#yuki kuma

[uloelu]

Location: Windslar, Windenburg

(transcript under the cut)

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So excited to be back with this series. Episodes 3-5 are going to be a bit shorter than usual, but only because I'm in the process of planning a huge slate of parties, plot-changing events, etc. for summer break. Can't wait to share what I've cooked up with you! No additional parts to this episode, so I'll be back with episode 4 as soon as I finish editing my screenshots.

Episode 3: Suddenly Summer

Scene 1 - 28 Windslar

Irving (narrating a montage of the Brookestone-Walker household enjoying the first few days of summer): I hate summer. Okay, maybe that’s a little strong.

I like that, instead of pacing around in the house because rainstorms have flooded her usual trails, Chloe can go for her morning runs. I like that everyone in the house seems to be happier than in the spring, when the six of us first moved in.

(Cut to a political protest in San Myshuno)

Miki Ojo: What do we want?

Yuki Kuma: A living wage!

Miki: When do we want it?

Josh: Now!

(Cut back to Wes and Morgan making out in her apartment building)

Irving: I like that Josh and Wes have found actual hobbies instead of fighting about who gets to use the household computer (it’s mine). Although I’m not sure you can call what Wes gets up to a “hobby”. (He sneaks into the house at 1AM smelling like weed and cat dander.)

But aside from the awful heat—who knew Germany could get as hot as Willow Creek?—and prom fever at school, summer means I can’t keep avoiding my biggest irritation: Dr. Crêpes.

Scene 2 - Willow Creek Library

Irving: I don’t even know why I have to be here. I’m doing fine in school. Principal Prescott says I’m a shoo-in for valedictorian next year.

Dr. Crêpes: That’s great, Lindsey!

Irving: Irving. Everyone calls me that.

Dr. Crêpes: Right. Irving. (coughs) Child services recommended that I talk to you weekly to make sure you’re settling in well at your foster home. Now that school’s about to let out, it’s important that you receive all the help you need to remain your best self in the summer.

Irving: What if I don’t need any help?

Dr. Crêpes: Well—

Irving: No, seriously. I was told after my diagnosis that nothing had to change. That I’m fine just the way I am. That I get to define what autism means to me.

Dr. Crêpes: That’s absolutely true, Irving. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not here to upend your life. Think of me as a listening ear for whenever life stresses you out.

Irving (unconvinced): …

Dr. Crêpes: Unless you’re one of the lucky people who never get stressed out, in which case I totally envy you.

Irving: I did not say that.

Dr. Crêpes: Well, then, I’d love to hear anything you’re willing to share.

Irving: You promise not to tell anyone? Not even Audreyanna or Evelyn?

Dr. Crêpes: Therapist’s promise.

Scene 3 - Magnolia Park, Willow Creek

[Invited guests: Mila and Wolfgang Metzinger (aka Munch), Rani Anglond, Marissa Collins, Joy Jentanon, Cassandra Gótico (aka Goth), Morgan Landings (aka Fyres), Gene and Matt Whitmore (latter is @aashwarr's original character and won't be shown on-screen/quoted in these screenshots.]

Irving: Fine. Therapy wasn’t all that bad. And neither was the picnic our foster moms threw to celebrate the beginning of summer. I was surprised to see how many friends the other foster kids invited. I sure didn’t have anyone to invite. Not that I minded.

Cassandra (introducing Matt to Irving and Josh): Hey, Irving, come say hi to Matt. He says you’re in the same computer club.

Irving (cloudgazing): No, thanks. I’m trying to find video game characters in the clouds.

Joy (walking up to them): Aren’t you that guy who wrote that political op-ed in the school paper last week?

Josh: Am I?

Joy: Of course you are. I’m never wrong about these things. Josh, right?

Josh: Maybe. And you are...?

Joy: Joy. Chloe invited me. Your foster moms seem cool.

Josh: I’ll pass along the compliment. Didn’t think anyone actually read the paper. You into politics?

Joy: Very. I like to keep on top of things.

Josh: Well, Joy, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

Joy (smirking): Spare me. I hated your take.

[theanimationalley]

Hi! Sorry for the message but I saw an old comment/reblog of yours on a Cartoon Orbit post. I just wanted to excitedly share that Cartoon Orbit has been revived as Cartoon Reorbit! We would love to have many OG Orbit players and/or new players. It’s been such a nostalgic blast from the past! We also have a discord server for any questions you may have.

For anyone interested out there.

[gamerzylo]

Hi! Sorry for the message but I saw an old comment/reblog of yours on a Cartoon Orbit post. I just wanted to excitedly share that Cartoon Orbit has been revived as Cartoon Reorbit! We would love to have many OG Orbit players and/or new players. It’s been such a nostalgic blast from the past! We also have a discord server for any questions you may have.

👀 Definitely gonna check it out; used to love Cartoon Orbit as a kid.

[tikihoneybee]

persona posting

[moose-goosey]

Many a doodle

[sasaranurude]

maybe hero in demon's castle will go up on my list of favorite alltime BL next to yuki to matsu and vanilla chocolate cigarette

[saitama-division]

Division Rap Battle Dead Pool

Do not ask me what this is and why I am posting it, this is yet another product of the insanity that goes on in our 18+ discord server

Credit to @toyama-division / @suginami-division for the idea! 😈

It’s no surprise that with the formation of the Division Rap Battles by the Japanese Government (also known as Chuohku), many teams have been formed either through coercion or by their own volition, with those teams come many high profile people or very prolific celebrities both old and young. As such, a betting ring was formed, by who? Well, no one knows, it could be from criminals to politicians to random civilians to even other contestants in the very same tournament, all that matters is that every person in the Division Rap Battles has a bounty on their head, this is a list of how much they’re apparently worth.

As for the reason why? Figure it out yourself.

Ace Douglas: $0.08

Asato Rikiya: $100

Kyō Sakuma: $100

“Sen”: $100

Criss Hiromi: $500

Ishihara Daisuke: $1,000

Asahi Tomoharu: $1,000

Takumi Wakaba: $2,000

Ryuunosuke Sekiguchi: $2,000

Azusa Furukawa: $5,000

Naoki Hamasaki: $5,000

Teijo Masakazu: $8,000

Yoichi Shujo: $10,000

Fleuret Oshiro: $15,000

Kai Quinlan: $20,000

Mireya Quinlan: $30,000

“Ruichi”: $50,000

Eldrid Iwasaki: $50,000

Zakari Hiroya: $100,000

Ming Kawanoe: $100,000

Ryuko Umemoto: $350,000

Wataru Sasaki: $400,000

Oki Teagan: $500,000

Tasuku Kawanoe: $500,000

Kisouna Yuzairu: $500,000

Ayumu Hayami: $500,000

Kokomi Morozov: $500,000

Keiko Yumi: $600,000

Miku Shirazuki: $700,000

Maki Umemoto: $750,000

Joey Kurusu: $900,000

Aranai Norikoru: $1,000,000

Jack Verrill: $1,000,000

Daiki Kamiyama: $1,000,000

Queen Card: $1,000,000

Lyall Shiba: $1,000,000

Shuu Edogawa: $1,000,000

Nikki Yoshie: $1,000,000

Yano Ietsuna: $1,000,000

Shisuta Heisha: $1,000,000

Luis Kōkyū: $2,000,000

Seiji Tsukimoto: $2,000,000

Evelyn Rose: $2,000,000

Aika Yumi: $2,000,000

Shian Meizono: $2,000,000

Kureha Koizumi: $2,000,000

Ren Nakashima: $2,000,000

Miho Kobayashi: $3,000,000

Rashaad Young: $3,000,000

Meari Miracle: $3,000,000

Ted Bridges: $3,000,000

Chinami Chinen: $3,000,000

Diêu Hoàng: $4,000,000

Juu Judice: $4,000,000

“Ageha Shinozaki”: $4,000,000

Kensaku Morimoto: $4,000,000

Eiji Noguchi: $4,000,000

Sakura Kito: $5,000,000

Hisoka Tetsumatsu: $5,000,000

Kanra Akemi: $5,000,000

Mina Nakayama: $5,000,000

Elliot Shimizu: $5,000,000

Sanyu Inouye: $5,000,000

Kira Chinen: $5,000,000

Sayaka Miyuki: $5,000,000

Yuuya Kanata: $5,000,000

Kotan Anchikar: $5,000,000

Karada Kessaku: $6,000,000

Yorii Sakuma: $6,000,000

Saigo Fuyugami: $6,000,000

Yuki Kuraokami: $6,000,000

Kaiji Sano: $6,000,000

Makina Setsukura: $6,000,000

Masa Judice: $7,000,000

Ivelisse Martinez: $7,000,000

Taria Chinen: $7,000,000

Iwao Masuda: $7,000,000

Lola Takahashi: $7,000,000

Ritsuko Okada: $8,000,000

Nadya Kuromiya: $8,000,000

Kanon Hojo: $8,000,000

Kotono Ohara: $8,000,000

“Aruto Shinozaki”: $9,000,000

“Masuzō Shinomiya”: $9,000,000

Touya Kisaragi: $9,000,000

“Cinder”: $9,000,000

Max Soukoku: $9,000,000

Sumire Shinomiya: $10,000,000

Kaoru Shinozaki: $10,000,000

Mai Yousei: $10,000,000

Reiaki Suzubayashi: $13,000,000

Rintaro Himura: $15,000,000

Kyler Aaron: $15,000,000

Anika Kiyozaki: $17,000,000

Eko Seishin: $20,000,000

Reika Aichi: $20,000,000

Alexis Ward: $20,000,000

Yuno Kamora: $30,000,000

Ryūzō Mizutori: $40,000,000

Yuriko Kuromiya: $50,000,000

Akihisa Mashiro: $50,000,000

Tomi Chōten: $500,000,000

Wild Shīnu: $7,100

Jigoku Riderz: 9,100

Blade Maiden: $70,000

Private Party: $150,000

Otaku Corps: $1,600,500

Sazanka Zombeez: $2,100,000

Sakurai Clan: $2,500,000

Valor Guard: $3,500,000

Liberty Guild: $5,000,000.08

ECO BooN: $5,000,100

MIHANASA: $5,600,000

Veiled Vanguard: $7,000,000

Kuma no ie: $8,500,000

Miraitabi: $11,001,000

Oculus: $13,000,000

Polar Knights: $13,060,000

Femme Fatale: $14,000,000

R.I.P. Märchen: $14,700,000

Birds of Prey: $15,000,000

Last Judgement: $15,500,000

ENIGMA: $16,000,000

Justice Shield: $16,300,000

Lovesick: $17,000,000

Pixel Syndicate: $25,000,000

CodeX: $30,000,000

Sounds of Silence: $31,000,000

Silent Tragedy: $33,000,000

Kiya Kara: $48,002,000

OverDrive: $60,000,000

Wicked Requiem: $78,000,000

Death Row Block: $83,000,000

Jet Set Trio: $508,000,000

@shinagawa-division @kobedivision @kanazawa-division @uenodivision @aoyama-division @arakawa-division @roppongi-division @edogawa-division @shizuokadivision @katsushika-division @niigata-division @minato-division03 @akihabara-division03 @minato-division01 @akihabaradivision @setagaya-division @taito-division @okinawa-division @hakodate-division @naradivision @naha-division @sapporo-division @oita-division @fukuokadivision1 @sendaidivision @fukuokanodivision @obihiro-division @ota-division @ginza-division

[kyu-ura]

More about names

Just short notes about these names, any puns, or hidden meanings!

猫屋敷　(Nekoyashiki)

猫 Neko = Cat

屋敷 Yashiki = Mansion; traditional Japanese Mansion. Usually very big and majestic.

ユキ Yuki = Snow ; Mayu explained where the name come from in one of the episodes.

まゆ Mayu = there are so many ways to write her name. It could be 繭, 麻由, 真由, 真優... etc.etc. There are so many. So I won't be able to provide a meaning without seeing the Kanji

大熊 (Ookuma)

大 Oo = Big

熊 Kuma = Bear

蟹江 (Kanie)

蟹 Kani = Crab

江 E = River

兎山悟 (Toyama Satoru)

兎山 (Toyama) = Rabbit + Mountain

悟 Satoru = The name 悟 (Satoru) itself means "to learn the truth"

It is important to note that: the character 悟 is often associated with understanding, comprehension, acknowledgement, or realization of something.

From just reading the meaning, the name feels very "intellectual" or "brainy"! But!! It is a "Heart" word.

The character 悟 is composed of a heart as a Radical. So when we use this word, it's more about understanding, or realization from the heart.

Common vocabulary with the character 悟: 覚悟 Kakugo = preparedness , readiness

大福 (Daifuku)

If we separate 大福 into two words, it's "big" "fortune / happiness",

But Daifuku is actually a popular Japanese confection that is often red bean paste wrapped in mochi. They are soft, fluffy, sweet, and round. So we can definitely see where Daifuku got the name!

[thenostalgiadepartment]

Here is my October/November reading list. 🧵

I Hear The Sunspot, Theory of Happiness and Limit vol. 1-3 by Yuki Fumino

This series is about a young man named Kouhei who lives with a hearing disability but is not completely deaf. One day he meets a loud and cheerful man named Taichi. The two form an unlikely friendship that deepens over time.  This has been such a heartwarming story which not only teaches its audience about those who have hearing disabilities, but also how the people closest to them can support them in a respectful, dignified manner. 

After the Rain vol. 4-5 by Jun Mayyzuki

These are the last two volumes of this series. It’s NOT an age gap romance. It could have easily fallen into that but it didn’t. Instead, it highlights that it's never too late to start again. Finding that old passion, trying to work yourself back up to where you were after a long break, that’s the message this manga leaves its readers with.

Given vol. 9 by Natsuki Kizu

This is the last volume in this series. I have to admit the story did meander a bit at times, but overall I enjoyed it. The series started off a lot stronger than it ended. 

Tokyo Aliens vol. 7 by NAOE

Aliens, time travel, comedy, oh my! This series is so much fun and beautiful to look at with full page art spreads. 

Mobsters In Love vol. 2 by Chiyoko Origami

I couldn’t possibly love this short series more. The characters are adorable and full of laughs, and I adore how the mangaka draws facial expressions. Oh did I also mention it’s age-gap BL?

Kagurabachi vol. 1 by Takeru Hokazono

When I first saw the character design for Chihiro, I knew I was going to like this character. And while this series was considered a “meme” online, it has a good story with awesome fight scenes.

Bergamot and Sunny Day by Lyee Kitahala

This one-shot was sweet, pun intended. A man who’s unlucky in love gets to experience being doted on. There’s miscommunication between the two main characters.This story showcases how sometimes you just have to find the right person to treat you with the respect and dignity you deserve!  

Acid Town vol. 2-6 by Kyugo

This series is dark so readers beware as the story deals with revenge, trauma, and sexual assault. None of this is glorified. Acid Town is a very character driven story that highlights  morally grey characters as they try to survive within this dark world.

Wind Breaker vol. 1-3 by Satoru Nii

Found family with a pack of delinquents. I can already tell this series is going to be one of my favorites. With a colorful cast of characters and a story of finding a place to belong, I can’t wait to read more!

Wolf Pack by Billy Balibally

Kuma has such high quality publishing. The feel of this manga is so nice with the slip-like cover. Honestly I wish more companies published this way. This story is a fun little fluffy one-shot with some gorgeous art. 

After School Etude vol. 1 by Hirune Cyan

So many manga covers sell me on their series alone and this one is no different. Two happy looking characters staring lovingly into each other's eyes. Yes I will be reading. While this series does dip into some common BL tropes, it still tells a story of two people sharing their passion for dance and how much more enjoyable something can be when you are sharing this experience rather than doing it alone. 

Cherry Magic Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 11-12 by Yuu Toyota

Twelve volumes in and I’m still loving this heartwarming slice of life series. HOWEVER I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY FAVORITE SUPPORTING CHARACTERS TSUGE AND MINATO. Those two have been a highlight for me, and I am very worried after the cliffhanger at the end of volume 12. I need volume 13 now! 

The Guy She Was Interest In Wasn’t A Guy At All vol. 1 by Sumiko Arai

I had been waiting for this series to be published in English. The title tells you everything you need to know, and I love this trope. The gorgeous artwork inside is accented with the color green, creating a wonderful reading experience. 

Snowball Earth vol. 1-2 by Yuhiro Tsujitsugu

If you liked Astra Lost in Space like I do, you will love this series. After a final galactic battle in space, an awkward hero who just wants to make one friend returns to Earth to find it covered in snow. I’m really enjoying this sci-fi series so far!

Solo Leveling vol. 9 by Chu-Gong, So-Ryeong Gi and Hyeon-Gun

A long awaited showdown finally took place in this volume providing some new information. The fight scenes are always the highlight of this series. However some of the story being built up is starting to feel a bit convoluted. 

How My Daddies Became Mates vol. 1 by Mita Mita

Despite a cringy title this omegaverse story is actually good. Not only is their character development but none of the problematic tropes rife in this genre. And one of the boldest love declarations I’ve ever seen in manga.

[ecargmura]

Wonderful Precure Episode 39 Review - Howl-loween

This was the most intense Halloween episode I’ve seen so far. It made Hirogaru’s look like child’s play. The main villain Gaou wakes up? Komugi gets turned into a GaoGaon? Happy Halloween, my ass; it’s an unhappy one.

The Halloween part is actually really cute. All their costumes are adorable. Iroha and Satoru wear matching rabbit outfits while Komugi is dressed like a wolf. The Cat duo are wearing cat outfits. I also like the creativity behind their classmates’ outfits. Okuma wears a bear costume because her name has ‘Kuma’ (bear) in it. Kanie is dressed as a crab because her name has kani (crab) and Saruwatari is dressed as a monkey because Saru means Monkey. It’s pretty creative with how they went with the animal costumes for each character. Though, I did find this a missed opportunity to not bring back Karasuma and Chiran. 

I’m surprised that Gaou woke up. It’s so abrupt. However, we are reaching the 40 episode mark, so it makes sense to have him appear now. Regardless, it was interesting how he decided to walk around Animal Town to see the sights on Halloween. Komugi seems interested in him as she showed off her costume to him. The Gaou and Komugi moments were actually pretty cute. Gaou is rather kind and fatherly towards animals when he’s not out for vengeance. Seeing how he did help a parched Komugi and how animals are so fond of him, it shows that he does have a kind heart underneath his hatred. I wonder if Komugi will be the one to melt his heart and change his mind?

I did mention back in my review of Episode 31 that a possessed Komugi or Yuki could be a possibility and it seems that it actually happened to the former in this episode. It’s interesting how she actually looked like normal looking Papillon, but bigger, in her Gaogaon form. Though, it didn’t last for too long as she is mentally strong enough to break free. It does mainly show that Gaou is a serious threat and that it can happen again if they’re not careful.

Niko’s human form was shown back at the end of the previous episode, but it’s fully introduced now. I do wonder why she has a human form as she never explained what this is. Is this her true form or just a form she takes? Though, it’s nice that human Niko is now included in the group attack. Is she going back and forth from unicorn to human or is this permanent? Who knows?

Anyways, this was a nice episode solidifying Gaou as the final villain and possibly the start of the third and final act of the story. I feel like Komugi is definitely going to play a major part in the story now. What do you think about this episode?

[yo-kaiwatchkillyourfamily]

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, released in Japan under the name Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!,[a] is a 2014 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by Shigeharu Takahashi and Shinji Ushiro as part of the Yo-kai Watch franchise.[3][4] The film was released on December 20, 2014 in Japan.[3] It was followed by Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, released on December 19, 2015.[5]

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name

Kanji

映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン!

Transcriptions

Directed by

Shigeharu Takahashi [ja]

Shinji Ushiro [ja]

Screenplay by

Yoichi Kato

Story by

Animation Real Life

Based on

Yo-kai Watch

by Level-5

Produced by

Kiyofumi Kajiwara

Makoto Wada

Izumi Furusawa

Yukari Hayakawa

Junichi Yanagihara

Starring

Haruka Tomatsu

Tomokazu Seki

Etsuko Kozakura

Romi Park

Yuki Kaji

Cinematography

Tatsumi Yukiwaki

Edited by

Emi Onodera

Music by

Kenichiro Saigo

Production

company

OLM, Inc.

Distributed by

Toho[1]

Release date

December 20, 2014 (Japan)

Running time

97 minutes

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Box office

$99.5 million[2]

Plot

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This article needs an improved plot summary. (December 2015)

The plot is the same as Yo-kai Watch 2, but with some changes. One night, the evil Yo-kai duo Kin and Gin steal the Yo-kai Watch from Nate Adams to help their master Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-kai from being friends. He then encounters the Yo-kai Meganyan, who tells him that Yo-kai are real. He and the crew head to Nate's grandmother Lucy Loo Adams, encounter a shadow and chase it, but to no avail. Meganyan returns, asking to pull out the cork in his body—the cork that suppresses his energy. Nate decides not to pull it out, and asks Jibanyan & Whisper to pull it out for him, but to no avail. Nate pulls it out, and he and the crew get covered in pink smoke. He finds help from the Yo-kai Hovernyan - and uses a time stone to take Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-kai Watch was first invented by Nate's own grandfather Nathaniel Adams while he was a kid. Dame Dedtime gets word of this, and tries a plan to push the human world farther from the Yo-kai world. Together, the two boys battles against Dame Dedtime and her Wicked Yo-kai minions to save the world of the past from her evil plans and recover the Nate's Yo-kai Watch.

Voice cast

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Character Japanese voice actor English voice actor

Nathan "Nate" Adams (Keita Amano) Haruka Tomatsu Johnny Yong Bosch

Whisper Tomokazu Seki Joey D'Auria

Jibanyan Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard

Nathaniel Adams (Keizō Amano) Romi Park Meyer DeLeeuw

Hovernyan (Fuyunyan) / Darknyan Yūki Kaji Johnny Yong Bosch

Darknyan Brent Pendergrass

Meganyan (Dekanyan) Johnny Yong Bosch

Buchinyan Etsuko Kozakura

Tomokazu Seki Alicyn Packard

Joey D'Auria

Dame Dedtime (Tokio Ubaune) Kataoka Ainosuke VI Alicyn Packard

Kin and Gin Vanilla Yamazaki

Mika Kanai Melissa Hutchison

Jenn Wong

Lucy Loo Adams (Yukiko "Yukippe" Amano) Hisako Kyōda (old)

Haruka Shimazaki[6] (young) Jenn Wong

Robonyan Naoki Bandō Joey D'Auria

Shogunyan (Bushinyan) Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard

Komasan Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison

Walkappa (Nogappa) Masahito Yabe

Kyubi Ryoko Nagata

Tattletell (Bakuroba) Chie Sato

Blazion (Melamelion) Yuko Sasamoto Brent Pendergrass

Roughraff (Gurerurin) Naoki Bandō

Noway (Murikabe) Toru Nara

Manjimutt (Jinmenken) Naoki Bandō Paul Greenberg

Happierre (Honobono) Masahito Yabe

Dandoodle (Ikemenken)

Aaron Adams Tōru Nara Brent Pendergrass

Lily Adams Ryoko Nagata Alicyn Packard

Katie Forester (Fumika "Fumi-chan" Kodama) Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison

Edward "Eddie" Archer (Kanchi Imada) Chie Sato Brent Pendergrass

Barnaby "Bear" Bernstein (Gorota "Kuma" Kumashima) Toru Nara Paul Greenberg

Master Nyada Ken Shimura Joey D'Auria

Bronzlow (Do) Masahito Yabe Paul Greenberg

Production

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Music

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The film's score was written Kenichiro Saigo.

Opening Theme

"Gera Gera Po (Movie Version)" by King Cream Soda (Japan)

"Yo-kai Watch" by Basilio Fernando Ferreira (USA)

Ending Theme

"Yo-kai Medley" by Yo-kai King Dream Soda & "Kuwagata to Kabutomushi" by King Cream Soda (Japan & USA)

Release

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Marketing

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The film was announced in July 2014 on CoroCoro Comic.[4] The first trailer was released in August[7] and another trailer was released in October.[8] A second film was announced in November.[9] A story tie-in to the film was included in the video game Yo-kai Watch 2: Shinuchi, released on December 13.[10] A manga of the film, illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, was released in December, reaching the 30th place on the weekly chart with 32,561 copies sold on its first week,[11] and selling 261,145 copies by its fifth week.[12]

Home media

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The Blu-ray and DVD were released on July 8, 2015, with both reaching the number-one place on the animation rankings, with 14,090 and 84,932 copies sold, respectively.[13][14] By its 13th week, the DVD had sold 128,810 copies.[15]

Western release

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In September 2016, it was revealed via the Fathom Events website that the movie would be screened one time only on October 15, in select cinemas across the United States. Attendees received an exclusive Hovernyan medal at the screening.[16] It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2016 in the United States before leaving the service on March 3, 2021.[17] Its DVD was released on May 19, 2020, nearly four years after its theatrical release. the film was distributed by Wild Bunch in France, 01 Distribution In Italy, Buena Vista International in Turkey, Selecta Vision in Spain and Universal Pictures in some countries.

Reception

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Box office

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The film set a new record for Toho for advance ticket sales, with 721,422 sold by October 26,[9] reaching 840,000 by late November[18] and more than 1 million by mid-December.[19]

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ¥1.629 billion,[20] a record for a Japanese film, previously held by Howl's Moving Castle.[21] reached ¥5 billion by its third weekend,[22] ¥6.54 billion by the fourth weekend[23] and ¥7 billion by the sixth weekend.[24] The film grossed ¥7.8 billion ($73,623,258) at the Japanese box office, where it was the highest-grossing domestic film of 2015.[25]

Overseas, the film grossed ₩1.98 billion ($1.69 million) upon its opening in South Korea,[26] and went on to gross ₩3,888,698,100 ($3,437,804) there.[27] The film also grossed $257,343 in the United States and Canada, and $1,715,393 in France, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand.[2] The film grossed a total of $99.5 million worldwide.[2]

Critical reception

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Kotaku's Mike Fahey described the movie as keeping the humor of the TV show even in its highest dramatic stakes.[28] Anime News Network reviewer James Beckett liked the humor, but was bothered by the pacing issues. He gave it a B grading.[29]

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 80% with average rating of 6.6/10 based on 5 critics reviews.[30]

Notes

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Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! (映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン!, Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!, lit. Yo-kai Watch the Movie: Its the Secret of Birth, Meow!)

References

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"映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン！". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"Yo-kai Watch Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン！(2014)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (June 10, 2014). "Level-5's Yo-kai Watch Games Get Film in December". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 14, 2014). "2nd Yo-kai Watch Film Opens in Japan on December 19". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 8, 2014). "AKB48's Haruka Shimazaki Guest Stars in Yo-kai Watch Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (August 28, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Film's Trailer Teases Origin of Magical Watch". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Mahoney, Rachel (October 17, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Time-Traveling Story". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Ego (November 2, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Gets 2nd Film Next Winter". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (October 10, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch 2 Game Gets 3rd Version on December 13". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (December 24, 2014). "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 15–21". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 21, 2014). "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 12–18". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (July 14, 2015). "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 6–12". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (July 14, 2015). "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 5–12". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (October 6, 2015). "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 28-October 4". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE EVENT | Fathom Events". Fathom Events. September 4, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Whritenour, Jacob (December 1, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Now Streaming on Netflix". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 27, 2014). "Yokai Watch Film Sets Toho Record with 840,000 Advance Tickets Sold". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (December 14, 2014). "Yokai Watch Film Sets New Toho Record with 1 Million Advance Tickets". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loveridge, Lynzee (December 22, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Film Beats Out Disney's Big Hero 6 at Japanese Box Office". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Komatsu, Mikikazu (December 24, 2014). ""Yo-Kai Watch" Film Breaks Opening Weekend Record of "Howl's Moving Castle"". www.crunchyroll.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 5, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 5 Billion Yen, But Big Hero 6 Rises to #1". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (January 13, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 6.5 Billion Yen, Psycho-Pass Earns 248 Million". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 26, 2015). "Big Hero 6 Tops Yo-kai Watch for 4th Straight Weekend". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"2015". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

Kevin Ma (July 27, 2015). "Assassination slays competition in South Korea". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.

"영화정보". KOFIC. Korean Film Council. Retrieved October 16, 2022. Yokai Watch

Fahey, Mark (October 14, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Is As Whimsical As Saving The World From Evil Spirits Gets". Kotaku. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Beckett, James (October 14, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"Yo-kai Watch: The Movie Event (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

External links

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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie at IMDb

is that the entirety of the first Yo Kai watch movie? on IMDb?

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An early-May Tuesday in-game...

Last but not least is Josh! His story takes a little longer to get started than some of the others, so you might not see him much in the first couple of episodes of The Fosters. Still, I wanted to play with him before I caught up to the date that episode 2 starts on.

This last Tuesday of Spring was a holiday in their world called the Day of the Worker (aka May Day in real life). Everyone was off from school and work, meaning it was a perfect time to get everyone out of the house. Evelyn took Haven, Chloe, Irving, and Heather to meet her family in Willow Creek, while Audreyanna spent time catching up with some of her old friends. Wes left to go hang with Morgan in San Myshuno, meaning Josh was left to do whatever he wanted. He decided to take a trip to Mt. Komorebi to visit a historical, restored temple in Wakaba. He's all about history and learning about the world, though his Komorebigo is nonexistent. There, he met a girl named Yuki.

Yuki Kuma (aka Yuki Behr) is a freshman and fellow student at Copperdale Prep. Josh was excited to meet someone around his age who could show him around. They got lunch together at a restaurant nearby, and it was there that Josh learned some hidden secrets about Yuki's biggest hobby. What those are, I can't reveal quite yet 😉 but let's just say that Josh isn't the only politically minded teen at their school. They exchanged contact info before he caught a train back to Windenburg, and he's excited to see what the future might bring.

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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie, released in Japan under the name Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!,[a] is a 2014 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film directed by Shigeharu Takahashi and Shinji Ushiro as part of the Yo-kai Watch franchise.[3][4] The film was released on December 20, 2014 in Japan.[3] It was followed by Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!, released on December 19, 2015.[5]

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name

Kanji

映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン!

Transcriptions

Directed by

Shigeharu Takahashi [ja]

Shinji Ushiro [ja]

Screenplay by

Yoichi Kato

Story by

Animation Real Life

Based on

Yo-kai Watch

by Level-5

Produced by

Kiyofumi Kajiwara

Makoto Wada

Izumi Furusawa

Yukari Hayakawa

Junichi Yanagihara

Starring

Haruka Tomatsu

Tomokazu Seki

Etsuko Kozakura

Romi Park

Yuki Kaji

Cinematography

Tatsumi Yukiwaki

Edited by

Emi Onodera

Music by

Kenichiro Saigo

Production

company

OLM, Inc.

Distributed by

Toho[1]

Release date

December 20, 2014 (Japan)

Running time

97 minutes

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Box office

$99.5 million[2]

Plot

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This article needs an improved plot summary. (December 2015)

The plot is the same as Yo-kai Watch 2, but with some changes. One night, the evil Yo-kai duo Kin and Gin steal the Yo-kai Watch from Nate Adams to help their master Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-kai from being friends. He then encounters the Yo-kai Meganyan, who tells him that Yo-kai are real. He and the crew head to Nate's grandmother Lucy Loo Adams, encounter a shadow and chase it, but to no avail. Meganyan returns, asking to pull out the cork in his body—the cork that suppresses his energy. Nate decides not to pull it out, and asks Jibanyan & Whisper to pull it out for him, but to no avail. Nate pulls it out, and he and the crew get covered in pink smoke. He finds help from the Yo-kai Hovernyan - and uses a time stone to take Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-kai Watch was first invented by Nate's own grandfather Nathaniel Adams while he was a kid. Dame Dedtime gets word of this, and tries a plan to push the human world farther from the Yo-kai world. Together, the two boys battles against Dame Dedtime and her Wicked Yo-kai minions to save the world of the past from her evil plans and recover the Nate's Yo-kai Watch.

Voice cast

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Character Japanese voice actor English voice actor

Nathan "Nate" Adams (Keita Amano) Haruka Tomatsu Johnny Yong Bosch

Whisper Tomokazu Seki Joey D'Auria

Jibanyan Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard

Nathaniel Adams (Keizō Amano) Romi Park Meyer DeLeeuw

Hovernyan (Fuyunyan) / Darknyan Yūki Kaji Johnny Yong Bosch

Darknyan Brent Pendergrass

Meganyan (Dekanyan) Johnny Yong Bosch

Buchinyan Etsuko Kozakura

Tomokazu Seki Alicyn Packard

Joey D'Auria

Dame Dedtime (Tokio Ubaune) Kataoka Ainosuke VI Alicyn Packard

Kin and Gin Vanilla Yamazaki

Mika Kanai Melissa Hutchison

Jenn Wong

Lucy Loo Adams (Yukiko "Yukippe" Amano) Hisako Kyōda (old)

Haruka Shimazaki[6] (young) Jenn Wong

Robonyan Naoki Bandō Joey D'Auria

Shogunyan (Bushinyan) Etsuko Kozakura Alicyn Packard

Komasan Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison

Walkappa (Nogappa) Masahito Yabe

Kyubi Ryoko Nagata

Tattletell (Bakuroba) Chie Sato

Blazion (Melamelion) Yuko Sasamoto Brent Pendergrass

Roughraff (Gurerurin) Naoki Bandō

Noway (Murikabe) Toru Nara

Manjimutt (Jinmenken) Naoki Bandō Paul Greenberg

Happierre (Honobono) Masahito Yabe

Dandoodle (Ikemenken)

Aaron Adams Tōru Nara Brent Pendergrass

Lily Adams Ryoko Nagata Alicyn Packard

Katie Forester (Fumika "Fumi-chan" Kodama) Aya Endō Melissa Hutchison

Edward "Eddie" Archer (Kanchi Imada) Chie Sato Brent Pendergrass

Barnaby "Bear" Bernstein (Gorota "Kuma" Kumashima) Toru Nara Paul Greenberg

Master Nyada Ken Shimura Joey D'Auria

Bronzlow (Do) Masahito Yabe Paul Greenberg

Production

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Music

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The film's score was written Kenichiro Saigo.

Opening Theme

"Gera Gera Po (Movie Version)" by King Cream Soda (Japan)

"Yo-kai Watch" by Basilio Fernando Ferreira (USA)

Ending Theme

"Yo-kai Medley" by Yo-kai King Dream Soda & "Kuwagata to Kabutomushi" by King Cream Soda (Japan & USA)

Release

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Marketing

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The film was announced in July 2014 on CoroCoro Comic.[4] The first trailer was released in August[7] and another trailer was released in October.[8] A second film was announced in November.[9] A story tie-in to the film was included in the video game Yo-kai Watch 2: Shinuchi, released on December 13.[10] A manga of the film, illustrated by Noriyuki Konishi, was released in December, reaching the 30th place on the weekly chart with 32,561 copies sold on its first week,[11] and selling 261,145 copies by its fifth week.[12]

Home media

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The Blu-ray and DVD were released on July 8, 2015, with both reaching the number-one place on the animation rankings, with 14,090 and 84,932 copies sold, respectively.[13][14] By its 13th week, the DVD had sold 128,810 copies.[15]

Western release

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In September 2016, it was revealed via the Fathom Events website that the movie would be screened one time only on October 15, in select cinemas across the United States. Attendees received an exclusive Hovernyan medal at the screening.[16] It was released on Netflix on December 1, 2016 in the United States before leaving the service on March 3, 2021.[17] Its DVD was released on May 19, 2020, nearly four years after its theatrical release. the film was distributed by Wild Bunch in France, 01 Distribution In Italy, Buena Vista International in Turkey, Selecta Vision in Spain and Universal Pictures in some countries.

Reception

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Box office

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The film set a new record for Toho for advance ticket sales, with 721,422 sold by October 26,[9] reaching 840,000 by late November[18] and more than 1 million by mid-December.[19]

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ¥1.629 billion,[20] a record for a Japanese film, previously held by Howl's Moving Castle.[21] reached ¥5 billion by its third weekend,[22] ¥6.54 billion by the fourth weekend[23] and ¥7 billion by the sixth weekend.[24] The film grossed ¥7.8 billion ($73,623,258) at the Japanese box office, where it was the highest-grossing domestic film of 2015.[25]

Overseas, the film grossed ₩1.98 billion ($1.69 million) upon its opening in South Korea,[26] and went on to gross ₩3,888,698,100 ($3,437,804) there.[27] The film also grossed $257,343 in the United States and Canada, and $1,715,393 in France, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand.[2] The film grossed a total of $99.5 million worldwide.[2]

Critical reception

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Kotaku's Mike Fahey described the movie as keeping the humor of the TV show even in its highest dramatic stakes.[28] Anime News Network reviewer James Beckett liked the humor, but was bothered by the pacing issues. He gave it a B grading.[29]

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 80% with average rating of 6.6/10 based on 5 critics reviews.[30]

Notes

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Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! (映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン!, Eiga Yōkai Wotchi Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan!, lit. Yo-kai Watch the Movie: Its the Secret of Birth, Meow!)

References

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"映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン！". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"Yo-kai Watch Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow!". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"映画 妖怪ウォッチ 誕生の秘密だニャン！(2014)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (June 10, 2014). "Level-5's Yo-kai Watch Games Get Film in December". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 14, 2014). "2nd Yo-kai Watch Film Opens in Japan on December 19". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 8, 2014). "AKB48's Haruka Shimazaki Guest Stars in Yo-kai Watch Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (August 28, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Film's Trailer Teases Origin of Magical Watch". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Mahoney, Rachel (October 17, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Time-Traveling Story". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Ego (November 2, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Gets 2nd Film Next Winter". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (October 10, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch 2 Game Gets 3rd Version on December 13". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (December 24, 2014). "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 15–21". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 21, 2014). "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 12–18". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (July 14, 2015). "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 6–12". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (July 14, 2015). "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 5–12". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loo, Egan (October 6, 2015). "Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 28-October 4". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE EVENT | Fathom Events". Fathom Events. September 4, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Whritenour, Jacob (December 1, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Now Streaming on Netflix". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 27, 2014). "Yokai Watch Film Sets Toho Record with 840,000 Advance Tickets Sold". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (December 14, 2014). "Yokai Watch Film Sets New Toho Record with 1 Million Advance Tickets". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Loveridge, Lynzee (December 22, 2014). "Yo-kai Watch Film Beats Out Disney's Big Hero 6 at Japanese Box Office". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Komatsu, Mikikazu (December 24, 2014). ""Yo-Kai Watch" Film Breaks Opening Weekend Record of "Howl's Moving Castle"". www.crunchyroll.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 5, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 5 Billion Yen, But Big Hero 6 Rises to #1". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Nelkin, Sarah (January 13, 2015). "Yo-kai Watch Film Tops 6.5 Billion Yen, Psycho-Pass Earns 248 Million". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Ressler, Karen (January 26, 2015). "Big Hero 6 Tops Yo-kai Watch for 4th Straight Weekend". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"2015". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

Kevin Ma (July 27, 2015). "Assassination slays competition in South Korea". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.

"영화정보". KOFIC. Korean Film Council. Retrieved October 16, 2022. Yokai Watch

Fahey, Mark (October 14, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Is As Whimsical As Saving The World From Evil Spirits Gets". Kotaku. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

Beckett, James (October 14, 2016). "Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

"Yo-kai Watch: The Movie Event (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 16, 2022.

External links

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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie at IMDb

is that the entire wikipedia article for yokai watch the movie

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35+ Awesome Japanese Winter Words

Fuyu (冬)

 Fuyu is the Japanese word for winter. It’s one of the four seasons in Japan. The other Japanese seasons are haru (spring), natsu (summer) and aki (autumn).

Samui (寒い)

Samui means cold in Japanese – and it is one of the most useful Japanese words for winter! If you’re in Japan during the winter months, you will hear almost every conversation start with samui desu ne – cold, isn’t it!

Yuki (雪)

Yuki is the Japanese word for snow. Snow is a symbol of winter in Japan, the same as many other northern hemisphere countries.

Japan is a large country with several different climates, so it doesn’t snow everywhere in Japan. The northern regions (especially Hokkaido) can be covered in snow for several months each year. But other parts of Japan (especially south of Tokyo) rarely see snow. Still, snow is a popular theme for winter cards, art and decorations.

Here are a few other snow related words in Japanese for you:

大雪 (oo yuki) – heavy snow

初雪 (hatsu yuki) – the first snow of the season

雪遊び（yuki asobi） – playing in the snow

雪合戦 (yuki gassen) – snow ball fight

雪祭り (yuki matsuri) – snow festival. The most famous snow festival is held in Sapporo, Hokkaido each February.

Kazahana (風花)

Kazahana is the Japanese word for snow flurry. If you are studying kanji, you might recognise the two characters that make up this word – 風 (kaza, wind) and 花 (hana, flowers). So a flurry of snowflakes is like little white flowers drifting in the wind. What a romantic image!

Ski (スキー)

Skiing is a popular winter hobby in Japan. The Japanese word スキー (ski) has been borrowed from other languages, so it’s easy to remember! It is written in katakana – the Japanese script used for foreign loan words.

Yukimi (雪見)

If you already know something about Japanese culture, you probably know that in Japan, people love to honour the changing seasons with different rituals that celebrate nature. Maybe you’ve heard of hanami – the spring time tradition of going to view the cherry blossoms. Well, yukimi means viewing the snow! Japanese people will often take the time to drink tea while admiring the snow.

Yukidaruma (雪だるま)

Yukidaruma means snowman in Japanese. Just like any other country, children love to build cute snowmen when it snows.The first part of the word, yuki, means snow. The second part, daruma, is a kind of round Japanese doll. Yukidaruma do look more like a ‘daruma’ than a ‘man’!

Bonus word: yukiusagi (雪うさぎ)

As well as snowmen, Japanese children love to make yukiusagi – snow bunnies! Usagi means rabbit in Japanese. Yuki usagi are smaller and easier to make than snowmen. Usually they are decorated with red berries for eyes and green leaves for ears.

Shirokuma (白くま)

Shirokuma means polar bear. Literally, it means white (shiro) bear (kuma). There aren’t any polar bears living in Japan, but a lot of people love them because they look cute, so they are kind of a symbol of winter and snow.

Kurisumasu (クリスマス)

Kurisumasu is Christmas in Japanese. It’s written in katakana, and of course it comes from the English word Christmas. Merry Christmas in Japanese is メリークリスマス (merii kurisumasu).

Christmas is not a big event in Japan because the country does not have a big Christian population. In fact, December 25th is a normal working day.

And it’s not considered a family day like in other countries. Christmas (or more especially, Christmas Eve) are actually thought of as romantic days in Japan! Christmas Eve is the hottest date night of the year – similar to Valentine’s day.

However, lately celebrating a western-style Christmas is becoming more and more popular in Japan.

Learn about some unique Japanese Christmas traditions here!

Oshougatsu (お正月)

Oshougatsu is New Year in Japanese. As we mentioned, New Year is much bigger than Christmas in Japan. In fact, many people consider it to be the most important holiday in the year. A new year represents a fresh start, and new hopes for the year ahead.

Most companies in Japan are closed from January 1 to January 3, and sometimes longer, to allow employees to spend time with their families.

The New Year period is typically a family time in Japan, with lots of traditions and special food.

Here are some other words associated with the New Year in Japan:

大晦日 (oomisoka) – Oomisoka means New Year’s Eve in Japanese.

年越しそば (toshikoshi soba)  – Toshikoshi soba is one of many traditional dishes served at New Year in Japan. Soba are buckwheat noodles, and toshikoshi is another word for New Year. They are traditionally eaten on New Years Eve because the long shape symbolises long life.

おせち (osechi)  – This is traditional food served on New Year’s day. All the ingredients of the meal have some special meaning for good luck over the next year.

 初夢 (hatsuyume)  – the first dream of the New Year

年玉 (otoshidama)  – New Year’s gift, typically money given as a gift to children at New Year in red envelopes

年賀状 (nengajou)  – New Year’s greetings cards

There are actually different greetings, depending on whether you say it before or after the new year!

Hatsumode  (初詣)

Hatsumōde is an important New Year tradition in many Japanese families. It means the first visit to a shrine or temple in the New Year. Many people try to go on January 1st, but any time in the first three days is OK.

Due to this tradition, Shinto shrines in Japan are extremely busy in early January. Many of them have a kind of festival feel, with food stalls outside and lots of activity.

During hatsumode, people buy omikuji (pieces of paper with fortunes written on) and pray for their wishes for the next year.

Kotatsu (炬燵)

If you’ve ever spent a winter in Japan, the kotatsu will be your best friend! A kotatsu is a low table with a heater underneath. You can sit around it to keep your legs warm and toasty in the cold weather. They usually have a blanket attachment to keep the heat in, and for extra coziness.

Most Japanese homes don’t have central heating, so the kotatsu is an important way to stay warm in winter! Usually the family will all gather around the kotatsu and hang out on cold evenings.

Mikan (みかん)

Mikan are Japanese mandarin oranges. They are a common winter fruit in Japan. They are grown in the south of Japan, especially Ehime prefecture. It has lots of vitamins and keeps people healthy in winter.

Japanese people especially love to enjoy mikan while sitting around the kotatsu!

Here are some other winter foods in Japan:

ゆず (yuzu) – another Japanese citrus fruit with a kind of lime/lemon taste

かぼちゃ (kabocha) – Japanese pumpkin

おでん (oden) – kind of stew with boiled ingredients such as boiled eggs, fishpaste cakes, potatoes and daikon

鍋 (nabe) – a warming hotpot dish full of vegetables and meat or fish

焼き芋 (yakiimo) – roasted sweet potatoes which are often sold by street vendors or food trucks in winter

いちご (ichigo) – strawberries. Strawberries are considered summer fruits in many other countries, but in Japan they are most popular in winter.

もち (mochi) – rice cake sold and eaten especially at new year, and also used in new year decorations.

Fuyu gomori (冬ごもり)

Do you like to escape from the world and stay indoors all winter? If so, you’re taking part in fuyu gomori – winter confinement or hibernation! The kotatsu is the perfect place for fuyu gomori 🙂

Setsubun (節分)

Setsubun is considered the last day of winter and beginning of spring in Japan. It takes place on February 3rd.

On setsubun, many Japanese families take part in a tradition to scare away evil spirits before the new season starts. For this tradition, the father of the household dresses up in a demon mask and comes to the front door of the house. The other family members throw soy beans at him, shouting 鬼は外! 福は内! (Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!), which means ‘Demon out! Luck in!’, to chase him away. This is supposed to bring happiness for the new year.

Some people also attend a shrine on this day, or eat a special sushi roll called ehō-maki facing a lucky direction.

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Yet Another Comparison Of  ‘90-’99 And ‘14-’23 Anime Girls

Used in-episode screenshots and semi-neutral expressions to keep some semblance of consistency for accurate comparisons, and only used tv anime so no golden boys or makoto shinkais

Feel free to comment on this post or add to it- I know I had a lot more children's anime in the 90s than in the 10ishs but there were also a lot less shows back then

List of series and thoughts under the cut

90-99

knights of ramune \ nadia

goldfish warning\ future gpx

dog of flanders\yyh

akazukin chacha\slam dunk

tenchi universe/ eva

escaflone/ those who hunt elves

kero kero chime/utena

akihabara/ devilman lady

tenshi ni narumon/gto

14-23

yuki yuna/garo

rakudai kini no cavalry/ nisekoi

kuma miko/ maisou gakuen

urara meirochou/tsugumomo

a place further than our universe/ happy sugar life

endro/carole and tuesday

bna/ interspecies reviewers

drugstore in another world/blue period

lyrocois recoil/birdy wing

revolution magical world yuri/ ice guy and cool colleague

I tried to keep it younger characters/older characters for the 90s and that was not an option for the recent anime series because

There are way too many damn anime nowadays. 

I tried to just get a general assortment of different character designers for both but feel free to tell me what a bad job I did for the modern stuff. Pretty sure I don’t have any dupes for the 90s ladies

personally the issue with modern anime is less ‘uwu moe moe kyun isekai harem bullshit’ and more ‘heres a single cour cheaply made no ending adaptaion of a manga or light novel why don’t you go check those out’ big budget ads of which there are too many

i’d like to run the numbers to see if the percentage of original anime has gone down or if the original works are just being flooded out by the sea of overworked nothings that are being constantly rushed out the door

yes obviously not all original works are good (or finish well rip wep) and there are good adaptations but when people think anime once they're past shounen jump series 1-500 the biggest names are original works and sure you might end up with an fma or ouran but your bebops your evas your utenas are originals. or media mixes which are weird collabs we could get into but let’s not today 

i won’t disagree that there’s too many anime nowadays targeting lolicons (yeah yeah any anime for them is too much but we’re talking about comparing eras not judging content here) but I /think/ 80s and 90s relegated that type of stuff to OVAs generally. Don’t have the data to back that up but between ovas nowadays being only just for porn and the lemony history of ovas since the 80s.... there were just More ovas back when as well

doing a loose count on mal of all ovas from 90-99  1050 to about 750 total for 14-23. given the tv ratio for 95-19 being  around 1:6

yes yes these numbers are fast and loose and theres chinese animation in there and we can get finicky about What Is Anime but this was a conversation about what era of anime stylization is better

it’s the late 90s btw

but that’s a personal preference of course because art is subjective blah blah blah 90s character driven comedy fantasy/scifi ova are peak

PER SON A LLY

did I have more thoughts?

probably

i started this over two hours ago make less anime

Make less anime and put more effort into what you do make

less anime. more episodes. more pay. more breaks. take longer. more original stuff

stop remaking shittttttt. you already wasted time and money and effort on a mid anime adaptation of a manga. don’t do it againnnnnn

anyway watch kero kero chime 

appended thoughts the next morning less on art style and more on volume

as of mid 2023 for completed series we are at halfway of all anime having been made after ~2011 this adds up to a reddit post I found with some very nice data https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/lvvexe/chart_of_number_of_anime_per_year_over_time/  40 was a nice number of series a year about 10 a season starting and older ones continuing. 200+ is. 

yes numbers are iffy with second seasons listed as different series like sailor moon r s supers stars and mha 2 3 4 5 6 ect so for accurate numbers a human touch would be needed there is semi-finite air time to work with- obviously some companies could make new tv and satellite stations just to house their garbage but i think there is a cap somewhere in sight if anyone did crunch the numbers more accurately, total episode count is necessary. one 80s robot show of 60-80 epis is equal to 4-6 modern single cour isekais

make less anime

[yuripoll]

Propaganda Tags Used

Not tagging every alternate title and the like on propaganda posts, so here's a list of the tags I'm using for each series, for easier browsing :P

(25/02/24: updated to include season 3)

(10/10/24: due to tumblr's pesky 100 link limit, check the pinned for tags past season 3)

Season 3 Contestants:

2DK, G-Pen, Aftertime. || A Kiss and a White Lily || A Lady's Table || Aoi Hana || Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! || Because You Are a Red Rose || Blooming Sequence || Composing Spring in This Room Where Cherry Blossoms Bloom || Dark Forest, White Road || Destroy It All and Love Me In Hell || Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl || I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up || I'm Not Cut Out to Be a Princess, so I'll Elope With the Villainess! || Indigo Blue || Kakegurui || Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku || Mahou Josei Chimaka || Makoto no Momoka || Maria-sama ga Miteru || Muted || Netsu wo Obiru Veil || Ohana Holoholo || Sakura Namiki || Savior || Serendipity || Soulmate || That Time I Was Blackmailed By The Class's Green Tea Bitch || The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend || The Moon On A Rainy Night || To Die in June || You Are My Angela || Yuki and the Authoress

Season 2 Contestants:

2DK, G-Pen, Alarm Clock || Always Human || An Absurd Relationship || Asagao to Kase-san || Asumi-chan is interested in lesbian brothels || Can't Defy the Lonely Girl || Cirque Arachne || Even the introverted gals wanna get out there! || Fly By || Futari Escape || Gunjou || Hana to Hoshi || Hard Lacquer || Her Tale of Shim Chong || Himitsu no Hanazono || I Love Amy || I See You, Aizawa-san! || I won 300 million yen in a lottery so I started raising a freeloader pretty girl || Lonely Wolf, Lonely Sheep || Love My Life || Mai no Mushigurashi || Nomura Nao to Kyougaku Hina || Pink Ribbon || Sexual Education 120% || Tamen de Gushi || Teppuu || The Ends of a Dream || The guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all || There's weird voices coming from the room next door! || Yoru to Umi || Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games || Yuri Espoir

Season 1 Contestants:

A Monster Wants to Eat Me || Black & White: Tough Love in the Office || Bloom into You || The Blue Star On That Day || Can I kiss you? || Catch These Hands || Doughnuts under a Crescent Moon || Goodbye My Rose Garden || Hana ni Arashi || Hanamonogatari || Hello, Melancholic! || How Do I Get Together with My Childhood Friend♀️? || How Do We Relationship? || I'm in Love with the Villainess || It would be great if you didn't exist! || Liar Satsuki Can See Death || Love Allergy Syndrome || Moonlight Flowers || My wish is to fall in love until you die || Not So Shoujo Love Story || Rock it, GiRL!! || Run Away With Me, Girl || Octave || Oniisama e... || Otherside Picnic || Pietà || Sasameki Koto || She loves to cook, and she loves to eat || Shiroi Heya no Futari || SHWD || Still Sick || Yuri Kuma Arashi