#maya yoshida

[coachtfd]

He probably found out before she did. 😂 I’ve been saying, people are sleeping on these Japanese players.

[shintayabe]

2022.12.06 Enthusiastic people at Shibuya / Japan beat Spain / The ball stays in...

[lederhoesen]

1.12.22 | spain vs japan photo by jose breton

[iidakosuke]

Similarity 似たもの同士

[mrlimesapper]

1am Soccer Player Drawing

Had that inexplicable urge to draw at 1am the other day, and was moved to draw Japanese soccer player Maya Yoshida. I haven't drawn anything in an anime-like art style in a while, but I've been watching a lot of Haikyuu so that's just what my brain went for. :V

[millythegoat]

Awwwwwwwww..i love these two already...and how wonderful of Kloppo and Sadio for the lovely message to Maya 🥰

Oh noooooo taki 😭

[personachampions]

Here are the results for Round 1 Matches 1-5!

[raceweek]

japan u will always be famous don’t let the ball going out of play gaslight you

[genkinahito]

Dr. Catherine Munroe Hotes introduces short films that transcend borders at Nippon Connection 2024

If you have been reading and getting involved with Japanese animation then it is likely you have heard of Dr. Catherine Munroe Hotes (website here), an academic that specialises in film who has been working with Nippon Connection on their animation section for quite a while. Her wealth of knowledge about animation  and her connections with animators of all variety means that her remit tends to…

[demifiendrsa]

Look Back - PV

The anime film adaptation of Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back one-shot manga will hit theaters in Japan on June 28, 2024.

Singer urara will perform "Light song" composed by haruka nakamura.

Poster

Cast

Mizuki Yoshida as Kyōmoto

Yūmi Kawai as Fujino

Staff

Original Creator: Tatsuki Fujimoto

Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Screenplay: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Character Design: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

Art Director: Kiyoshi Sameshima

Art Director Assistants: Yoshio Harisaki, Takashi Omori

Color Key Artist: Maya Kusumoto

Compositing Director of Photography: Kazuto Izumita

Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose

Sound Director: Eriko Kimura

Music: Haruka Nakamura

Animation Production: Studio Durian

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Persona Characters' Favorite Food

(I didn't manage to find all of them, so some characters might be missing. Plus, they never state favorite foods for most protags. Whomp whomp)

Maki: Strawberries

Nate: Traditional japanese cuisine

Mark: Chicken Combo

Elly: Godiva

Brown: Hamburgers and curry

Yuka: Ikra, horumonyaki, and engawa

Reiji: Mom's home cooking

Yukki: Yakisoba and yakitori

Tatsuya: Medium-rare steak (with the red juice) and salted potato chips

Lisa: Hamburgers, orange mousse, and natto

Michel: Melon and salads

Jun: Tamagoyaki and chocolate

Maya: Crab and ramen

Yukari: Strawberry daifuku (white bean only)

Yosuke: Fruit lozenges

Chie: Meat (is anyone really surprised?)

Yukiko: Japanese food

Kanji: Ottotto and Home Run ice cream bars

Adachi: Sushi (especially uni), beef, and dishes with cabbage

Ryuji: Beef bowl, junk food like hamburgers, and ramen

Mona: High-quality sushi and meat

Ann: Anything that's sweet, especially cake

Yusuke: More concerned about the aesthetics

Makoto: Seafood and healthy foods

Futaba: Curry, instant yakisoba, and sweets

Haru: Very particular about her food. They must make good use of the tastes and ingredients

Akechi: Nothing in particular

Sojiro: Curry, coffee, oysters, and basically any bitter food

Chihaya: Ethnic foods like green curry

Iwai: Shogayaki, yakiniku, and any kind of strong-flavored meat dish

Takemi: Mapo tofu and hot pot

Kawakami: Mildly luxurious food

Ohya: Anything that goes well while drinking alcohol like nuts and pickles

Shinya: Salisbury steak and gyoza

Hifumi: Udon and katsu curry

Mishima: Will eat anything

Yoshida: Beef bowl and oden with eggs

Sae: Miso soup that Makoto makes. Also eggplants

[social-link-showdown]

It's Pride Month, Persona Fans

You know what that means.

That's right, it's time to vote on gay polls!

Nah but in all seriousness, we are finally beginning the final Social Link Showdown! Preliminary rounds will be decided by roulette wheel, with our three winners getting guaranteed spots in the Best category! That leaves 71 characters to sort into best and worst, the last one being decided on based on their own merit!

Our Matchups are under the cut! The Preliminaries begin on June 9th!

Sumire Yoshizawa V Yukari Takeba Ken Amada V Ryotaro Dojima Takuto Maruki V Rise Kujikawa Mutatsu V Yuuki Mishima Bebe V Shu Nakajima Tae Takemi V Mamoru Hayase Futaba Sakura V Yosuke Hanamura Daisuke Nagase V Kanji Tatsumi Sayoko Uehara V Suemitsu Nozomi Fuuka Yamagishi V Chie Satonaka Ai Ebihara V Yumi Ozawa Eri Minami V Rio Iwasaki Ichiko Ohya V Hifumi Togo Fox V Hidetoshi Odagiri Ayane Matsunaga V Twin Wardens Igor (P5) V Shinya Oda Chihaya Mifune V Toranosuke Yoshida Sae Nijima V Pharos Yusuke Kitagawa V "Maya" Kenji Tomochika V Morgana Kazushi Miyamoto V Ann Takamaki Ryoji Mochizuki V Junpei Iori Yuko Nishiwaki V Haru Okumura Old Couple V Tohru Adachi Naoki Konishi V Akinari Kamiki Marie V Goro Akechi Maiko Oohashi V Koromaru Makoto Nijima V Tanaka Shinjiro Aragaki V Chihiro Mifune Akihiko Sanada V Mitsuru Kirijo Munehisa Iwai V Margaret Ryuji Sakamoto V Keisuke Hiiraga Hisano Kuroda V Sadayo Kawakami Naoto Shirogane V Kou Ichijo Saori Hasegawa V Teddie

Yukiko will be decided upon separately, as she was the odd one out.

[animexxme]

Your Japanese names using your Birth dates

LAST NAME

January- Sasaki Febuary- Kato March- Aikawa April- Yoshida May- Suzuki June- Ito July- Matsumoto August- Aoki September- Murao October- Yoshida November- Futaba December- Ishikawa FIRST NAME 1) Hayate 2) Akari 3) Yoichi 4) Ai 5) Hikari 6) Futaba 7) Ichigo 8) Yuri 9) Tomone 8) Makita 10) Kyuoko 11) Naomi 12) Rika 13) Fumiya 14) Makoto 15) Akane 16) Himekawa 17) Akasuki 18) Mitsuru 19) Ichiro 20) Mai 21) Kagami 22) Ikuno 23) Hanako 24) Riyu 25) Yuki 26) Maya 27) Chika 28) Ayako 29) Kaguya 30) Kou 31) Emi

My name if I follow this is, Akane Aikawa. Call me Aikawa-san.

What about you?

[tklpilled]

& is strictly platonic, / can be platonic or romantic. bolded are my favourites. if there's a rarepair you don't see on here, feel free to ask!! i'm a multishipper and i like exploring different character dynamics :)

fandoms are in the same order as on the fandoms list, with the exception of genshin being last bc there are so many lol

bungou stray dogs:

chuuya/dazai

atsushi/akutagawa/lucy or any combination

jouno/tecchou

chuuya & dazai & atsushi & akutagawa or any combination

sigma/dazai

sigma/fyodor/nikolai or any combination

dazai/fyodor

ranpo/poe/mushitarou or any combination

ranpo/yosano

dazai/yosano

kenji & chuuya

kenji & atsushi

kenji & junichirou

junichirou/atsushi

atsushi & kyouka

gin/higuchi/tachihara

gin/tachihara

gin & akutagawa

oda & dazai

mushitarou/yokomizo

hunter x hunter:

killua/gon

leorio/kurapika

killua & gon & leorio & kurapika & alluka or any combination

amane/canary

pitou & youpi & pouf & meruem or any combination

kurapika/chrollo

fullmetal alchemist:

roy/riza

ed/ling

ling & lan fan

ed & al & roy or any combination

fruits basket:

tohru/yuki/kyo or any combination

yuki/haru

yuki/kakeru

kyo & momiji & haru or any combination

tohru & momiji

tohru/rin

haru/rin

ayame/shigure/hatori or any combination

tohru/uotani/hanajima or any combination

my hero academia:

bakugou/izuku/todoroki or any combination

toga/ochako

aizawa/yamada

momo/jirou

jirou/kaminari

izuku/shinsou/kaminari or any combination

p much any class 1-a pairing lol

dabi/hawks

dabi/shigaraki

sk8 the infinity:

reki/langa

joe/cherry

reki & langa & miya or any combination

the case study of vanitas:

noe/vanitas

domi/jeanne

noe & domi & louis or any combination

vanitas & mikhail

noe/jean-jacques

dante/johann/riche or any combination

roland/olivier

trigun:

vash/wolfwood/meryl or any combination

vash & knives

milly/meryl

jujutsu kaisen:

gojo/geto

yuuji/nobara/megumi or any combination

megumi & gojo & yuuji & nobara or any combination

nobara/maki

yuuta/inumaki

yuuta/maki

choso & yuuji

gojo/utahime

utahime/shoko

gojo & geto & shoko or any combination

chainsaw man:

aki/angel

denji & aki & power or any combination

denji/yoshida

power/kobeni

denji/asa

buddy daddies:

kazuki/rei

attack on titan:

levi/hange

eren/mikasa/armin or any combination

ymir/historia

sasha/mikasa

jean/armin

jean/eren

jean/connie/sasha or any combination

pieck/porco

pieck/hange

annie/armin

annie/mikasa

reiner & annie & bertholdt or any combination

annie/hitch

demon slayer:

tanjirou/inosuke

tanjirou & nezuko

mitsuri/shinobu

shinobu/giyuu

genya/muichirou

akaza/douma

mitsuri/obanai

heaven official's blessing:

shi qingxuan/he xuan

hua cheng/xie lian/yin yu or any combination

hua cheng/xie lian/feng xin/mu qing or any combination

yin yu/quan yizhen

qi rong & xie lian

south park:

tweek/craig/kenny or any combination

stan/kyle/kenny or any combination

kenny/butters

spiderverse:

miles/gwen

miles & gwen & hobie & pav or any combination

miles & peter b

six of crows:

kaz/inej/nina/wylan/jesper or any combination

nina/matthias

the raven cycle:

ronan/gansey/adam/noah/blue or any combination

henry/gansey/blue or any combination

breath of the wild/tears of the kingdom:

link/revali

link/zelda

link/sidon

mipha/zelda

daruk & urbosa & mipha & revali & link & zelda or any combination

link & tulin

honkai star rail:

stelle/march 7th/dan heng

bronya/seele

jing yuan & yanqing

firefly/stelle

aventurine/dr ratio

gallagher & misha

dan heng/jing yuan

boothill/robin

boothill/argenti

dan heng/boothill

kafka/himeko

kafka/blade

stelle/kafka

blade/dan heng

sampo/gepard

sampo/stelle

acheron/black swan

serval & gepard & lynx

arlan & asta

lynx/pela

ace attorney:

apollo/klavier

phoenix/edgeworth

apollo & trucy

franziska & edgeworth

franziska/maya

maya & phoenix

nahyuta/blackquill

apollo & athena

athena/blackquill

franziska/adrian

dead plate:

rody/vincent

the magnus archives:

jon/martin/tim/sasha or any combination

jon & georgie

georgie/melanie

basira/daisy

gerry/michael

genshin impact:

kaeya & diluc

chongyun/xingqiu/gaming or any combination

aether/xiao

ei/yae miko

cyno/tighnari/albedo or any combination

childe/scaramouche

aether/scaramouche

cyno/tighnari/alhaitham/kaveh or any combination

lyney & lynette & freminet or any combination

furina/neuvillette

arlecchino/furina

lyney/aether

scaramouche/albedo

scaramouche/lyney

kaeya/albedo/aether or any combination

fischl/razor/bennett or any combination

barbara/noelle

barbara & jean

diluc/venti

aether/venti

jean/lisa

mika/noelle

rosaria/kaeya

xiao/venti

beidou/ningguang

chongyun & xiangling & xingqiu or any combination

hu tao/yanfei

yanfei/yelan

hu tao/xiao

xinyan/xiangling

zhongli/venti

zhongli/childe

gorou & kokomi

kokomi/sara

ayaka/thoma

ayaka/lumine

shinobu & itto

kazuha/tomo

kazuha/aether

kazuha/scaramouche/heizou or any combination

ayaka/chevreuse

candace/dehya

dehya/nilou

nahida & scaramouche

navia/clorinde

navia/furina

chlorinde/wriothesley

furina/lumine

childe/kaeya

childe/diluc

shinobu/heizou

ayaka/chiori

chiori/chevreuse

[gayest-persona-character]

Round 1!

Rules

Vote for who you think is more queer/gay (doesn't matter if you think they're bi, pan, gay, lesbian, etc. Who's the most not straight!)

I will allow propaganda in the form of asks or notes (tags and comments)

Be nice and respectful. Not everyone has the same headcanons.

Remember, this is mostly just for fun! We have a few submitted characters for this exact purpose, so don't take things too seriously. (It doesn't matter what the results are, most persona characters will be queer-coded in my heart)

The list of polls is as follows:

Labrys vs. Daisuke Todoroki

Principal Kobayakawa vs. Yukiko Amagi

Mayumi Yamano vs. Suguru Kamoshida

Bebe vs. Sho Minazuki

Isako Toriumi (Maya) vs. Ann Takamaki

Ichiryusai Madarame vs. Ichiko Ohya

Chihiro Fushimi vs. Ai Ebihara

Philemon vs.Shibusawa

Kou Ichijo vs. Fuuka Yamagishi

Munehisa Iwai vs. Miyabi Hanakouji

President Tanaka vs. Akihiko Sanada

Ryuji Sakamoto vs. Taro Namatame

Kanami Mashita vs. Haru Okumura

Nozomi Suemitsu vs. Angel and Julian

Ryotaro Dojima vs. Rio Iwasaki

Sadayo Kawakami vs. Maya Amano

Nagi vs. Saori Hasegawa

Cashier from Peace Diner vs. Junpei Iori

Chizuru Ishigami vs. Minoru Inoue

Chihaya Mifune vs. Mamoru Hayase

Misuzu Hiiragi vs. Lala Escargot

Setsuko Sonomura vs. Junko Kurosu

Eri Minami vs. Tae Takemi

Zen vs. Kenji Tomochika

Eriko Kirishima vs. Takeharu Kirijo

Mika vs. Metis

Junya Kaneshiro vs. Takuto Maruki

Moel Gas Station Attendant vs. Hanako Ohtani

Maya Okamura vs. Igor

Sayoko Uehara vs. Makoto Yuki

Lesbian Student from P3 vs. Mami Shibata

Shunsuke Fujii vs. Saki Konishi

Tatsuya Suou vs. Akinari Kashihara

Miho Ogishima vs. Kinshiro Morooka

Hisano Kuroda vs. Ayane Matsunaga

Kanji Tatsumi vs. Makoto Nijiima

Marie vs. Tatsuya Sudou

SIU Director vs. Reiji Kido

Baofu vs. Takahisa Kandori

Yuuki Mishima vs. Tamaki Uchida

Zenkichi Hasegawa vs. Yosuke Hanamura

Mitsuo Kubo vs. Aigis

Kei Nanjo vs. Margaret

Masao Inaba vs. Noriko Katayama

Yukino Mayuzumi vs. Saeko Takami

Tadashi Satomi vs. Chidori Yoshino

Yumi Ozawa vs. Gay Demons P2

Kasumi Yoshizawa vs. Yuka Ayase

Hidetoshi Odagiri vs. Mutatsu

Shinjiro Aragaki vs. Kazushi Miyamoto

Localized version of Naoya vs. Ren Amamiya

Coach Hiraguchi vs. Chie Satonaka

Shuji Ikutsuki vs. Shiho Suzui

Futaba Sakura vs. Naoto Shirogane

Jin Shirato vs. Hifumi Togo

Keisuke Hiraga vs. Eikichi Mishina

Maki Sonomura vs. Toranosuke Yoshida

Rise Kujikawa vs. Elizabeth

Goro Akechi vs. Yuko Nishiwaki

Noriko Kashiwagi vs. Ulala Serizawa

Yuko Himeno vs. Anna Yoshizaka

Hikari vs. Joker (IS)

Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Hidehiko Uesugi

Masayoshi Shido vs. Youichi Makimura

[444lpblue]

Stardust Telepath #3 - Explosive Mechanic

Screenplay: RinRin Storyboard/Episode Direction: Shinichirou Ueda Animation Direction: Megumi Nagayama, Ryoutarou Takamura, Yuuta Masaki, Ken Mukaigawara Key Animation: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Megumi Nagayama, Maya Yoshida, Tatsuya Urano, Yuuta Masaki, Hiroshi Tanabe, Yousuke Sotoyama, Haruka Sakai, Manabu Kushibuchi, Takanori Suzuki, Satoshi Horisawa, Michitaka Yamamoto, Takahiro Ninagawa, Lilin Zhao, Haruki Ebisu, Yoshiko Nakamura, Kanoko Sakurai, Ryoutarou Takamura, Tetsuya Sunaga, Ken Mukaigawara, Junichi Hashimoto, Yuuichirou Kamura (Eyecatch: 街早智子)

I've wanted to talk about this show since I watched the first episode, but I couldn't find the time. Now we're at episode 3, and guess what? It's pretty great still. Kaori has been at the helm of the whole series at Studio Gokumi, showcasing the studio's in-house staff in a very strong way. Kaori's approach to adapting this series is fantastic; the show is very colorful, especially in its character designs. There are so many fun reactions and expressions that I just can't help but love. It's been a lot of fun so far, and Kaori's expressive and colorful direction is a great match for the series' character designer, Takahiro Sakai. You might have already seen his designs in Yuki Yuna is a Hero, or perhaps you've watched the recent Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (I know I didn't). The designs are very flexible and simple, which works great with the more expressive moments. I mean, it's just so cute, and when combined with the color design, they really stand out to me as a big selling point of this anime.

The story itself is somewhat comparable to the recent Bocchi the Rock, if I had to mention something to compare, if you're a fan of shows dealing with social anxiety and featuring fun visuals, I would definitely recommend giving this a try.

Since the title does say this is a write-up on episode 3, I should probably start talking about episode 3. This is actually the first episode so far that Kaori didn't have a hand in from a boarding perspective, but the expressiveness and reactions were still present in this episode. While the usage of them and the colors weren't as bold as Kaori's usual style, I believe Shinichirou Ueda did a really good job, especially for the more serious or emotional moments of the episode.

Kaori relies on a lot of contrast or bright and simple elements over detailed backgrounds to make things pop. Every time they're a bit quirky or making a funny face, you'll notice it. Ueda's approach is a bit more cohesive, and I couldn't really find a word for it until I talked to my friend this morning, who mentioned that he noticed it, and he's absolutely right. Ueda takes a more environmental approach compared to Kaori, incorporating more variety in distance and layout size. For instance, he uses long empty halls to emphasize the distance Umika must cross to connect with Raimon. When Umika runs during the night, it's subtly matched by the soft stars in the sky. In contrast, Kaori might have been a bit more heavy-handed in how brightly the stars shine or how much they pop out. I think Ueda's approach is different in that he likes to make the entire scene a bit more unified in its look rather than having one element stand out more than the others. I like both Kaori and Ueda's styles very much, and I don't have a strong preference between the two. I just wanted to mention the differences I see in their approaches.

Returning to the production as a whole for a moment, I completely forgot to mention that, aside from the aesthetic direction and character designs, the show animates quite well. It's a very pleasing-looking show, at least to me. The production is very solid, and I think credit should be given to the talented in-house animators at Gokumi and the animation producer, Kenta Washikazi. He has only held this role for two shows prior to this one (Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter and Seton Academy), both of which also had solid production, so it's clear he knows what he's doing. He has brought on people like Kouta Sera, who appears to be fairly heavily involved in this show as a key animator so far, and he's extremely talented. For instance, he did the cut of Umiko floating up in the opening. It's a perfect mix of in-house staff and the talent Washikazi decided to bring on.