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New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT | Official Teaser

New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt will premiere in 2025.

Cast

Arisa Ogasawara as Panty

Mariya Ise as Stocking

Koji Ishii as Garterbelt

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Brief

Yuka Komatsu as Scanty

Akeno Watanabe as Kneesocks

Takashi Nakamura as Chuck

Yuko Natsuyoshi as Fastener

Staff

Original creator: GEEKFLEET

Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi

Co-Directors: Hiromi Wakabayashi / Akira Furukawa

Series composition: Hiroyuki Imaishi & Hiromi Wakabayashi

Original character designer: Atushi Nishigori

Character designer: Shigeto Koyama, SUSHiO & Masaru Sakamoto

Art director: Shigeto Koyama

Special specialist: Yoh Yoshinari

Concept planner: Hiromi Wakabayashi

Title logo design: Ai Nonaka

Color coordinator: Yukiko Kakita

Background Director: Masanobu Nomura

Editor: Junichi Uematsu

Composite Director: Katsunori Shiradou

Recording Director: Yuuki Urakari

Music producer: Taku Takahashi (M-Flo)

In-between supervisor: Nahoko Kosugi

Animation Producer: Naoko Tsutsumi

Animation Production: Studio Trigger

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Mode d'emploi. Suivre les instructions de l'artiste, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg (MAMCS), Strasbourg, 2024

Exhibition: October 6, 2024 – February 16, 2025

Authors: Philippe Bettinelli, Clémentine Hébrard, Béatrice Josse, Sara Martinetti, Anna Millers, Hans Ulrich Obrist

Graphic Design: E+K – Élise Gay & Kévin Donnot

Artists: Kader Attia, Alice Aycock, Ismaïl Bahri, Robert Barry, Taysir Batniji, Cathy Berberian, Samuel Bernier, Andreas Bhend, Michel Blazy, George Brecht, Marc Buchy, Daniel Buren, John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, Claire Fontaine, Claude Closky, Grégoire d’Ablon, Latifa Echakhch, Morton Feldman, Esther Ferrer, Alicia Framis, Yona Friedman, Dora García, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Hans Haacke, Mona Hatoum, James Hennessey, Dick Higgins, Carsten Höller, Fabrice Hyber, IKHÉA©SERVICES, Florence Jung, Kapwani Kiwanga, Alison Knowles, Takehisa Kosugi, Jean-Noël Lafargue, Tarek Lakhrissi, Larva Labs, Joshua Leon, La Monte Young, Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, Annea Lockwood, Christian Marclay, Marianne Mispelaëre, Vera Molnár, Claire Morel, Bruce Nauman, Roman Ondák, Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Victor Papanek, Pratchaya Phinthong, Benoît Piéron, Terry Riley, Claude Rutault, Matthieu Saladin, James Saunders, Scratch Orchestra, Mieko Shiomi, Wadada Leo Smith, James Tenney, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Endre Tót, Capucine Vandebrouck, Lawrence Weiner, Ian Wilson, Erwin Wurm

«La conception graphique, assurée par le studio E+K – Élise Gay & Kévin Donnot, utilise des programmes informatiques pour générer chaque exemplaire du livre, rendant chaque copie unique : les graphistes ont en effet programmé une série d’instructions pour chaque œuvre, créant des schémas abstraits permettant d’imaginer une « activation » de chaque œuvre, différente pour chacun des 800 exemplaires imprimés. Chaque copie du livre devient donc une activation du protocole du livre, offrant 800 variations uniques de schémas pour les 50 œuvres présentées.»

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2D action RPG Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! announced for ‘all major platforms’ - Gematsu

Publisher Red Dunes Games and Dutch developer BLAST ZERO have announced Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!, a 2D action RPG based on the 1990s Tatsunoko Production anime Samurai Pizza Cats / Kyatto Ninden Teyandee. It is in development for “all major platforms,” including PC via Steam, and will launch in 2026.

Here are the first details:

About

That’s right folks! After more then 30 years the Samurai Pizza Cats finally return! The Big Cheese has an evil Scheme up his sleeve and it’s up to you, the player to stop him from taking over Little Tokyo! The show first aired in Japan on February 1, 1990. Kyatto Ninden Teyandee is a science-fiction, action-comedy animated show set in Edoropolis, a city inhabited by anthropomorphic robotic animals. The series gained international recognition in the early 1990s when it was localized as Samurai Pizza Cats and broadcast worldwide and has maintained a dedicated fanbase to this day. The new game, Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!, is being developed by Dutch studio BLAST ZERO (creative team behind Jitsu Squad) and will be globally distributed by Red Dunes Games from the United Arab Emirates. Designed as a 2D action RPG, the game allows players to seamlessly switch between members of the Pizza Cats, utilizing their unique abilities to solve puzzles and engage in thrilling battles within the world of Little Tokyo.

Key Features

Tag-Team Action – Instantly switch between your favorite cats and utilise each characters unique abilities for puzzle solving and creative combat variations!

The Anime Experience – Crush your enemies with special attacks in classic 90s anime fashion!

Level Up and Customize – Explore the adventurous overworld of Little Tokyo where you battle fierce enemies to level up your characters and obtain special cards which can be equipped to expand your combat abilities.

Trailer Script and Cast

The Japanese trailer’s script is being supervised by Satoru Akahori, the original screenplay writer.

The English cast includes Rick Jones (Speedy Cerviche), Sonja Ball (Polly Esther), Terrence Scammell (Guido Anchovy, Narrator) and Dean Hagopian returning as Seymour “The Big” Cheese.

The Japanese cast includes Kappei Yamaguchi (Yattarou), Ai Orikasa (Pururun), Ikuya Sawaki (Kitsunezuka Ko’on-no-Kami), Naoki Tatsuta (Karasu Gennarisai) and Kenyu Horiuchi (Narrator). Seiichiro Yamashita joins the cast as Sukashii, taking over the role from Jurota Kosugi, his senior at the same talent agency.

Red Dune games also released a special interview with voice actors Kappei Yamaguchi, Ai Orikasa, and Seiichiro Yamashita on returning to the series for its 35th anniversary:

■ Kappei Yamaguchi (Yattarou)

How did it feel to record Yattarou’s voice again after so long?

Kappei Yamaguchi: “Yattarou, alongside Ranma, is one of my foundational roles as a voice actor. When I first heard about the game, I was absolutely thrilled, and now that it has become a reality, I couldn’t be happier. I was especially surprised to learn that the game is being developed in the Netherlands! It felt amazing to say ‘Tenkamuteki no Daishōri!!’ (‘Unrivaled, ultimate victory!!’) again. I love Yattarou so much!”

What was it like reuniting with the original cast? And what are your thoughts on Seiichiro Yamashita joining as the new voice of Sukashii?

Yamaguchi: “Hearing Kon-chan (Ko’on-no-Kami) and Gen-chan (Gennarisai) banter, Kenyū-san’s witty narration, and the Nyankī squad’s signature introductions—it was like stepping back into the recording studio from all those years ago. I was also blown away by how faithfully the trailer recreated the original animation style. The love and dedication from the Dutch development team truly shine through. And of course, a big thank you to Seiichiro Yamashita for bringing Sukashii to life!”

What are your thoughts on the 35th anniversary of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, which continues to be loved both in Japan and overseas as Samurai Pizza Cats?

Yamaguchi: “Congratulations on 35 years of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee! Over time, I’ve been hearing more and more people say, ‘I loved Teyandee!’ and it makes me so happy. The fact that this series continues to be loved not only in Japan but also overseas is truly special. This is a work that I will cherish forever, and Yattarou will always be an irreplaceable part of my career.”

■ Ai Orikasa (Pururun)

How did it feel to record Pururun’s voice again after so long?

Ai Orikasa: “I was deeply moved by the quality of the visuals. The passion of the game development team for this series was so evident, and it made me incredibly happy. Seeing Ko-on-no-Kami and Gennarisai’s interactions was exciting, and I was delighted to say Pururun’s signature catchphrase once again.”

What was it like reuniting with the original cast? And what are your thoughts on Seiichirō Yamashita joining as the new voice of Sukashii?

Orikasa: “Even after 35 years, this series remains as vibrant as ever in my heart. The moment I stepped into the studio with Kappei-san and the rest of the team, Pururun’s lines just came naturally. Seiichirō Yamashita did a fantastic job as Sukashii—he really captured the character’s essence.”

What are your thoughts on the 35th anniversary of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, which continues to be loved both in Japan and overseas as Samurai Pizza Cats?

Orikasa: “Even our post-recording gatherings (laughs) were a blast! I truly believe the camaraderie among the cast and crew translated into what audiences loved about the show. It is such an honor to be part of a series that continues to be cherished after all these years. Please continue to support Kyatto Ninden Teyandee!”

■ Seiichiro Yamashita (Sukashii)

Were you familiar with Kyatto Ninden Teyandee before? What was your experience recording for the trailer?

Seiichiro Yamashita: “To be honest, I wasn’t familiar with Kyatto Ninden Teyandee before this project. It’s incredible to be involved with a series that predates my birth. The recording session was truly special—I had the privilege of performing alongside legends like Kappei Yamaguchi, watching them work up close in such a dynamic setting.”

How did you feel about taking over the role of Sukashii from your senior colleague Jurota Kosugi?

Yamashita: “Even now, I feel like it’s too great an honor to say I’ve ‘inherited’ the role. This is my first time stepping into a character previously portrayed by another actor, and I was deeply conscious of preserving the image of Sukashii that fans hold dear. The encouragement from the production team was invaluable, and this has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me.”

What are your thoughts on the 35th anniversary of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, which continues to be loved both in Japan and overseas as Samurai Pizza Cats?

Yamashita: “Stories have a way of leaving lasting impressions on people, and the love for Kyatto Ninden Teyandee has endured over decades. To see that love manifest in a brand-new game is truly extraordinary. This opportunity is a treasured milestone in my acting career, and I hope fans continue to support the series for years to come!”

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

English

Japanese

Creating the Animation

[cornrowsandcornbread]

i’m watching “zom 100: bucket list of the dead” the anime version. i just started episode 10 and imagine my shock when the episode opens with these japanese women putting dreads in akira’s hair (who is also japanese)!! this nigga really said “from now on call me captain dreadlocks.”

you wanna guess how quickly i exited out of that shit?? like i simply can’t. i was really liking this show too but that just threw me all the way off. this on top of the character design of kosugi (akira’s former boss). the fact that they gave the evil, abusive, manipulative and exploitative character very big features (nose, lips) didn’t escape me, especially bc he’s like the only one in the whole show with that phenotype. this show’s creators are obviously very anti-black so i think i’m done with it, which is unfortunate bc i really liked it, and i really liked kencho.

[byneddiedingo]

Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa,1954)

Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Kato, Seigi Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Bokuzen Hidari, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Tsushima, Kokuten Kodo, Yoshio Kosugi. Shinpei Takagi, Eijiro Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai. Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni. Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai. Production design: Takashi Matsuyama. Film editing: Akira Kurosawa. Music: Fumio Hayasaka. 

It's a truism that silent movies and talkies constitute two distinct artistic media, and to judge the one by the standards of the other is an error. But it's almost impossible to watch films made by older directors, especially those who came of age when silent films were being made, without noticing the efforts they make to tell their stories without speech. It's true of John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Howard Hawks, even though they, especially Hawks, became masters of dialogue in their films. And it's true of Kurosawa, who although he didn't begin his career in films until 1936 and directed his first one in 1943, was born in 1910 and grew up with silent movies. I think it helped him learn the universals of storytelling that are independent of language, so that he became the most popular of all Japanese filmmakers. Others rank the work of Ozu or Mizoguchi more highly, but Kurosawa's films manage to transcend the limitations of subtitles more easily. Of none of his films is this more true than Seven Samurai, which is also generally regarded, even by those with reservations about Kurosawa's work, as his masterpiece. That's not a word I use lightly, but having sat enthralled through the uncut version, three hours and 27 minutes long, last night, I'm willing to endorse it. It's an exhilarating film, with none of the longueurs that epics -- I'm thinking of Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) and Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) -- so easily fall into. I don't know of any action film with as many vividly drawn characters, and that's largely because Kurosawa takes the time to delineate each one. It's also a film about its milieu, 16th-century Japan, although as its American imitation, The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960), shows, there's a universality about the antagonism between fighters and farmers. Kurosawa captures this particularly well in the character of Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune), the would-be samurai who reveals in mid-film that he was raised as a farmer and carried both a kind of self-hate for his class along with a hatred for the arrogant treatment of farmers by samurai. Mifune's show-off performance is terrific, but the film really belongs to Takashi Shimura, who radiates stillness and wisdom as Kambei Shimada, the leader of the seven. There are clichés to be found, such as the fated romance of the young samurai trainee Katsushiro (Isao Kimura) and the farmer's daughter Shino (Keiko Tsushima), but like the best clichés, they ring true. Seven Samurai earned two Oscar nominations, for Takashi Matsuyama's art direction and Kohei Ezaki's costumes, but won neither. Overlooking Kurosawa's direction, Shimura's performance, and Asakazu Nakai's cinematography is unforgivable, if exactly what one expects from the Academy.

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A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Nick Parker: Rutger Hauer Frank Devereaux: Terry O’Quinn Billy Devereaux: Brandon Call Cobb: Charles Cooper MacCready: Noble Willingham Annie Winchester: Lisa Blount Lynn Devereaux: Meg Foster The Assassin: Sho Kosugi Slag: Randall “Tex” Cobb Lyle Pike: Nick Cassavetes Tector Pike: Rick Overton Latin Girl: Julia González Gang Leader: Paul James Vasquez Crooked Miami Cop #1: Woody Watson Crooked Miami Cop #2: Alex Morris Bus Station Cop: Mark Fickert Popcorn: Weasel Forshaw Six Pack: Roy Morgan Snow: Tim Mateer Female Biker: C.K. McFarland Cornfield Killer #1: T.J. McFarland Cornfiled Killer #2: Blue Deckert Cornfield Killer #3: Glenn Lampert Cornfield Killer #4: Red Mitchell Rockwell Mom: Bonnie Suggs Rockwell Dad: Harold Suggs Freeway Lady #1: Barbara Gulling-Goff Freeway Lady #3: Holly Cross Vagley Freeway Lady #2: Dorothy Young Colleen: Sharon Shackelford Casino Bodyguard #1: Jay Pennison Casino Bodyguard #2: Masanori Toguchi Crooked Croupier: R. Nelson Brown Croupier #2: Lincoln Casey Jr. Croupier #3: Gene Skillen Big Mama: Debora Williams Casino Cowboy: Kyle Thatcher Casino Patron: Patricia Mathews Waiter in Elevator: Mitch Hrushowy Penthouse Guard #1: Ernest Mack Penthouse Guard #2: Linwood Walker Drug Dealer: Robert Prentiss Ski Lodge Killer #1: Jeffrey J. Dashnaw Ski Lodge Killer #2: Glenn R. Wilder Ski Lodge Killer #3: David R. Ellis Ski Lodge Killer #4: Michael Adams Ski Lodge Killer #5: Dave Bartholomew Ski Lodge Killer #6: Fred Lerner Ski Lodge Killer #7: Mike Shanks Ski Lodge Killer #8: Ray Colbert Film Crew: Director of Photography: Don Burgess Executive Producer: Robert W. Cort Producer: Daniel Grodnik Director: Phillip Noyce Producer: Tim Matheson Executive Producer: David Madden Associate Producer: Charles Robert Carner Production Design: Peter Murton Editor: David A. Simmons Original Music Composer: J. Peter Robinson Location Manager: Carole Fontana Unit Production Manager: Dennis Stuart Murphy Location Scout: Mike Harrowing Set Designer: Lauren E. Polizzi Title Designer: Michael Lodge Costume Design: Katherine Dover Production Coordinator: Jeffrey J. Kiehlbauch Casting Assistant: Louise Marrufo Production Coordinator: Gina Scheerer Casting: Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting Associate: William A. Johnson Art Direction: John Myhre Casting Assistant: Elisa Goodman Location Manager: Susan Elkins Script Supervisor: Helen Caldwell Set Decoration: Tom Talbert Second Unit Director: Dick Ziker Key Makeup Artist: Karoly Balazs Special Effects Makeup Artist: J.C. Matalon Assistant Hairstylist: Jan Sebastian Key Makeup Artist: Jeanne Van Phue Hairstylist: Cinzia Zanetti Production Manager: Leonard Bram Executive In Charge Of Production: Ted Zachary Additional Second Assistant Director: Sandy Collister Second Assistant Director: K.C. Colwell First Assistant Director: Tom Davies Second Assistant Director: Douglas Dean III Second Assistant Director: Thomas A. Irvine First Assistant Director: Donald P.H. Eaton Second Unit Director: Max Kleven Set Dresser: Joel Bestrop Art Direction: Michael Marcus Set Decoration: Nicholas T. Preovolos Sound Editor: Gregg Baxter Production Sound Mixer: Jacob Goldstein Assistant Sound Editor: David Hagberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Grover B. Helsley Sound Editor: Michael Hilkene Sound Mixer: Walter Hoylman Sound Editor: David M. Ice Sound Editor: Doug Jackson Special Sound Effects: Eric Lindemann Sound Re-Recording Mixer: William L. McCaughey Boom Operator: Prometheus Patient ADR Editor: Tally Paulos Foley Mixer: Troy Porter Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Richard D. Rogers Foley Artist: Joan Rowe Sound Editor: Christopher Sheldon Assistant Sound Editor: Thomas W. Small Foley Artist: Jerry Trent Special Effects Coordinator: Martin Bresin Special Effects Assistant: Steven C. Foster Special Effects Assistant: Marvin Gardner Special Effects Coordinator: Allen Hall Special Effects Supervisor: Mike Manzel Special Effects Assistant: Joe Montenegr...

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Toonami Weekly Recap 06/01/2024

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead EP#07 - Truck Stop of the Dead: Seeing Akira being abused by Gonzou reminds Shizuka how her father controlled every aspect of her life. While she is in the RV, Shizuka finds Akira's bucket list and writes "Tell Kosugi Off" in it. Elsewhere, unbeknownst to a couple of members of the supply gathering team, a zombie is hiding in their truck. Back at the truck stop, when Akira, Kencho and Shizuka attempt to leave, Gonzou manipulates Akira into staying. A furious Shizuka calls out Gonzou for being a coward before she hands Akira his bucket list back to him, which reveals what she wrote down earlier. As such, Akira finally gains the confidence to tell Gonzou off. Once chaos ensues when the truck arrives and releases the zombie, Akira successfully neutralizes the situation and saves everyone, even Gonzou. After Gonzou's gang leaves him behind at the truck stop due to his abusive and controlling behavior as well as his cowardice, Akira, Kencho, and Shizuka continue their journey.

-Toonami Rewind Shows-

Sailor Moon EP#01 - The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation: One day, a 14-year-old middle school underachiever named Usagi Tsukino saves a cat from being harassed by the little boys while running late to school. After school, she and her friend Naru Osaka visit a local jewelry store owned by her mother. Usagi encounters Mamoru Chiba and meets up with Motoki Furuhata before returning home, being lectured by her mother Ikuko for her failing grades. Later, the cat Usagi encountered earlier reveals herself as Luna and tells Usagi to search for the princess and destroy evil and gets her to transform into Sailor Moon. Usagi then hears Naru in distress when attacked by the monster Morga, who impersonated Naru's mother to sell cursed jewelry designed to extract energy from the wearers. Sailor Moon arrives, only to be attacked by the buyers whom Morga is controlling as a masked stranger wearing a tuxedo intervenes. Usagi weakens Morga with her cries, allowing her to use the Moon Tiara Action technique on Morga, killing her and restoring the girls to normal. Before departing, the stranger reveals himself to be Tuxedo Mask.

Slightly Damned Page 1120: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/1120

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♬おすすめの曲 プレイリスト♪ Ferios List 184

2024/2/10～2/16にリリースされた邦楽の中からチェック。個人的に聴きたい曲を集めたリストです。

【掲載アーティスト】

Everything I Am feat. Furui Riho / 三浦大知, Furui Riho On Everything / mabanua, Otomodatchi ブルーバード / yama Adventure / YOASOBI 800 / Aimer ベランダ feat. 戦慄かなの / ヤングスキニー, 戦慄かなの metro / South Penguin People / Re:name Vernel / Sara Wakui, Pecori 綺麗 / lo-key design Swimmer / Haruy, Hayata Kosugi 白いマフラー / indigo la End The Yonder / 大橋トリオ, THE CHARM PARK why I let you go / uruwashi, RiE MORRiS Some True Love / 阿部芙蓉美 風の中で / soraya Saint / 春野 Good Girl / Sincere, Chocoholic チョコミンツ / ヤユヨ MissU / YAJICO GIRL 芽生 -メイ- / 少年少女, Taro Ishida IKEGAMI BOYZ(feat. Bark, YZERR, Tiji Jojo & T-Pablow) / BAD HOP, Bark, YZERR, Tiji Jojo, T-Pablow HOT BOYZ / eyden, ￥ellow Bucks 911 / ISH-ONE, TEAM2MVCH PRISM / FLEUR, YOSA & TAAR 春、白濁 / 岡村和義, 岡村靖幸, 斉藤和義 Vengeance / coldrain 楽園たち / WATER KIN Something / RAq stay tune / 7co CKUW / nkn, FiJA time limit / Cikah Eternal love / 武藤彩未 somnia / arne Part of me / knowone, aimi In midair - Rezonegen Remix / Last lily, Rezonegen Dear / goethe

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Kiyoshi Awazu

- Poster for Takehisa Kosugi’s “Mano-Dharma-Concert”

1974

[ochajima]

🎨 Eye Bags! 🎨

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Koichi Kosugi

[astroboyart]

Matsuo Ohno (1930-2022)

Source: AF Plan (Twitter; AF_Plan_info), Forced Exposure

Matsuo Ohno, the sound designer for the 1960s Astro Boy anime and the 1964 Astro Boy movie Hero of Space, passed away on December 19, 2022 at 7:28 AM at the age of 92.

The website Forced Exposure gives a summary of Matsuo Ohno’s life growing up and his formative years:

Matsuo Ohno was responsible for the sound design of a broad range of film, television, and radio soundtracks, most famously the animation series Astro Boy which he began working on in 1963 together with his assistant, Takehisa Kosugi.

Ohno was born in the heavily-populated Kanda district of central Tokyo in 1930 and was heavily affected by the repeated bombing raids on the city enacted in World War II, which took place during his formative years. After the war, deeply motivated by philosophy and surrealism, he was largely unaffected by popular music [...].

Ohno began immersing himself in the realm of sound effects while working with the Bungaku-za modernist theatre troupe and he performed a similar function at NHK, Japan's national broadcasting corporation, but became so frustrated by the rigidity of the restrictions imposed on him there that he quit his prestigious post at the broadcaster, although his skills were such that he remained in high demand as a freelancer, which allowed him to refine his sound effects techniques with evolving analogue synthesizers.

Ohno worked on the sound effects in the 1960s Astro Boy anime, which includes Atom’s squeaky boots.

Ohno was active up until his death in 2022, even working on the sound design for the T0-B1 episode in Star Wars: Visions in 2021 which was heavily influenced by Astro Boy.

[professor-tammi]

here are some thoughts on SW5 from me!!, your resident formerly-angry-now-quite-happy Samurai Warriors essayist:

- ok so first of all, this game is confirmed to be a full reboot, a little in the sense SW2 was, except... even more of a reboot? I guess? I'd say I'm concerned, and I am, a little bit, but I think this was the correct thing for Koei to do. the SW cast was getting too bloated and there were too many major characters -- especially from early games -- who were not particularly well-liked (eg Hideyoshi, Ieyasu). admittedly I think a big reason why is just their character designs not being pretty boy-ish enough, but, like, people are shallow. so. a reboot seems very fair ahahah

- Oda focus absolutely delights me bc I adore the Odas, as people may or may not know :D!!

- on the characters: Nobunaga is part of the reason why I am excited because, while my favorite SW character is Ran, my actual favorite sengoku warlord is Nobunaga and unless Koei fired all their good writers I have some faith that they will do him justice (I hate sengoku canons that just make Nobunaga straight-up evil YES im looking at u basara. stop)

- younger Nobunaga is something I've always wanted to see in SW so I am super intrigued and hope SW5 goes into why he becomes the sort of "Devil's advocate" Nobunaga we see in SW3+ (and SW5 Nobunaga looks rather similar to Pokemon Conquest Nobunaga, hmmmm). HOWEVER, him not being voiced by Juurouta Kosugi is a great tragedy. how will I ever adjust :c

- actually, given Sanadamaru, are we getting aging in this game!? there is a non-zero chance...! maybe!! or maybe not because prettyboys are much more marketable. WE'LL SEE.

- next, we have Mitsuhide, with the promise that the game will focus on the Nobunaga/Mitsuhide relationship. admittedly, this is not a relationship I am typically super into, but I by no means dislike it. they seem to be setting up a rivalry between them, also, which is pretty different from their typical SW relationship? unlike Nobunaga, Mitsuhide kept his voice actor, so I'd imagine he'll keep other traits of previous SW Mitsuhide, also? (at least I hope so, because SW Mitsu is good)

- box art also prominently features new Nouhime, who now wields bows!! I'm not going to lie I was never a huge fan of her claws + bombs moveset so I am rather liking this change :D there is a brief shot of her holding a knife, so I very much hope her whole "assassinate Nobunaga" subplot is still there!

- I do however get the impression that these 3 will be the game's "main trio" and I'm concerned that may mean no Ran at all ahaha... it's always been a bit difficult for Koei to find a place for him in the games' main stories so I wouldn't be shocked if he was cut entirely. tbh, if he has been cut, I'll be... a little heartbroken ofc, he's my favorite fictional character of all time, but I'd sooner have that than a new reincarnation of him I don't like

- (but ideally, give me a reincarnation of him I do still like, pls)

- girl with orange hair: is this Oichi? she's vaguely similar to SW1 Ichi, and she's wearing Oda colors... seems to have nothing in common with SW3+ Ichi, which makes me sad bc I love her :( e: have seen it suggested this may be Nene and given the ninja feel of her outfit that might make sense, save for, the Oda colors

- I would assume the boy shown briefly after the girl in the trailer is either new Keiji or new Toshiie! omg though I'm going to miss SW Toshiie if he's removed e: actually in hindsight it's gonna be Hideyoshi isn't it!?

- oh no I am going to miss everyone

[byneddiedingo]

Kinuyo Tanaka in Phoenix (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1947) Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiji Sada, Isamu Kosugi, Toyo Takahashi, Akira Yamanouchi, Tamotsu Kawasaki, Eiko Takamatsu. Screenplay: Keisuke Kinoshita, Yoshiro Kawazu. Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda. Production design: Motoji Kojima. Film editing: Yoshi Sugihara. Music: Chuji Kinoshita. Keisuke Kinoshita's Phoenix probably had much more resonance for the Japanese audiences who saw it in 1947 than it does for us today, when it can easily be dismissed as a tearjerking love story. For those first audiences, the heroine, Sayoko, a war widow with a three-year-old child, could easily be seen as emblematic of the hopes of the Japanese people -- hence the film's title. We see much of Sayoko's story in flashback: her first encounter with Shinichi, the man with whom she falls in love; her rejection by his stern, conservative father; her own family's attempt to force her into an arranged marriage that would cement a business deal with a weapons manufacturer; her lonely life with her brother, who is dying of tuberculosis; the capitulation of Shinichi's father, who agrees to let them be married during Shinichi's brief furlough before he returns to the war in which he's killed. After all this, Sayoko lives with her late husband's family, essentially as a factotum, tasked with keeping the large Yasaka family on point and occasionally getting scolded by her father-in-law. But she tells her brother-in-law that she's happy, pinning her hopes on her small child and on her plans one day to open a shop as a seamstress. Kinoshita is often a shameless sentimentalist, but here he has first-rate actors, Kinuyo Tanaka and Keiji Sada, as the ill-fated couple. They have real chemistry together, even though Tanaka was 16 years older than Sada.