#ayako nakano

[blueonwrestling]

From the recent AEW closeup with Willow Nightingale, Willow talks about how she's in a rare league of womens wrestlers to have reigned as champions in America, Mexico and Japan.

Bull Nakano, Akira Hokuto and Ayako Hamada are the only other women to do this so obviously she joins an absolutely HUGE and iconic list of names for female wrestling, but to be the first american to do it aswell as being a black woman really does speak to just how fucking awesome Willow is, she's a fucking trailblazer for women across wrestling and I think thats really damn cool.

You really haven't had too many women like her in wrestling in north america until AEW came around, a bigger gal thats just allowed to be a positive babyface and not a stereotype, she's just a happy gal that's all smiles, great stuff.

[orange-s-mario]

[scenesandscreens]

Princess from the Moon (1987)

Director - Kon Ichikawa, Cinematography - Setsuo Kobayashi

"Men must learn there is something more than their imagination."

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (March 17-23, 2024)

Mere days to go before a new Godzilla movie... didn't we just do this?

Before we welcome that latest entry, let's look back on one that just commemorated its golden anniversary. With Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla turning 50 on March 21, every member of Toho's Big Five has now hit the half-century mark. The company didn't mark the day itself with much; as has become typical, the celebration of Mechagodzilla (and presumably King Caesar) will be spread throughout the year. I wrote a bit about the magnificent machine, who I consider the best Godzilla antagonist, here. The film itself is one of Teruyoshi Nakano's masterpieces, an onslaught of animated rays and gorgeous explosions. The humans are forgettable, but they keep the pace brisk—and the alien commander Mugal is almost as devilish a villain as Mechagodzilla itself, especially in the English dub. Speaking of that dub, you can watch a video breaking down the entire voice cast here, thanks to the tireless work of the Save All Dubs! group.

Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #6 finally gets to the good stuff, with Lex Luthor piloting Mechagodzilla and commanding an army of Titans to raze Metropolis while the heroes counter with not one but two giant robots. It doesn't quite measure up to the Godzilla: Rulers of Earth finale, but like that double-sized issue, it required two artists (Christian Duce joined by Tom Derenick) to draw all those characters, and the results are impressive. The story hasn't grown any more complex, but I'm at least interested to see how it all wraps up.

In other Godzilla comic news, a Godziban manga by Sakuju Koizumi has started up, hosted by Telemaga, a tokusatsu-focused Kodansha site. The first installment was pretty short, so I'm guessing these'll be updated weekly. It isn't the first comic version of Godziban, as one called Godziman ran during the 1st Season, but this one's actually illustrated.

Tokyo's Ikebukuro district made Godzilla the honorary chief of police on March 16 to take part in a parade promoting traffic safety. The stunt made international headlines and generated no small amount of angst over Cop Godzilla. I think Gamera would've been better-suited to this campaign myself.

Here's the trailer for Season 2 of Chibi Godzilla Raids Again, revealing Gabara, Gigan, and Titanosaurus's designs. Looks as funny as the first one. Maaya Uchida, who sang the ending songs in SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon, will voice Chibi Minilla. It's gone weirdly neglected by English Godzilla social media accounts, but X user @MakoMattari translated it.

The Music Box Theatre in Chicago has a Godzilla program for the ages scheduled for June 7-13, in honor of his 70th birthday. There's not a weak day on the schedule, but the clear highlight is a 24-hour marathon of the entire Showa series on the 8th, which I don't think has ever been attempted before.

G-Fest has also started announcing guests: Ayako Fujitani (Asagi in the Heisei Gamera trilogy) and Rie Ota (Baragon in GMK), both first-timers. Frankly, they could carry the con themselves if they have to; not sure who I'm more excited to meet!

[neopolitansworld]

List of my Precure Fanseries:

Divine PrisMagic Precure:

Cure Jewelry (Pink Leader) - Haia Kusaka Cure Crystalline (Blue 2nd Cure) – Ayako Kamisato Cure Celestial (Yellow 3rd Cure) – Anastella Miyoshi Cure Regalia (Purple & White 4th Cure) –?????? Cure Solitaire (Red & Black 5th Cure {6th Ranger}) - ????????

Flairy Precure

Cure Tulips (Pink Leader) – Kiyomi Cure Buttercup (Yellow 2nd Cure) – Momone Cure Lavender (Purple 3rd Cure) - Akoto Cure Hibiscus (Red 4th Cure) – Chizuru Cure Waterlily (Light Blue 5th Cure) – Sayuri Cure Fae (Green 6th Ranger) - ?????

Let’s Go Live Precure:

Cure Nature (Green Leader) – Kirika Cure Astral (Purple 2nd Cure) – Claire Cure Hydro (Blue 3rd Cure) – Saori Cure Scorch (Red/Yellow 6th ranger Cure) –?????? Cure Cool (Grey/ Blue Silver 6th ranger Cure) –???????

Lightmis Precure:

Cure Beam (Yellow Leader) – Chinatsu Cure Lustre (Dark Blue 2nd Cure) - Tsukiko Cure Shadow (Purple 3rd Cure also 6th Ranger) – Dusk Cure Glimmer (Pink 4th Cure also 6th Ranger) – Dawn

Kitai No Pop Precure / Whimsical Pop Precure:

Cure Cupid (Pink Leader) – Miyu Cure Herb (Green 2nd Cure) – Hinari Cure Torch (Yellow 3rd Cure) – Nakano Cure Glacier (Blue 4th Cure) – Fuyuko

????????? Precure:

Cure Volley (Pink Cure) – Sango Blaze Volley (Red Cure) - ????? Scuba Volley (Blue Cure) - ????? Swift Volley (Yellow Cure) - ????? Aero Volley (Green Cure) - ????? Titan Volley (Orange Cure) - ????? Lithe Volley (Purple Cure) - ?????

Skyward Voyager

Cure Pilot (Royal Blue Leader, Male Cure) Cure Navigator (Purple 3rd Cure) Cure Host (Pink 2nd Cure) Cure Marshal (Red 4th Male Cure) Cure Cater (Orange 5th Cure) Cure Medic (Green 6th Cure) Cure ????????? (Mid -Season Cure)

Kongetsu No Shojo

Cure Origin (Vivid Pink 1st Cure) - Heejin Cure Aeong (Yellow 2nd Cure) - Hyunjin Cure ?????? (Green 3rd Cure) - Haseul Cure ??????? (Orange 4th Cure) - Yeojin Cure ??????? (Pastel Pink 5th Cure - ViVi Cure Eclipse (Red 6th Cure) - Kim Lip Cure ???????? (Blue 7th Cure) - Jinsoul Cure Mirror (Purple 8th Cure) - Choerry Cure ??????? (Burgundy 9th Cure) - Yves Cure ???????? (Peach 10th Cure) - Chuu Cure ?????? (Eden Green 11th Cure) - Gowon Cure Ego (Black/Silver 12th Cure) - Hyeju

Cyber-Rift Pretty Cure Code: Kaiju

Cure Optix (Royal Blue Lead Cure) - Hitomi Daigo Cure Zen (Teal 2nd Cure) - Yasuko Aoyama Cure Pulse (Lime 3rd Cure) - Sara Wakana Cure Sensor (Fuchsia 4th Cure) - Kaori Kubo Cure Byte (Orange 5th Cure) - Jina Gushiken

Lost and Sound Pretty Cure

Cure ??????? (Blue & Teal Lead Cure) - ???????? Cure Nocturne (Black & Purple 2nd Cure) - ???????? Cure Veil (Baby Pink & Gold) - ????? Cure Chrono (Green & Yellow ? Cure) - ??????

[whoneedsapublisher]

A Bit Late For This Isn't It?

Fic two! A Mousou Telepathy fic from ages ago that forced me to figure out work skins on Ao3.

Words: ~1500

Summary: Aya comes to a realization that would have been much less awkward if she'd figured it out much much earlier.

Also on Ao3

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Ayako, was, in a word, embarrassed. Perhaps even mortified.

For so long, she’d known that Hayato was in love with her. In time, she’d come to realize her own feelings for him. It had been a long road to that conclusion, and along the way, Mana had been unlucky enough to have her heart broken  That was sad, of course, but there wasn’t much that Ayako could have done about that. Hayato just… didn’t think of Mana that way. Even if he wasn’t obsessed with Nakano, he wouldn’t be interested in Mana.

The problem was that Ayako had… well, she hadn’t… directly asked Mana for her blessing to get together with Hayato, exactly, but… with how she was, her feelings were obvious, and Mana was forced to come to terms with Ayako being interested in Hayato and to get over it.

Which made it so, so, much worse when she realized that there was someone she liked more than Hayato.

It wasn’t that she didn’t like Hayato. He was still kind, and passionate, and had helped her out of her shell in his own way, and she was still attracted to him a little but… he was a little creepy sometimes. And their relationship felt… based on a lie. It made her feel guilty. He only really liked her because of her power, right? Because she could read his face, when really she couldn’t, and just had a shortcut.

Well, and also because he thought she was sexy, but… well, she wasn’t really that swayed by reasoning like that...

But there was someone else in her life who didn’t like her because of a misunderstanding. Someone who genuinely cared about her, without any illusions driving it. Someone who had saved her from herself, and helped her through low times without any hesitation.

The one person who knew her secret, and still wanted to be around her.

Mana.

Ayako buried her head in her hands, her ears burning. From her left, she could hear Yacchan wondering what was wrong with her this time. It was the “this time” that really stung, but she couldn’t deny it…

But really, what was she supposed to do now…? Mana had been willing to swallow her feelings and cheer Ayako on, how was Ayako supposed to turn to her and say “um, actually, I don’t want to date Hayato, I like you more”?

What other choice did she have, though? She was easy enough to read already, but Mana was particularly good at telling what she was thinking. There was no way Ayako would be able to hide her feelings from Mana even if she wanted to.

And… she wasn’t sure she did. What good had running away from confessing to Hayato done her? This time, she wanted to be honest about her feelings. And… maybe they could still be friends after Mana turned her down. Mana and Hayato were still friends, right? And Mana had been able to move on from Hayato. Maybe Ayako would be able to move on too, once she was rejected properly.

She was… pretty sure that was going to be the outcome of all this. She could read Mana’s mind, after all. And Mana hadn’t shown any interest in her beyond platonic, really. And she’d been interested in guys. So the two of them dating… it probably wasn’t possible. But she still wanted to do this right. Then at least she could feel like she’d done all she could.

She sat up and stared ahead, composing herself.

Oh, Yacchan thought. Looks like she came to some kind of a decision.

That is, assuming she could manage to confess before her face gave it away...

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“So what did you want to talk to me about?” Mana asked. She looks nervous… What’s up?

“Um…” Ayako said, trying to gather together her courage. Mana looked at her with concern.

Suddenly, a thought sprung unbidden into Ayako’s mind.

How different would Mana’s face look once Ayako had said what she planned to?

Images of Mana recoiling in disgust bubbled up in her mind, and Ayako froze.

She’d just been assuming Mana would just brush this off. Sure, she thought she’d probably be turned down, but she hadn’t considered Mana’s reaction to it beyond that. Hayato hadn’t been that bothered by Mana’s confession but… that was a girl confessing to a boy. He couldn’t have been surprised that Mana was straight. But.. how would Mana feel, knowing that Ayako was attracted to women? Would she feel betrayed? Would she be angry?

“Aya? Are you okay?” Now what’s wrong…? She got scared all of a sudden…

“I-I’m fine,” Ayako said hurriedly

She’s such a bad liar… Come on, you know I can tell by now, right Aya? “Uh,  you don’t look fine.”

“I-I…” Ayako stuttered.

It must be about what she wanted to tell me… what, is it about Hayato or something? “Just so you know, I’m not gonna get mad if it is,” Mana said, sighing.

“Um… it’s definitely… not about him…” Ayako managed, flushing. God, what had she been thinking? She never should have done this. Mana was going to hate her…

She looks so afraid… what is she so worried about? It’s not like she’s confessing to me or anything…

Ayako froze.

Wait, what’s with that reaction?

“I’m in love with you!” Ayako blurted out, before Mana could figure out it.

“What?!” What happened to being in love with Hayato?!

“I’m sorry!” Ayako said, bowing. “I-I realized I didn’t really have that deep of a connection to him, b-but I care about you a whole lot, and-”

“Okay, so you care about me, but does that mean you’re in love with me?” Mana asked skeptically. “Like do you wanna… you know…”

Ayako flushed red and covered her face as Mana’s mind filled with images of the two of them… getting intimate. Or maybe more precisely, Mana was thinking about that, and it was Ayako’s mind that was generating these… vivid images.

“Y-Yes,” she mumbled.

“H-Huh,” Mana said. Me and… Aya? I’ve never really… thought about it… I guess I have started seeing what Hayato sees in her since we’ve been friends… but… she’s a girl… ah, no offense, but… god! It’s really inconvenient for you to read my mind when I’m trying to think about this!

“I’m sorry!” Ayako said.

“Just… can you… go somewhere else for a second so I can think without you listening, please?” Mana said, waving distractedly at her.

“O-Okay…” Ayako said, slinking away. Well, at least Mana hadn’t seemed angry, or anything. That was a relief. She… wasn’t sure what she’d do if Mana started to hate her. 

So, well, that was it, then. She hadn’t completely ruined things, at least. At least that was good! Still… Mana’s reaction hadn’t been too encouraging. And it wasn’t like Ayako had expected anything else. But… was that just her being cowardly? She was afraid of being rejected, so she’d basically already decided it had happened? Wasn’t it better to at least hope, a little?

Her phone buzzed and she jumped a little, then quickly pulled it out.

It was from Mana. “You can come back now.”

Ayako took a deep breath and headed back behind the school.

When she got there, she found Mana looking awkward.

Jeez… this is gonna be weird… “Alright,” Mana said. “I… haven’t exactly thought of you like that before, but… I think I might be interested in dating you.”

Ayako stared at her in shock. “W- Really?” she asked, a smile creeping onto her face along with a blush.

Yeah, she definitely looks cute when she smiles like that...  “Well, you know I’m not lying, right?” Mana said. This is going to be really weird to explain to Hayato…

“Hey Hayato!” Mana said, hand in hand with Ayako. “You know how you turned me down for Aya? Sorry, but I stole her from you!”

Hayato collapsed to his knees, his head slumping as Mana laughed victoriously.

Ayako giggled.

“Ah, just for reference, I’m not planning on saying that or anything!” Mana said quickly. It is a little funny, though.

“So do you want to… hold hands, then?” Ayako asked, holding her hand out shyly.

Is that really something you need to be so bashful about? Well, I guess stuff like that is what makes her cute. “Sure,” Mana said, taking Ayako’s hand. Still, is she gonna be like that with everything?

Nakano’s shirt was unbuttoned enough to give her a lot of cleavage, her jacket open and a blush on her face.

“Ah… Mana, do you want to… you know,” she said bashfully, reaching up to unbutton another bu-

“Wait! No! I didn’t mean-” Mana said, flailing her arms above her head as if she could wipe the image away. “God, this is gonna be so weird. Sorry.”

“Don’t worry,” Ayako said, a slightly resigned look on her face. “I’m used to it...”

[masahikohigashi]

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SHIBUYA ART AWARDS 2022 Exhibition Ⅰ 12(SAT)& 13(SUN).NOV.2022 OPEN 10:00am - 5:00pm 500jpy Click here for exhibition details　「 About 」

Artists "A to Z" Chen Wei Ting CHINZEI ISAO Chow Hang Yee enna yamashiro Finian Richman GORO ISHIMORI haruna.paint HARUYO HASHIMOTO YUKIO HIBIYA TAIICHIRO Hiro CHIBA hitohira Hodaka Hayashi HUTAKA IWAMORI SAKI kana Kanako Narimichi KANOKO LYNTARO KATAO BIRI KATAOKA MIHOKA Kawamoto Rentaro KEISUKE HIRAO Kenjiro Shigemori Kimihiko amatatsu KIRITA KEISUKE KOBAYASHI KANTA KOH Kojin John Hou LI CANCHEN MADOKA SHIBUSAWA MAMADA KEI MARI NISHIMURA Masahikohigashi MEGUMI YAMAMOTO MIHO SATO MISATO SUZUKI Miyuki SK MOMOYO KOBAYASHI Morito Kei NAKATA SOUKA NINA NOMURA Nishikawa Kie Possanunt Pam SAKI OTSUKA SAREENA SATTAPON SATOMI TANJI Shimpeoka Shinjiro Tanaka Shinya Ogiwara SHINYOUNG SHOGO OKUDA SHOTA SHIMURA shugo hirao Sou. SYNC&Collective. Taiki Wakatsuki TAKAHASHI YOSHITO Tanaka Ayako TATAMI CRAFTSMAN NAOHIRO TOKUDA Te-Yu Liang Tong Xuanjue Tsunoda Hajime YASUHIRO NAKANO Yoko Ichimra YOSHITAKA YAMADA YUKO SOI Yuto Ono

[byneddiedingo]

Miho Nakano in Princess From the Moon (Kon Ichikawa, 1987)

Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Koji Ishizaka, Fujio Takita, Jun Hamamura. Screenplay: Shin’ya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa, Mitsutoshi Ishigama, Ryuzo Kikushima, based on a story by Shikibu Murasaki. Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi. Film editing: Chizuko Osada. Music: Kensaku Tanikawa.

In eighth-century Japan, a man (Toshiro Mifune) and his wife (Ayako Wakao) are mourning the death of their 5-year-old daughter, Kaya. They live beside a forest of bamboo, whose stalks the man cuts and turns into baskets and other artifacts, which he sells to make a living. One night they see a bright light and their hut is shaken by a huge tremor. The next morning, when the man goes out to investigate he finds near his daughter's grave a large egg-shaped object. It begins to crack open and as he watches, a baby crawls from it and begins to grow rapidly until it assumes the form of his dead child (Miho Nakano). The man and his wife raise the girl as their daughter, Kaya, and discover that the egg-shaped object from which she emerged is pure gold, so they become rich enough to move into a large house. Kaya swiftly grows into a young woman (Yasuko Sawaguchi) whose beauty attracts high-born suitors. But she has brought with her a small crystal ball that eventually reveals her secret: She is from the moon, the sole survivor when the ship that was carrying her crashed. To ward off her suitors, she proposes impossible tasks to win her hand. And then the ball reveals that at the next full moon, a ship will arrive to carry her home. The entire realm has fallen in love with Kaya, and on the night of the full moon, troops are stationed about the house to shoot down any arriving ships. Up to this point, Kon Ichikawa's Princess From the Moon has been a charmingly magical fantasy film, a smart adaptation of an ancient Japanese folktale, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, with beautiful sets by Shinobu Muraki, costumes by Emi Wada, and color cinematography by Setsuo Kobayashi. But suddenly Ichikawa imposes on the setting a spaceship out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977), and Kaya is drawn up into it in flowing robes and accompanied by what appear to be glowing cherubs, an image that recalls Renaissance paintings of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, like this one by Rubens:

It's a startling shift in tone and technique, to say the least, especially when compounded by the insertion of a pop song, "Stay With Me," by Peter Cetera behind the end credits. Critics, too, were jarred by the overlaying of a sci-fi trope on a traditional tale, but audiences seemed to like it. A somewhat more traditional version of the story, The Tale of the Princess Kagya (Isao Takahata, 2013), was produced by Studio Ghibli and was nominated for the animated feature Oscar.

[nightblood]

[t-vw]

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[ultravioletotaku]

When will Mousou Telepathy come back from the war

[sayahomu]

left AyaMana with cuck Toda (its okay theyre poly imo, its just Manas turn on the Aya)

[scaredycatandeucatastrophe]

Mana-chan's the best 😂

[moviemosaics]

Princess from the Moon

directed by Kon Ichikawa, 1987

[resident-normal-person]

Mousou Telepathy ended recently, so I made fanart of it!

[loopsandcircles]

Aya-Chan from Mousou Telepathy

Cute and funny one page manga, Mana is such a great character, maybe I should have drawn her instead lol.

Ummm