#nikolai krasotkin

[iratesherlock]

* THE EMPIRE OF CORPSES / JAPANESE / 2H 6M / 2015

— The movie's original Japanese name is 屍者の帝国 the romanization of this is Shisha no Teikoku. — Hosoya Yoshimasa as John Watson and Takasugi Yoshimitsu as Sherlock Holmes. — Murase Ayumu as Friday, Hanazawa Kana as Hadaly Lilith, Kusunoki Taiten as Frederick Burnaby, and Yamashita Daiki as Nikolai Krasotkin. — Directed by Ryoutarou Makihara, produced by WIT Studio, and distributed by TOHO Animation. — Based on the novel written by Project Itoh and co-authored by Toh EnJoe. — Favorite Quality: The animation is incredibly stunning, specifically the movements of the revived corpses; though, honestly, the entirety of the design of the corpses from their animation to their sound effects is incredible.

The Empire of Corpses is a movie based on Sherlock Holmes in the absolute loosest of ways; however, it is a story being told using familiar characters and, while most people don’t consider it an adaptation, I’m going to. To explain my thoughts, I need to explain what this movie is about, and why you normally wouldn’t find it in places listing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes (or, if you have, why many others haven’t). The easiest way to understand this movie is to consider it a retelling of John Watson’s adventures in the war—if the war was about finding Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s work so that John can fully reanimate his deceased (currently undead) research partner. In this borderline dystopian world, Dr. Frankenstein’s reanimation of his monster was something that the whole of society tried to replicate and now corpses are used as unpaid labor, soldiers, or any other type of work dangerous to the living; however, these corpses do not have souls, thoughts, or opinions. The only corpse recorded to have a soul is Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, but his notes that indicated how the late doctor was able to do this have been lost—until recently, which is largely where the story starts. After John Watson illegally reanimated his deceased research partner Friday, he was drafted into the war to find Dr. Frankenstien’s missing notes due to his deep understanding of and desire to recreate the human soul to keep his promise to his friend and bring him back from the dead as an individual. There is much this movie tries to fit into its runtime, sometimes to its detriment. I was fairly confused in major moments throughout the story and needed to look up what was happening; however, I will be open I sometimes have context issues and don’t believe this confusion was fully the fault of the writing. That does not mean the writing was flawless, there were times it certainly could have been clearer or better paced to keep the audience from being lost. While it sounds like I didn’t enjoy this movie I, quite frankly, was enraptured by it, it is the most confusing mash of characters and storylines that I have ever seen—like an original doctor character was written and then John Watson’s story was somehow shoved in with no explanation. I loved it. There is likely a significant amount of context I didn’t understand as I have yet to read the manga or the novel (which has not been fully translated). It doesn’t feel like an adaptation; I don’t think it fully is one, but it still fits into a retelling of John Watson’s past. The premise is really what makes this movie what it is, I found it while looking for something else entirely, and couldn’t help myself but immediately watch it regardless of anything else I had to do today. The art style does not immediately stand out; it is par for the course if you have seen any significant amount of well-made anime, but it shines in its animation. It is beautifully animated, with the characters' movements, alive or otherwise, so distinct and fluid that it is visually appealing. The subject matter of the movie does mean that it leans heavily into body horror and violence, and there are scenes animated wonderfully, that are extremely difficult to watch if you have a fear of medical procedures (specifically needles). The sound design for this movie was also incredible, I don’t particularly remember much of the music, but the sound effects and background noise were incredible. The sounds of bones, footsteps, explosions, and movement were so well done that some scenes were only great because of the sound design. I highly recommend this movie if it is something you are interested in, it’s something so entirely out of left field it’s difficult to review without simply telling you you need to watch it just to understand and be as confused as I am. So do it, watch the movie, and be confused and intrigued.

[mochalkaaaaa]

[incorrectlit]

Kolya Krassotkin is anti-vax

[xxmorning-gl0ryxx]

This is a piece I made for Mermay. I did Nikolai from The Empire of Corpses. I just love him! I still have a long way to go as an artist though.

[italianteart]

i watch the empire of corpses and like one (1) russian boi and of course he gets fuckin killed off in the first quarter for bullshit plot reasons.

im salty

[overlordofawesomeness]

BEAUTIFUL. Source: csyday

[hopeless-anime-addict]

Don’t ever trust characters named Nikolai

They always die

[koichiidesu]

“To convey your thoughts to someone is more difficult than you think.”

[mochalkaaaaa]

[incorrectlit]

Kolya: I'm too young to die! And too old to eat off the kids menu! What a stupid age I am!

[xxmorning-gl0ryxx]

I took the screenshot and edited it

[italianteart]

i swear i didnt accidentally draw on the wrong layer or something,,

[soulsavaged]

SHISHA NO TEIKOKU WITH CORRECT SUBTITLES

ATTENTION; I have finally been able to find a version of the movie Shisha no Teikoku/Empire of Corpses with correct english subtitles uploaded online. Finally more people will be able to enjoy the movie to the extent that it deserves!

Link:

https://fmovies.se/film/shisha-no-teikoku.qxxjw/92n9vn

[xxmorning-gl0ryxx]

If this show were FRIENDS, Nikolai would be Joey, Watson would be Ross, Hadaly would be Rachel, Burnaby would act like Monica, Friday could be Phoebe and Alexei could perhaps be like Chandler

Since I was talking about it, here’s my fave Nikolai scene in the manga. (Plot twist: he’s a giant nerd).

[la-esmerqlda]

So a ton of BSD fans have been getting into classical literature, and I would like to recommend “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky! It has a lot of those dark themes, and like BSD, a big portion of it is addressing the abuse many of the characters have suffered from. It’s a great exploration of family dynamics and the Russian outlook on life. It’s basically Dostoevsky’s magnum opus. Definitely read it!

If you like Atsushi Nakajima, you’ll probably like Alyosha Karamazov

If you like Chuuya Nakahara, you’ll probably like Dmitri Karamazov

If you like Fyodor Dostoevsky, you’ll probably like Pavel Smerdyakov

If you like Ozaki Kouyou, you’ll probably like Katerina Ivanovna

It you like Ryunosuke Akutagawa, you’ll probably like Ivan Karamazov

If you like Akiko Yosano, you’ll probably like Grushenka Alexandrovna

If you like Sigma, you’ll probably like Pyotr Kalganov

If you like Nikolai Gogol, you’ll probably like Kolya Krasotkin

If you like Lucy Montgomery, you’ll probably like Lise Kholakhov

If you like Izumi Kyoka, you’ll probably like Ilusha Snegiryov

[goalhofer]

2021-22 K.K. Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast Roster

Wingers

#24 Yevgeni Chesalin (Podolsk, Russia) C

#45 Valentin Pyanov (Novosibirsk, Russia)

#57 Anton Wedin (Sundsvall, Sweden)

#70 Egor Milovzorov (Novosibirsk, Russia) A

#74 Alexei Khruchinin (St. Petersburg, Russia)

#83 Nikita Setdikov (Moscow, Russia)

#86 Alexander Sharov (Moscow, Russia)

#87 Sergei Dubakin (Novosibirsk, Russia)

#90 Oleg Li (Volgograd, Russia)

#95 Alexei Yakovlev (Novosibirsk, Russia) A

#96 Nikita Korotkov (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Centers

#22 Viktor Komarov (Chelyabinsk, Russia)

#28 Denis Golubev (Kazan, Russia)

#37 Nick Shore (Denver, Colorado)

#51 Vyacheslav Litovchenko (Khabarovsk, Russia)

Defensemen

#2 Nikolai Demidov (Golitsyno, Russia)

#7 Ilya Morozov (Novosibirsk, Russia)

#8 Trevor Murphy (Windsor, Ontario)

#20 Konstantin Alexeyev (Novosibirsk, Russia)

#21 Yegor Alanov (Moscow, Russia)

#33 Denis Bodrov (Moscow, Russia)

#67 Andrei Yermakov (Moscow, Russia)

#76 Timur Akhiyarov (Moscow, Russia)

#94 Nikita Yefrimov (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Goalies

#29 Harri Säteri (Toijala, Finland)

#35 Anton Krasotkin (Yaroslavl, Russia)