#kase atsuko

[lalunameli]

Lunatic and Yuri info translated from an interview with director Kase Atsuko in Animedia Februay 2023 (credit to @tnbscans for the article):

TN: I swear... "Did Kotetsu and Barnaby figure out Lunatic's true identity" and "Is he dead" is the new version of "Are they romantically involved" for S2. And yes the answer is still "It's up to you to decide." Kase being super vague about BOTH here:

Pg 34

24話のルナティックと虎徹＆バーナビーの共闘は熱い展開でしたね。

敵との共闘は、王道の激熱展開ですよね！

虎徹とバーナビーの戦い方って、もうすでに固まっているじゃないですか。そこに新しく別の武器ではないですけれども、ルナティックという新しい要素が加わるので、戦い方ももちろん変わっていく。そこを描くのは面白かったですね。「長距離武器を使えるのはいいよな～」と思いながら作業していました

Interviewer: The joint battle between Lunatic, Kotetsu and Barnaby in episode 24 was a hot plot twist.

Kase: Uniting with the enemy is the way to go for a super hot plot twist right!

The way Kotetsu and Barnaby fight is already solid, isn't it? And while it's not a new weapon, adding Lunatic is a new factor, so of course their way of fighting will change. It was interesting to depict. I was thinking, "That's right, long range weapons will be used here."

Pg 35

ズバリ聞きます。ルナティックは、結局ど・うなったのでしょうか？

重要なのは、正体は最後まで誰にもバレていないということ。虎徹もバーナビーも、ルナテイックの正体がユーリだとは知りません。炎に包まれて落ちていき、消えてしまいましたが..・・・その後どうなったのかは、皆さんのご想像にお任せします。

Interviewer: For once and for all, I'd like to hear. What happened to Lunatic in the end?

Kase: The important thing is that no one knows his identity until the end. Kotetsu and Barnaby don't know that Lunatic's true identity is Yuri. He fell in flames and disappeared, but... I'll leave it to your imagination to determine what happened after that.

[luckyleaf9]

Interview with director Atsuko Kase from the February 2023 issue of Newtype.

Partial translation available here:

[tnbscans]

Interview with Hiroaki Hirata, Masakazu Morita, and Atsuko Kase from the May 2022 issue of Animedia.

Translation (mislabeled as April 2022) available here:

[apkfanda]

Fate/Grand Order

Familiar on TV, TYPE-MOON's Fate RPG! You can enjoy a full-fledged RPG even on your smartphone. A story where you can enjoy an overwhelming volume of over 5 million characters! In addition to the main story, we have prepared a story for each character, and the content is enough to satisfy both Fate fans and those who are experiencing the world of Fate for the first time. 2015 AD. Chaldea, which observes the future of the Earth, has confirmed the fact that human history has collapsed since 2017. The "promised future" until 2115, which had certainly existed until yesterday, suddenly disappeared without warning. why. Why. who. how. A provincial city in Japan in the year 2004. "An unobservable area" that had never existed before appeared here. Chaldea hypothesized that this was the cause of human extinction, and decided to carry out the sixth experiment, which was still in the experimental stage. "It's time travel to the past." A forbidden ritual that transforms humans into spirits and sends them to the past, intervening in events to reveal or destroy singularities in space-time. "The name is Human Rights Protection Order, Grand Order." It is a general term for those who fight against fate and confront human history in order to protect humanity. An easy-to-use command order battle optimized for smartphones! The player becomes a master and manipulates the spirits to defeat enemies and solve mysteries. "Whether you fight with your favorite Heroic Spirit or a strong Heroic Spirit, the battle style is up to the player." ◆ Gorgeous voice actors participate one after another Shiki Aoki, Himika Akaneya, Kenji Akabane, Satomi Akesaka, Yu Asakawa, Maruka Asahina, Kana Asumi, Akina Abe, Sora Amamiya, Satomi Arai, Yuka Iguchi, Shiori Izawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Yui Ishikawa, Mai Iwami Naika, Haruki Ishitani, Mariya Ise, Ayasa Ito, Kanae Ito, Kento Ito, Shizuka Ito, Miki Ito, Toru Inada, Kikuko Inoue, Marina Inoue, Sumire Uesaka, Kana Ueda, Reina Ueda, Maaya Uchida , Yuma Uchida, Koki Uchiyama, Hiroo Egawa, Aya Endo, Rumi Okubo, Akio Otsuka, Yoshitada Otsuka, Sayaka Ohara, Hitomi Owada, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ryotaro Okiayu, Yui Ogura, Ari Ozawa, Daisuke Ono, Chiaki Omigawa, Yumi Kakazu, Ai Kakuma, Jun Kasama, Yasuyuki Kase, Mai Kadowaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Shinichiro Kamio, Ai Kayano, Ayako Kawasumi, Kengo Kasai, Taketoshi Kawano, Nobutoshi Kana, Akari Kito, Ryohei Kimura, Takuya Kirimoto , Rie Kugimiya, Misaki Kuno, Takaya Kuroda, Yuki Kuwahara, Marika Takano, Aoi Koga, Ami Koshimizu, Chiaki Kobayashi, Yu Kobayashi, Mikako Komatsu, Takehito Koyasu, Rikiya Koyama, Rena Kondo, Mitsuki Saiga, Tadahisa Nishimae, Soma Saito, Chiwa Saito, Maaya Sakamoto, Ayane Sakura, Takahiro Sakurai, Satomi Sato, Rina Sato, Miyuki Sawashiro, Noriko Shimoya, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yu Shimamura, Umika Shoji, Kei Shindo, Rie Suegara, Tomokazu Sugita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Ryota Suzuki, Kenichi Suzumura, Ayaka Suwa, Junichi Suwabe, Toshihiko Seki, Tomokazu Seki, Yu Serizawa, Ayaka Senbongi, Mie Sonozaki, Ha Daichi, Rei Takano, Naoko Takano, Karin Takahashi, Rie Takahashi, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Ryota Takeuchi, Hana Takeda, Atsuko Tanaka, Minami Tanaka, Rie Tanaka, Kisho Taniyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Risa Taneda, Yukari Tamura, Sakura Tange, Shigeru Chiba, Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Tsuruoka , Yuka Terasaki, Takuma Terashima, Nao Higashiyama, Nobuo Tobita, Haruka Tomatsu, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kosuke Toriumi, Kazuya Nakai, Joji Nakata, Maria Naganawa, Misaki Nakamura, Yuichi Nakamura, Kaori Nazuka, Hitomi Nabatame, Daisuke Namikawa, Mamiko Noto, Ai Nonaka, Kenji Nomura, Takaya Haji, Ikumi Hasegawa, Natsuki Hanae, Yumiri Hanamori, Saori Hayami, Yumi Hara, Megumi Han, Yoko Hikasa, Satoshi Hino, Daisuke Hirakawa, Ai Fairouz, Misato Fukuen, Jun Fukuyama, Fujii Hayabusa, Sarah Emi Bridcat, Shin Furukawa, Soichiro Hoshi, Takanori Hoshino, Yui Horie, Mariko Honda, Tomoaki Maeno, M・A・O, Toshiki Masuda, Machico, Masaya Matsukaze, Mitsuaki Madono, Mafia Kajita, Satoshi Mikami, Shinichiro Miki, Nana Mizuki, Hirohiro Mizushima, Kaori Mizuhashi, Hikaru Midorikawa, Inori Minase, Omi Minami, Mayu Mineta, Mamoru Miyano, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Ryosuke Morita, Chitose Morinaga, Nanako Mori, Kunihiko Yasui, Yamaji Kazuhiro, Daiki Yamashita, Koichi Yamadera, Aoi Yuki, Yukana, Koji Yusa, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Haruka Yoshimura, Madoka Yonezawa, Naomi Wakabayashi, Azumi Waki, Misaki Watada (in 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[tigerandbunnyftw]

On the 24th December, the final episode of TIGER & BUNNY 2 will be live streamed into the Marunouchi Piccadilly theatre with a live audience, hosted by Hiroaki Hirata (Kotetsu) and Masakazu Morita (Barnaby) and also the production staff, Director Mitsuko Kase, Main Screenplay Writer, Masafumi Nishida and Main Character Designer, Masakazu Katsura!

Tickets will be sold for 4,500 yen over on the i-tike website, acceptance period from 3rd December until 11th November, 23:59 JST.

Source: TIGER & BUNNY Twitter

[gregor-samsung]

旅のおわり世界のはじまり [To The Ends Of The Earth] (Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 2019)

[artofcinema]

to the ends of the earth (2016) dir. kiyoshi kurosawa

wow! that was an experience! it’s less a fun park-ride than some kind of training device. i’m so glad i survived!

[genkinahito]

To the Ends of the Earth 旅のおわり世界のはじまり (2019) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

To the Ends of the Earth 旅のおわり世界のはじまり (2019) Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

To the Ends of the Earth        旅のおわり世界のはじまり　 「Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari」 Release Date: June 14th, 2019 Duration: 120 mins. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Screenplay), Starring: Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, Shota Sometani, Tokio Emoto, Adiz Rajabov, Website     IMDB To the Ends of the Earth is an international co-production that was commissioned to commemorate 25…

[recentanimenews]

Tiger & Bunny 2 Gets April 8th, 2022 Global Release On Netflix, First Trailer

  The official site for the Tiger & Bunny anime and the official Twitter account have announced the forthcoming premiere for Tiger & Bunny 2 on April 8th, 2022 on Netflix worldwide, along with a new teaser trailer that previews the show's theme song kaleido proud fiesta by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN. Comic Natalie has confirmed that the anime will consist of 25 episodes.

  【情報解禁3/3】 「TIGER & BUNNY 2 Precious EVE」追加出演者発表！ マリオ役 #太田真一郎 さんの出演が決定！ さらに当日は新キャラクターのキャストもサプライズ出演します♪ 本日正午よりプレリクエスト先行受付が開始！ お申込みはこちらhttps://t.co/KbCMfUdIDB#tigerbunny #タイバニ2 pic.twitter.com/yMP8cUiJBk

— TIGER & BUNNY (@TIGERandBUNNY) December 23, 2021

  A month prior to the series premiere, a companion event will be held on March 12th at Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Tokyo titled Tiger & Bunny 2 Precious EVE that will debut the complete opening theme and feature special guests, including the band.

    The series, which will be set two years after the events of the 2014 Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising-  will feature many returning cast and crew members from  previous entries, such as scriptwriter Masafumi Nishida returning to handle series composition, and Masakazu Katsura returning in the role of character designer, while new director Atsuko Kase is directing the series under Bandai Namco Pictures.

    The confirmed returning cast currently consists of Hiroaki Hirata as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger, Masakazu Morita as Barnaby Brooks Jr., Minako Kotobuki as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose, Taiten Kusunoki as Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison, Mariya Ise as Pao-Lin Huang/Dragon Kid, Kenjiro Tsuda as Nathan Seymour/Fire Emblem, Go Inoue as Keith Goodman/Sky High, and Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone, with more announcements in the future.

  SOURCES:  Official Site, Official Twitter, Comic Natalie

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  By: Humberto Saabedra

[grellsuke]

do you have any good lgbt manga recs? i just finished shimanami tasogare and loved it

yes!!!

Authors:

yuhki kamatani - the author of shimanami tasogare! kamatani is x-gender (and ace!) and thoroughly incorporates lgbt characters into their works. the others aren’t like focused on the lgbt experience like how shimanami is, but they’re all wonderful and beautiful and have lgbt characters and i highly, highly rec them.

akiko morishima - a lesbian mangaka who i really like! she’s really good abt tackling the traditional stereotypes in yuri manga as well as writing stuff about older characters and frankly discussing sexuality and shit. she also has works that are not yuri manga-centric but iirc a good chunk if not all of them still have lgbt characters, so they’re worth checking out as well! (she does have a few works with some fuckshit in them tho, fair warning)

takako shimura - i don’t personally know what her sexuality is (tho shes a woman, i know this), but shimura is pretty well-known for her lgbt works. wandering son and aoi hana are probably her most famous, at least over here in the west! she also tends to incorporate lgbt themes into her works that don’t center on lgbt characters as well.

ebine yamaji - another lesbian mangaka! yamaji’s works are very... realistic, usually about lesbian working through things. there’s a lot of trauma and a lot of sadness in her works, as well as sexual content, and i really love her art. i haven’t read ALL of her works, but what i have, i’m enamored with. they’re sad but rarely TRAGIC.

hiyori otsu - i don’t actually know otsu’s sexuality, but she’s a shoujo ai/yuri mangaka who writes a lot of genuinely sweet stuff. her works tend to very much be on the softer side of things, even if they can be bittersweet, and i’ve really enjoyed all i’ve read by her. it’s nice to just, be able to read a simple and nice lesbian manga without any major angst or tragedy or even sexual content sometimes, you know?

Autobiographies:

honey x honey by sachiko takeuchi - a slice of life little manga about the author and her girlfriend! it is abt a decade old, which you can see some of, but it’s a really cute peek into their lives and japanese lgbt culture. there ARE sequel(s?), but i unfortunately haven’t managed to find any english translations for them. if you do, let me know!

my lesbian experience with loneliness by kabi nagata - i own this manga! i keep it squirreled away in the bottom of my desk and pull it out every few weeks or so because it’s deeply, deeply relatable to me. the first time i read this manga i sat down and cried because i felt it deep in my soul. absolutely rec!!! there’s also a sequel, my solo exchange diary.

the bride was a boy by chii - a cute little manga about a trans woman named chii, recounting her early years up to her current life, her transition and how she met her husband (+ abt their relationship). it’s super cute and sweet, and very informative!! an absolute rec!!

i was born the wrong sex! by mayufu konishi - i haven’t quite finished this one yet, but this is a highly informative manga about a trans woman heading to thailand for her surgery! it’s extremely extremely informative about every single step of the process, and the author is an absolute delight, so it’s one i’d absolutely rec.

our journey to lesbian motherhood by emiko sugiyama/koyuki higashi/hiroko masuhara - have you heard of the lesbians that got married in disneyland tokyo? this is them!!! this is their autobiographical story of, well, their journey to lesbian motherhood! it’s very good, i definitely enjoyed it - it IS a sequel to another manga by them, but i sadly couldn’t find an english translation anywhere… it’s completely understandable without having read it, though!!

fictional manga:

my brother’s husband by gengoroh tagame - this is one i haven’t read myself, but is pretty damn high up on my ‘next to read’ list. the author is a prominent gay bara author - this is his first dabbling into more family-friendly series. he’s also recently started another family-friendly one called our colors that may be worth looking into as well!

whispered words by takashi ikeda - it’s been a good long while since i’ve read this, but i really enjoyed this when i was younger! (has it already been almost 8 years since it ended?? i feel old) it’s about two lesbians who are best friends - one of which is secretly in love with the other. unfortunately, she’s very much not her friend’s type. :( i vaguely remember some kind of weird crossdressing shenanigans with one character, tho, so tread lightly with that.

koimonogatari by tohru tagura - if you liked shimanami, this is also probably right up your alley! it’s a very realistic manga about a boy finding out that one of his classmates is closeted and gay - and he promptly decides to tell no one because he’s not an asshole, which leads to him being one of this boy’s main confidants. it realistically deals with the homophobia that gay people face, as well as the main character’s slow realization that he’s not necessarily straight, either (or at least, that’s my hypothesis - it’s still ongoing!!). i really enjoyed it.

lonely wolf, lonely sheep by fuka mizutani - two women with the same name, same birth month, and same injury end up meeting by complete coincidence at the hospital. i genuinely adore this manga and all it is. despite it only being one volume long, it deals with heavier topics such as depression, self harm, homophobia, and iirc even suicide. it’s really, really good though and i wish all the best for them.

kono koi ni mirai wa nai by morihashi bingo - i recommend this one tentatively, as the last two chapters are not yet translated (as of 1/11/19), but i enjoyed what was there. despite the label as BL on many sites, this story is actually about a trans woman (tho there is also a gay man in the manga!). the note left off on the most recent chapter, chapter 10, was a very uplifting note that she is not alone and that how she feels is completely, utterly normal, and i have hope for the last two chapters! the art’s really pretty, too, and the metaphors. but again - who knows what could go down in the last two chaps. fingers crossed!

i hear the sunspot by yuki fumino - PLEASE read this one. this manga is about two college-aged young men who end up meeting when one LITERALLY stumbles across the other. kouhei, one of the boys, is hard of hearing - and the other boy, taichi, starts taking notes for him in class in exchange for lunch, and thus begins a friendship that will blossom into romance! it absolutely gets in depth on the hoh/Deaf community in Japan, and is definitely informative - and the guys are just genuinely so sweet (as well as the other characters!!!) and I wish them all the happiness. it’s STILL ONGOING so like, warning on that, but i’m really enjoying it so far. i think there’s also a movie based off it!

cirque arachne by nika saida - this one has some sexual elements to it, so fair warning on that, but i really enjoyed it! it’s a single volume manga about two acrobats that fall in love. the art was cute and i genuinely liked the characters, quite a lot. would definitely rec.

yuureitou by tarou nogizaka - i have not actually read this manga, but it’s another that’s amazingly high up on my to read list. it’s a supernatural horror manga, and the main couple is a trans man and a cis man! i’ve heard good things about it - from people i know personally, as well as just in general - and it’s one i can’t wait to check out.

ohana holoholo by shino tarino - i FEEL like this one is completed, but if it is, the translation isn’t done. either way, i did love what i read from this! ohana holoholo is about a bi woman raising her son along with her ex-girlfriend and their neighbor, nico. it’s really good, one that i HIGHLY recommend, and one of the woman is implied to be trans, too! (fingers crossed they explicitly state it please please please-) overall, i absolutely rec it, please check this out!

no. 6 by atsuko asano/hinoki kino - who HASN’T heard of no. 6? no. 6 is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the government is, well, the government. it involves two young men working to take it down alongside others and they fall in love. and one of the other characters is non-binary! ...honestly that’s probably the best i can describe no. 6 because WOW is it a wild trip. it’s a wild trip that i highly, highly recommend though! you want gays taking down the government alongside killer bees and a magical bug goddess? this is the manga for you. please read it.

asagao to kase san by hiromi takashima & bloom into you by nio nakatani - two shoujo ai manga centering around high schoolers that i haven’t actually read yet, both of which recently got animated adaptations!!! i have heard genuinely fantastic things about both of them (ESPECIALLY) the latter, and bloom into you is actually next on my reading list. they absolutely sound fantastic and i can’t wait to read them!!

seven days by rihito takarai/venio tachibana - a two-volume manga about two high school boys. every week, a boy named seryou goes out with a different girl - he treats them very well, showers them in attention, and then promptly breaks up with them at the end of the week because he didn’t fall in love with them. out of curiosity, his upperclassman, shino, asks him out one week - and thus begins their seven day romance. i really loved this, i really really did.

tamen de gushi by tan jiu - it’s an on-going webcomic about how two girls, qui tong and sun jing, meet and fall in love. the characters are all absurdly fantastic, from the two girls to all of the supporting characters around them, and it’s an absolute TREAT to read. i would highly rec it, there’s some lovely shenanigans in there.

last but not least, i highly rec manga written by the year 24 group. this group was a non-formal group of female mangaka in the 1970s that really revolutionized and influenced the shoujo manga genre. many of their works are considered classics today, with works such as kaze to ki no uta, claudine...!, the heart of thomas, and shiroi heya no futari among them. a lot of their works really dug in and examined sexuality and gender, and you can find some of the original shounen ai, shoujo ai, and trans manga among them. i’m a sucker for the classics, and i highly recommend them. i honestly could have listed every single of one these mangaka in my recommend authors list, but decided it was just easier to promote the group as a whole. the best for last, you know?

hope this helps, anon!

[tnbscans]

Interview with Atsuko Kase from the July 2022 issue of Pash.

Translation available here:

[liuwdere]

the gay ass anime masterpost*

*not actually a masterpost, since i give about two and a half fucks about keeping this updated or properly categorized. real loose classifications to follow. shit i haven’t seen in italics; stuff i’d highly recommend in bold. now updated w/ streaming links (some are US-only tho, sorry)

no predatory lesbians or okama joke characters or else we’ll be here all day. k? k.

LGBT-THEMED: anime that directly addresses LGBT identity as one of its primary focuses

Revolutionary Girl Utena

the ez one

Yurikuma Arashi

Class S is bullshit, did u know that. Also, thirsty-ass bear girls and a real angry takedown of the patriarchy

Flip Flappers

I don’t know how you can read this show as anything but lesbian sexual awakening, especially given the Class S Yuri Hell episode

Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko)

pls pay attention to the T friends

Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers)

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Kikuhiko is def not cishet and i will fite u if u insist otherwise. Half the show’s choices make no sense without that lens

Yuri!!! on Ice

fite me

LGBT-THEMED; LIMITED REP: anime that addresses gender or sexuality as a secondary focus, though perhaps lacking explicit representation (e.g. LGBT narratives in the secondary cast). 

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (from the director of Yuri!!! on Ice)

One of the supporting characters is a gay man struggling w/ masculinity

Gay schoolgirl episode all about female sexual repression

did i mention the titty is good

Princess Jellyfish

Prominent focus on gender presentation

Kuranosuke can be read as a closeted trans woman

Paradise Kiss

Heroine’s love interest is bisexual

Trans woman in the supporting cast; trans identity plays a major role in her story

Ouran High School Host Club

Discusses gender + gender presentation, though protagonist isn’t explicitly stated to be nonbinary

Protagonist’s parents implied to be genderqueer; father definitely bi

Plenty of gay subtext among the male cast

Scum’s Wish

Strong focus on female sexuality; main character is bisexual

Central cast also includes a lesbian

Simoun

Discusses gender as more of an abstraction? Takes place in a world where everyone is born female to later choose a permanent gender. It does less to directly address gender than you’d expect, though, which is why I’m sticking it here

From the New World (Shin Sekai Yori)

Future dystopia where societal norms practically mandate bisexuality. Honestly, I dunno where to put this; the story’s more concerned with sexuality in general than with LGBT identity

Devilman Crybaby

Classic characters reinterpreted through a queer lens; important theme of coming to terms with one’s own sexuality and identity. Ryo is the definition of disaster gay 

LGBT REP: anime w/ positive depictions of LGBT characters, though not necessarily concerned w/ addressing queerness directly. 

Samurai Flamenco

Four words: gay naked gunpoint proposal. the show makes about that much sense but it’s a lotta fun

i don’t care what the director said

bisexual girl in a poly relationship 

No. 6

boys kissing tho???

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

pls ignore the manga and its magic dick nonsense

Haruchika

One of the two leads is a gay boy. He explicitly says so in the first episode. Avoid the live-action movie like the plague.

I should probably list Kase-san and Bloom Into You here

Mikagura School Suite

The heroine is REALLY THIRSTY for all the cute girls

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Beyond the obvious homoerotic overtones of Albert/the Count, there’s Franz’s gay crush

Sympathetic trans girl character in the secondary cast

Michiko and Hatchin (from the director of Yuri!!! on Ice!!!)

Girls are good ok

Atsuko is gay

Macross Delta

two girls in the supporting cast do a hell of a lotta cuddling on screen

some versions of Sailor Moon

namely the ‘90s anime

Sailor Moon Crystal and the manga do address gender in… questionable ways

Tokyo Godfathers

Trans woman in the main cast

Tiger and Bunny

Reasonably respectful portrayal of a gay man once it gets going

Central relationship between two men could be read as romantic

Genshiken

Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto)

Psycho-Pass

One of the officers is a lesbian. She gets a focus episode

Monogatari series

Really just limited to Kanbaru, but she’s the most accurate depiction of the constantly horny dank meme problematic gay (e.g. me) i’ve ever seen, ironic propositioning of her straight dude friend and all. The rest of the franchise is obnoxious though, so ymmv

Kill la Kill?

i don’t know how else you interpret one girl kissing another on the mouth

Attack on Titan

If you’ve been living under a rock and somehow haven’t heard about it Ymir and Christa are all but explicitly stated to be in love with each other

Kino’s Journey

Kino asks people to use non-gendered pronouns, apparently? I haven’t seen this yet.

Knights of Sidonia

Non-binary character in the main cast

The manga goes some iffy places with their character tho, be warned

Really though, I mostly like this show for the sentient pink penis alien

Gatchaman Crowds

Several gender non-conforming characters

Trans girl in the main cast

Cardcaptor Sakura?

Fuuka

One of the dudes is canonically gay, not that it makes much of an improvement to the show

A Centaur’s Life

there’s a moment where a lesbian objects to her PDA being considered more obscene than the straight equivalent, which is nice but pretty off-the-cuff

Rose of Versailles

Oscar’s debatably genderqueer, though the show goes some real questionable places towards the end

Gay ladies?

Hunter x Hunter

Trans girl in the supporting cast. Her story’s extremely minor in the grand scheme of things but it’s there and it’s good

Love and Lies

potato-kun gets a harem that includes his male best friend

Land of the Lustrous

non-gendered rock people searching for meaning in life

Bodacious Space Pirates

via @madscientist212​: “two explicitly lesbian characters who are lovers, and one of the story arcs involves the crew helping one of them avoid being forced into an arranged marriage to a dude by her uncle”

Banana Fish

Extremely dated BL-flavored crime drama; unfortunately falls into the pitfalls of old-ass exploitation films: csa, sexual assault, etc. It’s such a problematic fav tho

Kiss Him, Not Me

Reverse harem includes a lesbian

Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

heavy gay subtext between leads and secondary cast members; well-intentioned trans representation that’s... kinda clumsy, tbh

Zombie Land Saga

one of the zombie girls is a trans girl who dies from the shock of puberty. it’s p incidental to her character but the show’s real cute otherwise so go for it

Anima Yell

apparently one of the girls admits to having a crush on a female teacher. or something. idk this show looks hella boring why bother

THE SUBTEXT IS STRONK: not textually gay (some you could argue could fall under category #2 and vice versa; not the point of this post) but can be read that way, even though these shows aren’t super concerned w/ romance in general

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Neon Genesis Evangelion?

Depending on the version, Shinji’s sexuality can be read a variety of ways. Manga Shinji is pretty clearly bi; TV anime Shinji you could debate. 

Free, I guess

Love Live (Sunshine esp.) if I’m counting Free

Symphogear

Dear Brother (Oniisama e, otherwise known as BE STRONG)

Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon)

Nominally they’re straight and pining for the same girl but BOY do Kaoru and Sentarou have a LOT of chemistry with each other, so much that it’s hard to read them otherwise

Marimite (Maria Watches Over Us)

Izetta: The Last Thing I Would Watch Even If I Had a Gun Pointed at My Head

Despite what you may have heard, this show is bad and 100% plays in bait territory. Also, obnoxious gun fetishism and way. too. much. goddamn. phallic imagery.

Tanaka-kun is Always Listless

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Princess Principal

Spiritpact

I have complicated feelings about this goddamn trash fire of a show, but halfway through the second season it turns into a genuinely compelling gay pseudo-romance (?) about two boys navigating heteronormativity. also i guess the main couple exists, tho they spend a ridiculous amount of effort no-homoing

Amanchu

basically any sports anime ever tbh 

Golden Kamuy

MADE FOR THE STRAIGHTS BUT STILL OK: the yuri, BL, etc. that’s clearly targeted at a heterosexual audience but respectful enough to be enjoyable for the people they’re about

Doukyuusei

This Boy Caught a Merman

This Boy is a Professional Wizard

Strawberry Panic

Love Stage??? I have some qualms about putting this here but of the trashy BL anime that exist this is probably the least offensive

Maria-Holic

TEXTUALLY GAY BUT BLUGHHHH: the yuri and BL that just sux

Sakura Trick

Junjou Romantica (how the hell does this thing have three seasons)

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi

Gakuen Heaven

Dramatical Murder (POTATO DOGGO)

Super Lovers UGH

idk Gravitation and all that other crappy BL I don’t have the patience to list

GIMME THE TRASH NOW: problematic as all hell but i sure ain’t complainin b/c i’m gay ass trash

Netsuzou Trap (NTR)

Riddle Story of Devil

Love to Lie Angle

if you ever wanted a generic ass harem comedy except with a potato girl instead of a potato guy, here’s that compressed into 3 minutes

Citrus

Corpse Party wwww

Gakuen Handsome FITE ME

NOT TOUCHING THIS HORNET’S NEST WITH A TEN FOOT POLE: pls,,,, save me from the Disk Horse

Sound! Euphonium

One of these days I might organize this a lil better. Maybe if/when Tumblr figures out how to make editing not a pain in the ass

[tigerandbunnyftw]

A round up of all the TIGER & BUNNY 2 related news that was released today! First, the most important news, we have a new trailer for cour 2! A reminder that the final set of episodes (14-25), will be releasing on October 7th (yes just 1 week away!) @ 4pm JST - worldwide over on Netflix.

If you haven't seen the trailer already, check it out here:

Next, the cast watch parties, hosted by the troublesome buddy duo - series' seiyuu Hiroaki Hirata (Kotetsu) and Masakazu Morita (Barnaby), will be making its return, with hopefully more cast/staff guests!

The first watch party will be streamed live on the 7th October at 21:00 JST over on the BNPictures Youtube (note - this is most likely to be region locked again). This will then follow with weekly Saturday streams for episodes 15 - 24 at the regular time of 21:00 JST, from the 15th October onward. The final watch party for episode 25 will be hosted on Christmas Eve (also known in the fandom as BUDDY REUNION DAY) on the 24th December!

We hope that Anime Netflix will continue to translate these episodes for us and release them a week after they air, like the 1st batch of episodes.

Want to catch up on the past watch party shenanigans? Check out this handily put together playlist which contains all the episodes so far!

Moving on, the 2nd Blu-Ray cover art and slip case box art has been released, featuring Rock Bison and Origami Cyclone! The art on the left was drawn by series' main character designer, Masakazu Katsura, whilst the art on the right is by one of the series' main key animators, Mika Yamamoto!

This will have 3 episodes, along with many special features:

>Cast watch party episodes 4 (special guest Inoue Gou - Keith Goodman/Sky High), episode 5 (special guest director Mitsuko (Atsuko) Kase) and episode 6 (special guest Mariya Ise - Pao-lin Huang/Dragon Kid).

>TIGER & BUNNY 2 -Precious EVE- night performance recording

>Making of T&B2 Part 3 : Behind the scenes of 'Style 3' hero suit production! (Long ver.)

>Making of T&B2 Part 4 : Infiltrate behind the scenes of "Taibani 2" recording! (Long ver.)

>Special booklet (16 pages)

and a special audio drama CD! Drama #2 "From a Former Hero Academy Student" - summary of the story:

"Ivan is asked to be the MC for a radio show featuring only heroes from the Hero Academy, and he goes to see Edward to prepare a story for the show. On the day of the recording, however, things take a turn that Ivan never expected."

And finally, there will be a Greeting Event held in Japan, to celebrate Barnaby's birthday on the 30th October! The special Barnaby Birthday Party live stream over on Twitcasting will also be delivered on the same day!

Plenty of exciting things to look forward to over the upcoming months. Not long to go until the 7th October, get emotionally prepared!

Source: TIGER & BUNNY Twitter

[gregor-samsung]

旅のおわり世界のはじまり [To The Ends Of The Earth] (Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 2019)

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Locarno 72: film d’apertura Magari di Ginevra Elkann

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Locarno 72: film d’apertura Magari di Ginevra Elkann

Locarno 72: film d’apertura Magari di Ginevra Elkann

Locarno 72: film d’apertura Magari di Ginevra Elkann

Sarà Magari, opera prima della regista e produttrice italiana Ginevra Elkann ad aprire mercoledì 7 agosto la 72esima edizione del Locarno Film Festival, che si concluderà sabato 17 agosto dopo la cerimonia di premiazione con Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) del regista, sceneggiatore e scrittore giapponese Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

La cerimonia di apertura del 72esimo Locarno Film Festival si terrà il 7 agosto in Piazza Grande, con la prima mondiale di Magari, introdotto dalla regista Ginevra Elkann accompagnata dai due straordinari interpreti del film, gli attori italiani Alba Rohrwacher e Riccardo Scamarcio. Pellicola italo-francese, il film ripercorre l’infanzia di tre fratelli figli di genitori divorziati all’inizio degli anni Ottanta. Nel cast anche Céline Sallette, Brett Gelman, Milo Roussel, Ettore Giustiniani, Oro De Commarque e Benjamin Baroche. Ginevra Elkann ha recentemente prodotto con la sua Asmara Films alcuni titoli di qualità tra cui Land (2018) di Babak Jalali, White Shadow (2013) di Noaz Deshe e Cloro (2015) di Lamberto Sanfelice, e distribuito con Good Films Anime Nere (2014) di Francesco Munzi e Non essere cattivo (2015) di Claudio Caligari, dopo aver diretto il cortometraggio Vado a Messa (2005), selezionato alla 62esima Mostra di Venezia.

Il Festival si concluderà con la cerimonia di premiazione sabato 17 agosto, seguita dalla proiezione in prima internazionale di Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) del maestro del thriller giapponese Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Sarà uno dei più grandi registi giapponesi contemporanei a chiudere il Locarno Film Festival. Dopo i successi che l’hanno reso famoso – Cure (1997), Kairo (2001), Shokuzai (Penance, 2012) – e i suoi ultimi film presentati al Festival di Cannes, Kishibe no tabi (Journey to the Shore, 2015) e Sanpo suru shinryakusha (Before We Vanish, 2017) – Kurosawa torna a lavorare con la ex cantante J-pop Atsuko Maeda, che aveva già diretto in Sebunsu kôdo (Seventh Code, 2013) e nel già citato Sanpo suru shinryakusha (Before We Vanish, 2017), e con gli attori Ryo Kase, Shôta Sometani, Adiz Radjabov e Tokio Emoto.  Girato in Uzbekistan, Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) segue tra sogno e burlesco le vicende di Yoko, presentatrice di un popolare show giapponese di viaggi, lungo i paesaggi dell’antica Via della Seta, nel tentativo di catturare con la sua piccola squadra un pesce mitologico.

Lili Hinstin, Direttrice artistica del Locarno Film Festival: “Da un promettente primo film di una giovane regista europea (tra Francia, Italia e Inghilterra), all’ultimo film del più importante regista giapponese oggi in attività, il Locarno Film Festival traccia così la sua traiettoria distintiva tra l’apertura e la chiusura del Festival: quella di scoprire i talenti di domani e accompagnare gli autori affermati nelle loro ricerche o esperienze più inaspettate”.

Capace di accogliere fino a 8’000 spettatori, Piazza Grande è il cuore e la vetrina del Festival e riunisce ogni sera i diversi pubblici di Locarno davanti a uno degli schermi all’aperto più grandi d’Europa. La sezione ha due premi: il Prix du public UBS del valore di 30’000 CHF, assegnato dal pubblico, e il Variety Piazza Grande Award, attribuito da critici della rivista presenti a Locarno a un film che si distingue per qualità artistiche e potenziale commerciale. Il programma completo del Festival 2019 verrà reso noto durante la conferenza stampa del 17 luglio.

La 72esima edizione del Locarno Film Festival si terrà dal 7 al 17 agosto 2019.

Magari di Ginevra Elkann con Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher, Milo Roussel, Ettore Giustiniani, – Oro De Commarque, Céline Sallette, Benjamin Baroche e Brett Gelman. Una Produzione Wildside con Rai Cinema – Prodotto da Lorenzo Mieli e Mario Gianani con Lorenzo Gangarossa per Wildside  Co-prodotto da Iconoclast eTribus P Films – Distribuzione internazionale Rai Com

Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) di Kiyoshi Kurosawa con Atsuko Maeda, Ryo Kase, Shôta Sometani, Adiz Radjabov e Tokio Emoto. Una Produzione Loaded Films Ltd., Tokyo Theatres Inc. Coproduzione King Records, National Agency Uzbekkino, Doha Film Institute, Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, TBS Radio – Distribuzione internazionale Free Stone Productions Co., Ltd

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Locarno 72: film d’apertura Magari di Ginevra Elkann

Sarà Magari, opera prima della regista e produttrice italiana Ginevra Elkann ad aprire mercoledì 7 agosto la 72esima edizione del Locarno Film Festival, che si concluderà sabato 17 agosto dopo la cerimonia di premiazione con Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) del regista, sceneggiatore e scrittore giapponese Kiyoshi Kurosawa. La […]

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Translations of the Yuri/Lunatic centric parts of this interview with Director/Storyboard Kase Atsuko (sometimes credited as: Mitsuko) from the February 2023 issue of Newtype.

Text by HIROYUKI KAWAI

Director/Storyboard: Kase Atsuko

みずからの正義を貫いた孤高の存在

ルナティック

最愛の母を失ったことで、苦しみのなか再びルナティックとなり粛清するが、それを救ったのは憎しみつづけてきた父・Mr.レジェンドのことばだった。「お前の信じる正義を貫け」ということばに従い、リトルアウロラの危機に駆けつける。さらにはタイガー＆バーナビーと協力し、LL.オードウンに立ち向かう。最後はみずからの業火に身を包み、姿を消すのだった。

A solitary existence that has carried out its own justice

Lunatic

Due to the loss of his beloved mother, he once again became Lunatic, and killed in the midst of his suffering. He was saved by his father Mr. Legend's words: "Believe in your own justice". He rushed to save Little Aurora and joined Tiger & Barnaby to fight L.L. Audun. In the end, he wrapped himself in his own flames to erase himself.

ユーリ・ペトロフの物語も非常にていねいに描かれた印象です。

加瀬 - 当初から「ユーリに対する解決は入れましょう」という話は上がっていました。でも最後まで、タイガーもバニーも彼の正体はわからなかったという形にしています。

ここでいなくなってしまうのは惜しいキャラクターですね。

加瀬 - 本当に彼は消えてしまったのか.....、それは誰にもわかりません。

「いや、私は生きていると思う！」と思っていただいても構いません。これは見る方の解釈にゆだねています。

Kawai: Yuri Petrov's story is also very well depicted.

Kase: From the start there was talk of "Let's put in a resolution for Yuri." But until the end, neither Tiger nor Bunny know his true identity.

Kawai: It's disappointing for this character to disappear here.

TN: Kawai deliberately uses the hiragana 「なくなって 」(nakunatte) here as 無くなる can mean "disappear" and 亡くなる can mean "death". The staff have been deliberately vague about Yuri's outcome.

Kase: No one knows if he really disappeared.

TN: Kase uses "消えてしまった" (kietemashitte) which means to vanish/disappear.

"No, I think he's alive!" - We don't mind if you think this. It is left to the interpretation of the viewer.

虎散がNEXT能力を失い、バーナビーの力もヒーローとしての基準を満たさなくなる、という展開もそれを象徴していますね。

加瀬 - 過去にはMr.レジェンドも、能力の減退に苦しみました。でも、彼にもタイガーとバーナビーのように、悩みを聞いて寄り添ってくれる誰かがいれば、また運命が変わっていたかもしれないですね。ユーリはひとりで生きてきたから、それに気づくのが遅くなってしまった。ですから、タイガー、バーナビーと3人で共闘できたのはよかったと思います。

Kawai: Kotetsu losing his NEXT ability as well as Barnaby's power not meeting the standards as a hero is symbolic development, right?

Kase: In the past, Mr. Legend also suffered from a decline in ability. But if he had someone like Tiger and Barnaby to listen to his troubles and support him, his fate might have changed. Yuri has been living alone, so it's too late for him to realize this, but I think it was good that the three of them were able to fight together.

物語の着地点として、バディであったことに意味があると感じます。

加瀬 - そうですね。ヒーローの日常を見せることで、どのバディもキャラクター性が広がりました。何よりバディがいることによって、「自分を思ってくれる誰かがいれば、何とかなる」と印象づけることができたのは大きかったと思い

Kawai: I feel the main point of the story is that it is meaningful to have a Buddy.

Kase: That's right. By showing the heroes daily lives, everyone's character has expanded through their Buddies. Above all, I think it was great to be able to impress that "If there is someone who believes in me, I'll somehow manage" with my Buddy.

While this last part didn't have any mentions of Lunatic or Yuri, I thought it was really sweet and wanted to include it.

Interview with director Atsuko Kase from the February 2023 issue of Newtype.

If this is translated somewhere please let me know and I’ll link to it.