#takada koji

[cinemaobscura]

Virus | 復活の日 (1980) dir. Fukasaku Kinji

[lunarpanda]

Got tagged by @toadstool32 for this meme! (Thank you Tiny love you<333)

Rules: shuffle your on repeat playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people. (I don't really have any on repeat playlists but I do have a general one but split into two because youtube has a limit to how many videos you can have in a set playlist and my jam library is very large so instead of 10 songs you're getting 20. I hope that's OK. First song listed is in the first playlist and second song in the second playlist.)

Smeargle's Art Study - Miki Obata / Battle (Team Flare) - Shota Kageyama, Minako Adachi, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda

Class Trial: Dawn Edition Vol. 3 - Masafumi Takada / Athletic - Asuka Hayazaki, Hajime Wakai and Koji Kondo

Trainer Battle Theme - Go Ichinose and Junichi Masuda / Princess Zelda's Theme - Toru Minegishi and Asuka Hayazaki

Great Fairy's Fountain - Koji Kondo / Taj's Theme - David Wise

Salamence's Air Ace - Kenichi Koyano, Manami Kiyota and Shigerou Yoshida / DS Peach Gardens - Asuka Hayazaki and Ryo Nagamatsu

Hamstarr's Theme - Altissimo / K.K. Waltz (DJ KK Remix) - Totaka Kazumi

Unused Track 6 - Altissimo / Glee Club - Tsunku and Masami Yone

City Rhythm - Shakatak / K.K. Robot Synth - Totaka Kazumi

Great Paradise - Azusa Chiba, Masaharu Iwata and Kimihiro Abe / Kanade - SUKIMA SWITCH

Route 24 - Go Ichinose, Shota Kageyama, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda and Takuto Kisuta / Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoi Ko dake - R3 Music Box

Tagging!~

@malscare @grimmshood @cottonplushesplushes @modmonsterra @oh-gh0st @pekodayz @loveimp @moeatsushi @tetedetele @normiematsu (You don't have to do it if you don't want to~)

[byneddiedingo]

Sumiko Sakamoto and Shoichi Ozawa in The Pornographers (Shohei Imamura, 1966)

Cast: Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa, Haruo Tanaka, Ganjiro Nakamura, Masaomi Kondo, Ichiro Sugai, Kazuo Kitamura. Screenplay: Shohei Imamura, Koji Numata, based on a novel by Akiyuki Nosaka. Cinematography: Shinsaku Himeda. Art direction: Hiromi Shiozawa, Ichiro Takada. Film editing: Mutsuo Tanji. Music: Toshiro Kusunoki, Toshiro Mayuzumi.

Fascinating. confusing, sometimes funny, and sometimes just a little repellent. Must be a Shohei Imamura film. I don't shock easily, but Imamura always keeps me on the edge of being shocked, mostly because I don't know how far he'll go next. In The Pornographers, we're dealing not only with the title subject but also with incest and prostitution and even abuse of the mentally challenged, while desperately trying to sort out the very confused life of Subuyan Ogata (Shoichi Ozawa). He is one of the pornographers of the title, and he lives with a widow, Haru (Sumiko Sakamoto), who thinks her dead husband has been reincarnated as the carp she keeps in a very confining fish tank. She has two nearly grown children: Koichi (Masaomi Kondo), who seems uncommonly attached to his mother, and Keiko (Keiko Sagawa), a rebel without a cause. Ogata is obsessed with Keiko, whom he has known since she was a little girl. Nothing good is going to come out of his relationship with the Matsuda family, of course, especially after Haru gets pregnant and goes insane. But figuring out the ins and outs of the film's plot, and even whether what we're watching is flashback or dream or fantasy is part of the essence of its fascination -- and its repellent quality. Imamura isn't quite like any filmmaker I know of.

[oliviapurwanti]

OZU: Ozu Yasujiro ga Kaita Monogatari Episode 2 English Sub - Full Episodes

OZU: Ozu Yasujiro ga Kaita Monogatari Episode 2 English Subtitles

A remake of six early silent films by the world-renowned director Ozu Yasujiro as a commemoration of the 120th anniversary of his birth. (Source: Japanese = WOWOW || Translation = MyDramaList) Edit Translation

⬇️⬇️Watch OZU: Ozu Yasujiro ga Kaita Monogatari Episode 2 Eng Sub - Full Episodes⬇️⬇️

Website : https://dramasian.xyz/search/OZU%3A+Ozu+Yasujiro+ga+Kaita+Monogatari

Native Title: OZU ～小津安二郎が描いた物語～

Country: Japan

Episodes: 6

Aired: Nov 12, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023

Aired On: Sunday

Original Network: WOWOW

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Also Known As: OZU: Ozu Yasujirou ga Kaita Monogatari

Screenwriter & Director: Yoshida Yasuhiro, Jojo Hideo, Matsumoto Yusaku

Director: Maeda Koji, Kudo Riho

Screenwriter: Takada Ryo, Inukai Kyoko

Genres: Drama

[mokkung]

（短評）映画『まともじゃないのは君も一緒』

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引用元

『まともじゃないのは君も一緒』（2021年　日本）

恋をするとはどういうことなのかや、「普通」に縛られていることの不自由さを丁寧に描いており、一見よくある日本のラブコメかと思ってましたが、実は大事なテーマを内包した良作👍

ただし観ながら何度も思ったのは、高3の夏だし君たち頼むから勉強してくれ😓

BGMの曲調がベタすぎたり、普通が分からない設定はたまに行きすぎてて少し違和感はありましたが、��駄がなくてストレートな脚本で、各登場人物は魅力的で良い役割がちゃんとあるし、緩急もあって話運びが良くできてると思いました👌

ラブコメあんま見ないけどこれはとても好きな映画になりました‼️

成田凌のダメ理系演技が良いですねー‼️挙動とか喋り方とか、ここまで極端じゃないにしてもこんな感じの人実際いますよねと思わせる役作り👌

小泉孝太郎を若手実業家役に当役したのも良かったです‼️誠実そうだけど、ちょっと薄っぺらそうな絶妙な見た目は、この人がピッタリでしょう😂

[rp-kat]

Crucifixion - Necrolatry

1987

[bl-bam-beyond]

PLUS...ACTORS PROFILES #6

Name: JUN MATSUMOTO

Nickname: MATSUJUN

Birthdate: August 30, 1983 [VIRGO]

Nationality: Japanese

Born: Toshima, Tokyo Japan

Career: ACTOR ▪︎ SINGER ▪︎ DANCER ▪︎ MODEL ▪︎

RADIO HOST ▪︎ CONCERT DIRECTOR

Notable Roles:

Debut Role: Teddy in STAND BY ME in 1997

Stage Work:

Bernardo in West Side Story (2004)

Carl Trask in East of Eden (2005) Leading Role

Sasuke Kuhibi in Byakuya no Valkyrie (2006) Lead

Shinji Shinjuku in Aa, Kōya (2011) Lead Role

TV Work:

Shunichi Yoneda in Hoken Chosa-in Shigarami Taro no Jikenbo (1997 TV Special)

Mori in Bokura no Yuki Miman Toshi (1997)

Tōru Kitamura in Another Heart (1997)

Yu in BOYS BE Jr. (1998)

Takuji Ohno in Hitsuyo no Nai Hito (1998)

Retsu Nikaido Kosuke Fukunaga in Nekketsu Ren'ai-do (1999)

S in Kowai Nichiyobi: Furugiya (1999)

Himself in V no Arashi (1999)

Yusuke in Shijo Saiakun no Deto (2000)

Hajime Kindaichi in Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3 (2001)

Shin Sawada in Gokusen/Gokusen Returns (2002)

Shin Sawada in Yoika no Mikata/Gokusen SP (2003)

Momo/Takeshi Goda in Kimi wa Petto (2003)

Sato Kosuke in Propose (2005)

Domyouji Tsukuba in Hana Yori Dango (2005)

Takada Kazuo in Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari (2006)

Domyouji Tsukuba in Hana Yori Dango Returns (2007)

Shogo Ban in Bambino (2007) Lead Role

Hayato Yamaguchi in Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru (2008)

Vito Hayakawa in Smile (2009)Lead Role

Nozomu Goto in Saigo no Yakusoku (2010)

Yoshio Yame in Wegaya no Rekishi (2010)

Kaibutsu-kun Butler in Kaibutsu-kun (2010)

Taiga Kusunoki in Natsu no koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku (2010) Lead Role

Himself in Bartender (2011) Guest Appearance

Shuntaro Tokita in Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai (2012)

in Lucky Seven (2012)

in Lucky Seven SP (2013)

Wataru in Hajimari no Uta SP (2013)

Sota Koyurugi in Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014)

Hiroto Miyama in 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016)

Mori Eguchi in Bokura no Yuki: Miman Toshi SP (2017)

Hiroto Miyama in 99.9 Criminal Lawyer Season 2 (2018)

Domyouji Tsukuba in Hana Nochi Hare~Hanadan Next Season (2018) Guest Appearance Episode 1

Takeshiro Matsuura in Eien Nishipa~Hokkaido to Nazuketa Otoko Matsuura Takeshiro Kara (2019)

Chikara Nakagoshi in Tonari no Chikara (2022)

Tokugawa Ieyasu in Dosuru Ieyasu (2023)

Roles in Films or Movies:

1998 in SHINJUKU SHONEN TANTEIDAN as Kentaro Kanzaki

2002 in PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD DAKEDO HAPPY as Rentaro Futaba (Bon)

2004 in PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD DAKARA HAPPY as Rentaro Futaba (Bon)

2005 in TOKYO TOWER as KOJI

2007 in BOKU WA IMOTO NI KOI O SURU as Yori Yuki

2007 in KIIROI NAMIDA as Yuji Katsumada

2008 in KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN'AKUNIN: THE LAST PRINCESS

2008 in HANA YORI DANGO FINAL as Domyouji Tsukuba

2013 in GIRL IN A SUNNY PLACE (HIDAMARI NO KANOJO) as Okuda Kosuke

2014 in PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD TABUN HAPPY as Rentaro Futaba (Bon)

2017 in NARRATAGE as TAKASHI HAYAMA

2021 in 99.9 CRIMINAL LAWYER: THE MOVIE as Hiroto Miyama

An actor of stage, television as well as movies does not keep this man busy enough he is also in a boy band ARASHI (since 1999) and he serves them as concert production since 2000 as well as other singers but mainly his own group. Also a concert director.

He has done several commercials as well including KFC JAPAN, NINTENDO, KIKKOMAN & HATACHI to name a few.

I came to know of Jun Matsumoto as Domyouji Tsukuba in the Hana Yori Dango Series and Movie Finale. He also took on the role a 4th time in a new generation version of the story called Hana Nochi Hare.

This guy has talent like crazy and very handsome. He doesn't seem to be stopping. Which his fans love I'm sure. And ARASHI is definitely fun to watch. They look like they're having so much fun. Plus the members of the group have also acted with him in movies and series.

@pose4photoml

[thebiscuiteternal]

Scary Music Masterpost

Season’s Creepings, all you lovely listeners; this is your DJ of darkness over at the Symphony of Death. Once again, it’s the time of year to update the Masterpost!Now you won’t find the classic Halloween haunts here, since those scares can be had anywhere, but maybe you’ll find a new favorite. Pull out your cauldron, brew up something nice, and kick back with me!

Masters of Horror

John Carpenter

Better Check the Kids - Halloween / Put Them in the Ground (with Jim Lang) - Body Bags / Main Theme - The Fog (1980) / All Out of Bubble Gum (with Alan Howarth) - They Live! / Hell Breaks Loose (with Alan Howarth) - Prince of Darkness / Regeneration - Christine / Just A Bedtime Story (with Jim Lang) - In the Mouth of Madness

Marco Beltrami

River’s Edge - My Soul to Take / Tea for Three Plus One - The Woman in Black / Return to Blackwood - Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark / The Concert - The Eye / Love Theme - Cursed / Priest Dies - Mimic / 1m2 (Production Note) - The Substitute / Return to Blackwood - Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark / Pulled Down Deep - The Shallows / The End of Fur - Cursed (II) / Carillon My Wayward Son - The Snowman

Charlie Clouser

American Horror Story Theme (with Cesar Davila-Irizarry) / Out of the Fire - The Collection /Hello, Zepp - Saw / Theme - Dead Silence

Bernard Herrmann

Teddy Bear Wired - Cape Fear / Theme - Vertigo / Theme - Psycho / The Tomb-Sandra - Obsession / Theme - Twisted Nerve / The Kidnapping - Obsession / Marketplace Murder - The Man Who Knew Too Much

Christopher Young

Twilight Mercy - Urban Legend / The Lament Configuration - Hellraiser / Sinister - Sinister /Concerto to Hell - Drag Me to Hell / The Devourer of Souls - Deliver Us from Evil / Butchers and Bakers - Copycat / Six Demons - The Exorcism of Emily Rose / Cryptomnesia - The Gift / The Sacrifice - The Dorm that Dripped Blood / Death After Life After Death - Untraceable / Reversing Colors - The Hider in the House / Church Isn’t Church - Pet Sematary (2019)

Video Games

Room of Angel - Akira Yamaoka & Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Silent Hill: The Room) Mandus - Jessica Curry (Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs) The Drunken Whaler - Daniel Licht (Dishonored) Chill and Rigor - Shinji Hosoe (9 Persons 9 Hours 9 Doors) I’m Not Edible! - Chris Vrenna (American McGhee’s Alice) Ring Around the Rosie - Jason Graves (Dead Space 2) Soul of Steel - Mao Hamamoto (Corpse Party) P.T. Silent Hills Ambience Weekly Despair Magazine - Masafumi Takada (Dangan Ronpa) Close to Evil - Mikko Tarmia (Penumbra) In this Wretched Place - Eipix Studios (Phantasmat) The Nameless Game (Requiem) - Masayoshi Soken (Nanashi no Game) Last Day - Koji Kondo & Toru Minegishi (Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask) Welcome to Rapture - Garry Schyman (Bioshock) Theme - Yoan Landau (Nightmare House) Plague Blossom - Ndemic Creations (Plague Inc) Gore Nest - Mick Gordon (DOOM) Creepy Forest - Jason Garner & Vince Di Vera (Don’t Starve) A Nightmare Reborn - Ramin Djawadi (Gears of War) Before the Mirror - Maribeth Solomon & Brent Barkman (Fallen London) Broken Vessel - Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight) Letter From A Friend - Carlos Viola (The Last Door) Rata Novus - Maclaine Diemer (Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns) The Hole at the Center of Everything - Alec Holowka (Night in the Woods) Bury Her - Ivan Zanotti (imscared) Devil’s Crossing - Steve Pardo (Grim Dawn)

Movies

Close to You (Carpenters Cover) - Josefine Cronholm (Mirrormask) The Void - Stephen Price (Gravity) Intro to Horror - Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th) The Supper - Bruno Coulais (Coraline) Tubular Bells (Exorcist Cut) - Mike Oldfield (The Exorcist) Main Theme - Shiro Sato (Ju-On : The Grudge) Main Title - Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind (The Shining) Dark Earth - Jack Trombey (Dawn of the Dead) The Ringtone (Chakushin Ari) A New Swan Queen  - Clint Mansell (Black Swan) Audition - Koji Endoh (Audition) Roar! - Michael Giacchino (Cloverfield) It Was Always You, Helen - Philip Glass (Candyman) Finale / End Titles - Howard Shore (Silence of the Lambs) A Discordant Split - Kenji Kawai (Ringu) Funeral in Carpathia - James Bernard (Dracula: Prince of Darkness) Name Your Poison - Christopher Lee (The Return of Captain Invincible) The Carousel After Dark - James Horner (Something Wicked This Way Comes) The Game Begins - Masamichi Amano (Battle Royale) The Event Horizon - Michael Kamen & Orbital (Event Horizon) Poison - Herman Kopp (Der Todesking) Samara’s Song - Daveigh Chase (The Ring) Brainerd, Minnesota - Carter Burwell (Fargo) Number One Fan - Marc Shaiman (Misery) Graveyard Theme - Vince Guaraldi (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) We are the 1% - Darren Baker (The Conspiracy) Call to Worship - Sons of Perdition (The Backwater Gospel) Longest Night - Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption) The Auction - Michael Abels (Get Out)

Anime

Youran - Kayo Konishi & Yukio Konda (Elfen Lied) Aya - Mari Fukuhara (Amatsuki) I was waiting for this moment - Yuki Kajiura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion) Go DA DA - Yoko Kanno (Ghost in the Shell: SAC) A Last Flower - Asa-Chang & Junray (Aku no Hana) White Hill (Maromi’s Theme) - Susumu Hirasawa (Paranoia Agent) 24 Hours OPEN - Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop) Nui Harime’s Theme - Hiroyuki Sawano (Kill La Kill) Daughter - Ichirou Imai & Kazuhisa Yamaguchi (Petshop of Horrors) Monster - Susumu Hirasawa (Berserk) Ake ni Somaru - Yasuharu Takanachi (Jigoku Shoujo) Sanctus - Hikaru Nanase (Angel Sanctuary) March of the Moving Dolls - Akira Senju (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Other

Stay Awake (Mary Poppins cover) - Suzanne Vega Heigh Ho (Snow White cover) - Tom Waits Come Little Children - Kate Covington I, Witchfinder - Electric Wizard Brennistein - Sigur Ros Psychobabble - Frou Frou Sirens - SingerSen Lose Your Soul - Dead Man’s Bones Grisly Reminder  - Midnight Syndicate An Echo, A Stain - Bjork Elaine - ABBA (trust me) Welcome Home (Instrumental) - Coheed and Cambria The Greatest Show Unearthed - Creature Feature Something Wicked (That Way Went) - Vernian Process Black Water - Timber Timbre God’s Away on Business - Tom Waits The Wicked - Blues Saraceno The Gravedigger - The Pine Box Boys Lake Ponchartrain - Ludo The Smiler - IMA Score (Alton Towers Amusement Park) DOA - Bloodrock Breathing Water - Inhale Chupacabra Cha Cha - The Swingtips Confrontation - Anthony Warlow (Broadway’s Jekyll and Hyde) No Death - Mirel Wagner Thick as Thieves - Natalie Merchant Say Goodnight - Skeleton Key The Sad Mafioso - Godspeed You! Black Emperor What’s So Amazing About Grace? - The Paper Chase Blood on the Blue Grass - Legendary Shack Shakers In A Lonely Place - Joy Division Walpurgis - Black Sabbath

Television

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Jeff Fisher Theme to Unsolved Mysteries - Michael Boyd & Gary Remal Malkin The Red Room - Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch (Twin Peaks) Suite from “The Mark of the Rani” - Jonathan Gibbs (Doctor Who) Norma Doesn’t Approve - Chris Bacon (Bates Motel) The Cordyceps - George Fenton (Planet Earth) Dark Harvest Chase - Kevin Manthei (Invader Zim) Main Theme - Robert Lydecker & Brian Tyler (Sleepy Hollow) Blood Theme - Daniel Licht (Dexter) Arkham Asylum - Shirley Walker & Todd Hayen (Batman the Animated Series) The Old Mill - The Blasting Company (Over the Garden Wall) Sleep Deprivation - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Bird Box) Turn on the Lights - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things)

[imasallstars]

EVENT UPDATE

For our 5th Anniversary, a special 24-hour livestream will occur! The stream will occur on the official idolm@ster youtube channel, and feature various events from simple talk shows, to morning exercises with the seiyuus to ensure everyone’s nice and fresh!

A translation of the full schedule will be under the cut. This post will be edited whenever they add more information on the stream in the upcoming weeks. All the times posted will be in Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)

SEPTEMBER 5TH

【19:00~21:30】 24magic ~The Cinderellas’ 24-hour Live Stream~ Opening

Participants: Ayaka Fujimoto (Atsumi Munakata), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi), Rana Morishita (Kako Takafuji), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki), Yozo Sakagami (IDOLM@STER Producer), JUNGO (IDOLM@STER LIVE Producer)

【21:30~23:30】Starlight Stage BINGO

MC: Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Yuuki Takada (Yoshino Yorita) Participants: Ayaka Fujimoto (Atsumi Munakata), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi), Rana Morishita (Kako Takafuji), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki)

SEPTEMBER 6TH

【00:00~02:30】 Funky Dancing Night!

MC: Nozomi Yamamoto (Rika Jougasaki) DJ: DJ KOO, TAKU INOUE, Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)

【02:30~03:00】Late Night Shopping! Aggressive Peddling TV

Participants: Tomohiro Kashiwaya (Columbia Music Producer), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)

【03:00~06:00】The Old Men’s Late-Night Complaints

Participants: Yozo Sakagami (IDOLM@STER Producer), Koji Nakagawa (Music Producer), Tomohiro Kashiwaya (Columbia Music Producer), JUNGO (IDOLM@STER LIVE Producer)

【06:00~07:00】 Radio Calisthenics​ With The Idols!

Participants: Saya Aizawa (Hiromi Seki), Larissa Tago Takeda (Yuzu Kitami), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune)

【07:00~08:00】 Passionate Morning Variety Show: Sun! Sun! Sunderella!

MC: Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura) Participants: Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa)

【08:00~09:00】 Idol Kitchen!

Head Judge: Yuka Ohstubo (Kanako Mimura) Participants: Saya Aizawa (Hiromi Seki), Larissa Tago Takeda (Yuzu Kitami), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Seria Fukagawa (Hinako Kita)

【09:00~10:00】 Snappy Photogenic Contest

Head Judge: Yuuki Kaneko (Aiko Takamori) Participants: Yuuki Takada (Yoshino Yorita), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki), Yuki Nagano (Reina Koseki), Ayaka Fujimoto (Atsumi Munakata)

【10:00~12:30】 Passionate Midday Variety Show: ASOPA!

MC: Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Ruriko Aoki (Riina Tada) Participants: Risa Sekiguchi (Chiyo Shirayuki), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Seria Fukagawa (Hinako Kita)

【12:30~13:45】 5th Anniversary! Starlight Stage Room Competition

MC: Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Minami Tsuda (Miho Kohinata) Participants: Ayaka Asai (Mirei Hayasaka), Kaoru Sakura (Chitose Kurosaki), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)

【14:30~15:00】 Athletic Queen Deciding Match!

Participants: Ayaka Asai (Mirei Hayasaka), Sayaka Kamitani (Hikaru Nanjo), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)

【15:00~16:30】 Our IDOL FAIR

MC: Koji Nakagawa (Music Producer), Tomohiro Kashiwaya (Columbia Music Producer) Participants: Ayaka Asai (Mirei Hayasaka), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Sayaka Kamitani (Hikaru Nanjo), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Kaoru Sakura (Chitose Kurosaki), Risa Sekiguchi (Chiyo Shirayuki), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Yuki Nagano (Reina Koseki), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi), CINDERELLA BAND

【16:30~19:00】 24magic ~The Cinderellas’ 24-hour Live Stream~ Grand Finale

MC: Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura) Participants: Ayaka Asai (Mirei Hayasaka), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Sayaka Kamitani (Hikaru Nanjo), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Kaoru Sakura (Chitose Kurosaki), Risa Sekiguchi (Chiyo Shirayuki), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Yuki Nagano (Reina Koseki), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi)

[goldenkiva]

Best Toku of 2018

uhhh this was sitting in my drafts for a while lmao oops! but here it is

Best New Show of 2018 ultraman rb,,, i know i havent watched it all but it's. really good. especially since i dropped lupat at ep 5 and i enjoy zio but it's not like.... captivating

Best New-to-You Show of 2018 i want to say kiva but ultraman x. x brings me sm joy in a different way than kiva.....x has such good messages and characters

Best Rewatch of 2018 i dont rewatch shows generally speaking

Best Movie of 2018 kamen rider heisei generations final

Best Male Lead Character WATARUUUUUUUUUU I LOVE MY BOOYY

Best Female Lead Character asuna!!!! i love her

Best Male Supporting Character hm........shunpei from wizard. what a good lad.

Best Female Supporting Character rui from x....shes so cute and smart i feel like a proud little brother

Best Villain greeza ......

Best Returning Past Character tsukasa

Best Actor koji seto....i loved his performance as wataru and when i watched a little of princess jellyfish i didnt go "oh thats wataru" when i saw koji seto, i went "oh thats kuranosuke"...hes good at giving like......a good stand at the individual characters he plays. he's a good actor....also he crossdresses even outside of his roles (not all the time, but he did for his photobook) and he just ? really draws me in even not considering my love for wataru.

Best Actress kaho takada...i love her as misora. shes so fun and is amazing at showing grief.....also has the brightest smile ive ever seen

Toku Crush of 2018 wataru.

Best Writer i wanna say ms.kobayashi but i think I'll give it to mr. muto. build is perhaps a little too busy but you can really tell he put a lot of love into it, and so did the actors and that's what really made build for me

Best Director mr kamihoriuhchi. the sexiest director makes the sexiest scenes (read: very good and intense)

Best Suit Design KIVA AND SAGA AND KIVALA

Best Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha denliner

Best Fight Scene my mind is drawing a blank rn

Best Dramatic Scene tbh the scene between shinnosuke and his dad’s killer in the hostage situation still rings in my mind and i have a very bad memory

Best Comedic Scene The scene in drive when they were trying to get permission to transform into drive and got chase on board

Biggest “WTF did I just watch?” Moment me finishing kiva

Best Song ETERNITY BLOOD

Best Piece of Merchandise KIVA FIGUARTS BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Biggest Surprise of 2018 i like kiva.

Single Worst Thing in 2018 Tokusatsu some ultra shows got removed from crunchyroll :(

im late so tagging no one...lol...

[gdwessel]

Road to the New Beginning Night 3 - 1/29/2018: KUSHIDA’s NJPW Farewell; Updated Giant Baba Memorial Show Card

The tour continued today, with a match that sees the end of the NJPW career of Yujiro Kushida, best known as KUSHIDA around these parts. You can see it now on NJPWWorld.

Kushida's origins were actually based in MMA, as his first training was in the Takada Dojo run by the legendary Nobuhiko Takada, training under Takumi Adachi. He began training during junior high school, debuting in the MMA promotion ZST in 2003, where he would win their Genesis Lightweight Tournament in 2004, ending his MMA career with 6 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, while also attending Senshu University and working part-time for Tokyo Sports. It is generally assumed that Kushida's pro wrestling debut was in Takada's HUSTLE promotion in 2006, however he first debuted in Mexico in 2005 after learning lucha libre under El Oriental.

During his time in HUSTLE, Kushida would also work matches in All Japan Pro Wrestling and Osaka Pro. He left HUSTLE in 2009 after what amounted to a "loser leaves town" match, which lead to Kushida going abroad, wrestling all over North America, in Canada, Mexico and the USA, notably Chikara and OVW. In 2010, he would join Yoshihiro Tajiri's SMASH promotion, which is what got him into NJPW, with an appearance in 2010's edition of Best of the Super Juniors.

Kushida's NJPW career proper began on 4/1/2011, and the rest, as they say, is history. During his NJPW career, KUSHIDA became one of the best and most popular junior heavyweight wrestlers in the entire world, first as one-half of the Time Splitters tag team, with the now-retired Alex Shelley, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles twice, as well as 2012's Super Jr. Tag Tournament. As a singles wrestler, KUSHIDA is a 6-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion and 2-time winner of Best of the Super Juniors, along the way having massively popular feuds with Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay and Hiromu Takahashi. Outside of NJPW, KUSHIDA was also the winner of the (ill-fated) 2016 Super J-Cup, the 2017 WhatCulture Pro Wrestling World Cup, and was even an ROH World Television Champion for a little while. He even managed to win the 2016 Cuadrangular de Parejas tag tournament in CMLL, along with partner Marco Corleone, and was #20 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's yearly PWI 500 list in 2017.

I don't think it's hyperbole to say that KUSHIDA's departure is a loss for NJPW, and in very many ways, a lost opportunity. I think he should have had a shot at competing in the heavyweights, as had been rumored for the last few years, and it's bittersweet that in his final match for the company, he finally gets a singles match with Hiroshi Tanahashi. He's been one of the best, most consistent workers in NJPW in his time with the company, and he will be missed around here. Best of luck to him, whereever he may end up.

Results:

- 1/29/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Ren Narita d. Yuya Uemura (Belly-to-Belly Suplex Hold, 6:24)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi d. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino (Tenzan > Yoshida, Anaconda Vice, 7:30)

Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] d. Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi (Yujiro > Henare, Pimp Juice, 8:50)

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma d. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] (Makabe > Owens, King Kong Knee Drop, 10:23)

Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]  d. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] (Fale > YOSHI-HASHI, Grenade, 11:52)

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG] (EVIL > Kanemaru, EVIL STO, 16:41)

KUSHIDA Farewell Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi d. KUSHIDA (Texas Cloverleaf, 24:34)

It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that KUSHIDA lost his farewell match, but even so... KUSHIDA gave a speech at the end, thanking everyone for the last 8 years, but said he was leaving now. Jay White did attack Tanahashi post-main, much as Fale hit Okada (and Uemura!) with Grenade, and Naito did to Taichi with Destino. Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura is getting rave reviews in some corners, and I am inclined to agree.

More matches have been announced for the Giant Baba Memorial show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan on 2/19/2019. Thus far, no further matches with (current) NJPW talents have been announced, however it is confirmed that both Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma (the latter of whom has also worked in AJPW and BJW) will be there, as well as current Triple Crown champion Kento Miyahara. Of all people, Atsushi Onita will ALSO be on this show, in an 8-man street fight. Just have a look at the card below. It’s going to be a mixed bag but should be a fun one.

Giant Baba Memorial Battle Royale: Mitsuo Momota, Kim Duk, MEN’s Teioh, TARU, Ryuji Hijikata, Yuto Aijima, Joe Deaton, Masao Orihara, More TBA (Referee: Mighty Inoue)

Eight Man Street Fight Bunkhouse Tornado Tag Team Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita [FREE], Kendo Kashin [FREE], Hideki Suzuki [BJW] & Hideki Hosaka v. Shuji Ishikawa [AJPW], Great Kojika [BJW], Mitsuya Nagai & Hikaru Sato

Masanobi Fuchi [AJPW], Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW] & Yoshiaki Fujiwara [FREE] v. Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto [AJPW] v. SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino [NJPW]

Jun Akiyama [AJPW], Takao Omori [AJPW] & Taiyo Kea [FREE] v. Satoshi Kojima [NJPW], Yuji Nagata [NJPW] & Osamu Nishimura [FREE]

Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] v. Masaaki Mochizuki [Dragon Gate]

NOSAWA Rongai [FREE] & Kaz Hayashi [W-1] v. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras

Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Ceremony

Also appearing: Hiroshi Tanahashi [NJPW], Tomoaki Honma [NJPW], Kento Miyahara [AJPW], Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW], Kazushi Miyamoto, Stan Hansen, Tomohiko Hashimoto

Tomorrow is a busy day for NJPW. We have another tour show, which it turns out WILL be live on NJPWWorld. This features a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Comedy Tag Team title match, as well as Shingo Takagi’s 2nd ever NJPW singles match. Then there is also the first day of the controversial New Beginning USA tour, which that will be later in the evening, so i probably won’t blog about that until Thursday since I’m on Eastern time. Enjoy the show if you’re going to that.

- 1/30/2019, Miyagi Sendai Sunplaza Hall (NJPWworld)

Toa Henare & Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] © v. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi

The New Beginning USA - 1/30/2019, Globe Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Coughlin v. Clark Connors

Jonathan Gresham v. Tyler Bateman

Colt Cabana v. Shane Taylor

Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] v. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Karl Fredericks

David Finlay Jr. [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor [CHAOS]

One Night Only Roppongi Vice: Juice Robinson & Tracy Willams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

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Japanski turista s magarcem proputovao Tursku

Japanski turista Kotaro Takada (30) proputovao je stotine kilometara kroz Tursku u društvu magarca. Takada, koji je ranije posjetio mnoge zemlje, započeo je putovanje kroz Tursku u maju ove godine u okrugu Merzifon u Amasiji, jednoj od sjevernih provincija zemlje. Na putovanje sa sjevera prema zapadu zemlje krenuo je s magarcem kojeg je kupio u Merzifonu te je s njim obišao različite historijske…

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Moonlight Serenade (Masahiro Shinoda, 1997)

Cast: Kyozo Nagatsuka, Hideyuki Kasahara, Jun Toba, Shima Iwashita, Hinano Yoshikawa, Michiko Hada, Junji Takada, Sayura Kawauchi. Screenplay: Katsuo Naruse, based on a novel by Yu Aku. Cinematography: Tatsuo Suzuki. Art direction: Noriyoshi Ikeya. Film editing: Hirohide Abe. Music: Shinichiro Ikebe. 

Moonlight Serenade is a mélange of several genres: historical drama, coming-of-age tale, and family drama, with a touch of road movie and two romantic subplots, all kept more or less in focus by a framing story that turns it into a film about the endurance of the Japanese people in the face of everything that life can throw at them. It begins with Keita Onda (Kyozo Nagatsuka), a man in his 60s, watching the news reports about the 1995 earthquake that devastated Kobe. The film flashes back to 10-year-old Keita (Hideyuki Kasahara) watching, from a safe distance, the red sky over a burning Kobe after an American air raid. Like the other boys watching the fiery sky, who claim that the sight gives them an erection, Keita is more excited than frightened. Then the war ends, and Keita's family is marshaled his father, Koichi (also played by Nagatsuka), into a difficult journey from Awaji, where they now live, to the ancestral home in Kyushu. Keita is entrusted with seeing after the box that supposedly contains the ashes of his elder brother, who enlisted in the Japanese navy at 17 and was killed two years later when his ship hit a mine. (What the box actually contains is one of the film's surprises.) The family also consists of Koichi's wife, Fuji (Shima Iwashita), and their 18-year-old son, Koji (Jun Toba), and small daughter, Hideko (Sayuri Kawauchi). The neighbors are astonished that anyone should be making such a perilous trip across American-occupied Japan; the trains are unreliable and overcrowded and ships are still prey to undetonated mines. Gossip builds that Koichi, a tough police officer and a notoriously hidebound traditionalist, intends for his family to commit ritual suicide when they reach the ancestral burial place. The journey is in fact difficult and often suspenseful, but director Masahiro Shinoda maintains a light touch, infusing the difficult journey with humor. The film develops a love interest for Koji in the form of Yukiko (Hinano Yoshikawa), an orphaned girl who is also going to Kyushu, to live with relatives she has never seen. Koji, who hates his father, plans to run away somewhere along the journey, and when he meets Yukiko, he tries to persuade her to join him. A group of secondary characters joins the family on shipboard, including a black marketer (Junji Takada), whose stash of whiskey helps break down Koichi's stiff reserve (along with his policeman's distaste for the black market), and a traveling film exhibitor whose collection of movies includes some illicit samurai films that have been banned by the occupying Americans for their militarism. Keita, naturally, is enchanted by the movies, and there's a charming scene late in the film in which he goes to a theater to see Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) with his father. Unfortunately, Keita can't follow the American romance -- some of the words in the Japanese subtitles are too hard for him, he says -- and his father only says he'll have to be older to understand it. Moonlight Serenade is one of the late films by Shinoda, who apprenticed with Yasujiro Ozu and became a prominent member of the "Japanese New Wave" in the 1960s. It displays his skill at storytelling, handling several subplots and surprises, and has a fine sympathetic treatment of the people caught up in the postwar crisis. But it's a bit old-fashioned for a movie made in the 1990s, too overloaded with characters and incidents for its own good, and the frame story seems unnecessary.

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KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -Ultra Romantic- Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Spotlight

  More KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR is officially here with the arrival of the hotly-anticipated third season! You'll be able to catch the latest episodes adapting Aka Akasaka's manga of the same name as part of the Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Lineup, so read on for an overview to see what's in store for the romantic comedy series in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -Ultra Romantic-. 

  Official Website

      Navigation    

Launch Info 

Official Trailers 

Synopsis    

Characters and Cast    

Staff    

Additional Info

  Launch Info

  Launch Time: April 8

Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS

Show Page

  Official Trailers 

    Synopsis

  From a good family? Check! A good personality? Check! Shuchiin Academy is where all these elite students with bright futures flock to. As the two leaders of the student council, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane have supposedly fallen in love… But after almost half a year, nothing has happened!? They both have too much pride and can’t be honest. Things have gotten troublesome, and they are now caught in a war of "How to get the other to confess their love first." This is a whole new romantic comedy, following an outbreak of cunning warfare between two elite students in love.

  Characters and Cast

  Kaguya Shinomiya

VA: Aoi Koga (Shoko Komi in Komi Can't Communicate)

  Miyuki Shirogane

VA: Makoto Furukawa (Saitama in One-Punch Man)

  Chika Fujiwara 

VA: Konomi Kohara (Chitose Kaginoji in KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN)

  Yu Ishigami

VA: Ryota Suzuki (Bisco Akaboshi in SABIKUI BISCO)

  Rei Onodera

VA: Yuki Takada (Elma in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)

  Miko Iino

VA: Miyu Tomita (Riko in Made in Abyss)

  Ai Hayasaka

VA: Yumiri Hanamori (Nadeshiko Kagamihara in Laid-Back Camp)

  Nagisa Kashiwagi 

VA: Momo Asakura (Iroha Tamaki in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story)

  Kobachi Osaragi

VA: Rina Hidaka (Milim in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

  Narrator

VA: Yutaka Aoyama (Dr. Giovanni in Fire Force)

  Staff

  Original Creator

Aka Akasaka 

  Director 

Mamoru Hatakeyama (Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju)

  Series Composition 

Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)

  Character Designer

Yuko Yahiro (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai)

  Art Director

Risa Wakabayashi

  Sound Director

Jin Aketagawa

  CGI Director

Yuki Kuribayashi

  Color Design

Kanako Hokari

  Editing

Rie Matsubara

  Music

Kei Haneoka

  Opening Theme Song Performer

Masayuki Suzuki

Suu

  Ending Theme Song Performer

Airi Suzuki

  Animation Production

A-1 Pictures

  Additional Info

  In the final days leading up to the premiere of KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -Ultra Romantic-, the official accounts started sharing countdown illustrations by various members of the anime's staff. Here's how it all went down!

  Day 9 by animation director Satoshi Noma

    Day 8 by animation director Yuichiro Mizutani

    Day 7 from A-1 Pictures Key Animation Department

    Day 6 by chief animation director Koji Akitaka

    Day 5 by director Takayuki Kikuchi 

    Day 4 by chief animation director Tetsuya Kawakami

    Day 3 by key animator and Four Ramen Kings supervisor Shinobu Nishioka

    Day 2 by Animation Director Honoka Yokoyama

    Day 1 by Chief Animation Director Hiroshi Yako

      Day of broadcast art by Character Designer Yuko Yahiro

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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BUMP OF CHICKEN  なないろ Pefomance Video Director Daisuke Shimada Cinematographer  Fumiko Mishiro Production Designer  Chihiro Matsumoto Set Construction GRAY BIJYUTSU Grip  Yoshinobu Ishikawa Stylist Tsuyoshi Nimura Hair&Make-up Yoshiko Drone Yoshifumi Furudate Hideaki Nakamura Assistant Director  Masao Sugiura Secound Cinematographer Yoshiaki Kin Rain Yukihisa Aida Transport  Junichiro Ikuta Colorlist Motoi Tanaka On-line Editor  Ryosuke Ichikawa Manabu Takada Thanks 富士宮市振興公社　 Production Manager   Masamitsu Wakimoto Wakana Hashimoto Producer Koji Takayama Productio TETRAPOT FILMS

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The Faraway Paladin

Anime

October 9, 2021

“The Faraway Paladin (最果てのパラディン, Saihate no Paladin?), is an upcoming anime series based on the original light novels of the same name written by Kanata Yanagino. The series is being directed by Yuu Nobuta at animation production studio Children's Playground Entertainment, and it has been scheduled to start airing on television from October 9, 2021.

The series is animated by Children's Playground Entertainment and directed by Yuu Nobuta, with Tatsuya Takahashi overseeing the series' scripts, Koji Haneda designing the characters, and Ryūichi Takada and Keigo Hoashi from MONACA composing the music. It will premiere on October 9, 2021 on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and BS NTV. H-el-ical// will perform the opening theme ‘The Sacred Torch’, while Nagi Yanagi will perform the ending theme ‘Shirushibi’ (Mark of Fire). Crunchyroll has licensed the series outside of Asia and Oceania (excluding Australia and Zealand), while Medialink licensed the series in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the rest of Oceania.”

Trailer: https://youtu.be/crrDweAPfYw

Trailer: https://youtu.be/yAP1O0GTeek

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