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Sheena Ringo and Kentaro Kobayashi promotional pictures for the NHK Special 「SWITCHインタビュー 達人達」, aired on November 30th, 2019.

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Berserk (1997) Art by Kentaro Miura and Shichiro Kobayashi

[digitalzombie]

What I've been reading: August 2024

I know I haven’t been posting much about the reading I’ve been doing this month, but now that August is coming to a swift close, I guess I should talk a bit about my reading list...

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Little gremlin

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

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

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

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Perfect Origin submissions and beta designs

Or at least what's known about them.

Starting at zero, The Man's concept art has been uploaded to Pixiv by his creator, Seiji Tanaka, here and here. He was originally submitted as "Zeusman", based on the Greek deity of the same name. Even back then, he was supposed to be the true identity of Strong The Budo, except that in this rendition, he is a choujin cloned from the cells of Neptune King.

While Goldman was likely created by Yudetamago themselves, his Akuma Shogun identity is a refined version of "Vikingman", who was submitted by Kobayashi of Tokyo. Early color illustrations of Shogun tend to depict him with pure red armor, which may have been a leftover from his submission.

Silverman's redesign process for his appearance in the 2011 run was extensively documented and released in the "JC55巻 56巻 発売記念品 2016 夏" booklet. His first rough design is completely different from the finished product, mirroring Shogun even moreso than his final design.

Mirageman is one of the two Kenichi Ishii-submitted Origins, the other being Justiceman. Both him and Thingman, designed by Ken Hiroshima (who also worked on Painman together with Kentaro Sakamoto), were first shown as choujin submissions in Vol. 25 of Nisei Tag, named "Mirage" and "Doppelman" respectively. Thingman is nigh identical to his submission, but Mirageman used to somewhat resemble a circuit board, with PCB traces and pads covering his body.

Abyssman is credited to Masashi Omori and Takamasa Minato, presumably being a combination of multiple submissions, as the Fan Book commentary implies.

Ganman is famous for not only being a combination of two submissions, but also having his appearance modified after his initial reveal. His moose features were taken from a currently unknown submission that were applied to WANI's "The Cyclone".

Yudetamago later clarified in the Vol. 47 Q&A that his design was upgraded to make him look more dignified, as he's supposed to be on the same level as Akuma Shogun. I've uploaded a catbox album with all the panels I could find of Ganman's original appearance here, but the original WEB version of the chapter can't be found in its entirety anymore.

Crowman/Karasuman was submitted by Takayuki Wakisaka. His name and design have stayed exactly the same, except he's way thinner here than in the manga.

The same Takayuki Wakisaka also appears to have submitted Psychoman's Grim Reaper identity. His new white priest-like design was probably refined by Yudetamago, since an Instagram post by Takashi Shimada shows what looks like concept art, as well as an alternate design.

As of right now, this is all that is known about the design processes of the Perfect Origin. Feel free to add or correct anything if you happen to have more information.

[acorpsepartyfangamedevilsfeast]

Corpse Party: Devil's Feast

What we have so far:

All Characters that make an appearance in game or on the steam icons plus a couple original designs.

What we're missing:

34 female student designs;

9 male designs;

6 Teacher designs

Also, Azusa Takai, Ran Kobayashi, Kentaro Oshio, Toshihisa Goto and Kuon Niwa because I forgot to make them.

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER SideM PASSIONABLE READING SHOW ～天地四心伝～

Further information regarding the SideM PASSIONABLE READING SHOW has been revealed! The event will occur on the 10th and 11th of February in the MAKUHARI MESS EVENT HALL in CHIBA

The voice actors participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1

Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin), Shunichi Toki (Kei Tsuzuki), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe), Yoshitaka Yamaya (Kyosuke Aoi), Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Yuya Nakada (Kuro Kiyosumi), Hiroshi Watanabe (Natsuki Sakaki), Yusuke Shirai (Haruna Wakazato), Toshinari Fukamachi (Genbu Kurono), Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima), Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Yoshiki Nakajima (Jiro Yamashita), Shohei Komatsu (Ren Kizaki), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto), Jun Kasama (Amehiko Kuzunoha), Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono)

DAY 2

Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Yusuke Nagano (Rei Kagura), Shun Horie (Pierre), Takeru Kikuchi (Yusuke Aoi), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen), Yutaka Balletta (Shoma Hanamura), Chiba Shoya (Hayato akiyama), Takuma Nagatsuka (Jun Fuyumi), Sho Nogami (Shiki Iseya), Takeaki Masuyama (Suzaku Akai), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana), Junta Terashima (Takeru Taiga), Daiki Hamano (Michiru Enjoji), Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizku), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Fumiyoshi Shioya (Sora Kitamura), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)

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機関紳士 (Caballero institucional (Karakuri Shinshi))

🤍Nobel (CV. Nojima Kenji)

💚Ruma (CV. Shunichi Toki)

🖤Einsatz (CV. Kentaro Kumagai)

D.M.A.

🤍Bora (CV. Daiki Hamano)

💚Xyo (CV. Shioguchi Ryohei)

💗Rhodi (CV. Tatsuyuki Kobayashi)

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Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Leon S. Kennedy (voice): Paul Mercier Claire Redfield (voice): Alyson Court Angela Miller (voice): Laura Bailey Curtis Miller (voice): Roger Craig Smith Frederic Downing (voice): Crispin Freeman Senator Ron Davis (voice): Michael Sorich Ingrid Hunnigan (voice): Salli Saffioti Rani Chawla (voice): Michelle Ruff Rani’s aunt (voice): Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Greg Glenn (voice): Steve Blum WilPharma CEO (voice): Michael McConnohie U.S. President (voice): Kirk Thornton Various (voice): Cindy Robinson Various (voice): Dave Wittenberg Various (voice): Kari Wahlgren Various (voice): Kyle Hebert Various (voice): Barbara Goodson Various (voice): Keith Silverstein Various (voice): Yuri Lowenthal Various (voice): Megan Hollingshead Various (voice): Skip Stellrecht Various (voice): Troy Baker Various (voice): Karen Strassman Various (voice): JB Blanc Various (voice): Johnny Yong Bosch Greg Glenn / G-Curtis (motion capture): Derek Mears Film Crew: Executive Producer: Masao Takiyama Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga Director: Makoto Kamiya Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka Editor: Ryuji Miyajima Layout: Nobuhito Sue Sound Designer: Koji Kasamatsu Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama Costume Design: Kuniko Hôjô Compositor: Naoyuki Fujii Stunts: Satoshi Hakuzen Executive Producer: Haruhiro Tsujimoto Executive Producer: Keiji Inafune Original Music Composer: Tetsuya Takahashi Co-Producer: Hidenori Ueki Story: Hiroyuki Kobayashi CGI Director: Atsushi Doi Casting Producer: Michelle Ladd Stunts: Naohiro Kawamoto Storyboard Artist: Shinji Nishikawa Casting Producer: Thom Williams Producer: Taro Morishima Associate Producer: Scott Dolph Video Game: Shinji Mikami Stunts: Jersey Maki Itosu Sound Editor: Yoshiki Matsunaga Casting Producer: Hiroyuki Yoshida Compositor: Hiroki Ando Storyboard Artist: Kiyoshi Okuyama Production Manager: Sareana Sun Associate Producer: Daisuke Gomi Stunts: Koji Kawamoto Video Game: Kenichi Iwao Story Editor: Father Video Game: Tokuro Fujiwara Video Game: Takahiro Arimitsu Modelling Supervisor: Yoshiaki Hirabayashi Producer: Seiji Iseda Associate Producer: Aki Kiuchi Executive Producer: Ivan C. Shih Co-Executive Producer: Toshi Tokumaru Associate Producer: Mareo Yamada Production Design: Shiho Tamura Production Manager: Alena Fang Production Manager: Kumiko Oguri Second Assistant Director: Kentaro Fujisawa First Assistant Director: Gaku Nagao Prop Designer: Takumi Sakura Storyboard Artist: Hiromitsu Soma Dialogue Editor: Les Claypool III Character Designer: Kazuhiro Asakawa VFX Artist: Wu Bin Lighting Artist: Zhang Bei Modeling: Stacy Chang Lighting Artist: Peng Chao Modeling: Hsin-Che Chen Modeling: Soyoung Cheng Modeling: Chaucer Chiu Lighting Artist: Liu Dexin Compositor: Nobutaka Emoto Lighting Artist: Le Gao Compositing Lead: Tsubasa Harikae Lighting Artist: Yifang He Lighting Artist: Zhang Hongkun Animation: Ni Hongtao Stunts: Nobuhiro Inohara Post Production Producer: Yuuki Hashimoto Assistant Editor: Narihiko Kôno Movie Reviews: Andre Gonzales: It’s just like if I was watching the video game. Pretty cool movie. These are the 2 characters I remember the most because I loved Code Veronica so much.

[yaoisex]

Highlights from the cast interview for the Dom/Sub BLCD - Sub-sama Shitsuke no Jikan desu 1:

Kuma: "It's my first time appearing in a Dom/Sub universe work..."

Koma: "It's also my first time being involved in a Dom/Sub universe work..."

ChibaSho: "It's my first time learning about the Dom/Sub universe..."

Chiaki: "it's just me. Among these, there are Dom/Sub experts who have experienced Dom/Sub universe works..."

Everyone (and me): LOL

That was so funny and precious!! Obv he's referring to his BLCD with Seii-chan - Hizamazuite Ai o Tou. He's an expert among the uncultured ones XD (ChibaSho said it was a culture shock at first. Oh, you innocent child <3)

Koma said that he researched stuff before the recording, like commands etc. I wonder if he only read stuff or also... watched~ (well, he probably listened to stuff in order to know how to say it).

Remember how I mentioned on my original post that ChibaSho's and Chiaki's characters might be partners?? So Chiaki said that based on the bonus track, it seems like they have some kind of a relationship (!!!). All four of them said they'd love to record a 2nd vol! (since this one is titled '1', all of them assume there'll be a '2' in the future).

In the PV, we can hear some of the commands. Koma says them in English but on top of that we hear it in Japanese as well. We hear both but the Japanese is overpowering. I find it quite odd. I'd very much prefer hearing the commands in one language only and not overlapping. Maybe because I'm basing my thoughts and experience on Seii-chan's commands. His first command to Chiaki was 'Kneel' in English and it sounded amazing. The rest of his commands throughout the BLCD were in Japanese, and he really made them all sound super hot/emotional. In this interview Koma wondered if the representation of the commands are similar in other works, and Chiaki replied that they were pretty similar in his previous work. I wonder about that, because as I mentioned, at least based on the PV - we hear the commands in Japanese over the English, not solely in one of the languages... hmm...

ChibaSho said: "for me, the word 'kneel' was so erotic that it shocked me." I think ChibaSho would like to play a sub next ahaha.

In short (that wasn't short at all), I enjoyed this interview very much~

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Boy, my boy

[ryotarox]

ユーザコメント Olympics ceremony boss sacked over Holocaust joke - BBC News - YouTube

This is so crazy. He said it while he was acting as a mad man in his play, and he said only one joke about Holocaust. Only one joke. So he apparently knows saying a joke about Holocausts is a mad thing. I really love his work because ironically, he have changed his mind from 2000s, and his faith in his work was “Comedy that hurt no ones feeling and just entertain the audience”. I’ve never seen such a kind and talented creator like him. They just ruined his career by condemning only one joke he made in his 20s😭

DeepL訳

これはとてもクレイジーだ。劇中で狂人を演じている時に、ホロコーストに関するジョークを1つだけ言ったのです。たった一つのジョーク。彼はホロコーストについてのジョークを言うことが狂気の沙汰であることを知っているようだ。 皮肉なことに、彼は2000年代に入ってから、「誰も傷つけず、ただ観客を楽しませるコメディ」という信念を持って作品を作っていたので、私は彼の作品がとても好きです。 こんなに親切で才能のあるクリエイターは見たことがありませんでした。20代の頃に作ったたった一つのジョークを非難して、彼のキャリアを台無しにしてしまった😭。

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小林賢太郎氏の解任に寄せてーキャンセルカルチャーはホロコーストの夢を見るかー｜LiT_Japan｜note

今回の件に関する海外報道で最も再生されてる（7月25日時点）英国系メディアBBC Newsの動画だ。

一見「日本けしからん！」的なリアクションを反映しているのかと思いきや、コメント欄を見てみるとその低評価の真の理由が分かる。

英語に自身が無い方でも、やたら「23」だとか「1998」という数字が目立つのが分かるはずだ。お察しの通り、コメント欄は「え？23年前のジョークで？しかも彼はコメディアンだったんでしょ？」という内容のもので溢れかえっている。「コント全編を英語字幕付きで観てから判断させてくれ」というコメントも多かった。疑わしく思うなら、該当のコメント欄を”日本語に翻訳”して確認するのをオススメする。

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Sheena Ringo with Kobayashi Kentaro (小林賢太郎) for InRed magazine Okimono Club, October, 2005.

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Elma..