I'm black, then I'm white,
No, something isn't right-
My enemy's invisible, I don't know how to fight
My friend put on Vocaloid songs as I was drawing the previous piece, and I encountered two songs that made me think of two characters from Penny Larceny respectively. One of it was ECHO, because honestly, Farsight's just going through it and so is the singer in ECHO.
Saitō Tamaki’s moécosmic theory of trauma understands the history of anime as an iterated ramification of the inadequacy of standard human rationalisations of sex to cope with the experience of arousal by two-dimensional beings, and the replication, transmission, and refinement of ‘drawn sexuality’ as a repetition compulsion driven by human culture’s inability to assimilate nijikon, this enduring passion for the less-than-3D. Now, anything appearing from the perspective of ‘well-assimilated’, healthily invested drives as ‘perversion’ is worthy of investigation. Against the riajuu’s insistence that affection for a fictional character is nothing more than the substitution of fantasy for reality—a reality otherwise inaccessible to the misfits and outcasts who find moé in lines—Saitō stands up for a new kind of desire: untimely, attuned to the alienating creativity of a world saturated with digital media, where almost every encounter passes by way of a two-dimensional image, and following the contours of its own immanent principle. It doesn’t need to report back to the guardians of ‘reality’. It is powerful because it is self-sufficient (‘I have no interest in three-dimensional women’), it doesn’t give a damn about exclusive disjunctions (‘I definitely felt something for Sapphire from Princess Knight [...] and Melmo from Marvelous Melmo [...] Sapphire is both a boy and a girl, and Melmo is both a child and an adult’), and no nuptial is too unnatural (‘A train obviously cannot respond to these feelings, so we are talking about moé’). In the end it is Daddy Admin whose access is revoked, as moé’s sheer indifference inverts the ontological priority, annexing reality to fiction by way of virtuality. Between the 2D and the 3D ‘there is this 2.5D, where reality is now being influenced by the otaku imagination’. [...] This is a perfect way to approach Cute, because it shows how the emergence of supernormal cultural phenomena throws the coordinates of human sexuality into disarray and sets in motion a cyberpositive process. Moé is incomplete burning.
Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic, Cute Accelerationism
The 4-part Uzumaki anime mini-series will premiere on Toonami on September 28, 2024 at 12:30AM (effectively September 29, 2024), followed by streaming on Max.
Cast
Japanese/ English Dub cast
Uki Satake/Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
Shinichiro Miki/Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
Toshio Furukawa/Doug Stone as Yasuo Goshima
Takashi Matsuyama/Aaron LaPlante as Mr. Saito
Mika Doi/Mona Marshall as Yukie Saito
Mariya Ise/Cristina Vee as Azami Kurotami
Katsutoshi Matsuzaki/Max Mittelman as Katayama
Wataru Hatano as Okada
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Tsumura
Kouichi Toochika as Yokota
Ami Fukushima as Shiho
Gen Sato as Boy 1
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Boy 2
Anna Nagase as Girl
Kōsuke Okamoto as Attendee 1
Staff
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Script: Aki Itami
Original creator: Junji Ito
Music: Colin Stetson
Animation Production: Studio Drive, Studio Akatsuki
I bought the pamphlet for the P4 anime movie that was sold at theaters during the movie's screenings. In Ami Koshimizu's interview (Yukiko VA), she talks about being a fellow Adachi fangirl lol. She even put a heart by his name... Gasp...
She's intrigued by how elusive he is, like he's weaving in and out of a crowd; like you want to get close to him ("within reach"), but you can't. And he also has the "gap" moe going for him (referring to how he changes gears after the reveal). She notes that she enjoyed Mitsuaki Madono's performance as Adachi during episodes 24-25 as well.
Confirmed Adachi Fans on Staff:
Whoever the fuck at Nico Nico Video dreamed up the Tohru Adachi Collab Cafe for the release of the Golden anime BD/DVD volume 4
Rokuro Saito's assistant, Yuka
Multiple ladies at ArcSys
The Unnamed Writer who Wrote Episode Adachi for P4U2 Before Wada Even Knew If It Was Okay To Add Story DLC
Yukiko's VA, Ami Koshimizu
Possible Adachi Fans on Staff:
P4 vocalist, Shihoko Hirata: During Persona Super Live 2022, she tweeted a photo of Adachi's choreographer/dancer and the hashtags include, "I wish to offer him a cabbage"... Is she... Is she one of us...?
Simone’s fellowship starts in a few days so she’s using this time as a mini vacation. She’s staying in a beautiful Wakaba home courtesy of the Saito family & her first official day as a Mt. Komorebi resident was spent exploring the town of a thousand leaves🎋
The Saito’s are a locally renowned family. They work and live within their community and take care of it. Ami is the head archivist & curator at the Senbamachi Art Museum & Sculpture Garden while Ren is trauma surgeon at Mt. Komorebi National Hospital. Their son Kenji is the head chef at Kyoto Karaoke & Sushi Bar looking to open his own sushi restaurant.
2. In the folder, go to ‘HakuoGakuen.Otogelib.Hakuoki_SSL_English_Patch_v1.1\PCSG00297\data‘ and copy its contents. There should be two files- ‘GAME.cpk’ and ‘SYSTEM.cpk’
3. Now go to the game data folder location. you can do so by right clicking on the game in the homescreen on the emulator.
For me, it was here ‘C:\Users\AMY\AppData\Roaming\Vita3K\Vita3K\ux0\app\PCSG00297\data‘
4. Paste the two patch files into the data folder. Click ‘replace the files’.
Done! You should be able to play the game in english now.
Note 1: quicksaving was not working for me for some reason, so make sure to make regular manual saves!
Note 2: There are a series of mini games at the end of every route and since they use a randomiser, they are not translated. It is recommended to play Okita's route first for this reason as his games are the easiest (apparently). I have never played it past the mini games on my Saito route and my sister didn't either past the Harada route. It's not undoable ofc, we just don't have the patience for it xD
Once you finish one ending, you can skip the last mini games in other routes.
Note 3: The keyboard controls I could discern so far were:
It can be silly, some doodle or wrtings,plans for the future, scrapped ideas, things you're not certain about
Specially I wanna know about the characters relationships with each other, maybe some ships 👀👀👀
Okay, so this got a bit long...
The Uchihas have been "massacred" in the AU as well, but only in theory (as well) the few remaining Uchihas are hiding or -literally- working for their lives. That's the case for Domin. He escaped, proved he could still be useful and changed his name. Everyone with awakened Uchiha blood had to change their names at some point to hide.
- Amie and Shiori (Shouta) are Uchihas on the run. Shiori's sister, Tsubasa, left the Hyuugas with him when he awakened the sharingan, and they both resent Yan li and Remei a little for staying.
The Hyuugas aren't much better either they hoard the best and most talented youths and discard the rest to other clans. Nolan is the exception, he was demoted from Uzumaki to Hyuuga after Junko arrived and took his place (the clan heads claimed her "rare" Uchiha blood was more worthy than Nolan's Hyuuga blood, when in truth they just wanted to keep a closer eye on her).
Viola knows how cruel the clans system can be, and hopes she can change something from within by becoming the heiress. Honoka wants to believe in her, but once Junko gets her sharingan she can't say she has much hope.
Diane found a way to get away from the Hyuuga clan without getting into any bigger disagreements, by getting a job in Suna. Even though things aren't that great over there, at least those aren't their problem. In Suna Aura and Yori are disputing the kazekage position. Their rivalry was bad enough but on top of that, Ten and Mika have recently been causing trouble in the region, taking sides, and overall causing a mess for the people, and the two need to sort that as well.
On the topic of different villages, Dei is another Uchiha who found safety and protection from Konoha's hunt in Iwa and offered them his loyalty instead. He got Nanako as a teammate and the two will have a small antagonist role in Junko and Viola's journey.
Also Junko manages to escape from Konoha. Both Honoka and Kyouharu are put under investigation. And Kyouharu! He's going to cause so. Much. Trouble to future Hokage Dante. Dante is gonna suffer to fix the system as it is, he's part Uzumaki and knows that helped him get the job in the first place. Suzuyasu knows that as well - just take it from there.
Ships?
Irene has a crush on Kaito. I don't think they'll get together for now, but the idea is out there.
Aura and Eliete. They're just... always there for each other on the fun and the pain. They both sacrifice anything for the other. Eliete believes Aura when no one else will and Aura shows Eliete her (very very rare) vulnerable moments.
On the same note - Junko and Honoka. Bffs, love and trust each other so much.
Saito got himself a very fierce wife and they are the cutest opposites atract kind of couple!
Yuriko and Ten... they'd be a slow burn, enemies to lovers, tough "I don't need anyone" fighter and stricy "I'll take care of everyone" doctor trope.
Hm... there could be more, I haven't thought of many more too specifically, but there could surely be more ;)
The 4-part Uzumaki anime mini-series will premiere on Toonami on September 28, 2024 at 12:30AM (effectively September 29, 2024), followed by streaming on Max.
Cast
Japanese/ English Dub cast
Uki Satake/Abby Trott as Kirie Goshima
Shinichiro Miki/Robbie Daymond as Shuichi Saito
Toshio Furukawa/Doug Stone as Yasuo Goshima
Takashi Matsuyama/Aaron LaPlante as Mr. Saito
Mika Doi/Mona Marshall as Yukie Saito
Mariya Ise/Cristina Vee as Azami Kurotami
Katsutoshi Matsuzaki/Max Mittelman as Katayama
Wataru Hatano as Okada
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Tsumura
Kouichi Toochika as Yokota
Ami Fukushima as Shiho
Gen Sato as Boy 1
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Boy 2
Anna Nagase as Girl
Kōsuke Okamoto as Attendee 1
Staff
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Script: Aki Itami
Original creator: Junji Ito
Music: Colin Stetson
Animation Production: Studio Drive, Studio Akatsuki
Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.
The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows: