#seika nakayama

[classic-shoujo]

Alfheim no Kishi (1987) by Seika Nakayama

[shoujo-memory]

Alfheim no Kishi by Nakayama Seika

[kobuta-no-yume]

Nakayama Seika letter set.

[asnowperson]

OMG Hagio Moto drew an Eroica tribute, why haven't I seen this?

After seeing Urasawa's Eroica tribute thanks to this post, I bought the latest issue of Mystery Bonita at the speed of light. It said something rather curious on the last page: "We have Shiomi Chika in the next issue!" This could only mean one thing: These Eroica tributes by other manga artists were a thing, and I had been living under a rock!

My little research showed me that to celebrate the 45th anniversary of From Eroica with Love, Mystery Bonita started having guest artists every month starting with their 2021 July issue. As I am unable to get all the magazines (because most of the back issues are no longer on sale as e-books, and even if they were, am I that rich?), I can't confirm whether every artist drew a manga. But here is a list of contributors so far (June 2023): Shitou Ryoko, Sakai Miwa, Mineo Maya, Nanamaki Kanako, Akaishi Michiyo, Nakayama Seika, Aoki Tomm (three times), Toono Yukiko, Ogawa Yayoi, Shima Atsuko, Haruna Remon, Hagio Moto, Takahashi Miyuki, Yamato Waki, Honda, Shitou Kyouko, Hamada Shouko, Urasawa Naoki, Shiomi Chika, Nogami Takeshi, Anno Moyoco, Yamamura Higashi, and Nagano Noriko.

Begging break!: If anyone has old issues of Mystery Bonita, especially the ones from 2021, can you please contact me? They only sell the latest 12 issues on e-book stores, so I can't buy the older ones. It so happens that one of the tributes I'm really curious about, the Mineo Maya one, was published in the 2021/9 issue and I can't get it. I would eternally be grateful for (and depending on the difficulty, might be willing to translate) any Eroica tributes thrown my way.

The Urasawa one is also in the works, but I was literally screaming like a 12 yo girl while reading the Hagio one and I got overexcited. This was published in the June 2022 issue of the magazine, you need to buy that issue if you want it. Thanks to Lucas who kindly delivered these superb 8 pages to us, I literally started working on this the moment I got it while I was fangirling. So here's a gift from The Rose Garden to you: Hagio Moto's take on From Eroica with Love, with "Van Gogh Murder Case". Enjoy this y24-ception!

And yes, I am serious with the "Poe Clan" tags. This thing has Edgar and Allan in it ;)

[kittychan-sings-enka]

An amusing vintage ad where a Takarazuka fan gets senpai (Takarazuka star Haruna Yuri) to notice her by enrolling in a penmanship correspondence course to prepare for writing fan letters.

The art is by Nakayama Seika, a prolific shojo mangaka (Alfheim no Kishi, Hanakanmuri no Ryuu no Kuni, etc), who drew this ad series under the pen name Yabuki Reiko until her major debut.

[oumlr]

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META-morphose

Installation / Music Video

Kyoto Seika University Exhibition of Graduation Works 2021

京都精華大学展 2021

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created by shun yamaguchi

music: Silentroom ( silentrm.net )

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special thanks:

yang02

minoru suematsu / masaharu sawada / shunsuke taniguchi

sota oda / joji manabe / ryo nakayama

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WEB / Caption  oumlr.com/META-morphose

Release vimeo.com/661387223

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An anime PV and character designs for the KLabGames x Kadokawa’s cross media idol project “Lapis Re:LiGHTs” has been revealed. It will premiere sometime in 2020.

-Staff-

Director: Hiroyuki Hata

Series Composition: Kasumi Tsuchida, Hajime Asano

Character Design: Taro Ikegami

Chief Animation Supervisor: Taro Ikegami

Music: Satoshi Houno

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab

-Cast-

Ashley (CV: Iori Saeki)

Lavi (CV: Ribu Mukai)

Aiara (CV: ukari Anzai)

Rosetta (CV: Risa Kubota)

Rinette (CV: Mizuki Yamamoto)

Emilia (CV: Hazuki Hoshino)

Salsa (CV: Yuu Sasahara)

Garnet (CV: Yoko Nakayama)

Alpha (CV: Tomomi Mineuchi)

Nadeshiko (CV: Rina Honnizumi)

Tsubaki (CV: Arisa Suzuki)

Kaede (CV: Yuuko Oono)

Ratura (CV: Yukimi Hayase)

Chanpe (CV: Seika Hirose)

Merry Berry (CV: Hikaru Akao)

Lucifer (CV: Risae Matsuda)

Angelica (CV: Yuuka Amemiya)

Fiona (CV: Haruka Itou)

Yue (CV: Yuu Sakuragi)

Millefeuille (CV: Saeko Oku)

Eliza (CV: Kana Hanazawa)

Chloe (CV: Yoshino Nanjo)

Angers (CV: Yuuka Amemiya)

Camilla (CV: Sumire Uesaka)

Yuzuriha (CV: Ayane Sakura)

via: lapisrelights.com/anime

[fairylynel]

Lapis Re:LiGHTS - Anime Review

I started watching this since the art style is so beautiful and cute. I have always had a weakness for Magical Girls anime, but this one has the Idol aspect mixed with it.

Contains Spoilers

The main character of this show is Tiara Victoria Lex Waleland (voiced by Yukari Anzai who also worked on Happy Sugar Life and Release the Spyce), an extremely long name that, as everyone can guess, means that this girl is actually royalty. She’s one of the princesses of the Waleland kingdom, along with her sister, Eliza (voiced by Kana Anazawa who also worked on Angel Beats! and Deadman Wonderland). Against her older sister wishes, Tiara runs away from her home and joins the Flora Girls' High School, a magical school where students work in groups. It has some similarities to, for example, Hogwarts when it comes the evaluation system. You earn points if you do well in classes and lose them when you do poorly - and of course, after you lose too many, you are expelled. It’s mandatory in this high school that the students work in groups and earn the points together, going up (or down) in the ranking system.

This show has, like all idol anime, several girl groups that the viewer can adore (seven groups to be precise). So, of course, Tiara joins a group where her childhood friend, Rosetta (voiced by Risa Kubota who has also worked on Konohana Kitan and Ongeki), an extremely clumsy and fiery tiny girl called Lavie (voiced by Live Mukai who has also worked on Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu), a more stern girl called Ashley (voiced by Iori Saeki who has also worked on Nekopara and Uma Musume: Pretty Derby) and the bookworm Lynette (voiced by Mizuki Yamamoto).

All these girls have pretty standart and stereotypical personalities, but they are all extremely loveable, I absolutely enjoyed seeing Lavie and Ashley argue with each other, while Tiara and Rosetta bonded over their family backgrouds and memories, plus Lynette (even though she didn’t have a counterpart, per say) had enough interactions with everyone, while being important to the plot at the same time. I was afraid her character would be forgotten, but she was extremely charming since the beginning. Moreover, it was super refreshing to see the girls interact with the other groups and forming friendships with each other; it was genuinely refreshing to see, for example, Lynette become close to Ratura (voiced by Yukimi Hayase) and bond over their love for the group Ray.

Each group eventually becomes an Orchestra, a group that sings for the town’s people so a big quantity of mana can be stored in one of the biggest buildings of the school. It doesn’t hurt the people who are listening, despite my concerns in the first episodes, it is just a way to enjoy music.

Moving on to the groups then:

There are 7 in total:

LiGHTS - Tiara, Rosetta, Lavie, Ashley and Lynette. They become an Orchestra since they were in risk of being expelled due to having very little points among them. Their songs in the show have been 私たちのSTARTRAIL (in this particular song, all of the groups are present, but it’s mostly sung by LiGHTS) and Planetarium. It’s the pop style kind of group, their songs tend to appeal to everyone. These songs are, respectively, the Opening song for the anime and the Ending.

IV KLORE (and my favourite group so far) - Emilia, the daughter of a succubus, having the ability to drain the people who touch her of their energy (voiced by Hazuki Hoshino), Alpha, a magic doll that serves Emilia (voiced by Tomomi Mineuchi who has also worked on Slow Start and The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2), Salsa, a werewolf (voiced by Yuu Sasahara who has also worked on Ochikobore Fruit Tart and Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san) and Garnet, a ghost (voiced by Youko Nakayama). This group shows up quite early in the show, having an episode dedicated to Garnet as she joins IV KLORE later on. This group has no human members, all of them either being half-human or fully mystical creatures. They’re music is really enjoyable, having a bit of a darker tone when compared to everyone else. In the show, they sing two songs - Midnight Sapphire and Forbidden Fairytale. 

KonoHana wa Otome - Kaede, the younger sister (voiced by Yuuko Oono who has also worked on Konohana Kitan and Ongaku Shoujo), Nadeshiko, the middle sister (voiced by Rina Honizumi who has also worked on Hug tto! Precure and Plunderer) and Tsubaki, the oldest (voiced by Arisa Suzuki who has also worked on New Game!! and Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari). In the anime, they sing two songs -  Karakure＊Night Fever and Inochi Mijikashi, Ryouran Otome. This group mixes traditional japanese music with the rock concept, making this group my second favourite. Their songs are absolutely delicious. In the episode that is dedicated to this group, we see Kaede and Nadeshiko fighting over their musical concept, the middle sister wanting to mix rock music with the traditional. The viewer can see Nadeshiko struggling to keep the relationship with Kaede, while the youngest struggles with the fear of failure of not being able to perform both concepts well enough. It was a really cute episode and it was really fun to see the three of them, even though Tsubaki doesn’t seem to interact much with the other Orchestras, with the other girls and seeing them establish friendships with them.

Sugar Pockets - Ratura (voiced by Yukimi Hayase), Champe (voiced by Seika Hirose) and Maryberry (voiced by Hikaru Akao who has also worked on Assault Lily: Bouquet and Runway de Waratte). This is, in my opinion, the weakes group in terms of their songs. They do this cutesy, soft performances and when compared to the other groups, they lack individuality. Other than that, the characters are pretty loveable as well. Ratura is seen quite often as she and Lynette become close friends as the show goes on and Maryberry becomes less and less shy and more eager to perform with her friends. Champe is probably the most forgetful of them all, but still a very cute character. They perform two songs in the show - Wagama Caramelize and Chat Noir.

Sadistic★Candy - Angelica (voiced by Yuuka Amemiya) and Lucifer (voiced by Risae Matsuda who has also worked on Keijo!!!!!!!! and Love Live! Sunshine!! ).This group is the one that makes Sugar Pockets look boring, in my opinion. This Orchestra also has a happy, sweet kind of concept, but their chaotic personality and energy makes them stand out quite a lot. They performed two songs as well - Positive★Paradise and Are Many Chance!!! . Not only that, but when it comes to the plot, Angelica was also part of the popular group Ray, however her personality at that time now embarasses her and she is a more serious person, despite her childish self still coming out when arguing with Lucifer. 

supernova - Yue (voiced by Yuu Sakuragi who has also worked on), Millefeuille (voiced by Saeko Oku) and Fiona (voiced by Haruka Itou who has also worked on Omoi no Kakera).This is one of the most popular groups when Tiara joins the school. The members are all students in high ranks and they are used in several episodes to show how the hierarchy in this high school works. Their personalities and friendships aren’t shown as much as everyone else, what the viewer will learn the most about them is Yue’s hatred for Tiara and that Millefeuille works a bit like an older sister for both of them, often keeping Fiona in place. Their songs, despite being good, aren’t my favourites from all of them. They go for a more mature concept with their outfits and sounds, but it feels a bit “noisy” in the chorus. They perform two songs -  Ao no Shoudou and RISE.

Ray - Eliza, Chloe (voiced by Yoshino Nanjou who has also worked on Akuma no Riddle and Love Live! School Idol Project), Angers (voiced by Yuuka Amemiya) , Camilla (voiced by Sumire Uesaka who has also worked on Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! and Musaigen no Phantom World) and Yuzuriha (voiced by Ayane Sakura who has also worked on BanG Dream! and My Hero Academia). I really don’t have much of an opinion about this group as they aren’t really active anymore. I do enjoy their backstories quite a lot and I honestly hope that, if there is a second season, that these girls can get a little bit more screen time. Eliza, Tiara’s older sister, is now uncapable of singing, if she does, she might lose her voice. She was the one who asked Chloe, the now chair of the board at school despite her yound age, to put Tiara in a group that would be easily expelled. Angers became Angelica and changed her personality completely, going from a cute, soft and a bit ridiculous girl to a more serious one. Camilla was known as the Ray’s Immaculate Prince, but barely anything is shown about her besides the fact that she was a vampire that was extremely popular amongst her classmates. And then there is my favourite, Yuzuriha, a lesbian who loves to flirt with girls and spends her time in the school’s cabaret - which, by the way, the viewer can see that Champe works there as well (maybe Champe is a wlw as well?). Yuzuriha is the funniest of the group and I definitely enjoyed some representation even if a bit weird. The only issue I see with her in the anime is that her sexuality is used as a personality trait, but even so, so little is shown from the group itself that I didn’t really mind it. She was called the Graceful Dancing Princess as she was a great dancer.

The plot starts with LiGHTs struggling with the little points they have and trying to find ways to not be expelled, the viewer can see them in class and joining a group with all the other Orchestras (except Sadistic★Candy) to fight some supernatural monster that was lurking around in a forest close to the high school (it was actually Garnet, completely unaware that she was dead and didn’t know others saw her as a ghost). While they try their best to not have to leave the school, eventually they just aren’t able to have enough points and are forced to leave. From this moment forward, it’s revealed that several monsters are coming towards the high school and that all the Orchestras need to work together, so they can gather mana enough fromt he audience and protect the town. As this is going on, Ray’s backstory is revealed and LiGHTs still managed to save the day in the end.

I really enjoyed the show and the episode where Garnet joins IV KLORE was my favourite by far. The writers did a good job when it comes to allow the viewer to know the characters well, without feeling overwhelmed with so many of them. Truth be told, Champe, Camilla and even Lucifer don’t really have much screen time, but the writers still managed to make them interesting enough to not be completely forgotten. Other than that, I liked most of the songs and even those that weren’t my type were still fun to watch the Orchestras perform.

Rating: 7/10

[classic-shoujo]

Alfheim no Kishi (1987) by Seika Nakayama

[shoujo-memory]

Alfheim no Kishi by Nakayama Seika

[fehyesvintagemanga]

nakayama seika

[22wildasies]

Alfheim no Kishi

Synopsis: Princess Rosely’s fate was sealed when she first picked up a sword to try to kill an evil wizard. Little did she know the legendary Lucilys, Sword of Light, had chosen her to be its heiress, bringing her peaceful life in the castle of Altodias to ruin. Soon, the young princess encounters the pain of losing all the people that she loved, and being separated from her twin brother Rolant, the heir of Silvan, the Sword of the Moon. Rosely would have been even dead floating in a cold river if she had not been saved by a handsome green-eyed king of the Alf. Growing up as the king's foster daughter in Alfheim, Rosely learns magic and martial arts from the Alf, only waiting for the day she can avenge for her lost country. Will she be able to fulfill her will? What does the fatal sword Lucilys have in store for her? Will resentment drive her into insanity? Who was the one behind all her misfortunes? And who could have been the chosen owner of Soles—Sword of Sunshine, the third one in three ancient magic swords?

Author(s): Nakayama Seika

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural

Published: 1987

[haachintranslations]

#Athlete Megumi Thank You ＼(^^)／ (2018-2-28)

Konbanhaachin！

   I have an announcement…！

  Skypa EX Sports-san’s 『Hello！Athlete Megumi』 where I am in able to be a regular MC

  Somehow

 March will be the final episode…！、

  Figure skater

Aoki Yuuna

  Female golfer

Nakayama Ayaka

  Double-dutch team

DIANA-san

Ono Kenta

  Basketball team

Tokyo Haneda Vickies

  Ice hockey, Japan’s representative team

SEIBU Princess Rabbits-san

Kato Jirou-san

  Female soccer team

Albirex Niigata ladies

Obara Yuria

Kameda Seika-san

  Sunlights table-tennis club

Overseer Kondou

Coach Morita

  All-star team dance cheer

Team JCDA-san

Team director Maeda Chiyo-san

  『gramo）』-san who lent be a cute uniform each episode！！！

  Each episode MC and interviews、and recording the narration, I did many things for the first time, and when I was perplexed the staff-san supported me！！

   And more than anythings、

everyーーone who watched it each week＼(^^)／

  Really thank you so much！！！！！

  For going on-location、cheer-dance was the last one but

 In March、

I’ll be in the Athlete Megumi highlights episodeー！！

  Look forward to it ＼(^^)／＼(^^)／

 Come here come hereー

 Today February ends。。

  Alreaーーーーーdy

I’ll do my bestっっっ。

 Honana！

Original - https://ameblo.jp/mm-12ki/entry-12356539992.html

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Lapis Re:LiGHTs, le magic idol della serie si mostrano in un primo trailer

Svelato lo staff al lavoro sull’anime dell’originale progetto crossmediale di Kadokawa e KLab Games.

Annunciata originariamente nel 2018, torna finalmente a mostrarsi la serie animata di “Lapis Re:LiGHTs”, l’originale progetto crossmediale di Kadokawa e KLab Games che ha come protagoniste delle giovani idol in grado di usare la magia.

L’anime, il cui debutto è previsto per quest’anno, è diretto da Hiroyuki Hata (Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga, Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!) presso lo studio Yokohama Animation Lab (Miru Tights). La sceneggiatura sta venendo curata da Kasumi Tsuchida (Nekopara) assieme ad Hajime Asano (Mayo Chiki!). Il character design è ad opera di Taro Ikegami (Gamers!) che supervisione anche il comparto animazioni, mentre le musiche sono composte da Satoshi Hono (Demon Lord, Retry!, Aggretsuko).

Di seguito il numeroso cast, formato dai diversi gruppi idol:

LiGHTs

Ashley: Iori Saeki

Lavi: Ribu Mukai

Aiara: Yukari Anzai  

Rosetta: Risa Kubota

Rinette: Mizuki Yamamoto

IV KLORE

Emilia: Hazuki Hoshino

Salsa: Yuu Sasahara

Garnet: Yoko Nakayama

Alpha: Tomomi Mineuchi

Konohana wa Otome

Nadeshiko: Rina Honnizumi

Tsubaki: Arisa Suzuki

Kaede: Yuuko Oono

Sugar Pocket

Ratura: Yukimi Hayase

Chanpe: Seika Hirose

Merry Berry: Hikaru Akao

Sadistic★Candy

Lucifer: Risae Matsuda

Angelica: Yuuka Amemiya

Supernova

Fiona: Haruka Itou

Yue: Yuu Sakuragi

Millefeuille: Saeko Oku

Ray

Eliza: Kana Hanazawa 

Chloe: Yoshino Nanjo 

Angers: Yuuka Amemiya 

Camilla: Sumire Uesaka 

Yuzuriha: Ayane Sakura 

Il franchise comprenderà anche un videogioco per dispositivi mobili, delle novel, dei concerti e un manga ad opera di Hiroichi (High school DxD - I contratti segreti di Asia e Koneko!) e Shingo Nagai. Il primo album legato al progetto, chiamato Start the Magic Hour, è stato pubblicato lo scorso 5 febbraio.

Autore: SilenziO))) (@s1lenzi0)

[FONTE]

[animenews-gurrrrl]

News of Note #7

For the week of April 16-21:

After being put on hiatus a year and a half ago, “Gangsta.” is scheduled to resume publication next month.

Without Touken Ranbu/YOI/UtaPri to compete against, “Haikyu!!” season 3 was finally free to climb to the #1 spot on the anime BD sales chart with volume 5.

The colorized reprint of the “Attack on Titan: No Regrets” isn’t out in Japan until June, yet Kodansha has already announced that the English edition will be released this fall.

Media project “Konbini Kareshi” will be getting an anime this summer.  The slice-of-life/romance story follows a group of boys who visit a convenience store after school.

DMI’s Juné yaoi imprint is currently holding a Kickstarter to raise $47,000 to republish their Psyche Delico English digital releases as print volumes.  The campaign is open until May 17.

Merchandise maker SunRise puts out plushies and more under its “Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyōdai” (The Three Nui Nui Hinobori Brothers) line.  To promote it, they are producing a web anime about said three brothers, who manage a toy shop together.  It launches this month.

Award-winning shoujo manga artist Seika Nakayama is celebrating her 40th anniversary in the industry this year.  To commemorate, Princess Gold magazine will be bundling a 132-page bonus booklet in the June issue.  The booklet will include reprints of her earlier works, as well as some new art.