかに生きてくださいませ。 DECO: いつも看守としてのお勤めご苦労さまです。曲者ばかりのMILGRAMですが、これからも末永く見守っていただけると幸いです。期待に応えられるよう、尽力してまいります。

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Soyuz Rocket TMA-19M sits on Launch Pad One, Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2015

The Soyuz MS-04 Spacecraft carrying Russian Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and US Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer, 2017

Nasa Astronaut Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, shortly after returning on Soyuz MS-01, 2016

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Portal to Space : the place where Astronauts take off and land photographs by Andrew McConnell from the photobook 'Some Worlds have Two Suns' by Andrew McConnell, published by GOST Books, London

Every three months a space rocket carrying three astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. At around the same time, to the north-east in remote grasslands, three other astronauts fall back to earth. The photographs in Some Worlds Have Two Suns document these comings and goings of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and the local community whose lives are accidentally intertwined with this portal to space. - GOST Books

image credit: Andrew McConnell / GOST Books via: The Guardian

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Saiyūki (2006) 西游记

Director: Kamasaku Sawada / Gake Narita / Hiroshima Kato Screenwriter: Yuji Sakamoto Starring: Shingo Katori / Teruyoshi Uchimura / Hiroki Narimiya / Yumiko Ai / Atsushi Ito / Eri Fukatsu / Asami Mizukawa / Koji Okura / Takuya Kimura / Mitsuhiro Oikawa / Wakana Sakai Genre: Drama Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2006-01-09 (Japan) Number of episodes: 11 Also known as: Journey to the West / 西遊記 IMDb: tt0805320 Type: Retelling

Summary:

SMAP's Katori Shingo will star in Fuji's signature TV series "Journey to the West" on September 9 (Monday at 9 p.m.), playing the well-known character Sun Wukong. This will be Katori Shingo's first break since "Super Dad" in 2002. Starring again in the 9th drama in 4 years. "Journey to the West" is a Chinese classic and is also very popular in Japan. It has been remade into Japanese dramas many times, with Masahiro Motoki, Touaki Karasawa and others playing the role of Sun Wukong. This new Journey to the West is the first Japanese TV series of Journey to the West since the 21st century. It is scheduled to be broadcast from January next year. The other main characters have not yet been determined. Among them, the role of Tang Sanzang is highly regarded. Pay attention, because actresses have been invited to star many times before, such as Rie Miyazawa, Riho Makise and others.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiy%C5%ABki_(TV_series)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf1J5oQI8mI

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Art of Takuya Kishi, Jewel Box, Noeve Grafx, édition Collector, Tirage limité à 300 exemplaires. Superbe coffret comprenant deux tirages signés au Format 21*29.7 cm, Artbook cartonné signé Illustrations Iconiques 01, Artbook broché Travaux 02, Artbook broché Croquis Préliminaires 03. Retrouvez la star japonaise, connue pour l'esthétique des lignes courbes de ses protagonistes.

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[ozoraslegend]

9Digi-Protagonists and their googles

There're always jokes about how googles make ones protagonists, and Masaru doesn't need googles because he is just cool, etc. So how this thing begin?

The goggles tradition originated with Yabuno Tenya, the illustrator of Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 (the first-release product which is not a game). When V-Tamer 01 entered production, Yabuno conceived of an aerial battle that would be a highlight of the story. This inspired the decision to have the V-Tamer 01 version of Yagami Taichi wear aviator goggles, which Yabuno regarded as critical equipment in aerial combat. Since he and Digimon Adventure character designer Nakatsuru Katsuyoshi had previously agreed that Yabuno's Taichi design would also be used for the Adventure anime out of respect for the fact that V-Tamer 01 would be the first of the two productions to release, the Adventure version of Taichi retained the goggles as well, although Agumon and his forms don't fly, and Taichi isn't flying with WarGreymon.

(Random thing: At least 17 Digimon/Appmon and their Evolutions have googles, too)

The in-verse story is told by Taichi (V-Tamer) to Piyomon during the fight with Raremon. Taichi's grandfather had a friend who was brave and loved his friends, and would often say "courage will give you wings upon to fly through the sky". The friend became a talented pilot but died of an illness. He then kept his goggles as a memorable reminder of the deceased pilot friend. After Taichi witnessed a friend being bullied and didn't know what to do, Taichi's grandfather gave him these goggles, which he called the Goggles of Courage and Friendship, as a gift. He told him about this symbol of the courage to act to protect one's friends, like their passed away original wielder used to do. Taichi then put on the goggles, promising to not forget his courage. I suppose that makes everyone wields googles become inheritors of Courage. Taichi periodically uses the goggles for eye protection while flying on Zeromaru.

Now, let's move to the most famous google boy, Taichi Adventure. Opposite to his original counterpart, ironically, Taichi was never seen using the goggles for any reason, nor explaining why he wears them. (Except THE movie, where little Taichi briefly uses them as a weapon by throwing them at Botamon while it is under the bed, to try to scare it out.)

Then, we move to 02, and our Dai-chan. Daisuke's original googles are shattered when he is thrown off a cliff by a Digimon. These are found lying around his home (coincidence, huh?), and he decide to wear them to imitate of Taichi, whom he idolizes and super-respect. When he first sees Daisuke, Takeru cannot help stare as he is strongly reminded of Taichi, and compliments him on his goggles. After the battle with the Monochromon where Daisuke saves Hikari, Taichi gives the goggles to Daisuke as a symbolic passing of the torch to the new protector of the Digital World (and also to replace his shattered ones). Hilariously, the Kaiser also has googles, when Ken doesn't. Daisuke was also seen using the goggles to shield his eyes when riding on a raft through piles of snow, during a brief sandstorm. ---I skipped Tri because it is out of character (not because I am lazy and don't like to talk about it)---

Now, in Kizuna, we all know about how Taichi "borrowed Koushiro's test ones" without permission, then wore his normal ones. I just note that Daisuke no longer wears any goggles, and instead wears a pair of sunglasses.

And at the epilogue of 02, the symbol were passed to Daisuke's son.

Takato first puts on goggles that he had stored in his room to declare he is a Tamer to Guilmon. He continues to wear them on a daily basis, except when in class at school. Later on in the series, he also uses them to shield his eyes when entering Digital Fields, or during the Digital World's dust storms. (Although I do remember there's a time he doesn't use his googles when needed...)

Takuya (who is usually mistakenly stated as Taichi's expy) wears goggles over his hat. At one point, he uses them while diving into a river to save his friends, and he later uses them again to shield his eyes during a sandstorm.

(I just like to think that Masaru has googles at home. Just a weird headcanon, but hey, why not?)

Taiki wears a pair of goggles. He has a habit of snapping his fingers on his goggles whenever he has an epiphany or an idea for a tactic in battle. That makes you wonder what kind of event create that kind of trigger... And of course the only time he uses the googles is when he needs to pull Shoutmon with this. Yes, the Digimon King is pulled by his general's googles.

At Hunter, we see that Taiki had changed his googles to a new pair. (Hunter, being a time filler produced in a short time, completely doesn't give reasons to this.)  Tagiru wears another pair of goggles of his own in imitation of Taiki, claiming that he needs them if he is going to surpass Taiki and become a "superstar," although Yuu accuses him of not understanding what they symbolize. Tagiru and Taiki do use their googles while underwater to find the sunken ship. When Tagiru's goggles were destroyed, Taiki gives his own goggles to Tagiru when he asks him to wield the Brave Snatcher in his place. As he struggles to raise the Brave Snatcher again, others lecture him about what the goggles represent—bearing all of their power, and being one's own person rather than a mere substitute for Taiki—inspiring him to succeed at raising the Brave Snatcher in his own way. A month after Quartzmon's defeat, Tagiru continues to wear Taiki's goggles, while Taiki goes without goggles of his own.

(To be honest, I would be more contented if Hunter kept being a hilarious random show instead of trying to have an unnecessary plot, but I suppose the fanservice gathering of all googles-head at least need a plot, good or bad.)

Haru wears a pair of goggles as part of all of his regular outfits. (Toei completely doesn't care of origins, right.) Yuujin says Haru's goggles and red jersey make him look like a protagonist. On Halloween, when Cameramon tricks the city crowds into pursuing Haru in an attempt to force him to surrender his Appli Drive, he briefly wears them over his eyes while he attempts to blend in with the crowd. However, when a child catches him immediately, he realizes that this is entirely ineffective given that there are cameras everywhere, and takes them off his eyes. (Poor Haru, he claimed many times he is like a support character, and it is right, but there's a reason he is the protagonist~ He can't even disguise.)

Yabuno himself is responsible for Amanokawa Hiro becoming one of the few anime protagonists to not have goggles. Although some of Hiro's early design concepts still had goggles, Yabuno argued that since their inclusion in the two Taichis' designs was motivated by their practicality for aviation, including them purely for show on a character who has no practical use for them is unnecessary. (This is despite Hiro actually regularly engaging in the exact same practical use scenario—flying on the back of his digimon.—as the V-Tamer 01 Taichi.) But when he goes go-karting with Ruli and in the Digimon Race, Hiro wears a pair of racing goggles with a helmet.

I think that is enough for today~ Have a good day.

[archivalofsins]

I find it really funny when people are like Milgram is up to interpretation. In the its not meant to be solvable it's meant to be a thought experiment. Because it does to an extent show that many people believe a good mystery and a thought experiment cannot coexist. Even though that's most of the mystery genre.

Mysteries especially murder mysterious are made with the intent to reflect on the nature and finality of human beings.

So it doesn't have to be one or the other.

Even funnier that this is being said all the while the creators could not have been more direct about these stories having concrete solutions/answers that can be discerned through interrogating what's been presented so far.

Like,

Note: This post will be heavily referencing the translation of the hallucination booklet Q&A by DoctorBunny.

Q.01 Introduce Yourself.

I’m Takuya Yamanaka. I’m the creator/planner/screenwriter for MILGRAM.

Q.15 Is there anything the guards aren’t aware of yet?

Yamanaka: Of course, there may be some minor details, but I don’t think there are any major points missing. The mysteries have already disseminated, I feel the full picture will be clearly revealed if the theories and wild speculations, which have been shared around the world, come together. As expected.

Q.01 Introduce Yourself.

I’m DECO*27. I work as the music producer for MILGRAM. I like Hatsune Miku.

Q.04 So far, what’s made you the happiest?

DECO: It makes me happy to see lots of people analysing the meanings I put in my songs! The theories get pretty close to the truth too, I think… the power of all the guards is really cool.

There's just been a lot of implications that the there's an answer to these things.

Fun notes

This has absolutely nothing to do with this point but-

Q.07 Which prisoners are the easiest to write dialogue/music for?

Yamanaka: If I had to pick one, it’d be Fuuta. He’s the type of person that’s pretty easy to write because his brain never shuts up. Other than him, Yuno and Shidou are relatively academic kids in theory, so they’re easy to write because they’re very clear when it comes to what they want to convey. [TL note just because its funny, the idiom Yamanaka uses is lit. “There is barking in the inside [of Fuuta’s] head]

Salamander, "It's heating up inside my head! I can't stop- I don't want to stop!"

Bring It On, "What I want to hear is the scream deep inside you!"

Q.14 What are you thinking about at the moment?

Futa: I wonder if this is what anxiety feels like. I want something I can rely on.

Futa literally in the middle of the night about his victim probably with little to no prompting (not even a fucking segue thought of his own).The entertainment value and mileage I've gotten out of this one fucking video is damn miraculous really. Man who's never had a moment not thinking in his life gets even more points to run around in his head due to the fucking voices in Milgram.

Like I know the covers are just fanservice/have nothing to do with why the prisoners are here but damn if it ain't good fanservice. Because the implication that before this Futa was just going of internally forever without pause is just mood as hell really.

Deco just dropping in the interview that Yuno's story is about the relationships between men and women too and not just a fucking baby, pfft-

Q.08 Which prisoners are the most fun to write dialogue/music for?

DECO: Mahiru! From the start writing about the relationships between men and women has been what you might call my forte, its enjoyable to make. I feel like this is also why I find Yuno easy to write for.

Just came out and said that shit. Yes, I made Deco's color orange because of this.

Q.18 Give a brief comment about the future of “MILGRAM”.

Yamanaka: There have already been plot developments that I personally wish I didn’t have to write. The guards have all chosen a very intense path. It’s frightening. I’ve also been ready to obey these choices since the start of MILGRAM, so I think we all should enjoy this story that can only be told once together.

I think the dichotomy between Yamanaka and Deco answers here is funny.

Yamanaka; there are some thing I wish I didn't have to write,

But I've been ready to follow through on these choices since the beginning.

DECO: I’ve already started writing the prisoner’s songs. It’s hell. Please prepare yourselves.

Deco, "It's hell~ < 3 Please, prepare yourselves."

Fucking pick a god and pray as quote. That only makes me go don't threaten me with a good time- things are just getting interesting- Let's overheat in hell together. Meanwhile as a writer reading there are things I've written that I haven't wanted to is such an oof I'm sorry I get the feeling but it's really fun to watch. It's really something great.

Funniest team of all time-

Q.17 Represent “MILGRAM” in one word. Yamanaka: 『人』 “People”

DECO: 『噓』 “Lies”

I hope whatever Milgram turns into it's remains as enjoyable to make as it is to watch. Despite every up and down. Still it was funny as fuck that Yamanaka really went yeah there's never not noise in that guys head.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this hell looks like. Me when all the prisoners turn out to be horrid liars that have committed a pile of atrocities,

"Damn that foreshadowing was tight and followed up on amazingly. Keep it up please! I want to feel satisfied don't lose steam in the last half!"

I hope it gives that feeling to a lot of people.

[just-whump-and-suffering]

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Whump list

Note: THIS IS NOT POWER RANGERS.

I did not include all the injuries that the characters get in battle, only the ones I feel contributes to the plot. Did not include whump from the movies as the list will be very long. It is already very long as it is.

No. of ep: 49

Goshikida Kaito/ Zenkaiser played by Komagine Kiita

Ep 01: 

Grabbed by the collar by Barashita and tossed away, falls into a pile of garbage

Ep 02: 

Poisoned by toxic spores. in pain 

Ep 04:

Punched in the face

Ep 05:

Tied (Stuck) to a bench and Juran

Ep 09:

Held at gunpoint and robbed

Tied up

Ep 21:

Arrested

Ep 26:

Attacked by Stacey

Desperately looking for his mother

Ep 31:

Crying over Secchan's "Death"

Ep 32: (in Stacey's body)

Punched in the face

Ep 33:

Hit by a Kendo training sword

Ep 35:

Emotional whump; finds out Hakaizer is his father

Ep 44:

Gets cursed with bad luck

Ep 48:

Is hit by Boccowaus's attack, gets dehenshined

Ep 49:

Has to fight a god alone

Juran/ZenkaiJuran voiced by Asanuma Shintaro

Ep 01:

Striked by Tojitendo soldier, falls into a pile of garbage

Ep 05:

Tied (Stuck) to a bench and Kaito

Ep 07:

Accidentally injured by Gaon

Ep 09:

Held at gunpoint and robbed

Tied up

Ep 12:

Trapped in a forcefield created by MoTW that slows everything down.

Ep 15:

Flashback: beaten up by Mooks

Ep 33:

Hit by a Kendo training sword

Ep 38:

Attacked by his ancestor

Ep 44:

Gets cursed with bad luck

Ep 48:

Is hit by Boccowaus's attack while shielding Kaito, gets dehenshined

Gaon/ZenkaiGaon voiced by Kaji Yuki

Ep 06:

Angst; from accidentally injuring his teammates

Ep 09:

Held at gunpoint and robbed

Tied up

Ep 13:

Shot by Vox while trying to stop him from shooting humans turned kuducks

Gets attacked and beaten up by same Kuducks

Ep 22:

Emotional whump; is scolded for the way he treats other Kikainoids. Realizes that he has been treating his comrades badly and feel bad about it.

Beaten up until de-henshin

Collapse from his injuries

Ep 23:

In pain while getting his injuries treated

Is bandaged and on crutches throughout the episode

Ep 44:

Gets cursed with bad luck

Ep 48:

Is hit by Boccowaus's attack, gets dehenshined

Magine/ZenkaiMagine voiced by Miyamoto Yume

Ep 07:

Accidentally injured by Gaon

Ep 09:

Held at gunpoint and robbed

Tied up

Ep 12:

Trapped in a forcefield created by MoTW that slows everything down.

Ep 20:

Gets abducted

Ep 44:

Gets cursed with bad luck

Collapse from getting beaten up

Ep 48:

Get caught in a tornado created by Boccowaus, gets dehenshined

Vroom/ZenkaiVroom voiced by Sato Takuya

Ep 01:

Zapped by Ijirude

Ep 04:

Attacked by the kudducks

Has a bounty place on him, on the run

Ep 06:

Collapse from exhaustion while fighting MOTW

Ep 07:

Accidentally injured by Gaon

Ep 09:

Held at gunpoint and robbed

Tied up

Ep 44:

Gets cursed with bad luck

Ep 48:

Shield the rest from Boccowaus blast, dehenshined

Vox Goldtweaker/ Twokaiser played by Mashiko Atsuki

Ep 12:

Trapped in a forcefield created by MoTW that slows everything down.

Beaten up by MoTW

Ep 18:

Slapped

Ep 28:

Angst as his brothers are kidnapped by the MOTW

Ep 33:

Hit by a Kendo training sword

Ep 36: 

Ambushed by MotW and unable to henshin because MotW’s power

Beaten up by Barashitara

Ep 44:

Revealed that his father died protecting him

Collapse from exhaustion

Ep 47:

Hit by Barashita's Missile

Stacey/ Stacaesar played by Sekoguchi Ryo

Ep 08:

Beaten up and defeated by Vox

Ep 14:

Injured and limping after his mecha is destroyed.

Ep 23:

Severely injured and unconscious after his mecha is destroyed (again)

Ep 26:

Emotional Whump

Ep 32: (in Kaito's Body)

Gets headbutted by Kaito (in Stacey's body)

Passes out, is found and brought back by the rest

Emotional whump: experiences being loved and appreciation for the first time. Wondering if he could just continue staying in Kaito's body

Ep 38:

Attacking with a knife by his beloved "mother", saved by Kaito

Emotional whump; shaken from being attacked by his "mother". Watches as his beloved "mother" disappear from existance. Wonder if he is no better than Barashitara

Ep 41:

Blamed for the defeat of Hakaiser’

Shoved to the ground

inadvertently revealed his role in Hakaiser’s defeat, electrocuted by Boccowaus 

Ep 42:

Locked in a cage, bloody and battered

Possessed/mind controlled by Gege/God

Ep 46:

Collapse as the God possessing him leaves

Emotional whump

Ep 47:

More emotional whump

Crying

Hit by Barashita's missiles

Ep 48:

Beaten up and stomped on

[blueonwrestling]

1) FTR vs Jay White & Juice Robinson 2 out of 3 falls AEW Collision 15/07/23 (5 Stars) 2) Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland Texas Death Match AEW Full Gear 18/11/23 (5 Stars) 3) Sareee vs Arisa Nakajima SEAdLINNNG 8th Anniversary 25/08/2023 (5 Stars) 4) Bryan Danielson vs Zack Sabre Jr AEW Wrestledream 01/10/23 (5 Stars) 5) Takuya Nomura vs Fuminori Abe Kakuto Tanteidan - We are the Fighting Detectives 12/10/23 (5 Stars) 6) MJF vs Bryan Danielson Ironman Match AEW Revolution 05/03/23 (5 Stars) 7) Ricky Starks vs Bryan Danielson Strap Match AEW All Out 03/09/23 (5 Stars) 8) Athena vs Willow Nightingale Death Before Dishonor 21/07/23 (4.75 stars) 9) Bryan Danielson vs RUSH AEW Dynamite 08/02/23 (4.75 Stars) 10) Christian Cage vs Darby Allin 2 out of 3 falls AEW Wrestledream 01/10/23 (4.75 stars) 11) Adam Page vs Swerve Strickland AEW Wrestledream 01/10/23 (4.75 stars) 12) Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 25/06/23 (4.75 stars) 13) Titan vs Mascara Dorado 2.0 CMLL Noche De Campeones 29/09/2023 (4.75 stars) 14) Yuma Aoyagi vs Katsuhiko Nakajima AJPW Giant Series 05/11/2023 (4.75 stars) 15) Rocky Romero vs Mascara Dorada 2.0 CMLL Super Viernes 15/12/2023 (4.75 stars)

Those are my top 15 matches of the year.

[newmasterpiece]

[nmpDATA065] takuya / KONDAK

Willowy、DJエリマキトカゲ、BeaverTozanなど多くの名義でテクノ／ヒップホップに多大な影響を受けた作品を発表するtakuya。完成の待たれる新作を目前に、なんと20年前に制作しお蔵入りになっていたアルバム音源が発掘！！

This is takuya's unreleased second album, produced around 2002, just after the release of his debut album "Phosphorescence" on Ze-Koo. It was distributed on MD to a few people involved in the project under the title "BLUE OPACITY," but it never saw the light of day and was lost for a long time, until it was suddenly unearthed from his house in 2023. It was released just before Electronica was developed in Japan, but some parts of it reminded me of Eccojam, the originator of Vaporwave, and sampled city pop, so I was convinced that there would be new discoveries when I listened to it in 2023, which led to its release on New Masterpiece.

LISTEN & DOWNLOAD: Bandcamp ////////

released 24 August 2023 CAT: [nmpDATA065] fee: ¥800.-

烽火 /02:12

Shin-Gyo /05:50

Unfinished Symphony /03:08

筧の水 /02:02

Physical Dub /05:46

走り出せさあ早く /03:20

Love Is Deaf /02:07

Hypnosis Phenomenon /05:47

江ノ島 /03:14

You Are My Angel /01:52

忍者Kの落とし物 /06:13

Theme From“Time Traveler” /02:53

Listen To This Sound On The Other Song /01:11

Mon Chemin /07:21

3:00 /03:00

情熱のかけらたち /03:09

all tunes composed, arranged and performed by takuya Jacket Design & Linernotes by hitachtronics

[bubblegeon]

You've been selected as a student of Kazama. Hurry and go say hi to him. 🚓 KAZAMA KIMICHIKA: KYOJO ZERO (2023)

[piscesdragon8]

I honestly believe that making Tai's mom a terrible cook must've been inspired by Arthur's dad. So I thought, what if Digimon had a crossover with Worst Cooks in America and Iron Chef (Food Network) and Arthur on PBS?

MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BTUcJul0Y

LYRICS: https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Leftovers_Goulash

[sunlightfeeling]

The SMAP Photo Book ~ 02 Takuya Kimura: Hero is Back!

TV ガイド / TV Guide: 2014.6.27-2014.8.1

01

[imasallstars]

The cover art for THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER SEASON FINAL album has been released and the album is set to be released on February 22nd 2023. It will feature all the songs from the SEASON FINAL series and some drama tracks.

Tracklist:

Tr.01　Drama: Let’s Start The Memory Quiz! Tr.02　Sound of Beginning 　Lyrics: Erica Masaki 　Music: Yuki Honda (Arte Refact) 　 Arrange: Masatomi Waki (Arte Refact) 　Singer(s): Kotoha Tanaka, Roco, Momoko Suou, Chizuru Nikaido, Miya Miyao Tr.03　Drama: Solving The Quiz Tr.04　Supersonic Booster 　Lyrics: Erica Masaki　Music&Arrange: Tsukasa Yatoki (Arte Refact) 　Singer(s): Ritsuko Akizuki, Yuriko Nanao, Reika Kitakami, Elena Shimabara, Konomi Baba Tr.05　Drama: The Theater At Twilight Tr.06　Orange Episode 　Lyrics: Erica Masaki 　Music: Takuya Sakai (Arte Refact), Kyohei Yamamoto (Arte Refact) 　Arrange: Takuya Sakai (Arte Refact), 　Singer(s): Minako Satake, Shiho Kitazawa, Haruka Amami, Ayumu Maihama, Arisa Matsuda Tr.07　Drama: At The End of The Day Tr.08　Like twinkling STARS 　Lyrics: Erica Masaki 　Music&Arrange: Atsushi Harada (Arte Refact) 　Singer(s): Karen Shinomiya, Mami Futami, Takane Shijou, Emily Stewart, Fuka Toyokawa Tr.09　Drama: Results Corner!