#Yukari Yamane

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Introduction - Vocal Synth Terminology - Part 1

This post will be split into multiple parts due to Tumblr's character limit.

If you are new to the Vocal Synth community, you may encounter some words and phrases you don’t understand. For instance, someone may tell you about Rin and Len’s appends, and you may confuse that term for the difficulty in Project Sekai! Colorful Stage! Or may have heard someone discussing USTs, but can not find its definition anywhere nor figure out what the hell they are talking about.

Well, I made a dictionary of sorts to help newbie fans get used to Vocal Synth jargon. The keyword is “Vocal Synth” as these apply to other software as well. These definitions have a greater focus on the programs themselves than the characters.

Credits to Vocaloid Wiki and Minnemi on YouTube for some of these definitions.

Vocal Synthesizer: A digital instrument that creates tracks like any other DAW, but instead of piano notes, guitar strums, or drum beats, you compose vocals! Also known as “vocal synths”. Examples of vocal synthesizers include VOCALOID, UTAU, SynthesizerV, CeVIO, and Piapro Studio.

Voicebank: A collection of recordings of the sounds that make up a language. These sounds are typically vowels and constants, but depending on the voice bank, you may also get breath notes and pronunciation effects. Or, in simpler terms, the singers that are used in vocal synths! There are ton of voicebanks in the vocal synth community, with some of the popular ones being Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Kagamine Rin and Len (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Megurine Luka (VOCALOID + Piapro Studio), Kasane Teto (UTAU + SynthesizerV), Megpoid Gumi (VOCALOID + SynthesizerV + A.I. VOICE, FineSpeech Ver3), flower (VOCALOID + Gynoid Talk + CeVIO), IA (VOCALOID + CeVIO), and KAFU (CeVIO + SynthesizerV)! Individual vocal synth characters can also have different versions of their voice, such as Yuzuki Yukari’s Onn (soft) and Lin (power) voicebanks!

Voice Provider: The person whose voice that a voicebank is created. Voice providers record samples of their voice (specifically vowels and constants) at a certain key (for instance A3), which are turned into a voicebank with the company’s black magic (I’m kidding, I don’t know how they process and put the vocals together). For instance, PIKO is Utatane Piko’s voice provider, Satoshi Fukase is Fukase’s voice provider, and Naoto Fuga (shown below) is KAITO’s voice provider!

Crypton Future Media: The brains behind some of the most popular VOCALOIDs, which are Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, KAITO, and MEIKO. Aside from voicebanks, they created games, concerts, merchandise, and much more relating to these beloved VOCALOIDS! Cryptonloids are… VOCALOIDS created by Crypton. Soon, Crypton departed from Yamaha and made its own vocal synthesizer in affiliation with another company called Piapro named Piapro Studio. There are two versions of this software; Piapro Studio NT and Piapro Studio V4x.

UTAU: A vocal synthesizer that is considered the “sister” software to VOCALOID. Unlike VOCALOID, this software is 100% free and you can create your own voicebank. There are thousands of UTAUloids at this point in time, giving you a huge selection of different ranges and strengths. Popular UTAUloids include Utatane “Defoko” Uta, Kasane Teto, Namine Ritsu, Momo Momone, Yowane Ruko, Sukone Tei, Rook, Gahata Meiji (shown below), Yamane Renri, Matsudappoiyo, Keine Ron, Kohaku Merry, Gekiyaku, Kazehiki, Adachi Rei, Ooka Mika, and so many others! There is also an open-source version of UTAU called Open UTAU, which is much easier to install and use (it has a dark mode!). Vipperloids are the classic UTAUloids that share surnames ending with “-ne” and their VOCALOIDish designs. These include Utatane “Defoko” Uta, Kasane Teto, Namine Ritsu, Momo Momone, Yowane Ruko, Sukone Tei, and many others.

SynthesizerV Studio: Also known as SynthV, this is a vocal synthesizer made by Dreamtonics that is well-known for its AI voicebanks. For a software that is smaller than VOCALOID, they are extremely advanced with realistic-sounding voicebanks, piano-roll tuning, rap vocals, and so many other features. It’s also much cheaper (thank you, Yamaha money sharks). In addition, Dreamtonics has two free versions; SynthesizerV Studio R1, and SynthesizerV Studio Basic R2. Popular SynthV voicebanks include Eleanor Forte, Kaorou Rikka, GENBU, Tsurumaki Maki, SAKI, SOLARIA, KEVIN (fan design by ivylare shown below), Stardust, ROSE, POPPY, and Kasane Teto Ai!

CeVIO Project: A collection of voice synthesizers created in collaboration with five different companies including Techno Speech and Frontier Works. Not only do they make vocal synthesizers, but their softwares have speech interfaces as well. As of now, their most popular program is CeVIO AI, a next-generation vocal synthesizer that uses AI technology to create powerful vocals as seen in SynthesizerV. Popular voicebanks include Chis-A (shown below), KAFU, Sato Sasara, IA AI, ONE, Yuzuki Yukari Rei, CiFlower, POPPY, ROSE, and many others.

Tuning: Essentially how you want a song or cover to sound. By editing the parameters of the individual notes and that of the voicebank itself (including the pitch, volume, strength, sharpness, and breaths), you can obtain an entirely different result of how the singer sings the encoded notes through different methods. This blog is dedicated to teaching people how to tune, so I’ll show a variety of tuning styles in the software.

V_: The VOCALOID software edition. As of now, there are six editions of the software, which are VOCALOID, VOCALOID2, VOCALOID3, VOCALOID4, VOCALOID5, and VOCALOID6. A lot of VOCALOID voicebanks would be named after the edition they were designed for, such as Gackpoid V4.

VSQ/VSQx/VPR/UST/SVP: The different vocal file formats through which the note, lyric, and tuning data are saved in different vocal synthesizers. These files are not exactly specific to a single editor as they can be converted to the appropriate formats: 

VSQ: VOCALOID2 and VOCALOID3

VSQx: VOCALOID4

VPR: VOCALOID5 and VOCALOID6

UST: UTAU and OPENUTAU

SVP: SynthesizerV Studio

Phonemes: In linguistics and developmental psychology, phenomes are the smallest sounds of speech that distinguish one word from another. Similarly, in vocal synths, these are the building blocks of the individual lyrics that are read by the voicebank. Phonemes differ from the lyrics in a vocal synth file as the lyrics are the actual syllables in language while the phonemes are based on the X-SAMPA system. For instance, let’s examine and compare lyrics from “The Lost One’s Weeping” by neru to the phonemes that would be written in a vocal synth. Romaji lyrics (Source - Vocaloid Lyric Wiki): kokuban no kono kanji ga yomemasu ka? Romanji lyrics in VOCALOID4: [ko] [ku] [ba] [n] [no] [ko] [no] [ka] [n] [ji] [ga] [yo] [me] [ma] [su [ka] Phonemes in a vocal synthesizer VOCALOID4: [k o] [k M] [b a] [n] [n o] [k o] [k a] [n] [dZ i] [g a] [j o] [me] [m a] [s M] [k a] As we can see here, the phonemes of a song can differ significantly from the lyrics that are entered into a program. You can also edit the phonemes of a lyric for better pronunciation (for instance, for the word “you’d”, you can try [y M d]), or split them up into vowels and constants in notebending. In addition, there are entirely different phonemes for voicebanks designed for different languages; for instance, VOCALOID has Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish voicebanks. However, it is possible to make voicebanks sing in different languages, like how Utsu-P makes Miku V4 English sing in fluent Japanese. There are also phonemes for breaths, and glottal stops, as well as pronunciation effects that are exclusive to some voicebanks, like Enhanced Voice Expression Control (E.V.E.C.) in the V4x Cryptonloids. I will go into greater depth on phonemes in a future post.

Pitch bending: The effect where one note slides to another in a clean fashion without sounding flat. When people usually mention pitch bending in a vocal synth, they are referring to the tuning style where you alter the pitch using the “pitch bend” and “pitch bend sensitivity” parameters. If you have seen tuning streams or covers where people show their editors, you may have noticed dynamic and sometimes dramatic lines either on top of the notes or in a box beneath the piano roll. These are pitch bends! By drawing pitch curves in different ways, you can acquire different ways the notes are sung. You can then increase or decrease the pitch bend sensitivity of certain notes to change the factor of how many semitones the pitch curves will jump or fall by when the pitch bend parameter is brought to the maximum or minimum values. To paint a better picture of this concept, I made a quick VSQx of the "watashi" ([w a] [t a] [S i]). The curves on cutting through the green box are my pitch bends, and the thin red line running through the notes is the result. The transparent box behind it is my pitch bend sensitivity, which I increased for more sensitive in the [w a] and [t a] notes, and decreased for less for the [S i] phoneme.

Note bending: A tuning style where you manipulate the pitch by splitting notes into smaller notes. You can move the notes up and down or edit the phonemes to obtain different effects in notes. If you would like to breakdown the phrase [w a] [t a] [S i], you can write the notes out as [w a] [a] [a] [a] [a] [t a] [a] [S i [i] [i]! This is my preferred method of tuning as I do not enjoy drawing lines and like the nostalgic effect of the clean, slightly robotic sounds.

Portamento Timing: This term can have multiple definitions, but the general meaning is a slide from one note to the next. Do not confuse this for pitch bending as the way that notes transition in portamento is different from the former. In Vocaloid, portamento is a parameter that allows you to alter the timing of the pitch. Increasing the value would result in the pitch being more delayed, and decreasing it will cause the pitch to be sung earlier. In UTAU and SynthesizerV, portamento refers to the editable points in a pitch curve. Adding more points allows you to have more freedom in creating pitch bends.

Pitchsnap Mode: A setting in vocal synthesizers that causes the pitch curves to “snap” from one note to another. This setting yields a more autotuney and robotic tone in tuning. While I prefer to tune with this feature shut off, I have heard that the pitchsnap function makes pitch-bending much easier. Remember our "The Lost One's Weeping" example? Here is an amazing cover of it by our lord and saviour Jade S. with Fukase and Miku V3 Solid that showcases how beautiful the pitchsnap function can make the vocals sound when used correctly!

Mixing: A process of blending vocals with an off-vocal or instrumental so the singing fits in the environment of the vocal's music. It's more than just plugging in an audio track, you need to ensure that the vocals are cleaned up, are at an appropriate volume, and do not sound out of place. People can get super creative with mixing by adding reverb, radio-like effects, growls, and “adlibs” during instrumental breaks! All in all, the mixing of vocals is just as important as the tuning.

Producer: Anyone who makes music using vocal synths. This title was initially reserved for people who make original songs but can be used to describe cover artists like myself as well. Popular producers include ryo(supercell), kzlivetune, wowaka(shown below; Rest in Peace), neru, Deco* 27, and many others!

“-P”: Standing for “producer title”, this suffix originated from the IDOLM@STER fandom and refers to anyone who makes music with vocal synths, or in other words, vocal synth producers! For instance, why do we call Circus-P by his name with the "-P" suffix? Because that is what he is, a producer! You can also use the title “vocalo-p” to address synth users.

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Hey Guys! Here are all the members of AKB48!

Team A 入山杏奈 [Anna Iriyama], 加藤玲奈 [Rena Kato], 佐藤美波 [Minami Sato], 篠崎彩奈 [Ayana Shinozaki], 鈴木くるみ [Kurumi Suzuki], 田口愛佳 [Manaka Taguchi], 千葉恵里 [Erii Chiba], 西川怜 [Rei Nishikawa], 古川夏凪 [Nazuna Furukawa], 道枝咲 [Saki Michieda], 宮崎美穂 [Miho Miyazaki], 向井地美音 [Mion Mukaichi], 山根涼羽 [Suzuha Yamane], 横山由依 [Yui Yokoyama]

Team K 市川愛美 [Manami Ichikawa], 岡田梨奈 [Rina Okada], 小林蘭 [Ran Kobayashi], 込山榛香 [Haruka Komiyama], 下口ひなな [Hinana Shimoguchi], 長友彩海 [Ayami Nagatomo], 永野恵 [Megumi Nagano], 武藤小麟 [Orin Muto], 武藤十夢 [Tomu Muto], 茂木忍 [Shinobu Mogi], 安田叶 [Kana Yasuda], 湯本亜美 [Ami Yumoto]

Team B 岩立沙穂 [Saho Iwatate], 大竹ひとみ [Hitomi Otake], 大盛真歩 [Maho Omori], 大家志津香 [Shizuka Oya], 柏木由紀 [Yuki Kashiwagi], 北澤早紀 [Saki Kitazawa], 久保怜音 [Satone Kubo], 齋藤陽菜 [Haruna Saito], 佐々木優佳里 [Yukari Sasaki], 田北香世子 [Kayoko Takita], 谷口めぐ [Megu Taniguchi], 中西智代梨 [Chiyori Nakanishi], 福岡聖菜 [Seina Fukuoka], 山邊歩夢 [Ayu Yamabe]

Team 4 浅井七海 [Nanami Asai], 石綿星南 [Sena Ishiwata], 稲垣香織 [Kaori Inagaki], 大森美優 [Miyuu Omori], 岡田奈々 [Nana Okada], 蔵本美結 [Miyuu Kuramoto], 黒須遥香 [Haruka Kurosu], 佐藤妃星 [Kiara Sato], 多田京加 [Kyoka Tada], 馬嘉伶 [Chia-Ling Ma], 村山彩希 [Yuiri Murayama], 山内瑞葵 [Mizuki Yamauchi], 吉橋柚花 [Yuzuka Yoshihashi]

Team 8 坂口渚沙 [Nagisa Sakaguchi], 横山結衣 [Yui Yokoyama], 御供茉白 [Mashiro Mitomo], 岡部麟 [Rin Okabe], 本田仁美 [Honda Hitomi], 清水麻璃亜 [Maria Shimizu], 髙橋彩音 [Ayane Takahashi], 吉川七瀬 [Nanase Yoshikawa], 小栗有以 [Yui Oguri], 小田えりな [Erina Oda], 左伴彩佳 [Ayaka Hidaritomo], 歌田初夏 [Hatsuka Utada], 服部有菜 [Yuna Hattori], 橋本陽菜 [Haruna Hashimoto], 平野ひかる [Hikaru Hirano], 坂川陽香 [Hiyuka Sakagawa], 髙橋彩香 [Sayaka Takahashi], 永野芹佳 [Serika Nagano], 福留光帆 [Mitsuho Fukutome], 大西桃香 [Momoka Onishi], 濵咲友菜 [Sayuna Hama], 徳永羚海 [Remi Tokunaga], 奥原妃奈子 [Hinako Okuhara], 奥本陽菜 [Hinano Okumoto], 下尾みう [Miu Shitao], 春本ゆき [Yuki Harumoto], 行天優莉奈 [Yurina Gyoten], 高岡薫 [Kaoru Takaoka], 吉田華恋 [Karen Yoshida], 川原美咲 [Misaki Kawahara], 倉野尾成美 [Narumi Kuranoo], 山田杏華 [Kyoka Yamada], 上見天乃 [Sorano Uemi], 藤園麗 [Rei Fujizono]

Wow! That's a lot of members!

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Each couple in Tsurezure children rated (spoilers)

(sidenote: these rates don't (necessarily) reflect if a couple would be good together but rather if their comic strips are fun to read)

Saki Kanda/ Haruhiko Takase - 2/10

They are kind of the main couple of the series but the only thing they have going on for themselves are the constant misunderstandings that define their comic strips. Oh and not being able to talk about their feelings. Aside from a couple creative misunderstandings, their drama gets stale and old *really* fast.

Haruhiko Takase / Alice Himemiya - 8/10

Alice's whole dark humor yandere act was a little- much at the beginning, but later on found it's curve rather nicely. Takase rejecting Alice at the end of their arc was both believable and realistic ending to them, and his rejection was nicely written. I admit to getting just a tiny bit emotional. Also Alice ending up helping Kanda because she grows to wish for Takase to be happy even if it's with someone else is beautiful.

Alice Himemiya / Akimasa Noro - 4/10

Noro's main stitch of thinking Alice is into him when she is very clearly not isn't badly written but the constant misunderstandings does grow old - which is why I'm glad that particular plot thread wasn't that long. When Noro comes to comfort Alice after she gets rejected, the scene was nice and the emotions good. I just wish they didn't end up together (sorta-kinda) afterwards since that required for Alice to get over her god knows how long infatuation with Takase in like three seconds flat and reeks of pair the spares. Them becoming just close friends would have been awesome.

Yuki Minagawa / Jun Furuya - 7/10

Full disclosure, I didn't really like Minagawa's character at first. I found her constant teasing kind of annoying. It got especially annoying when Furuya did start liking her back but couldn't tell if she was being sincere with her feelings because of her relentless teasing. Like maybe it's just my own issues talking but toying with someone's feelings ain't cool. That said, their relationship progresses nicely, and they have some really cute moments together. And the later part of their arcs focusing more on Minagawa bonding with Furuya's little sister Hotaru instead of their now pretty stable relationship is both fresh and cute. Near the end of the story when Minagawa and Hotaru (said little sister) get their own platonic get together moment, I admit to being moved. Like, Minagawa / Hotaru platonic relationship was 9/10, I loved it.

Hotaru Furuya / that random guy at the end - 6/10

Now this relationship is just a book end for how Minagawa and Furuya's first comic strip played out in the manga. The book end is nice, but there is no relationship to get invested in since it's just one comic strip. Which leads it to being just, okay.

Chiyo Kurihara / Takao Yamane 8/10

Takao's low self esteem is played for both drama and comedy, but affects things pretty realistically. The early dynamic with Takao's struggle to connect with Chiyo added to his wonderfully written friendship with Tomomichi is fun. I especially love when early on, Tomomichi is fast to assure Takao that their friendship isn't so fragile that they have to hang out all the time, which is later mirrored with Chiyo assuring Takao that their relationship isn't fragile like that either. Both the romantic and platonic relationships are shown as important. Oh and Chiyo going out of her way to show interest in Takao's hobbies is amazing.

Yukari Nashimoto / Kazuya Sonobe - 7/10

Their growing emotions are portrayed rather realistically, and Nashimoto's struggle with her body image is relatable (even if it's comically overblown at times). I like how the manga showed that her struggles with her self image did affect her relationships and actions big time, even leading her to rejecting Sonobe the first time he asks her out. Like, even when the manga was being light and comical, her anxieties did have real consequences - and realistic ones at that. Cute couple, good character arcs.

Fuyumi Toda / Yoshiharu Sunagawa 7/10

They aren't featured enough for their stoic joke to get old which is good. And they put a spin on it often enough to be fun. That said, Toda is a bit hard to get invested in since Sunagawa is the one doing the actual heavy lifting in their relationship.

Kimihito Onizuka / Sawa Yamada 3/10

Okay so they have pretty much only one joke and that is Onizuka's rapping thing. I does get kind of boring. But they have almost no misunderstandings, and are just nice to each other even from the beginning which is- nice. Now on the other hand Onizuka's friendship journey was 10/10, easily one of the best parts of the manga.

Ayane Matsuura / Urara Takahashi 9/10

Okay so this is a platonic relationship but GOD I wish they had gotten together. Their relationship is one of a drama club vice-president/newbie, and the struggles they face along the way are very real and handled well. It's like the dynamic most people seek from teacher/student relationships but without the inherent issues with such a dynamic. Urara is a bit of a hit or miss with her jokes tho (I mean I liked her well enough but yeah).

Kazuko Hosokawa / Shinichi Katori ???/10

So the comical value comes from Katori being- Katori. Which is fun. And when Kazuko gets in on the act, that is fun too - especially since Ayane is there to throw shade about it. And I did like that they didn't get together in the end. But ??? their interactions sometimes feel like a crack smoking AI wrote them. Like the kind of dialogue you write at three AM feeling real profound but when you read it in the morning it just sounds? Like, so much? Except they play the dialogue and actions completely straight which makes it work somehow? Idk

Chizuru Takano / Takuro Sugawara 7/10

Okay, so their relationship (especially early on) is also marred with increasingly stupid misunderstandings. But (especially Takano's) growing crush is really cute, and their relationship does have that puppy love feel to it which is adorable. Even while being relatively drama free couple, their relationships is just nice to read about - maybe because they are relatively drama free later on. Though I must admit the whole drama free thing works mostly because there are so many drama couples around they become a breath of fresh air instead of boring.

Noriko Yoshinaga / Takuro Sunawara 4/10

Okay so this isn't really a relationship that happens but since I included Hotaru/random guy, I decided to mention this too. So, Noriko confesses and gets rejected, and later supports Takano. It's just nice, I guess, that it just happened. No overblown drama, no misunderstandings (between these two, that is)- just, Noriko confessed and Sunawara rejected her. That's it. And then later Noriko supports Takano with her relationship with her ex-crush no problem.

Kana Ijima / Chiaki Uchimura 9/10

Their story starts with a misunderstanding but improves massively later on. While they have their comical struggles and moments, they also face some realistic problems that are often handled with maturity. Some of their fights are especially resolved with a level of maturity I didn't expect. When they "break up" and then get back together, that was a clear moment of growth for both of them (especially Chiaki) and their relationship. Tsurezure Children is a story (stories?) about high school children so statistics are sadly against all of them, making it likely some if not most of them won't make the distance. But I can really see these do making it.

Patricia Caulfield / Keisuke Tsuji 6/10

The sushi joke is cute enough, and I love when it spreads to affect other couples. But their main drama about moving forward in their relationship feels overblown. Like, a real issue and real conflicting emotions but the way it's written makes it seem like it's far more serious of a problem than it is. On the other hand tho they are high school kids and god knows at that age something like a first kiss with your date-mate can be The Thing. Their other main drama, however, about Patricia moving back to America is realistic while still maintaining the manga's easy atmosphere for the most part.

Ayaka Kamine / Takeru Gouda 8/10

They get together pretty much from the very beginning, which is really nice. That means their drama can be focused on developing their relationship instead of (like almost every other couple) trying to get together in the first place. Now most of their struggles are more, lowkey? Like, their big drama isn't about "oh, will we get married" but instead about "oh, I have to learn to communicate with my SO". It gives that first relationship feel which is cute. Also, Goda is pretty stoic but communicates well which I love. Kamine's drama about not wanting to be too clingy isn't the best tho. At times it actually feels kind of uncomfortable (most notably when she thinks she wishes he wouldn't talk to other girls).

Tomomichi Motoyama / Iori Enomoto 7/10

The mirroring between Tomomichi supporting Takao's relationship with Chiyo versus Takao supporting Tomomichi's relationship with Enomoto is precious. And Tomomichi is good character and deserved the added focus he got. Tomomichi has all these ideas about his place and what he can/cannot aim for, which is fun enough to read about. Him slowly gaining confidence to finally confess is a good character arc. That said, the story blunders greatly IMO by giving him both the confession and rejection. Like, Enomoto telling she already has someone she's into was a good enough twist - not all feelings are returned. But then the story cheats by having these two get together anyway. The first one is in itself a nice twist, while the latter makes Tomomichi finally act on all the advice he himself gave Takao early on, which is also nice. JUST NOT RIGHT AFTER ONE ANOTHER.

Takao Yamane / Tomomichi Motoyama 100000/10

Their friendship is perfect.

Sayaka Chiba / Yoichi Kirihara 7/10

Like most, I too had my teacher/student romance phase. But it is over and that's why their relationship scared the crap out of me as it developed. But then, in the end, he rejects her. It was amazing. Now, Chiba's interest in her teacher is written well and easy to understand. And Kirihara's growing in interest in her isn't written in a gross way, but rather in a way where it's easy to see how it could happen even if it should, under no circumstances, happen (I must repeat - no high school teacher should have romantic attraction towards their student). So for all that buildup to result in Kirihara still rejecting Chiba because them getting together would be grossly wrong was wonderful to me. Also, I liked their reconciliation afterwards since it was focused in them restoring their good teacher/student dynamic without romantic undertones.

Mai Tojo / Taichi Ogiue 6/10

Tojo's main stitch about being too shy to confess / not being ready to confess does get old, especially with all the bad communication added on. BUT them developing a friendship before getting together is WONDERFUL, and Tojo's confession at the end is super cute. And I loved how it subverted the whole "unheard confession" trope with Ogiue hearing her love confession she meant to whisper out loud just for herself. And then they just get together. Cute and fun.

Yuuki Kaga / Satsuki Sasahara 9/10

Kaga's emotional journey is one of the best written in the manga. It's relatable and feels real, even when he finds out that Sasahara is already in relationship with someone else. I especially loved how it was never a question of "winning her over" once he finds out and instead in the end he confessed simply to move on. And the rejection was just so well written; him bracing himself for the rejection he knew was coming, her being surprised and flattered but still firmly rejecting him, and then- just, even when Kaga knew Sasahara was already in love with someone else, the way he starts crying even while trying to stay strong when she run towards Yukawa with the biggest smile on her face- that scene always makes me cry.

Satsuki Sasahara / Hideki Yukawa 6/10

Their relationship is kind of out of focus since the love triangle between Sasahara, Kaga and Nanase is in the focus most of the time but it was still pretty lovely. They have very little drama, they are cute together and when they are in the focus, they are fun enough to read about. That said since Yukawa is really EXTRA out of focus he's almost no more than a satellite love interest.

Yuuki Kaga / Kaoru Nanase 6/10

Given that they have known one another for a long time, it helped give their relationship depth especially with *how* and *why* they got to the point where they are. I also like that their animosity wasn't born of some simple misunderstanding but rather something a little more grounded. That said, Kaga does move on too fast from his feelings towards Sasahara (a fact he lampshades himself) and Nanase does near bully him most of the time which I hate. So. It's a mixed bag. And THAT said, I did like Nanase's conflict between jealousy and wanting to actually be there for Kaga with his feelings towards Sasahara.

Chihiro Soma / Haruka Saejima 5/10

Their initial misunderstanding where Saejima thinks they are dating and Soma thinks they are training is- different enough to be fun but goes on for far too long. That said the fall out from the misunderstanding was good, and later on Soma's struggle to grow into being equals is also different from the other story lines. Too much drama that could be solved if Saejima wasn't about to pass out from how cute Soma is every five seconds, but I liked them.

Ryoko Kaji / Masfumi Akagi 9/10

I admit outright that I'm biased with this since Ryoko was, without doubt, my favorite character. Her character arc was amazing and she is amazing. But their relationship is fun to read since most of the drama in it is, in the end, external and them just reacting to it (the drama coming from her attempt to become a better student). Their (and especially hers) struggles with it feels real and authentic. I also like how Ryoko's character growth isn't centered around her romantic relationship (even if it is the main catalyst for it) but rather she forms connections with some friends and her mother too. Now this results in Akagi feeling a bit flat most of the time, but with him steadily supporting Ryoko and having his own thoughts and ideas it didn't bother me. Also him crying after hearing Ryoko got accepted into college was very moving. And I did like how he pushed her into forming those other meaningful relationships instead of wanting her to focus just on him. Only his borderline sexual harassment keeps me from actually liking him.

Erika Shibasaki / Shinji Ubukata 8/10

Erika's main character arc has NOTHING to do with romance which is good and stands out among the mostly romance based character arcs. Also their crushes develop believably. Now that said Erika is a bit- a lot annoying sometimes. As is Shinji. So really, it's a match made in Heaven. Their friends also supporting and teasing them is fun.

Erika Shibasaki / Ryoko Kaji 8/10

Not a romantic relationship but lowkey my favorite arc is Ryoko trying to retrieve Erika's Miss Wasibasi mask. Also, friendship.

[yui-kuroki]

おばけのジレンマ (ウェブサイトで公開、2019)

2018年に「おばけのジレンマ」を訪れた人々のうち、10名に展覧会のレビューを描いていただき公開した。また、以下の来場者の名前も公開し、展覧会について話を聞くことができるようにした。

2018年4月2日〜29日に行われた黒木結個展「おばけのジレンマ」での出来事・展示内容については、以下に名前のある方々が普段の会話で話す展覧会での出来事・展示内容と、10名の方々によるレビューを「本当の話」とする。

・名前のある方々は「本当の話」をするとき、嘘のないようにする。 ・名前はそれぞれの本名、またはそれに準ずる個人を特定できるものである。

会見 由莉江 / AIMI Yurie 吾郷 佳奈 / AGO Kana 足立 雄亮 / ADACHI Yusuke 鮎川 奈央子 / AYUKAWA Naoko 安東 睦郎 / ANDO Mutsuro 今尾 拓真 / IMAO Takuma 今井 菜江 / IMAI Nae 宇野 湧 / UNO Yu 岡留 優 / OKADOME Yu 岡本 秀 / OKAMOTO Shu 小川 智美 / OGAWA Tomomi 勝浦 大典 / KATSURA Daisuke 河合 正太郎 / KAWAI Shotaro 熊野 陽平 / KUMANO Yohei 黒木 敦 / KUROKI Osamu 桑原 愛恵 / KUWAHARA Megumi 小林 椋 / KOBAYASHI Muku 今野 はなみ / KONNO Hanami 酒井 瞭太 / SAKAI Ryota 佐々木 ののか / SASAKI Nonoka shimizu kana Jugem 高瀬 伊代 / TAKASE Iyo 谷口 かんな / TANIGUCHI Kanna 筒井 かおり / TSUTSUI Kaori 寺本 遥 / TERAMOTO Haruka 中谷 圭 / NAKATANI Kei 中村 日華里 / NAKAMURA Hikari 新平 誠洙 / NIHIRA Seishu 野口 春海 / NOGUTI Harumi 野村 ���香 / NOMURA Yuka 萩嵜 咲良 / HAGIZAKI Sakura 橋本 隆史 / HASHIMOTO Takashi 早田 薫 / HAYATA Kaoru 福森 美紗子 / FUKUMORI Misako 松井 照太 / MATSUI Shota 松下 明正 / MATSUSHITA Akimasa 松本 愛楠 / MATSUMOTO Anan 本山 ゆかり / MOTOYAMA Yukari 村上 美樹 / MURAKAMI Miki 森川 彩夏 / MORIKAWA Ayaka 山根 香 / YAMANE Kaori 山本 紗佑里 / YAMAMOTO Sayuri 山本 真実江 / YAMAMOTO Mamie 湯本 祐生 / YUMOTO Yuki 横山 拓実 / YOKOYAMA Takumi

以上46名 2019年4月2日現在

[54fallenartist14]

A cover art for my comic that’s on DA:https://www.deviantart.com/fallenangel5414/art/The-Angel-of-Odo-Island-pt-1-802093456

[bokettogifs]

AKB48 - Seishun Da Capo (青春ダ・カーポ)

[punkish48]

AKB48 Coupling Senbatsu~

[okdnn]

Mail July 3rd

Yami (Darkness/pain) Senbatsu

done.

1 Okada Nana 2 Nakai Rika 3 Murayama Yuiri 4 Sasaki Yukari 5 Mukaichi Mion 6 Okawa Rio 7 Takahashi Juri 8 Miyawaki Sakura 9 Kawamoto Saya 10 Yokoyama Yui(8) 11 Hayasaka Tsumugi 12 Ota Yuuri 13 Umemoto Izumi 14 Takakura Moeka 15 Mogi Shinobu 16 Suda Akari

Yuri Senbatsu

Done.

1 Okada Nana & Murayama Yuiri 2 Hayasaka Tsumugi & Yamada Nanami 3 Muto Tomu & Omori Miyu 4 Mogi Shinobu & Mukaichi Mion 5 Kizaki Yuria & Iriyama Anna 6 Matsui Jurina & Fujita Nana 7 Yamamoto Sayaka & Kinoshita Momoka 8 Shibuya Nagisa & Kitagawa Ryouha

Okada Nana (She forgot to add Senbatsu)

done.

1 Okada Nana 2 Hidaritomo Ayaka 3 Yamada Noe 4 Onishi Momoka 5 Yamane Suzuha 6 Hayasaka Tsumugi 7 Takino Yumiko 8 Tsukiashi Amane 9 Matsui Jurina 10 Honma Hinata 11 Kuranoo Narumi 12 Watanabe Mayu 13 Toyonaga Aki 14 Yokoyama Yui (8) 15 Mukaichi Mion 16 Murayama Yuiri

[mahoushoujo-ni-naritai]

So, uh... This is a video I've made literally a decade ago for a quizz on Sporcle. With all these copyright problems I never for once thought this video would resist and win(?) the battle, so I'm posting it here now lol. I would love to make more of this, but because of the after mentioned reasons, this is the only one. Everybody is always recalling about opening songs, so of course I felt the need to make something big about ending songs. The songs I chose are VERY random because I tried to make the game enjoyable by not making something so easy that you can answer it just by reading the name of the songs alone. Also, the mixing is a mess but I assure you it still worth listening lol. If you don't want to play the game and just listen to a megamix, here's the tracklist: 01. Nana Kitade - Kesenai Tsumi (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi/FullMetal Alchemist) 02. Berryz Koubou - Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteruu YOU KNOW? (Patalliro! Saiyuki) 03. KOTOKO - →unfinished→ (Accel World) 04. Youko Takahashi - Yoake Umare Kuru Shoujo (Shakugan no Shana) 05. team-F - Hohoemi wo Agetai (Princess Princess) 06. Kinya Kotani - Glaring Dream (Gravitation) 07. Maki Kimura - Ano Hi ni... (Den'ei Shoujo/Video Girl Ai) 08. Kana Nishino - Style. (Soul Eater) 09. Yui Sakakibara - Beautiful Day (Boku wa Otome ni Koishiteru) 10. AiM - Keep On (Digimon Adventure) 11. Hiroki Wada - Mystic Eyes (Tenkuu no Escaflowne/The Vision of Escaflowne) 12. AYANA - Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho (Kanon) 13. Mai Nakahara & Ai Shimizu - Himitsu Dolls (Strawberry Panic) 14. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (Paradise Kiss) 15. the indigo - Namo Shirenu Hana (Ai Yori Aoshi) 16. Younha - Houkiboshi (Bleach) 17. Kohmi Hirose - Groovy! (Cardcaptor Sakura) 18. Keiko Yoshinari - Asu e no Yuuki (Mahou Kishi Rayearth/Magic Knight Rayearth) 19. Shouko Nakagawa - Happily ever after (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) 20. Mai Yamane - The Real Folk Blues (Cowboy Bebop) 21. Claire - Fly Me to the Moon (Shin Seiki Evangelion/Neon Genesis Evangelion) 22. Akemi Kanda, Ai Nonaka, Mamiko Noto & Yuu Kobayashi - Kagayaku Kimi e (Mahou Sensei Negima!) 23. Ritsuko Okazaki - Chiisana Inori (Fruits Basket) 24. Atsuko Enomoto & Chihiro Suzuki - Yume no Naka e (Kareshi to Kanojo no Jijou) 25. T.M.Revolution - HEART OF SWORD ~Yoake Mae~ (Rurouni Kenshin ~Meiji Kenkaku Romantan~) 26. TM NETWORK - Get Wild (City Hunter) 27. Mitsunori Ikeda ft. Aimee B - Fallen Angel (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) 28. Yifei - Mayonaka no Door (Demaashita! Powerpuff Girls Z) 29. Buono! - Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (Shugo Chara!) 30. Yukari Konno - Tokimeki no Doukasen (Fushigi Yuugi) 31. Naoko Hamasaki - Tensai wa Saigo ni Yatte Kuru (Elf wo Karu Monotachi/Those Who Hunt Elves) 32. AKIMA & NEOS - Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku (Trigun) 33. r.o.r/s - escape (Kaleido Star) 34. Koh Ikeda - Eien ni Amuro (Kidou Senshi Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam) 35. Ichirou Mizuki - Bokura no Mazinger Z (Mazinger Z) 36. Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara & Yuuko Gotou - Hare Hare Yukai (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) 37. Youko Ishida - Otome no Policy (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R) 38. LEGOLGEL - Mirai (Corrector Yui) 39. LAST ALLIANCE - Shissou (Ouran Koukou Hostbu/Ouran Highschool Host Club) 40. Sheryl Nome starring May'n - Northern Cross (Macross F) 41. Sakurakou Keionbu - Don't say "lazy" (K-on!) 42. Luca Yumi - Truth (Shoujo Kakumei Utena/Revolutionary Girl Utena) 43. Satoko Shimizu - Sajin no Meizu (Tenkuu Senki Shurato)

[recentanimenews]

Girls' Frontline Anime Reveals New Promo, Visual, and More for 2022

  Additional reporting and translation by Mikikazu Komatsu.

  A bunch of updates have arrived for the Girls' Frontline TV anime, which is based on the mobile strategy game known as Dolls' Frontline in Japan. The series is now set for a 2022 premiere, and the latest batch of info includes a new key visual, promo, character art, and comments from the cast and OP artist. 

  Promo:

    ××第1弾PV公開！×× 作品の世界観とAR小隊のキャラにフォーカスを当てた最新映像！ さらに、yukaDD(;´∀｀)さんによるOPテーマ「BAD CANDY」も初公開???? ぜひご覧ください！https://t.co/PmdXUsNOcf ????TVアニメ #ドールズフロントライン 2022年、放送&全世界配信開始！https://t.co/MZZh1l6jrw pic.twitter.com/tGzZQqt4Eo

— 『ドールズフロントライン』TVアニメ公式 (@gf_animePR) August 6, 2021

    New key visual:

    New character art has also arrived along with Q&A replies from each of the main cast members.

  Haruka Tomatsu as M4A1

    What is your impression of this work?

  "Compared to the time when I was involved in the game and then the short anime, I felt that this TV anime version is more serious. In the game, the player was the commander, and he didn't appear in the mini-anime. The history of Girls' Frontline itself is quite long, but I think it depicts a new view of the DoruFuro world."

  Could you give us your impressions of the character you will be playing and your enthusiasm for the role?

  "There are parts of M4A1 that haven't changed from her calm atmosphere I've been playing up until now, but in this anime, I've brushed up on the cold-hearted and tough parts that come out when it comes to battle, so I think that even people who know DoruFuro will be able to see a new side to the character. Of course, I'm sure that those who are new to DoruFuro will also enjoy this TV anime adaptation."

  Nozomi Yamane as M16A1

    What is your impression of this work?

  "Unlike the previous mini-anime I've participated in, this one has a more serious and profound impression. There are so many battle scenes. I often feel sad at the troubled state of each character, so the occasional glimpse of everyday scenes are so endearing."

  Could you give us your impressions of the character you will be playing and your enthusiasm for the role?

  "I just want to play her cool. I was careful not to get too emotional, as I felt she had more mental space due to the difference in experience among the AR platoon. I hope that everyone will take this opportunity to fall in love with M16. Of course, the sugar level for M4 is high in the anime as well."

  Emiri Kato as ST AR-15

      What is your impression of this work?

  "Even for those who haven't played the game, there are many serious developments that will make you curious about the rest of the story! There are a lot of girls who are personifications of famous guns, so if you like guns, you'll probably enjoy them more! I'd like you to watch and see what kind of fate these girls will go through."

  Could you give us your impressions of the character you will be playing and your enthusiasm for the role?

  "ST AR-15 is a calm and collected person, and says a word that keeps everyone's spirits up among the members. Her words show that she cares about her friends, and I hoped I could express her kindness well.

  Yukari Tamura as M4 SOPMOD II

    What is your impression of this work?

  "There are a lot of girls in it, so I'd think it would be playful, but it's kind of hardcore. It's cool and fashionable. I apologize for my lack of vocabulary, but that's how I felt when I was exposed to the story and the music of the theme song."

  Could you give us your impressions of the character you will be playing and your enthusiasm for the role?

  "At first glance, SOPⅡ-chan seems to be full of energy and optimism, but she is a girl who thinks things through and is very passionate about her friends. I hope that her charm will reach as many viewers as possible!"

    The theme song, "BAD CANDY," comes from singer yukaDD(;´∀｀), who had this to say about the project: 

  "I am in charge of the theme song for the TV anime Girls' Frontline. I am very honored to be able to be involved in this wonderful work in this way. I myself am excited to see it as soon as possible.

  There are no choices but to move forward in the midst of an epic battle, and various emotions and conflicts that waver in the battle. Even so, the characters of Girls' Frontline continue to move forward with strong conviction, and I hope that this song will push everyone's back, even if just a little.

  I also hope that this song will be a chance for people to get to know yukaDD through the theme song of Girls' Frontline."

  Source: Press release

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

[specthrom]

My Favorite Anime Songs

Just a list of Openings, Endings and general songs. Will update every once in a while, probably at the end of seasons.

Openings

Angel Beats: Lia - My Soul, Your Beats!

Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo: CHiCO with HoneyWorks - Otome-domo yo

Baccano: Paradise Lunch -  Gun's & Roses

Bakemonogatari:

OP 1: Chiwa Saito - staple stable OP 2: Emiri Katou - "Kaerimichi (帰り道)" OP 3: Miyuki Sawashiro - "ambivalent world" OP 4: Kana Hanazawa - "Ren'ai Circulation (恋愛サーキュレーション)" OP 5: Yui Horie - "Sugar Sweet Nightmare"

Beck: Beat Crusaders - Hit in the USA

BEM: Maaya Sakamoto - Uchuu no Kioku

Bleach:

OP 1: Orange Range - *~Asterisk~ OP 2: UVERworld - D-tecnoLife OP 3: High and Mighty Color - Ichirin no Hana OP 4: Beat Crusaders - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight OP 5: YUI - Rolling Star OP 6: Aqua Timez - Alones OP 7: Asian Kung-Fu Generation - After Dark OP 8: Kelun - Chu-Bura OP 9: Aqua Timez - Velonica OP 10: SCANDAL - Shōjo S OP 11: Porno Graffitti - Anima Rossa OP 12: Miwa - chAngE OP 13: SID - Ranbu no Melody OP 14: ViViD - BLUE OP 15: SCANDAL - Harukaze

Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season:

OP 2:  amazarashi - Sora ni Utaeba

Boogiepop wa Warawanai OP 1: MYTH & ROID - shadowgraph

Clannad:

OP 1: eufonius - Megumeru OP 2: Lia - Toki wo Kizamu Uta

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch:

OP 1: FLOW - COLORS OP 2: Jinn - Kaidoku Funou

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2:

OP 1: ORANGE RANGE - O2

Comic Girls OP 1: Comic Girls - Memories

Cowboy Bebop OP 1: The Seatbelts - Tank!

Dr Stone:

OP 1: BURNOUT SYNDROMES - Good Morning World! OP 2: PELICAN FANCLUB - Sangenshoku (三原色)

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?:

OP 1: Hibiki Sakura, & Naruzou Machio - Onegai Muscle

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu OP 1: Hitoribocchi no Monologue

Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai OP 1

Death Note:

OP 1: Nightmare - the WORLD OP 2: Maximum the Hormone - What's up, people?!

Devil May Cry OP 1: Rungran - D.M.C.

Dororo:

OP 1: Ziyoou-vachi - Kaen OP 2: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Dororo

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?: Onegai Muscle - Hibiki Sakura, Naruzou Machio

Endro~! OP 1: Yuusha Party - Endoro~ru!

Fruits Basket (2019):

OP 1: Beverly - Again OP 2: Ai Otsuka - Chime

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

OP 1: YUI - Again OP 2: NICO Touches the Walls - Hologram OP 3: Sukima Switch - Golden Time Lover OP 4: Chemistry - Period

Harukana Receive OP 1: Haruka Oozora - FLY two BLUE

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu OP 1: Hitoribocchi no Monologue

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara OP 1: Haruka to Miyuki - 17 Sai

Island OP 1: Yukari Tamura - Eien no Hitotsu

Joshikousei no Mudazukai: Nozomu Tanaka, Akane Kikuchi, Shiori Saginomiya - Wa! Moon! dass! cry!

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OP 1: Masayuki Suzuki - Love Dramatic

Mirai Nikki:

OP 1: Yousei Teikoku - Kuusou Mesorogiwi OP 2: Faylan - Dead END

Naruto:

OP 1: Hound Dog - R★O★C★K★S OP 2: Asian Kung-fu Generation - Haruka Kanata OP 3: little by little - Kanashimi wo Yasashisa ni OP 4: FLOW - GO!!! OP 5: Sambomaster - Seishun Kyosokyoku OP 6: Stance Punks - No Boy, No Cry OP 7: Snowkel - Namikaze Satellite OP 8: FLOW - Re:member OP 9: Hearts Grow - YURA YURA

Naruto: Shippuuden:

OP 1: Nobodyknows+ - Hero's Come Back OP 2: LONG SHOT PARTY - distance OP 3: Ikimonogakari - Blue Bird OP 4: Inoue Joe - CLOSER OP 5: Ikimonogakari - Hotaru no Hikari OP 6: FLOW - Sign OP 7: Motohiro Hata - Toumei Datta Sekai OP 8: NICO Touches the Walls - Diver OP 9: 7!! - Lovers OP 10: tacica - newsong OP 11: THE CRO-MAGNONS - Totsugeki Rock OP 12: Daisuke - Moshimo OP 13: NICO Touches the Walls - Niwaka Ame Nimo Makezu OP 14: Nogizaka46 - Tsuki no Ookisa OP 15: DOES - Guren OP 16: KANA-BOON - Silhouette OP 17: Yamazaru - Kaze OP 18: Sukima Switch - LINE OP 19: Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Blood Circulator OP 20: Anly - Kara no Kokoro

Neon Genesis Evangelion OP 1:  A Cruel Angel's Thesis - Yoko Takahashi

Poputepipikku:

OP 1: Drop Stars - Twinkling star OP 2: Sumire Uesaka - POP TEAM EPIC

Release the Spyce OP 1: Tsukikage - Spatto! Spy & Spyce

Satsuriku no Tenshi OP 1: Masaaki Endoh - Vital

Sora yori mo Tooi Basho OP 1:  saya - The Girls Are Alright!

Sword Art Online:

OP 1: LiSA - crossing field OP 2: Aoi Eir - INNOCENCE

Sword Art Online II:

OP 1: Eir Aoi - IGNITE OP 2: Haruka Tomatsu - courage

Sword Art Online: Alicization:

OP 1: LiSA - ADAMAS OP 2: ASCA - RESISTER

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld:

OP 1:  Haruka Tomatsu - Resolution

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online OP 1: Eir Aoi - Ryuusei

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:

OP 1: MADKID - RISE OP 2: MADKID - FAITH

Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu OP 1: Luck Life - Naru

Vinland Saga:

OP 1: Survive Said The Prophet - MUKANJYO OP 2: MAN WITH A MISSION - Dark Crow

Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! OP 1: Wataten☆Five - Kimama na Tenshitachi

Yagate Kimi ni Naru OP 1: Riko Azuna - Kimi ni Furete

Yakusoku no Neverland OP 1: UVERworld - Touch Off

Zombieland Saga OP 1: Fran Chou Chou - Adabana Necromancy

Endings

Angel Beats:

ED 1:  Aoi Tada -  Brave Song ED 2: Yui - Ichiban no Takaramono

Bakemonogatari: supercell  - "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語)"

Beck:

ED 1: The Dying Breed - My World Down ED 2: The Dying Breed feat. Yukio Tanaka - Moon on the Water

Bleach:

ED 1: Rie Fu - Life is Like a Boat ED  2: Home Made Kazoku - Thank You!! ED  3: Younha - Hōkiboshi ED  4: Skoop On Somebody - Happypeople ED  5: YUI - Life ED  6: SunSet Swish - My Pace ED  7: Ikimono-Gakari - Hanabi ED  8: Takacha - Movin!! ED  9: JUNE - Baby It's You ED  10: Mai Hoshimura - Sakura Biyori ED  11: OreSkaBand - Tsumesaki ED  12: Chatmonchy - Daidai ED  13: Kōsuke Atari - Tane wo Maku Hibi ED  14: RSP - Kansha ED  15: Lil'B - Orange ED  16: Pe'zmoku - Gallop ED  17: Stereopony - Hitohira no Hanabira ED  18: Shion Tsuji - Sky Chord ~Otona ni Naru Kimi e~ ED  19: Sambomaster - Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite ED  20: Kenichi Asai - Mad Surfer ED  21: SunSet Swish - Sakurabito ED  22: RSP - Tabidatsu Kimi e ED  23: DIGGY-MO' - Stay Beautiful ED  24: universe - echoes ED  26: ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - Song For... ED  28: UNLIMITS - Haruka Kanata ED  30: Aqua Timez - MASK

Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season:

ED 2:  LiSA - Datte Atashi no Hero

Boogiepop wa Warawanai:

ED 1: Riko Azuna - Whiteout ED 3: Kensuke Ushio and Hajime Hyakkoku  - See You, HeartBreakers

Clannad: ED 1: Chata - Dango Daikazoku ED 2: Lia - TORCH

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch:

ED 1: Ali Project - Yuukyou Seishunka ED 2: SunSet Swish - Mosaic Kakera

Comic Girls ED 1: Comic Girls - Namida wa Misenai

Cowboy Bebop ED 1: The Seatbelts feat. Mai Yamane - The Real Folk Blues

Death Note:

ED 1: Nightmare - Alumina ED 2: Maximum the Hormone - Zetsubō Billy ED 3: Yoshihisa Hirano - Coda

Dororo ED 1: amazarashi - Sayonara Gokko

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?: Naruzou Machio - Macho a Name?

Endro~! ED 1: Inori Minase - Wonder Caravan!

Fruits Basket (2019):

ED 1: Vickeblanka - Lucky Ending ED 1: INTERSECTION - One Step Closer

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

ED 1: SID - Uso ED 2: Miho Fukuhara - LET IT OUT ED 3: Lil'B - Tsunaida Te ED 4: SCANDAL - Shunkan Sentimental ED 5: Nakagawa Shouko - RAY OF LIGHT

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu:

ED 1: Ne, Issho ni Kaero ED 2: BAKUSHOU BOCCHI JUKU KOUKA (WA HA HA)

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara ED 1: Nagi Yanagi - Mimei no Kimi to Hakumei no Mahou

Joshikousei no Mudazukai: Nozomu Tanaka, Akane Kikuchi, Shiori Saginomiya - Seishun no Reverb

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen:

ED 1: halca - Sentimental Crisis ED 2: Chika Fujiwara - Chikatto Chika Chika

Mirai Nikki:

ED 1: Faylan - Blood Teller ED 2: Yousei Teikoku - filament

Naruto:

ED 1: Akeboshi - Wind ED 2: Rythem - Harmonia ED 3: Orange Range - Viva Rock ED 4: Raiko - ALIVE ED 5: Mass Missile - Ima made Nando mo ED 6: Tia - Ryusei ED 7: Captain Straydum - Mountain A Go Go Too ED 8: GagagaSP - Hajimete Kimi to Shabetta ED 10: Analogfish - Speed ED 11: Amadori - Soba ni Iru Kara

Naruto: Shippuuden:

OP 1: HOME MADE Kazoku - Nagare Boshi OP 2: aluto - Michi ~to you all OP 3: little by little - KIMI MONOGATARI OP 4: MATCHY with QUESTION? - Mezamero! Yasei OP 6: Nico Touches the Walls - BROKEN YOUTH OP 7: HALCALI - Long Kiss Goodbye OP 9: SUPER BEAVER - Shinkokyuu OP 10: SEAMO - My ANSWER OP 11: Kishidan - Omae Dattanda OP 13: OreSkaBand - Jitensha OP 14: supercell - Utakata Hanabi OP 16: Aqua Timez - Mayonaka no Orchestra OP 17: HOME MADE Kazoku - FREEDOM OP 18: OKAMOTO'S - Yokubou o Sakebe!!!! OP 20: Hemenway - By My Side OP 22: AISHA feat. CHEHON - Kono Koe Karashite OP 24: 7!! - Sayonara Memory OP 26: Rake - Yume wo Daite ~Hajimari no Crissroad~ OP 30: SHUN - Never Change OP 31: Shiori Tomita - Dame Dame da OP 34: FLOW - Niji no Sora OP 37: Kuroneko Chelsea - Ao no Lullaby OP 38: Huwie Ishizaki - Pino to Amélie OP 39: Ayumikurikamaki - Tabidachi no Uta OP 40: Swimy - Zetsu Zetsu

Neon Genesis Evangelion ED: Fly Me to the Moon

Release the Spyce ED 1: Tsukikage - Hide & Seek

Sword Art Online:

ED 1: Haruka Tomatsu - Yume Sekai ED 2: Luna Haruna - Overfly

Sword Art Online II:

ED 1: Luna Haruna - Startear ED 2: LiSA - No More Time Machine ED 3: LiSA - Shirushi

Sword Art Online: Alicization:

ED 1: Eir Aoi - Iris ED 2: ReoNa - forget-me-not

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld:

ED 1:  LiSA - unlasting

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online ED 1: Karen Kohiruimaki - To see the future

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:

ED 1: Chiai Fujikawa - Kimi no Namae ED 2: Chiai Fujikawa - Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni

Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu ED 1: ChouCho - Orange Iro

Vinland Saga:

ED 1: Aimer - Torches

Yagate Kimi ni Naru ED 1: Yuuki Takada & Minako Kotobuki - hectopascal

Yakusoku no Neverland ED 1: Cö shu Nie - Zettai Zetsumei

Zombieland Saga ED 1: Fran Chou Chou - Hikari e

Others

Angel Beats:

Girls Dead Monster - Crow Song Girls Dead Monster - My Song Girls Dead Monster - Thousand Enemies Girls Dead Monster - Alchemy Girls Dead Monster - Hot Meal

Beck:

BECK - Brainstorm BECK - Spice of Life Maho Minami - Sly BECK - Face Belle Ame - Lost Melody Chiemi Kuniyoshi - Genki wo Dashite Beck - Like a Foolin Ciel Bleu - Youkai Ningen Bem Hyoudou Band - Gymnasium Tsunemi Chiba - Reloaded Musicmans feat. Manabu Miyazawa - Journey Saitou San Band feat. Koyuki Tanaka & Maho Minami - Follow Me Hyoudou Band 2 - Love Dischord Beck - By Her Beck - I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles cover) Beck - Slip Out

Kimi no Na wa:

RADWIMPS - Yumetourou RADWIMPS - Mitsuha No Tsugaku RADWIMPS - Itomori Koukou RADWIMPS - Akogare Cafe RADWIMPS - Okudera Senpai No Theme RADWIMPS - Futari No Ihen RADWIMPS - Zenzenzense RADWIMPS - Date RADWIMPS - Kioku Wo Yobiokosu RADWIMPS - Goshintaie Futatabi RADWIMPS - Sakusen Kaigi RADWIMPS - Kataware Doki RADWIMPS - Sparkle RADWIMPS - Nandemonaiya

Paprika:

Susumu Hirasawa - Parade Susumu Hirasawa - Mediational Field Susumu Hirasawa - Welcome to the Circus Susumu Hirasawa - A Drop Filled With Memories Susumu Hirasawa - The Girl In Byakkoya

Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale: LiSA  - Catch the Moment

Zombieland Saga: Fran Chou Chou - Mezame RETURNER Fran Chou Chou - FANTASTIC LOVERS

[aggregatedestroyer]

I’m playing Destoroyah somewhat OOC as compared to the Heisei series, since I don’t think ‘laser-focused hateful ragebeast’ has much room for character development or non-aggressive interactions with others.

The way I’m trying to play him, he’s pretty fond of fighting other Titans, and definitely thinks that he’s above humans, but he’s also really curious about things, can make allies, and is willing to ignore and even coexist with Titans that don’t threaten him.

He’s not into the idea of omnicide, like I think the canon Destoroyah is, but instead has this weird instinctive urge to kill Godzilla and take his place as Alpha (*cough*ghidorahinstincts*cough*).

I think the Heisei Destoroyah can be read as showing some curiosity, even if it is sadistic- in the scene where he’s chasing Yukari Yamane in the parking lot, he looks around at the cars and things after he’s killed the policemen and before he notices Yukari. The way he hunts Yukari, too, reads as playing with his food. He climbs on the car and shakes it around before flipping it over a few times and then cutting it in half with his breath weapon, which seems like he’s toying with her and seeing her reactions more than trying to kill her ASAP.

Overall, there isn’t much to work with in terms of canon characterization tbh. I hope the Monsterverse adds some depth to my crabby boi!

[minnadaisuki48]

AKB48 Team Shuffle (Project)

This is my own project I’ve been working on for a while. This is NOT an official shuffle from AKS or anything like that. I do not work for AKS in any way. Thanks for reading.

[AKB48 Teams]

~This took some time since I really want the teams to be even in old & new as well in power & popularity. ~I also added a mentor system so that senior members like Miichan don’t take a leadership position away from a younger generation member but can still have a side position for support. ~If there was a 16th gen that isn’t listed that means I demoted them or there wasn’t room in the team I wanted them in.

AKB48 Teams-

Yokoyama Yui- AKB48G Captain (GM)

Okada Nana -Team A Captain Ota Nao -Team K Captain Takahashi Juri -Team B Captain Murayama Yuiri -Team 4 Captain

Okabe Rin -Team A Co-Captain Muto Tomu -Team K Co-Captain Kato Rena -Team B Co-Captain Iwatate Saho -Team 4 Co-Captain

Minegishi Minami -Team A Mentor Miyazaki Miho -Team K Mentor Kashiwagi Yuki -Team B Mentor Oya Shizaka -Team 4 Mentor

Team A-

Sato Minami Sato Shiori (Draft) Yahagi Moeka Muto Orin Minegishi Minami Okada Nana Yokoyama Yui Iriyama Anna Takita Kayoko Nishikawa Rei Tanguchi Megu Sasaki Yukari Tatsuya Makiho Okabe Rin Oguri Yui Sato Akari Shitao Miu Tanikawa Hijiri Cho Kurena Yamada Nanami Terada Misaki Utada Hatsuka Hitomi Kotone Kuranoo Narumi Okumoto Hinano

Team K-

Ota Nao Oda Erina Shimizu Maria Nakano Izumi Hama Sayuna Hidaritomo Ayaka Yokomichi Yuri Yokoyama Yui Yoshida Karen Hirano Hikaru Fujizono Rei Miyazaki Miho Muto Tomu Mogi Shinobu Kojima Mako Ichikawa Manami Yumoto Ami Goto Moe Shimoguchi Hinana Mukaichi Mion Nakanishi Chiyori Umemoto Izumi Shoji Nagisa Okada Rina Yamauchi Mizuki Katsumata Saori

Team B-

Omori Maho Michieda Saki Inagaki Kaori Kobayashi Ran Asai Nanami Kashiwagi Yuki Kato Rena Omori Miyuu Takahashi Juri Fukuoka Seina Kubo Satone Hiwatashi Yui Komiyama Haruka Nozawa Rena Yamada Kyoka Onishi Momka Sakaguchi Nagisa Sato Nanami Takahashi Ayane Miyazato Rira Yoshikawa Nanase Rissen Airi Mitomo Mashiro Okuhara Hinako Hashimoto Haruna

Team 4-

Gyoten Yurina Sato Shiori Takaoka Kaoru Nagano Serika Honda Hitomi Yamamoto Ruka Hattori Yuna Noda Hinano Ito Kiara Kawahara Misaki Takahashi Sayaka Oya Shizuka Iwatate Saho Kitazawa Saki Shinozaki Ayana Murayama Yuiri Sato Kiara Chiba Erii Yamabe Ayu Ma Chia-Ling Kawamoto Saya Yamane Suzuha Yasuda Kana Homma Mai Suzuki Kurumi

~Will post custom made stages [setlist] in the coming days. ~As well as the other groups teams shuffles. Thanks

~SakiMai

[air-wotathekpopfan]

AKB48 Sokaku 2017

Announced on 2017.12.08 at AKB48 12th Anniversary theatre stage.

All kennins members cancelled, with the exception of Kashiwagi Yuki (Team NIII) and Okada Nana (STU). 

All Team 8 members listed below are kennins in Team AKB4.

Team A: (22 people) Okabe Rin (new captain), Yokoyama Yui, Mukaichi Mion, Iriyama Anna, Oguri Yui, Tanikawa Hijiri, Kato Rena, Goto Moe, Chiba Eri, Chou Kurena, Hitomi Kotone, Hayasaka Tsumugi, Miyazaki Miho, Shinozaki Ayana, Shitao Miu, Okumoto Hinano, Nishikawa Rei, Shimoaoki Karen, Yoshida Karen, Taguchi Manaka (promoted), Maeda Ayaka (promoted), Suzuki Kurumi (promoted)

Team K: (25 people) Komiyama Haruka (new captain), Kojima Mako, Kuranoo Narumi, Tano Yuka, Minegishi Minami, Yumoto Ami, Muto Tomu, Oda Erina, Nakano Ikumi,  Fujita Nana, Yokoyama Yui (8) Mogi Shinobu, Ichikawa Manami, Yokomichi Yuri, Taniguchi Moka, Hashimoto Haruna, Shimoguchi Hinana, Nozawa Rena, Harumoto Yuki, Hidaritomo Ayaka, Terada Misaki, Muto Orin (promoted), Yasuda Kana (promoted)

Team B: (25 people) Takahashi Juri (new captain), Kubo Satone, Kashiwagi Yuki, Fukuoka Seina, Taniguchi Megu, Honda Hitomi, Yoshikawa Nanase, Hiwatashi Yui, Oya Shizuka, Sato Akari, Sasaki Yukari, Nakanishi Chiyori, Yamamoto Ruka, Kawahara Misaki, Iwatate Saho, Yamabe Ayu, Takita Kayoko, Hattori Yuna, Shimizu Maria, Kitazawa Saki, Sato Shiori, Takeuchi Miyu, Kojima Natsuki, Ota Nao, Okuhara Hinako

Team 4: (25 people) Murayama Yuiri (new captain), Okada Nana, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Nagano Serika, Kawamoto Saya, Sato Nanami, Utada Hatsuka, Onishi Momoka, Omori Miyu, Gyouten Yurina, Tatsuya Makiho, Sato Kiara, Takahashi Ayane, Hama Sayuna,  Ma Chia Ling, Okawa Rio, Hirano Hikaru, Noda Hinano, Miyazato Rira, Takaoka Kaoru, Takahashi Sayaka, Yamauchi Mizuki (promoted), Asai Nanami (promoted), Inagaki Kaori (promoted), Taya Misaki (promoted) 

Team Kenkyuusei: (9 people) Honma Mai, Harima Nanami, Yamane Suzuha, Michieda Saki, Umemoto Izumi, Shoji Nagisa, Kurosu Haruka, Nagatomo Ayami, Sato Minami

[punkish48]

AKB48 Coupling Senbatsu

This time the center is Naamin (from Team 4).

[yukooshi-ma]

The 49th single is set to be released on August 30th and will feature Sashihara Rino as center for a 3rd consecutive time!

Senbatsu:  Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Juri, Okada Nana, Matsui Jurina, Takayanagi Akane, Furuhata Nao, Souda Sarina, Suda Akari, Yoshida Akari, Shiroma Miru, Sakura Miyawaki, Hinata Honma, Kitahara Rie and Ogino Yuka

Undergirls: Mukaichi Mion, Minegishi Minami, Kato Rena, Fukuoka Seina, Kojima Mako, Kawamoto Saya, Kuranoo Narumi, Oya Masana, Matsumura, Sutou Ririka, Ota Yuuri, Tanaka Miku, Moriyasu Madoka, Nakai Rika and Takakura Moeka

Next Girls: Kato Yuuka, Sasaki Yukari, Taniguchi Megu, Iwatate Saho, Kubo Satone, Ego Yuna, Kamata Natsumi, Goto Rara, Murase Sae, Okita Ayaka, Yabuki Nako, Tashima Meru, Fuchigami Mai, Tomonaga Mio and Nishigata Marina

Future Girls: Sakaguchi Riko, Komiyama Haruka, Oguri Yui, Muto Orin, Kitagawa Ryoha, Takeuchi Saki, Arai Yuki, Kumazaki Haruka, Tanigawa Airi, Ichikawa Miori, Shibuya Nagisa, Tanaka Natsumi, Matsuoka Natsumi, Ueki Nao, Motomura Aoi and Yamaguchi Maho

PRE-ORDER HERE

[UPDATE] Tracklist for all types: here (to be updated)

[UPDATE] Undergirls will be on all types

Next Girls will be on type A

Future Girls on Type B

Upcoming Girls on Type C

SHOWROOM senbatsu on type D (Onishi Momoka, Nakai Rika, Sato Shiori, Nakamura Ayuka, Shimoaki Karin, Nonogaki Miki, Nishigata Marina, Nara Miharu, Naiki Kokoro, Mori Kaho, Ogino Yuka, Ma Chia-Ling, Ota Nao, Fukuda Akari, Sano Haruka and Yamane Suzuha)

Tofu Pro Wrestling unit on Type E (Matsui Jurina, Miyawaki Sakura, Yokoyama Yui and Shiroma Miru)

AKB48’s 16th Generation on the Theatre Edition

[UPDATE] the 49th single is titled 「#好きなんだ」 (#Sukinada - #ILoveYou) and premiered on All Night Nippon [ANN link]

[UPDATE] #Sukinanda full MV here

[UPDATE] Covers for all types here

Post will be updated as more info is released