#Yoshimitsu Yamashita

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* THE EMPIRE OF CORPSES / JAPANESE / 2H 6M / 2015

— The movie's original Japanese name is 屍者の帝国 the romanization of this is Shisha no Teikoku. — Hosoya Yoshimasa as John Watson and Takasugi Yoshimitsu as Sherlock Holmes. — Murase Ayumu as Friday, Hanazawa Kana as Hadaly Lilith, Kusunoki Taiten as Frederick Burnaby, and Yamashita Daiki as Nikolai Krasotkin. — Directed by Ryoutarou Makihara, produced by WIT Studio, and distributed by TOHO Animation. — Based on the novel written by Project Itoh and co-authored by Toh EnJoe. — Favorite Quality: The animation is incredibly stunning, specifically the movements of the revived corpses; though, honestly, the entirety of the design of the corpses from their animation to their sound effects is incredible.

The Empire of Corpses is a movie based on Sherlock Holmes in the absolute loosest of ways; however, it is a story being told using familiar characters and, while most people don’t consider it an adaptation, I’m going to. To explain my thoughts, I need to explain what this movie is about, and why you normally wouldn’t find it in places listing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes (or, if you have, why many others haven’t). The easiest way to understand this movie is to consider it a retelling of John Watson’s adventures in the war—if the war was about finding Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s work so that John can fully reanimate his deceased (currently undead) research partner. In this borderline dystopian world, Dr. Frankenstein’s reanimation of his monster was something that the whole of society tried to replicate and now corpses are used as unpaid labor, soldiers, or any other type of work dangerous to the living; however, these corpses do not have souls, thoughts, or opinions. The only corpse recorded to have a soul is Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, but his notes that indicated how the late doctor was able to do this have been lost—until recently, which is largely where the story starts. After John Watson illegally reanimated his deceased research partner Friday, he was drafted into the war to find Dr. Frankenstien’s missing notes due to his deep understanding of and desire to recreate the human soul to keep his promise to his friend and bring him back from the dead as an individual. There is much this movie tries to fit into its runtime, sometimes to its detriment. I was fairly confused in major moments throughout the story and needed to look up what was happening; however, I will be open I sometimes have context issues and don’t believe this confusion was fully the fault of the writing. That does not mean the writing was flawless, there were times it certainly could have been clearer or better paced to keep the audience from being lost. While it sounds like I didn’t enjoy this movie I, quite frankly, was enraptured by it, it is the most confusing mash of characters and storylines that I have ever seen—like an original doctor character was written and then John Watson’s story was somehow shoved in with no explanation. I loved it. There is likely a significant amount of context I didn’t understand as I have yet to read the manga or the novel (which has not been fully translated). It doesn’t feel like an adaptation; I don’t think it fully is one, but it still fits into a retelling of John Watson’s past. The premise is really what makes this movie what it is, I found it while looking for something else entirely, and couldn’t help myself but immediately watch it regardless of anything else I had to do today. The art style does not immediately stand out; it is par for the course if you have seen any significant amount of well-made anime, but it shines in its animation. It is beautifully animated, with the characters' movements, alive or otherwise, so distinct and fluid that it is visually appealing. The subject matter of the movie does mean that it leans heavily into body horror and violence, and there are scenes animated wonderfully, that are extremely difficult to watch if you have a fear of medical procedures (specifically needles). The sound design for this movie was also incredible, I don’t particularly remember much of the music, but the sound effects and background noise were incredible. The sounds of bones, footsteps, explosions, and movement were so well done that some scenes were only great because of the sound design. I highly recommend this movie if it is something you are interested in, it’s something so entirely out of left field it’s difficult to review without simply telling you you need to watch it just to understand and be as confused as I am. So do it, watch the movie, and be confused and intrigued.

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Wait, Mihara is going to 4cc? When was that announced? Is there a link for a source? I googled and can find nothing about Japan's teams.

Mai is also going to Universiade if you’re planning to watch.There was a live stream last night where we saw the announcements, which is how we got the news so quickly. These were among the first tweets: (Worlds Men)(Worlds Ladies)and from the figure skate tweeting bot: (Worlds, 4CC)Here’s the news article announcing the JSF’s decision, along with the explanation that Daisuke declined his spot to Worlds (which is why Keiji is going) and the interview with Dai (Worlds - Daily News) (and 4CC news - Kobe NEXT).

For future reference, your best bet to find announcements is straight from the source: The JSF website. It won’t be as immediate as tweets from people watching live, but it’s where you can find the official list usually not too long after. There should be an announcement at some point with the full list of alternates and such, but at least right now we have the chosen athletes for each team. In case you can’t read the kanji, I’ve translated the names:Worlds: Shoma Uno, Keiji Tanaka, Yuzuru HanyuKaori Sakamoto, Rika Kihira, Satoko MiyaharaMiu Suzaki & Ryuichi KihiraMisato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto4CC: Shoma Uno, Keiji Tanaka, Kazuki TomonoKaori Sakamoto, Rika Kihira, Mai Mihara Miu Suzaki & Ryuichi KihiraMisato Komatsubara & Tim KoletoUniversiade:Kazuki Tomono, Shu Nakamura, Hiroaki SatoMai Mihara, Hina TakenoJunior Worlds: Tatsuya Tsuboi, Koshiro ShimadaYuhana Yokoi, Tomoe Kawabata, Yuna Shiraiwa (she’s been competing as a Senior domestically and internationally, so she has to get TES minimums at a Junior competition first)Riku Miura & Shoya IchihashiAyumi Takanami & Yoshimitsu IkedaQuadruple Axel magazine tweeted the lists including the alternates that were announced:Worlds Men’s, Ladies’4CC Men’s, Ladies’ Universiade Men’s, Ladies’Jr. Worlds Men’s, Ladies’

Worlds: Kazuki Tomono, Sota Yamamoto, Koshiro Shimada // Mai Mihara, Wakaba Higuchi, Mako Yamashita4CC:  Sota Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sato// Wakaba Higuchi, Mako YamashitaUniversiade: Jun Suzuki, Kazuki Kushida // Rika Hongo, Miyabi ObaJr. Worlds: Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato // Nana Araki, Wakana Naganawa, Yuna Aokinotable stuff: Shoma injured his ankle, so if he withdraws from 4CC, Sota is next to go. Third alternate for Worlds, Koshiro Shimada, would need to get minimum TES in a Senior comp to qualify to compete at Worlds.

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Hakyuu Houshin Engi TV anime PV. Series premiere January 12th (C-Station)

The opening theme "Keep the Heat and Fire Yourself Up" will be performed by Fear, and Loathing in LasVegas. Ending theme "Madoi Mirai" will be by Nagi Yanagi. The series consists of 23 episodes with a bonus available on the final BD/DVD.

-Synopsis-

“When his clan is wiped out by a beautiful demon, young Taikobo finds himself in charge of the mysterious Houshin Project. Its mission: find all immortals living in the human world and seal them away forever. But who do you trust—and whose side are you really on—when you've been trained to hunt demons by a demon?”

-Staff-

Director: Masahiro Aizawa

Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi

Character Designer: Yoshimitsu Yamashita

Music: Maiko Iuchi

Animation Production: C-Station

- Cast-

Kenshou Ono

Takahiro Sakurai

Makoto Furukawa

Yuichi Nakamura

KENN

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Tomoaki Maeno

Kousuke Toriumi

Youko Hikasa

Daisuke Namikawa

Nobuhiko Okamoto

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New visual and preview video for new TV Anime "Houshin Engi" (Soul Hunter) revealed! Staff and Premiere date announced!

The series is set to premiere on January 12th, 2018!

<Staff> Studio: C-Station, Director: Masahiro Aizawa (Animation Director for Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie) Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi (Koi to Uso) Script: Yoshiki Ookusa (Kutsudaru.), Rintarou Ikeda (Renai Boukun) Character Design: Yoshimitsu Yamashita (Blade of the Immortal)

src: http://moca-news.net/article/20171101/2017110113260a_/01/

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“Hakyuu: Houshin Engi” 

Serie TV anime, 12 gennaio 2018

Episodi : 24

Nuovo adattamento animato del manga ”Hoshin Engi” di Ryu Fujisaki. La serie andrà in streaming sulla piattaforma cinese  iQIYI.

-STAFF-

Regia: Katsuki Aizara 

Sceneggiatura: Natsuko Takahashi, Yoshiki Ookusa, Rintarou Ikeda 

Character Design: Yoshimitsu Yamashita

Musiche: Maiko Iuchi 

Studio di animazione: C-Station 

-CAST-

Taikoubou: Kensho Ono  

So Dakki: Yoko Hikasa

Shin Kouhyou: Kousuke Toriumi

Youzen: Yuuichi Nakamura 

Kou Tenka: KENN 

Bunchuuou: Tomoaki Maeno 

Kou Hiko: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Nataku: Makoto Furukawa 

Fugen Shinjin: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Suupuushan: Takahiro Sakurai 

Otenkun: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Chuuou: Daisuke Namikawa 

Il manga, liberamente ispirato ad un antico poema cinese chiamato “Fengshen Yanyi”, è stato serializzato su Weekly Shonen Jump dal 1996 al 2000 e si è concluso con il 23° volume. In italia l’opera è edita da Star Comics.

Un praticante immortale, Taikobo, si reca nel mondo umano per sigillare le anime malvagie dei mostri e degli spiriti, che regnano indisturbate, per salvare l'umanità dalla distruzione. Sulla lista Hoshin ci sono i nomi degli spiriti malvagi da distruggere, ma non sarà così facile…

Nel 1999 Studio Deen ha prodotto una serie tv anime di 26 episodi intitolata “Senkaiden Houshin Engi” e diretta Junji Nishimura (True Tears, Nurarihyon no Mago).

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More Cast Members Announced for the New Hoshin Engi Anime

Three more cast members have been announced for the forthcoming new anime adaptation of the Hoshin Engi manga: Yōko Hikasa is Dakki Daisuke Namikawa is Chū Ō Nobuhiko Okamoto is Ōtenkun Masahiro Aizawa is directing at C-Station, and Natsuko Takahashi is in charge of the series scripts written by Yoshiki Ōkusa and Rintarou Ikeda. Yoshimitsu Yamashita is designing the characters, while Maiko Iuchi…

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Kaijuly Day 31

Shin Godzilla suit opinion I don't give a fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck about Shin Godzilla. In fact, I'd pay good money never to see anything Shin related on my feed ever again so I'm gonna answer some other question. Best/Favorite Film of Each Godzilla Director Ishiro Honda Best: Godzilla ‘54 Favorite: Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster

Motoyoshi Oda Best/Favorite: Godzilla Raids Again Jun Fukuda Best: The Secret of the Telegian Favorite: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ‘74 Yoshimitsu Banno Best/ Favorite: Prophecies of Nostradamus Koji Hashimoto Best/Favorite: Godzilla ‘84 Kazuki Omori Best: Godzilla vs. Biollante Favorite: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Takao Okawara Best: Godzilla vs. Mothra ‘92 Favorite: Godzilla vs. Destroyer Kensho Yamashita Best/Favorite: Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla Masaaki Tezuka Best: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ‘02 Favorite: Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Shusuke Kaneko Best/Favorite: Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys Ryuhei Kitamura Best/Favorite: (ugh) Godzilla: Final Wars And what a way to close out Kaijuly than with the anniversary of a classic: The War of the Gargantuas. Is it a Kaijuly miracle? No. Absolutely not

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Laid-Back Camp's ROOM CAMP△AIGN Offers up Original Art for Fans

  Heartwarming series Laid-Back Camp has been pitching in to bring comfort and joy to its fans during lockdown. So far there have been limited-run videos and a new theme song for the project. The latest installment is a series of seven adorable artworks from the staff of the series and its spinoff, ROOM CAMP.

  The new art was distributed online today and features everything from 4-koma to paper dolls to sweet character art. Check them all out below:

  by Mutsumi Sasaki (character designer)

  by Yoshiaki Kyougoku (director)

by Hajime Maruo (mechanical animation director/supervisor)

by Noriko Tsutsumiya (animator)

by Yoshimitsu Yamashita (animator)

by Ritsuko Kondo (animator)

by Daisuke Endo (mechanical design, animator)

The images mark the final stage of the lockdown campaign, but there's still more to come for fans: a second season of Laid-Back Camp is in production, scheduled for release in January 2021.

    Source: Anime! Anime!

    Enjoy shiny days at home—watch Laid-Back Camp on Crunchyroll!

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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Rhythm by Envy (featuring Achico) from the album The Fallen Crimson

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Samurai Champloo: Episode 22

Note: This series is rated MA for mature audiences due to adult situations, violence, and occasional nudity. Please view posts at your own discretion!

Episode 22: “Cosmic Collisions”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

6.

Favorite screencap:

Fuu: "...Why are there zombies?"

Favorite moment:

Nothing this time.

Least favorite moment:

...WTF did I just watch?

What's one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn't before?

You can read about the Tale of Heike here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Heike

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

2.

Celebrate it! Keeping with the tradition of my DC Rewatch Project, here's a haiku.

Suddenly zombies

Episode out of left field

Hallucinations?

Next Episode: Episode 23

Previous Episode: Episode 21

Samurai Champloo is licensed by FUNimation; please support the official release!

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Hakyuu Houshin Engi TV anime teaser PV, staff and additional cast revealed. Series premiere January 12th, 2018.

-Staff-

Director: Masahiro Aizawa

Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi

Character Designer: Yoshimitsu Yamashita

Music: Maiko Iuchi

Animation Production: C-Station

-Additional Cast-

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Tomoaki Maeno

Kousuke Toriumi

Source: http://www.tvhoushin-engi.com/index.html

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A step in the morning glow by envy from the free Temporary Residence Ltd. 2020 sampler

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Hakyuu Houshin Engi TV anime additional cast includes Youko Hikasa, Daisuke Namikawa, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Tomoaki Maeno. Series premiere January 12th, 2018 (C-Station)

-Synopsis-

“When his clan is wiped out by a beautiful demon, young Taikobo finds himself in charge of the mysterious Houshin Project. Its mission: find all immortals living in the human world and seal them away forever. But who do you trust—and whose side are you really on—when you've been trained to hunt demons by a demon?”

-Staff-

Director: Masahiro Aizawa

Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi

Character Designer: Yoshimitsu Yamashita

Music: Maiko Iuchi

Animation Production: C-Station

- Cast-

Kenshou Ono

Takahiro Sakurai

Makoto Furukawa

Yuichi Nakamura

KENN

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Tomoaki Maeno

Kousuke Toriumi

Youko Hikasa

Daisuke Namikawa

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Source: http://moca-news.net/article/20171122/2017112200260a_/01/

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More Information on the New Hoshin Engi Anime

More Information on the New Hoshin Engi Anime

More information has been revealed for the new Hoshin Engi anime, which will be titled, Hakyū Hōshin Engi. Masahiro Aizawa is directing at C-Station, and Natsuko Takahashi is in charge of the series scripts written by Yoshiki Ōkusa and Rintarou Ikeda. Yoshimitsu Yamashita is designing the characters, while Maiko Iuchi is composing the music. New cast members announced for the project include:…

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TV Anime "Hakyu Hoshin Engi" Main Characters Ready for Battle in New Key Visual

The official website for Hakyu Hoshin Engi, the upcoming new TV anime adaptation of Ryu Fujisaki's fantasy action manga Hoshin Engi in the late 1990s, posted a new key visual introducing its 10 main characters, newly designed by Yoshimitsu Yamashita. He is best known as the character designer for Mushibugyo (2013) and Samurai Flamenco (2013), and recently joined Kuroko's Basketball (2015) and Star-mu (2015) as episode animation director. 

  The new TV series produced by C-Station (Dragonar Academy, Star-Mu) will premiere on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, AT-X on January 12, 2018.

  New key visual

新年あけましておめでとうございます。 いよいよ1月12日（金）より放送開始です! 放送に先駆けて新キービジュアルを公開! 放送局、放送時間など詳細はこちら→https://t.co/O5Pd7Xy7fG#hoshinengi_tv http://pic.twitter.com/PQBzbB7Wjw

— TVアニメ「覇穹 封神演義」 (@hoshinengi_tv) 2018年1月1日

  New PV featuring the OP song "Keep the Heat and Fire Yourself Up" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. 

    Main Staff:

 Director: Kagestu Aizawa (Yurikuma Arashi chief animation director)

 Series Composition: Natsuko Takahashi (Love and Lies, URAHARA)

 Scenarios: Yoshiki Ohkusa (Kutsudaru.), Rintaro Ikeda (Love Tyrant, Love and Lies)

 Character Designer: Yoshimitsu Yamashita (Mushibugyo, Samurai Flamenco)

 Music: Maiko Iuchi (A Certain Magical Index, Rewrite)

 Anime Production: C-Station (Dragonar Academy, Star-Mu)

  Main Voice Cast:

 Taikoubou (Kyoushiga): Kensho Ono

 Bunchu: Tomoaki Maeno

 Su-pu-syann: Takahiro Sakurai

 Nataku: Makoto Furukawa

 Youzenn: Yuichi Nakamura

 Kou Tenka: KENN

 Kou Hiko: Yoshimasa Hosoya

 Fugen Shinjin: Nobunaga Shimazaki

 Bunchuu: Tomoaki Maeno

 Shinkouhyo: Kosuke Toriumi

 Dakki: Yoko Hikasa

 Outenkun: Nobuhiko Okamoto

  Source: TV anime "Hakyu Hoshin EngI" official website, Twitter

  © Tsutomu Anou, Ryu Fujisaki/Shueisha "Hakyu Hoshin EngI" Production Committee

  By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com