8 volumes (in English and digital-only as of 4/21/2023.)
Licensed by Kodansha
It's not every day that a guy tells you you're his muse and to strip down while you're just minding your own business! But that's just what happened to Michi -- she caught the eye of Chihiro-kun, a fellow student and aspiring fashion designer. He's inspired by her, and wants to use her as his model... but can Michi stand the attentions of such a devoted artiste?!
yeah alice peralta (marina) and rina itou (pearl) have both been streaming (rina itou actually just now started her grand fest one)
meanwhile laura yokozawa (frye) has only streamed a few times (always with alice, looks like)
i saw anna sato (shiver) appear with laura on one of alice's streams i watched for a bit (the one from the last bankalive concert). iirc they said she didn't play splatoon though (also i remember them explaining what an amiibo was to her and she kept going "amigo?") and i don't see a youtube channel listed for her
Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!
The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:
KOKIA news: Kaji Fes.2023 at Budokan guest performance
Via KOKIA.com/news
“Hello, this is KOKIA. Today, I’m letting you know that I will get to perform at Kaji Fes. 2023, the live performance to commemorate Yuki Kajiura’s 30th anniversary. After I got to work together with her about 25 years ago, I’ve been looking forward to join up again for a long time, and that hope is coming true now in a wonderful way.”
【Live】30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#19 -Kaji Fes.2023- guest appearance on day 2, December 9 (Saturday)!
This year’s performance will be a compilation of Yuki Kajiura for her 30th anniversary since her debut. It’s the second time Kaji Fes. will be held since it was done for the 20th anniversary. Appropriate for a 30th anniversary, it’ll be a festival that many splendid guests will participate in. Make sure not to miss out on this chance!
“30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#19 -Kaji Fes.2023-”
(T/N: The following information is also taken from the Notice for overseas travelers’ ticket sales on the official website, which is the same as on KOKIA’s news page, except including notes on ticket sales for overseas travelers.)
[Schedule]
December 8, 2023 (Friday) 17:00 open/18:00 start
December 9, 2023 (Saturday) 15:00 open/16:00 start
[Venue]
Nippon Budokan
2-3 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, Japan 102-8321
https://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/
Vocals: KAORI, KEIKO, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle, rito, and LINO LEIA
Musicians: FRONT BAND MEMBERS
(Kouichi Korenaga on guitar, Kyouichi Sato on drums, Tomoharu “Jr.” Takahashi on bass, Konno Strings [Hitoshi Konno and Masahiko Fujidou on violin, Kazuhiro Kobayashi on viola, Takayoshi Okuizumi on cello], Rie Akagi on flute, Obawo Nakajima on percussions, Yoshiaki Satou on accordion, Naoki Nakahara on uilleann pipes, and Yoshio Ohira as the manipulator)
【Guest】
Day 1:
Aimer, Yuri Kasahara, Revo (Sound Horizon/Linked Horizon), and Remi
Day 2:
ASCA, Eri Itou, KOKIA, Hanae Tomaru, JUNNA, Hikaru, and Aira Yuuki
【Prices】
All tickets assigned seating: ¥ 9,900 (tax included)
※ No entrance for pre-school children (under the age of five)
※ The program performed on the 2 days will be different from each other.
【Tickets】
Ticket agency pre-sale start: June 15 (Thursday), 12:00~
Regular sales: October 21, 2023 (Thursday), 10:00~
Please visit the special ‘Kaji Fes.2023′ website for more information.
▶https://fictionjunction.com/kajifes2023
[Quantity limits]
One person can buy up to four tickets per concert.
*It’s possible for an individual to purchase tickets once per performance date.
[Overseas travelers’ ticket sales]
☆Tickets available from noon (Japan Standard Time) of June 15th (Thursday) to 11:59 PM on June 25th (Sunday)
☆Direct link to purchase:
https://ib.eplus.jp/kajifes2023
*Quantity limits: One person can buy up to four tickets per performance date. (Possible to purchase tickets for both performance dates)
*Please refer to the ticket sales website for further information on purchasing and any additional precautions.
*Tickets are sold on a first-come-first-served basis. Please make sure to purchase during the specified timeframe.
*Tickets purchased need to be picked up on the day of the performance at the venue’s box offices.
I'm taking this as a confirmation that Neon is the tertiary. XD https://puwaasuru.tumblr.com/post/715833935807053824/ornamin-c-ad-kamen-rider-geats-after-much
yep its the actual Ornamin C commercial.
[a thought I had when I viewed the commercial: did they really had to die so that they could do this commercial?]
Well, tbf they've consistently billed Yuna as though she were the tertiary Rider since the show started, even though they refused to actually call her that.
Take the cast list on the poster of Movie War Battle Royale:
The first line is dedicated to the main Riders' actors: Kan Hideyoshi, Kentaro Maeda, and Subaru Kimura (Vice's VA).
The second line is the Geats cast: Ryuga Sato, Yuna Hoshino, Kazuto Mokudai, and Kokoro Aoshima.
The third line is the Revice cast: Wataru Hyuga, Ayaka Imoto, Hamao Noritaka, Hikari Kabashima (credited under her old stage name Yui Asakura), Cloud Hachijoin, Junya Komatsu, and Miku Itou (Lovekov's VA).
Notice something? Yeah, Yuna Hoshino is credited second only to Ryuga Sato, and similarly to Ayaka Imoto who is the official tertiary Rider of her season.
Clearly, Neon is the tertiary Rider- in all but name that is. And it's quite baffling that they refuse to acknowledge it outright. It's odd that they even had to do this whole "no, we're not calling anyone the third rider, she's the heroine, it's totally different istg" thing and then proceed to treat her like Yua, Kento and Sakura in all the marketing and SNS stuff they do.
[Update] ライブ・スペクタクル『NARUTO-ナルト-』~忍界大戦、開戦~ (live spectacle naruto ~ninkai taisen, kaisen~)
the show will be running from
September 17th, 2022 to September 25th, 2022 (Tokyo) @ 天王洲 銀河劇場 (The Galaxy Theatre)
October 1st, 2022 to October 10th, 2022 (Hyogo) @ 神戸文化ホール 中ホール (Kobe Bunka Hall Middle Hall)
October 15th, 2022 to October 22nd, 2022 (Tokyo) @ 天王洲 銀河劇場 (The Galaxy Theatre)
Cast:
Nakao Masaki as Uzuaki Naruto (うずまきナルト)
Satou Ryuuji as Uchiha Sasuke (うちはサスケ)
Itou Yui as Haruno Sakura (春野サクラ)
Kimisawa Yuuki as Hatake Kakashi (はたけカカシ)
Kitazono Ryou as Namikaze Minato (波風ミナト)
Kojima Sari as Uzumaki Kushina (うずまきクシナ)
Daigo Seshiru as Tsunade (綱手)
Ikeoka Ryousuke as Nara Shikamaru (奈良シカマル)
Sena as Hyuuga Hinata (日向ヒナタ)
Takagi Katsuya as Might Guy マイト・ガイ)
Naya Takeru as Gaara (我愛羅)
Kitamura Keigo as A (エー)
Koyanagi Shin as Killer B (キラービー)
Yata Yuusuke as Yakushi Kabuto (薬師カブト)
Ise Daiki as Mask Man (面の男)
Kawai Ryuunosuke as Zetsu (ゼツ)
Rachi Shinji as Uchiha Itachi (うちはイタチ)
Nakamura Seijirou as Uchiha Madara (うちはマダラ)
While simple in practice, the use of Chaining in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days as a means of determining player rewards at the end of a mission is very intelligent. By tying player rewards to a component that is improved by showing the player can quickly and continuously take out Heartless enemies in short time spans, it both A) encourages the player to become more efficient and effective in combat, while also B) not requiring the player to fight at a rate or speed they don’t care for if they’re not interested in pursuing those rewards.
Some fairly new and old news that some people may not know.
Yuki Kajiura is slated to work on a new Madokoa Magica anime entitled Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Gaiden.
She has recently completed 18 new songs. Whether it’s for Madoka Magica or some other project is unknown. She is continuing to work on additional songs with the Front Band Members.
The Composers Summit Concert featuring some of the greatest video game and anime related composers will happen on December 28. Yuki Kajiura, the Front Band Members, Konno’s strings, along with Kaori Oda, Joelle, and Yuri Kasahara will perform.
She is releasing a new single with Aimer for the anime Fate Stay Night Heaven’s Feel Part II Lost Butterfly. The song title is “I Beg You.” It’s scheduled to be released on January 9th.
The Flying Dog anniversary event will happen on February 2nd featuring FictionJunction Yuuka.
On the February 3rd, 17th, and 23rd are new FictionJunction Station Fan Talk Events.
On April 24th Sword Art Online Alicization OST will be release with the second OST being released on July 24th.
She will be featured in this month’s Lisani! volume 35 and has done two online interviews you can find here:
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201811/16167737.html
https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201811160073/
Kaori Oda has announced on Twitter she is currently in the studio working on a new album.
She has also announced a small acoustic tour around March of next year, which will be Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. In May she intends to go on another tour.
In late October she released a single with Mao. The song is called “Can’t Stop Love,” for the visual novel More Love.
She will also in the concert event The Score Re;fire #1 ~WILD ARMS Vocal Songs Concert~ scheduled for December 15th.
Lastly she will also be at the Yucat x Eggman: Diva 3Man volume 6 on January 21st.
In more personal news she revealed she celebrated Yuriko Kaida’s birthday with Yuki Kajiura (no mention of Keiko, but a good chance she was there considering how much she loves Yuriko), and had drinks with Joelle and Yuki. You can see that post here: https://lineblog.me/odakaori/archives/13206078.html
She also went to see Shinji Kakijima’s 25th Anniversary Live and had her picture taken with him late last month.
She also got a haircut (nothing particularly drastic). Traditionally haircuts symbolize change and a break with the past, which considering her break with Spacecraft feels rather fitting. She also just got her nails done in a pale pink.
Koichi Korenaga is extremely busy! In late October to November 1st, Jungapop (which also has Jr.) did a small tour. This was for a newly released anniversary album 20+1. They also recorded some new songs in September. On November 10th he did a seminar on music equipment. He performed alongside Jr. for his solo 50th Anniversary on November 16th. On November 23rd, he’s performing with others at the Rock ‘n Roll Yokohama Club. He has three tour dates for Crystal Kay for December 2nd, 3rd, and 6th. He is performing for NOKKO on December 19th and 25th (his birthday). He also is performing for Ami Ozaki on December 14th, 17th, and 24th.
In his personal life, he had corrective eye surgery early this year, has been having physical therapy on his shoulders and arms (from his long guitar playing), and just celebrated his mother’s birth or death anniversary. The photo contained flowers and a cross necklace with Jesus hanging on it on a decorative cross. He states something along the line that he knows she’s in heaven as she was a good Christian. He also went to see the new movie about the rock band Queen.
Tomoharu Jr. Takahashi just performed his special solo 50th Anniversary for his 50th birthday on November 16th. This also included his Jungapop friends including Koichi Korenaga. In addition, he just released his first solo album.
Joelle has some concert dates lined up. She performed on November 9th and on October 21st. She has two more scheduled, one for December 19th and another for December 22nd. Some of these have her good friend George Nagata. She also just performed at 5:00AM for a local television station in her hometown of Akita. It was also her birthday in late October.
Yuriko Kaida released an EP called Portia earlier this year. She also went on vacation to Hanoi, Vietnam back in September with a close friend.
Remi and Koichi Korenaga worked on some songs for the anime Non Non Biyori Vacation. It seems she also worked on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Soundtrack 2 released on November 7th. She seems to have been doing a lot of recording this year.
Rie Akagi has a Latin jazz concert trio scheduled for November 30th. She also responded to Hikaru’s twitter post on her eating rice.
Eri Itou performed in a musical called Musical Award that went from October 31st to November 4th. She is also in a Christmas album that was released on November 14th. It was her birthday on November 16th.
Drummer Kyoichi Satou and keyboardist Hirotaka Sakurada will do a concert with others on January 22nd.
Hiroshi Konno has been recording and performing at various places with his strings unit. Much of the recording is likely for Yuki Kajiura. He also received Jr.’s album and a shirt.
I found a recorded stream of Chou Eiyuu Sai and Sato-san was indeed dancing to his own song, I Peace.
Meanwhile I'm still steamed they didn't get any of the Saber cast back last year even though they got Tokyo Ska Paradise back to perform a bunch of Saber themes >:(( We could've had the whole gang doing an extended ED dance goddamnit. Especially since they didn't have Cho Eiyuu Sai the year Saber was airing because of the pandemic!
Also... no Revice image songs...? It would've been really interesting to see Wataru Hyuga performing Mirage Mirror live though I understand he's probably too busy to come back now... And what I wouldn't give to hear Junya perform Without You on stage (or even his Lovekov song, he sang a bit of it on his livestream and everyone went crazy lol)... and Miku Itou doing Lovekov's heavy metal rap verse for Cherry-ish!