#tetsu ishikawa

[neganobu]

Right guys

[pokemonheritageposts]

top favorite rowlets? if there even are that many 😭

once again ending a set of these with a starter, and i gotta say i have never seen a single member of an evolutionary family hog all the best cards in it to this degree before

10. Dartrix (illus. AKIRA EGAWA, Shining Fates 7/72)

9. Decidueye (illus. DOM, Scarlet & Violet - Shrouded Fable 5/64)

8. Rowlet (illus. Yoshimi Miyoshi, Scarlet & Violet - Shrouded Fable 3/64)

7. Dartrix (illus. Tetsu Kayama, Scarlet & Violet - Shrouded Fable 4/64)

6. Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor GX (illus. Mitsuhiro Arita, Sun & Moon - Unified Minds 1/236)

5. Rowlet (illus. HYOGONOSUKE, Sword & Shield - Darkness Ablaze 11/189)

4. Hisuian Decidueye V (illus. Shin Nagasawa, Sword & Shield - Astral Radiance 83/189)

3. Rowlet (illus. Hideki Ishikawa, Sun & Moon Promo #290)

2. Rowlet (illus. Yuka Morii, Sun & Moon - Cosmic Eclipse 17/236)

1. Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor GX (illus. Naoyo Kimura, Sun & Moon - Unified Minds 215/236)

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GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS - Main English Subtitled Trailer

The TV anime series based on Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear video game franchise, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, will premiere on April 5, 2025.

Key visual

Cast additions

Aya Suzaki as Elphelt Valentine

Megumi Han as Ramlethal Valentine

Takeshi Kusao as Ky Kiske

Kazue Fujita as Dizzy

Hiromi Igarashi as Jack-O' Valentine

Manaka Iwami as Bridget

Mayumi Asano as Baiken

Norio Wakamoto as Johnny

Tetsu Inada as Leo Whitefang

Junichi Endō as Vernon E. Groubitz (Replacing the late voice actor Kiyoyuki Yanada)

Yasuhiro Mamiya as Nerville Hammer

Previously announced cast members

Issei Miyazaki as Sin Kiske

Jouji Nakata as Sol Badguy

Yui Ishikawa as Unika

Tomokazu Sugita as Narrator

Staff

Original Character Designs by Daisuke Ishiwatari

Directed by Shigeru Morikawa

Series Composition: Norimitsu Kaiho

Associate Producer: Seiji Mizushima

Assistant Directors: Shinpei Ishikawa, Hiroshi Morita

Screenplay: Kou Shigenobu

Animation Character Design: Takuya Chanohara, Yuka Hachimori, Joseph Shin

Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai

Compositing Director: Daisuke Okumura

Editor: Hatsumi Hidaka

Color Coordination: Miyu Ishibashi

Sound Director: Fumihiko Ootera

Sound Production: Magic Capsule

Animation Production: SANZIGEN Inc.

Synopsis

After the decline of the once robust fields of science and technology, a new energy source known as magic fuels the modern era. Humanity creates forbidden biological weapons: Gears. Those Gears eventually stand against humanity in a rebellion. Although they manage to overcome in the struggle for survival known as the Crusades, humanity's losses are so great that even after several decades pass, their emotional wounds remain unable to fully heal. Sin Kiske, the child of a human and a Gear, heads to his father Ky and mother Dizzy's wedding ceremony. Their wedding breaks the ultimate taboo: a union between a human and a Gear. Even with the world at peace, it took many years for such a ceremony to come to fruition. Despite the complex array of emotions surrounding it, the wedding ceremony is met with blessings. When suddenly, a mysterious girl appears… The fated child inheriting Gear blood–and the mysterious girl who despises Gears. Their meeting would shake the world.

[hyeahgaku]

SAKAMOTO DAYS Manga Production Team

Author & Illustrator: Yuto Suzuki

Editor: Sosuke Ishikawa

Art Assistants (Backgrounds, Screentone, etc):

-> Moro

-> Shun Ayuhara

-> Shinichi Ito

-> Tomohiro Iwakura

-> Tetsu Okawa

-> Kazuto Kariya

-> Yuto Saezu

[raamitsu]

Tokyo Revengers S3: Tenjiku gang members’ VA’s most popularly known characters in other verse.

Hiro Shimono for Haitani Rindo: Known for voicing Dabi in My Hero Academia, Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer and Connie Springer in Attack On Titan.

Daisuke Namikawa for Haitani Ran: Known for voicing Eustass “Captain” Kid in One Piece, Kazehaya Shota in Kimi ni Todoke and Choso in Jujutsu Kaisen.

Uchiyama Koki for Shion Madarame: Known for voicing Inumaki Toge in Jujutsu Kaisen, Shigaraki Tomura in My Hero Academia and Meruem in Hunter x Hunter.

Seiichiro Yamashita for Kakucho: Known for voicing Toru Ishikawa in Horimiya, Cid Kageno/Shadow in The Eminence In Shadow and Raiden Shuga in 86 (Eighty-Six)

Tetsu Inada for Kanji Mochizuki: Known for voicing Todoroki Enji in My Hero Academia, Sajin Komamura in Bleach and Nappa in Dragon Ball Z

Nobunaga Shimazaki for Kurokawa Izana: Known for voicing Sohma Yuki in Fruits Basket, Yuno in Black Clover and Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen.

[penguinxturtle]

my bizarre hero academia adventure (Japanese voice edition)

Start from the left downwards, right downwards:

Midoriya Izuku - Narancia Ghirga (VA: Yamashita Daiki)

Bakugo Katsuki - Ghiaccio (VA: Okamoto Nobuhiko)

Todoroki Shoto - Koichi Hirose (VA: Kaji Yuki)

All Might - Muhammad Avdol (VA: Miyake Kenta)

Fat Gum - Jonathan Joestar (VA: Okitsu Kazuyuki)

Overhaul - Tiziano (VA: Tsuda Kenjiro)

Tenya Iida - Sale (VA: Ishikawa Kaito)

Aizawa Shota - Leone Abbachio (VA: Suwabe Junichi)

Hawks - Bruno Bucciarati (VA: Nakamura Yuichi)

Toga Himiko - Iggy (VA: Fukuen Misato)

All For One - Wamuu (VA: Ohtsuka Akio)

Endeavor/Todoroki Enji - Tarkus (VA: Inada Tetsu)

Tsukauchi Naomasa - Tonio Trussardi (VA: Kawashima Tokuyoshi)

Sato Rikido - Nukesaku (VA: Nara Tooru)

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Notes:

- I only based this on their Japanese VAs.

- I only include their latest role in JJBA. (Ex. Aizawa’s voice actor not just voiced Abbachio but also Terence T. D’Arby. Same also with Overhaul’s voice actor; Bruford and Tiziano.)

- I didn’t also include VAs roles in the game, JJBA All Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven, and Phantom Blood (Ex. Todoroki Shoto - Johnny Joestar, Sir Nighteye - Gyro Zeppeli, Present Mic - Vanilla Ice, Ashido Mina - Hirose Yasuho, Mineta Minoru - Sugimoto Reimi, Dabi - Secco, Midnight - Miuccia Miuller, and Best Jeanist - Dio Brando).

- I’m not sure if it’s complete so there might be some characters (with same voice actors/actress) that I’ve missed out!

(photo edited by me😉)

[daily-shimonohiro]

°•Seiyuus featured in the blog with Shimono °.•*

「A」

Akesaka Satomi

Amamiya Sora

Amasaki Kohei

Aoi Shouta

Aoi Yuki

Asakura Momo

Asanuma Shintaro

「B」

Ban Taito

「C」

Chiwa Saito

「E」

Eguchi Takuya

「F」

Fukuen Misato

Fukuyama Jun

「H」

Hama Kento

Hanae Natsuki

Hanazawa Kana

Harada Hitomi

Haruno Anzu

Hatanaka Tasuku

Hayami Saori

Hayami Show

Hidaka Rina

Hikasa Yoko

Hino Satoshi

Honda Yoko

Horie Shun

Horikawa Ryō

Horiuchi Kenyuu

「I」

Inada Tetsu

Inoue Marina

Ishii Kazutaka

Ishikawa Kaito

Ishikawa Yui

「K」

Kaji Yuki

Kakihara Tetsuya

Kamiya Hiroshi

Kaneda Tomoko

Kanemoto Hisako

Kato Emiri

Kawanishi Kengo

Kawasumi Ayako

Kayano Ai

Kimura Ryohei

Kito Akari

Komatsu Mikako

Komoto Keisuke

Kondo Takashi

Konishi Katsuyuki

Kugimiya Rei

「M」

Maeno Tomoaki

Mariya Ise

Masuda Toshiki

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu

Midorikawa Hikaru

Misaki Kuno

Miyamoto Katsuya

Miyano Mamoru

Miyata Kouki

Mizuhashi Kaori

Morikubo Showtaro

Murase Ayumu

「N」

Nagatsuka Takuma

Nakahara Mai

Nakamura Shugo

Nakamura Yūichi

Namikawa Daisuke

Nishiyama Koutaro

Nojima Kenji

「O」

Ōgame Asuka

Ohashi Ayaka

Okamoto Nobuhiko

Ono Daisuke

Ono Kensho

Otsuka Akio

Ozawa Ari

「S」

Saitō Momoko

Saitō Sōma

Sakakihara Yuki

Sakura Ayane

Sakurai Takahiro

Sato Gen

Satō Takuya

Seki Tomokazu

Shimazaki Nobunaga

Sugita Tomokazu

Suzaki Aya

Suzuki Chihiro

Suzuki Momori

Suzuki Tatsuhisa

「T」

Taketatsu Ayana

Taneda Risa

Takahashi Hidenori

Taniyama Kishou

Tatsumi Yuiko

Terashima Junta

Terashima Takuma

Toki Shunichi

Tokui Sora

Tomatsu Haruka

Toriumi Kōsuke

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Tsuda Kenjiro

Tsujitani Kōji

「U」

Uchida Maaya

Uchida Yuuma

Uchiyama Kouki

Uesaka Sumire

「Y」

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamamoto Kazutomi

Yamamoto Maria

Yamashita Daiki

Yasumoto Hiroki

Yonoga Tsubasa

Yusa Kōji

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Skate-Leading Stars, svelati cast e staff della serie animata

Il nuovo anime originale targato J.C.Staff andrà in onda da luglio.

Pubblicati una nuova immagine promozionale e un video, i quali ci presentano il cast di “Skate-Leading Stars”, la nuova serie originale animata dallo studio J.C.Staff (Danmachi, Hi Score Girl, Food Wars!) che debutterà in Giappone quest’anno a luglio.  

L’anime sarà incentrato su degli studenti delle superiori che competono a squadre in delle gare di skate-leading, una particolare forma di pattinaggio artistico. Il direttore generale del progetto è Goro Taniguchi, regista di “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion”, “Maria the Virgin Witch” e “Planetes”, mentre il character design di base è concepito da Yana Toboso, l’autrice del manga “Black Butler”. 

Ecco di seguito l’elenco completo dei personaggi e dei rispettivi doppiatori:

Kensei Maeshima: Yuuma Uchida 

Hayato Sasugai: Makoto Furukawa 

Reo Shinozaki: Hiroshi Kamiya 

Tomoyuki Kubota: Gen Satou 

Izumi Himekawa: Yuuichirou Umehara 

Akimitsu Mochizuki: Reiou Tsuchida 

Yukimitsu Mochizuki: Natsuki Hanae 

Toranosuke Kurayoshi: Kaito Takeda 

Souta Jounouchi: Shouya Chiba

Shoutarou Terauchi: Satoshi Hino

Itsuki Kiriyama: Tomoaki Maeno

Taiga Himuro: Yuuki Ono 

Noa Kuonji: Souma Saitou 

Hajime Ishikawa: Hirofumi Nojima 

Susumu Ishikawa: Kenji Nojima

La serie è diretta da Toshinori Fukushima (Tamayomi) e sceneggiata da Noboru Kimura (Gundam Build Divers, Knights & Magic), mentre il design dei personaggi è adattato per l’animazione da Yoko Ito (Amanchu!). Le musiche sono composte da Ryo Takahashi (ACCA: L’ispettorato delle 13 province) e le coreografie sono supervisionate da TETSU, della compagnia di ballo Bugs Under Groove, e dall’ex-pattinatore artistico Hirokazu Kobayashi. Il design dell’abbigliamento è stato concepito da Osare Company.

Autore: SilenziO))) (@s1lenzi0)

[FONTE]

[anime-herald]

Earlier today, the Japanese patent office updated with four new Sakura Wars trademarks, which were filed on April 16. According to the site, the publisher acquired the following marks:

Sakura Wars B.L.A.C.K. (Sakura Taisen B.L.A.C.K.)

B.L.A.C.K.

Sakura Restoration (Sakura Isshin)

Sakura Revolution (Sakura Kakumei)

The filings for Sakura Wars B.L.A.C.K., Sakura Restoration, and Sakura Revolution, include video games, optical discs, ROM Cartridges, and other recording media as intended usages.

Sakura Wars (2019) shipped worldwide on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console on April 28. The title launched in Japan on December 12, 2019. The title, which is available on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console, sold through 166,771 as of January 13, according to Famitsu.

Sequel anime series Sakura Wars (2019) The Animation hit Japanese TV on April 3, with Funimation streaming the title in North America, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Wakanim is offering the show in Europe.

The core voice cast includes:

Seijūrō Kamiyama : Yōhei Azakami

Sakura Amamiya: Ayane Sakura

Hatsuho Shinonome: Maaya Uchida

Azami Mochizuki: Hibiku Yamamura

Anastasia Palma: Ayaka Fukuhara

Claris: Saori Hayami

Sumire Kanzaki: Michie Tomizawa

Reiji Shiba: Tomikazu Sugita

Kaoru Rindou: Yui Ishikawa

Komachi Ooba: Ryoko Shiraishi

Yang Shaolong: Yuuichirou Umehara

Yui Huang: Sumire Uesaka

Arthur: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Lancelot: Manami Numakura

Yaksha: Chisa Yokoyama

Elise: Nana Mizuki

Margarethe: Rie Kugimiya

Bleach creator Tite Kubo provided the original character designs, while Jiro Ishii (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Under the Dog) was in charge of the story structure. Series composer Kohei Tanaka (Sakura Wars franchise, One Piece, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) returned to score the game’s soundtrack.

Other staff members include:

Script: Takaaki Suzuki (Girls und Panzer, Strike Witches)

Setting and Scenario Summary: Takanobu Terada

Development Director: Tetsuya Ootsubo

Producer: Tetsu Kitano

Character Visual Setting: Masashi Kudou

Main Mechanical Designer: Mika Akitaka

Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi

Original Concept: Ohji Hiroi

Sega describes Sakura Wars (2019) as:

The stage is set in a steampunk version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. Only a short while ago, a cataclysmic event destroyed the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force stationed at the Imperial Theater. Now home to the Flower Division, an inept rookie squad who also strives to impart hope on the citizenry with their theatrical talents, the theater has fallen on hard times and risks closure. It’s up to Seijuro Kamiyama as the captain of the new Tokyo revue to lead his squad and restore the Imperial Combat Revue and the theater back to their former glory! With the help of the revue’s five colorful performers, he must rise to the challenge of competing in the Combat Revue World Games, protecting the inhabitants of Tokyo and getting the theater back on track.

Sources: Gematsu, Chizai Watch [1] [2] [3] [4]

Sega Japan Files Trademarks For Sakura Wars B.L.A.C.K., 3 More Earlier today, the Japanese patent office updated with four new Sakura Wars trademarks, which were filed on April 16.

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Since you've played the demo, what are your personal impressions on the new Valkyrie character compared to Lenneth?

I'm sure a lot of first-timers have been listening to the English Dub, but I IMMEDIATELY switched to the Japanese Dub for several reasons:

Maria Valkyrie/Akari Kito: voices Nezuko in Kimetsu no Yaiba, Shoka in NEO: The World Ends with You, Barbara in Genshin Impact…

Eygon/Tetsu Inada: voices Leo Whitefang in Guilty Gear obviously.

Cypher/Akira Ishida: Amane Nishiki in BlazBlue~

Odin/Kenjiro Tsuda: Vlov Arkhangel in Melty Blood Type Lumina Also he's the voice of JACK in Stranger of Paradise/among other famous fantasy voices (and Kaiba in YuGiOh). I fondly remember him most as the voice of the Warrior in Dragon's Crown!

Fenrir/Ryusei Nakao: Frieza/Cooler in Dragonball FighterZ

Kristoffer/Maaya Uchida: Zero in Drakengard 3

Taika/Saori Hayami: Orie/Ruby/Mai in BlazBlue Crosstag Battle~

Hilde/Yui Ishikawa: 2B/2P in Nier: Automata/Soul Calibur 6, also Mina Majikina in Samurai Shodown~

And well, you wouldn't notice it if you focused solely on the English dub, but actually the opening Story NARRATOR is Lenneth Valkyrie's Japanese voice actress Yumi Tōma… nice little easter egg there.

Anyway, to give my overall impressions of the voice work and characters so far…

Maria Valkyrie is very confident in her abilities (and respectful of Odin-Sama), though she's pretty brutal towards the Undead (which is ironic since Valkyrie Profile 2 paints the Undead in a different political stroke).

She says a lot of famous and familiar one-liners if you've been playing the VP games all this while (they're easier to notice in the Japanese dubs compared to English).

"By the Holy Laws you shall be Obliterated!" etc etc.

If you compared Valkyries to Sailor Moon, it's that kind of corndog-superheroine Sentai dialogue… but it's also part of what makes them so appealing.

I would say that, just like with Lenneth, she's dealing with a lot of background drama and baggage from Odin-sama's previous conflict among the lesser deities and beasts of the world below him.

He makes it seem like it's her task to Purify all that is Unclean, but if you read between the lines, that's not the whole story going on… just as before.

The progression starts with a brief jog through an "illusion" that Odin created to boost Maria's confidence as a warrior, but then you're sent on a mission to learn what happened in Be'elz Castle (ironically a play on the name Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies).

Eventually you come across some rather nasty Undead, and the music turns rather dark (which I'd compare to music like Dipan Castle), and eventually once you kill the boss of the area a "certain person" appears that Maria Valkyrie says "she saw before".

In other words, the whole mission is suspicious, and Odin is the main suspect… but he's not the only tricky Politician in this game of Gods and Mortals… there's lots to this mythology to discover, and you'll find out a ton as you dig up flowers that tell the true story (flowers, by the way symbolize people who have died tragically in the conflicts and incidents that happen in this story), as well as talk to everyone involved (including a certain Valkyrie named Hilde, who may not necessarily support your endeavors).

Anyway, so far, there's a lot of mystery and Drama (and that's actually a Hallmark of VP games, so it's good to be back in the thick of a good story here).

Expect lots of sad tragedy and chaos, among other bits of drama, but also you'll come across some cool moments too, guaranteed, especially when your weapons (and Valkyrie) get powered up.

[queenofcandynsoda]

Paradise!Inosuke AU: Tetsue

Tetsue

Name: Tetsue

Kanji: 鉄恵

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Height: 5’11” (180 cm)

Affiliation: Eternal Paradise Faith

Occupation: Blacksmith; Bladesmith, Inosuke’s Caretaker (formerly)

Base of Operations: Paradise Faith Cult

Status: Alive

Relatives: Koushi (Father), Unnamed Deceased Mother

Appearance: Tetsue is a curvaceous young woman with a slightly toned and muscular build. She has long black hair and dark gray eyes. She puts her hair in a ponytail for when she’s in the forge and in a braid for formal events. There is a small scar on her left cheek. Usually, she wears a blue komon kimono with green flower patterns. Her nagoya obi is green. She also wears white tabi and standard zori. For formal events, she wears a green irotomesode kimono with a design of blue lotuses and a blue obi.

Personality: Tetsue first shows herself to be a diligent and quiet young woman who often kept to herself. She appears to be aloof, especially to outsiders and recent cult members. Despite her reserved exterior, Tetsue is a kind, outgoing, and hardworking young woman who loves her father and her fellow neighbors. She enjoys talking to Kouga, a monk from the monastery, along with other blacksmiths and women her age. She takes great pride in her blacksmith works and would be enraged if someone would carelessly ruin them. She also has a protective side of her. As a child, she was more expressive with her emotions and talkative.

History: Tetsue was born to a poor couple in the Saitama Prefecture, who was in heavy debt to a cruel landlord. After her mother’s death when she was 20 months old, her father, Koushi, ran away with her when he learned that his landlord planned to sell her off for money. When arriving in the Eternal Paradise, he begged for the sanctuary in the temple. Douma, seeing their plight, took them in. Koushi is happy again as he works with the cult members while Tetsue was enjoying her time there. One day, when she was with her father collecting wood, his former landlord found him and tried to force him back. When they ran away, the landlord stabbed him, causing permanent damage to his left arm. Tetsue’s cries can be heard by the cult members and the landlord was subdued by them. Tetsue and Koushi were taken to the infirmary. The cult members had the landlord tied to a tree for “judgment”. She was allowed to stay in the temple for a while with other children her age. As her father recovers in the infirmary, Tetsue took interest with the forge and its blacksmiths. When Inosuke was a baby, she was entrusted with his care whenever Douma had to perform his duties or Kotoha meditating. As she gets older, she becomes more skillful in her blacksmith works, which includes creating tools and weapons. This leads her to create her own iron war fans and learn tessenjutsu. In recent years, she has been open to possibly getting married. She is rather hesitant about it as she worries for her father. When Inosuke announced his pilgrimage, she was worried for him as he never ventured outside of the surrounding forest. However, Gracious Founder ensures her that he’ll be safe.

Abilities:

Enhanced Stamina

Enhanced Strength

Master Blacksmith

Fighting Style: Tessenjutsu

Tetsue’s fighting style differs from Douma. Her fans can fold to make them iron rods, allowing them to strike the opponent. She opens them up to shield herself.

Equipment: Iron War Fans

Kimetsu Academy: Tetsue Ishikawa is a third year student from the Mugwort Class and the president of the Engineering Club. Her father owns a repair shop and is able to repair anything despite only having one working arm. She often wears a pair of protective glasses.

[recentanimenews]

15 Superheroes Gather For My Hero Academia's HERO FES. 2022 Event

  After a couple of years (and a villainous takeover), My Hero Academia's HERO FES event is back in July to bring all the latest for the popular franchise – including the world premiere screening of the first episode of the sixth TV anime season. Today, more heroes were announced for the HERO FES event, bringing the grand total to fifteen total superheroes joining the festival on July 24.

    RELATED: Pro Heroes Gather in Latest Visual for My Hero Academia Season 6

    The first round of announcements of voice actors from last month included (in order of the image above) Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuki Kaji, Toshiki Masuda, Aoi Yuuki and Marina Inoue.

    And today's round of voice actor announcements includes Tasuku Hatanaka, Kei Shindo, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Nazuka, Junichi Suwabe, Tetsu Inada and Yuichi Nakamura. This brings the total to an ultra 15 voice actors for the My Hero Academia event which will hold a live dubbing session and the reading of a newly written story exclusive to the event.

  My Hero Academia Ultra Event HERO FES. 2022 is set to be held on July 24 at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza with tickets going on sale on April 28. At this time it is a fully in-person event with no online component. The event will also premiere the first episode of season six of My Hero Academia ahead of its Fall 2022 release.

  Source: My Hero Academia official website 

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

[demifiendrsa]

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War TV Anime - English subbed Trailer #1

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War TV Anime will premiere in October 2022.

Key visual

Cast

Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki

Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kuchiki

Noriaki Sugiyama as Uryū Ishida

Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue

Hiroki Yasumoto as Yasutora Sado

Kentaro Ito as Renji Abarai

Shinichiro Miki as Kisuke Urahara

Satsuki Yukino as Yoruichi Shihōin

Binbin Takaoka (replacing Masaaki Tsukada) as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto

Houko Kuwashima as Suì-Fēng

Shouto Kashii as Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi

Aya Hisakawa as Retsu Unohana

Masaya Onosaka as Shinji Hirako

Ryotaro Okiayu as Byakuya Kuchiki

Tetsu Inada as Sajin Komamura

Akio Ohtsuka as Shunsui Kyōraku

Tomokazu Sugita as Kensei Muguruma

Romi Park as Tōshirō Hitsugaya

Fumihiko Tachiki as Kenpachi Zaraki

Ryusei Nakao as Mayuri Kurotsuchi

Hideo Ishikawa as Jūshirō Ukitake

Naomi Kusumi as Ichibē Hyōsube

Yōji Ueda as Ōetsu Mimaiya

Tomoyuki Shimura as Tenjirō Kirinji

Rina Satou as Senjumaru Shutara

Ayumi Tsunematsu as Kirio Hikifune

Takayuki Sugo as Yhwach

Yuichiro Umehara as Jugram Haschwalth

Shunsuke Takeuchi as Askin Nakk Le Vaar

Ayana Taketatsu as Bambietta Basterbine

Yūki Ono as Bazz-B

Yumi Uchiyama as Candice Catnipp

Natsuki Hanae as Gremmy Thoumeaux

Satoshi Hino as Lille Barro

Staff

Director: Tomohisa Taguchi

Character Design: Masashi Kudo

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Chief Animation Director: Michio Hasegawa, Sei Komatsubara, Kumiko Takayanagi

Action Effects Animation Director: Satoshi Sakai, Yoshihiro Kanno, Yong Hoon Chong

Art Director: Yoshio Tanioka

Art Design: Toshiki Amada

Color Design: Saori Goda

Editing: Akinori Mishima

Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada

CG Directors: Toshihiro Sasaki, Kazushi Goto

Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki

Sound Production: Zack Promotion

Animation Production: Studio Pierrot

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The lineups for the special Tokyo Game Show “Sakura Taisen Teigeki Sendenbu Tsuushin (Sakura Taisen Imperial Theatre PR Department Transmission)” live-streams have been announced.

9/12 [10:45 JST]: Yamashita Mami (MC), Katano Tetsu (producer), and guest Ishikawa Yui (Rindou Kaoru). 

9/13 [14:30 JST]: Yamashita Mami (MC), Katano Tetsu (producer), and guest Terada Takanobu (series producer). The topic will be developments outside of the game, such as the manga adaptation.

9/14 [14:30 JST]:  Azakami Youhei (Kamiyama-taichou), Yamamura Hibiku (Azami), and Fukuhara Ayaka (Anastasia).

9/15 [16:00 JST]: Kouhei Tanaka, Yamamura Hibiku (Azami), Fukuhara Ayaka (Anastasia), and Amakami Youhei (Kamiyama-taichou). This episode will feature on the series’ music.

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Earlier today, Sega hosted their fourth live streaming event for Project Sakura Wars. During the show, three cast members were revealed, along with:

Battle gear for Anasatasia and Azami

Details on a new Combat Revue, as well as three characters

Two new trailers

We break the details down below.

Trailers

Two trailers were revealed: A story trailer and a gameplay trailer. A TV spot was also uploaded, which we’ve provided below.

Story Trailer

Gameplay Trailer

TV Spot

Cast

Three cast members were confirmed:

“Yasha”: Chisa Yokoyama

Iris (Berlin Combat Revue): Nana Mizuki

Margaret (Berlin Combat Revue): Rie Kugimiya

Chisa Yokoyama played Sakura Shinguji in all previous entries of the Sakura Wars franchise and related media.

Yasha

Yasha is a mysterious figure who may have a connection to the Imperial Combat Revue’s past. She wields a samurai sword not unlike the legendary Reiken-Arataka, and pilots a black mech known only as “Shinmetsu,” which is written with the kanji for “Divine” and “Destroy.”

Berlin Combat Revue

Iris and Margaret are members the Berlin Combat Revue, who pilot Eisenkleids on the field of battle. Their character designs were crafted by Strike Witches creator Humikane Shimada.

Iris

Margaret

Battle Gear

The battle costumes, as well as the Spiracle Armors for Anasatasia and Azami were both revealed. You can check these out below.

Project Sakura Wars will hit Japanese retailers on December 12. A standard and Limited Edition are both planned for the project. The Limited Edition will include a soundtrack CD and an artbook. The CD will feature more than sixty songs from the franchise’s history, while the artbook will clock in at contain seventy-two pages of art from the series.

Early adopters will also receive a PS4 theme, though details on this have yet to be announced.

The project will be released worldwide in Spring 2020.

Left to Right: Claris, Hatsuho Shinonome, Seijuro Kamiyama, Sakura Amamiya, Azami Mochizuki, Anastasia Palma

The confirmed voice cast includes:

Claris: Saori Hayami

Hatsuho Shinonome: Maaya Uchida

Seijūrō Kamiyama : Yōhei Azakami

Sakura Amamiya: Ayane Sakura

Azami Mochizuki: Hibiku Yamamura

Anastasia Palma: Ayaka Fukuhara

Sumire Kanzaki: Michie Tomizawa

Reiji Shiba: Tomikazu Sugita

Kaoru Rindou: Yui Ishikawa

Komachi Ooba: Ryoko Shiraishi

Yang Shaolong: Yuuichirou Umehara

Yui Huang: Sumire Uesaka

Arthur: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Lancelot: Manami Numakura

Bleach creator Tite Kubo is providing the original character designs, while Jiro Ishii (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Under the Dog) is in charge of the story structure. Series composer Kohei Tanaka (Sakura Wars franchise, One Piece, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) is scoring the game’s soundtrack. Other staff members include:

Script: Takaaki Suzuki (Girls und Panzer, Strike Witches)

Setting and Scenario Summary: Takanobu Terada

Development Director: Tetsuya Ootsubo

Producer: Tetsu Kitano

Character Visual Setting: Masashi Kudou

Main Mechanical Designer: Mika Akitaka

Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi

Original Concept: Ohji Hiroi

Project Sakura Wars will be set twelve years after the events of Sakura Wars 5: So Long, My Love. In this new entry, the Combat Revues, which previously protected nations from evil while working incognito, are well known to all.

Indeed, the Great Combat Reveue World War is more of a global sporting event, in which the Combat Revues from across the globe gather in Japan’s Imperial Capital to compete in a tournament. These disparate groups then compete to determine which country’s kouma-crushing corps reigns supreme. By the time Project Sakura Wars begins, two such events have already taken place, and the nations are gathering in the Imperial capital for the third. What should be a peaceful event, though, suddenly takes a turn for the serious.

Sega’s email communication describes the story as:

The stage is set in a romanticized version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. 10 years ago, a cataclysm resulted in the devastating loss of the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force operating out of the Imperial Theater. The theater has since fallen on hard times and risks closure. As captain of the new Tokyo revue, it’s up to you to mend the hearts of your troops and restore the Imperial Theater back to its former glory!

Project Sakura Wars was first revealed on April 14, 2018 at Sega Fes, and was originally tentatively slated to launch prior to March 31, 2019. On April 19, 2019, Sega Holdings President and CEO Haruki Satomi confirmed that the project will be “more than a game.”

A western release was not confirmed until March 29, though Japanese Asian releases were confirmed to be in the works.

On March 27, all-female theater troupe OSK Revue announced that they will host a new Sakura Wars musical in Kyoto. The production which will be an operatic adaptation of 2001’s Sakura Wars Kayou Show story The Sea God’s Villa.

Sakura Wars is an original project by Sega CS2 R&D (later Overworks) and Red Entertainment. Ohji Hiroi (Moeyo Ken, Far East of Eden), Satoru Akahori (Saber Marionette J, Martian Successor Nadesico), and Kosuke Fujishima (Ah! My Goddess, You’re Under Arrest!) are listed as the original creators of the franchise.

The first title appeared on the Sega Saturn in 1996. The initial entry, while released only in Japan at the time, was estimated to have a 200,000 lifetime sales goal. The title sold 205,270 units in its opening week, which was roughly 57% of the launch shipment. At the time, the title was seen as having the largest debut for a Sega title to date. It would go on to move 359,485 copies throughout the Saturn’s lifespan.

Since then, the title has gone on to spawn:

Five main-line titles

Fifteen spin-off games

An anime TV series by Madhouse

Five anime OVA series

Seven manga and light novel adaptations

Sixteen high-profile live stage shows

The final main-line title in the series, Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love was released in North America by NIS America. The title is available on Sony’s PlayStation 2, as well as Nintendo Wii console.

Source: YouTube (Sega)

Thanks to Twitter user @AiddonValentine for the translations on Yasha and the Berlin Revue!

Chisa Yokoyama Plays Yasha in Project Sakura Wars; 3 New Trailers Revealed Earlier today, Sega hosted their fourth live streaming event for Project Sakura Wars. During the show, three cast members were revealed, along with: