#hideaki murata

[redsamuraiii]

Izakaya Bottakuri (Ep 4)

A generalist is a knife that can cut through anything. A specialist is a knife that can something specific.

A generalist knife can cut anything but may take several cuts. A specialist knife can cut one thing but it only take one cut.

[randomrichards]

SHIN GODZILLA:

Shapeshifting kaiju

Play by play of Gov response

To bring down the beast

[d3monslay3rmemes]

Demon Slayer characters drawn by other manga artists and characters drawn by Koyoharu Gotouge

Hideaki Sorachi (Author of Gintama)

For the last one Gintoki and Himejima share the same voice actor so the author combined them:

Posuka Demizu (Author of The Promised Neverland)

Mengo Yokoyari (Author of Oshi No Ko)

Yusuke Murata (Author of One Punch Man)

Rumiko Takahashi (Author of Ranma 1/2)

Natsuki Takaya (Author of Fruits Basket)

And to end it off 2 mangas drawn by Koyoharu Gotouge

Koyoharu Gotouge's tribute to Tite Kubo (Author of Bleach) in honor of the anime returning:

Koyoharu Gotouge's present for for Yoshihiro Togashi's (Author of Hunter x Hunter) exhibition commemorating his 35th year as a mangaka:

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Weekly Shonen Jump 55th anniversary appendix in Weekly Shonen Jump 2023 issue #33

1968 Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #1 Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daisho by Hiroshi Motomiya 1969 Dr. Toilet by Kazuyoshi Torii 1970 The Gutsy Frog by Yasumi Yoshizawa 1971 Tezuka Manga Award 1st Edition Samurai Giants by Ikki Kajiwara & Ko Inoue Boy of the Wilderness Isamu by Soji Yamakawa & Noboru Kawasaki 1972 Astro Kyudan by Shiro Tōzaki & Norihiro Nakajima 1973 Play Ball by Akio Chiba Hochonin Ajihei by Jiro Gyu & Jo Big 1974 Akatsuka Manga Award 1st Edition 1975 The Circuit Wolf by Satoshi Ikezawa Doberman Deka by Buronson & Shinji Hiramatsu 1976 Toudai Icchokusen by Yoshinori Kobayashi Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto 1977 Ring ni Kakero by Masami Kurumada Susume!! Pirates by Hisashi Eguchi 1978 Cobra by Buichi Terasawa 1979 Kinnikuman by Yudetamago 1980 Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama 1981 Captain Tsubasa by Yoichi Takahashi Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo Stop!! Hibari-kun! by Hisashi Eguchi 1982 High School! Kimengumi by Motoei Shinzawa 1983 Fist of the North Star by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara Ginga -Nagareboshi Gin- by Yoshihiro Takahashi 1984 DRAGON BALL by Akira Toriyama 1985 City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo Miraculous Tonchinkan by Koichi Endo Sakigake!! Otokojuku by Akira Miyashita 1986 Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada 1987 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki The Burning Wild Man by Tadashi Sato 1988 Bastard!! by Kazushi Hagiwara Jungle King Tar-chan by Masaya Tokuhiro Rokudenashi BLUES by Masanori Morita Magical Taluluto by Tatsuya Egawa 1989 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 5.000.000 copies in circulation Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai by Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada Video Girl Ai by Masakazu Katsura 1990 SLAM DUNK by Takehiko Inoue Chinyuki by Man Gataro Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi 1992 Hareluya II Boy by Haruto Umezawa 1993 Tottemo! Luckyman by Hiroshi Gamo Hell Teacher Nube by Makura Sho & Takeshi Okano 1994 Midori no Makibao by Tsunomaru Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki 1995 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 6.530.000 copies in circulation Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san by Kyosuke Usuta 1996 Hoshin Engi by Ryu Fujisaki Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi Kochikame 20th Anniversary & Chapter 1000 1997 I's by Masakazu Katsura Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ONE PIECE by Eiichiro Oda 1998 Rookies by Masanori Morita Whistle! by Daisuke Higuchi HUNTERXHUNTER by Yoshihiro Togashi 1999 Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi NARUTO by Masashi Kishimoto 2000 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean by Hirohiko Araki BLACK CAT by Kentaro Yabuki 2001 Bobobobo Bobobo by Yoshio Sawai BLEACH by Tite Kubo 2002 Strawberry 100% by Mizuki Kawashita Eyeshield 21 by Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata 2004 Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi Katekyo Hitman Reborn! by Akira Amano D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Yoshiyuki Nishi 2005 Neuro: Supernatural Detective by Yusei Matsui 2006 To Love Ru by Saki Hasemi & Kentaro Yabuki 2007 Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara 2008 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan by Hiroshi Shiibashi Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Bakuman. by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata 2009 Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki Beelzebub by Ryuhei Tamura Medaka Box by Nisio Isin & Akira Akatsuki 2010 ONE PIECE New World Begins 2011 Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi 2012 Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. by Shuichi Aso Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki 2013 World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara Isobe Isobee Monogatari by Ryo Nakama 2014 Hinomaru Zumo by Kawada My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi 2015 Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 2016 Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs by Tadahiro Miura Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge BORUTO by Mikio Ikemoto & Ukyo Kodachi The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu Kochikame 40th Anniversary and Serialization End 2017 We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi 2018 Jujutsu Kaisen by Akutami Gege

2019 Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 2020 Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka MASHLE by Hajime Komoto Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki BURN THE WITCH by Tite Kubo SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki 2021 The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui WITCH WATCH by Kenta Shinohara Blue Box by Kouji Miura 2022 Akane Banashi by Yuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue

[ciaossu-imagines]

Hello there! For the mini event may you please do gintama with the au avatar the last airbender, thank you!

Hello there, my lovely anon! I definitely can do that - I really couldn't come up with solid ideas, so I admit to taking the lazy way out, so have a pretty comprehensive list on what type of Benders everyone would be in this AU! And guys, there are so many characters in Gintama so I swear it wasn't as easy and lazy as it looks! Thanks for sending in a request and I hope you'll enjoy!

Okay, so we're going into this AU with there being the four major bending types - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Each bending type is as it is portrayed in Avatar: The Last Airbender, with people possessing different degrees of bending and different skills being present within each bending type.

So, when considering which type of Bender each character would be, I kind of broke it down into personality types and traits and qualities to look for, based on what I figure the 'stereotypical' Bender is for each of the four.

Earth Benders are a little rough around the edges, slow to anger, slow to decide on things, but stubborn once their mind is made up. They can be sensitive and they are often very patient.

Air Benders are gentle souls, respectful and adaptable, changeable. They're fast, both in their movements and in their thoughts.

Water Benders are typically calm and easy-going, flexible enough to adapt to their companions or situations. They're often quite easy to talk to and rather content with their lives.

Fire Benders are often prideful and confident individuals who are loyal, determined and ambitious. They can be very playful and fun but they often also have very short fuses on their tempers, which can be very volatile and explosive.

Keeping that in mind, this is what I figure the characters would be for Benders.

Earth Benders

Shimura Shinpachi

Shimura Tae

Shimura Ken

Chin Pirako/Doromizu Pirako

Kanemaru

Otose

Hanako

Saigou Tokumori

Saigou Teruhiko

Doromizu Jirochou

Hiraga Gengai

Hiraga Saburou

Haji

Terada Tatsugorou

Otaki

Jigsaw

Ofusa

Kirara

Urara

Rokkaku Kirie

Hongou Hisashi

Terakado Tsuu

Terakado Ichi

Hachibei Takaya/Takachin

Takatin

Rotten Maizou

Hijikata Toushirou

Sasaki Tetsunosuke

Kumanaku Seizou

Saitou Shimaru

Sasaki Isaburo

Oboro

Katsura Kotarou

Dragon Leader

Fat Dragon

Nakamura Kyoujirou

Shachi

Kameyama Duuke

Onijishi

Hijikata Tamegorou

Tsukuyo

Mutsu

Daraku

Abuto

Shijaku

Blu-Rayko

Prince Dai

Princess Bubbles

Otakai Sayaka

Water Benders

Sataka Gintoki

Kanemaru

Hasegawa Taizou

Hachirou

Tatsumi

Obi Hajime

Ketsuno Crystel

Ketsuno Seimei

Kuzunoha

Uchino

Hashida Kantarou

Hashida Kanschichirou

Hashida Kahei

Daigo

Kitaooji Daigorou

Izumi

Kawakami Bansai

Yamazaki Sagaru

Kamiyama

Harada Unosuke

16th Ikeda Yaemon

Hattori Zenzou

Wakikaoru

Momochi Rappa

Kurokono Tasuke

Takechi Henpeita

Kidomaru

Ebina

Seita

Suzuran

Hinowa

Kamenashi

Neptune Shokaku

Umibouzu

Shiramizu Pinko

Anigasaki Momo

Air Benders

Ikesawa

Tama

Oryou

Azumi Agonoske

Musashi

Kozenigata Heiji

Honjou Kyoushirou

Juurouta

Murata Tetsuko

Murata Tetsuya

Murata Jintetsu

Hedoro

Nishiki Ikumatsu

Hasegawa Hatsu

Hayashi Ryuuzan

Hayashi Fuyou

Sakurajima Chiharu

Okuni

Isao Kondou

Tokugawa Shige Shige

Tokugawa Soyo

Tokugawa Mori Mori

Tokugawa Sada Sada

Sarutobi Ayame

Elizabeth

Sakamoto Tatsuma

Yoshida Shouyou

Chougorou

Urashima

Oiwa

Rei

Enshou

Daishikyou

Mahha Noriko

Fumiko

Megami

Sorachi Hideaki

Fire Benders

Kagura

Kamui

Sakata Kintoki

Catherine

Ane

Kurogama Katsuo

Kujaku Hime Kada

Madame Yagami

Kanbei

Yagyuu Kyuubei

Yagyuu Binbokusai

Yagyuu Koshinori

Toujou Ayumu

Kitaooji Itsuki

Nishino Tsukamu

Minamito Sui

Shirino Douman

Gedoumaru

Antenmaru

Mone

Professor Meguro

No.305

No.502

Death Cancer

Ochi-san

Ben

Haga Kenji

Yocchan

Kimiko

Matsudaira Katakuriko

Matsudaira Kuriko

Hanano Saki

Goemon

Bichie

Sougo Okita

Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu

Itou Kamotarou

Shinohara Shinnoshin

Imai Nobume

Ikeda Asaemon

18th Ikeda Yaemon

Utsuro

Jiraia

Banzou

Takasugi Shinsuke

Kajima Matako

Okada Nizou

Tendou Soutatsu

Mashiroi Kaguzou

Mashiroi Utsuzou

Inoue

Tasuke

Kuraba Touma

Eromes

Kurikan

Okita Mitsuba

Housen

Otohime

Admiral Abou

Ougai

Soutatsu

Kouka

Suitsu

Prince Hata

Jii

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NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

WINNER - Ciclope Asia GOLD 2022 - Best Director WINNER - Ciclope Berlin SILVER 2022 - Choreography 1.4 Awards - Flying High, Shortlist, Longlist - Branded

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

[montysworld]

NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

WINNER - Cannes Lions 2023 - FILM | Silver Nominated - the One Show 2023 - Best Director WINNER - Spikes GOLD 2023 - Best Director WINNER - Spikes SILVER 2022 - Best Casting WINNER - Ciclope Asia GOLD 2022 - Best Director WINNER - Ciclope Berlin SILVER 2022 - Choreography 1.4 Awards - Flying High, Shortlist, Longlist - Branded

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

[enriquemzn262]

For the people asking for the mangakas:

Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Hirohiko Araki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), Gege Akutami (JJK),Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk), Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter), Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia), Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man - as illustrator), Yoichi Takahashi (Captain Tsubasa),Yūki Tabata (Black Clover), Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama), Takeshi Obata (Death Note), Naoya Matsumoto (Kaiju No. 8), Takeshi Konomi (The Prince of Tennis),Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul), Daisuke Ashihara (World Trigger), Yūsei Matsui (Assassination Classroom),Tenya Yabuno (Inazuma Eleven), Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King), Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland), Tsukasa Hojo (City Hunter), Kazue Kato (Blue Exorcist), Kentaro Yabuki (To Love Ru), Yasuhiro Nightow (Trigun), Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko's Basketball), Katsura Hoshino (D.Gray-man), Shinya Suzuki (Mr. Fullswing), Haruto Umezawa (Hareluya II Boy), Takeshi Okano (Jigoku Sensei Nube), Yoko Kamio (Boys Over Flowers), Jigoku no Misawa (Tenshi no Drop), Sho Makura (Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne - as writer), Katsunori Matsui (Neko Majin), Daisuke Moriyama (Chrono Crusade), Takayuki Yamaguchi (Shigurui), Mikio Ito (Normandy Secret Club).

It’s really poetic how today a bunch of mangakas decided to collaborate with convicted pedophile Nobuhiro Watsuki, author of Rurouni Kenshin, and among them WASN’T Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto, who instead released a chapter today in which a character would rather face certain death than harm children.

In an industry filled with pedos and sex degenerates, Fujimoto stands as that author who just wants to draw big booty dominating gals in their 30’s kicking ass and being deadly.

[maki-ryota]

Hibana cast met up for a year end party!

[tiny-design]

When choosing a character in Street Fighter Alpha, the player can choose to either play that character on “Normal” or on “Auto.” When playing Auto, the player is able to execute their special Alpha move more easily, and their character automatically blocks against some weaker attacks. On the flip side, however, their character is unable to access the higher echelon of Alpha moves. As such, it’s an excellent way for newer players to have a fighting chance in the main arena, without taking control from them entirely.

[tonimining]

NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

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Izakaya Bottakuri (Ep 4)

Admin, the unsung heroes that ensure everything runs smoothly. 

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NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

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Behind the scenes of the "23rd Monster" PV, the first teaser for which was released yesterday (midnight April 8th in Japan). The full song is available streaming.

Last week, Ayu posted a series of vague Instagram stories that looked like they were behind the scenes at a shoot, and included code like a fish and gorilla emoji. From the new clip and crew list, we can safely assume this was supposed to be a hint at the production--the fish and gorilla being producers Ayu ("ayu" is a kind of fish in Japan) and GORI.

Credits and Instagram handles:

Movie Director Hideaki Sunaga Choreographer @kazuma_hamamoto Haute couture @hirosumi_saito Stylist @yukko_0423 Hair&makeup @naka_kujira Adviser @turicomomo Making camera Yuji Murata and Produced by @a.you @gorikoji

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Anime

Segun estadisticas millones de espectadores japoneses y fans del anime estos son los 10 mejores animes del mundo:

1. Hunter x Hunter (2011- 2014)

Encabezando la lista de los mejores animes del mundo está este creado por Yoshihiro Togashi y dirigido por Kazuhiro Furuhashi, este anime cuenta la historia de Gon Freecss, un joven que desea convertirse en el mejor cazador de una isla, luego de descubrir que su padre era el mejor cazador del mundo. Con ayuda de sus amigos, busca ser el mejor para confrontar a su padre y preguntarle por qué lo abandonó.

La historia es una de las más alabadas por la crítica porque es imposible de encasillar en un género de drama, aventura, acción, porque lo reúne todo sin resultar una historia forzada. Su manga ha vendido más de 68.8 millones de copias en solo Japón y su anime, de 148 episodios, ha sido traducido a más de 35 idiomas.

2. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004)

El anime dirigido por Seiji Mizushima, y escrito Hiromu Arakawa, cuenta la historia de los hermanos Edward y Alphonse Elric, quienes quedaron muy lastimados luego de un ritual químico para revivir a su madre. Edward perdió una pierna y un brazo y Alphonse se convirtió en una armadura corporal. Para volver a recuperar sus cuerpos se unen al ejército estatal, quienes los arreglan para buscar la piedra filosofal que los llevará a conocer el pasado de su padre.

3. Monster (2004 – 2010)

En el top tres de los mejores animes del mundo se encuentra esta serie calificada de Imdb con 8,6 estrellas cuenta la historia del neurocirujano Kenzo Tenma, quien decide salvar la vida de Johan, un niño con una herida de bala en la cabeza, por encima de un político influyente. Sin embargo, cuando Johan crece, se convierte en un peligroso psicópata, afectando moralmente a Tenma.

La historia está acompañada del pasaje bíblico de Apocalipsis capítulo 13 versículos 1-4 que dicen: “Y yo me paré sobre la arena del mar, y vi una bestia emerger, que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos… ¿Quién es semejante a la bestia, y quién podrá lidiar con ella?». Además, está dirigida exclusivamente para adultos por sus escenas violentas y de suspenso, que se pueden confundir con terror.

4. Death Note (2006 – 2007)

Amada y odiada por muchos, Death Note, del director Tetsuro Araki, y creada por Tsugumi Oba, cuenta la historia de una libreta negra que tiene el poder de matar a cualquier persona que tenga su nombre y apellido escrito en ella. Esta premisa está acompañada de un joven alejado del estereotipo oscuro y sombrío que se espera de un dios de la muerte (Shinigami).

El anime tiene 32 episodios, que le dieron paso a una novela, una serie de videojuegos de Nintendo, tres películas real action, una miniserie, una película en Netflix e incluso un musical en Broadway.

5. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995- 1996)

Conocida también como Evangelion, este es un anime creado por Hideaki Anno, alabado por la crítica por tener contenido alusivo a la biología, controversias militares, religiosas y psicológicas. Todo está canalizado en la vida de Shinji, un adolescente reclutado por su propio padre para pilotar un robot gigante que debe repeler el ataque de los ángeles que planean destruir la Tierra.

La revista Otaku Bunka resalta que Evangelion se estrenó cuando la tendencia de la animación clásica japonesa se estaba fusionando con los cómics estadounidenses. Sin embargo, la serie se mantuvo libre de influencias occidentales a pesar de que “nadie quería ver más de lo mismo”, como lo reseñó la publicación especializada.

6. Kimi no Na Wa (2016)

Esta película anime es considerada una obra maestra de la animación y la narración por críticos de Occidente y Oriente, quienes sin duda afirman que es una “historia emocionalmente satisfactoria en un mundo en caos”, como afirma la revista Otaku Bunka.

Traducido al español como “Tu nombre”, esta película cuenta la historia de Taki y Mitsuha, dos desconocidos que durante sueños intercambian sus cuerpos y que entienden las necesidades del otro a la perfección. Por un lado, Mitsuha es una joven de pueblo que anhela conocer la ciudad y Taki, que vive en la ciudad, y que quiere compartir sus sentimientos. Cuando ya conocen a la perfección el cuerpo del otro y deciden encontrarse en la vida real, descubren que son de tiempos diferentes.

7. One Piece (1999 a la actualidad)

Nos vamos acercando al final de este listado de los mejores animes del mundo y llegamos a este con más de 900 episodios transmitidos a nivel mundial, One Piece se ha convertido en un valuarte del anime gracias a su personaje principal: Luffy, un pirata con sombrero de paja que está en busca del tesoro One Piece y así ser proclamado el “Rey de los piratas”.

La crítica rescata los valores que enseña, tanto el manga como el anime, y suelen usar esta serie como un producto de inspiración y de nunca rendirse. Por supuesto, como todo buen anime, cuenta con misterios, aventuras y peleas contra enemigos que también están en busca del preciado tesoro.

Por otro lado, el anime ha hecho diversas fusiones con los personajes de Dragon Ball Z, lo que llamó la atención del público occidental.

8. Vinland Saga (2019)

Makoto Yukimura, creador del manga en 2005, puso en manos de su colega Mamoru Kanbe, de Wit Studio, la responsabilidad de llevar su dibujo al anime. Esta apuesta le sirvió a Yukimura para exponer su trabajo a nivel mundial y adentrarse en los corazones de los fanáticos de Occidente y, en especial, de los de tierras nórdicas.

Vinland Saga cuenta la historia de Thorfinn, el hijo de un guerrero vikingo que murió a manos de un mercenario, y quien debe pasar por pruebas físicas de Askeladd, para ganar el derecho a un duelo con el asesino de su padre. Esta carrera por la venganza lo lleva a disputar la mismísima corona de Inglaterra.

9. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (2018 a 2019)

Su manga se publicó desde 1987 y su anime desde 2012. Sin embargo, el arco de la historia que llamó la atención de la crítica especializada fue la cuarta temporada de 39 capítulos dirigidos por Naokatsu Tsuda, bajo la supervisión de sus creadores Yasuhiro Kimura y Hideya Takashi. Esta temporada cambió el rumbo de la familia Joestar, quienes poseen fuerza sobrehumana destinada a combatir fuerzas sobrenaturales por generaciones.

10. One Punch Man (octubre a diciembre 2015)

Este anime cuenta la historia de Saitama, un héroe que derrota a sus rivales por diversión con tan solo un golpe en la “Ciudad Z” de Japón. Debido a la extrema facilidad con la que derrota a sus rivales, Saitama en cada capítulo busca un contrincante cada vez más difícil que lo rete a revelar sus verdaderos poderes.

La crítica y los fans alaban este anime que rescata las peleas clásicas del manga y las lleva a la animación con la fidelidad que esperan los amantes de la serie. Vale la pena destacar que el manga fue publicado originalmente en internet por Yusuke Murata, en 2012, y la historia fue tan exitosa que las grandes cadenas de anime lo buscaron para llevarlo al anime (un manga o dibujo japonés llevado a la animación en el cine o la televisión), a lo que accedió hacer con el estudio Madhouse.

[tracingdreams]

Daiya no Ace: The Dramas #15 Senior Citizens

An explanation…

To keep my brain from rusting I started a project to translate the drama tracks that came with the character song CDs and other stuff relating to Daiya no Ace (because I love them and they’re all hilarious). My disclaimer - I am not a native speaker of Japanese, but I will do my best!

Character Song CD 13 – Toujou Hideaki Drama 01 featuring Toujou, Kanemaru, Sawamura

Scene: The guys have just finished practice, and Eijun is curious about what kind of baseball Toujou and Kanemaru played before High School. Of course, then the question gets asked in reverse…

Eijun: Yosh! That’s practice done for the afternoon!

Kanemaru: Sawamura? Aren’t you meant to be doing ground maintenance?

Eijun: Don’t say things like that!

Toujou: The pitchers are meant to take care of tidying the bullpen

Eijun: That’s right!

Kanemaru: Ah. I see, I see.

Eijun: Hrm! If you understand then it’s all fine. And in future you should not question someone so easily!

Kanemaru: Somehow that’s just annoying.

Toujou: Hey, I’ve been thinking for a while now…

Eijun: Mm?

Kanemaru: What’s up, Toujou?

Toujou: Abbreviating ground maintenance (Japanese term: Guraundo seibi) to Gura-sen is a bit weird, isn’t it?

Eijun: Ah! I thought so too.

Kanemaru: Yeah, for sure.

Eijun: Even if ‘Gura’ is obviously from ‘Guraundo’, abbreviating seibi to sen is really odd.

Toujou: No kidding.

Kanemaru: Right, but in that case, how would you abbreviate it?

Eijun: Well, if you think about it, the term is guraundo seibi, right? So ‘Gura-sei’.

Kanemaru: Don’t you think ‘gura-sei’ is harder to say?

Toujou: Yeah, it is.

Eijun: So what about ‘Guran-sei’?

Kanemaru: But that sounds pretty weird too? Like that thing that has chestnuts and stuff and is covered with sugar?

Toujou: Shinji, that’s marron-glace

Eijun: Then what about ‘Guranseibi? Or…er…Gurau-sei?

Kanemaru: Let’s just stick with Gura-sen, huh?

Toujou: I…guess so.

Eijun: What gives, Toujou? You raised it – don’t be satisfied so easily!

Toujou: But it is true that there isn’t really a better way to say it.

Eijun: (Not satisfied, gnashing his teeth).

Kanemaru: Still, practice today was hard going, huh. My legs and my butt muscles are all worn out.

Toujou: That final fielding practice…especially when it was your turn, Shinji – the coach got seriously into it.

Kanemaru: Yeah, dammit. That last swing of his…if I’d managed to get it cleanly, I would have been able to finish up without being switched out like that. The coach is a demon.

Eijun: Yeah, he’s a demon. Demon Tesshin! (Oni Tesshin)! Abbreviated to Oni-Tetsu (Demon Steel)!, right?

Kanemaru: Don’t you think it’s kind of bad to abbreviate it to that?

Toujou: But it was good really, that fielding practice. I bet that the coach was only hard on you because he has high expectations of you, Shinji.

Kanemaru: Huh…you think so?

Toujou: Yeah, definitely. I’d kind of like to have a practice like that myself – it’s been a while.

Kanemaru: Oi, stop it! You’re pretty much a regular at centre field already, and you haven’t given up yet on being a pitcher, right? Don’t try and poke your nose into the infield fielding stuff as well now!

Toujou: (Laughing) I’m not planning to do that.

Eijun: Hrmmm.

Kanemaru: What’s up, Sawamura? Is there something stuck on my face?

Eijun: No…no. I was just thinking that you guys get along real good.

Kanemaru: Well, get along…it’s more like…

Toujou: We’ve known each other since middle school.

Eijun: Ah! Something or other Senior, right?

Toujou: It’s Matsukata Senior.

Eijun: That’s an odd name for a middle school, though. Are all the teachers old men or something?

Kanemaru/Toujou: Huh?!

Eijun: Eh? (now he’s confused himself!)

Kanemaru: It’s the Senior League! And what do you mean, all old people teachers?

Eijun: Well, but ‘Senior’ means ‘old person’, right?

Kanemaru: It’s not that!

Eijun: Or did you play baseball with old people included in the team?

Kanemaru: What are you talking about now?

Eijun: Well, you can’t take old people for fools, right? I’ve learned a bunch from my grandpa out in the sticks. There are lots of things you can learn from their long life experience. And even if they’re older people, amazing people are still just amazing. The thought that there’s a former pro baseball pitcher out there who, even though he’s now over sixty, can still pitch a faster straight ball than I can is…

Toujou: Ah. The Masakari pitching style guy.

 (Translator note: I think this refers to former Chiba player Murata Choji, who apparently pitched at his old ground aged 64 for some reason in 2013. I know nothing about baseball but apparently Masakari is his pitching style.)

Kanemaru: But, like I said, it’s not that! Seriously. Senior means ‘older players’ in this context…

Eijun: Huh?

Kanemaru: Like I said…

Toujou: Erm…well…you know like elementary school has the Little League? [Senior League] is not a middle school as such, but a special type of [middle school] league of clubs that play official games.

Eijun: Official? I see. But why didn’t you just join your middle school baseball team?

Kanemaru: For those kids who have been playing in the Little League from an early age, it’s a way to continue playing in official league games [by joining a Senior League club].

Eijun: Eeeh.

Toujou: When I first began with it, I was really surprised. The leagues were made up of star players from so many different teams.

Kanemaru: Yeah, but in a powerhouse school like this one now, there are even more cases of former team aces or fourth hitters gathered together. Although…when I look at Sawamura, I kind of lose faith in my own words…

Eijun: What do you mean by that?! (He’s indignant).

Toujou: We thought that all the best players played in Senior League teams [in Middle School]/. But there are other good players who aren’t like that, as well.

Eijun: Meaning me?! (he’s no longer annoyed and is all sparkly again). Are you talking about me?!

Kanemaru: Sadly, yes. But don’t get all carried away now!

Eijun: Why are you so reluctant?

Kanemaru: I don’t know what it is, but sometimes your idiot airhead moments really drive me nuts.

Toujou: Now, now, Shinji.

Eijun: So what is the Senior League like? Are there people who can pitch 150km/hr fastballs there?

Kanemaru: Hey, now. Even if such a person was there, they’d probably already be playing pro baseball or something!

Eijun: That’s true.

Toujou: Ah, but there was a guy who pitched some amazing breaking balls.

Kanemaru: Those ones you could never hit…and then the coach would be all flapping, like, ‘why can’t you hit them’? But yeah, like we could hit those things. Seriously.

Toujou: Sometimes by mistake we’d end up hitting a foul ball in the coach’s direction. And then, always, he’d say…

Kanemaru: Ahh…

Kanemaru/Toujou: “You aimed that at me, didn’t you!”

Eijun: Ah! Sano-cchi said that to me, too!

Toujou: Sano-cchi?

Eijun: Yeah. My middle school team’s teacher-advisor.

Kanemaru: What kind of baseball did you do in middle school?

Eijun: Hrmm? You want to hear the tales of the powerhouse Akagi Middle School’s baseball club, do you?

Kanemaru: Um…yeah?

Toujou: Was it a powerhouse school?

Eijun: Of course! Originally, our school didn’t have a baseball club, so I got some friends together and we formed one.

Kanemaru: Huh?!

Toujou: I see…

Eijun: If we won a game, we’d be treated to yakiniku by the teacher.

Kanemaru: For real? How rich was this Sano-cchi person, anyway?

Eijun: That was only for practice games, though.

Toujou: Practice games?

Eijun: And there weren’t all that many of those. Maybe two.

Kanemaru: Eh?

Eijun: Our practices were tough, though! When we were in a tournament, we’d practice in the mornings and the evenings. But, sometimes there was a ‘disruptive incident’, and we’d unavoidably have to take a break and suspend the practice for a bit. 

(Translator note: What Eijun actually says here could be translated a couple of ways, and I was thrown for a loop a bit as to how to render it until I heard what came next.)

Toujou: Disruptive…incidents?

Eijun: We usually played in the school’s grounds, you see? And sometimes animals would get in, too…

Kanemaru: Animals?

Toujou: Like dogs?

Eijun: Well, more like weasels and tanuki, really. (Translator’s note: Is it wrong for me to immediately think of Kuramochi and Miyuki in that explanation?) We all had fun chasing around after them, though. But that meant we didn’t to practice properly.

Kanemaru: That’s…kind of…awesome?

Toujou: Mm. But really hard to visualise.

Eijun: And, of course – and this included me – the team was made up of a lot of kids from farming families. So it was hard to get players together at short notice during the harvests. But you know, helping out on the family farm was also a really good form of training!

Toujou: So then…with that team…how many games did you win?

Sawamura:…..

Kanemaru: Hrm??

Eijun: Well! If you just look at results! We…didn’t get more than maybe a couple of wins. But baseball is more than just results!

Kanemaru: That’s not a powerhouse school!

Eijun: But, after all, baseball is all about the heart! And because of that, I am the person I am today! (he laughs loudly).

Toujou: Well, if you think about it, the fact that Sawamura’s able to be on the Seidou bench now kind of makes him genuinely awesome.

Kanemaru:…yeah.