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[tigerandbunnyftw]

Following from the Kotetsu birthday event earlier this month, a “Barnaby Birthday Party 2024” event will also be held at The New Otani Hotel on the 26th October 2024.

This will also be hosted by the seiyuu cast, such as Masakazu Morita (Barnaby Brooks Jr.), Mariya Ise (Pao-lin Huang), Inoue Gou (Keith Goodman), Kusunoki Taiten (Antonio Lopez) and Barnaby’s Hero suit actor, Kenta Nitta.

There will be a lunch session and a dinner session, accompanied with talks from the cast and a mini show including Barnaby’s Hero Suit actor. Tickets information is available on the Eplus website.

Source: TIGER & BUNNY’s Twitter Account

[tnbscans]

Comment from Taiten Kusunoki from The Sound of Tiger & Bunny pamphlet.

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

[ganondorftrash]

His japanese VA can sing... Our Hyrule Warriors / Tears of the kingdom Ganondorf can sing...

Maybe that scrapped BOTW guitar hero Link & Metallica Ganondorf should be de-scrapped y'know.

[onepiece-song-tournament]

One Piece Character Song Tournament

Round 1, Part 7

Sodatanda Tontatta! | Haran Banjo, Shogyo Mujo

Tontatta VAs:

Leo - Kurumi Mamiya

Wicca - Miki Nagasawa

Gancho - Kenichi Ogata

[otakutale]

Vinland Saga Season 2 Slated for 24 Episodes

https://wp.me/p4jiOt-des

The official website of the TV anime adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga manga has revealed that the current second…

[speedofsoundsketches]

I'm curious, do you have specific favorite voice actors for the Sonic characters? (Like just the main few, Sonic, Shadow, Tails, etc.) if so, may we know your favorites?

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one so under the cut.

Jun'ichi Kanemaru is THE standard for Sonic. The guy is passionate about the role and captures him perfectly. Plus, he's a great singer! The English VA that came closest to matching him is Jason Griffith. (honorable mention to Devon Mack. Low as my opinion is of Prime, Devon's voice is actually pretty suitable for Sonic. Would like to hear him in a better product!)

The late Chikao Ōtsuka for Eggman was wonderful, but I have zero complaints with Mike Pollack. Really, no matter what style or tone he's portrayed Eggman in, he's always done it superbly. I'd say of all English VA's that worked in this series, Mr. Pollack's probably been the one who's NEVER had a miss. Guy's got incredible range even in his work outside of Sonic (using this as a chance to shill the Pluto Anime since he starred in it. GO WATCH IT PLEASE.)

Tails is really really REALLY hard to mess up. His voice actresses have typically been great at capturing him (save for OVA Tails who talks like he has a cold). Coleen's a fine Tails and suitable replacement for Amy Palant but I may still prefer Palant just because she's the nostalgic one for me being in all the 2000's games plus Sonic X.

Knuckles voice preference is a tough call. His VA needs to be able to play up both his aggressive and gentler sides. It's a toss up between Dan Green and his current VA Dave B Mitchell. Mitchell has been doing good work in the animated shorts so I like him and he's the best we've had since Dan moved on. His Japanese VA, Nobutoshi Kanna, is great as well for the same reasons. :)

Amy's best actress is still her JPN VA, Taeko Kawata (who is also a lovely singer!) Lisa Ortiz to this day is STILL her best ENG VA. She captured Amy's youthful, cutesy appeal but can IMMEDIATELY switch to her assertive side naturally. Fantastic range and it's too bad that Amy's assertiveness has been subdued so much lately that this can't be fully appreciated anymore.

Cream's had far fewer options to choose from. I like both her actresses in JPN (Sayaka Aoki) and ENG (Rebecca Honig) honestly. I do like the almost whispery gentleness to her ENG voice particularly. Just helps her feel very soft and sweet.

Shadow's JPN VA, Kōji Yusa, is so good. You really can't go wrong here. For the ENG VA, this might be a bit controversial because while I appreciate David Humphrey as Shadow's debut in SA2, I'm still partial to Jason Griffith purely because once he got accustomed to Shadow as a character, he really elevated the role. I think his performance in 06 was one of the best moments for the character overall.

Rouge might one of the few times where I actually prefer her current ENG voice actress, Karen Strassman, to her older one. Her JPN VA, Rumi Ochiai, is THE standard tho so Karen just suits her best as a close match! Youthful yet still mature and her flirty quality doesn't sound too forced.

Omega's JPN VA (Taiten Kusunoki) IS SO AMAZING. It's hilariously deeper than I expected but still robotic so something about it just WORKS. His ENG VA is alright too. But I just love the JPN Voice, I don't know why.

May do a part two if I have time for the others!

[lalunameli]

Scan provided by @tnbscans

I had to do this one because I was curious about the shoujo-esque styled Yuri comic on the side. Apparently it was a review comic of the drama special included with Vol 6 of the dvd/blu-ray release for Season 1. It was drawn by Kiki and included on pg 22 of the magazine this blurb appeared in.

I've translated the information in the blurb that follows the DVD/Blu-ray info, pertaining to the drama itself.

スペシャル CD #6

ユーリ・ペトロフの憂鬱なる日常

Special CD #6

Yuri Petrov's Melancholic Daily Life

STORY：トレーニングルームの施設改善の命を受けたヒーロー管理官ユーリ・ペトロフ。ヒーロー達の意見を聞こうとトレーニングルームを訪れる。

In his role as Hero Administrator, Yuri is tasked with improving the Training Room Facilities. He visits the Training Room for an inspection, and to get the Heroes opinions.

CAST：遊佐浩二（ユーリ・ペトロフ）／平田広明（ワイルドタイガー）／森田成一（バーナビー・ブルックスJr.）／楠大典（ロックバイソン）／井上剛

CAST: Yusa Kōji (Yuri Petrov)/Hirata Hiroaki (Wild Tiger)/Morita Masukazu (Barnaby Brooks Jr.)/ Kusunoki Taiten (Rock Bison)/Go Inoue (TN: Sky High's seiyuu appears with in the listing without a role credit - he's the ring announcer in the audio drama)

登場キャラクター

Cast of Characters

ユーリ・ベトロフ ワイルドタイガーバーナビー・ブルックスJ、ロックバイソン

Yuri Petrov, Wild Tiger, Barnaby Brooks J, Rock Bison

（声／遊佐浩二）（声／平田広明）（声／森田成一）（声／楠大典）

Voices: Yusa Kōji, Hirata Hiroaki, Morita Masakazu, Kusunoki Taiten

聞きどころピックアップ！

What to listen for:

* ユーリ視点で進むストーリー！普段は謎の多い人物だけに、彼のモノローグは必聴もの！！

* ワイルドタイガーとロックバイソンのスペシャルマッチの原因とは！？ちょっとしたミステリー要素も楽しめる！

* A story from Yuri's pov. His monologues are a must listen for people who like mysteries!!

* Why are Wild Tiger and Rock Bison in a Special Match!? More mysteries to enjoy.

ちょこっとレビュー COMIC! 作/喜喜

Comic Review by : Kiki

視察中のユーリに一体何が…?!

What (on earth) happened to Yuri during the inspection?

スペシャルCD #6の収録レポート漫画はP.22へGO

Go to pg 22 for the report manga on Special CD #6

The Drama CD itself has been previously translated here:

[demifiendrsa]

Vinland Saga season 2 - Ending Theme PV (with English captions)

LMYK will perform the ending theme song “Without Love.”

Season 2 of Vinland Saga will premiere on January 9, 2023. Netflix will be streaming the season worldwide except in China and Crunchyroll as streaming the season worldwide except in Asia.

Cast

Yuto Uemura as Thorfinn

Shunsuke Takeuchi as Einar

Kensho Ono as Canute

Mayumi Sako as Arnheid

Fuminori Komatsu as Snake

Yu Hayashi as Olmar

Taiten Kusunoki as Thorgil

Akio Ōtsuka as Thorkell

Staff

Director: Shūhei Yabuta

Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko

Character Design / Animation Director: Takahiko Abiru

Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda, Kentaro Ohnuki, Izumi Hirabayashi

Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto, Minori Nishita

Filming Director: Yūki Kawashita, Hisashi Matsumukō

Editor: Kashiko Kimura

3DCGI Director: Kōhei Ogawa

Sound Effect Director: Shōji Hata

Sound Effect: Takuya Hasegawa

Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan

Music: Yutaka Yamada

Animation Production: MAPPA

[hotwaterandmilk]

Thinking about how Kusunoki Taiten suggested that Yonamine's character development in Dragonaut came from being cool with the fact that he got cucked by space dragon. I'm never going to get over being robbed of that throuple.

Or any of Dragonaut, really.

Put this series on my grave, it destroyed me.

[shinyhappydigistar]

So in my quest to write about plain donuts when the plot bunnies strike, I’ve gone full bore as I usually do, and try to figure out how certain characters talk. So in the spirit of @prince-kallisto and their analyzations of characters, (and the fact Larry's been analyzed to heck and back, haha) I decided to look more into how everyone’s favorite home-ec teacher presents himself! For my own reference of course, as well as yours!

The first thing that you begin to notice is that Mr. Saguaro is very verbose. Like, overly formal and polite, to the point him using such word-heavy language feels like it’s a buffer. Other characters speak a bit like this too, like Director Clavell, but this is to convey that he is a polite person. But not to the degree Saguaro does.

In fact, one thing I picked up on is that Saguaro makes a conscious choice to never use contractions! He always uses the full words like “I am” or “You are”, as opposed to “I’m” or “You’re”, which is formal to a fault.

But he does let the mask slip when he tastes the sandwich he made with the Sweet Herba Mystica, the fact he uses "It's" instead of "It is" is a huge giveaway! But he immediately regathers himself and uses his overly-verbose language, as if he realized he went informal if just for a moment.

Now, it’s never made 100% clear if he uses less formal language in his private life, as we never see him in a more private setting. I think in this case, we can use personal discretion!

But let’s briefly look over at the Japanese version, and see if there’s even more nuance!

In the Japanese version, the most obvious thing is that he uses “Wagahai” as his “I/me/myself”. This is a _very_ archaic and even somewhat arrogant way to refer to oneself in the first-person: it would indicate he is someone who presents himself as a figure of authority, or at the very least someone to be respected, in an exaggerated manner. But using such a dated way to refer to oneself is definitely a mirror to how much he wants to present himself a certain way to his students.

Continuing the concept of authority, he also uses a Western dialect, as indicated by using “-n” and “-nu” as negative modifiers as opposed to “-nai”, for example. Stereotypically, a Western Japanese dialect is associated with masculine figures of authority (although I’ve seen the odd case where a female has used it). I’m familiar with this concept, as Satsuma from Digimon Savers (or really, most men of authority that Taiten Kusunoki voices, lol) uses a Western dialect and I recognize he and Saguaro use the same speech pattern.

On the other hand, he uses the more general “Kimi” for “you/your”, indicating that while he sees himself as an authority figure, he still wants to be approachable to others. Using “-san” as suffix also shows that, despite his ridiculous fluffing of his own self, he still shows others respect.

In other words, it's an exaggerated gentleman's vocabulary. It's the reason his English localization is so wordy.

And yes, he also briefly cracks here after eating his Herba Mystica sandwich and exclaims "Sweet" with a tilde, which indicates the stretching out of a word in an exaggerated fashion: not something you expect from him (or at least, if you're an unsuspecting student!)

(Also a brief note, the student here refers to him liking sweets as a "Gap", which in modern Japanese slang indicates the difference between a person's appearance and how they act. So yes, Saguaro is Gap Moe XD)

Video sources: https://youtu.be/3H5v0lRVqIw?t=2687 https://youtu.be/0x27-39iM2Y https://youtu.be/hLI7mhXnVLs?t=3740 https://youtu.be/snj76WgZvTQ?t=1464

[tigerandbunnyftw]

To celebrate Kotetsu’s upcoming birthday, A WILD TIGER Party will be held on the 13th August! This will include a live audience at the Jiji Press Hall, Tokyo (entrance via lottery tickets) and will also be streaming via TwitCasting.

Streaming tickets are 3,300 yen and can be bought until the 27th August.

Series’ seiyuu Hirata Hiroaki (Kotetsu), Kusunoki Taiten (Antonio) & Rina Hidaki (Kaede) will be hosting!

Source: Twitcasting Website

[tnbscans]

Interview with Yoshitomo Yonetani and comment from Taiten Kusunoki from the September 2013 issue of Pash.

Partial translation of the Yonetani interview available here:

[gonagaiworld]

Il video dell'anime Delico's Nursery rivela altri membri del cast e il video di apertura senza crediti La serie ingaggia Romi Park, Taiten Kusunoki, Gentoku. Info:--> https://www.gonagaiworld.com/il-video-dellanime-delicos-nursery-rivela-altri-membri-del-cast-e-il-video-di-apertura-senza-crediti/?feed_id=463465&_unique_id=66b3bca0e1d4e #Crunchyroll #DelicosNursery #J.C.Staff

[otakutale]

Vinland Saga Season 2 - Ending Theme Trailer

https://wp.me/p4jiOt-ddX

A brand new trailer has been released for the upcoming second season of the TV anime adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s…

[icharchivist]

Hosoyan, Suzuken, Sakurai, you mentioned a Suwabe-voiced character exists, fucking GACKT

That cast is stacked

And all the hivemind's faves are assembled

I'm sure we'll find even more familiar names if we dig

there's also Maaya Sakamoto playing Aerith, being Olivia in Granblue as well

hell i wouldn't be surprised if there's even more.

like looking through it...

just so to mention them

Suzuken, playing Zack in ff7, and Sandalphon in gbf Sakurai, playing Cloud, and the Lucifaces in gbf Suwabe, playing Tseng, and Seofon Hosoyan, playing Sonon, and Belial and Bowman there's also Kappei Yamaguchi, playing Red XIII, who plays Walder in gbf. Hideo Ishikawa, playing Cait Sith, who plays Zaja in gbf. Kazuhiro Yamaji, playing Cid, who plays Yngwie and is Eugen's second seiyuu Speaking of, Keiji Fujiwara used to play Reno, and Eugen, before his death Taiten Kusunoki, playing Rude, and Eso Megumi Toyoguchi, playing Elena, and Shura Kenta Miyake, playing Roche, and Deliford Shigeru Chiba, playing Hojo (piece of shit die die die), and Yodarha Banjō Ginga, playing Reeve (!!!), and Eahta Satomi Moriya, playing Jessie, and Sylph Tomokazu Sugita, playing Aniyan (Andrea in english? the owner of the honey bee inn), and Drang

and the MVP i need to not forget, Toshiyuki Morikawa, playing Sephiroth, and Seruel.

and that's only for the characters i bother to check. I also see Shirai Yusuke (Mordred) is playing a minor new character in Rebirth for instance.

so yeah, the cast is stacked as always, i just forget it most of the time.

but yeah. yeah..... much to think about!