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Chikyuu Bouei Shoujo Iko-chan

One of the interesting side effects of defining this blog's scope in the way that I have is that, for better or for worse, only focusing on magical girl manga that don't have anime adaptations automatically filters out almost every multimedia franchise. Sure we've talked about a couple manga adaptations of big live action productions, but there's a difference between that and a series that spreads itself across a handful of mediums simultaneously. Most magical girl multimedia projects from Japan will throw an anime of some form into the mix. Which is to say most, but not all. Today we'll be taking a look at a series which, throughout the late 80s and early 90s, released manga, a video game, a live action series, and more, but has no anime.

Chikyuu Bouei Shoujo Iko-chan (Terrestrial Defense Girl Iko) started as a live action direct-to-video series in 1987. The protagonist is Iko Kawai, a middle schooler who one day helps a member of the intergalactic police she sees lying unconscious on the pavement, and as a reward she is gifted a high tech headset called the Super Incom. The Super Incom allows her to use ESP to do what she believes is right, giving her abilities including but not limited to instant outfit changes, teleportation, leaping tall buildings in a single bound, shrinking, and communicating with beasts. In using her newfound powers, she catches the attention of an Earth defense squad known as the Light Terrestrial Defense Team, LTDT for short. They recruit Iko as a new member, and now armed with her Super Incom and gadgets from the LTDT, it is her duty to protect Earth from extraterrestrial threats.

The first entry in the series, an approximately 47 minute movie, was released on February 28, 1987. The monster designs were done by Toru Narita, who had done special effects work for Godzilla, and co-created Ultraman; so his involvement helped draw attention to the project. The series even has an Ultraman parody character in the form of Miracleman, who can grow to enormous size, but passes out when he does so.

A second movie was released on July 14, 1988, at the start of which Iko bequeaths her Super Incom to a new girl, coincidentally named Iko Sugekawa, who also goes on to work for the LTDT. While the original Iko was played by Akiko Isozaki, a relatively obscure child actress, the new Iko was played by Mia Masuda, a popular idol who was just getting her start around this time. This meant many Iko-chan fans were also Mia Masuda fans, and vice versa. Even now many people seem to know of the series predominantly through her involvement. This movie gives Iko a new (and more iconic) outfit, plus a spectacularly intelligent and accomplished rival named Runna Hakuba. Mia Masuda would stay on as Iko for the third movie, released on June 22, 1990, but each subsequent production would cast a different actress in the role. As for the series director, Minoru Kawasaki is known for producing tokusatsu parodies on the cheap, with Terrestrial Defense Girl Iko being one such example.

Due to the success of the original movie trilogy, a video game based on the series was released for the PC98 engine on December 4, 1992. Titled Chikyuu Bouei Shoujo Iko-chan ~UFO Daisakusen~ (Terrestrial Defense Girl Iko ~The Great UFO Strategy~, this is a turn-based battle game with visual novel elements, in which the LTDT face off against various aliens. Unfortunately, the game didn't sell well. It's speculated that the gameplay style didn't capture the appeal of the title's tokusatsu origins. The in-game art is very pretty though, for whatever that's worth.

Iko would continue starring in live action sequels and spinoffs after that, and a number of companion books were released for the series as well, but the release most relevant to this blog is the Iko-Chan manga.

Running in monthly Comic Comp from the May 1988 issue to the May 1991 issue, this manga was created by Yoshito Asari, with writing input from Minoru Kawasaki, the original director. Asari is best known for his involvement in the production of the original Evangelion anime, for which he was an assistant character designer, and he penned a 4koma spinoff titled Evangelion Yonkoma Zenshuu. However, he is an accomplished mangaka in his own right, creating works such as Wahhaman, Manga Science, and Space Family Carlvinson, the lattermost of which would get an OVA adaptation in 1988.

Over the course of its' run, the Iko-chan manga would amass a total of 32 chapters. The first tankobon volume, containing chapters 1 through 18, was published by Kadokawa on September 13, 1990, but the remainder of the series would not be compiled until a new edition of both volumes was released by Hakusensha under their Jets Comics label on December 25, 1999. A digital rerelease, also by Hakusensha, was made available on December 26, 2014.

This manga makes some changes to the original plot, particularly in Iko's backstory. In this version, Iko already works for the LTDT part-time at the start of the series, and she gets the Super Incom after helping Miracleman while he's drunk. It's less momentous, but I actually prefer it given how poorly the original Iko's buddying up to cops has aged. The way the Super Incom works is slightly different too: it activates when she says please, enunciating each syllable (o-ne-ga-i). This makes whatever she thinks will help happen, but if she attempts to use this power for selfish reasons, the device will malfunction.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to read very much of the manga, and the language barrier made it difficult to get into any version of this series. Huge shout-out to the surprisingly detailed Japanese Wikipedia page, which was a tremendous help in researching for this overview. They also have quite a bit of information on later installments in this series I glossed over. There is a lot more I could get into, but I wanted to mainly focus on the meat of the franchise, and this post is long enough as is.

I really hope fan translations of the series become available one day, because Terrestrial Defense Girl Iko seems like a lot of fun, and I would definitely recommend it to fans of older tokusatsu. There are elements of it I don't vibe with, but still, it has an interesting premise, some decently entertaining humor, a super catchy theme song, and a killer aesthetic.

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This does include history of other characters as Kenji's is so intertwined with others.

Ayako Kawasaki was born on 29th February 2024, to parents Hinata Kawasaki and Ichika Kawasaki (née Iwamoto), with older brother of 6 years, Keisuke, in Yokohama, Japan.

Both families were known for things relevant to abilities. The Iwamoto family was one of three families with unique and powerful abilities, Iwamoto, Takami, and Hayashi. Although Iwamoto and Takami knew each other, we only briefly see them interact, when Keigo is in Britain for work, remembers seeing a news article about the PADA featuring the very memorable face of an afro-Japanese teenager with blonde hair and blue eyes - you'd remember someone with genetics like that - and goes to say hi, entirely not confident that he would be recognised. Hayashi, however, has the two people of the current generation become very relevant to the story, starting with Mako Hayashi, one of the PM's Senior Assassins.

Ayako's family also consists of aunt, Sakura Iwamoto (aged 14 at birth) and uncle Keisuke Iwamoto (deceased at birth, age at death 15, would have been 31 if alive). (Hinata is aged 30, Ichika 28, Ichika is the only person in the family who met Keisuke Iwamoto.)

Hinata and Ichika are both members of the Silver Wolf Assassination Organisation, an international organisation started originally as a government assassination organisation (killing government officials, not killing for the government. It's an anti-government organisation, and all members are required to be willing to kill members of their or another country's government) and has since become a generalised assassination organisation. They were a team working together, though requested a decrease in their workload, and more solo jobs, once Keisuke was born, with Sara Takami baby sitting when they had harder jobs that would require teamed work.

In 2027, anti ability weaponry is tested over the area they live in. It is not known which country the weaponry orginated from. This, in addition to Keisuke Iwamoto and Toru Hayashi being experimented on, prompts the Kawasaki and Takami families to leave Japan. The Kawasaki family moves to Azmarin Hollow, a village in England, and the Takami family to San Francisco, USA. However, the Hayashi family remained Japan. Although their eldest child was being used in ability experiments, it was for the good of the war, nor had they been targetted by the anti ability weaponry. Sakura would move to England later in her life, into her adulthood and after the death of her & Ichika's parents. (They died peacefully, don't worry.)

29th December 2027, in Azmarin Hollow, Kaori Kawasaki is born.

The Iwamoto family is famous for their 'demon' ability, a powerful manifestation ability that takes one of two forms 'Gold Form' or 'Blue Form', though the commanding name may not match the name of the form. Ichika and Sakura both have the Gold Form, while Keisuke Iwamoto had the Blue Form. This ability is known publicly. The ability that is not known is their withering ability, one that is very powerful and very harmful to the user. Ichika had a late development Withering, Keisuke had it, Sakura does not, but as she is only 28 in present, and Ichika's developed post 30, it is entirely possible Sakura could still develop the same withering ability.

The Kawasaki family is known for the "Kawasaki Fake Ability Technique", a method of controlling the energies within your own body to bypass ability control and replicate your own ability, advanced by each generation, and later improved upon by Hinata and parents to replicate abilities the person does not possess.

Aged 6, Ayako begins going by Kenji. We officially have our lovely boy. While exploring the area around the village with some other villagers around his age (Shai Okan, aged 4, Wyann & Cani Makota, aged 6 (twins), Phichit, aged 6, Ania Okan, aged 7, and Janus, aged 7) under supervision from Yuta Mekayn, aged 17, the general of the 6th Ability Division, also known as "The Undead Army", there was a landslide. It is not uncommon for abilities to suddenly fully develop in moments of intense stress. As Shai was so young, she was in Yuta's arms at the time. Phichit, Ania, and Janus were further from the exact location, and closer to Yuta, so he managed to get those three away. Wyann, Cani, and Kenji were directly in line and not close enough to Yuta for him to react fast enough to their personal danger. In the moment, an incredibly powerful generalised enhancement ability developed in the 6 year old Kenji Kawasaki. The power of it was not a shock, as the abilities in the family have always been powerful. He manages to save Wyann, but Cani is crushed and dies. Kenji's ability developed faster than his body was prepared for it, the sudden impact of such enhancement to his strength, without being able to control the immunity and enhancement aspects enough to protect himself, leaving him on the brink of death.

In the moment, they are stuck there. Wyann, knowing Yuta's ability, but without a full understanding of what happened to Yuta during the war, immediately starts demanding Yuta uses his ability to revive Cani. A few of the children are injured, Cani is dead, Kenji is on the brink of death, and Yuta is frozen in panic. People from Niccan Village, a nearby village that commonly celebrates festivals with Azmarin Hollow, and has a very small train station, that really just exists as a driver break station for a specific Edinburgh to Berlin train, notice the landslide and get to the location before anyone from Azmarin, as they are closer, though they do not know how many people are there, so do not find out about Cani until the adults from Azmarin bring her up.

Kenji is in hospital for 6 months until his body heals and can handle his ability without movement causing his bones to break. Unfortunately, the sudden development of his ability and impact it had on his body, means his bones are more subjectable to breaks, so he always has the immunity aspect up a bit to help prevent that. In addition, at the hospital, it was discovered that many of Kenji's ribs broke in a way that pierced his lungs, leaving him vulnerable to pulmonary illnesses. (Fun fact: Smoking is banned on the premises of the PADA, the cafe on the floor below, and the PADA apartment block for Kenji's sake. Smoking is allowed in the apartment courtyard, but only away from the doorway and courtyard entrance, which does prompt interactions such as:

Niko, stepping to the side while getting out a cigarette: Dust: Oh, I don't mind you smoking near me. Niko: Not allowed to by the doors, I could kill Kenji. Kenji: I don't think you'd kill me, just cause irritation. Niko: I don't want to test that theory.

Wyann will never quite recover from Cani's death, nor will he ever accept that Kenji could not have saved her in that moment.

When Kenji was 8, his father was away for a job in Whitby, and returned with a 14 year old. They spent some time living with the family while Hinata gave Kenji and the teenager some martial arts training, before the teenager leaves, returning to Whitby. They never come back to visit, but the family finds out that the teenager ends up taking the name Elijah Yew Michalis and becomes the top Silver Wolf assassin, "The Grim Reaper". They're both fairly recognisable people, so recognise each other when they later meet in London through the PADA's work with the Michalis Mortuary, but don't particularly bond as Elijah has become a much more distant person.

Aged 10, Kenji's mother develops a powerful withering ability, shortly taking her life. While still dealing with the sudden loss of Ichika, Kaori develops the same withering ability, affecting her even faster due to her young age (6). Jinxie, a woman from Azmarin Hollow who often organises many events and communication between Azmarin and Niccan, had an ability allowing transfer of ability between related people. Despite everyone agreeing "transfering this ability to a physically vulnerable person will just turn out worse", Kenji begged Jinxie to transfer Kaori's withering ability to him. After the ability was successfully transfered, Kenji and Kaori were both sick for some time, but did recover in their own ways. Kaori simply recovered as normal, Kenji managed to get his own abilities to a point where they could control the withering ability and keep himself in a stable situation.

Unfortunately, they did not recover fast enough to prevent Kenji finding his father's body.

Kenji and Kaori, aged 10 and 6, began living in an apartment in London. Although The Great War resulted in a lowered minimum working age, minimum full time working age is 14, and part time is 11. The Hunting Dogs A-Team were intending to take him as a new member due to his ability, but Alex prevented it from ever happening (one of the few times he managed to break through to Jiro beyond Jiro's "must follow Owens' orders no matter what" state of mind (give Jiro a break, they have been under severe manipulation since a young age, this is progress for them)) and Kenji then joined the PADA. Neither Kenji nor Kaori are in education due to their abilities and the restrictions surrounding ability users.

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The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting: il primo trailer dell’anime ci presenta Toru e Yaeka

La serie tv debutterà in Giappone nel corso dell’anno.

Diffuso un primo trailer di “Kumicho Musume to Sewagakari” (The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting), la serie animata tratta dalla popolare commedia slice of life di Tsukiya, che sbarcherà sulle tv giapponesi nel corso di quest’anno.

Il video non svela ancora quando avverrà il debutto, di preciso, ma nel frattempo introduce i due protagonisti della storia, Toru e Yaeka, interpretati da Yoshimasa Hosoya (Shin in Dorohedoro) e Misaki Watada (Hikari Yagami in Digimon Adventure:).

L’anime è diretto da Itsuro Kawasaki (True Cooking Master Boy, Magical Girl Ore) ed è in produzione presso gli studi FEEL (Hinamatsuri) e GAINA (Il Piano nella Foresta).

La sceneggiatura è curata da Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Hinamatsuri) e il character design è adattato da Hiromi Ogata (Katana Maidens: Mini Toji, Magic Kaito 1412). Le musiche per la colonna sonora della serie sono, invece, realizzate da Takuro Iga (Tsukigakirei, Slow Loop).

Tooru Kirishima è uno yakuza molto violento, al punto che si è guadagnato il soprannome di Demone di Sakuragi. Per tenerlo sotto controllo, gli viene improvvisamente affidata una nuova missione direttamente dal capo: fare da babysitter a sua figlia!

Il manga ha fatto il suo debutto online sul sito Comic Ride nel giugno 2018, per poi spostarsi su Comic Elmo. Attualmente l’opera conta sei volumetti pubblicati in Giappone da Micro Magazine.

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J-music

Yaaaaaaaa~ おんがくすごいいですね! You can discover some j-music from the OP and ED track in an anime. These are my favorite artists!

Ryokuoushoku Shakai (緑黄色社会) - is a four-piece pop rock band that formed in 2012. My favorite tracks are: • Mela! • Shout Baby (ED no. 2 from Boku no Hero Academia s4) • Sabotage • Bitter • Kesshou (ED from Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) • Alright!! Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SJ7qRgJYNXB9Yttzs4aSa?si=UoNKX1XaS7mVTezs3j20MA

Official Website: https://www.ryokushaka.com/

Sumika - is a Sony Music Entertainment Japan-affiliated Japanese rock band from Kawasaki, Kanagawa. In 2013, the band started as an indie rock band before signing with a major label in 2018 (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are: • Fanfare (Theme song for I Want to Eat Your Pancreas) • Lovers • Fiction • Magic • Regret • Higher Ground (ED Boku no Hero Academia The Movie: Heroes Rising) • 10ji no Hougaku (10時の方角) Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ySFZq3Wd0SQUyJUzmJAeb?si=9hzr8jY-Qpacvsor1V0qTA

Official Website: https://www.sumika-official.com/

LiSA - Risa Oribe, also known as LiSA, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and lyricist from Seki, Gifu, who is signed to Sacra Music under Sony Music Artists (Wikipedia) . My favorite tracks are: • Homura (ED Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train) • Gurenge (OP Kimetsu no Yaiba) • Crossing Field (OP Sword Art Online) • Unlasting • Saikai (produced by Ayase) Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0blbVefuxOGltDBa00dspv?si=XwVSDjN3T3ehyjbREa0FhA

Official Website: http://www.lxixsxa.com/

Kenshi Yonezu - is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and illustrator who started releasing Vocaloid music in 2009. He debuted under his own name in 2012, releasing music using his own voice (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are: • Lemon • Campanella • Peace Sign (OP Boku no Hero Academia S2) • Paprika • PLACEBO • Flamingo Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1snhtMLeb2DYoMOcVbb8iB?si=OWqECSoeT3i_X9yh0X7P8w

Official Website: https://reissuerecords.net/

Yuuri - a male singer-songwriter from Japan who was previously signed to Intact Records and is now signed to Ariola Japan (owldb). My favorite tracks are:

• Infinity (ED Sk8 The Infinity) • Dry Flower • Kakurenbo Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ixzjrK1wkN2zWBXt3VW3W?si=WP83ePD9SJS10iwdGWlrsA

Official Website: https://www.yuuriweb.com/

RADWIMPS - a Japanese rock band that debuted in 2003 on their own before signing with Toshiba EMI in 2005 (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are: • Daijobu (ED Weathering With You) • Sparkle (OST Your Name) • Dream Lantern • Celebration (OST Weathering With You) • Aitai Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1EowJ1WwkMzkCkRomFhui7?si=MefLUXGJTliSymn4ZmUVDQ

Official Website: https://radwimps.jp/

Yorushika - Yorushika is a Japanese rock duo signed to Universal Music Japan since 2017. N-buna, a former vocaloid music producer, and Suis, a female vocalist, make up the party. The pair maintains a high degree of secrecy, occasionally revealing their identities or appearing in public (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are: • Tada Kimi ni Hare (Just A Sunny Day for You) • Spring Thief • Usotsuki (ED A Whisker Away) • Hana ni Bourei (OST A Whisker Away) • Kaze wo Hamu Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UK2Lzi6fBfUi9rpDt6cik?si=oqB6E3MvSaaq-Qhl5aTj4w

Official Website: https://yorushika.com/

YOASOBI - is a Japanese music duo consisting of Ayase, a Vocaloid producer, and Ikura, a singer-songwriter (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are:

• Haruka • Gunjou • Yoru ni Kakeru Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/64tJ2EAv1R6UaZqc4iOCyj?si=extopVT5S8WRCDUh0UUFBQ

Official Website: https://www.yoasobi-music.jp/

ONE OK ROCK - a Japanese rock band that was formed in 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Takahiro Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Ryota Kohama, and Tomoya Kanki are the members of the band at the moment. They cover a wide range of genres, including punk rock and emo to post-hardcore and pop rock, in their music (Wikipedia). My favorite tracks are:

• Stand Out Fit In • Wherever You Are • One Way Ticket • Wasted Nights • We Are Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7k73EtZwoPs516ZxE72KsO?si=qetoVZe5QOmJF15pDXaAgw

Official Website: https://www.oneokrock.com/

Hirai Dai (平 井 大) - a Japanese pop and folk singer who is inspired by Hawaiian music (generasia). My favorite tracks are:

• Stand by me, Stand by you • The Gift • Life Goes On • Romeo+Juliet -Love goes on- • 僕が君に出来ること

Discover Artist here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7JthQ6zwNzfxRfIEjp6wUs?si=tym_9aDOTRifLEjJcLt5vQ

Official Website: http://hiraidai.com/

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The Wooden-Mortared Kingdom - Garo 20th Anniversary Memorial Issue  - VARIOUS

Here’s a proper post for it. For Garo’s 20th anniversary, a massive anthology was put out collecting all of the authors that had been featured in the magazine up until then (at least it looks that way), haven’t verified). 1200 pages.

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Abe Shinichi AKASEGAWA Genpei AKI Ryuuzan AKIYAMA Shigenobu ANZAI Mizumaru ARAKI Nobuyoshi ARASHIYAMA Kouzaburou EBISU Yoshikazu FUJISAWA Mitsuo FURUKAWA Masuzou HAGA Yuka HANAWA Kazuichi HAYASHI Seiichi HIGO Tomiko HINO Hideshi HIRAKUCHI Hiromi HIRATA Hiroshi HISAUCHI Michio Hoshikawa Teppu IIKO Junzou IKEGAMI Ryoichi ISHII Hisaichi ITOI Shigesato IWAMOTO Kyuusoku KAMOSAWA Yuuji KANNO Osamu KATSUMATA Susumu KAWASAKI Yukio KIMURA Tsunehisa KOBAYASHI Norikazu KOJIMA Goseki KONDOU Youko Kou Shintaro KUSONOKI Shouhei MASUMURA Hiroshi MATSUMOTO Michiyo MATSUO Hiroshi MINAMI Shinbo MINEGISHI Toru MITSUHASHI Otoya MIURA Jun MIZUKI Shigeru MOMOTAROU Kotarou MORISHITA Hiromi MURANO Moribi NAGASHIMA Shinji NAKA Keiko NEMOTO Takashi OKUDAIRA Ira OSAWA Masaaki SAKURAI Shoichi SASAKI Maki Shimizu Satoshi SHIRATO Sanpei SUGIURA Hinako SUZUKI Oji SUZUKI Seijun SUZUKI Shigeru TAKAGI Jun TAKAYAMA Kazuo TAKITA Yuu TAMURA Shigeru TANI Hiroji Tashiro Tamekan TATSUMI Yoshihiro TERUHIKO Yumura TSUGE Tadao TSUGE Yoshiharu TSURITA Kuniko UESUGI Seibun WATANABE Kazuhiro WATARI Futoshi YAGUCHI Takao YAKUWA Masako YAMADA Murasaki YODOGAWA Sanpo YOSHIDA Mitsuhiko YOSHIDA Shouichi 

 タイトル : 木造モルタルの王国 : ガロ二〇年史 出版社 : 青林堂 初版発行日 : (昭和59年)1984年12月1日 ISBN : 4792601320 サイズ(函) : 縦23㎝ 横18㎝ サイズ(本) : 縦22㎝ 横16㎝ ページ数 : 1200ページ 備考 : 各作品の欄外に作者の経歴･コメント記載 収録作品 　『ざしきわらし』 - 白土三平 　『ねこ忍』 - 水木しげる 　『海原の剣(武蔵の巻)』 - 諏訪栄(小島剛夕) 　『顔の曲がった男の物語』 - 星川てっぷ 　『真昼』 - 渡二十四 　『愛 : 新釈武士道物語』 - 加治一生 　『チーコ』 - つげ義春 　『若草漫歩』 - 藤沢光男 　『宇宙の出来事』 - 田代為��� 　『夏』 - 池上遼一 　『かかしにきいたかえるの話 : シリーズ･黄色い涙』 - 永島慎二 　『六の宮姫子の悲劇』 - つりた・くにこ 　『巨大な魚』 - 林静一 　『どろ人形』 - 日野日出志 　『海ほおずき』 - 仲圭子 　『花あらしの頃 : 寺島町奇譚』 - 滝田ゆう 　『長持唄考』 - 矢口高雄 　『雨季(2)』 - つげ忠男 　『わかれみち』 - 辰巳ヨシヒロ 　『たこになった少年』 - 淀川さんぽ 　『かんたろ月』 - 勝又進 　『うらぶれ夜風』 - 川崎ゆきお 　『雨の色』 - 鈴木翁二 　『マツコおじちゃんの嘆き』 - 秋竜山 　『ぼくのデブインコちゃん』 - 佐々木マキ 　『無頼の面影』 - 安部慎一 　『幻の少女･和小路伯爵邸のトラブル』 - 谷弘兒 　『肉屋敷』 - 花輪和一 　『北への旅人』 - 吉田昌一 　『彩雪に舞う･･････』 - 楠勝平 　『おざ式』 - 赤瀬川源平 　『「ガロ」第一期 : ガロの時代をひらく』 - 上野昂志 　『再会』 - 増村博 　『紫の伝説(イメージSTATION)』 - 古川益三 　『絶対休日』 - 秋山しげのぶ 　『荒れた海辺』 - 安西水丸 　『クシー君の発明』 - 鴨沢祐仁 　『毆者(ボクサー)』 - 吉田光彦 　『昇り凧』 - 村野守美 　『ペンギンごはん』 - 湯村輝彦.糸井重里 　『愛の嵐』 - 蛭子能収 　『ぼくの弟』 - 糸井重里 　『？』 - 南伸坊 　『それからの岩本武蔵･怪談』 - 岩本久則 　『ハリー氏のこと』 - 松尾ひろし 　『愛妻記』 - ひさうち・みさお 　『ギョーザ定食の昼』 - 平口広美 　『お父さんのネジ』 - 渡辺和博 　『長靴をはいた猫』 - 清水聰 　『ものろおぐ』 - 近藤ようこ 　『モダン・ラヴァーズ』 - 奥平衣良(奥平イラ) 　『性悪猫』 - やまだ紫 　『青春の汗は苦いぜ』 - 小林のりかず(小林のり一) 　『夜行』 - 高山和雄 　『ぷいさん村放送局』 - 八鍬真佐子 　『五人だまし･道糞武士道 : 幻想の明治』 - 高信太郎 　『怠屈な日』 - 泉昌之(和泉晴紀[作画].久住昌之[原作]) 　『K』 - 大澤正明 　『海のお話』 - 滸太郎 　『二つ枕(初音)』 - 杉浦日向子 　『PHANTASMAGORIA』 - たむら・しげる 　『野辺は無く』 - 三橋乙椰(シバ) 　『少年』 - ���下裕美 　『糸口』 - 松本充代 　『ママと呼ばれて三ヶ月』 - 根本敬.高木順 　『ローカル線の午後』 - 菅野修 　『ホトホトなんぎなパパとママ』 - みうら・じゅん 　『扁桃腺の夏』 - 峰岸達 　『戻ってきた日』 - 肥後十三子 　『スラップスキップ』 - いしい・ひさいち 　『はぴー・ばーす・でい』 - 芳賀由香 　『どうなってんの : イソップ式漫画講座』 - 水木しげる 　『浪漫写真 : 私のアリス達』 - 荒木経惟 　『図象の学習塾 : 肖像 イメージ選挙』 - 木村恒久 　『目安箱 : 「書けないということについて』 - 上野昂志 　『嵐山の人生相談』 - 嵐山光三郎 　『重坊のスーパーマーケット : 悪評嘖々』 - 糸井重里 　『劇画風雲録 : 嗚呼、貸本の灯は輝やいて』 - 桜井昌一 　『連載随筆 : 夏と暴力』 - 鈴木清順 　『白土三平論 : 英雄論』 - 石子順造 　『清文入道のウンチク寄席』 - 上杉清文 　『読者サロン』 　『「ガロ」第二期 : 多様化･拡散の時代』 - 呉智英 　『木造モルタルの王國の貴賓室』 「木造モルタルの王国」によせて(※寄稿文.小冊子) 　『「ガロ」有罪説』 - ��がた森魚 　『ガロはきっと大丈夫』 - 秋野等.井上章子 　『二十年のランナーへ』 - 有川優 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 岩家緑郎 　『ガロには貧乏がよく似合う』 - いしかわじゅん 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 糸川燿史 　『「ガロ」は忘れない』 - 小野耕世 　『とにもかくにも、エライ！！』 - 川崎徹 　『すてきな可能性を持ったマンガの世界』 - 金子勝昭　 　『長井さんと苦労のこと』 - 川本コオ 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 桑原甲子雄 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 小島剛夕 　『「ガロ」われらの聖森』 - 佐々木守 　『大プロデューサー・プランナー 長井勝一さんへの手紙』 - 佐々木昭一郎 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 末井昭 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 杉本博道 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 谷川晃一 　『高校時代、文学、エロチシズム、思想の香りを味わっていた』 - 高取英 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 高橋章子 　『祝・開店20周年』 - 長新太 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 竹宮恵子 　『 『ガロ』に 』 - 鶴見俊輔 　『きみよ』 - 堤任 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 栃谷隆 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 内記稔夫 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 野本三吉 　『(タイトルなし)』 - ���尾望都 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 原田三郎 　『安倍慎一』 - 松岡��治 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 松田哲夫 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 村上知彦 　『「ガロ」創刊20周年、本当にバンザイ！』 - 森田芳光 　『青林堂はえらい』 - やなせ・たかし 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 吉弘幸介 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 四方田犬彦 　『(タイトルなし)』 - 渡辺一衛

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Toru: Thank you for the Kawasaki performance‼︎😌 If was our first live performance in a while 🙌🙌

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Hayate:  Thank you, Kawasaki〜！！

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Yudai: Culttz Kawasaki Tour Performance! ! ! Thank you to everyone who supported us today! ! ! !! ! ^ ^

Today I personally felt a little strange and strained, and there were points I regret and will reflect on. . however, it was still a very fun time. Still, there is room to make it even more fun, so I will fix up and amend my mistakes for the next Sapporo performance and have a good time! ! !

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Taiki: Thank you very much for the Kawasaki performance! CulttzCulttz

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Explore the medal making of the Tokyo Olympics

 For the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Japan has proposed a plan to use precious metals extracted from old mobile phones and other products to manufacture about 5,000 medals required for the conference. As the first attempt in the history of the Olympics, the overall work on related projects has been fully launched. How to turn an "old phone" into a "medal"? "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reporter Nan Yiro gained a lot of unexpected gains through personal experience and visits. The "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" website published the report sent back by the reporter on June 15. The summary is as follows:

     Usually, Olympic medals are made of precious metals mined from natural mines. For the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, the Japanese government called on citizens to participate widely by donating used mobile phones and home appliances, and then extract precious metals from these electronic components to make medals. . Such usable resources that are buried in electronic devices such as old mobile phones and waste home appliances are described as "urban mines", and there has been no attempt to effectively use these "urban mines" to produce medals in the history of the Olympic Games. This initiative aims to promote Japan’s image as a developed country for resource recycling to the world. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, NTT docomo, and the Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (Kawasaki City) will provide assistance in this project. Metallurgical companies are responsible for using recycled resources to manufacture gold, silver and bronze medals for the Olympic Games.

   The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will prepare a total of 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals. A rough calculation requires at least 10 kilograms of gold, 1,230 kilograms of silver and 736 kilograms of copper, a total of 2 tons of precious metals. In addition, a certain degree of material loss and waste may occur in the production process, so the actual precious metal required may reach 4 to 6 tons.

   In fact, in the field of gold extraction through recycling, mobile phone recycling is very important. Generally speaking, to extract about 3 grams of gold, if it is a natural mine, about 1 ton of ore needs to be excavated. However, if it is a mobile phone, it needs about 100. Regarding the significance of recycling, Kazuko Shimano, manager of TANAKA Holdings, the parent company of Tanaka Precious Metals, said, "This is a highly efficient extraction method that does not consume energy."

  Investigating the reserves of Japanese "urban mines" will reveal unexpected facts. Because, from the perspective of "urban mines", Japan is actually one of the few "resource powers" in the world. According to data from Japan's Sustainable Development Technology Design Agency, Japan's "urban mine" is equivalent to about 6,800 tons of gold. This even exceeds the reserves of large resource countries such as South Africa (6,000 tons) and Indonesia (3,000 tons). In addition to gold, the reserves of silver and copper also lead the world. Although electronic products that use precious metals as materials are widely circulated on the market, if reuse technology can be improved to realize the potential of "urban mines," Japan may one day no longer have to complain about the lack of natural resources.

There is another issue. In this medal project, it is heard that some people will give out to residents in Futaba Town and Naraha Town in Fukushima Prefecture, which were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11. Of tablets were donated. But in fact, there are still many mobile phones and home appliances still sleeping in the cabinets of Japanese companies and households. To produce 5,000 medals, it is necessary to further recover recyclable resources.

   Toru Sugio Planning Section Chief of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said: "I hope that more people will have the opportunity to participate in the Tokyo Olympics through things around them."

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The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting TV Anime's 1st Trailer Previews the Stress of Looking After the Boss's Daughter

  The first full trailer of the TV anime adaptation of Tsukiya's The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting comedy manga was released tonight, previewing the voices behind the two lead characters of Toru Kirishima and Yaeka Sakuragi, as well as the complications that come with looking after the daughter of a Yakuza boss–especially as a gangster!

    The trailer previews Yoshimasa Hosoya (Azumane Asahi in Haikyu!!) and Misaki Watada (Hikari Yagami in Digimon Adventure:) as the two lead characters.

    The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting will be directed by Itsuro Kawasaki (Sengoku BASARA) at feel. and GAINA, with Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets) writing the series composition and Hiromi Ogata (Katana Maidens ~ Mini Toji) adapting the manga characters for animation. The original manga created by Tsukiya is currently being seralized on the Comic ELMO website, with Kaiten Books releasing the volumes into English, describing it as such:

  WHO’S YOUR NANNY?

Kirishima Tooru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature.

  But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter!

  This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker!

  The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting TV anime is currently scheduled to air sometime in 2022.

  Source: The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting on Twitter

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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

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Bong88 đưa tin: Kawasaki và Shanghai SIPG chiếm thế thượng phong

Thầy trò Andre Villas-Boas đã tạo ra một cơn địa chấn nho nhỏ khi đè bẹp đội bóng đồng hương Guangzhou Evergrande với tỷ số khó tin 4-0. Hulk là người mở đầu cho một ngày điên rồ với quả đá phạt đền ở phút 38. Trong phần thời gian còn lại, Wang Shenchao và Wu Lei lần lượt ghi thêm 3 bàn nữa để kết thúc một buổi tối mỹ mãn cho các cổ động viên nhà. Xem thêm: Soi keo Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds (Kobayashi 32’ 85’, Elsinho 58’ – Muki 76’) Kawasaki bước vào trận tứ kết lượt đi với thành tích cực tốt tại đấu trường châu lục khi không thua trong cả 8 trận từ đầu giải. Cộng thêm ưu thế sân nhà, thầy trò Toru Oniki đã xây dựng thế trận áp đảo đối thủ. Trong vòng 90 phút, đội bóng chủ sân Todoroki Athletics đã có 3 lần làm rung mành lưới Urawa, trong đó có cú đúp đẹp mắt của thủ quân Yo Kobayashi. Bàn gỡ danh dự của đội khách được thực hiện ở phút 76 nhờ công Yuki Muto nhưng như vậy là không đủ giúp họ thoát khỏi trận thúa 1-3 chung cuộc. KHU VỰC TÂY Á Al-Ain 0-0 Al-Hilal Thi đấu hơn người trong gần 30 phút cuối trận, thế nhưng đội bóng đến từ Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal đã không thể ghi được dù chỉ 1 bàn thắng vào lưới chủ nhà Al-Ain. Nhìn chung, đây là trận đấu khá cởi mở với hàng tá cơ hội được cả hai đội thi triển, tuy nhiên khả năng dứt điểm chuẩn xác vẫn là vấn đề đáng tiếc nhất. Persepolis 2-2  Al-Ahli (Shojae Khaliljadeh 72’, Godwin Mensha 84’ – Omar Al Soma 2’, Leonardo da Silva 58’) Persepolis và Al-Ahli đã cống hiến cho người xem 90 phút đầy mãn nhãn với cuộc rượt đuổi tỷ số khó tin. Đội khách đến từ Saudi Arabia khởi động cực tốt với bàn mở tỷ số ngay từ phút thứ 2. Bước sang hiệp 2, họ tiếp tục nới rộng khoảng cách với tình huống thoát xuống và dứt điểm cận thành của Leonardo da Silva. Tuy nhiên, Persepolis đã không khiến các cổ động viên nhà phải phiền lòng. Trong vòng 12 phút từ 72 đến 84, lần lượt Shojae Khalilzadeh và cầu thủ dự bị Godwin Mensha ghi liền 2 bàn giữ lại 1 điểm cho đoàn quân của Branko Ivankovic.

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World Tag League 2021 & Best Of The Super Juniors 28 Night 8 - 11/23/2021; United Empire Run Roughshod In CMLL

The tour resumed today, with the 4th round of World Tag League 2021 matches. This one was streamed live on NJPWWorld.

- 11/23/2021, Kanagawa Culttz Kawasaki

Yuto Nakashima v. Kosei Fujita

World Tag League 2021: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] d. Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask IV (YOSHI-HASHI > Tiger, pinfall, 10:59)

World Tag League 2021: EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club] d. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (Yujiro > Tenzan, Big Juice, 11:24)

World Tag League 2021: Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] d. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (Owens > Honma, Package Driver, 10:34)

World Tag League 2021: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club] d. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] & TAKA Michinoku [JTO] (Tonga > TAKA, Gunstun, 9:52)

World Tag League 2021: Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (O-Khan > Taichi, Imperial Drop, 19:05)

World Tag League 2021: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano [CHAOS] (SANADA > Tanahashi, O’Connor Bridge, 15:18)

Only one undefeated team remain in Naito/SANADA after this round. EVIL/Yujiro finally get on the board. O-Khan gets the pin on one of the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team champions, and his feud with Suzuki-gun seems to be on the way.

Current WTL2021 standings:

Naito/SANADA - 8pts (4W 0D 0L) Dangerous Tekkers - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) Fale/Owens - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) Goto/YOSHI-HASHI - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) Guerrillas of Destiny - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) O-Khan/Henare - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) Tanahashi/Yano - 6pts (3W 0D 1L) EVIL/Yujiro - 2pts (1W 0D 3L) TenKoji - 2pts (1W 0D 3L) GBH - 0pts (0W 0D 4L) Nagata/Tiger - 0pts (0W 0D 4L) Suzuki/TAKA - 0pts (0W 0D 4L)

Jeff Cobb and TJP spent the weekend in CMLL, and did pretty well for the United Empire. Their jaunt started at the traditional Friday night Arena Mexico show, where they defeated a tandem of Volador Jr. & Atlantis Jr. in one fall in the main event. The match is available on CMLL’s YouTube channel. The next night, in Arena Coliseo, they beat rudos Euforia & Terrible, when Euforia tried to throw his mask at Cobb, but Cobb just pinned him anyway. Mas Lucha’s Youtube has that match. Lastly, back at Arena Mexico on Sunday, more rudos were defeated as Cobb pinned CMLL Heavyweight Champion Hechicero, as United Empire beat Hechicero/Terrible. I guess that whole New Ingobernables thing for Terrible didn’t pan out.

Cobb has seemingly gone back to America, whilst TJP is still in Mexico, wrestling last night teamed with Atlantis Jr. (?!) against Volador Jr. & Fugaz, and will be against Atlantis Jr. (& Gran Guerrero) tonight in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, paired with Hijo del Villano III. Yeah, CMLL booking, I don’t get it either.

The tour continues tomorrow, live from Tokyo Korakuen Hall, with the 5th round of BOSJ28 matches.

- 11/24/2021, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Ryohei Oiwa v. Kosei Fujita

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Ryusuke Taguchi v. Master Wato

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. YOH [CHAOS]

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] v. SHO [Bullet Club]

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: El Desperado [SZKG] v. DOUKI [SZKG]

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

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“Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation” TV Anime character visuals!! Airs Summer. 

The cast includes:

Ayumu Murase as Tōru Muhyō

Yuu Hayashi as Jirō "Roji" Kusano

Tetsuya Kakihara as Yōichi Himukai

Hiroshi Kamiya as Soratsugu Madoka

Nobuhiro Kondo (Nobunagun, Cerberus) is directing the anime at Studio DEEN. Yasuyuki Suzuki (Naruto Shippūden, The Reflection) is penning the scripts. Kouichiro Kawano (And Yet the Town Moves, High School Fleet episode animation director) is designing the characters. Married couple Kazuko Tadano and Hiromi Matsushita (Sailor Moon, Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God) are the chief animation directors, and Ryo Kawasaki (Fate/Grand Order: First Order, Altair: A Record of Battles) is composing the music.

The manga centers on Toru Muhyo, a prodigy and expert on magic law, and his assistant Jiro Kusano. The pair investigate supernatural incidents and dole out justice.

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WARNING FROM SPACE 1956 on The Schlocky Horror Picture Show

Aka Mysterious satellite. OPENING: Goooood Evening and welcome to the Shlocky Horror Picture Show. I am your host with the most..bones..Nigel Honeybone, The best thing happen to Friday nights since happy hour. When a group of starfish like aliens from the planet Pyra, come to warn mankind about a runaway planetoid then It can mean only one thing. It's a "WARNING FROM SPACE!" BREAK: And so, if you are able to believe that an alien race lives on the same elliptical plane on the other side of the sun and have been spying on us for years…then I'm sure you will believe everthing you are about to hear next, and then after the commercial break, more "WARNING FROM SPACE" MIDDLE:…..And welcome back to the Schlocky Horror Picture Show and tonights crème 'de'gem Warning from Space, or to put it correctly, "Uchujin Tokyo ni awawaru" also known as "Unknown Satellite Over Tokyo" supposedly writer novelist Gentaro Nakajima based his story on a Japanese Folktale called Kaguya-hime. But this has yet to be confirmed as I dont speak Japanese. "Warning from Space" is a 1956 Japanese Science fiction film directed by Koji Shima who was a Golden Palms Nominee at the Cannes Film Festival also in 1956, but thankfully it was his film "Maboroshi no uma" and not for this. However it is a remarkable film when compared to standard schlock sci-fi that came from USA in the same year. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers","Forbidden Planet"," Earth Vs The Flying Saucers". This was the first full color Japanese science fiction film and was made by the Daiei studeio who nine years later brought us "Gamera" & while "Warning from Space" is a camp treasure for today's viewers, it was a serious film in its day. The English dubbed version preserves the original story almost intact, probably because Jay Cipes was too lazy to stick American pop culture in there, as happens to almost all Japanese monster flicks *fake sneeze* Ga-ga-go-Godzilla, however it wasn't released in the United States until 1967. "Warning From Space" mixes themes from "The Day the Earth Stood" from 1951 about a warning against earth's creation of super-weapons, & "When Worlds Collide" also from 1951. Actress Toyomi Karita is very cute and sweet as she plays a tapdancing nightclub alien (Insert picture of Columbia?) while Dr. Kamura is played well by Bontaro Miyake who you may recognise from Tora Tora Tora. Keizo Kawasaki is adequate as Toru. A little trivia for you arty buffs out there, The Pairan aliens were designed by prominent Japanese avant-garde artist, Taro Okamoto. And so back to the delicious seven-course banquet of 80 minutes worth of schadenfreude that is, "Warning from Space"

CLOSING: So hands up who would have guessed Earthlings turn out to be so shallow and the aliens look like children in a Christmas pageant dressed up as stars. Trying to kill them at first sight would be a little like shooting someone in an Easter Bunny costume. But, well, Earthlings are like that. And could ever have known the Starfish people share our orbit but on a planet on the opposite side of the sun so we never knew about them And even though they have been able to fly between our worlds for many years, they don't have explosives. Considering that the warning against super-bombs comes from the national cinema of Earth's only nation to be A-bombed into submission, a little more bitterness might have been expected. But there's a sweetness about this film that makes it a wonderful children's movie, yet good for a little more than its campiness even for adults. And if you think This was bad, just wait til you see what I have planned for next week on the The Schlocky Horror Picture Show….Toodles!

by Lushscreamqueen Nov 12, 2008

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The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting TV Anime Announces 2022 Premiere & Two Main VAs

    It is officially announced today that the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Tsukiya's The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting comedy manga is set to premiere in Japan in 2022.

  And Yoshimasa Hosoya (Azumane Asahi in Haikyu!!) and Misaki Watada (Hikari Yagami in Digimon Adventure:) will voice the anime's two leading characters, Toru Kirishima and Yaeka Sakuragi. the two will reprise their roles in the drama CD that was bundled with the special edition of the manga's third volume released in January 2020.

    Message from Yoshimasa Hosoya:

  When I read the original manga, I felt that the author created what she wanted to create, with her own will, in the way she wanted. I'm really happy to be able to be involved with such a work that has received so much attention and has been made into an anime, and to have the opportunity to let more people know about it. I'm sure it will be a wonderful work that will make people feel the kind characters in an adorable and sweet way. I would be very happy if many people could see it. 

        Message from Misaki Watada:

  I'm Misaki Watada, and I will be playing the role of Yaeka Sakuragi. I've played the role of Yaeka in advertisements and the drama CD before, and that's when I started following the original manga. I've always loved this work because it expresses everything from comedic scenes to the characters' lives and delicate emotions. 'The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting' in animation. I'm sure it will reach deep into the heart of each one of you and become something precious to you. I'm happy to be able to spend time with the yakuza boss' daughter again. Please look forward to the broadcast.

      Message from the manga's author Tsukiya:

  It's literally just a dream for me to have my manga made into an anime, so ever since the decision was made to make it into an anime, I've been feeling like it's unreal. While thinking about how I wouldn't have believed this reality when I was writing the afterword for the first volume, now I'm chewing on the joy of having made it this far.

  It was an incredibly luxurious and valuable experience for me to work remotely while listening to the voice recording session, and I was very moved to see how the cast and production staff at the site were so dedicated to making the Kumicho Musume anime. I can't wait to watch the anime with the readers and share the excitement with them.

        A teaser visual inspired by the cover of the manga's first volume is revealed:

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— TVアニメ「組長娘と世話係」公式 (@kumichomusume) December 7, 2021

    Main staff:

  Director: Itsuro Kawasaki (Sengoku BASARA)

Series Composition: Keiichiro Oochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets)

Character Design: Hiromi Ogata (Mini Toji)

Music: Takuro Iga (Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me)

Animation Production: feel. / GAINA

      The original manga Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari was first serialized on the webcomic site Comic Ride Pixiv since June 2018, then and moved to Comic ELMO in May 2020. So far six tnkobon volumes have been released in Japan and the total number of copies in circulation has exceeded 500,000. Its English edition has been released by Kaiten Books under the title The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting since February 2021. The publisher describes its synopsis as below:

    WHO’S YOUR NANNY? Kirishima Toru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature. But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter! This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker! ​ 

    Manga 1st and 6th volume cover:

    Source: Bushiroad press release

  ©Tsukiya, MICRO MAGAZINE/The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting Production Committee

(C)Tsukiya(C)MICRO MAGAZINE

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu