#kobayashi nao

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HANABI NO YOUNA MONO (2021) by arai sumiko

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[redsamuraiii]

Onmyoji 0 (2024) by Japanese Actors and Actresses

Live action movie about the iconic Heian duo, Abe no Seimei (Kento Yamazaki) and Minamoto no Hiromasa (Sometani Shota).

It also stars Murakami Nijiro (Alice in Borderland), Honda Nao (Our Sister's Soulmate), Kitamura Kazuki (Heart of a Samurai), Kobayashi Kaoru (Midnight Diner) and others.

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Alien Books announces a new manga line with a tease at Anime NYCC

Alien Books announces a new manga line with a tease at Anime NYCC #manga #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #animenycc #animenycc2023 #animenycc23

Alien Books is launching a new publishing line featuring manga in 2024. At this weekend’s Anime NYC, they’ll be giving away an Alien Books Manga Sampler featuring 64 pages of previews of the upcoming titles. You can find them at booth #1143. Coming in 2024: FAKE REBELLION by Yuuchang SasakiVol. 1 release date: March 20242 volumes (200~ pgs/vol) In a nightmarish future, humans fell under the…

[crehador]

since i can't find one and need to know who to aim for...

list of reverse: 1999 jp dub cast (updated for 1.4)

210 - hirose daisuke 37 - iguchi yuka 6 - nakamura yuuichi

a knight - hayami show alien t - fukuhara anjou an-an lee - sakura ayane apple - hirakawa daisuke arcana - koshimizu ami

baby blue - suzaki aya balloon party - minase inori bette - kanzaki maki bkornblume - ueda reina blonney - saito shuka bunny bunny - ozawa ari

charlie - matsuda satsumi centurion - ikuta teru charlton - nomiya kazunori click - uchiyama kouki constantine - tanaka atsuko cristallo - aimi

darley clatter - yada kouhei diggers - tachibana shinnosuke dikke - kawasumi ayako door - shimizu sakuma druvis iii - ishikawa yui

eagle - noguchi ruriko enigma - umehara yuuichirou erick - tanaka chiemi eternity - fairouz ai

forget me not - suwabe junichi

horropedia - okitsu kazuyuki

isabella - kino hina

jessica - waki azumi john titor - konishi mai

kaalaa baunaa - ootsubo yuka kanjira - akasaki chinatsu kumar - fujitou chika

la source - yuzuki kazuka leilani - tachibana yuki lilya - kitamura eri lucy - suwa ayaka

matilda - itou ayasa medicine pocket - hanae natsuki melania - ueda kana mesmer jr. - kudou haruka mondlicht - tsumugi risa ms. moissan - kohara riko ms. new babel - uchida maaya ms. radio - odashima kazami

necrologist - wakayama shion nick bottom - satou fumiya

oliver fog - nagatsuka takuma onion - horikawa kaede

pavia - nozu pickles - saito soma poltergeist - maekawa ryouko

rabies - takagaki katsuhisa & mugiho anna regulus - yamamoto nozomi ring - sakakihara yuki

satsuki - touyama nao schneider - yuuki aoi shamane - yasumoto hiroki sonetto - uchida shu sophia - kobayashi yuu sotheby - itou miku sputnik - toba yuuko sweetheart - tanaka rie

tennant - takahashi chiaki the fool - nitta kyousuke tooth fairy - uesaka sumire ttt - sumi tomomi jiena twins sleep (lisa & louise) - kamitaka suzuka

vertin - takamori natsumi voyager - hondo kaede

x - toki shunichi

z - liyuu зима - totto

[renm1nt]

Since I love both japanese BLs and jpop I have wonder how many jpop idols/japanese artists have acted i BLs for quite some time now. So here’s a list of jpop idols/japanese artists i j-bl. This list was so hard to make so apologies in advance if I missed anyone.

List of Jpop idols in BLs (updated as of June 2024)

2016- Kasa wo motanai aritachi wa (role: Maruta Keisuke) - Kato Shigeaki (NEWS)

2019 - Shujin-ko (role: Ikeda Yujiro) / 2024 - Love is better the second time around (role: Miyata Akihiro) - Hasegawa Makoto (the rampage from exile tribe)

2019 - His-Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta (role: Igawa Shun) - Kusakawa Naoya (One n’ only)

2020 - Love stage (role: Sena Izumi) - Sugiyama Mahiroi (JUNON SUPERBOY ANOTHERS)

2020 - The corned mouse dream of cheese (role: Otomo Kyoichi) - Okura Tadayoshi (Kanjani8)

2021 - Given (role: Sato Mafuyu) - Sanari (solo)

2021 - Utsukushii kare (role: Kiyoi Sou) - Yagi Yusei (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2021 - Utsukushii kare (role: Koyama Kazuki) - Takano Akira (solo/ex-Dream5)

2021 - My love mix-up (role: Ida Kousuke)- Meguro Ren (Snow Man)

2021 - My love mix-up (role: Aoki Sota)- Michieda Shunsuke (Naniwa danshi)

2021 - Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko aka Zettai BL (role: Takimoto) - Kusachi Ryono (ENJIN)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Usui) - Kondo Yohdi (solo)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Ryouta) - Yabe Masaki (DISH//)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Mayama) - Wada Hayate (Da-ICE)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Toma) - Kobayashi Ryota (ex BOYS AND MEN)

2022 - Mr unlucky has no choice but to kiss (role: Shinomiya Naoya) - Sato Yusuke (lol)

2022 - Old fashion cupcake (role: Nozue) - Takeda Kouhei (ex PureBoys)

2022 - Minato shoji coin laundry (role: Minato Akira) / 2020 - Cherry magic (role: Rokkaku Yuta) - Kusakawa Takuya (Bullet train)

2022 -Amagi-kun and Takara-kun (role: Amagi Taichi) - Oriyama Nao (Shonen Ninja)

2022 - Amagi-kun and Takara-kun (role: Takara Shun)- Sato Arata (IMP.)

2022 - Candy color paradox (role: Onoe Satoshi) - Kimura Keito (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2022 - Candy color paradox (role: Kaburagi Motoharu) - Yamamaka Jyutaro (M!lk)

2023 - I cannot reach you (role; Ashiya Kakeru) - Haru Kasiwagi (Bullet train)

2023 - Tokyo in april is…(role: Ishihara Ren) / 2024 - Love is is better the second time around (role: Shiraishi Yuto) - Aloha Takamatsu (Bullet train)

2023 - Tokyo in april is… (role: young Takizawa Kazuma) - Takeno Sena (ICEx)

2023 - My personal weatherman (role: Tanada Yoh) - Atsuki Mashiko (Genic)

2023 - If it’s with you (role: Kaido Amane) - Okara Takato (Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.)

2023 - Takumi-kun series 6: nagai nagai monogatari no hajimari no asa (role: Hayama Takumi) - Morishita Shion (S/TEAM BLOOD)

2023 - One room angel (role: Takashina Takashi/Angel) - Nishimura Takuya (lil Kansai)

2024 - Sahara sensei to Toki-kun (role: Toki Kanade) - Hachimura Rintaro (Watwing)

2024 - I became the main lead of a BL drama (role: Akafuji Yuichiro) - Abe Alan (7ORDER)

2024 - Ossan no pants ga nandatte ii janai ka (role: Igarashi Daichi) - Nakajima Sota (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2024 - My strawberry film (role: Ichikawa Ryo) - Fukada Ryusei (Shonen Ninja)

2024 - My strawberry film (role: Toyama Hikaru) - Yabana Rei (7Men Samurai)

Note: Some of the jpop idols/jpop artists are not in BLs (movies/series centred around MxM romance) but are included because the have played gay roles.

[yuurei20]

Seiyuu Birthday: Epel's Tsuchiya Simba

Happy Birthday to Epel's VA Tsuchiya Simba!

Recently Tsuchiya has voiced Kimura Reo in “The Seven Voice Museum” anime with Ortho’s VA Aoi Shouta as Arata Hikari and Vargas’ VA Takeuchi Ryouta as Yamagawa Rimuto.

Tsuchiya has also voiced Saeki Nao in Ao no Orchestra, Konno Kazuyuki in season 2 of In/Spectre and he is also in animated movie “Gridman Universe” (released in theaters on March 24th) with Crewel’s VA Ito Kent.

He also voiced Goshiki Tsutomi in Haikyuu!! with Floyd's VA Okamoto and Idia's VA Uchiyama, as well as main protagonist Fujita Tatara in Welcome to the Ballroom.

In mid-February he performed on stage with group FUKAIPRODUCE-hagoromo in “Platonic Body Scrum."

In 2022 he appeared as a guest in episodes 30 and 31 of Deuce’s VA Kobayashi Chiaki’s “Blue Monologue."

Tsuchiya has a pet dog that he has named Epel

Thus far he has appeared in two Twisted Wonderland Exhibition promotional videos with Vil’s VA Aiba Hiroki.

In a promotion for “The Seven Voice Museum” anime he explains what he would do if a robber invaded his house: “I have a dog whom I love very much and I imagine he would bark, but he loves people…so that would be a problem. If the robber kicked my dog I would beat them up. But if the robber thought that my dog was cute, then…if I had eggs in my refrigerator I would make omelette rice for them and listen to what they have to say. I would give them a DVD from a series that I am in. Tell them, ‘Hey, watch this and cheer up.’"

More here

[imasallstars]

INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

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"Onmyoji 0" movie reveals cast consisting of Yamazaki Kento, Sometani Shota, Nao, Ando Masanobu, Murakami Nijiro, Itagaki Rihito, Kunimura Jun, Kitamura Kazuki, and Kobayashi Kaoru.

２０２４年4月19日公開　

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New Years Greetings From Many Seiyuu

I just compiled as many as I could from Reddit, Twitter, and other external sources before my computer sounded like it was going to give up on me. Obviously, this isn't all of them.

Nao Touyama

Sumire Uesaka

Azusa Tadokoro

Rie Takahashi

Miku Itou

Maaya Uchida

Yui Ishikawa

Shouya Ishige

Yuuki Kaji

Natsuki Hanae

Takuya Eguchi

Yuu Kobayashi

Azumi Waki

Shinnosuke Tachibana

Tasuku Hatanaka

Yui Ogura

Gakuto Kajiwara

Takuma Terashima

Tomori Kusunoki, Yuuichirou Umehara, and Yuuko Natsuyoshi

Notes: Maaya Uchida looks absolutely stunning in that dress. The joint message with Umehara, Tomoriru, and Yuuko was funny.

[shazzeaslightnovels]

Shousetsu Smile Precure

Author: Yuuji Kobayashi

Illustrator: Toshie Kawamura

Label: Kodansha Character Bunko

Release Date: 4 October 2016 (initial release), 8 February 2023 (this edition)

My Score: 4/5

This book was much better than the Heartcatch Precure one, but it has a twist that, while predictable, kind of makes the whole volume feel less worth reading. This book takes place 10 years after the end of the anime and the first 5 chapters focus on each heroine in turn as we learn about what they are up to. Miyuki is working at a bookstore in the children's area, Akane has taken over her family's okonomiyakiya and has reunited with Brian, Yayoi is a successful mangaka, Nao is a soccer coach and still lives with her family, and Reika is a middle school teacher. But in each story things are going wrong. Miyuki's bookstore is closing down, Brian is leaving Japan, Yayoi has decided to finish her manga "Miracle Peace" after seven years of serialization, Nao injured her leg and can no longer become a champion soccer player, and a student has placed a letter in the suggestion box at school calling for Reika's resignation. And the weirdest thing is that the girls don't remember each other. They don't remember each other's names, and they don't remember being Precure. Their middle school years are like a blur.

I really enjoyed these chapters. It was great to see the characters as adults and seeing them overcome their struggles was really satisfying. The writing style is different for all of the POVs and you can tell that the writer was someone who worked on the script of the anime as they understand the girls so well. I particularly like Akane's and Nao's chapters. Akane breaks the fourth wall in her narration a bit and it feels like you're a customer at her okonomiyakiya and she's telling you a story as she serves you. I always found Nao to be the most boring member of this cast as her personality is pretty much 'loves her family' so reading a story where she decides that it's time to branch out and start to have a life separate from them is immensely satisfying. These chapters delivered what I wanted from this volume and I couldn't have been more satisfied with them.

It's a shame then that the obvious plot twist does happen: this a plot by the villain Joker and none of these events are actually happening. The girls are just trapped in a book world that Joker created and need to get out. It's worst kind of plot twist that makes everything that came before it feel less worth reading. It doesn't completely ruin the book. I do like that the book is still something of an epilogue with the events taking place one year after the events on the anime. I like that we get adult precure transformations, even if there aren't any illustrations to show them off. I like the overall message about overcoming despair and the writing is really strong and compelling. I just feel like it would have been a better and more impactful work without that twist and the twist made it a lot less satisfying overall.

[choujinx]

HANABI NO YOUNA MONO (2021) by arai sumiko

[idleminds]

[fortesp89]

Digimon Realms

Story “Have you heard the rumors?” Strange creatures have begun to appear around Meguro City, tales of mysteries and adventure, of ghosts and yokai. Some believe it to be a new species that evolved without our knowledge, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. From another world, monsters made of data have materialized into the real world, they are known as Digimon. Four youths become wrapped up in this enigmatic turn of events as worlds collide, approaching down either a path of inevitable destruction or renewed hope.

60 episodes episodes 1-12 (Strange Creatures arc) rookie/champions debut episodes 13-22 (D-Brigade arc) ultimates debut episodes 23-39 (Lost in the Digital World arc) megas debut episodes 40-47 (Aegiomon Refugee arc) alt evos debut episodes 48-59 (Encroaching Darkness arc) episode 60 (Epilogue)

Characters

Tenya Nakamura (VA: Himika Akaneya): 15 years old. Tenya, while outgoing he tends to keep to himself most of the time. He believes that even if you should do good in life, one shouldn’t stand out too much among the crowd. Thinking that he can get through life just fine as is, his life is turned upside-down when he meets Sunarizamon. Digimon partner - Sunarizamon (VA: Daisuke Ono): A Digimon partnered with Tenya. Sunarizamon is curious of the world he now finds himself in. Polite and affable, Sunarizamon seems wise beyond his years. (Sunarizamon - Golemon - Vulturemon - Bancho Golemon)

Nao Fukuda (VA: Sayuri Hara): 16 years old. Energetic and cheery, Nao isn’t your typical girly-girl, she’s got a competitive streak a mile wide. She tends to like horror stories and isn’t afraid to show her love for it. Digimon partner - Ghostmon (VA: Junya Enoki): A Digimon partnered with Naomi. Ghostmon comes and goes as he pleases, he loves to spook people at night using hitodama floating in the air. Ghostmon and Naomi get along rather well. (Ghostmon - Ponchomon - Black Weregarurumon - Boltmon)

Himeno Matsuno (VA: Yumiko Kobayashi): 17 years old. Aloof and stand offish, Himeno tends to dress in more gothic tones in opposition to her upper-middle class background. Its hard for people to approach her during school, some believe she’s actually leaving behind curses wherever she goes. Digimon partner - Phascomon (VA: Ai Kayano): A Digimon partnered with Himeno. Hovering around Himeno like a bound spirit, Phascomon rarely speaks, only what sounds like muttering to no one. Its hard to know just what she’s thinking, but she understands Himeno without question. (Phascomon - Troopmon - Metal Tyranomon X - Rust Tyranomon)

Soh Watanabe (VA: Ryōta Suzuki): 18 years old. Lacking self-esteem and confidence, Soh just seems to blend into the background. He wants to change for the better but continues to have trouble coming out of his shell. Digimon partner - Dokunemon (VA: Yuka Iguchi): A Digimon partnered with Soh. Playful and and curious, Dokunemon follows Soh like a loyal pet, but that doesn’t stop Dokunemon from going off on her own when something’s piqued her interest. (Dokunemon - Snimon - Toropiamon - Lotusmon)

Digivice

The Digivice of the season is called a WayFinder Digivice (WFD), its comprised of the digivice and a wristwatch-like bracelet that the digivice can slide into in order for the Tamer use in tandem. When slotted into the bracelet, the WFD’s functions greatly expand. When a Tamer uses a WFD for the first time, touching the screen will scan the Tamer’s fingerprint, causing it to confirm/recognize and only recognize the person who touched it that’s worth enough to use the digivice. The bracelet acts as a hologram projected from the digivice for a variety of uses. Functions Channeling the emotional energy of the Tamer to: - Evolve an In-training Digimon into a Rookie Digimon or a Rookie Digimon into a Champion Digimon - Super Evolve a Champion Digimon into an Ultimate Digimon - Mega Evolve an Ultimate Digimon into a Mega Digimon - Protean Evolve a Mega Digimon into a comparable Mega Digimon and vice-versa through a specialized D-Card Displaying a Digimon Analyzer profile of any Digimon whom the partner Digimon is currently seeing Has built-in mapping and tracker functions that can: - Plot the locations of other nearby Digivices relative to the user as red dots on a simple geographical map - Detecting and reacting to the nearby presence of a Digimon, or to evidence that a Digimon has recently been nearby - Displaying a compass that points the user toward where their partner Digimon is Displaying a clock (can be customized) Can allow a human to read Digimoji

D-Card A specialized card that manifest when the heightened emotions of both Tamer and Digimon synchronize causing the WFD to glow with a blinding light and undergo a change in color. A card-like object is created that can be scanned to induce a Protean Evolution in a Digimon. The D-Card contains this power, after being scanned, the WFD stores the D-Card’s data for future use. Lesser D-Cards can also be used but are usually temporary to update the WFD’s stats or to upgrade the OS of the Digivice.

Protean Evolution Protean Evolution is a catch all term for an alternate evolution of the Mega stage depending what kind of evolution used which is unique to each Tamer that invokes its power. Bancho Golemon - Blastmon (Slide Evolution) Boltmon - HiAndromon (Blast Evolution) Lotusmon - Rafflesimon (Jogress) Metal Tyranomon X - Rust Tyranomon or Darkdramon (Dark Evolution)

Digimon Groups Witchnely - A group of Digimon that hail from a different system in the Digital World, forced to Earth, they seek to return to their world. They have little understanding on how the human world works, causing trouble without meaning to for society at large.

Olympus XII - A group of powerful Digimon that reside over one system in the Digital World, some believe this group has become inactive for some time, others believe that they hide themselves away. A lone Digimon is seeking this group out while allying with the Digimon of Witchnely; Aegiomon.

Seven Great Demon Lords - Seven powerful evil Digimon that wish to rule all systems in the Digital World, their influence is vast, many have been swayed under their control. They employ both the D-Brigade and Big Death Stars under their command.

Ten Legendary Warriors - A group of Digimon that live long ago in the ancient Digital World, said to saved it from destruction of Lucemon’s previous rampage. Though they perished in the battle, their presence still thrives in the Digital World with the gifts they left behind in their descendants.

Ogudomon - When each of the Demon Lords is defeated, their data is absorbed by the Gate of Sin, a back up plan if they were ever routed, that data would combine into the ultimate Demon Lord. Lucemon Falldown Mode’s plan was to use the Gate of Sin to increase their power and acquire X-Antibodies for themselves, but with him being the only one to acquire it and unable to master it before his defeat. His last action before his death is out of spite, destroying the doors to the Gate. Absorbing the X-Antibody’s power as well causes Ogudomon to retain some semblance of itself as to not become a mindless beast.

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I still want to do some splash art of the main characters when I get the time but this was still a fun little project to do on the side.

[hirocimacruiser]

Positive Outfit

Impul 845S

Text Nao Shirai, photos Takahito Naito

From the Nissan Infiniti, which was greeted as a luxury formal girl

Wearing a veil of elegance.

Impul 845S appeared.

Tokyo Auto Salon dress up car category Excellence Award winning car

From the machine born by Hoshino Impul

There are times when it's a traditional dress-up car.

This Infiniti Q45-based special car, called “Impul 845S”, by Hoshino Impul Co., Ltd. won the dress-up car category excellence award at the previous Tokyo Auto Salon. Through the test drive this time, I realized that this was the right award.

The concept is luxury and luxury. This is the identity of the Impul 845S.

Before we get started, let me explain how the car came about.

Speaking of Infiniti, it is positioned as a high-class formal car under the President in the Nissan passenger car range, and it is a car that does not suit the words "dress up" and "tuning".

We asked Mr. Shigenori Kobayashi, chief producer of Garage Impul, what kind of concept Hoshino Impul Co., Ltd. decided to modify for this Infiniti.

“From the beginning, we did not treat Infiniti as a special case. The same is true for the Infiniti this time.

However, in the case of this car, what is slightly different from other lineups is that we have taken into account the differences in user demographics. That's what it means.

In a sense, this project was a big adventure in the first place.

There was a response that exceeded our expectations,

To be honest, I'm surprised."

Impul 845S, as is customary for Impul

This car named is basically not a complete car. The car we tested this time was exhibited at the Auto Salon, a demo car owned by Impul, fully equipped with Impul special parts.

First of all, there is the dummy grille, which is a major point in terms of appearance, but it is really cleverly attached to the original bonnet. I see, the expression of the car is changed. Such a small modification makes a big difference. Personally speaking, I prefer this 845S

In addition, the original front and rear bumpers have all been removed and replaced with FRP bumper spoilers. A total of 4 fog lamps are built in on the left and right, and the front spoiler and the rear spoiler with slits with nets are all well-designed. And, as a staple of this kind of dress-up, side skirts are attached, and a large urethane spoiler is given to the upper part of the trunk. In addition, the emblem has been removed and an 845S sticker has been pasted on it.

Suspension that appeals with great power.

What about the actual running?

So all in all a very good session.

Although it is an aero part that is put together with a lens,

The highlight is the feet, Impul's RI wheels 17x8" with 235 RE71 is wearing. Mr. Kobayashi, who was mentioned earlier, said, "We gave the tires the maximum size as long as they didn't adversely affect handling. The aim was, of course, to improve appearance." Anyway, the appearance is certainly impressive, and for people who love dressing up like this, it will be totally acceptable. By the way, the vehicle height has been lowered by about 3 cm due to the active suspension vehicle height sensor.

In terms of mechanics, it's barely touched to the extent that it deserves to be called a dress-up car. At the moment, the CP is only replaced with a more efficient program, and sports mufflers, brake pads, etc. are under development.

The 845S still gives a test drive impression as expected.

Sit in the cockpit, no, in the driver's seat and start the engine. A completely normal 845S except for the 280km/h scale speedometer and Impul pedal kit.

Under the pouring sunlight, opening the sliding roof, setting the automatic air conditioner to 25 degrees, and listening to the background music, driving is simply comfortable. At a pace where you can see the long-running Mini Cooper coming from behind in the rearview mirror, you certainly don't feel any disadvantages with wide tires. As I drive around this area, where there are golf courses everywhere, the concept of this car and the image of its owner cross my mind.

From Gotemba, I turned the car toward Kagosaka Pass to go to Lake Yamanaka. When you no longer have to worry about getting lost, start pulling the Mini Cooper away. If you run a winding with 2nd gear hold, You will notice that you are running at a much faster pace than you normally drive in a sports car. However, in terms of fun-to-drive, it is not a car that you will enjoy driving very much.

You can imagine that. However, because this car was equipped with an active suspension, there were some drawbacks due to wide tires during hard cornering, but it followed better than the mechanical suspension, and there was no decisive failure. The main problem here is the steering, as there is very little feel coming from the road through the tires anyway. The orientation of the airbag-equipped steering wheel is arguably the only source of information that will tell you the turn.

Another thing that bothered me was that the change in the engine control CPU caused the shift point of the automatic transmission to shift. For example, the kickdown only worked at unusually high revs, so it was very frustrating and difficult to drive on winding roads. However, I don't think there is any point in further acceleration performance with normal brakes.

Conclusion. 845S is orthodox

It's a dress-up car.

From this test drive impression, you can see that the concept of this car does not emphasize driving performance. As I mentioned at the beginning, in that sense, I think this Impul 845S is an orthodox dress-up car. This Infiniti is lined up with even a gold key as an option. I'm sure this 845S dress-up kit will be well received.

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Issei ‘Katsu’ Kobayashi born on August 20th, 2060 in Tokyo, Japan of a family of five. Issei’s father works as a politician while his mother is a stay at home wife. He is the middle sibling of an older and young sisters, Kobayashi Michi and Kobayashi Nao, respectively. A high school student caught in secret war on Earth from alien forces. Died on March 15, 2079 and revived five days later, he joins Specialized Unit Investigation Tactics and Surveillance (S.U.I.T.S) Organization and fends off an alien hostile takeover of Earth and later the Milky Way Galaxy.

Issei Kobayashi wields two katanas (Work In Progress)