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[mythgirlimagines]

How would the DVHS boys react to their hair growing ridiculously long in their sleep?

Been a long time since we've had DVHS asks!

Fumito Abe:

…

He hated that he had to deal with it.

He didn’t like having his hair that long and unkempt.

Nozomu Aoyama:

Nobody would believe him if he told them.

Especially not if he told his followers.

It would make a really crazy story, though.

Hidekazu Fujimoto:

He would stay in his room until he was able to fix it.

Maybe Hamasaki would help him with that?

He didn’t want anyone else to find out.

Kazuhiko Ikeda:

He almost didn’t notice, since his hair was already long.

When he did, he just decided to cut it quickly.

He already cut his own hair, anyway.

Yasu Kadoshima:

Kind of a look, but not his style.

He would ask Rikimaru for help cutting it after.

It was weird that the dye in his hair didn’t grow out with his length, though.

Hayao Maeda:

No way was he stepping out of his room like that.

He looked ridiculous!

And Yoshida would for sure hold that over him.

Takeshi Matsumoto:

He liked it, but it would get too in the way of his work.

He didn’t even want to think about how that happened.

There had to be some kind of magic or something at play.

Ikuo Nakamura:

Honestly? He kind of liked it.

Or at least, a bit shorter.

He’d been meaning to try long hair sometime, anyway.

[theweirdspacejellyfish]

Complete shoujo mangas

Grand guignol orchestra- Yuki kaori - 18 chapters

Summary: the beautiful singer Lucille and his orchestra invite you to the city of fear where puppets hunt down humans. The puppets are playing an oratorio of magic and illusions

Clover - ohkawa ageha - 20 chapters

Summary: clover follows sue and kazuhiko to the isolated of fairy park. It is a journey into a futuristic world in which the government seeks to control - special children with amazing children. As sue learns more about herself, she comes to find she is unique even among clovers and with kazuhiko’s help strives to find out what parliament’s intentions got her are

princess tutu - shinonome mizuo - 2 volumes

summary: ahiru was a regular student at kinkan academy. till one day she sees a new shop that has a pretty tutu in the window and the woman who owns the shop miss edel gives ahiru a pendant. later she sees a boy from school whom she thinks of as a prince named myth

romeo x juliet - gonzo - 2 volumes

summary: neo verona. a land floating high in the sky ruled by the capulet family. that is until one night, when the long time rivals of the capulets, the montagues, storm the palace, killing the duke, his wife, and his men. all are killed but juliet, a young daughter of the capulets who is rescued and spirited away to safety before she could be killed. fourteen years later, juliet remembers nothing of her gruesome past, and lives with the small band who had rescued her, the only family she has. it is not safe for juliet to go out undisguised, however, as a search for the capulet heiress is still underway. so in public, she dresses as a boy, a young man named odin, at the request of her "family". though she is technically not allowed to, juliet has another secret identity: the red whirlwind, the daring and righteous hero of neo verona, famous for saving any in danger with his (or rather, her) sword and advanced combat skills without killing anyone. it is on one of these "rescue missions" that she first meets romeo, heir of the montague house. by chance, they fall in love- a forbidden love that neither side will allow. things get even more complicated, however, when juliet finally learns of her true identity and is told that she must kill the current duke- romeo's father

tokyo mew mew - yoshida reiko - 33 chapters

summary: ichigo is out on a date with her crush when suddenly shes involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. when four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, its apparent that theyre part of a much bigger plan. ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "mew project". their mission: to protect the planet from aliens who are using the planets animals to attack humans

rose of versailles - ikeda riyoko - 12 volumes

summary: oscar, the storys central character and a creation of ikeda, is a girl raised by her father as a man, who commands the palace guards at versailles. her beauty, ambiguous sexuality, and noble spirit makes her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and woman, but herself is often torn between her chosen life of service and duty to her and country, and her own heart and desires. she lives a splendid life as a noble among the opulence of versailles and as a close confident of the queen. but this cannot blind her keen senses and compassion to the appalling poverty endured by the french people. oscars struggle with this duality in her world and within herself is the center about which the story turns

angel diary - lee yun hee - 13 volumes

summary: chun yoo nim is the one and only princess of heavens. she ran away from her arranged betrothed with the king of hell. now missing for a few years (give or take 2-5 years). she is hiding in the human world as dong young a boy with a perverted best friend that likes to grope him, bi wal. the four guardians of the heavens are ordered to find the angel princess. with some twist and turns, a crossdressing angel, overly protective and super powered chaperons, and to top it all off- a molesting best friend!? hilarity ensues as chun yoo/dong young struggles to keep her endangered identity a secret

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Why "Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story" Is a Must-See Anime

Eve is an underground golfer who competes to support street orphans, using her skills to destroy the spirits of her opponents. One day she meets her match, a Japanese girl who is just as skilled as her... and the match is on!

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-seventh article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 14, 2022.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is sports anime directed by Takayuki Inagaki. It centers on Eve, a girl who golfs illegally to raise money for three orphans, in a European county, Nafres, and the rich Japanese girl who matches her skill and determination to a tee.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses spoilers for the first six episodes of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story.

Eve and her friend Lily outside of their residence in the slums

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is much more than a common sports anime story. The latter is very popular. Some consider it an "outstanding" subgenre within shonen. Fans cheer for specific teams and become entranced in the plays of their favorite characters.

Eve (voiced by Kito Akari) is a scrappy, spunky teenager. She often works alongside her friend and caddy, Lily Lipmann (voiced by Akira Sekine). Eve uses her masterful golf skills to earn money through underground golf games. She strives to ensure that she, Lily, Klein Clara (voiced by Kinoshita Sayaka), Lily's sister, and Klein's three adopted children can continue living in their hovel in the slums.

This all changes when she meets Aoi Tenwa (voiced by Asami Seto). Aoi is a Japanese girl who likes playing golf for pleasure rather than for money. She is immediately impressed by Eve's golf drives and challenges her to a game. Their talents collide. Eve, nicknamed the "Rainbow Bullet", uses her skills to face off against Aoi, learning the pleasure behind golf itself.

Mafia bosses Catherine, Rose Alleon, and Nicholas, have dynamic personalities. The same is the case for Aoi's caddy and adviser, Amane Shoijo and Rose's right-hand woman, Anri. Aoi's mother, and CEO of Tenwashi Group, has a strong personality as well. The famous underground golfer, Vipère, also known as the "Grim Reaper", and junior golf champion Helene Robert leave a lasting impression.

The series also features characters such as Eve's former golf "master", Leo Millafoden, wanna-be professional caddy at Raijin Girls' Academy, Ichina Saotome, Raijin Girls' Academy adviser Reiya Amuro, and hard-working golfer at Raijin Girls' Academy, Kinue Jinguji. Skilled voice actors such as Shuichi Ikeda, Saki Fujita, Toru Furuya, and Nakahara Mai voiced these characters.

Also appearing in the series is golf ace Mizuho Himekawa, a golfer who works with Mizuho at Nadanan Sports Girls' Academy, Kaede Oikawa, a high-ranked golfer at Kaoran Girls' High School, Kaoruko Iijima, Kaoruko's golfing pair, Kuyou Iseshiba, a skilled golfer at Raijin Girls' Academy, Haruka Misono, an injured golfer named Chris Christie and Aoi's father, Kazuhiko Hodaka. Yukari Tamura, Yuu Kobayashi, M ・ A ・ O, Satomi Arai, and Kiyoko Yonekura voice these characters.

The series theme song, composed and written by Kohmi Hirose, and arranged by Suketo Makusu, is full of energy. It makes you excited about watching each episode. Hirose, on the show's official website, said that she arranged the song with "raw strings" and that she sang it with all her heart, hoping to give "more momentum" to the series.

Unlike other anime, diversity is central to Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story. In fact, a scene in the theme song hints that a Black female golfer, whose character has not been introduced yet, will appear in a future episode.

That is unique because anime and Black characters have a "sketchy past". Even with some amazing Black characters in the past, Black characters are "a little under-represented" in anime.

Although their names and voices are not yet known, Klein reveals, in the show's sixth episode, that her three adopted children, orphans who she took in, will be deported if she, Lily, and Eve are evicted from their home. The complexions of these cute orphans are shades of light to darker brown, implying they could be from countries in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.

Even though the orphans seem to bond more with Lily, than with Eve, they don't ignore Eve. In fact, in one episode, Eve misses her match with Aoi, due to a late-night match with Vipère (voiced by Kaori Nazuka), a golfer contracted by Mafia boss Nicholas.

The orphans approach her in a childlike way, getting her out of her funk and pushing her to not wallow in her sorrow. This leads her to begin a virtual reality golf game later in the episode.

At the end of the fifth episode, and a major plot point in the sixth episode, is the issue of "urban renewal" and corrupt politicians. The former indicates racial injustices which are part and parcel of the system.

The neighborhood where Eve and her friends live is hinted to be a "dangerous" place, with shootings, corruption, and a presumed thriving black market. Even so, this is portrayed as a cold, hard reality, as part of a system imposed upon them.

There is more than political bribes, assassinations, and a Mafia-backed "redevelopment" plan in Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story. This show's off-the-wall logic and over-the-top melodrama come to the fore with the scheduled demolition of Eve's home. It is the opening salvo of gentrification, necessitating evictions and the destruction of residences. In their place will be a casino and the "necessary" accouterments.

There is debate on whether gentrification is a "process of change" creating conflict between new arrivals to a neighborhood and long-time residents or a process in which an influx of middle-class or wealthy people stream into a poor area of a city, rebuilding and renovating businesses and houses, often displacing the poorer residents. In any case, if the development plan is successful, the slum will be turned, over time, into an "upper-middle-class playground".

Although some episodes of City of Ghosts, an all-aged animated series, talk about gentrification in San Francisco, this anime is different. It smacks you in the face with its focus on inequality, immigration, deportation, and political corruption. This anime makes clear that some, like Mafia bosses, will do anything to get what they want, rigging and manipulating the political system for their benefit.

With Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story, you can't ignore, look away, or push off these themes as something that only exists in a fantasy world. They are something that the characters have to confront. After all, Eve's determination to face Aoi in another match resulted in Catherine (voiced by Umeka Shoji) using underhanded methods to get her into the U15 Women's World Championship.

This led Eve to unknowingly trigger the Mafia-backed slum redevelopment plan. The area, including the hovel where she, Lily, Klein, and Klein's three adopted children, is being demolished, along with other illegal shops, as part of a racially tinged "urban renewal" plan.

This makes her feel guilty and furious with herself, and with Rose (voiced by Toa Yukinari). After training with Vipère, who has become her friend-of-sorts, she sides against Catherine and Rose. She plays on behalf of another Mafia boss, Nicholas, and against Rose, her former mentor.

Future episodes of the series, with a possible 12-episode order, will shine a light on this subject. It is a topic that I've never seen any other anime focus on. It is something that Western animation would shy away from, wanting to be "kid-friendly" and appeal to network executives.

Aoi and Eve together in a virtual reality golf game both in costumes

The official site of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story declaresthat this is the "first original anime series" which focuses on women's golf. Whether that is the case or not, girls' love, i.e. yuri, is a central component in the story. In fact, Briana Lawrence's article for The Mary Sue, entitled "There’s No Heterosexual Explanation for the Golf Girl Anime" inspired me to start watching this series in the first place!

Whether or not Eve or Aoi are a canon romantic couple, there are clear yuri vibes. This manifests itself in their interactions with one another. Both are excited to face each other in golf games and care about each other on some level.

From the get-go, Aoi is impressed with Eve's golf style, after she sees Helene (voiced by Minami Takahashi) walk away in defeat, complete with "Blue Bullet[s]" and other magical girl-esque golf drives. Eve is amazed at Aoi's developed golf skills. All the while, Amane (voiced by Ami Koshimizu) repeatedly fails in attempts to make Aoi "forget" Eve.

Aoi's mother (voiced by Yuko Kaida) even investigates Eve after Aoi gushes about her when returning to Japan. After it is clear that "Eve Aleon", her "official" name during the U15 Women's World Championship, is not real, she determines her to not be a threat.

She declares that since Eve is an underground golfer with ties to the Mafia, working for a crime syndicate obsessed with golf, she is not a "threat". While this going on, Eve, dressed as a catgirl, meets Aoi in a virtual reality golf game frequented by Japanese players. After Eve apologizes for missing an early morning golf game with Aoi, both play a round of virtual golf together.

Steve Jones, writing for Anime News Network, states that like any other sports anime, the rivalry Eve and Aoi have is romantic, as much as "anything else". This would be the case even if the series implies they are half-sisters like Cassandra and Rapunzel in Tangled.

Jones argued, in another review, that Eve dismisses Vipére's flirtation, declaring that Aoi's name is "already inscribed in her heart". He rightly described this as an example of a "real disaster lesbian hours". He adds that even if these romantic tropes are only a device to add more layers to the story, it "doesn't make it any less gay." I can't agree more!

The series has been received positively by fans on Twitter and elsewhere. Some have shipped Eve and Vipére, noted beautiful female characters, and said the show is amazing, and a masterpiece.

The Eve and Vipére ship has some basis in the show. Both train together for the upcoming match between Eve and her former mentor, Rose. The game, taking place in the next scheduled episode, will decide the fate of her home at a special golf course owned and operated by Catherine, a shrewd Mafia boss.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is more than "golf yuri" as Jones describes it. Rather the series is energetic, gleefully weird, and almost makes golf something that is cool and fun to watch, even if the sport itself is boring (in my opinion).

Accounts focusing on yuri anime news and anime fans have flocked to the show. Some have stated that the show has a lot of "girl bosses" and is "lesbians playing golf with mafia and explosions". Others love Eve as a character and declared that the anime is full of "hot ladies."

The three yet-to-be-named orphans of Klein are immigrants and will be deported if they are evicted from their home in the slums

You could recognize, as Jones did, that the series takes place in the Madlax cinematic universe. This could imply that the fan servicey yuri drama, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid, and this series, are in the same universe. He argues that the writing of Yousuke Koruda has a lot to the ridiculousness of this anime, making it feel, as Jones put it "so special and stupefying."

All in all, there is no doubt that this anime is much more mature than Western animations, like The Owl House or The Ghost and Molly McGee. It has explosions, death, violence, blood, and all the rest, almost akin to Helluva Boss at some points. Even so, the orphans add a degree of cuteness to the series making you invested in the characters.

In fact, in the sixth episode of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story, Eve revealed that she has no memories of her past beyond a few years ago. She tells Vipére that she had some sort of special golf abilities, implying that she is a golf supersoldier. This could be hinting that she is a long-forgotten half-sister of Aoi. In any case, human experimentation will likely be a future theme.

Episodes in the rest of this season, and a possible second season, may tackle Eve's often-overconfidence, determination to do anything to beat her friends, and reckless golf playing. Such passionate playing got her involved in some shady dealings. It also resulted in her becoming a walking advertisement for certain products, as she was at the U15 Women's World Championship.

There may be more rigged games too. After all, during the golf tournament, Anri (voiced by Omikawa Chiaki), at the direction of Rose, pointed a laser in Aoi's eye so she would miss the shot. In another episode, Vipère used a poisonous scent to throw Eve off her game. It remains to be seen if Eve escapes the web of Mafia control.

I'm not a big sports person myself and dislike the whole sports culture. Previous sports anime I've watched, like Kandagawa Jet Girls and Tamayomi, were only mildly interesting. Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is different. I liked it a lot better than I thought I would.

Eve might travel to Japan, meet Aoi, and challenge her to a game. She might continue underground golf games and intense training with Vipére. Her shady, underground dealings may pull in her friends. Again, golf matches will continue to "solve" disputes. Although Eve has put Aoi in the back of her mind as she fights to save her home, they will cross paths again in the future.

Those who work on this series are a talented bunch. The show's director, Takayuki Inagaki, worked on Rosario + Vampire and Chio's School Road. Kuroda, the show's writer, wrote for Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and My Hero Academia. A professional golf coach named Toru Inoue and the Global Golf Media Group worked with the show's staff to make sure it accurately portrays golf games.

If Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story ever gets a dub, Black voice actors may voice some of the orphans and the Black female golfer. This would add to the growing roster of Black voice actors for anime dubs.

The series is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. The next episode, entitled "Aoi-colored Bullet", will air on May 17.

Go watch this anime!

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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Today on "guess how many of these decisions I decided right now"

i had to rush to my computer to make this

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DVHS Reactions - 1.4

Me: waits two weeks to read 1.3 Also me: reads 1.4 the day after

Sticky note:

ishikawa camila - linguist - F abe fumito - historian - M maeda hayao - track star - M rikimaru kirika - hairstylist - F matsumoto takeshi - carpenter - M - D aoyama nozomu - blogger - M saito kagami - archer - F ueda miyuki - figure skater - F hamasaki utako - guitarist - F fujimoto hidekazu - songwriter - M ikeda kazuhiko - massage therapist - M kadoshima yasu - friend - G sasaki hanayo - herbalist - F yoshida etsuko - lucky student - F oshiro amaya - astrologist - F nakamura ikuo - charmer - M

Do you have the trial room layout? I assume Camila has the protagonist spot. This Monokuma seems…more chill, somehow. “Plus, the podiums are bolted into the ground. It'd be a pain to move them any time one of you twerps kicked it." Aww, no Scrum Debate? Perhaps the weapon was a wall? Or the door! Which is why it was closed. Oshiro being ominous. (If she’s the Chapter 3 killer though…) I would pay to see a fist fight between Aoyama and Yoshida. They would both fight dirty. Did Abe, too, listen to Kyoko’s explanation about locked rooms? I know Fusion said V3 ties into this somehow… The culprit could probably easily have taken a bobby pin out from someone’s hair. Or pocket. *clapping emojis* girlf…riends… Are they trying to break the kids out? Is that…the mastermind? …no, I don’t think so. Is it Abe / the traitor? Is it the same people that hijacked the intercom? (I am so set on Abe being the traitor, huh? I blame Iris.) …Why Matsumoto, though? Especially considering he’s stronger than she is. Also! I read some little bits of the BTHB (the non spoilery ones), and my conclusion is that I now ship Ikeda and Saito, and I want more Camila and Abe friendship. (This was not from the BTHB, I just think it.)

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List of every artist featured on VGDensetsu, Part 1

Part 2: N-Z Adam Warren Ahndongshik / アントン��ク Akari Funato / 船戸明里 Akemi Takada / 高田 明美 Akihiko Yoshida / 吉田明彦 Akihiro Itō / 伊藤明弘 Akihiro Yamada / 山田 章博 Akikazu Mizuno / 水野 暁一 Akimoto Kazuhide, AKA Akimoto Kitsune / 秋元きつね Akio Akira Komeda / 米田 朗 Akira Nishimura / 西村 彰 Akira Toriyama / 鳥山 明 Akira Watanabe / 渡邊 アキラ Akira Yasuda / 安田 朗, AKA Akiman Ami Shibata / 柴田 亜美 Ano Shimizu / ANO清水 Arnold Doong Arthur Nichols, Paris Cullins Atsuji Yamamoto / 山本貴嗣 Atsushi Nishigori / 錦織 敦史 Ayano Koshiro / こしろあやの Barry E. Jackson Bengus Bill Gold Bill Sienkiewicz Bob Wakelin Chisato Mita / 実田 千聖 Clyde Caldwell Chris Achilleos Christian Lorenz Scheurer Dave Gibbons Dave McMacken David Rowe David Schleinkofer Denis Beauvais Denis Loubet Didier Chanfray

Eiji Kaneda / 金田榮路 Eisaku Kitō / 鬼頭栄作 Eisuke Ogura Emika Kida / 木田恵美可 Eri Kohjitani / 糀谷 恵里, AKA Jitari Eri Nakamura / 中村 会里 Frank Cirocco Fujinomiya Mimoli / 藤ノ宮深森 Fujiomi Munemitsu / 藤臣 宗光 Gaku Miyao / 宮尾岳 Gary Ruddell Greg Martin Greg Semkov Greg Winters Gus Allen Hajime Itō / 伊藤 哉 Hajime Katoki / カトキ ハジメ Hajime Satō / 佐藤 肇 Hajime Sorayama / 空山 基 Haruhiko Mikimoto / 美樹本 晴彦 Hidari / 左 Hideaki Ebihara / 海老原 英明 Hideaki Kodama / 小玉英章 Hidefumi Kimura / きむらひでふみ / 木村英文 Hideo Nakajima / 中嶋秀夫 Hidetomo Tsubara / 円 英智 Higuchīta / ヒグチータ / HIGUCHI-TA Hikaru Yuzuki / 弓月光 Hiroaki Hashimoto / ヒロアキ Hiroaki Shioya / 塩谷博明 Hirohide Shikishima / 敷島博英 Hiroo Isono / 磯野 宏夫 Hiroshi Fuji / 冨士宏 Hiroshi Nagai / 永井博 Hiroshi Ono / 小野浩, AKA Mr. Dotman / Mr.ドットマン Hiroyuki Nishimura / 西村博之 Hiroyuki Kitakubo / 北久保弘之 Hisashi Eguchi / 江口寿史 Hitoshi Ariga / 有賀ヒトシ Hitoshi Nishio / 西尾 仁志 Hitoshi Sasaki / 佐々木 等 Hitoshi Suenaga / 末永仁志 Hitoshi Yoneda / 米田 仁士 Hyakkimaru / 百鬼丸 Ikuo Nakayama / 中山郁夫 Inio Asano / 浅野いにお Ippei Gyoubu / 形部一平 Isamu Kamikokuryō / 上国料勇 Ishihara Gōjin / 石原豪人 Itsuki Hoshi / 星 樹 Itsuki Imazaki / いまざきいつき Jean Solé Jeff Remmer Jerry Bingham Jin Mera / 米良 仁, AKA Eiji Shiroi / 白井影二 Joe Madureira John Berkey Jun Satoh / 佐藤樹云 Jun Suemi / 末弥 純 Jun-ichi Fujikawa / 藤川 純一 Jun-ichi Nakamura / 中村 淳一 Junny Junya Inoue / 井上淳哉, AKA Joker-Jun Kamui Fujiwara / 藤原 カムイ Kaori Fujita / 藤田香 Katsuhiro Otomo / 大友 克洋 Katsumi Yokota / 横田克己 Katsutoshi Fujioka / 藤岡勝利 Katsuya Terada / 寺田 克也 Kaz Aizawa Kazuhiro Ikeda / 池田和弘, AKA Bow Kazuhiko Tsuzuki / 都築和彦 Kazuko Shibuya / 渋谷員子 Kazuma Teshigahara / 勅使河原 一馬 Kazuo Ebisawa / 海老沢 一男 Kazuo Nakagawa / 中川和雄 Kazutoshi Yamane / 山根和俊, AKA Tetsuya Ueno / 上野哲也. Kazuya Nuri / 塗 和也 Kazuyuki Kurashima / 倉島一幸 Kei Furutsuki Kei Tōme / 冬目景 Keita Amemiya / 雨宮 慶太 Keizō Shimizu / 清水恵蔵 Ken Sugimori / 杉森 建 Ken-ichi Sonoda / 園田 健一 Kenichirō Yoshimura / 吉村健一郎 Kenji Andō / 安藤賢司 Kenji Mori, AKA Moriken / もりけん Kenji Tsuruta / 鶴田 謙二 Kensuke Suzuki / 鈴木健介, AKA Hiroshi Kajiyama / 梶山浩 Kenta Tanaka / 田中 健太 Kevin Jenkins Kevin Murphy, AKA Mure Kim Hyung Tae / 김형태 Kimihiko Fujisaka / 藤坂公彦 Kinu Nishimura / 西村キヌ Kohime Ohse / 桜瀬 琥姫 Kōichi Noda / 野田弘一 Kōichi Tokita / ときた洸一 Kōichi Yotsui / 四井 浩一 Kōji / 弘司 Kōji Aihara / 相原 コージ Kōji Morimoto / 森本 晃司 Kōji Ogata / 緒方コウジ Kōtarō Kita 喜多浩太郎, AKA Kentoo Kouki Kita / 喜多 綱毅 Kow Yokoyama / 横山宏 Kunihiko Tanaka / 田中久仁彦 Larry Salk Lawrence Fletcher, AKA Lars Lee Macleod Leiji Matsumoto / 松本零士 Ley Yumeno / 夢野れい Mahiro Maeda / 前田真宏 Makoto Kobayashi / 小林 誠 Makoto Shinkai / 新海 誠 Manabu Kusunoki / 楠木学 Manabu Sakamoto / 坂本学 Marc Ericksen https://twitter.com/search? Mari Shimazaki /島崎麻里 Mark ‘Crash’ McCreery Masahiro Imai / 今井 正博 Masakazu Ohya / 大矢 正和 Masaki Segawa / せがわまさき / 濑川雅树 Masako Sugiyama / 杉山正子 Masami Ohnishi / 大西将美 Masamune Shirow / 士郎 正宗 Masao Satake / 佐竹政夫 Masao Yamazaki / 山崎 正夫 Masaomi Kanzaki / 神崎 将臣 Masashi Iwasaki / 岩崎政志 Masato Kanamono / 金物昌人, AKA Kokomahi / ここまひ Masato Kato / 加藤正人 Masato Natsumoto / 夏元 雅人 Masayuki Katō / 加藤正幸 Michael Patrick Partners Michel Allaire Michiaki Satō / 佐藤道明 Mick McGinty Mika Akitaka / 明貴 美加 Mine Yoshizaki / 吉崎 観音 Minoru Maeda / 前田実

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;;startercall : Random

It's beeennnnn --- a long time since I did one of those, but! Like or Reblog this for me to randomize a number between 1 and 39. I will give you a starter from the person it rolled onto. If there are people you don't want a starter from (for whatever reason, no need to explain or worry about offending me!) then feel free to mention that. If you're a multimuse, mention what character it's for, and if your character is a Gen2 (14 options), please mention that as well.

It's likely your starter will come from a side blog, so please keep that in mind!

Eiri isn’t included since you can just like a startercall specific to her, and if you want to know if the character you want has a specific starter call, you can check their sideblog for more information.

Without further ado! Find the list of current available options under the cut, a mixture of Vampire Knight, K Project and Diabolik Lovers~

GEN 1:

Miira Souen (younger)

Zero Kiryuu

Yuuki Cross

Yuuki Kuran

Kaname Kuran

Kaien Cross

Toga Yagari

Lily White

Shizuka Hio

Ichiru Kiryuu

Takuma Ichijou

Maria Kurenai

Ruka Souen

Rima Touya

Akatsuki Kain

Yuji Takenaga

Sayori Wakaba

Hikari Kaoru

Fiona Nakahara

Jin Yagari

Sage Ikeda

Murasaki Kiryuu

Hiro Kazuhiko

Emi Kazuhiko

Sota Yuuyari

Amatus Caelinus

Evangeline Caelinus

Takahiro Fujioka

Takashi Fujioka

Amaya Fujioka

Akemi Fujioka

Miyako Rhoda

Vayne Souen

Iva

Anastacia

Seri Awashima

Saruhiko Fushimi

Yui Komori

Laito Sakamaki

GEN 2:

Miira Souen (older)

Mana Kuran

Lacie Sasahara

Seiguaku Kuran

Rei Kiryuu

Hisui Kiryuu

Lamia Kiryuu

Mochi Ichijou

Ketsueki Kuran

Sanguine Kuran

Angrae Aidou

Carnea Aidou

Aki Aidou

Sumire Aidou

                               ... tfw that's not even all your muses :'D

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made this a while back idk if theyre still in vogue but here u go tag ur ocs

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Nuovo video promozionale di “Star Blazers 2202: Soldiers of Love”

La saga approderà anche sulle tv giapponesi a partire da ottobre. 

Il sito ufficiale di “Star Blazers 2202: Soldiers of Love” ha diffuso un nuovo video promozionale per il quinto episodio della saga cinematografica, sottotitolato "Rengoku-hen" (Capitolo del Purgatorio). La pellicola prodotta da Xebec, diretta da Nobuyoshi Habarae sceneggiata da Harutoshi Fukui, uscirà nei cinema giapponesi il 25 maggio.

Il video contiene un estratto del brano di chiusura "Youanka", interpretato da Shino Arima e MayTree.

Rivelati anche design e doppiatori di tre nuovi personaggi.

Adelshia Dessler (doppiata da Shoko Ikeda), la madre di Aberdt che qui vediamo con lui da ragazzo.  

Matthius Dessler (doppiato da Takeshi Kusao), fratello maggiore di Aberdt che qui vediamo con lui da bambino.   

Erik vam Dessler, (doppiato da Kazuhiko Inoue), leader dell’Impero Gamillas.

La saga sarà composta in totale da sette lungometraggi che proseguiranno la storia di “Star Blazers 2199″. In ottobre, il progetto riceverà un primo rimontaggio, approdando anche sulle tv giapponesi come serie.

Entrambi gli anime sono licenziati in Italia da Dynit e disponibili sottotitolati in streaming su VVVVID. Di “Star Blazer 2199″ è presente anche la versione doppiata.  

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5th Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Anime Film Reveals 3 New Cast Members

The official website for the Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi or Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love) anime sequel project revealed three new cast members for "Rengoku-hen" (Purgatory Chapter), the fifth film in the series, on Monday. The new characters revealed are part of the Dessler family. (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.)

Shoko Ikeda as Adelshia Dessler, Aberdt's mother (standing with young Aberdt)

Takeshi Kusao as Matthius Dessler, Aberdt's older brother (standing with young Aberdt)

Kazuhiko Inoue as Erik vam Dessler, the leader of the Gamillas Empire

The fifth film will premiere in Japanese theaters on Friday.

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I know Fusion decided to do Bandori (DVHS edition) a while back, so could we have a followup? PJSK: DVHS! Four-person units plus a Vocaloid for each, featuring "you shouldn't technically be here" this time. - II

...I definitely didn't spend twenty minutes looking for this post

Dawn to Dusk:

Oshiro (leader), Matsumoto, Ikeda, and Saito

They focus a lot on composition more than anything else, and a lot of their music is said to be best played at night. That’s usually when they have the most time to work on it, too. They don’t really fit in any one genre, though, dipping their toes into everything.

Rin and Len would be their Vocaloids since I think it’d be a funny contrast between them arguing and Oshiro and Saito arguing.

Worldwide:

Ishikawa (leader), Nakamura, Yoshida, and Maeda

This group would probably focus on multilingual songs of all kinds, blending together different styles. Ishikawa of course knows lots of languages, Nakamura knows a bit of other languages, Yoshida’s just fun, and Maeda knows Russian!

Luka is their Vocaloid, since she’s known for being bilingual. I also think she would contribute to their chaos nicely.

Blossoming:

Hamasaki (leader), Fujimoto, Yasu, and Sasaki

They’re kind of like a traditional band like Leo/need, though a lot of their music is more calming. Fujimoto’s great with writing meaningful lyrics, though he doesn’t actually play with the rest of them. Hamasaki plays guitar, Yasu’s on percussion, and Sasaki’s on keyboard. All three of them trade off vocals.

Meiko is their Vocaloid, I think mostly because I associate these four with being more mature/older sibling-figures, kind of like how I think about Meiko.

On Your Feet:

Ueda (leader), Rikimaru, Abe, and Aoyama

They’re slightly more pop-focused, kind of in the realm of dance music. It’s surprising that Abe and Aoyama are part of the group in that regard, but the four of them work incredibly well together (barring some small bickering here and there). 

Kaito is their Vocaloid, and I think he’d cycle between being a sort of mediator and contributing to their excellent vibes, haha.

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5th Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Anime Film Reveals 3 New Cast Members Shoko Ikeda, Takeshi Kusao, Kazuhiko Inoue play members of Dessler family Source link

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Cyborg 009: Através do Tempo e do Espaço

Artigo resgatado do extinto blog Maximum Cosmo. Escrito por Felipe Onodera.

Dificilmente um autor sabe qual de suas obras será consagrada como o trabalho de sua vida. Para Osamu Tezuka, este seria o grande livro sacro de sua filosofia e perspectiva sobre a vida: Hi no Tori.Mas hoje todos sabem que quem ficou com o título foi Astro Boy, indubitavelmente o mais representativo de toda sua carreira. 

Talvez, ao criar Cyborg 009, Shotaro Ishinomori ainda não soubesse do gigante que estava prestes a dar à luz. Mas Cyborg 009 é um fenômeno: o mangá hoje é peça obrigatória em todas as livrarias, com encadernações luxuosas, que não poupam esforços em se renovar, ano após ano. Gente de peso na indústria foi influenciada pelas histórias dos nove ciborgues. 

Dentre eles se destacam Tsukasa Hojo, Katsuhiro Otomo, Riyoko Ikeda, Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya e Kazuhiko Shimamoto, para citar alguns. Se a tarefa de escolher a melhor obra de Ishinomori fosse dada a meu espírito crítico, essa honra recairia sobre Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikaeou Manga Nihon no Rekishi(A História do Japão em Mangá), mas as emoções falam mais alto, e sei que Cyborg 009 é merecedor desse título.

A série começou a ser publicada no ano de 1964, no extinto almanaque para garotos Shonen King, da editora Shonen Gahosha. Ishinomori tinha apenas 25 anos e era ávido por leituras de teor científico. Ao ler uma matéria sobre próteses robóticas, ele rapidamente as associou ao conceito de ciborgue na ficção. Fã do time de beisebol Yomiuri Giants, admirava o trabalho de equipe bem equilibrado entre os nove jogadores que compunham o time. Ficção cientifica era uma área que Ishinomori dominava e nunca lhe faltaram idéias; esses dois temas poderiam ser explorados em conjunto, mas não podiam acabar por aí. Humanista convicto, Ishinomori acreditava que, para se acabassem as guerras, as nações deveriam se unir sob um ideal grupal de pensamento. 

Para ilustrar ainda melhor esta ideia, fez de seu protagonista, Joe Shimamura, um gaijin (termo pejorativo no Japão para designar um estrangeiro indesejado; no caso, trata-se de um mestiço de pai americano e mãe japonesa). Cada um dos personagens representava seu país, mas uma causa em comum os unia, sobrepujando eventuais diferenças. O cenário da Guerra Fria era perfeito para a enigmática organização Black Ghost,mercadores da morte que financiavam guerras por trás das cortinas. Após o fim da Shonen King, a série retornou brevemente nas páginas da revista Shonen Magazine (da Kodansha), onde teve o último arco, “O Império Subterrâneo de Yomi”, publicado.

Último por ora, na verdade: sob circunstâncias similares às que levaram Arthur Conan Doyle a trazer de volta à vida seu detetive Sherlock Holmes, Ishinomori foi bombardeado por cartas de fãs indignados com o fim que a série recebera. A pressão foi tanta que ele resolveu atender a seus leitores, e a série retornou, desta vez na revista Big Comic (da Shogakukan), com novos arcos de história. Como a Big Comic era um almanaque dirigido a leitores mais velhos, ele decidiu que já era chegada a hora de ousar mais um pouco, e iniciou a produção do controverso Arco dos Anjos.

Essa história lida com temas muito mais maduros do que aquelas que o leitor médio estava acostumado, ao mesmo tempo em que transformava Cyborg 009 em uma obra cada vez mais distante de sua proposta original e mais próximo de um trabalho autoral de Shotaro Ishinomori. Temendo que talvez seus leitores não estivessem preparados para o que viria a seguir, ele decidiu encerrar a história com o seguinte aviso: “Cyborg 009 é uma obra que todos tiveram o prazer de ler nas páginas de revistas semanais ou mensais por quase cinco anos, e pela qual, como autor, nutri um profundo afeto. Como muitas vezes acontece nas longas serializações, chega o tempo aonde é possível se sentir a fadiga (seja do autor, seja das personagens). 

Considerando que o “Arco dos Anjos” entrará para a história como a última e violenta batalha dos ciborgues, que começou como a soma de tudo o que havia até o momento, irei conceder-me um pouco de repouso para torná-la ainda mais interessante depois de haver acumulado a força necessária para a sua realização. De um modo ou de outro, asseguro que publicarei em breve a continuação. Peço que tenham paciência até este momento.”

Eventualmente, Ishinomori seria chamado para levar a história adiante na revista COM, de Osamu Tezuka, em um dos seus mais ambiciosos projetos: “A Batalha dos Deuses”. Ishinomori já publicava a sua série experimental Fantasy World Jun na antologia, mas a chegada dos ciborgues foi recebida com maior entusiasmo. 

A Batalha dos Deuses

“Quando desenhará a continuação do Arco dos Anjos? Você tem que publicar o quanto antes!” De cartas como essas, após a primeira suspensão da publicação, Ishinomori recebeu uma montanha: “Saberemos esperar todo o tempo que precisar, mas não deixe de publicá-lo!”além de outras mensagens belíssimas como “Deve desenhá-la antes de morrer”, “Você é um mentiroso!”, “Te amaldiçôo, maldito!”

Estas eram as cartas que o deixavam mais apreensivo. Já fazia anos em que essa situação se arrastava, e por vezes pensou que tudo que tinha a fazer era não se alarmar e começar a desenhar, sem perder tempo. Mas para ele, as coisas não eram tão simples: a Saga dos Anjos seria uma história muito longa e complexa, algo para o qual ele não julgava ter o tempo necessário de buscar inspiração para desenhá-la. Quanto mais criava expectativas para com o produto final, mais se sentia distante de realizá-lo sob sua condição corrente de trabalho – ininterrupta e inesgotável. Para a última batalha de Cyborg 009,a satisfação teria de ser tanto do autor quanto do público.

De resto, como todo sucesso gigantesco e de grande perenidade, Joe Shimamura e seus oito companheiros saíram das mãos do autor – e se tornaram um patrimônio comum de todos. “Quando penso que não é mais o “meu” Joe, o senso de responsabilidade na ocupação me pesa realmente muito. Além disso, a experiência me leva a pensar que muita expectativa pode levar uma obra ao insucesso.”

Tudo isso leva a crer que Ishinomori estava indeciso sobre o curso que aquela história deveria tomar. Ele costumava declarar que, no momento que pudesse manter a cabeça vazia e se aliviar do tremendo peso do trabalho, finalmente poderia encabeçar um projeto ambicioso como este. E este momento ainda estava muito longe de acontecer; pedia desculpas e um pouco de paciência a seus leitores: poderia não estar preparado para a última grande saga, mas isso não significava fim definitivo da série: “Digo que ainda teremos a última batalha, mas eu não devo desenhá-la... agora! Desenharei muitas outras aventuras! A Saga dos Anjos pode esperar”.

Para ser exato, o Arco dos Anjos era apenas o título da primeira parte. A segunda se intitularia Arco dos Demônios e só então seria contada a fase final, a Grande Batalha Contra os Deuses. A história, como sugere o título, seria a última e heróica batalha na qual vida e morte estarão em jogo entre os deuses de lendas em todo o mundo e os ciborgues número 00. Se não vencerem os deuses, a civilização moderna desaparecerá da face da Terra e o nosso amado planeta se tornará um mundo habitado unicamente pelos seus oponentes. Em outras palavras, 009 e seus companheiros enfrentarão divindades dotadas de imenso poder, fazendo-se detentores do destino de toda humanidade. 

Obviamente, apesar de serem humanos modificados, nossos heróis não podem fazer nada contra os misteriosos poderes dos deuses. A sorte sorrirá claramente a estes últimos.

Será o momento em que 001 despertará do seu longo sono – agora dotado de faculdades paranormais, que durante o seu longo sono serão amplificadas. Todavia, diante do poder dos deuses, os poderes de 001 não poderão fazer muito. Mas e se todos os nove possuíssem a mesma capacidade sobrenatural de 001? Assim se iniciará, sobre a guia de 001, a mutação dos números 00 até o estado de super-humano. Nascerão os ciborgues esper, guerreiros de faculdades sobrenaturais! 

A partir desse ponto a história assumiria o contorno de uma batalha entre “super-humanos” e “deuses” que se iria se estender das profundezas marinhas ao espaço cósmico, sempre repleta de reviravoltas e uma trama inesperada que se concluiria no Armageddon, a guerra definitiva. O que são os anjos? E os demônios? O que significa Deus para a humanidade? Qual sua verdadeira natureza? E o que são os seres humanos? A vida? A morte? O espírito? O corpo? O amor? O ódio? O que, de fato, é o bem e o mal? Este seria o tema da história, que responderia às dúvidas que o próprio autor, há muito, alimentara por toda a sua vida – e que, quando estivesse preparado, responderia.

(Parando para pensar, todos esses questionamentos compõem o corpo da obra completa de Shotaro Ishinomori).

Em breves linhas, a Batalha dos Deuses se desenvolveria por este modo. Este grandioso projeto seria dividido em vários capítulos, expandindo o universo da serie: de um microcosmo, evoluiria para um mundo espiritual – um macrocosmo que levaria os leitores aos confins do universo. Assim, Ishinomori apresentou o seu projeto, para que pudéssemos compreender, ao menos em parte, o quão onerosa seria a sua realização.

A maior parte do que apresentei aqui está no posfácio de Cyborg 009 Sono Sekai (Cyborg 009 e o seu mundo), editado pela Asashi Sonorama e publicado em 25 de abril de 1978. Um novo arco envolvendo o arco dos Deuses foi publicado nas páginas da antologia COM, como eu mencionei anteriormente, e talvez represente o ápice de maturidade de Ishinomori com relação ao seu trabalho em Cyborg 009. Este poderia ter sido o derradeiro fim da série também para os anos vindouros. Mas o arco não prosseguiu pelos motivos que o próprio autor nos conta a seguir:

“Bem, para falar brevemente e em miúdos, só há uma razão para a suspensão da publicação nesta edição da revista: não fomos capazes de obter um consenso da parte dos leitores. Detalhando melhor: A obra não tem obtido popularidade suficiente. Parece que a serialização de Cyborg 009 na revista COM se provou fatal, não bastasse as cartas de fãs que temos recebido todos os dias. “Não estou entendendo nada!”, “Os desenhos estão aleatórios!”, “Arruinou a imagem passada de Cyborg 009!” são apenas algumas das reclamações que recebi. Não sem razão, mas... É certo que tenho desenhado aleatoriamente, mas porque coloco no papel a primeira coisa que me vem em mente, sem refletir sobre sua ordem ou colocação como parte de uma grande narrativa. Em alguns anos, quando tiver terminado de desenhar toda essa parte, o sistematizarei como as peças de um mosaico e reunirei tudo em um ou dois volumes para contar essa história como se deve. Em uma era frenética, definida como a época das revistas semanais, trabalhar em um título mensal e ainda com um escasso número de páginas não é realmente o ideal.”

Apesar de ter estado sempre por dentro das grandes descobertas cientificas e manter uma postura cética sobre assuntos como religião e misticismo, as antigas superstições ainda fascinavam a mente de Ishinomori, o que o levou a tomar a decisão de planejar o final da saga para quando Nostradamus havia previsto o fim da humanidade: a virada do milênio, o ano 2000. No entanto, Ishinomori faleceu com apenas 60 anos em 1998, deixando apenas seus manuscritos – que foram usados de base para que seu filho, Akira Onodera, publicasse o romance Cyborg 009 2012 Conclusion: God´s War, anos mais tarde. Mas durante todos esses anos, a série nunca desapareceu completamente das principais antologias para jovens e adultos da época. Foram diversos arcos de histórias publicadas de 1975 a 1986, dentre os quais se destacam os de Edda, as Pirâmides Submersas, Neo Black Ghost e Viagens Através do Tempo e Espaço, este último dando seqüência ao antigo arco dos Imigrantes, de 1968.

Trump Tower 

(o título faz alusão ao termo japonês de “jogar cartas” e não a Trump Tower de Nova Iorque), sobre o qual eu irei falar a seguir, se passa em algum momento entre essa fase e a saga final descrita no romance 2012 Conclusion: God´s War. Embora nenhum anúncio oficial tenha sido feito ainda, Kazuhiko Shimamoto já demonstrou interesse em adaptar a Grande Batalha dos Deuses para mangá.

Ishinomori organizou sua história de forma que pudesse escrever quantas histórias quisesse sem necessariamente encerrar sua obra em um momento ou outro. Isso tornou possível a aparição de Cyborg 009 em quase todos os principais almanaques da época, havendo geralmente um intervalo entre uma série e outra, já que o autor se dedicava não só a este, mas dezenas de outros títulos simultaneamente. Com isso em mente, a Shonen Sunday, da Shogakukan, com apoio da Ishimori Pro, organizou um concurso onde o prêmio seria a possibilidade de um autor selecionado escrever o roteiro para uma nova história de Cyborg 009, 18 anos após a última ter sido publicada. O vencedor foi Ryoto Yamaguchi, que roteirizou séries como Cowboy Bebop e The Vision of Escaflowne – e a história (um one-shot, leia-se uma história fechada) foi postada na página online de quadrinhos da linha Sunday.

O que muito se tem comentado por ai é que o resultado final foi tão bom que é quase como se o próprio Shotaro Ishinomori tivesse escrito a história. O meu veredito final foi positivo: de fato, Yamaguchi demonstrou talento e mostrou que estudou e conhece bem o trabalho do rei do mangá. No entanto, avaliando pelo conjunto da obra, Trump Tower poderia muito bem figurar entre os 36 volumes da série original, mas certamente não entre as melhores histórias. O enredo conta um caso de conspiração comum entre os trabalhos de Ishinomori, mas desta vez com o uso de tecnologias que ainda não existiam em seu tempo, como o telefone celular.

A arte faz um bom trabalho em resgatar o estilo Ishinomori, sem atualizações que o alinhem às convenções dos mangás de hoje – como fez Kazuhiko Shimamoto em seu Skullman. Eu especulo que o artista principal seja Masato Hayase, cuja carreira gira em torno de emular o traço de Ishinomori para campanhas e lançamentos da Ishimori Pro. Recentemente foi responsável pelo mangá Sea Jetter Kaito, inspirado em um projeto abandonado de character design que Ishinomori realizou para Chojin Bibyun em 1976 – que acabou se tornando a mascote do museu temático erguido na cidade natal do autor. Apesar disso, olhos mais atentos perceberão que a arte não se mantém tão consistente do inicio ao fim e, em certos pontos, é possível perceber nitidamente que não foi o homem em pessoa quem desenhou aquelas páginas.

Mas isso não tira de forma alguma o mérito do trabalho; em tempos como os de Babel II: The Returner, é até um grande alivio. Pena o próprio Ishinomori não estar vivo para dar seu parecer sobre o produto final, mas eu realmente espero que continuem produzindo histórias sobre os ciborgues número 00. Aproveitando a chance: vale lembrar que Mamoru Oshii parece estar planejando um ambicioso longa metragem com as personagens (e cuja prévia já foi mostrada aos japoneses há alguns meses atrás).Em tempos mais remotos, Peter Chung, autor de Aeon Flux, também anunciou estar trabalhando em projeto de revitalização de Joe e companhia, mas a noticia parece ter passado batido e simplesmente desapareceu no vácuo. Lembrando também: já foi anunciado que um trabalho de Shotaro Ishinomori terá sua adaptação hollywoodiana prevista para 2012. Então, tudo é possível!

[mythgirlimagines]

If DVHS were mythical creatures, what would they be? :D Can be obscure!

Some of these are Stretches bc I couldn't really think of anything ^^' I got all these from here

Abe Fumito: Phoenix

Aoyama Nozomu: Poltergeist

Fujimoto Hidekazu: Banshee

Hamasaki Utako: Siren

Ikeda Kazuhiko: Will-o-the-wisp

Ishikawa Camila: Vampire

Kadoshima Yasu: Nymph

Maeda Hayao: Werewolf

Matsumoto Takeshi: Elf

Nakamura Ikuo: Incubus

Oshiro Amaya: Angel

Rikimaru Kirika: Medusa

Saito Kagami: Valkyrie

Sasaki Hanayo: Dryad

Ueda Miyuki: Yuki-onna

Yoshida Etsuko: Poltergeist

[mythgirlimagines]

And this is, well, quite off-topic, but I've been building myself a fantasy world with its own elements and all and wondering where characters from other franchises would go.

Let's see... based on these elemental names alone, where would you sort your DVHS kids? Odd question, but it's for... scientific purposes.

Solar Gleamings

Tropical Warnings

Swamp Dwellings

Forest Plantings

Cave Rockings

Desert Sandings

Volcanic Scorchings

Electric Boltings

Wind Breezings

Arctic Freezings

Ocean Drenchings

Lunar Dimmings

L̶̲̭͗̽u̷͙̻̇̎c̵̟̣͆͘ȋ̸̯d̸̰̜̕ ̷͕̜̍D̶̺͈̽r̷̨͇̽͌ḛ̵̲͛̇a̸̧̿͝m̸̩͋i̶̢̩̎̉n̶̂ͅg̶̫̉s̸̿

And yes, that was in satanic text for a reason :)

Lol sorry this took me a minute XD readjusting to school still after break

Abe Fumito: Cave Rockings

Aoyama Nozomu: Lunar Wanings

Fujimoto Hidekazu: Desert Sandings

Hamasaki Utako: Tropical Warnings

Ikeda Kazuhiko: Swamp Dwellings

Ishikawa Camila: Lucid Dreamings

Kadoshima Yasu: Solar Gleamings

Maeda Hayao: Electric Boltings

Matsumoto Takeshi: Forest Plantings

Nakamura Ikuo: Lucid Dreamings

Oshiro Amaya: Lunar Wanings

Rikimaru Kirika: Ocean Drenchings

Saito Kagami: Wind Breezings

Sasaki Hanayo: Forest Plantings

Ueda Miyuki: Arctic Freezings

Yoshida Etsuko: Volcanic Scorchings