#hideomi iba

[waterdiamondworld]

Sirius Artbook Vol 2

Here is an overview of the second and final artbook for Sirius. It’s 92 pages, just like the last one, and only has a few changes in format.

Volume Two includes vampires and some side cast.

Originally posted by @cherriesink

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(For some reason Tumblr doesn't let me reblog this properly afsdwdfq)

I find these parts really interesting, especially what Kenjiro Tsuda said about Yevgraf's change in character by the end of the season.

"Takahiro Sakurai (Mikhail)

Voicing Mikhail was a fine line; he needed to be a tragic figure but not too depressing, and sound like an older brother but not too old (Sakurai is over 40 now).

But he didn’t try very hard because he didn’t want to overshadow Uemura.

It was decided to make the audience think “Mikhail hasn’t changed since the time he was bitten,” as he’s always fighting at the expense of himself to save Yuliy. It’s the core of his character.

Mikhail’s own feelings were less important than the movements of other characters and situations when deciding how his lines should be performed.

However, vocal expressions of age and life experience were essential. If Mikhail was honest when he was alive, then he’s contrary as a vampire, constantly struggling against Yevgraf and afraid he’ll be eliminated if he loses even a little bit.

Sakurai wonders if Yuliy is aware of the magnetism he has on other people. Staff call it his charm or humanity.

The ending might not be happy or easy to understand, but he thinks it’s convincing.

Kenjiro Tsuda (Yevgraf)

Tsuda saw Yevgraf as a fun role, someone who was suspicious but also gentlemanly. There was a tie between evil and innate characteristics, he likens it to villain-sided justice.

He was surprised when the episode 11 script revealed it spawned more from personal egotism rather than any sense of justice. He tried to compensate by swinging in the direction of “completely eccentric.”

Originally, Yevgraf’s feelings were supposed to overflow more when arguing with the elder vampires in episode 4.

He thinks Mikhail has the appeal of someone who doesn’t say the truth, since he’s an adult with complicated baggage.

The vampires’ impression was supposed to be a flowery evil, even amorous. The interviewer mentions the image of sucking blood from a beautiful woman and Tsuda agrees it’s like that.

Sirius the Jaeger felt like a foreign film to him because it was so different from mainstream anime."

[write-it-motherfuckers]

FMK! I give you 3 black-haired law-enforcement-ish boys with dumb bangs who're just trying to help and protect people:

Hideomi Iba from Sirius the Jaeger:

Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist

And Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan

I tried to find a pic for Roy that had similar lighting to the other two, but I gave up.

As a general rule I am rather firmly on the acab side of things, and on top of that I have major beef with most "Authority" figures, so sadly we're not off to a great start with this selection.

That said, I cannot deny the appeal of a man (Or anyone really) in uniform, so despite being not to fond of AoT, and having no knowledge of the first one, I will do my best to judge them based purely on the ✨vibes✨ I get from the provided images.

Fuck Roy (The little shit)

Marry Hideomi Iba

Kill Levi

Thank you for providing images by the way, very much appreciated 🖤

[rani-karenita]

Finished watching Sirius the Jaeger. There are more action in this anime than all episodes in Fairy Gone combined, also the fight makes sense. It depicted the interrace conflict better between vampires and human/Jaeger/Sirius. But perhaps because this anime only got 12 episodes and taken place not in parrarel world, the world building is less. (For a marathon watcher like me, the amount of informations flooding is unbelievable but maybe it's okay for ppl who follow per episodes).

It's beautiful though. Not only the graphics and music but also Yuriy's relationship with everyone - family trope similar with Fairy Gone, fighting another race who can bring chaos like vampire, Ryoko fell in love with Yuriy (srsly she's not annoying and my boy deserve it!) That army-in-undercover Hideomi also gets better from annoying journalist to someone understanding. Bishop tho *sobs* T_T. And Ryoko's father is voiced by Eizou Tsuda too? (He's the VA of Ray Dawn in Fairy Gone, one of my favorite characters so this is really surprising). Opening is cool rock song and the ending is good.

I think the most interesting and ironic part is there are some similarities with Fairy Gone where the MC's closest person dies in the end and I just scream "NOOO they deserve better!!!" Not surprising but still heartbreaking, because both made from the same studio.

[exeunt-fool]

Major Iba: are you really going to work with a vampire?

Yuliy: not with any vampire. Just with Bishop

Bishop:

[cherriesink]

Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger - Volume Two Blu-ray Box

Outer jacket drawn by Kinu Nishimura and inner cover drawn by Mai Matsuura, released on March 27, 2019. Comes with a 96-page setting book, PV and CM, and audio commentary.

Nishimura’s draft:

[fairy-writes]

A high school au with sirius the jaeger characters?

This is based off of my own American high school knowledge!

Yuliy Jirov:

I see him as a Sophomore in high school!

Him and Mikhail are still raised by their mom, their dad having died in the military.

I don’t know what clubs/groups he’d be in, part of me wants to say gardening/some kind of botanical kind of thing.

Mikhail Jirov:

Senior in high school!

I see him being a vampire being translated into this AU as him getting wrapped up in the wrong crowd on accident. 

He could leave any time but he doesn’t because that would paint a target on Yuliy and he doesn’t want him to get hurt.

Dorothea:

She’d be another senior in high school

She isn’t super good friends with Mikhail but she knows him.

I see her as Professor Willard’s teacher’s aide and she helps him and tutors students in her free time.

Phillip:

Obviously he’d be in a high school orchestra

He’s a freshman prodigy!

I’m not sure he’d be first chair/concertmaster, because he seems more like a follower than a leader.

But he’d definitely be second chair or the concertmaster’s stand partner.

Fallon: 

Definitely a mechanic geek in this AU

I see him as either a senior or a teacher. I’m not sure which I like more.

Ryoko Naoe:

A fellow Sophomore to Yuliy

In the debate club!

She has a huge crush on Yuliy but he doesn’t ever seem to notice.

She’s a straight A student and offers to tutor other students that need help.

Definitely takes some advanced classes and is good friends with Dorothea.

Professor Willard:

He’s a professor (duh) at this high school

I see him teaching something like history, maybe math

Hideomi Iba (aka Amoeba boy):

Maybe another teacher? 

Maybe he teaches something like US government or something.

Or I could also see him as a school counselor.

[aarvisse]

???

[kayanote]

天狼／伊庭さん。回を追うごとに好感度が上がっていった人でした。 Sirius the Jaeger/Hideomi Iba

[thecrazyanimegirl]

The skill of an Imperial soldier at work!

[sinful-liesel]

Hideomi Iba aka my husband

[lord-carstairs]

I do not know how it is possible but in each new chapter it gets to look more beautiful than in the previous one. ♡(.◜ω◝.)♡

[ryuukenden4]

Girls don't want boys.

Girls want Major Hideomi Iba to have a more substantial role in Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger season 2.

[not-so-secretfangirl]

And for the underrated character of the day we've got... Major Hideomi Iba, from Sirius the Jaeger!!

I mean, LOOK AT HIM!

He's so gorgeous and cool! Also smart and competent! He's some sort of dignified Roy Mustang.

I fucking love him ❤

[luna-ly]

Sirius ep.7

He’s seriously hot.

[exeunt-fool]

Professor Willard on his first encounters with Mayor Iba:

[cherriesink]

Sirius Artbook Vol 2

Here is an overview of the second and final artbook for Sirius. It’s 92 pages, just like the last one, and only has a few changes in format.

Volume Two includes vampires and some side cast.

Character bios are split between those with a full description page and those with a little blurb in the corner of setting material. 

Mikhail has 4 pages like his brother.

Iba, Ryoko, Bishop, Kershner, and Yevgraf have two pages each; Agatha, Klarwein, Larissa, Tamara, Alexei, and army hobo (because Sachi isn’t important but the bromance guy apparently is???) have only one page each.

The listed weapons are: daggers (Mikhail), handgun (Iba), katana (Ryoko), handgun (Bishop), rapier (Kershner), and wine glass (Yevgraf).

There are six pages of character drafts, all available on the designer’s twitter.

Episode 7-12 summaries get page spreads, adding episode 12′s summary that is still missing from the website.

Due to character bios, the rough keyframe section adds up to only 28 pages. The content noticeably focuses on Sato’s cuts of the rooftop fight and finale, unlike the first artbook that had a decent amount of other animators and non-action scenes. There are a few empty spaces, and overall feels less polished.

However, there are more storyboards from Ando, including one for the ED.

Interviews are exactly the same as in the first book, four pages each. The scriptwriter is absent, but apparently the producer had more control over the writing.

Not a full translation, but I’ll summarize a few points:

Takahiro Sakurai (Mikhail)

Voicing Mikhail was a fine line; he needed to be a tragic figure but not too depressing, and sound like an older brother but not too old (Sakurai is over 40 now).

But he didn't try very hard because he didn't want to overshadow Uemura.

It was decided to make the audience think “Mikhail hasn’t changed since the time he was bitten,” as he’s always fighting at the expense of himself to save Yuliy. It’s the core of his character.

Mikhail’s own feelings were less important than the movements of other characters and situations when deciding how his lines should be performed.

However, vocal expressions of age and life experience were essential. If Mikhail was honest when he was alive, then he’s contrary as a vampire, constantly struggling against Yevgraf and afraid he’ll be eliminated if he loses even a little bit.

Sakurai wonders if Yuliy is aware of the magnetism he has on other people. Staff call it his charm or humanity.

The ending might not be happy or easy to understand, but he thinks it’s convincing.

Kenjiro Tsuda (Yevgraf)

Tsuda saw Yevgraf as a fun role, someone who was suspicious but also gentlemanly. There was a tie between evil and innate characteristics, he likens it to villain-sided justice.

He was surprised when the episode 11 script revealed it spawned more from personal egotism rather than any sense of justice. He tried to compensate by swinging in the direction of “completely eccentric.”

Originally, Yevgraf’s feelings were supposed to overflow more when arguing with the elder vampires in episode 4.

He thinks Mikhail has the appeal of someone who doesn’t say the truth, since he’s an adult with complicated baggage.

The vampires’ impression was supposed to be a flowery evil, even amorous. The interviewer mentions the image of sucking blood from a beautiful woman and Tsuda agrees it’s like that.

Sirius the Jaeger felt like a foreign film to him because it was so different from mainstream anime.

Masaru Yokoyama (Soundtrack Composer)

The director originally wanted something weighty and cinematic like The Dark Knight, but Yokoyama felt it wasn’t flashy enough and would get lost under the fighting sfx, so the soundtrack’s style was rooted in Berlin techno.

He collaborated overseas on it with Julian Laping, a Berlin composer.

Even though the music was modeled after a western style, he used traditional Japanese instruments, like the shakuhachi and even chopsticks, to create a feeling of blended cultures for the Showa era.

Though most of the tracks are situational rather than character-specific, “One on One” and “Awake of Yuliy” are very much Yuliy’s themes.

Tencho was used for the suspenseful scenes, while emotional moments had a “more orthodox” style suitable for drama.

He had a hard time creating consistency within the album.

Masahiro Ando (Director) x Mitsuhito Tsuji (Producer)

Tsuji really appreciates Ando’s storyboards, calling them “100%” and “perfect.”

Ando appealed many times to have a TV series in the vein of Sword of the Stranger. He laughs and agrees when the interviewer calls that lofty/expensive, but replies that it’s important to have a high goal for oneself. Ando was more worried about finding enough staff than expenses.

The script was a trial-and-error experience.

They reaffirm the vampire element wasn’t there in the beginning, including Mikhail’s situation.

The original setting was Edo era, not early Showa era. There was also talk about doing it at the end of the Bakumatsu or Meiji, but the director felt that was too realistic and historically distracting. Early Showa was emptier and still held a whiff of romanticism.

However, this meant the setting production was difficult. Though there’s a lot of post-war materials, pre-war documents are limited. They did twice or thrice the usual amount of research to compensate.

Tsuji is conscious of overseas media, and really likes Marvel and the Avengers. He wanted to mimic Steve and Bucky’s “brotherhood” in Mikhail and Yuliy.

They talk about family being a major theme. If Yuliy thought only about “survival of the Sirius” in relation to himself, without including his father or extended family, they feel like the breadth of the work would be lost.

Ryoko was originally supposed to be bitten and turned into a vampire in ep 11, being the one beside Yuliy in the finale- not Tamara. It got cut because they thought it would detract from the brothers.

The coexistence ending is meant to be read as ambiguous whether it pertains to reality (WWII in the near future, etc) or not.

There is nothing planned after it, a.k.a. no second season.

The last section is slightly different. Instead of fully-colored background art, it consists of pencil sketches for backgrounds and objects. Most directly translated to screen, but there is an unused pedestal with flowers.