#but……. jay hickman………..

[frogs-in3-hills]

anyways i. finished my gawl rewatch

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Cat Ballou (1965) Elliot Silverstein

September 21st 2024

[racefortheironthrone]

What did you think of X-Men Blue Origins?

(I may turn this into a People's History of the Marvel Universe later today, so keep an eye on this space.)

X-Men Blue: Origins and the Power of the Additive Retcon

(WARNING: heavy spoilers under the cut)

Introduction

If you've been a long-time X-Men reader, or you're a listener of Jay & Miles or Cerebrocast or any number of other LGBT+ X-Men podcasts, you probably know the story about how Chris Claremont wrote Mystique and Destiny as a lesbian couple, but had to use obscure verbiage and subtextual coding to get past Jim Shooter's blanket ban on LGBT+ characters in the Marvel Universe.

Likewise, you're probably also familiar with the story that, when Chris Claremont came up with the idea that Raven Darkholme and Kurt Wagner were related (a plot point set up all the way back in Uncanny X-Men #142), he intended that Mystique was Nightcrawler's father, having used her shapeshifting powers to take on a male body and impregnate (her one true love) Irene. This would have moved far beyond subtext - but it proved to be a bridge too far for Marvel editorial, and Claremont was never able to get it past S&P.

This lacuna in the backstories of Kurt and Raven - who was Kurt's father? - would remain one of the enduring mysteries of the X-Men mythos...and if there's one thing that comic writers like, it's filling in these gaps with a retcon.

Enter the Draco

Before I get into the most infamous story in all of X-Men history, I want to talk about retcons a bit. As I've written before:

"As long as there have been comic books, there have been retcons. For all that they have acquired a bad reputation, retcons can be an incredibly useful tool in comics writing and shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. Done right, retcons can add an enormous amount of depth and breadth to a character, making their worlds far richer than they were before. Instead, I would argue that retcons should be judged on the basis of whether they’re additive (bringing something new to the character by showing us a previously unknown aspect of their lives we never knew existed before) or subtractive (taking away something from the character that had previously been an important part of their identity), and how well those changes suit the character."

For a good example of an additive retcon, I would point to Chris Claremont re-writing Magneto's entire personality by revealing that he was a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. As I have argued at some length, this transformed Magneto from a Doctor Doom knockoff into a complex and sympathetic character who could now work as a villain, anti-villain, anti-hero, or hero depending on the needs of the story.

For a good example of a subtractive retcon, I would point to...the Draco. If you're not familiar with this story, the TLDR is that it was revealed that Kurt's father was Azazel - an evil ancient mutant with the same powers and the same appearance (albeit color-shifted) as Kurt, who claims to be the devil and is part of a tribe of demonic-looking mutants who were banished to the Brimstone Dimension, and who fathered Nightcrawler as part of a plot to end this banishment.

I don't want to belabor Chuck Austen, because I think that Connor Goldsmith is right about his run actually being a camp cult classic in retrospect. However, I think we both agree that the Draco was a misfire, because of how the retcon undermined Kurt's entire thematic purpose as established in Giant-Size X-Men that Nightcrawler was actually a noble and arguably saintly man who suffered from unjust prejudice due to the random accident that his mutation made him appear to be a demon, and because of how the retcon undermined the centrality of Mystique and Destiny's relationship.

X-Men Blue Origins

This brings us to the Krakoan era. In HOXPOX and X-Men and Inferno, Jonathan Hickman had made Mystique and Destiny a crucial part of the story in a way that they hadn't been in decades: they were the great nemeses of Moira X, they were the force that threatened to burn Krakoa to the ground by revealing the devil's bargain that Xavier had struck with Sinister (and Moira), they were the lens through which the potential futures of Krakoa were explored, and they ultimately reshaped the Quiet Council and the Five in incredibly consequential ways.

This throughline was furthered after Hickman's departure, with Kieron Gillen exploring the backstories of Mystique and Destiny in Immortal X-Men and Sins of Sinister, and both Gillen and Si Spurrier exploring their relationship with Nightcrawler in AXE Judgement Day, Sins of Sinister, Way of X, Legion of X, Nightcrawlers, and Sons of X. One of the threads that wove through the interconnected fabric of these books was an increasing closeness between Kurt and Irene that needed an explanation. Many long-time readers began to anticipate that a retcon about Kurt's parentage was coming - and then we got X-Men Blue: Origins.

In this one issue, Si Spurrier had the difficult assignment of figuring out a way to "fix" the Draco and restore Claremont's intended backstory in a way that was surgical and elegant, that served the character arcs of Kurt, Raven, and Irene, and that dealt with complicated issues of trans and nonbinary representation, lesbian representation, disability representation, and the protean nature of the mutant metaphor. Thanks to help from Charlie Jane Anders and Steve Foxe, I think Spurrier succeeded tremendously.

I don't want to go through the issue beat-by-beat, because you should all read it, but the major retcon is that Mystique turns out to be a near-Omega level shapeshifter, who can rewrite themselves on a molecular level. Raven transformed into a male body and impregnated Irene, using bits of Azazel and many other men's DNA as her "pigments." In addition to being a deeply felt desire on both their parts to have a family together, this was part of Irene's plan to save them both (and the entire world) from Azazel's schemes, a plan that required them to abandon Kurt as a scapegoat-savior (a la Robert Graves' King Jesus), and to have Xavier wipe both their memories.

Now, I'm not the right person to write about what this story means on a representational level; I'll leave it to my LGBT+ colleagues on the Cerebrocast discord and elsewhere to discuss the personal resonances the story had for them.

What I will say, however, is that I thought this issue threaded the needle of all of these competing imperatives very deftly. It "fixed" the Draco without completely negating it, it really deepened and complicated the characters and relationships of both Raven and Irene (by showing that, in a lot of ways, Destiny is the more ruthless and manipulative of the two), and it honored Kurt's core identity as a man of hope and compassion (even if it did put him in a rather thankless ingénue role for much of the book).

It is the very acme of an additive retcon; nothing was lost, everything was gained.

I still think the baby Nightcrawler is just a bad bit, but then again I don't really vibe with Spurrier's comedic stylings.

[toonabby]

Happy (late) 50th birthday, Hiroyuki Yoshino!

Characters pictured above from left to right:

Firo Prochainezo (Todd Haberkorn)* from Baccano!

Yuusuke Fujisaki from Sket Dance

Ozu from The Tatami Galaxy

Solf J. Kimblee (Eric Vale) from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Favaro Leone (Ian Sinclair) from Rage of Bahamut: Genesis

Hajime Iwaizumi (Benjamin McLaughlin) from Haikyuu!!

Yuuto Kido (Seth Leslie/Lucien Dodge/Bryce Papenbrook) from Inazuma Eleven

Allelujah Haptism (Richard Ian Cox) from Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Franky Franklin (Anthony Bowling) from Spy x Family

Yasutomo Arakita from Yowamushi Pedal

Takumi Nishijou (Todd Haberkorn)* from Chaos;Head

Hizashi Yamada AKA Present Mic (Dave Trosko/Sonny Strait) from My Hero Academia

Heisuke Toudou (Greg Ayres [anime only]) from Hakuoki

Okada Izō from Fate Grand/Order

Heishi Otomaru from Norn9

Debito (Jay Hickman)* from La storia della Arcana Famiglia

* = Shared roles i.e. Characters with the same Japanese and English VAs

Characters not pictured: (in order of release year)

Mamoru Oikawa (Steve Bednarz) from Boogiepop Phantom

Hibiki Tokai (Tony Oliver) from Vandread

Ginta from Inuyasha

Rin Hirakoba from The Prince of Tennis

Bernard Firestar (Jay Hickman)* from Divergence Eve

Chrome from Cluster Edge

Kai Miyagusuku (Ben Diskin) from Blood+

Yoshimori Sumimura (Vic Mignogna) from Kekkaishi

Yuji Kagura from Tona-Gura!

Natsuki Minami from Minami-ke

Kenichi Saruyama (Greg Cote) from To Love Ru

Gozumaru (Jason Wishnov) from Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

Houka Inumata (Steve Staley) from Kill la Kill

Meow (Joel McDonald) from Space Dandy

Galina from Yatterman Night

[oobbbear]

Ah yes, now my animated music vid playlist will be handy!

Fan animated section but great

Charlie's inferno by Urser

Vampire series by Daria Cohen

OR3O Clover series

DKC m: Return to Krocodile Isle by alex Henderson

Run, Rabbit, Run by LiteralHat

Now for some official ones i love!

Caracan Palace with Mirrors, Miracle,Rock it for Me, Lone Digger, Moonshine and MAD

Stromae with Carmen

Delta Heavy with Get By, Ghost, White Flag, Hold Me, Take Me Home, Punish my love

C2C with Delta

McBaise with She's a Big Boy, Water Slide, Wood

Fever the Ghost with SOURCE (Felix colgrave animation)

Stuck in the sound with Let's Go

The Shins with The Rifle's Spiral, Pink Bullets

SIAMES (ofc) with My Way, The Wolf, No Lullaby, Mr. Fear, Summer Nights, All the Best

Skip the Use with Nameless World

June with A Little Messed Up

Flobots with Handlebars

Freak Kitchen with Freak of the Week

Goldfish with We Come Together, One Million views, Get Busy Living, Washing over me, Fort Knox, Talk To me, Forever Free

Jinkx Monsoon with Cartoons and Vodka

Blockhead with The Music Scene

Twiztid with Dead & Gone

Pearl Jam with Do the Evolution

John Hickman with Cascade

Jay-Z with The story of O.J.

Mystery Skulls witj Endlessly

Britney Spears with Break The Ice

Daft Punk with their classic Interstella series

GRADES with King

Coldplay with Something Just Like This, Adventure Of a Lifetime, Hurts Like Heaven, Daddy

One T + Cool T with The Magic Key

Ryan Woodward with Thoughts of You

Expect a part 2 in a bit

HOHOHOHO I’m shaking this like a kid found a jar of cookie thank you thank you thank you

[yuisdad]

Otome game characters who share the same English VAs.

I’ve been seeing otome game fans making posts about otome games sharing the same voice actors, but I wanted to make a post regarding their dub actors. These come from their anime adaptations, with the major dubbing companies being Sentai Filmworks and Funimation/Crunchyroll.

Cw: Illich Guardiola was blacklisted for attempting to marry his 16 year old student. He’ll be mentioned, but I do not support him in the slightest.

Andrew Love:

Takuma Onizaki (Hiiro no Kakera)

Toshizo Hijikata (Hakuoki)

Dante (Arcana Famiglia)

Yuma Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Greg Ayres:

Mahiro Atori (Hiiro no Kakera)

Heisuke Todo (Hakuoki)

Azusa Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

David Matranga:

Yuichi Komura (Hiiro no Kakera)

Keisuke Sannan (Hakuoki)

Richter (Diabolik Lovers)

Haru Natsume (Stand my Heroes)

Corey Hartzog:

Shinji Inukai (Hiiro no Kakera)

Chikage Kazama (Hakuoki)

Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Illich Guardiola

Suguru Omi (Hiiro no Kakera)

Sanosuke Harada (Hakuoki) *Was replaced by Phil Hyde for the movie series

Leraldo Anzaldua:

Ryo Kutani (Hiiro no Kakera)

Hajime Saito (Hakuoki)

Hilary Haag:

Aria Rozenburg (Hiiro no Kakera)

Princess Sen (Hakuoki)

Brittney Karbowski:

Kiyono Takara (Hiiro no Kakera)

Chizuru Yukimura (Hakuoki)

Christa (Diabolik Lovers)

Baby Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Adam Gibbs:

Zwei (Hiiro no Kakera)

Ryunosuke Ibuki (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Ruki Mukami (Diabolik Lovers)

Shelly Calene-Black:

Vier (Hiiro no Kakera)

Sumire (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Ruki Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

David Wald:

Masataka Ashiya (Hiiro no Kakera)

Isami Kondo (Hakuoki)

Reiji Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Rempart Leonhardt (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Daisuke Seki (Stand My Heroes)

Luci Christian:

Shizuki Ugaya/O-Chan (Hiiro no Kakera)

Felicità (Arcana Famiglia)

Beatrix/Baby Laito Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Rob Mungle:

Drei (Hiiro no Kakera)

Mondo (Arcana Famiglia)

Blake Shepard:

Souji Okita: (Hakuoki)

Ikki (Amnesia)

Libertà (Arcana Famiglia)

Laito Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Shannon Emerick:

Kaoru Nagumo (Hakuoki)

Orion (Amnesia)

Donatella (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Ayato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Houston Hayes:

Kyo Shiranui (Hakuoki)

Shin (Amnesia)

Shin Tsukinami (Diabolik Lovers)

Clint Bickham:

Kashitaro Ito (Hakuoki)

Luca (Arcana Famiglia)

John Swasey:

Ryojun Matsumoto (Hakuoki)

Fukulota (Arcana Famiglia)

Karlheinz (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Molly Searcy:

Oume (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Mine/Baby Toma (Amnesia)

Jay Hickman:

Waka (Amnesia)

Debito (Arcana Famiglia)

Tiffany Grant:

Elmo/Federica (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Maggie Flecknoe:

Meriella (Arcana Famiglia)

Heroine (Amnesia)

Yui Komori (Diabolik Lovers)

Margaret McDonald:

Kosuzu (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Baby Keita Maki (Stand My Heroes)

Christopher Wehkamp:

Ogai Mori (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Sosei Arakida (Stand My Heroes)

Haruo Sakaguchi (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Daman Mills:

Shunso Hishida (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Nemo (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Takaomi Hiyama (Stand My Heroes)

Sakuya Nakajima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Ian Sinclair:

Charlie (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Abraham Van Helsing (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Justin Briner:

Charlie (Meiji Tokyo Renka) *Episode 6 of the SimulDub

Finis Beckford (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Stephen Fu:

Kyoya Saotome (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Go Miyase (Stand My Heroes)

Tora Tanaka (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Terri Doty:

Baby Yakumo Koizumi (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Hikari Onigashima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Megan Shipman:

Mei’s Mother/Shino (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Etty (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Dallas Reid:

King Tatsuno (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Natsuki Sugano (Stand My Heroes)

Jill Harris:

Cardia Beckford (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Rei Izumi (Stand My Heroes)

J. Micheal Tatum:

Arsène Lupin (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Tsukasa Asagiri (Stand My Heroes)

Chris Guerrero:

Impey Barbicane (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Makoto Tsuzuki (Stand My Heroes)

Brandon McInnis:

Count St. Germain (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Kenta Shimamura (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Austin Tindle:

Herlock Sholmes (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Aki Kagura (Stand My Heroes)

Totomaru Minowa (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Apphia Yu:

Sisi (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Hinako Nakayama (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Ricco Fajardo:

Shun Imaoji (Stand My Heroes)

Yuta Mirako (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Jarrod Greene:

Koya Kirishima (Stand My Heroes)

Houou Onigashima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

[ljaesch]

English Cast Announced for The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Anime

The English cast has been announced for The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior anime: Karlii Hoch is Pride Adam Gibbs is Arthur Blake Weir is Eric Brandon Hearnsberger is Albert Brittney Karbowski is Tiara Courtland Johnson is Callum James Marler is Stale Jay Hickman is Gilbert Jeremy Gee is Val Joe Daniels is Clark Luis Gallindo is Rodrick Shelley Calene-Black is…

[kwebtv]

Character Actor

Arthur James Millhollin (August 23, 1915 – May 23, 1993) Film, stage and television character actor.

In 1961, Millhollin also appeared in two sitcoms: as Osborne in "Pity the Poor Working Girl" on ABC's sitcom Margie and as Harold in two episodes, "Mr. Big Shot" and "The Wedding", of CBS's The Ann Sothern Show. Millhollin was cast as Dr. Heydon in the 1961 episode "Dennis Is a Genius" and as a burglar in "The Uninvited Guest" (1963) on the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North in the title role. Near the end of 1961, he guest-starred as Mr. Pinkham in "The Dead End Man," in the series finale of The Investigators. He portrayed a despicable bookkeeper, Ben Otis, in "The Case of the Angry Dead Man" on Perry Mason.

From 1961 to 1962, he guest-starred in different roles on four episodes of CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman. In 1962, he was cast as Lt. Bronner in the episode "The Handmade Private" of the CBS anthology series GE True, hosted by Jack Webb.  In 1965, he appeared on the George Burns sitcom Wendy and Me in the episode "A Bouquet for Mr. Bundy". In 1966, Millhollin appeared as an airline ticket seller in the Get Smart episode "The Amazing Harry Hoo". Also in 1966, he portrayed  a department store manager in the Christmas episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. In 1966 and 1967, he played a hotel clerk and a store official in three episodes of the Marlo Thomas sitcom That Girl. In 1968, Millhollin performed as Willoughby the Llama in the Lost In Space episode "The Great Vegetable Rebellion"; and the next year he played Horace Burkhart in "The Con Man", an episode of the CBS series The Doris Day Show.

In the 1963-1964 season he had a recurring role in Grindl starring Imogene Coca.  

He also appeared in the TV series Batman as Alfred Slye, a criminal lawyer for Harry, the evil twin brother to Chandell, portrayed by Liberace.

He also appeared in the pilot of The Brady Bunch as Mr. Pringle.

He was also appeared as Humus the funeral director for Felix's bird Albert in a 1970 episode of The Odd Couple.

IMDb Listing

[jjr1971]

Got to meet Christine Auten & Jay Hickman at this year’s Anime Houston. Some of my favorite anime voice actors affiliated with ADV Films & Sentai Filmworks/HIDIVE.

[theultimatefan]

This Year’s White Sox Fall to ‘62 Mets In Strat-O-Matic ‘Worst Team Ever’ Simulation

A current 21-game losing streak has put this year’s Chicago White Sox (27-88, .235 winning percentage through Monday) on a pace for an even poorer record than the famed 1962 New York Mets, who at 40-120 (.250) are acknowledged by many as the worst team in modern Major League Baseball history. So how would the 2024 ChiSox fare against Marvelous Marv Throneberry, Felix Mantilla and the rest of Casey Stengel’s expansion Amazins?

Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games, decided to put that to the test today, simulating a seven-game series between the two lowly squads. And the battle came down to Game 7, where Jay Hook pitched a complete game and Sammy Taylor hit a grand slam in the fourth inning for a 7-5 Mets win.

The 2024 White Sox, further depleted by trade deadline deals that sent away Michael Kopech, Tommy Pham, Eloy Jimenez, Tanner Banks and Paul DeJong, all starters or key "contributors," are on a pace to finish 38-124 based on their record to date. But Strat-O-Matic also decided to simulate the rest of this season with their current roster, and has the final record tabbed at 41-121.

In the ‘62 Mets series simulation, Chicago pitching, which has recorded an A.L.-worst 4.88 ERA, allowing the most walks (451), second most home runs (147) and fourth most hits (977) in actual MLB play to date, permitted 60 runs in the seven games for a 7.28 ERA that included 13 home runs and 41 walks. The ChiSox’s top hitter against New York was Luis Robert Jr., who hit .448 with two home runs and four RBI. Andrew Benintendi checked in at .316 with a home run and six RBI in the series.

Chicago won the first two games of the series and led, three games to two, but lost, 18-3 and 7-5 in the last two contests in New York.

Game 1

Chicago....... 2 0 1  1 2 0  0 0 0  1 -  7 14  2

New York...... 0 1 0  4 0 0  0 1 0  0 -  6  9  1

WP: Ellard; LP: Daviault; SV: Kuhl

HR: Robert Jr., Vaughn, Thomas

Game 2

Chicago....... 0 0 2  0 0 1  0 5 0  -  8 11  1

New York...... 0 1 3  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  6  8  0

WP: Anderson; LP: Jackson; SV: Kuhl

HR: Vargas, Mantilla, Thomas 2, Hickman

Game 3

New York...... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 4 0  1 -  6 11  2

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 1 2  0 2 0  0 -  5  8  0

WP: Mackenzie; LP: Brebbia

HR: Fletcher

Game 4

New York...... 1 0 0  0 3 1  2 0 0  -  7  9  3

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 2  -  3  7  2

WP: Miller; LP: Martin

HR: Mantilla

Game 5

New York...... 0 7 0  0 0 0  1 0 2  - 10 12  0

Chicago....... 2 0 0  6 0 0  3 4    - 15 14  2

WP: Shuster; LP: Mackenzie

HR: Hodges, Robert Jr., Sosa

Game 6

Chicago....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  7  0

New York...... 0 0 6  1 0 1  010    - 18 17  2

WP: Jackson; LP: Flexen

HR: Vaughn, Mantilla 2, Thomas 2, Throneberry

Game 7

Chicago....... 3 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  5  7  1

New York...... 0 1 1  4 0 0  1 0    -  7  8  2

WP: Hook; LP: Cannon

HR: Benintendi, Lee, Taylor

[ulkaralakbarova]

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts – in the wallet! Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Elise Elliot Atchison: Goldie Hawn Brenda Morelli Cushman: Bette Midler Annie MacDuggan Paradis: Diane Keaton Gunilla Garson Goldberg: Maggie Smith Shelly Stewart: Sarah Jessica Parker Morton Cushman: Dan Hedaya Cynthia Swann Griffin: Stockard Channing Bill Atchison: Victor Garber Aaron Paradis: Stephen Collins Phoebe LaVelle: Elizabeth Berkley Dr. Leslie Rosen: Marcia Gay Harden Duarto Feliz: Bronson Pinchot Chris Paradis: Jennifer Dundas Catherine MacDuggan: Eileen Heckart Uncle Carmine Morelli: Philip Bosco Dr. Morris Packman: Rob Reiner Gill Griffin: James Naughton Jason Cushman: Ari Greenberg Ivana Trump: Ivana Trump Kathie Lee Gifford: Kathie Lee Gifford Gloria Steinem: Gloria Steinem Elise’s Fan: Lea DeLaria Jilted Lover: Debra Monk Woman in Bed: Kate Burton Brett Artounian: Timothy Olyphant Federal Marshall: J.K. Simmons Young Brenda: Michele Brilliant Young Elise: Dina Spybey-Waters Young Annie: Adria Tennor Young Cynthia: Juliehera DeStefano Miss Sullivan: J. Smith-Cameron Eric Loest: Mark Nelson Gil’s New Wife: Heather Locklear Security Guard: Richard Council Film Crew: Producer: Scott Rudin Set Decoration: Leslie E. Rollins Second Unit Director: Jack Gill Director of Photography: Donald E. Thorin Editor: John Bloom Associate Editor: Antonia Van Drimmelen Casting: Ilene Starger Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Music Supervisor: Marc Shaiman Production Design: Peter S. Larkin Associate Producer: Craig Perry Production Manager: Ezra Swerdlow Makeup Artist: Angela Levin Director: Hugh Wilson Screenplay: Robert Harling Hairstylist: Alan D’Angerio Assistant Art Director: Ed Check Art Direction: Charley Beal Choreographer: Patricia Birch Executive Producer: Adam Schroeder Camera Operator: Rob Hahn Casting Assistant: Kim Miscia Post Production Supervisor: Tod Scott Brody Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter Production Coordinator: Ray Angelic Sound Editor: Richard P. Cirincione Hairstylist: Frances Mathias Storyboard Artist: Brick Mason Construction Coordinator: Ron Petagna Makeup Artist: Bernadette Mazur Sound Editor: Laura Civiello Boom Operator: John Fundus Sound Mixer: Peter F. Kurland Location Manager: Joseph E. Iberti Assistant Art Director: Paul D. Kelly Negative Cutter: Noëlle Penraat Costume Supervisor: Hartsell Taylor Music Editor: Nic Ratner Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Vogel Costume Supervisor: Michael Adkins Still Photographer: Andrew D. Schwartz ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub Sound Editor: Eytan Mirsky Supervising Sound Editor: Maurice Schell Chief Lighting Technician: Jerry DeBlau Hairstylist: Werner Sherer Makeup Artist: E. Thomas Case Hairstylist: Robert Ramos Foley Editor: Bruce Kitzmeyer First Assistant Director: Michael E. Steele Script Supervisor: Shari L. Carpenter Music Editor: Nicholas Meyers Unit Publicist: Eric Myers Music Programmer: Nick Vidar Second Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom Art Department Coordinator: Julia G. Hickman Transportation Captain: Steven R. Hammond Stunt Double: Joni Avery Transportation Co-Captain: Tom Heilig Color Timer: Tom Salvatore Cableman: Tommy Louie Co-Producer: Thomas A. Imperato Novel: Olivia Goldsmith Associate Producer: Heather Neely Associate Producer: Noah Ackerman Property Master: Octavio Molina Storyboard Artist: Lorenzo Contessa Makeup Artist: Marilyn Carbone Assistant Costume Designer: Wallace G. Lane Jr. Assistant Sound Editor: Jay Kessel Foley Editor: Stuart Stanley Movie Reviews:

[aristocratslog]

Astonishing Little Feet from Maegan Houang on Vimeo.

Starring Celia Au, Perry Yung, Robert Lewis Stephenson, Brian Wallace, Max Faugno and Robert Brettenaugh

Written and directed by Maegan Houang Produced by Pin-Chun Liu Executive Produced by Glenn Kaino, Lauri Michelle Firstenberg, and Elaine Sir Cinematography by Christopher Ripley Production Design by Terry Watson Edited by Gus Spelman Composer: Robert Ouyang Rusli Costume Design by Anne Valliant Hair & Makeup by Moung Park Casting Director: Tanya Giang Co-EP: Brooke Baker Sound Design & Mix by Grant Meyers Lead VFX Artist: Jeff Desom Animation & Title design by Laura Nasir-Tamara Production Manager: John Lozada 1st AD: Ted Keffer 2nd AD: Kat McArdle Associate Producer: Po-wei Su Script Supervisor: Merina Seidel Language Consultant: Alice Ko Set PAs: Ferran Molina, Slava Makarov Production Intern: Max Hickman Art Director: Jay Dizon Scenic: Alexandra Papoban Art PA: Le Quang Nhan Lead Man: Angel de La Rosa Set Dressers: Franki Wujcik, Vincent Quintana, Yingxi Wan 1st AC: Jacob Perry, Felipe Larrondo Loader: Darrell Ham 2nd AC: Mohammed Samra Still Photographer: Peter Yung Gaffer: Chase DuBose BBE: Vahagan Gukasyan Swing: Tanner Johnson Key Grips: Luke Poole, Lance Gegner, Brandon Diaz BBG: Myles Evenson Swings: Erik Gold, Ricky Ramon Velazquez Production Sound Mixer: Gabriel Linkiewicz Key Makeup & Hair: Akihito Sawada Healthy Safety Supervisors: Loreto Rodriguez, Wayne Landry, Joowan Bosco Kim On Set VFX Supervisor: Cooper Vacheron @coopvchrn VFX Artist: Matthew Wauhkonen ADR Recordist: Mauricio Escamilla

Shot on Kodak

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Astonishing Little Feet from Maegan Houang on Vimeo.

Starring Celia Au, Perry Yung, Robert Lewis Stephenson, Brian Wallace, Max Faugno and Robert Brettenaugh

Written and directed by Maegan Houang Produced by Pin-Chun Liu Executive Produced by Glenn Kaino, Lauri Michelle Firstenberg, and Elaine Sir Cinematography by Christopher Ripley Production Design by Terry Watson Edited by Gus Spelman Composer: Robert Ouyang Rusli Costume Design by Anne Valliant Hair & Makeup by Moung Park Casting Director: Tanya Giang Co-EP: Brooke Baker Sound Design & Mix by Grant Meyers Lead VFX Artist: Jeff Desom Animation & Title design by Laura Nasir-Tamara Production Manager: John Lozada 1st AD: Ted Keffer 2nd AD: Kat McArdle Associate Producer: Po-wei Su Script Supervisor: Merina Seidel Language Consultant: Alice Ko Set PAs: Ferran Molina, Slava Makarov Production Intern: Max Hickman Art Director: Jay Dizon Scenic: Alexandra Papoban Art PA: Le Quang Nhan Lead Man: Angel de La Rosa Set Dressers: Franki Wujcik, Vincent Quintana, Yingxi Wan 1st AC: Jacob Perry, Felipe Larrondo Loader: Darrell Ham 2nd AC: Mohammed Samra Still Photographer: Peter Yung Gaffer: Chase DuBose BBE: Vahagan Gukasyan Swing: Tanner Johnson Key Grips: Luke Poole, Lance Gegner, Brandon Diaz BBG: Myles Evenson Swings: Erik Gold, Ricky Ramon Velazquez Production Sound Mixer: Gabriel Linkiewicz Key Makeup & Hair: Akihito Sawada Healthy Safety Supervisors: Loreto Rodriguez, Wayne Landry, Joowan Bosco Kim On Set VFX Supervisor: Cooper Vacheron @coopvchrn VFX Artist: Matthew Wauhkonen ADR Recordist: Mauricio Escamilla

Shot on Kodak

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X-Men 2 (2019) by Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu

Cover: Jay Anacleto (variant)

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In which Hub & Lisa X-Plain Howard the Duck; Jay & Miles X-Plain Daydreamers; and Jonathan Hickman X-Plains his tenure on the X-line!

X-PLAINED:

The many lives of Moira MacTaggert

Feral moppets

Man-Thing and several characters who closely resemble Man-Thing

Howard the Duck

At least one Nexus of All Reality

Duck sex

Daydreamers #1-3

Never-Never Narnozbia

Tana Nile

A shadowy hunter and his ship of empty souls

A reasonably good Dr. Seuss riff

Duckworld, or an appealing facsimile thereof

H.E.R.B.I.E.

Jonathan Hickman on X-Men

The 7th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence

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Thoughts on otome anime adaptation english dubs

I'm just gonna go straight into it and give my thoughts on otome game adaptation english dubs.

Hiiro no Kakera: It's fine for what it is. Takuma isn't my favorite Andrew Love performance, but it's not terrible. I'd change Suguru's voice for Jay Hickman since Illich Guardiola thought it was a good idea to marry his sixteen year old student, leading him to get blacklisted. Overall, it's a decent dub for a mediocre anime.

Hakuoki: Haven't seen much of it to give an opinion, but I'd change Sanosuke's actor to Jessie James Grelle.

Diabolik Lovers: This dub is too good for this awful show, especially season 2. The only one I'm not too find of is Maggie Flecknoe's Yui. It's not her performance that bothers me, I just don't think her voice matches Yui, at least to me. I'd personally pick Hillary Haag as Yui instead. Aside from Yui, I like everyone else more than their original voices. Idk, the originals had quirks to their voices that I wasn't too fond of, and the dub actors sounded less annoying to me.

Amnesia: Now THIS is a Maggie performance I quite like. It isn't much, but I think her voice matches the heroine better than her original (who also plays Queen Chrysalis from MLP's Japanese dub) but performance-wise, they're the same. Shout out to Tyler Galindo as Kent, Patrick Poole as Ukyo, and Jay Hickman as Waka. My least favorite performance is definitely Mine. I have no clue why they gave her a valley girl accent, and it only got worse as the show went on. I'm also confused why they pronounced Kent as "Kento" and Toma as "Tomo" ealry on. Aside from that, it's an okay dub with a few stand-out performances.

Code Realize: This dub's great, I don't have any issues with it. Jill Harris' Cardia was my first time hearing about her, and she did a good job. Shout out to the "That is simply one hell of a pick-up line" THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND I LOVE IT! A really great dub for a pretty descent anime adaptation.

Arcana Famiglia: Okay, I can get them mispronouncing Felicita's name (The "c" is said as "ch" like chocolate, not "c" like cent.) But how do you mispronounce Famiglia by saying the "g", which is normally silent? That's like pronouncing Lasagna with the "g". Aside from that, I actually quite like this dub. Kara Greenberg as Nova surprised me a bit in terms of voice, but I got over it when I heard her more. I'd change Jolly's voice to David Wald, since Chuck Huber is into eugenics and NFTs. Pronunciations aside, it's a solid dub.

Wow, most of these dubs are from Sentai lol.