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Love seeing the casts doing their own commentary about the series while still being in character...
#dennou keisatsu cybercop#special request top 10#shiotani shogo#tom saeba#yoshida tomonori#koura takashi#sasaki ryoma#chiba mika
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ONE PIECE | Official Trailer (Japanese Dub version) | Netflix
Netflix’s One Piece live-action series will stream on August 31, 2023.
The original Japanese voice cast of the One Piece anime will reprise their roles for the Japanese dub of Netflix’s One Piece live-action series.
Japanese dub cast additions
Hiroshi Naka as Garp
Mika Doi as Coby
Shigeru Chiba as Buggy
Mariko Kouda as Kaya
Banjou Ginga as Captain Morgan
Shūichi Ikeda as Shanks
Kouichi Nagano as Helmeppo
Masane Tsukayama as Gold Roger
Youko Matsuoka as Alvida
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Dracule Mihawk
Previously announced Japanese dub cast members
Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy
Kazuya Nakai as Zoro
Akemi Okamura as Nami
Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp
Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji
#One Piece Netflix#One Piece live action#OPLA#One Piece#OP#Tomorrow Studios#Netflix#television#live action#live action television
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today's playlist:
TARAKO - Last Chance
Mika Chiba - Shiranai
Ryoko Shintani - Wonderstory
Faylan - Infinite Crisis
Nanahira - Touhiron
Pururunkugi(?) feat. Arisu Tanabe - Homeostasis
Hiroko Grace - Unuborete Yuuwaku
Michie Tomizawa - Kurenai Densetsu
Heaven & Earth - Uitenpen
Marie - Over and Over
Haruka Shimotsuki - Chou
Nana Kitade - Dark Snow Angel
Wonderland Gang - Fushigi Wonderland
thanks for listening!
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Bts photo on the set of Yellow Fangs 『リメインズ 美しき勇者たち』
#Yellow Fangs#リメインズ 美しき勇者たち#1990#sonny chiba#Shinichi Chiba#千葉 真一#Mika Muramatsu#村松美香#hiroyuki sanada#真田広之#Kinji Fukasaku#深作 欣二#behind the scene photo#japanese cinema#japanese film#japanese movie#jac#japan action club#japan film club
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StarX: Hajimari YELL
Color Coded!
OCs belongs to @unclemimibags @novanoah @miru-p Video edit by me
#yay!! 3rd single!!!#since 1st was mika center and 2nd kae center the 3rd HAD to be one of mary's girls center#at first wanted it to be hisa since is mary's bby but i couldn't find any song ;w; so at the end i chose iko! i hope is okay!#still hisa has some spotlight moments so uwu#starx#ll ocs#erika mine#akina kamenashi#miyuki honda#kaede kuragi#iko natsukawa#megumi maruyama#mikami tsuchiura#tsuki shimizu#hisa chiba#myedit
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Alien vs. Ninja 2010
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Mika Orihara
Mika Orihara, Mika Orihara, Mika Orihara, Kaori Yamazaki Birthday 1983-11-28 Height154 BWH 80-55-80 (C cup) Hometown Chiba Prefecture, Japan Zodiac Sagittarius Blood Type A Profession Actor, model Interests Cat, black tea Orihara Mika, Japanese name: Orihara みか. The slogan at the time of his debut was “Sunshine Fairy”. In the “Kyushu Youth Bank” broadcast daily by RKB, he claimed to be…
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Was rewatching Cybercop, so naturally I end up watching the request sp. Gotta love this random exchanges in between XD
#dennou keisatsu cybercop#chiba mika#uesugi tomoko#yoshida tomonori#takeda shinya#sasaki ryoma#saionji osamu#special request top 10
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Who in each fandom I will write for:
1 - Project Sekai
Ichika Hoshino, Saki Tenma, Honami Mochizuki, Shiho Hinomori
Minori Hanastao, Haruka Kiritani, Airi Momoi, Shizuku Hinomori
Kohane Azusawa, An Shirashi, Akito Shinonome, Toya Aoyagi
Tsukasa Tenma, Emu Otori, Nene Kusanagi, Rui Kamishiro
Kande Yoisaki, Mafuyu Asahina, Ena Shinonome, Mizuki Akiyama
2 - Haikyuu
Daichi, Sugawara, Asahi, Nishinoya, Tanaka, Kageyama, Hinata, Tsukishima, Yamaguchi, Yachi, Kiyoko
Kuroo, Kenma, Yaku, Yamamoto, Lev, Inuoka, Shibayama, Alisa
Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Yahaba, Kindaichi, Kunimi, Kyotani(Mad Dog)
Aone, Futakuchi, Koganegawa, Sakunami
Bokuto, Akaashi, Konoha
Ushijima, Tendou, Semi, Goshiki
Daishou, Mika, Hiroo, Kuguri
Kita, Atsumu, Osamu, Suna, Aran
3 - Bungo Stray Dogs
Akiko, Atsushi, Kunikida, Dazai, Junichiro, Ranpo
Chuuya, Gin, Tachihara, Akutagawa
Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Lucy Montgomery
4 - Toilet Bound Hanako Kun
Nene, Hanako, Kou, Teru, Sakura, Natsuhiko
5 - Assassination Classroom
Karma, Isogai, Kanzaki, Nagisa, Sugino, Chiba, Rio, Hiroto
6 - Soul Eater
Maka, Soul, Death The Kid, Elizabeth(Liz), Patty, Blackstar, Tsubaki
7 - Danganronpa
Makoto, Kyoko, Leon, Sayaka
Hajime, Chiaki, Ibuki, Nagito, Sonia
Kanade, Shuichi, Kokichi, Miu, Rantaro, Maki
8 - My Hero Academia
Ochako, Denki, Kirishima, Jiro, Todoroki, Bakugo, Midoriya, Momo, Kendo, Monoma, Mirio, Nejire, Tamaki Shinso, Toga
9 - Fairytale
Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, Loke(Leo)
10 - Sk8 The Infinity
Reki, Langa, Miya, Cherry Blossom, Joe
11- Genshin Impact
Albedo, Amber, Itto, Barbara, Beidou, Bennett, Candace, Chongyun, Collei, Cyno, Diluc, Eula, Fischl, Ganyu, Gorou, Hu Tao, Jean, Kazuha, Keaya, Ayaka, Ayato, Keqing, Klee, Sara, Shinobu, Lisa, Mona, Nilou, Ningguang, Noelle, Raiden Shougun(Ei), Razor, Kokomi, Shenhe, Heizou, Sucrose, Childe(Tartaglia), Thoma, Tighnari, Lumine, Aether, Venti, Xianling, Xiao, Xingqui, Xinyan, Yae Miko, Yanfei, Yelan, Yoimiya, Yun Jin, Zhongli
Platonic Only: Diona, Dori, Klee, Sayu, Qiqi
12 - Demon Slayer
Giyuu, Mitsuri, Sanemi, Muichiro, Shinobu, Kanao, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Nezuko
13 - Twisted Wonderland
Riddle, Ace, Deuce, Trey, Cater
Leona, Jack, Ruggie
Azul, Jade, Floyd
Epel
Malleus, Lilia, Silver, Sebek
14 - Project : Eden's Garden
Damon Maitsu, Mark Berskii, Wolfgang Akire, Kai Monteago
Eloise Taulner, Diana Venicia, Grace Madison, Cassidy Amber
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THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10thANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND TOUR!!!
Further information regarding the “M@GICAL WONDERLAND TOUR!!!” live has been revealed! The Chiba Stop occurring in Makuhari Messe Hall on the 27th and 28th of November. The name of the stop is Celebration Land.
The voice actresses participating in this stop are as follows:
Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Asai (Mirei Hayasaka), Rika Tachibana (Sae Kobayakawa), Marie Miyake (Nana Abe)
Ruriko Aoki (Riina Tada), Misa Kayama (Tamami Wakiyama), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Eriko Matsui (Kako Takafuji)
Sayaka Kamitani (Hikaru Nanjo), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami), Rei Matsuzaki (Natsuki Kimura), Haruka Yoshimura (Mika Jougasaki), Azumi Waki (Sanae Katagiri)
Day 1 Only [M・A・O (Fumika Sagisawa)], Day 2 Only [Yukari Anzai (Kotoka Saionji), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Yui Ninomiya (Makino Yagami)]
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Hana no Asuka-gumi! depois do fracasso de Izumi a Toei retoma o velho estilo na série Sukeban mais insana e maravilhosa com todos os elementos que faltaram e porque as séries acabaram
O grande sucesso de Sukeban Deka motivou a Toei a querer seguir com a série mas como os atores tinham um contrato de um ano como de costume nas produções japonesas foi preciso a Toei fazer alterações drásticas e criar histórias originais com novos personagens nas duas temporadas seguintes,afinal era muito lucrativo séries Sukeban estreladas por idols. No entanto a quarta temporada desagradou o autor do mangá o Shinji Wada o que fez com que eles tivessem que criar uma nova série do zero apenas aproveitando o conceito de Idols interpretando Sukeban e assim nasceu Shoujo Commando Izumi que acabou falhando principalmente por retirar tudo que era mais legal dessa séries,porque ela é a que teve menos cara de Tokusatsu,sem aqueles exageros e coisas muito absurdas em sua narrativa,tendo um fim precoce com somente 15 episódios.Assim a Toei decidiu voltar as origens e resgatar os elementos que fizeram sucesso buscando outro mangá pra adaptar e o escolhido foi Hana No Asuka-Gumi! de Satosumi Takaguchi publicado entre 1980 e 85 e que curiosamente ganhou um OVA de 45 min pela Toei Animation em 1987,um ano antes desta série de Drama.E o fato curioso aqui é que este mangá apesar de protagonizado por uma Sukeban que usa uma arma incomum,ele não se parece nada com Sukeban Deka que mais parecia um mangá Shonen publicado numa revista Shoujo.E como vocês devem saber um mangá Shonen ou que se parece com um tem muitos elementos narrativos em comum com o Tokusatsu e a Toei quando fez sua adaptação em Drama ela colocou muitos dos elementos narrativos e características de um Tokusatsu nele,e embora sejam diferentes não ficam muito distantes. Asuka-gumi tanto em mangá quanto em anime é uma obra sobre Sukeban porém ela tem um estilo ais sério e boêmio,é um pouco mais ´pé no chão e soturno.então a Toei teve que modificar completamente o conceito da obra original mantendo o nome,os personagens,alguns conceitos mas fazendo algo muito mais próximo do estilo de Drama com elementos de Tokusatsu de Sukeban Deka e o resultado é a série mais insana já feita do estilo e não estou brincando.Na obra original temos brigas de gangues por dominio mas é algo mais próximo do real por assim dizer,tem sim,uns exagerinhos mas nada fora do comum.O Drama já faz algo completamente louco onde nesse mundo de Hana no asuka-gumi temos uma escola chamada Zanchuura dominada por Sukebans e essa quer dominar as outras escolas.Essa escola é liderada por uma garota calada que se veste de lolita e tem uma boneca nas mãos chamada Hibari,tal qual o mangá,porém aqui ela tem um estilo que mistura conceitos do Sengoku Jidai(a era Sengoku do japão Feudal) com Sukeban pois as suas generais usam acessórios em seus uniformes qe são partes de endumentárias que os generais samurai usavam no Japão Feudal.E como se isso não fosse o bastante,uma delas,chamada Kurenai veste uma armadura montada em um cavalo e anda em plena cidade como se fosse a coisa mais normal do mundo(na versão original ela é uma garota mascarada que comanda corvos é praticamente outra personagem),e a Hibari tenta dar uma de Oda Nobunaga tentando unificar s escolas e tendo controle total do Japão,pelo menos entre as gangues de Sukeban,o que é insano e maravilhoso do jeito que nós principalmente fãs de Tokusatsu gostamos,com aquele exagero,diálogos grandiloquentes e colegiais usando armas incomuns e estranhas que muitas vezes são coisa inofensivas que viram armas letais nas mãos delas. Aí você deve estar se perguntando:mas como elas fazem tudo isso?e a policia?e os professores e adultos?bom,temos uns professores aparecendo aqui e ali,mas vamos ser sinceros,quem é que teria coragem de encarar uma garota colegial capaz de saltar mais de 5 metros e mandar um Rider Kick em você?ninguém em sã consciência ia se meter,elas que se virem nesse mundo louco e maravilhoso de Asuka-gumi! a mãe da Asuka tem uma personalidade bem infantil e acha que ela um anjo que não está metida em brigas,sempre querendo que ela use roupas fofas,é um barato.
Antes de falar da trama um aviso importante: Asuka-gumi não tem legendas em qualquer idioma então os detalhes da história podem ser um pouco diferentes então vou explicar mais ou menos o que dá pra entender dela.A trma começa quando Asuka e sua amiga estavam indo a escola até que Kurenai chega montada em seu cavalo exigindo que a escola fique sobre domínio da Zanchura. Todos tentam resistir porque a escola está livre do domínio de Sukeban porém obviamente a resistência não é uma opção. Asuka e sua amiga são hostilizadas pelos demais por serem responsáveis por resistirem e Asuka caba ficando em coma por conta disso,ela é achada desacordada em casa.Aí aparece seu avô no hospital e diz que Asuka não pode tombar ali e ela precisa despertar seu espirito de guerreira e almejar coisas maiores então ela ergue seu punho e acorda uma pessoa completamente diferente,mais forte e durona,uma quase Samurai.No entanto sua amiga foi morta pelo Zanchura deixando pra trás sua moeda de ouro que agora vai se tornar na arma incomum mais letal de todos os tempos nas mãos de Asuka que agora vai libertar as outras escolas do controle de Zanchura e ter sua vingança. Curiosamente é algo meio parecido com o mangá Otoko Zaka do Masami Kurumada que foi publicado nos anos 80 e que não deu certo naquela época. Junto dela estão Miko,uma garota de outra escola que se interessa por Asuka,parece um clichê de séries do tipo, ela luta com aquelas bolsas de corda e Harumi a presidente do conselho estudantil que é bem inteligente e sempre tem uns planos meio malucos pra tentar atrapalhar Zachura. E Asuka tem várias adversárias ,cada uma com um método mais louco de combate como uma que luta com Pernas de Pau. Realmente não sei como ela faz isso mas faz.Mas a coisa mais doida é quando uma Asuka que veio do futuro perseguindo uma andróide surge na série tentando linkar com o filme de Asuka-gumi que falarei mais adiante mas que se passa num futuro mais a frente e é totalmente diferente da série. Algumas vilãs como as Shitennou da Hibari(uma delas é a atriz Mika Chiba,a Tomoko do Cybercop) acabam simpatizando com Asuka e mudam de lado.No final Asuka vai libertando os territórios controlado pela Zanchura um a um até a batalha final onde elas atacam a escola e caem num armadilha onde tudo explode e Harumi é raptada fazendo Asuka recuar pelo acontecimento com sua amiga que morreu,fazendo ela não ir ao resgate dela(o esquisito é onde estão os pais da garota que nem aparecem procurando a filha,apesar de Hibari parecer ser bem rica e poderosa podendo encobrir suas ações é bem estranho) até que ela finalmente reune coragem pra resgata-la e cara a cara com Hibari ela quebra sua boneca e diz que as pessoas não são bonecos que ela pode manipular a seu bel prazer,eles tem coração e essa foi a bandeira do lema da Asuka-gumi desde o começo,fazendo a vilã ficar em choque e tudo termina com o mundo das Sukeban livres da Zachuura.
Asuka-gumi por ter toda aquelas loucuras quase Tokusatsu já é muito melhor que Izumi,e ainda tem o carisma das personagens e a relação delas,que geram muitas cenas cômicas,porém todo aquele impressionante início não segue por toda a série e ela acaba não crescendo e vai se sustentando apenas com o carisma delas,faltando ter uma trama bem elaborada como Sukeban Deka. Não sei se eles planejavam fazer uma série longa mas ela acabou com 23 episódios e fez algum sucesso,Megumi Osaka inclusive começou a fazer os filmes da era Heisei do Godzilla e tendo um sucesso na carreira musical. Mas a sensação que a série poderia ter feito mais fica.
O filme
Lembram que eu falei de uma outra Asuka que surge num episódio vindo do futuro no melhor estilo Exterminador do Futuro impedir que uma andróide mate a Asuka do passado?pois bem na série é dito que é uma outra dimensão e durante o flashback é mostrada imagens com tarjas de cinema,essas são imagens do filme e esse episódio foi uma espécie de meio de promove-lo bem antes dos filmes crossover de Tokusatsu. Porém eu imaginei que era um futuro louco meio Cyberpunk estilo Exterminador mesmo porém quando fui conferir esse filme lançado em setembro de 1988 eu tive uma surpresa chocante: esse filme não tem absolutamente NADA a ver nem com a série e nem com a própria participação das personagens do filme na série,é algo completamente diferente.Esqueça qualquer coisa de Sukeban Show,de estilo Tokusatsu,esse filme é pesado,violento,REALISTA,e ele mostra pessoas usando drogas explicitamente e nenhuma loucura dos shows de TV,é como aqueles filmes de gangues pesados e violentos como o Go For Broke,um filme japonês de 1985.só pra se ter uma idéia nem o mangá ou os OVAs que tem um estilo bem mais sério são como esse filme e fiquei imaginando porque raios a Toei fez uma propaganda do filme na série sendo que o público alvo é totalmente diferente?imagina uma adolescente fã da série indo no cinema e vendo esse filme com cenas de pessoas usando drogas,armas de fogo,sangue e gente morta,prostituição rolando solta?ficaria traumatizada. E quando você vê na série pensa que vai ser algo parecido com aquilo e tem essa surpresa. Na história temo temos Asuka,Miko e Hibari mas não são as mesmas personagens e nem as mesmas atrizes que interpretam os papéis.No ano de 199X Hibari comanda gangues no Japão que se tornou um aquase completa anarquia e nem a policia consegue ser páreo pras inúmeras gangues e pra resistir a isso temos a Asuka,aqui não tem moeda dourada,ela apenas usa sua bravura pra espancar gangues reais por aí.Outra personagem nova é Yoko a irmã menor de Miko que mergulha nesse mundo de gangues e drogas diferente da irmã que luta contra isso. Hibari é bem mais sinistra,ela usa um aparelho pra aumentar a voz,já que e ela não consegue falar alto.O filme possui momentos trágicos e pesados.Se você é fã dos Sukeban Showa como eu e queria ver um filme estilo dos de Sukeban Deka que preservam a estética narrativa e continuidade da série o melhor é ignorar esse filme,ao menos ele mostra a diferença entre um ponto de vista realista e um fantástico.
Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo! (2009)
Existe um mangá com esse nome mas nãos sei dizer se ele é baseado nesse mangá,já que poucas e escassas informações sobre eles são encontradas,só sei que ele é um reboot da série e não uma sequencia como foi com Sukeban Deka Codename Saki Asamiya de 2005 e na história Asuka aqui interpretada ela Yuko Takayama(a Rinko de Kamen Rider Wizard) que acaba envolvida numa briga de gangues com uma garota chamada Yohko Kijima e ela se torna a Sukeban mais forte da cidade se envolvendo com Hibari e sua gangue Zanchuura assim como nas outras encarnações.Então ela se junta a gangue Omoteban pra enfrentar a Zanchuura. Esse filme não tem pra assistir em lugar nenhum e a maioria dos sites tem links bugados ou cadastros bugados então infelizmente é tudo que se tem pra falar sobre ele.
E com isso chegou o fim a era das Sukeban Series. O movimento das Sukeban foi desaparecendo da sociedade no fim dos naos 80 e nos 90 então não era chamativo fazer mais séries do tipo.No entanto a Toei importou a idéia de usar Idols em ascensão estrelando séries com sua Fushigi Comedy Series dessa vez usando outro boom dos anos 80 que eram os animes de Mahou Shoujo então ter Idols interpretando Mahou Shoujos poderia ser lucrativo e assim surgiram séries como Paipai,Ipanema,Poitrine e Thutmose. Essas séries chegaram ao fim com Yuugen Jikkou Sister Shushutorian que mais tarde foi homenageada em Kakuranger com as atrizes do show participando, reprisando as personagens porém com uniforme escolar como referencia a quem começou essa onda de séries de Idol,as séries Sukeban. Como Sailor moon era mais lucrativo a Toei decidiu encerrar a franquia. Ao longo doa naos essa pratica perdurou com séries adultas com muito fanservice exibiidas na madrugada como Kamen Tenshin Rosetta e Jikuu Keisatsu Wecker e as séries Mahou Shoujo renasceram como Girls X Heroines pela Takara Tommy feitas pro público infantil e com grupos de Idols formado pelas atrizes da série.Porém as Sukeban seriam revividas nos anos 2010 pelas AKB48,vários filmes com o tema ressurgiram e até o anime Kill La Kill inspirado nesse gênero foi produzido,mas isso �� assunto pra um próximo post.Aguarde.
Finalizando Asuka-gumi a série de TV é muito boa,melhor que Hangyaku Doumei e Izumi porém é bem inferior a Sukeban Deka mas garante boa diversão e loucuras. Megumi Osaka ficou famosa por ter feitos vários filmes de Godzilla na era Heisei e tem várias boas músicas dela na série e facilmente encontrada por aí.
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2020.05.29 ROCK AND READ 090 – interview with YUCHI – translation part 1/2
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born April 2nd. Blood type B. Plays on bass in sukekiyo, a project started by Kyo from DIR EN GREY in 2013, but also works as a support musician in several places. Other sukekiyo members are Takumi (g, pf), utA (g), Mika (ds). The footage from their last show in June last year in Nakano Sunplaza is included on the newest video and sound compilation 'LIQUEFACIO' available now.
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Started as a solo project by Kyo from DIR EN GREY, but having fixed members, sukekiyo functions totally as a band. YUCHI plays on bass. The position of his bass is high, his playing overflows with grooves, he's a bassist with a sense of present. Although right now they are not active we talk about his role in kannivalism as Yuuchi (* 裕地 ), about his work as a support for MIYAVI and so on, his musical path including his early life/childhood, things he gained from sukekiyo and his prospects/outlook from now on.
text : Yukinobu Hasegawa photos: Yosuke Komatsu (ODD JOB LTD.)
translation; kyotaku (pls let me know if you see any mistakes or typos)
――As a bassist you deploy a phrase approach and have a strong presence, but I also feel a sense uncharacteristic for a Japanese there. I just feel like in sukekiyo you have shown your true abilities. What got you interested in music originally?
It's hard to say when I started to listen to music exactly, but it was in the beginning of junior high that I started to listen consciously. Like thinking, let's buy a CD. In elementary school I liked to watch music programs on TV, but it didn't end up with me buying CDs. I have older and younger sisters, two of them liked music. The 2nd older sister had LUNA SEA's 'MOTHER'. So when she went out like to go to her part time job and so on, I sneaked into her room and listened to 'MOTHER' (laughing).
――Why did you get so crazy about ‘MOTHER’ to even enter the path of crime?
I got it when I was a 1st year jh student. And because it was a new release even the CD shop in the boonies had a LUNA SEA corner. And that way I got it. I think that I’ve been a bit perverse(nonconformist) even since then. At that time, I felt in my child’s heart there were many light/moderate artists. LUNA SEA was of course very popular, but they seemed so manly. So it was like, I wanted to be a person listening to the bands like that. And my sis had LUNA SEA’s ‘MOTHER’. I think it’s another reason I was listening to it. And, kuroyume’s ‘FAKESTAR,~I‘M JUST A JAPANESEFAKE ROCKER~ ‘ came out around the same time as ‘STYLE’, so I also got it. And a bit later X-JAPAN's ‘DAHLIA’. I think all of those came out the same year. Thinking about it now 1996 brought us amazing crops. It was great time to start listening to music.
――But you got into all of the rock bands. Were bands also popular among your friends?
Nah, not really. [I lived in] Funabashi in Chiba, so even in the city it was like a countryside. There were no shops with CDs in my town. No convenience stores even (laughing). That’s why to buy CDs I had to go to the nearby town, the basic train fare was 300 yen one way. A lot of money for a jh school student. I remember riding my bicycle to buy CDs. With ‘STYLE’ and ‘MOTHER’ I was listening to them like every day. When I was in the 2nd year, there was a visual kei boom in the world, it became a pop/popular thing. And I think since then I could also talk about music with my friends. But I found that boring. Because in the end I also ended up listening to pop artists.
――Did you always wanted to be a minority?
I was twisted a bit, somewhere. Looking back now, I wanted to go into more and more extreme direction, that time. I knew special CD stores from music magazines, also about indies and so on. I started digging deeper and deeper.
――Any special titles or bands that left an impression that you’ve encountered back then?
If it’s about leaving a strong impression, then definitely X’s past works. I started to listen to more indie bands from that time, but listening and watching old stuff from X was really impactful. When I started digging into indie music X-JAPAN has disbanded. The history and more of X was featured a lot in music magazines, it was interesting to read that. And with that I felt I wanted to be in a band.
――A band similar to X?
I think then it was like that. As long as I could be in the band I didn’t care about the position. All band members in X were cool, guitar was cool, bass was cool, drums were cool, so if I could be in a band any would be fine. Although I thought that singing would be impossible. To be honest I bought a music instrument around jh 1st year. 30,000 yen IBANEZ bass. Even as I didn’t know the roles of the bass and the guitar (laughing). Later I realized that the sound I wanted to play was the guitar.
――A mix up from the very first step (laughing).
Yup, and like that I continued with the bass (laughing).
――Isn't that the best? (laughing) doesn't the excitement go up with the first instrument?
Yeah, it does. But even as I bought a bass I didn't really understand it. It took me about a year to learn how to use the tuner (laughing). The first score I got was X-JAPAN's 'DAHLIA', and there was an instruction to lower the tuning by a half-tone. But I didn't even understand the regular tuning not even mentioning the half-tones. And at that time, there was a person who died electrocuted by the electric guitar. I think he was called Yamada Kamachi. So being afraid of getting electrocuted I put on working gloves and played with the wrong tuning (laughing). But I had a vague feeling of wanting to become a professional musician. If I do it I should do it properly until the end, I was thinking like a child would. On the contrary, I didn’t have any other interests. So like a child would, I got happy that I finally found something I could really get into.
――And after that you devoted all your energy and curiosity into playing the bass?
Yup. But it didn't matter it was a bass (laughing). As long as I could play music and be in a band I was happy. I wasn't that interested in the instruments themselves, so I got into writing songs. I started that around 2nd year of jh.
――All of a sudden original songs?!
Thinking about it now, it was all copying the songs from the score books I bought. Imitations of the songs of the bands I was listening to then, simply saying I was 'borrowing' the cool parts (laughing). I was connecting the parts I liked from LUNA SEA and X-JAPAN into a songs. Pretty much, all were [borrowed] parts. I think there was a software/game to do that.
――When you are young you can easily start using programs for writing and composing music.
Ah, no, it wasn't DTM or anything like that (DTM=Computer Music). There was a game like that on PlayStation. You could choose each part and write the score with a controller. And after writing all parts in the score you could just play it like that on PlayStation. But you couldn't record it. At the beginning I just entered all music notes as they were written in the score. And with that I got 'ah, so song goes on like that' or 'chords move like that' and 'the chords are composed like that' and so on. I wasn't planning to be learning through this, but as I was playing with this program as a result I've learnt a lot.
――You must've experienced the fun and thrill of the band ensemble.
Yup. And that's why I liked all the parts in the band.
――By the way do you remember the title of the first song you composed?
No, not at all. I think it must've been something embarrassing (laughing). It was a song similar to 'BLUE BLOOD' by X. I made my friends listen to it. But they were just confused (laughing). But it roughly had the right composition, A melody, B melody, chorus. In the end, the know how I got from this got very useful later.
――Was the high school time when you got to start a band the moment when the revolution happened for you?
Yeah. My elementary school was in a small town, so there weren’t that many students. But upon entering high school suddenly the number of students was high. And at that time many bands were popular so there were many people playing on instruments. So I invited my friends to play at the live house (small music club). It was fun. I’ve realized my dream to play in a band. But ever since the 1st year of jr I wanted to play in a band professionally so I had this weird uncomfortable feeling. Friends who created a band with me at school weren’t really interested in becoming professional musicians, I think they were just doing it for fun. Playing in a band at school sure has its limits huh, I felt. I didn't wish for the same story as SUGIZO and Shinya from LUNA SEA , but it seems they were childhood friends and started a band at school and continued until professional level like that. I realized that in reality there are more cases that don't end like that. And then I realized that I have to start a band with people who were very serious about music. Thus around the second year I quit high school (laughing).
――Woah, wait. I will act as a parent here for a bit. 'What do you think school is for, punk?'
I went to high school to join a band.
――You're being serious!? That's the first time I, your dad, have heard that!
Hahaha. Thinking about it now it sounds like a joke, but at the time I was serious about that. Also when reading the interviews with musicians I liked, they said things like 'we started the band at high school' and that you meet band members at school. So thinking that's the way, you start a band at high school and aim at becoming a professional like that. But reality is different. Well, duh (laughing). But as it was a school focusing on preparing for university entrance exams it was different. I caused a lot of trouble for my parents and teachers.
――They must have been worried about your future and talked to you many times.
I think so. They tried persuading me. They told me that I can start a band after graduating. That is true. You can also play in a band after classes while still going to school. I was 13 when I first thought about starting a band, at 17 only 4 years have passed. It would be fine not to decide everything in those 4 years. I wouldn't quit school if I was deciding now (laughing). But then, I was serious, it felt wrong to continue going to school. I thought I will miss my chance at the goal of my life. I thought I have to quit school and pursue band properly. Then I wanted to spend time doing that.
――You had a lot of enthusiasm but didn't know how professional musicians did things and worked.
Mostly that, yeah. For example I went to a clothes store in Harajuku to [check] the handwritten ads by people looking for band members. By calling so many people from all of those ads I gathered members. Among the people I got to know there were some who had an experience with being in a band or performing live. And this way my circle gradually kept expanding. But around the 17 year old me everyone was older. But among people I have met later were Ryo and Kei who are doing BAROQUE now. They were around 15 or 17 then. It was unusual to have someone that young so I remember that we met because of that.
――Was kannivalism the band born then?
Yes. Ryo and Kei were playing together in a band for over a year already, so they had quite some experience and also some fans. When they were starting a new band I got invited. I really wanted to do a band with someone in the same age, we understood each other well. I remember that we started with working on the songs, experimenting what sounds are good in the studio. Kei came in with some original songs, we listened to them in the studio and I added the bass then and there. DTM was still not common then, it still wasn’t the time when most of band musicians have computers. That’s why I remember we all gathered in the studio and worked on the songs saying this is not it, that is not it, creating a song from scratch.
――Do you remember talking about what kind of band you want to create before it all started?
I think we didn’t really have a talk like this. But we wanted to do something no other bands did. At the time, the visual kei boom I’ve seen when I was in junior high was on the decline, it was a period with the number of bands steadily decreasing. And with things going on like this there weren’t any visual bands that felt new. That’s why we wanted to do a band that no one seen yet, no one done yet. But we didn’t have a concrete model what the band should be like.
――Did all of the band members aim at becoming professional musicians already from the time you started the band?
Instead of thinking to become professional we thought starting the band we already are that (laughing). Quite a big misunderstanding (laughing). But there are some good things that can result from such misunderstandings. It can spread into various things like possibilities or the momentum. We continued doing some things then that now I would be scared to try.
――When kannivalism came out, everyone was talking about the birth of a young band with a good sense.
If that’s [how it was received] it makes me happy. Band activities and everything else, all felt fresh to me. Both Ryo and Kei had done bands before, so their way of thinking was a bit more mature. But then, before I noticed kannivalism was also over (wry laugh). In the small world of visual kei the word about the new band kannivalism has spread also to some more senior band musicians and Ryo got headhunted by the more senior band. And like that we disbanded in less than a year.
――Was the break up of the band wrapped in dreams really the answer?
it was, but the headhunted member will usually start activities in the new band very soon, right? It was like that, and myself, I wanted to do a band that will kreep going properly so I soon looked for new band members and started another band.
――You're talking about k@mikaze?
You know well. Not even a month after kannivalism disbanded we had the k@mikaze's first concert. In k@mikaze I wrote some songs. But there was quite an age difference between band members, I was the youngest, and there was a 7 year difference between me and the oldest band member. It is also quite different how quickly 18 yo and 25yo people absorb and perceive things. I was watching and listening to various things, my attitude was to try add what I found interesting. And somehow there was a gap between [the younger me] and the 24 or 25 yo people. When I think about it now, I remember that they were desperately responding to the things I wanted to do, but the me then was not satisfied. And like that k@mikaze too disbanded after about a year and half.
part 2/2 will come soon ;)
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The Craziest Fun That You've Ever Had
The Craziest Fun That You've Ever Had by Peacxie angel
Every year, UA opens its doors for 2 weeks to allow for a host program with a middle school full of potential students. This year, the school chosen is Kunugigaoka. Originally, Class 3-A was supposed to come and become mentees with class 1-A but last-minute Principal Asano changed plans and instead of 3-A, 3-E was sent. Stuck at a hero school for two weeks without Koro-sensei, 3-E has to hide that they are a class full of assassins from an entire school of potential heroes (along with multiple pros).
Along the way, both sides will learn something from the other that will make these two weeks worth it.
Words: 4075, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Assassination Classroom
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Bakugou Katsuki, Bakugou Mitsuki, Bakugou Masaru, Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Inko, Midoriya Hisashi, Kirishima Eijirou, Kirishima Eijirou's Parents, Jirou Kyouka, Jirou Mika, Jirou Kyoutoku, Kouda Kouji, Kouda Kouji's Family, Mineta Minoru, Mineta Minoru's Father, Iida Tenya, Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Iida Tenya's Parents, Yaoyorozu Momo, Yaoyorozu Momo's Parents, Uraraka Ochako, Uraraka Ochako's Parents, Sero Hanta, Sero Hanta's Mother, Kaminari Denki, Kaminari Denki's Family, Ashido Mina, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead's Family, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight, Irina Jelavić, Karasuma Tadaomi, Shouji Mezou, Shouji Mezou's Mother, Aoyama Yuuga, Aoyama Yuuga's Family, Tokoyami Fumikage, Tokoyami Fumikage's Parents, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Todoroki Fuyumi, Todoroki Rei, Todoroki Natsuo, Hagakure Tooru, Hagakure Tooru's Father, Hagakure Tooru's Mother, Ojiro Mashirao, Ojiro Mashirao's Mother, Ojiro Mashirao's Parents, Asui Tsuyu, Satou Rikidou's Mother, Satou Rikidou, Shiota Nagisa, Shiota Nagisa's Father, Shiota Hiromi, Akabane Karma, Kayano Kaede, Chiba Ryuunosuke, Isogai Yuuma, Okajima Taiga, Okano Hinata, Okuma Tanukichi, Kataoka Megu, Kanzaki Yukiko, Kimura Masayoshi, Kurahashi Hinano, Sugino Tomohito, Sugaya Sousuke, Terasaka Ryouma, Nakamura Rio, Hazama Kirara, Hayami Rinka, Hara Sumire, Fuwa Yuzuki, Maehara Hiroto, Mimura Kouki, Muramatsu Takuya, Yada Touka, Yoshida Taisei, Ritsu, Horibe Itona
Relationships: Akabane Karma & Shiota Nagisa
Additional Tags: Shiota Nagisa Needs a Hug, BAMF Akabane Karma, Akabane Karma is a Little Shit, Mineta Minoru Being an Asshole, Pervert Mineta Minoru, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Manga Spoilers, Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Anime Spoilers, Protective Class 3-E, Nagisa is baby, but also will and can kick ass, Angst and Fluff, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Cute Shiota Nagisa, Shiota Hiromi's Bad Parenting, Abused Shiota Nagisa, Everyone wants to adopt Nagisa, Class 3-E as Family, Class 1-A Shenanigans (My Hero Academia), Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead is So Done, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27984477
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