#tatsuro saito

[mitjalovse]

The Japanese music mainstream has an experimental reputation. Still, someone like Taeko Ohnuki fought for her career or so I assume. I mean, she doesn't really sound like a typical pop singer, there is something intriguing about her soundscapes. However, her debut, Grey Skies, did present us with a version of her that did something that could be described as a typical city pop. Speaking of the latter – this style remains a topic I wish to be more familiar with. Look, I listen to the genre a lot – some of my favourite singers dwell there –, yet I struggle to define the idiom. While I can say the right words about this, I feel like I always forget to mention an important piece of a puzzle that I sadly don't know of.

[cafemagie-magie]

Im a big fan of city pop too!! Do you have any music recommendations?

Yeah pal!! 🤝

Honestly there are sm good songs, and playlists I’d like to share, but :

Magic Ways by Tatsuro Yamashita, Miracle Love by Mariya Takeuchi, and Crazy for you by Marina Saito are probably my fave tracks.

This :

And this one :

And lastly this one :

…are pure magic.

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Peter O'Toole, Daliah Lavi, Paul Lukas, Tatsuo Saitô and a boy on the set of Lord Jim

Lord Jim (1965) directed by Richard Brooks

Peter O'Toole as Lord Jim

Daliah Lavi as The Girl

Paul Lukas as Stein

Tatsuo Saitô as Du-Ramin

[lunahydeist]

Yesterday me and Daigo celebrated HYDE’s and Ayano Go’s Birthday. So many friends gathered, yeah, I have no words to express how I felt seeing their happy faces. The two of them should absolutely represent Japan in the future! Happy Birthday!  Thank you to all the staff, friends and guests who made this happen. I’m grateful from the bottom of my heart.  Even so, I got drunk... also, YOSHIKI!!! Why are you so late!!!



@GACKT

[wii-party]

"Love" (1991) by Yuki Saito (斉藤 由貴). Rated as one of the best Japanese albums of the 90s, Yuki's Love tells us a story whose main argument is love. Let's review it.

The album introduction is the close-to-experimental "いつか", an acoustic piece filled with an ornamentistic melody. Saito thanks the people who have helped her heal, it's an ode to the wound that have dissapeared. "ホントのキモチ" has a tropical sound that is carried along with a nostalgic vibe. In this song Yuki sings from the bottom of her heart about longing for true love. It's a very special track and one of the best of her career. The third track, the bittersweet "Yours", is the gem of this record. The lyrics reminds me a bit of Tatsuro Yamashita's songs and the sound has a Sade inspiration. It is one of the most beautiful love songs I have ever heard. The lyrics gives goosegumps. Yuki sings about giving herself up to the love of her life, unafraid of feeling vulnerable. 《I me my... but yous》, just heartmelting. Also her voice is so delicate in this song, as a rose petal. In "朝の風景", sophisticatedly, Yuki paints us a beautiful morning landscape. This ballad is beautiful and breezy because of its simplicity and it isn't a skip. Other downtempo-influenced track is "誰のせいでもない", one of my favourite songs on this record. Yuki's ability to convey feelings is relentless and this song is pure poetry. In this track she knows that she won't meet that person again and that even so the feelings won't disappear, but she admits that the best for both of them is not blaming anyone, because hatred is unbereable. At the end of the day, love is ephemeral. "このまま" and "MOON WALTZ〜月の輪舞〜" are two spectral and night-scented songs. Both wrap you up in another atmosphere and makes you feel like levitating. Specifically, the second track is a very curious slow waltz, mysterious and magical. In "LETTER" Yuki longs to get together with his beloved. This song is beauteous because is written following a letter's formula. "Julia" is a bossa nova track that separates us a little from the main thread. It's not a bad song, but it doesn't follow the theme of the rest of the album. However, I highlight the lovely whispers of the bridge. "意味" ends the album in the best way possible. Just Yuki and a piano, singing a oriental-influenced melody. It works nicely and it's a gorgeous way to close this full piece of work.

Tastefully, Yuki takes us into the depths of her heart. The album art reflects very well the nature of this record, presenting the emotional intensity of the songs. It's complex and it takes time to enjoy it, but once you fall, it catches you forever.

[myweeklysongcharts]

7th of February, 2020

ストローハットの夏想い - Saito Yuki (new) peak: 1 - 50p

I’m In Love - Aran Tomoko (-) peak: 1 - 201p

黄昏のBay City - Kagami Junko (+) peak: 2 - 115p

Popo (How deep in our love?) - Baek Yerin (-) peak: 1- 340p

Psycho - Red Velvet (-) peak: 2 - 322p

Man In The Moon - Matsutoya Yumi (+) peak: 5 - 250p

The girl in my memories - Jeebanoff (-) peak: 1 - 380p

Blizzard - Matsutoya Yumi (+) peak: 8 - 214p

Control Me - Colde (-) peak: 2 - 320p

水色の雨 - Kagami Junko (+) peak: 10 - 171p 

Midnight Pretender - Aran Tomoko (-) peak: 10 - 161p

Woman"Wの悲劇"より - Yakushimaru Hiroko (-) peak: 1 - 614p

Communication - Kagami Junko (+) peak: 13 - 73p 

Bunny - Baek Yerin (-) peak: 8 - 280p

Love Trip - Takako Mamiya (+) peak: 15 - 65p

널 기다리고 있을게 - Suran (-) peak: 6 - 325p

After a long time - George (-) peak: 7 - 285p

まちぶせ - ��Ishikawa Hitomi (-) peak: 10 - 255p

It’s Beautiful - Stella Jang (-) peak: 10 - 215p

Let’s Go Picnic - George (-) peak: 5 - 345p

私はピアノ - Takada Mizue (-) peak: 1 - 512p

0310 -   Baek Yerin (-) peak: 21 - 277p

あの日にかえりたい - Matsutoya Yumi (+) peak: 23 - 79p

와르르 - Colde (-) peak: 11 - 198p

사랑에 연습이 있었다면 - Im Jae Hyun (-) peak: 12 - 252p

語りつぐ愛に - Yakushimaru Hiroko (new) peak: 26 - 25p

Flyday Chinatown - Yasuha (+) peak: 27 - 47p

나의 오랜 연인에게 - Davichi (-) peak: 16 - 224p

Above The Time - IU (-) peak: 4 - 430p

떨어지는 낙엽까지도 - Heize  (-) peak: 1 - 647p

ステキな恋の忘れ方 - Yakushimaru Hiroko (new) peak: 31 - 20p

探偵物語 - Yakushimaru Hiroko (-) peak: 6 - 381p

Mariners Apartment Complex - Lana Del Rey (-) peak: 19 - 187p

London - Baek Ye Rin (-) peak: 24 - 128p

Midnight Driver - Yoshida Minako (new) peak: 39 - 28p

Dress Down - Akimoto Kaoru (-) peak: 3 - 339p

늦은 밤 너의 집 앞 골목길에서 - Noel (-) peak: 15 - 200p

Rest - Baek Ye Rin (-) peak: 27 - 114p

Camouflage - Takeuchi Mariya (-) peak: 5 - 707p

Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey (-) peak: 26 - 94p

DAUM - Heize ft. Colde (-) peak: 4 - 590p

Datoom - Baek Yerin (-) peak: 34 - 109p

As You Wish - WJSN (-) peak: 30 - 87p

Em Đây Chẳng Phải Thúy Kiều - Hoàng Thùy Linh (-) peak: 12 - 320p

운명이 내게 말해요 - Heize (-) peak: 11 - 311p

We Are Everywhere - Cheeze (-) peak: 12 - 189p

Dance In The Memories - Nakahara Meiko (-) peak: 3 - 588p

일기 - Heize (-) peak: 2 - 516p

아무노래 - Zico (=) peak: 40 - 29p

Duyên Âm - Hoàng Thùy Linh (-) peak: 39 - 38p

愛を教えて - Yamashita Tatsuro (-) peak: 1 - 398p

기억해 - Oh My Girl (-) peak: 12 - 151p

Doin’ Time - Lana Del Rey (-) peak: 1 - 644p

[sambart93]

2017.08.14 Konchuuger 2 Review!

I was super happy to be able to see the next installment of Konchuuger! I was so ready to be entertained and see what the next stage of their ridiculous tale would me! Also Ise Daiki came back but as a different character so I was wondering if they were going to make fun of that fact!

Official Website here Official Blog here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Video Coverage 1 DVD Purchase here

CAST and CHARACTERS

☆KONCHUUGER Moto Fuyuki as Tokiwa Sou Ebisawa Kenji as Banri Choji Saito Shuusuke as Eiffel Thomas Momose Saku as Tahjima Haruo Suda Maasa as Sakurada Asuka Familia

☆HACHUURUI TEIKOKU Okuda Tsutomu as Snake Shougun Kadoshima Mamio as Tokage Sanbou Yasukawa Junpei as Chameleon Shousa Ozeki Riku as Turtle Gunsou Hori Yuuki as Yamori Shakudan

☆NEO-KONCHUUGER Ise Daiki as Kaminari Mon Saga Yui as Sukaitsu Lily Tanzawa Seiji as Gojyuuno Tougo Saito Kyouhei as Hanayashi Kiichi Fujio Kantaro as Kamiryoku Shark

Kurata Naoki as Bird Kizoku TAKA as Hoshi Atomu Kaide Kousuke as Chef Yamizaki

Ensemble: Mitsuman Kohei, Itakura Takeshi, Ayano Hana and Hagihara Tatsuro

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NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: This was a blast! This had lots of comedy in it and was a lot of fun as expected! The bad guys this time were even more ridiculous and I loved how the Hachuurui guys came back and how they worked in the story. Once again MMJ balanced the comedy and the serious meaningful moments very well.  Albeit, it's not AS funny as the Saien for the first stage (reviews for these here and here) but it was still enjoyable; some parts dragged just a tad but didn't blemish the stage overall.  I am definitely hoping for a 3rd installment in this series and you bet your ass I already preordered the DVD for both this and the saien << they come as a double pack. I really hope Hachuurui come back again in the third one because I want to see my JP is more stuff but only time will tell << I have a feeling they won't come back though. Rating: 7/10

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SPOILER REVIEW

STORY

The story this time is about how a group of people figured out a way to make the same potion as what turned the Konchuugers, and their plan is to take this potion, that should take hundreds of years to turn them, so that they can be the new, hip, better generation after the Konchuuger have gone and passed. BUT, it backfires when the potion works a little TOO well and it only takes a year for them to turn super human.  Meanwhile, the Konchuuger decided to go their seperate ways for a bit to go and enjoy life, or to go and figure themselves out now that the Hachuurui gang are a threat to society. BUT because of this new NeoKonchuuger group trying to destroy the Konchuuger and trying to get the Hachuurui team to join them. BUT the konchuuger act fast and try to get to the Hachuurui before the Neo guys do.  That’s the main chunk of the plot; who will persuade who over?  We also have Tokiwa Sou who is all alone on a rooftop and has become somewhat depressed since the Konchuuger went their own ways and he is at a loss of what to do with his life and that leaves him open to alien prey; specifically a giant bluebird who claims he wants to be his friend. But in actual fact, he has put Joe in a deep sleep and hopes to keep him there with him for all eternity.

PRESHOW

In the preshow, one guy came out cross-dresses on stage just as a kid came into the theatre and said to his mother 'kowaii!! / he’s scary!’ And the guy was so distraught like 'kowai?!??’ We all died laughing but kids being kids, he didn’t realise he’d been overheard nor that he’d just been spoken to xD

On the day I went, they had a special guests who turned out to be the previous Turtle Gunsou; Kosaka Ryoutarou. He ended up helping in the preshow with the crossdresser - who I'm pretty sure was Mitsuman Kohei - explain the 5 rules of the theatre. They explained these rules by doing a skit which was the girlfriend (played by Mitsuman) getting really angry that when they go to the theatre, he plays on his phone, he's loud, and he just doesn't understand what's wrong with it. Eventually he learns and they get all lovedovey. But Mitsuman would push him off his chair and would force to hold hands with Ryoutarou and stuff and he did really well not cracking too much. Ryoutarou is so cute but so damn tall and skinny though!! He looked good! At the end, with the live, they got him onstage and joined in with the ending song xD

THE STORY BREAKDOWN

The first person the Konchuuger try to bring to their side is Yamori and Tokage who have decided to open their very own Neko/Cat Cafe, and just as you would imagine; it was hilarious. The cats ended up being JP, Kurata and Mitsuma in black onesies and cat ears on! I absolutely died when JP walked onstage with freaking cat ears on and doing nyaaaaa and being all cat-like… omg it was so adorable!!! And Kurata was freaking adorable too! I coudn't decide which one I should pay more attention to between them two! There was a moment where JP led on Kurata and pretended to be sleepy or sleeping and it was so cute!!! I didn’t pay attention to what the hell was going on at all in the story when that was happening with them! They were such good cats and so adorable!!!!! And then it got even crazier when Itakura Takeshi came on with this ridiculous cat make-up and he was like the humanoid version of a cat! He was like a mafia boss cat thing. But then Tokage and Yamori managed to tame him and got him to see them as his parents and as his mommy so he joined the rest of the cats and became cute. BUT he first came on from the side door and had this megaphone and he started his sentence but the megaphone was still ringing it's alarm and he couldn't turn it off easily so we all cracked up laughing. Thie battle in this scene was Yamori and Tokage versus Hanayashi Kiichi who’s personality is; everything is done by the book. So he walked on stage with this massive file with all their information and also inside it were lots of persuading and battle strategies and tactics BUT because the Mafia Cat wasn’t part of any of his scenarios and because the Konchuuger (who was Banri Chouji) was so predictable, that he started to go a little insane and was yelling like ‘why won’t these plans work?! Why is it not going as planned?!’ and Tokage and Yamori finished him off before asking him to join their simple little cat cafe which doesn’t have any complicated rules to follow. So he accepts.

Then, they went to Turtle Gunsou who had not only made it as a YouTube star, but also now had his own record label and recording studio. However, thanks to the NeoKonchuuger's melding, most of the artists he had invited for an event that was happening the very next day, backed out, so he has to rely on 3 of the Konchuuger - Chouji, Asuka, Thomas - to replace those artists in the event which ends up being a musical performance. This angers the NeoKonchuugers because the event wasn't supposed to take place so they try and invade during the performance. The musical is quite a hilarious scene. It starts off with a haunted house theme, and then we switch to like a farm girl type of thing. All the while we have Turtle Gunsou at the back with his DJ deck rocking out which was hilarious to see -- I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Ozeki in this role! The sequence goes on a tad too long if I remember correctly, but it was very, very enjoyable! Asuka with her pink farmer and unimpressed face as she gets dragged into doing this musical was hilarious. They had all the audio prerecorded so they just lip synced along which I felt was very Konchuuger-esque for some reason and worked well. So here we see Kamiryoku Shark and Gojyuuno Tougo defeated here. They defeated in the simplest way; they get jealous that the Konchuuger could perform and became a big success. Tougo used to be a fitness trainer and Shark is very athletic and very Jackie Chan like, so Turtle offers them to come work for his company and make it as famous Yoga instructors and stuff; well that wins them over xD.

Finally, they went to JP’s character, Chameleon, who was hanging out at this very fancy bar, by himself, with sunglasses on, and a snake teddy hogging the seat next to him. Whenever he showed up throughout the play, he had this Snake teddy around his neck, and everyone was like 'awwww you miss Snake Shogun!’ but he’d always reply 'no I don’t! Why do you think that?!’, but clearly he does because he’s carrying around a goddamn snake teddy! It was adorable though! I’m pretty sure towards the end he admits he misses Snake Shogun too and then when Snake Shogun finally turns up he’s super happy!! So at this bar he's enjoying a drink and talking to the teddy when NeoKonchuuger Lily walks in and pretends to take an interest in him. Chameleon instantly falls for her and tries to woo her, which she 'falls' for. He asks her back to his apartment, but when they get there, Kaminari Mon is already there and has set up a debate-type room, with three random strangers to be the judges at the back of the room. Unfortunately the debate was somewhat a little difficult for me to follow because Ise and JP spoke so fast so I don't remember what the topics were and this scene ultimately ended up being a tad too long and boring for me. BUT eventually Konchuuger turn up and take to his side a support. The final debate topic, Chameleon got to choose, so he decided on EbiChilli (or MapoDofu); Kaminari thinks this topic is absolutely ridiculous, however, Chameleon goes on to say that the reason why it's so important to him is because he'd always eat Chinese food at the restaurant he and Snake Shogun and the rest of Hachuurui would meet for their evil devising plans. So every time he eats Chinese food, he's reminded of those fun times and he just wants Snake Shogun and the gang back together. This wins over the crowd emotionally, even though Kaminari is just like 'what the f?!' xD BUT it backfires on Kaminari even more, when at this moment Lily cruelly sees the coolness and attractiveness in Chameleon and falls to his side for real this time.

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And then we come to; where the hell is Tokiwa Sou?! Throughout this play between the Konchuuger vs NeoKonchuuger battle scenes we kept jumping back to him on the rooftop. First he's with Snake Shogun, and they dicuss about opening a yakitori place together but even though Sou wants to do it, Snake says he's not ready to just stop what he's doing. Then we meet Hoshi Atomu who's living on the rooftop in a cardboard box and claims to be a cardboard model. During these serious scenes with Snake and Sou, or even just Sou on his own trying to figure out what the hell to do with his life after Konchuuger, we have Atomu just being a complete, hilarious idiot. He also causes stress to the two older men, who sometimes even slip on the cardboard Atomu leaves around. Atomu doesn't have an ultier motive; he;s honestly a sweetie and just wants to cheer them up; even if handing them poorly brewed coffee in a cardboard mug ends up pissing them off instead of making them feel better... which he does on a number of occasions.

I really, really loved seeing Snake Shogun and Tokiwa Sou’s relationship in this one. Even though I’m not sure which parts were reality and which parts were in Sou’s head, nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed their scenes together and it’s great to see that they’ve definitely become friends even after decades of ‘fighting’ each other. They have this great ‘old man’ dynamic which doesn’t help (in a positive, comedic way) when the new character of the group Hoshi Atomu butts into their scenes with his ridiculous happiness and his god damn 'cardboard idol’ crap, which the two men just don’t want to deal with but he lives on the roof where the two men often have their discussions so it’s more like they brought it on themselves.

Once Snake has gone off somewhere, Sou begins to see a bird who he starts to feel a connection to and what's to spend time with. Unfortunately, the bird may act like he wants to be Sou's friend, but in actual fact, he's manipulated Sou into a deep sleep and wants to keep him there and forever so he's only friends with him. So we get to the climax of the story where, now that NeoKonchuuger have been defeated and only Kaminari Mon is left; the NeoKonchuugers, Konchuugers and Hachuuruis band together to electrocute Sou in order to get into his unconciousness and get him out of the deep sleep before he dies there. Finally, they wake him up. But turns out the bird is also in reality and comes to attack them. He's about 30 times the size of a normal bird but luckily the Konchuugers have a new contraption -- a giant megazord/mecha! It obviously defeats the bird and all three groups are now a happy clappy family. The End.

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Some extra notes:

This time around instead of a Chinese restaurant, the NeoKonchuuger’s base is a family restaurant xD

As usual they had a mini live at the end where they all had fun and sang and danced around! It was a lot of fun as usual!! I was once again surprised at how much of the crowd knew the dance and the song.

THE ACTING

I won’t talk about everyone but just some of them where I feel I had something to say.

Quick note: toooo many IKEMEN in this!

☆KONCHUUGER

Ebisawa Kenji as Banri Choji: Ebizawa still hasn’t persuaded me that he’s good for this role. He’s a nice guy sure, but I feel like all he does as this character is yell, and his voice doesn’t even allow him to yell properly so it sounds very strained and painful.

Momose Saku as Tahjima Haruo: I really liked his Haruo! He was all cute and smiley and yet still different to what Ise and Shimizu had brought to the character. In fact, I think I enjoyed Saku's version of Haruo the most! At the curtain call, Saku spoke about how he really enjoyed doing this role and really hopes he doesn’t get swapped out like the other two were. Which to be honest, I think they should keep it as a running joke that yellow changes every time. We could even have all the previous yellows play someone else just like Ise did! Although I would like Saku to continue as Haruo, I think they've technically three stages in and it's becoming a running joke so they SHOULD swap him out, even though I sort of don't want them to. Also, during the stage, they made a hilarious joke of 'why does the actor for Haruto change every time?!’ and 'why does Haruo ook different every time?' and the whole audience (who had clearly watched the pevious stages) died of laughter.  Every time they did subtle throw backs for people who had seen the original stage started chuckling hard.

☆HACHUURUI TEIKOKU

Yasukawa Junpei as Chameleon Shousa: I was totally into JP's character having a funny love interest! I thought it was hilarious! In fact the whole scene starter where he's drinking to himself with his snake teddy and then she comes in and 'takes in interest' in him and he suddenly gets this huge ego, but then she betrays him, but then she ends up actualy liking him and, if I remember rightly, after the debate scene and after Snake Shogun has reshowed up in his life, he walks off with linked arms with Lily while putting on some shades -- it was hilarious! I loved scene this from JP!  He's like this awkward, quiet yet funny guy in real life so to see him in this role which is kind of like a dasai-kakkoi-kei/cool but really not cool and totally cringey type character is amazing! I really did love this scene! I will definitely be repeating this one on DVD <3 JP as always is such a good actor and I love how used to his acting style I am and when he does those signature JP things in his acting just make me all warm and fuzzy inside xD I'm not making sense am I! haha

Ozeki Riku as Turtle Gunsou: I totally love this character developement from Ozeki as Turtle in this stage! The whole 'him becoming a music producer and totally rocking out at the DJ deck' was a wonderful sight to behold! He had so much more comedy this time around and his character in arc this is totally entertaining! I really want to see Ozeki in more stuff in the future! I think he's great and got potential.

☆NEO-KONCHUUGER

I'm going to be honest: I didn't really warm up to the NeoKonchuuger. A few of them I got and enjoyed but for the most part, I kind of didn't understand what they were supposed to be and didn't really get any personality from them.I understood the basics of what their characters were like but if we compare how well we got to know Hachuurui in the first stage compared to how we got to know NeoKon in this stage; it's a vast difference. We understood the personalities and comedy and traits of each Haichuurui member pretty much straight away in that first Chinese restaurant scene they had. But for NeoKon.... I felt like they weren't really that developed and didn't have much depth and I really didn't care for them... which is a shame. For me, they're pretty forgettable... I even kind of struggled to remember what they did when I wrote the STORY section above.

Anyway... I'll try.

Ise Daiki as Kaminari Mon: I think my favourite scene for Ise was right at the end when the only way to reach Sou's unconciousness was by using Kaminari Mon's electricity power and electrocute him until their voices reached his sub(?)un(?)conciousness. Ise's character was prettu ridiculous and over the top and I liked his character out of the Neo's the most. I was lucky enough that I was smack bang in the center of all the seats and seating rows so whenever Ise took certain stage to go on a monologue or rant or tangent, his eyes would pretty much be directly starring into mine even though he obiovusly couldn't see me; and he's eyes are amazing. They're slightly crazy - which fit the character - and they're so glarring that you can't look away. He really knows how to hold someone's attention. Of course, during the live, we got to hear his voice and he's great!

Tanzawa Seiji as Gojyuuno Touko: I enjoyed his character too! He reminded me of Taguchi Junnosuke (if any of you know ex-Johnny's members) with the long legs and the adorkableness and just being plain silly while going acrobatic and yoga-like moves all over the place. I thought it was super cute that he just wanted to be a famous fitness/yoga instructor. I liked the colour of his costume too.

Saito Kyouhei as Hanayashi Kiichi: His personality really confused me during this scene when he goes to the cat cafe. When they were in the family restaurant, I just thought 'oh this character is a glasses character: very serious, composed, and not funny' but then in the cat scene he pulled out this manual with all these rules and schemes and we see him very quickly worry and become panicked and it just felt like a little bit of a jump. They should've introduced his manual book obsession in the family restaurant scene beforehand in my opinion.

Fujio Kantaro as Kamiryoku Shark: This one was the one character I really, really did not like. At first he was interesting because he comes onstage with this The Grudge hair and it's covered his face. But then as the stage developes, he pulls his hair back (and the actor kept messing with the hair to keep it out of his eyes which got annoying) and has this weird clown-like makeup and he jumps up on tables and stuff and I'm like; what are you supposed to be? What is your personality supposed to be. I really didn't like him and it's been a while since a character made me so uncomfortable that I actually wish they weren't in it. I just... didn't like him. The actor himself did lots of various roles throughout the play and he did great in the rest of those so wtf was his main character all about? I just... no thanks.

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Kurata Naoki as Bird Kizoku: I was super upset Kurata ended up playing the bird who ended up being the bad guy! I feel for Kurata the moment I saw him in the cat ears and outfit so I wanted him to be good! Also his bird outfit was great! I wish he had had more stage time too. Due to the lack of stage time, it made me think that maybe this was his debut stage; but it’s really not! He's been in Waashi no Host-chan and he was in PuroLand for a bit too. But as expected he is a baby - '97er! And he'll be reprising his role in HostChan next year! I hope he can do a bit more work with MMJ - mhe could've been in Poseidon no Kiba, OR I'd quite like to see him in the next stage or remake of Wakasamagumi if they ever get around to it! I think he'd fit those two stages rather well. OF COURSE I loved him in the cat scene! He was absolutely adorable and I thought 'I want JP and Kurata like this forever please!'.

TAKA as Hoshi Atomu: Hoshi Atomu was absolutely hilarious! I fell for this adorably stupid character straight away! He is absolutely ridiculous! For example, he uses a sheet of cardboard almost like a skateboard and goes around the stage pushing that around. And he has a freaking cardboard house that he lives in on the roof! What the actual?! xD Like I said above, he means well but he just doesn't do it in the right way. And what the hell even is a CARDBOARD MODEL/IDOL?! xD He was adorable! I am looking forward to seeing him ALSO in HostChan next time.

AFTERSHOW

As usual I didn’t check if there was an aftershow or anything special and once again, turned out there was!! It was a hightouch send off with the Snake Shogun team! Which meant I got to high touch Ozeki and JP!! I was super happy, but also super nervous because I’d come from work and it had been raining outside and I probably smelt a little xD but I completely forgot my worries when I went to the high touch!’ Everyone was so nice and smiley!! It was so great!! Sorry Konchuuger but they beat you xD (I got high fives from Konchuuger last time, see here).

And you wanna know the best part about the hightouch this time?! I'm like 99.99999999% sure but(!!!): I think JP remembered me!! When he saw me at the high touch at the end, he kept his hand against mine for ages and he gave me this huge smile and there was a twinkle in his eye that looked he knew/remembered who I was!! So I was super duper happy! Ozeki was really nice too! He was really happy and welcoming ^_^ I think it went: Turtle, Yamori, JP, Tokage, Snake Shogun.

Ahhhh!! I hope I'm right about JP remembering me >.< *dead*

I'm okay...not really...

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And that just about does it! I really hope we get a 3rd stage next year!

[kosaka-ryoutarou]

[08.16.2017] Stage “Konchuu Senshi Konchuger 2″

The other day, I appeared as a guest for Stage “Konchuu Senshi Konchuger 2″

Thank you very much!

It has been a year since I acted as Sgt. Turtle I was overwhelmed with great nostalgia. (TT)

Posting some photos!!!!

Ise Daiki-san and Suudo Maasa-san( ¨̮ )

Ozeki Riku-san and Yasukawa Junpei-san( ¨̮ )

Hagihara Tatsuro-san( ¨̮ )

Saito Shuusuke-san( ¨̮ )

With former Reptile Empire members!!!

Well then, see you~

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A playlist: Your Typical 80s Anime Rom-Com

A playlist giving you upbeat, feel-good vibes of an 80s anime rom-com of some sort! Songs included come from Kimagure Orange Road, Urusei Yatsura, and various 80s Japanese singers. I hope you like it!

LISTEN HERE!

Tracklist: 

Open Invitation-CINDY

Red Straw Hat-Sagisu Shirou

Maybe it’s a love affair-Toshiki Kadomatsu

卒業 Graduation-Momoko Kikuichi 

Rush Hour-Toshiki Kadomatsu

Otoku-no-yoyu-Artist Unknown (from Kimagure Orange Road Soundtrack)

MORNING GLORY-Tatsuro Yamashita

Sotsugyou-Saito Yuki

Uchuu Wa Taihen Da!-Yuuko Matsutani

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Hallo Gamezoners !!! ^_^

Sutradara kenamaan asal Jepang Mamoru Hosoda akan segera merilis film anime terbarunya yang berjudul "Mirai no Mirai" atau Mirai of the Future. Anime ini rencananya akan dirilis di Jepang pada tanggal 20 Juli 2018 mendatang. Anime ini menceritakan tentang seorang anak pertama yang merasa cemburu terhadap adiknya.

Marai no Mirai akan dikerjakan oleh Studio Chizu, disutradarai oleh Mamoru Hosoda, dimana dirinya juga bertindak sebagai penulis naskah dari film ini. Hiroyuki Aoyama dan Ayako Hata akan menangani animasi, Yohei Takamatsu dan Takashi Omori akan bertanggung jawab sebagai arc director. Yuichiro Saito akan bertindak sebagai sutradara animasi.

Tatsuro Yamashita akan menyanyikan lagu tema dari film ini, dengan lagu yang diberi judul “Mirai no Theme.” Ini akan menjadi kali keduanya dalam berkolaborasi dengan Mamoru Hosoda sejak Summer Wars pada tahun 2009 lalu.

Mari dengarkan lagu tema tersebut dalam video trailer berikut ini:

Dalam Mirai of the Future dikisahkan mengenai sebuah keluarga yang tinggal di Yokohama. Adalah anak dari keluarga tersebut, Kun-chan yang merasa cemburu dengan adik perempuannya, Mirai, yang dianggapnya telah merebut kasih sayang orang tua mereka dari dirinya, hingga dirinya bertemu dengan sosok Mirai dari masa depan yang sudah remaja.

Hosoda sendiri menyebutkan bahwa film ini terinspirasi dari pengalamannya sendiri sebagai seorang ayah, di mana dirinya sempat merasakan kasus di mana anak pertamanya merasa cemburu dengan adiknya. Adapun nama Mirai yang menjadi nama karakter di film ini sendiri mirip dengan nama anak perempuannya.

(Sumber: kaorinusantara.or.id)

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2017.05.16 Konchuuger Saien/ReRun Review!

I went into this on a little downer because of how disappointing my afternoon show (Dansui) was (see review here). And it didn’t help that I was super worried about 15 minutes before the show started because there was still no one in the first row and there were only like 20 people in the entire theatre! But somehow the last 5 minutes just everyone came in and it was full! Thank god...

Official Website here Official Blog here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4 Videos here and here PreOrder DVD here My Review of the First Run here

Cast and Characters

KONCHUUGER Moto Fuyuki as Tokiwa Suo Ebisawa Kenji as Banri Chouji Saito Shuusuke as Eiffel Thomas Shimizu Kazuki as Taajima Haruo Sudo Maasa as Sakurada ‘Familia’ Asuka Hondo Reo as Young Tokiwa Sou Itakura Takeshi as Joe Mitsuma Kohei as Konchuuger’s Boss

ENEMIES Ozeki Riku as Turtle Yasukawa Junpei as Chameleon Kadoshima Mio as Tokage Okuda Tsutomu as Snake Shougun

Ensemble: Fujio Kantaro, Hagiwara Tatsuro, Hori Yuki, Ayano Aya, Kudo Saya, Takahashi Naoto

NON-SPOILER REVIEW:

Overall: This is so funny you guys! I was LOUD laughing because it was so funny, I couldn’t keep it to polite girly laughing I was laughing HARD. I was cry-laughing at at least one part too. I didn’t think they could step it up all that much but I underestimated them and the Saien is just as amazing as the first run! While I don’t quite accept the new actor for Banri Chouji, everyone else did amazing. Especially Reo! He was the shiner in this stage for me <3 he really impressed me. It’s entertaining, ridiculous, very funny and I cannot wait for the second stage to begin! Rating: 8-8.5/10

SPOILER REVIEW:

I was sat on my own for at least the first 20 minutes too on either side of me. AND I was second row which didn’t help! xD I of course had an amazing view >.<

Also Reo had so many freaking flowers in the foyer! He ahd the most! I didn’t realise how POPULAR he was! =O

Luckily JP had some too so he wasn’t left out <3

ANYWAY! Onto the review with spoilers...

First some general comments about the play:

Seriously, I died of laughter watching this. I had already seen the first stage last year and had watched it on dvd a few times so I was convinced I wasn’t going to really laugh, but oh boy, oh boy I was wrong! I was laughing so hard that I cried at some parts. Luckily there were guys in the audience so I could laugh more naturally and loudly than I usually do in a theatre full of 2.5 Fangirls and to be honest I don’t think I could’ve kept quiet because of how hard I was laughing, so the men’s deep and loud laughter helped cover mine a bit. I could not hold it back xD lets look at some comedy scenes:

JP’s blue bottle coffee segment was back this time around! And I laughed just as hard as I did the first time! It’s such a good scene! I love it.

We also have Snake who has a romantic storyline going on and seeing him go all mushy and soft when she came into the scene was so funny and disgustingly cute.

The table tennis scene was back and was hilarious as usual. I LOVE this scene and I LOVE how Reo played a slightly different tennis supporter compared to what Ikkei did in the first run of this show. Reo was hilarious in this scene. He came on with angel wings and had this constantly little jump going on. It was funny. And then at the end after the captured Crocodile, Reo got his angel wings stuck as he got into the rope-made jail train/bus towards the end of the play xD

The lady at the beginning of the show this time was more abusive. She tries to get the audience to call the Konchuugers for help but we were super quiet and weak and she was like ‘you being fucking serious? YELL!’ xD

This time around also when they explained how the Konchuugers evolved, they used picture cards and when Tokiwa was trying to explain why he didn’t change and why he woke up first, he brought out some picture cards too.

They redid the pulling pegs off the poor actors nipples again! As soon as JP walked on stage with the actor I immediately put my hand over my mouth and was shaking my head and then just before they pulled the pegs, I put my hands over my eyes and looked away.

The Crocodile was hilarious this time because he just stood there while making ripples with either his pecs or his stomach muscles and it got the audience giggling hard.

Unfortunately this time around they cut out some of Maasa’s singing scenes. They were funny. They did it once with Saito and Kazuki which was funny though.

Okay now lets get to some actor/character break downs:

Moto Fuyuki as Tokiwa Sou: He was great as usual. Not much change to his character this time around BUT he had a fighting scene where he started it by cartwheeling off the higher stage and onto the lower stage and everyone in the crowd was like ‘woah!’ because he did it so damn well despite his older age. He was badass on the guitar again as usual. There’s also a scene where he was talking seriously but because he had a dog teddy in his hand which he was petting as if it was real, I was too busy giggling at that.

Ebisawa Kenji as Banri Chouji: Unfortunately,  I don’t like this guy who’s replaced Baba Ryoma. Sorry! I just feel Ebisawa had to try too hard. It felt very forced and like he was using too much energy. Baba is always able to have loads of energy but also appear and look very effortless while using that energy. I feel like Ebisawa was struggling to keep so upbeat and energetic. He wasn’t terrible but very different to what Baba gave us the first time around. Hopefully in the second stage he can make the character his own and have room to stretch now that he won’t be compared to Baba in the second stage.

Saito Shuusuke as Eiffel Thomas: As usual pretty as fuuuuck. He is flawless both in acting and in looks. He was so close to me that I died inside a lot. I really enjoy is character anyway because he’s so ridiculous. He’s this self-centered, showman who used to be a model. Also has sexual tension going on with Asuka and their dynamic is really great too!

Shimizu Kazuki as Taajima Haruo: Ise Daiki originally did this role but Shimizu took over this time (although it looks like both Ise AND Shimizu have been cast for the second stage AND neither of them will be playing Haruo(?!) so god knows how that’s going to work xD but I’m excited to find out!). I’ve only ever seen Shimizu do similar roles; someone who gets scared easily, a little clumsy and unaware of just how strong and powerful he is: this character was the same. I do like that he’s bee themed though and his costume is great and Shimizu really understand how to play cute, so he was good ^_^

Sudo Maasa as Sakurada ‘Familia’ Asuka: I am anoteher girl crush.. it’s Suda Maasa. She’s great. She’s pretty. She has amazing hair. She’s super lady-like as herself (wait for my Sakuratsubute review with her in), and I love her character and the costume. She’s a great character and actress. Like I said in Saito’s section; I love Sakurada and Thomas’ sexual tension and dynamic in this stage and I hope it continues in the second stage! Also in this Saien I feel like they made their clash more dramatic. This time around I feel Sakurada really stands up to Thomas and they have a real, meaty argument which I enjoyed.

Hondo Reo as Young Tokiwa Sou: This guy impressed me so much in this stage!! He brought so much freshness to the character while also keeping the character the same, but at the same timed made it so different to what Ikkei did! In fact, I think he did better than Ikkei! Reo was a good balance of pitiful and cute! He had a scene where he was a scaredy cat and spoke in a quivering sort of voice which was very very hilarious and then in the table tennis scene he was this hilarious tennis angel type role. I cannot give him justice in this review at how impressed I am with him! I haven’t seen Reo act since he left Tenimyu so it’s safe to say I don’t know his range (never doubted his skills in acting) but seeing him in this and just loving his character and loving the hilarious and sad parts he did. He definitely got me teary-eyed during his final scene as Tokiwa Sho, more than Ikkei did, because he’s just so helpless and he completely makes the mood sad and depressing. He did amazing you guys... just amazing. Shame he can’t come back in the second stage =[ OH! During the table tennis scene also, Itakura held up a GIANT table tennis racket and on the back it was a GIANT picture of Reo’s face which they only showed towards the end of the scene and it was so funny! Cannot wait to see that part on DVD. Seriously guys, Reo is an amazing actor!

Itakura Takeshi as Joe: He did amazing the first time and he did amazing this time too! I think he had more hilarity and adlibs this time. The scenes he had with Reo were all great!

Mitsuma Kohei as Konchuuger’s Boss: I don’t think there was much change to his character. But I did enjoy when the dog teddy got left on his cheese grator hand (he had a daikon and a cheese grator instead of hands at the ends of his arms) and he had to balance it as he walked off stage xD

Ozeki Riku as Turtle: Ozeki is another that impressed me and did better than his predecessor! Ozeki really brought the turtle out in Turtle. He was VERY turtle like/ One scene that got me laughing hard is when he tries to attack Taajima and Taajima knocks him onto his back and Ozeki, being a turtle, struggles rolling off his back so he can get back up. He’s just like ‘legs in the air’ like a turtle would be. It was very funny. He also had a part where one of the Konchuugers inspire him to make youtube videos instead of being a bad guy and some times he whips his camera out and Snake Shougun is like ‘what the HELL are you doing?! You can’t upload our schemes onto the internet! Get real boy!’ xD Ozeki also impressed me in the previous MMJ Production ‘Wakasamagumi’ (see review here) so I hope he continues to be with MMJ in productions for a little longer. *googles* He IS in the next Konchuuger with JP again so that’s great at least! ^_^

Yasukawa Junpei as Chameleon: JP... JP, JP, JP. I don’t know HOW he does it but he just revels in strange and hentai-like characters. I’m at a stage (<< pun intended) where I am so used to JP’s acting style that I know what facial feature and stuff he’s going to do and still I love his performances! His facial features alone in this stage are hilarious! And he got to redo his Blue Bottle coffee joke! But he also had extra comedic scenes. For example, when his team are in the Chinese restaurant trying to come up with a plan to defeat the Konchuugers, they run out of so many ideas that JP takes his phone out and goes ‘HEY SIRI! How do we defeat someone?!’ it was SO funny and Snake Shougun is immediately like ‘put that phone away!’ xD also his character kept his part English part Japanese lines so I enjoyed those a lot. Another scene I loved was when Snake Shougun is just so done with JP’s awful ideas that he wants to get his time back, so JP suggests they “go back in time” which just literally means they ‘rewind’ the conversation which was hilarious. which THEN leads JP to ask Snake ‘are you bad with boobs?’ and Snake Shougun is like ‘what’s that got to do with defeating the Konchuugers?!’ WTF?! But alas this is the JP I’m so used and so love. He always seems to do hentai-y roles and I want him to carry on doing them! So glad his character is back in Konchuuger 2! Cannot wait to see more Half-English discussions and ridiculous ideas from him xD

Kadoshima Mio as Tokage: I’m pretty sure they changed the actress on this one. But I still love her story line. She’s very much a ‘I have good ideas but you won’t listen to me because I’m a girl’ to which Snake Shougun is like ‘NO! I’m just going in member number order!’ yet she has great ideas. I also love she has this WEIRD romantic love story with the Goat member of the group (currently cannot find the actors name) and just seeing their relationship grow, especially during the table tennis scene, is hilarious to watch because they are a very opposite pairing. 

The Goat guy himself is very funny too because he just moans and has no confidence and cries all the time because he can’t do anything right xD

Okuda Tsutomu as Snake Shougun: I’ve already mentioned him a LOT in JP’s section so what I wanted to say about him has gone there. I really love this character and the actors performance for Snake! I love how this time around they gave him a romantic plotline too, but I already spoke about it. I enjoy this actors performance overall and cannot wait to see him in action again as Snake in the second stage!

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That’s the review and now for some:

AFTER-SHOW PARTS

Also seriously(!) me and Shiramata have got to STOP going to the SAME shows and the SAME performances. It happened in HakuMyu, it happened in this one, and happened in a few more too (probably Tegami). Seriously, we should not have the same days off xD here are some pictures of him there:

AND! At the end there was a handshake from the main cast (which is the Konchuuger group) which I did not realise was a thing!! So I knid started freaking out because being in the second row meant I’d be one of the first to handshake and let me just say: SAITO!!!  SAITO!!!! *dead* so I was pretty nervous but they were all very nice. So I got to handshake Moto Fuyuki, Ebisawa Kenji, Saito Shuusuke, Shimizu Kazuki and Sudo Maasa! I think the order went (Right - Left): Moto, Kazuki, Asuka, Saito, Ebisawa. Everyone gave great handshakes except Saito! He only does one handers! I mean I still got a handshake but come on! Two hander! He does look the type to be a germ-a-phobe though. Maasa gave a great handshake... and she’s so pretty.... lets get away from my new girl crush! Kazuki was super smiley and nice too ^_^

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GOODS

I only got the pamphlet so no picture sorry xD They had so many bromides but they were random =[ I’m hoping KBooks have the discarded JP ones.... hopefully for a decent price.

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Another one bites the dust! I hope you enjoyed it! anyone else loving MMJ’s productions as much as me?! But, I still haven’t seen the first run of their Poseidon no Kiba.