#toru nakamura

[stuff-diary]

Drawing Closer

Movies watched in 2024

Drawing Closer (2024, Japan)

Director: Takahiro Miki

Writers: Tomoka Yoshida (based on the novel by Aoi Morita)

Mini-review:

When it comes to Japanese sad/tragic romances, I know I can blindly trust Takahiro Miki. His soft, dreamy visual style always makes for a pleasant experience, and it also emphasizes the story's emotional core. But still, he somehow managed to surprised me with this one: it might just be his second best film, after Your Eyes Tell. The characters and their relationship are beautifully developed. And, since the ending is quite clear from the beginning, you end up appreciating every single moment they share, no matter how unimportant it may seem. Pretty much the entire cast does a fantastic job, but I want to highlight Natsuki Deguchi; her luminous screen presence is quickly turning her into one of my favorite new gen Japanese actresses. To sum up, Drawing Closer is a must-watch for all fans of tearjerking, tragic romances.

[nirbanox]

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Directed by Hideaki Anno

[idleminds]

[benchwarming]

i expressed to @sycamoretrees my interest in watching a few njpw matches and bc she is my beautiful wonderful friend she curated a full programme based on my specific interests (skill, sexual tension, comedy, hiromu) 🥹

if u would also enjoy some high-quality wrestling matches feat. horniness and laffs, i can confirm this is a great assortment:

hiromu takahashi vs. will ospreay @ wrestle kingdom 2020 (x)

kota ibushi vs. toru yano @ g1 climax 2021 (x)

stephanie vaquer vs. azm @ windy city riot 2024 (x)

el desperado vs. hiromu takahashi @ best of the super juniors 2020 (x)

kota ibushi vs. shinsuke nakamura @ wrestle kingdom 2015 (x)

[scenesandscreens]

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Director - Hideaki Anno, Cinematography - Osamu Ichikawa & Keizō Suzuki

"I will save humanity in my own way. I am Kamen Rider… Number… Zero."

[shinnakafan384]

I found this on Pinterest. I wanna know the context! 😂

[diversamenteintelligente]

(via SEI MESI E UN ANNO)

Se non ci si sofferma solo sulla prima patina del film, si scopre che aldilà della solita storia d'amore adolescenziale, si parla attraverso le metafore di vita, di morte, di speranza e di accettazione della caducità della vita.

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[crazyasianlove]

Fermat no Ryouri Ep. 10 Final (Sub. Esp)

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[asknarashikari]

No, I meant, Nakamura and Morishita using the GoBusters ranger keys to become Blue Buster and Yellow Buster respectively. (maybe the gokaiger let them have it or whatever) What would the wounded and out of commission Go-Busters' reaction is going to be?

I don't think they'd really be that shocked. It's not really seen often, but some of the episodes do show that majority of the EMC members- Toru and Miho included- are trained to handle threats if necessary. While most of them act as technical support to the GoBusters, the EMC is still paramilitary organization, which does imply that most of its personnel may get combat training of some type.

In one instance, the GoBusters were getting ready to be transported into the sub-dimension when their base was invaded, and Toru and Miho- alongside the commander and the engineers who took care of the Buster Machines- all took up arms to deal with the threat themselves.

People also kinda forget that despite being on the back-end of things, Toru and Miho have nerves of steel to match the GoBusters'. These two literally stayed at their stations while the whole base was blowing up and didn't stop working until Hiromu, Youko and Ryuuji called in to say they were back. That's badass in of itself.

Also, it's worth noting that Hiromu is terrified of Miho lmao

[imasallstars]

The cover art for THE IDOLM@STER SideM CIRCLE OF DELIGHT 07 F-LAGS album has been released and the album is set to be released on March 27th 2024. It will feature two new unit songs and a special Drama

The crossfade of the album is located here

Tracklist:

Tr.01　Bitter Sweet Adolescence 　Lyrics: Aira Yuhki　Music&Arrange: Asch Inoue Tr.02　Drama part 1 Tr.03　FANTASTIC DISCOTHEQUE 　Lyrics: Aira Yuhki　Music: Junki Nakamura (Blue Bird's Nest) 　Arrange: Toru Watanabe (Blue Bird's Nest) Tr.04　Drama part 2 Tr.05　Bitter Sweet Adolescence (Off Vocal) Tr.06　FANTASTIC DISCOTHEQUE (Off Vocal)

[idleminds]

[thumpypuppy]

what sort of other game soundtracks or composers (especially indies but either way) have inspired your work?

Oh gosh, this is such an amazing question!!!

Personally I (Lindar) have so so so many inspirations because I'm a music lover, I'm 37, and I've been playing video games as far back as I can remember.

So first and foremost I have to give a shout-out to Lena Raine because back in like… 2016(?) I was trying to take my studio to a more professional level and invest in some stuff beyond what just comes with any given DAW, so I reached out to her and she was kind enough to answer my dozens of questions and talk shop with me. She is ultimately why Studio Thumpy Puppy has its current sound. I don't know her personally, but she was an absolute sweetie to me, extremely helpful, and y'all know she writes banger after banger track.

Gotta mention Ben Prunty, who is an absolute legend in indie soundtracks.

Met Disasterpeace at Day of the Devs 2016 along with a bunch of other legends in the scene and what an encouraging sweetheart!

Of course I'm a huge fan of Sadie Greyduck who is one of my composers! Go check out her Bandcamp or look for her on streaming services!

Love me some Darren Korb. Honestly like every Supergiant game has been a banger, but it wouldn't be the same without those soundtracks.

On that note you can't go wrong with Danny Baranowsky. Love me some Necrodancer!

Also y'all gotta check out M Gewehr (MWGewehr on birdsite).

Also gotta mention 2Mello who does amazing work and makes some of the funkiest beats.

Of course if we're talking about 2Mello we gotta mention Hideki Naganuma! UNDERSTAND! UNDERSTAND! THE CONCEPT. OF LOVE!

Oh gosh and then Winifred Phillips does amazing work.

While we're here I know she's not a game composer but go listen to Wendy Carlos!

Then there's like… all of the various people across games like Doom, Quake, Borderlands, etc. Sasha Dikiciyan, Jesper Kyd, Mick Gordon…

Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), Kiochi Sugiyama (Dragon Quest), Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter), Takashi Tateishi (MegaMan II), Hip Tanaka (Metroid, Earthbound), Koji Kondo and Toru Minegishi (Legend of Zelda), Daisuke Amaya (Cave Story), Eirik Suhrke (Downwell), Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear), the sound team on Sonic Adventure 2, Masato Nakamura (Sonic 2), Brad Buxer et al (Sonic 3&K)…

So let's also take into account that a lot of the game soundtracks that have inspired me over the years are influenced by things that aren't game soundtracks, because those are a relatively recent invention, so we have to talk about how Plantasia by Mort Garson is a direct inspiration for Ocarina of Time and "Dancing Mad" from FF6 is literally just Tarkus from Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A *lot* of early game composers were just prog nerds who listened to like… ELP, King Crimson, Rush, Yes, Magma, Van Der Graaf Generator, Camel, Caravan, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Gong… and then also a lot of more popular 80s rock that I'm not gonna list out…

The history of music is absolutely wild and there's so much inspiration out there it's absolutely baffling. Go listen to stuff you've never heard before, analyze it, understand what the appeal and aesthetic is, listen to the last 100 years of the pop charts and then learn where that music came from and who their influences were… go listen to motown! Listen to bebop and jazz and future funk and central Asian folk music and like… get out there and expand your horizons, because like… there's SO MUCH good music out there.

[tempo-tales]

AU Tempo Reference Voices🎙️⏰

Tempo/Alicia De La Estrella: Junko Iwao

Christopher Leggero: Yuki Kaji

Elicia Gutiérrez: Atzumi Tanezaki

Margaret Fuentes: Motoko Kumai

Omar de la Estrella: Yūichi Nakamura

Kid Omar: Junko Sanpei

Rosario Gutiérrez: Momoko Kikuchi

Valeria Martínez: Ayumi Fujimura

Brad Highway: Toru Furuwa

Johan D' Angelo: Akira Ishida

Akiko Saito: Reina Ueda

Oskar III (Oskar Leon Aksel Kristoffersen Bakken): Ayumi Murase

[yuriko-mukami]

The Kitsune Characters in Yuriko's World and Story

This post contains slight relationship spoilers for Yuriko's canon story.

Yuriko

Yuriko is a Kitsune from her mother's side. Her parents sealed her Kitsune side with blood magic combined with Vibora venom, and she didn’t know about her heritage until Mukami Ruki broke the seal by taking her blood regularly. But even before that, she dreamed about a mysterious forest and a white fox who was revealed to be her big brother, Yuuto.

In Rukiko RP, Yuriko has a daughter with @ruki-mukami-dl. Mukami Tsukimi is a half Vampire, half Kitsune. Yuriko calls her a little Foxpire.

Other Known Kitsune

Some of these characters belong to me, some to @nalia-tsukino.

The Tsukino Family

Tsukino Yuuto - Yuriko's big brother

Tsukino Nalia (née Wagner) - Yuuto's wife and Yuriko's dear friend

Tsukino Mei - Yuuto and Nalia's daughter, Haku's twin sister

Tsukino Haku - Yuuto and Nalia's son, Mei's twin brother

Tsukino Hisoka (née Kogawa) (deceased) - Yuriko and Yuuto's mother

The Kogawa Family

Kogawa Shogo (deceased) - Yuriko and Yuuto's Zenko grandfather, Hisoka's Zenko father

Kogawa Ogi (née Kozima) (deceased) - Yuriko and Yuuto's Zenko grandmother, Hisoka's Zenko mother

The Kozima Family

Kozima Mineko (née Kitsui) - Yuriko and Yuuto's great-grandmother

Kozima Kenjo - Yuriko and Yuuto's great-grandfather

Kozima Osamu - Ogi's brother, Mizu's father

Kozima Hoshiko - Osamu's wife, Mizu's mother

Kozima Mizu - Osamu's son, Toshi, Toru, and Touko's father

Kozima Chiaki - Mizu's wife, Toshi, Toru and Touko's mother

Kozima Toshi - Yuriko and Yuuto's cousin, Mizu's son

Kozima Toru - Yuriko and Yuuto's cousin, Mizu's son

The Kono Family

Kono Touko (née Kozima) - Yuriko and Yuuto's cousin, Mizu's daughter

Kono Ryo - Touko's husband

Kono Ren - Ryo's brother

Kono Rin -Ryo and Ren's foster father

Kono Akane (née Koduka) - Ryo and Ren's foster mother

The Homura Family

Homura Shinji - Yuuto's friend

Homura Himiko (née Kitsui) - Shinji's wife

Homura Shinjiro - Shinji's stepfather

Homura Natsumi - Shinji's mother

Homura Tamaki (deceased) - Shinji's little sister

The Hoshino Family

Hoshino Yamato - Shinji's biological father

The Nakamura Family

Nakamura Ichiro - Hisoka's Yako father, Yuuto's Yako grandfather

The Kitsui Family

Kitsui Sano - Himiko's distant relative who lives in Kyoto

Kitsui Hotaru - Himiko's mother who lives in Nara

The Kageyama Family

Kageyama Takeo - A Kitsune doctor, living in Kaminashi City

Kageyama Haruto - Takeo's identical twin brother

Tsukino Yuuto’s Kitsune Headcanons Tsukino Nalia’s Kitsune Headcanons Tsukino Nalia's Celtic Fox Headcanons

[hatayurieworks]

伊藤万理華ウェブサイト 脳内博覧会PLAYLIST(2021-) https://marikaito-playlist.com/

PC ver.

Creative Direction： Marika Ito

Art direction： Yurie Hata

Front-end development： Yosuke Hayashi (HAUS)

Web direction： Toshiaki Otaki Momoko Kumasaki Ayane Koiwai (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)

Computer programming： Yuriko Uechi Mai Naruo Atsumi Kametani Satomi Abeta (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)

Yuhei Koizumi Toru Asada Momoko Kitashiba (DIGRA Inc.)

Progress management＆Support： Sayaka Tsuji Yuri Nakamura (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)

Goods： Takahiro Hashimoto Natsumi Shoji Maki Arimoto (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)