#seira hayami

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Evolution of Honey and the Hayami Family

1973/Shin/Flash/Universe

[slimegirl-scientist]

Cutie Honey is a difficult franchise to love.

this probably does not come as a surprise to anyone at all familiar with Go Nagai’s work.

he writes about his passions: boobs, violence, and the mechanical. notice how nowhere in there did I mention “women.” Cutie Honey is one of the first magical girl properties out there, but reading the original makes it very clear that Go Nagai wanted an excuse to write about a catholic high school student who was frequently naked more than anything else. the original run also has an incredibly gross lesbian stereotype, even if it does feature Sister Jill explicitly having a crush on Honey. Aki Natsuko, Honey's recurring best friend, does not survive the manga either. all of the men in Cutie Honey (Danbei, his son Junpei, and Seiji Hayami) exist to objectify and sexually harass Honey, no matter what form. it’s a mess.

I’ve specifically been watching Cutie Honey Flash as of late. Flash took over Sailor Moon’s time slot and a lot of its animation staff after Sailor Stars ended and you can tell. it’s stylish, it’s gorgeous, and it’s hand animated. that’s not where my problems lie with it. watching early Sailor Moon makes me think the show is more about Tuxedo Mask saving Usagi from her own incompetence more than Sailor Moon learning how to use her powers. this isn't to say that women cannot be bad at things, more that it feels the show centers him during fights more than her because he's usually the one to end them. Cutie Honey Flash takes this up to 11. not only does Seiji show up most of the time, there's also the Twilight Prince who bestows knowledge on Honey as well as her father who appears at the end of a story arc to basically say "you haven't suffered enough and we need another 15-20 episodes. peace." it's very frustrating to have a show about such a capable character undermined by centering it around a bunch of men.

Flash was very much made to carry the Sailor Moon torch. those brave bastards at Toei thought they could sanitize Cutie Honey enough for that specific audience and I applaud their efforts. it didn't really work. what they did succeed at is making the show incredibly straight. Seiji is less of a creep in this version, but he's billed as a "young adult" who has a job as an investigative journalist who just… hangs out around a high school? kinda rubs me the wrong way as Honey is 16 in high school (at least in the original). you're expected to ship Honey and Seiji as early as episode 3 where Honey is defending wedding dresses from Panther Claw operatives and appears to be excited by getting straight married with him. the climax of the series is a confession of love between the two in episode 37.

by far the most frustrating part of Flash has been the second arc. after 13.9 episodes of straight hell, the show teases a new character (because long time antagonist Sister Jill has just died). you don't get to see her until the next episode. said episode, "The Entrance of a Mysterious Warrior! Prelude to A New Destiny," episode 14, is some of the gayest shit I've ever seen. I cannot accurately describe my reaction to seeing this episode after assuming (correctly) that the series would be terminally straight. Seira Hazuki, or Misty Honey, is introduced as a foil to the Honey Kisaragi we know and love. she is incredible. instead of having a heart choker, she has a gemstone on a thigh strap and pulls up her already very short skirt before transforming. she wins a rapier duel against Honey Kisaragi and again against Cutie Honey. Cutie Honey with a blade held to her chin on the ground is not something I will soon forget. her lavender hair (and blue while transformed) contrasts Honey's perfectly.

Seira is sadistic, angry, full of hatred, manipulative, sensual, just generally the best thing ever. she and Honey share an origin in that they're both artificial humans created by Honey's dad. Seira makes this known very clearly. she spends all of episode 14 besting Honey in everything while adoringly referring to her as "onee-sama." this is the first time in the entire show that I remember Honey blushing so much. she spends half of episode 16 beating the shit out of Honey with tennis balls. she cannot transform into different disguises as Honey can, but Misty Honey is noticeably stronger than Cutie Honey and has a different finisher move. Cutie Honey's "Honey Lightning Flare" has nothing on Misty's "Honey Sexy Dynamite," which zooms in on her lips as she whispers "sexy." it's fantastic.

but she's a queercoded villain. her personality is described as being a byproduct of being raised by Panther Claw, quote "with no love given to her." love a good homophobic trope, especially on the character constantly spouting a yuri calling card. as much as I adore her, she is the only character who really says "onee-sama" on the regular. and, of course, she dies. her death acts as a power up for Honey because she also has an Atmospheric Condenser or whatever the show calls the magic choker. the ultimate show of spite for me specifically is that the last episode of Cutie Honey Flash is a 3-year time skip. Honey and Seiji are about to be married. their child is named Seira Hazuki. women should not be made to be mothers like this. the show made my favorite character a symbol of cishet normativity. I will be mad forever.

it feels like this idea should be a slam dunk. Cutie Honey at its core is about a woman who is a bit of a trickster, is talented with a sword, and has to learn how to love and survive after dying and being remade as an android. something about women made to be weapons learning how to be human resonates with me as a trans woman. she and Aki Natsuko are frequently shown as joined at the hip, Sister Jill has an undeniable crush on her, and Seira Hazuki exists. there's more than enough legroom to write a sapphic and trans version of this story without having to change much of anything. unfortunately, Go Nagai cannot be trusted with any of the intellectual properties he creates. the men in the series feel like they exist to rob Honey of agency and reduce her to eye candy.

if you’re at all interested in Cutie Honey, just watch Re: and the self-titled live action. Hideaki Anno knows what he’s doing and I believe he believes these girls are gay. Cutie Honey a Go-Go is also fun and has a similar flavor but will forever be unfinished.

[niigata-division]

Niigata Division Profile Cards

In honor of Season 2 of Hypnosis Mic Rhyme Anima releasing today, here are the official profile cards of Niigata Division, Valor Guard!

Credit to Iruma Seira over at Twitter for making the templates!

— Seiji Tsukimoto | Avenger

— Lyall Shiba | Corvus

— Ayumu Hayami | Ex-Aid

[onceasaltybanana]

Someone had to make this a thing.

[hotwaterandmilk]

Christmas postcard featuring the cast of Cutey Honey Flash as illustrated by mangaka, Iisaka Yukako. This item was originally bundled with the December 1997 issue of Ciao magazine and scanned from my personal collection.

[imasallstars]

THE COLOR THAT YOU ARE! ST@RT

The monthly THEMED gacha is occuring! In specific days of this period, the SR and SSRs you can pull from this box are of PERMANENT cards and LIMITED cards included in the 1st and 2nd Memorial Gacha, of the featured idols.

The box features idols with a “Colorful” theme which include:

Yukari Mizumoto, Momoka Sakurai, Erika Akanishi, Azuki Momoi, Sachiko Koshimizu, Hotaru Shiragiku, Chiyo Shirayuki, Chitose Kurokawa

Chiaki Kurokawa, Seira Mizuki, Midori Mizuno, Koume Shirasaka, Kanade Hayami

Akane Hino, Miria Akagi 

The PREMIUM TYPE SELECT GACHA acts as, for Granblue fantasy players, a Star-Legend Gacha! With PAID 2500 Starjewels, you are able to pull a guaranteed SSR (from the pool) ONCE A DAY throughout the whole set! Doing the pull will also give you Type Specific Awakening Items depending on when, of the three days, you pull in.

※ Any and All SSRs obtained will also be 100% Premium-Cut

After the box, comes the next permanent SSR of the month!

16.02 15:00 JST - 17.02 14:59 JST - CUTE Bonus

17.02 15:00 JST - 18.02 14:59 JST - COOL Bonus

18.02 15:00 JST - 19.02 14:59 JST - PASSION Bonus

[retrosofa]

So I was in Japan for my birthday last week, and one of the many things I did was see Cutie Honey Emotional on it’s opening day. I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed it, and how good it was! Honestly, 1000 times more entertaining than Universe. The story is similar to New Cutey Honey, in a sense that it’s a stand alone sequel. It takes place years after Honey has defeated Panther Zora.

The cast was a lot of fun, and they all did a great job. I will say Shoko Tamimoto absolutely stole the show as Hystler. She was so hilarious, and was hands down my favorite part. Kei Jonishi did an amazing job as Honey. Surprisingly, they had her become Hurricane Honey near the end of the play! She looked amazing in the costume, and it made me a little sad they didn’t incorporate more of her forms. Speaking of, the costumes were surprisingly really nice! I feel like photos didn’t really do them justice. Everyone looked amazing!

Natsuko gets a complete overhaul, much like she did in Re: Cutie Honey. Here, she’s a high school teacher who actually has a secret connection with Honey and Dr. Kisaragi. Also, her design here is very obviously based off Seira Hazuki from Flash, for some reason. In this version, Seiji was killed years ago, and his granddaughter, Ao Hayami swears to avenge his passing. And for the first time ever, Dr. Kisaragi is a woman! I actually really liked the change, and wouldn’t mind seeing it in future remakes.

The new characters were all enjoyable, though not totally remarkable. The various Honeys were very cute, but none were nearly as compelling as previous characters such as Misty Honey, or Sister Yuki. The new Panther Claw minions were all a lot of fun, despite all being very cutesy. Joker Claw and Candy Claw were... a bit cringey, since they were obvious homages to Joker and Harley Quinn. I guess Suicide Squad was popular in Japan?

The Cutie Honey theme makes it triumphant return, being sung by the entire cast. The version used was definitely a rip on Koda Kumi’s version, which I found a bit weird. The main theme song, “Emotion” was actually very good and super catchy! There are a few other songs as well, so I’m hoping a CD will be released at some point. A DVD release has been announced, and should be out by summertime.

As in typical Cutie Honey fashion, the play ends completely open ended. Thankfully, a sequel was announced almost immediately. Guess I’ll have to find a way back to Japan to see it!

[otakunews01]

"To Be Heroine” TV Anime PV!! Airs May 19th on Tokyo MX. 

The cast includes both Japanese voice actors for the "2D world," and Chinese voice actors for the "3D world." The cast includes:

Moa Tsukino and Mie Mie as Hanaya Futaba

Motoko Kumai and Ding Dang as Isago Hikaru

Omi Minami and Liu Mingyue as Utsubari Tooru

Seira Ryū as Touin Touichi

Toshihiko Seki as Hattori Hanzo and Chinese Tohoku Muffler

Nozomu Sasaki as Simon Fubuki

Rie Kugimiya as Juuichi

Marika Tanaka as Bouichi

Yumi Kakazu as Chuuichi and Ryuichi

Junko Minagawa and Shan Xin as Min-chan

Maria Kawamura as Oo Paipai

Takeshi Maeda as Sweater Beast, Electro Beast, and Street Vendor

Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Hong Kong Police

Sho Hayami as Selfish Governor

Yutaka Aoyama as Shifu (Mentor)

Emon describes the show:

The heroine”Futaba” is a clever high school girl. One day, she is suddenly sucked into another world. This dark world is a world without light and the inhabitants are only children wearing panties. Arriving there, Futaba is the only one wearing clothes and she will become the heroine of this world where clothes are the strongest weapons!

The staff includes:

Planning: Li Haolin, Li Ni

Chief Executive Producer: Dong Zhiling, Luo Yanyan, Zhang Shengyan

Planning Producer: Tang Yunkang, Kang Jun

Executive Producer: Jiu Ye, Li Fangyu

Director/Screenplay/Scenario: Li Haolin

Chief Animator Director: LAN

Staging: LAN

Storyboard: Li Haolin

Japanese Version Executive Director: Ken Ando

Animation Producer: Tang Yunkang

Production Coordination: 小A

Editing: Aya Hida / Li Haolin

Art Director: Huang Xueting

Director of Photography: Shintaro Nakamura

Japanese script: Ken Ando

Adviser: Atsushi Yabe, Tatsuro Konno, Yoshihiro Iwasaki

Japan Promotion: Tang Yunkang, Li Fang Yuu, Xu Jiahe

International Business: Widad Noureddine

Passcode will perform the opening theme song "Ray," while Re-connect will perform the ending theme song "Koibana Renbo."

Key Visual

[recentanimenews]

Haken Anime! Film Announces Gorgeous VA Lineup for Its Two In-story Anime

    The official website for the forthcoming live-action adaptation film of the Naoki Prize-winning author Mizuki Tsujimura's popular novel about the anime industry, Haken Anime!, has announced the voice cast members for its two in-story anime films, "Soundback - Kanade no Ishi-" and "Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light."

      "Soundback - Kanade no Ishi-" voice cast: 

  Ryuichi: Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan)

Takaya: Megumi Han (Gon Freecss in HUNTER X HUNTER)

Mayu: Hina Kino (Anya Simonyan in Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut)

Kanade no Ishi: Show Hayami (Ferdinand in Ascendance of a Bookworm)

  Main staff:

  Director: Azuma Tani (Thermae Romae, Okko's Inn)

Original character designer: Eisaku Kubonoucji (manga artist, Cup Noodle "HUNGRY DAYS" CMs)

Mecha designer: Takayuki Yanase (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mazinger Z/infinity)

    "Soundback - Kanade no Ishi-" teaser trailer:

      "Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light" voice cast:

  Mitsuri: Rie Takahashi (Megumin in KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!)

Seira: Kana Hanazawa (Kuroneko / Ruri Goko in Oreimo)

Deru: Yui Horie (Paula in The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace)

Shiori: Yu Kobayashi (Sasha Blouse in Attack on Titan)

Nanaka: Reina Kondo (Suzuka Nagami in My Sister, My Writer)

Kei: Nanami Tomaru

Yuuki: Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls)

  Main staff:

  Director: Takashi Otsuka (Smile PreCure!, ONE PIECE STAMPEDE)

Original character designer: Takahiro Kishida (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Durarara!!)

    "Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light" teaser trailer:

    ／ 『#ハケンアニメ！』 超豪華声優陣 集結✨ ＼ 細部にまでこだわり抜かれた渾身の劇中アニメは“必見”???? 実写パートにも声優役で #梶裕貴、#潘めぐみ、#木野日菜、#速水奨、#高橋李依、#小林ゆう、#近藤玲奈、#兎丸七海、#大橋彩香 出演???? 声優＆監督によるコメント到着????https://t.co/S1zTReDo02 pic.twitter.com/Q26PCnhr09

— 映画『ハケンアニメ！』公式【5/20(金)公開決定！】 (@hakenanime2022) February 24, 2022

        The film will be narrated by Romi Park (Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist). In addition, Yuki Kaji, Megumi Han, Hina Kino, Show Hayami, Rie Takahashi, Yu Kobayashi, Reina Kondo, Nanami Tomaru, and Ayaka Ohashi will also appear in the live action part of the film. 

  The story centers on Hitomi Saito, a former local government employee who has jumped into the world of the anime industry. She makes her directorial debut and competes for the title of "Haken" (supremacy) with the star director of her dreams, Chiharu Ouji. He has produced many mega-hit films and is returning to the director's chair for the first time in eight years. Hitomi struggles to win the title "Haken" together with the peculiar producer and her unique colleagues. "Soundback - Kanade no Ishi-" is Hitomi's directorial debut film in the story, while "Unmei Sensen Liddell-Light" is Chiharu Ouji's new film.

  The live-action film Haken Anime! directed by Kohei Yoshino, who participated as a CG creator in Makoto Shinkai's 2016 anime feature film Your Name. and has worked on numerous commercials and music video, is set to be released in Japan on May 20, 2022. Toei Animation supervises the project.

    Teaser trailer:

    Teaser visual:

    Source: "Haken Anime!" official website / Twitter

  ©2022 Movie "Haken Anime!" production Committee, Toei

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[newsintheshell]

“To Be Heroine” 

Serie TV anime, 19 maggio 2018

Episodi: 7 x 24 min.

Anime originale, sequel della miniserie “To Be Hero” prodotta da EMON Haoliners Animation.

-STAFF-

Regia/Soggetto originale/Sceneggiatura: Li Haoling

Character design/Supervisione animazioni: LAN

Direttore artistico: Huang Xueting

Direttore della fotografia: Shintaro Nakamura

Montaggio: Li Haolin, Aya Hida

Direttore del suono: Wu Ting

Studio di animazione: Emon, Studio LAN

Sigla di apertura: PassCode "Ray" Sigla di chiusura: Re-connect (kyoco x Rico Sasaki) "Renka Renbo"  

-CAST-

Doppio cast: i vari ruoli saranno interpretati dai doppiatori giapponesi quando i personaggi saranno nell’altra dimensione, mentre nel mondo reale subentreranno le originali voci cinesi.

Futaba Hanaya: Moa Tsukino, Mie Mie

Bambino dalle mutande d’oro (Hikari-kun)/Hikaru Isago: Motoko Kumai, Ding Dang

Bambino da un’altra dimensione (Chou Oji)/ Tooru Utsubari: Omi Minami, Meitsuki Ryu

Min-chan/Chenmin Jiang: Junko Minagawa, Shangxin

Touichi Touei: Seira Ryu

Hanzou Hattori/Sciarpa cinese: Toshihiko Seki

Fubuki Seimon: Nozomu Sasaki

Juuichi: Rie Kugimiya

Chuuichi: Yumi Kakazu

Oh/PaiPai: Maria Kawamura

Presidente Wagamama: Show Hayami

Maestro: Yutaka Aoyama

La protagonista di questa storia è Futaba, una liceale qualunque che un giorno si trova risucchiata in un’altra dimensione. Quel mondo oscuro è abitato solo da piccoli bambini in mutande e, per quanto strano possa sembrare, lì gli abiti possono diventare delle vere e proprie armi senzienti. Essendo l’unica effettivamente vestita, Futaba ha tutte le carte per essere una potente eroina!

La prima stagione di 12 episodi della miniserie è stata supervisionata da Shinichi Watanabe ed è andata in onda nell’autunno del 2016. In Italia è disponibile sottotitolata sulla piattaforma di streaming Crunchyroll.

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[cuteybunny]

Members of the Hayami Family

[sakuchii-fanfiction]

Fall of Terrien || Xzie of Zodiac Pt. 1

“I’m not much of an artist when it comes to drawing, but sometimes I like to test myself. These guys are related to my fanfic “Fall of Terrien”. I can only draw chibis, and even then, I used bases to get the body-ratio right. The origin of bases is here. Also, sorry for the quality of the picture. I wish I had a scanner.”  

Xzie – the small spirit partners born to Bruxo. Their origin is unknown, they have been living alongside the wizard-race since the creation of world. Xzie’s are lifelong partners; they are born together with Bruxo and they die together. Each Xzie represents an animal, from what the Bruxo’s magical powers can be figured. The Ollus’s held the power of 12 Zodiacs that are unique to their race. With this, once a new Zodiac is born, it foretells that a current Ollus will soon lose their powers and leave their post.  

Seira Seira is the Xzie of Aries partner of Kiyama Hiroto. She is a kind and hardworking spirit, who will do everything in the ability to support her partner. The young spirit is also very shy, which is why Hiroto newer felt her presence in the 17 years he’s been living with Hitomiko. Her shyness is a huge obstacle when dealing with the other Xzie’s of Zodiac. She’s especially afraid of Xzie’s of Leo and Saggitarius, even though they’re fellow sprits of fire. 

Sakuchii: Despite her being one of the first Xzie’s I have designed, I like her the most of them all. That fluffy hair! Extra Note: Given that she’s representing a ram or goat, I guess she’s supposed to be a male, oops! Something went wrong with her genes, haha!

Eol

The Xzie of Leo and partner of Nagumo Haruya. This loud and free-spirited fellow loves adventures and thrilling experiences. He’s a never-give-up optimist who can’t seem to read the mood. Eol hates staying at one place for a long time and goes on his adventure-trips, which often causes headaches to Nagumo. His loudness makes pretty much every one of the Zodiacs despise him. Of the fellow fire Xzie’s the Aries seems to be afraid of him, while the Saggitarius sees him as a pest. He gets along the best with the Taurus of Earth. Eol has permanent dirt stains on him, which makes it seems as if he never showers. 

Sakuchii: I absolutely adore this small lion cub. He’s the innocent child who understands nothing. He has nothing to worry about, what makes everyone worry about him. I’m practically proud of his ragged clothes, haha. He’s practically half-naked.

Nii & Meg

The Xzie of Gemini, so of course they come as twins. They are spirits of Hayami Tsurumasa. Nii is the older and level-headed brother of the gang while Meg is the younger and enthusiastic sister. Meg is pretty much a walking catastrophe. Her clumsiness grows to the point, everyone forbids her from touching anything. Nii is usually there to take care of her and he apologizes for any trouble she has caused. The two are inseparable and get along with the fellow Zxie’s of Air – Libra and Aquarius. Despite every Xzie having the ability to fly, The Gemini of Air are one of the few who have actual wings.  

Sakuchii: These two were designed to look like elf’s – and I’m quite proud of the outcome. Their close to nature represent their closeness with forests and their opposite outfits their personalities. Meg likes to be more free-spirted with her short clothing, while Nii likes to keep himself warm. The animal they represent is Dragonfly.      

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[cuteybunny]

Fetus (in series)