December 18, 2019 By: MoA (Translated by gyanyao & Porew ), 29678 views
From "JoJo: Golden Wind" comes business suits! Giorno & Bucciarati are ready for action!
From "JoJo: Golden Wind" comes business suits! Giorno & Bucciarati are ready for action!
From TV anime “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind” comes blazers and pants (slacks) which can be worn together as business suits inspired by Giorno Giovanna and Bruno Bucciarati. Pre-orders are available at “Premium Bandai” until Dec. 26, 2019.
September 16, 2020 By: Akebono Mine (Translated by Porew & NN ), 31351 views
All 27 "Crayon Shin-chan Movie" series can be streamed for free! "Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~" appears for the first time on ABEMA
June 16, 2020 By: Takahashi Katsunori (Translated by YK & NN ), 18978 views
Which anime has the most impressive raining scenes? Weathering with You, PSYCHO-PASS, Kiki’s Delivery Service…Beautiful rain, the characters with special abilities, and stories are the important factors!
August 27, 2019 By: Koutarou Nakase (Translated by vrusshie & Matthew ), 11090 views
「BanG Dream!」 the 4th Tie-up with Lawson! In-store Broadcasting With Saaya Yamabuki and Original Goods
「BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!」 and its 4th tie-up with Lawson as of September the 3rd, has been revealed. The campaign is to give out a limited quantity of originals goods which will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis
March 27, 2020 By: Nogi Akira (Translated by gyanyao & Porew ), 12365 views
【Cosplay】Check out Okita Rinka, the new-gen cosplayer from Taiwan! Riamu from "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls", Sakura from "Fate", and so on. Who is your favorite? 【37 photos】
The 2nd PV for TV anime Ahiru no Sora has been released and features the passionate plays of a freakishly tall basketball club member. Broadcasting information was released at the same time. The series will be aired on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.
「Gundam AGEII Magnum SV ver.」 piloted by Kujo Kyoya in 『Gundam Build Divers』 gets a gunpla kit with a scale of 1/144(HG). Currently available for pre-order on Premium Bandai.
「BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!」 and its 4th tie-up with Lawson as of September the 3rd, has been revealed. The campaign is to give out a limited quantity of originals goods which will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis
In manga and anime, the protagonists and heroes tend to be more popular and get more attention. However, the "light" shine even brighter in the presents of a "shadow".
In "Villan Biographies ~What are their principals?~", we focus on villainous characters. For vol. 4, we explore the fascination of Kotomine Kirei from the "Fate" series.
Kotomine Kirei from the "Fate" series is a man of hard work. He is a character who concluded that his true nature is evil after a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication.
He feels "pleasure" from watching people suffer. He doesn't care about people's deaths, using orphans, or even ruining people's lives for the sake of his pleasure. An outrageously evil character.
Though being evil beyond saving, Kotomine has his moments where he shines. This is because he "lives his own life".
"Let's live our own lives" is a common message. In movies, anime, manga, and even advertising, "living our own lives" is almost always used as a positive message, and is portrayed as a good thing. Everyone wants to be true to their desires. That's why we admire people who live that way and makes a great theme of a story.
However, it's usually portrayed on the protagonist's side, and not the villain's side.
Kotomine didn't take pleasure from the suffering of others from the beginning. Well, he did, but he denied it with reason because he knew it was wrong.
Kotomine is a priest. His father was also a devout clergyman and believed in God's teaching himself. In "Fate/Zero", we found out that he was an elite priest who skipped grades and graduated with top grades from the seminary. It was also suggested that he had a tremendous amount of training and gained much fame and status.
But he still couldn't find joy in his life. No matter how hard he worked, the emptiness would never go away. His rival, the protagonist Emiya Kiritsugu, said about Kotomine: "He has never had a single passion in his life."
This was because his efforts were never directed toward what he "truly wanted to do". It may be similar to how we don't feel passionate about studying at cram schools when we hate it, or how we feel stress when our parents make us got to various lessons.
He fought in the Holy Grail War and discovers that his true desires were in the misery of others. The protagonist of "Fate/Zero" is Emiya Kiritsugu, but the process of Kotomine, the antagonist, discovering his true self was portrayed as if he also was a protagonist of the story.
How he lived faithful to his desires, seemed like the opposite of the Emiya's, yet also had a similarity. Emiya Kiritsugu always wanted to be a hero but becomes a Magus Killer. He would sacrifice the minority to save as many people as he could, resulting in taking the lives of many more. Kiritsugu never was able to live his own life.
The structure of this work was unique in that the protagonist never got to live his own life, while the villain found a way to live his own.
Now let's turn to the protagonist of "Fate/stay night", Emiya Shirou. "Fate/stay night", as you know, has 3 different routes, and the protagonist acts differently in each route. In one of them, he literally questions his way of life through the battle against himself.
In "Fate/stay night", Kotomine has already found his way of life and acts according to its principals. It's amazing how his way of life doesn't differ in any of the 3 routes.
Kotomine is full-on evil, who concluded himself as evil through a lot of hard work, so even if you could beat him with physical force, it will be difficult to beat him in a game of reason and mind.
Besides, people who live their own lives seem glamourous. His un-villainous shine probably made Kotomine the special villain that he is.
Though being evil beyond saving, Kotomine is a rare villain that we envy and even be taught a lesson of the importance of "Living our own lives".
(C)TYPE-MOON, ufotable, FSNPC
From "Jujutsu Kaisen" that is currently broadcast, the new cast has been announced as Mitsuishi Kotono and Nakata Joji. We received some comments from them.
"Jujutsu Kaisen" is based on a comic that has been serialized in 'Weekly Shonen Jump' (published by Shueisha) since 2018. It depicts a dark fantasy featuring a high school boy Itadori Yuji involved in a battle over a curse after a seal of 'Mamono' was broken.
This time, Mitsuishi Kotono and Nakata Joji has been chosen as the new cast. Mitsuishi will play the role of Mei Mei, a self-employed Grade 1 Sorcerer, and Nakata will play the role of Zen'in Naobito, a father of Zen'in Maki and Mai.
We received comments from them.
The TV anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" is broadcast on Friday at 'Super Animeism' block of a total of 28 MBS/TBS franchised channels. Mei Mei and Zen'in Naobito will appear from episode 17 'Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 4 -' which is broadcast on February 5, 2021.
Mitsuishi Kotono as Mei Mei
I am so excited about the battling scenes as she is an undisputed strong woman. I will try my best to play a woman of strength and grace. If I can do well, can I expect a decent amount of bonus?
Nakata Joji as Zen'in Naobito
I have watched this anime multiple times before I received an offer as it is produced by MAPPA and directed by Sunghoo Park, so I am really excited. I'm glad to be a father of beautiful siblings, but not everything will go easy for them, so I need to try hard and show my capability. Until the time comes, I will remain a heavy-drinking and reckless dad (laugh).
(C)Akutami Gege / Shueisha, Jujutsu Kaisen Production Committee
It has been revealed that the anime "Eagle Talon" series celebrating its 14th anniversary from the first broadcast on TV will be broadcast from Oct. 4, 2020, as the TV anime "Eagle Talon - Golden Spell-".
At the same time, it has also been announced that Nakata Jouji as the childhood friend of Chancellor, Kuroki Homare, who appears for the first time in this work, will appear and there are some comments arrived from him.
The "Eagle Talon" series is a world conquest comedy, which depicts communication based on a story of the evil secret society, Eagle Talon Team, who plans to take over the world, but fails whatever they do, and justice of a hero, Deluxe Fighter, largely incapable bully.
All 9 movies released in the theater surprised not only fans, but also the movie/advertising industry by adopting innovative advertising methods such as product placement and naming rights, and they have always been providing topics such as releasing the movie "DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon" in collaboration with Warner Brothers movies and DC entertainment in 2017.
The "Eagle Talon - Golden Spell-", which was decided to be broadcast from Oct., will not be completed in one episode so far but will unfold in 12 episodes as a full story.
The full scenario goes as follows: The Eagle Talon Team, who succeeded in reviving an ancient spell "Golden Spell" that can manipulate human beings with just one word, develops "Golden Spell" with various effects, but someone stole all the spells and development programs... You can see this is how the work is loved as "the original crappy anime."
It seems there will be more enjoyable contents, including the original sarcasm of "Eagle Talon" that could not be done during the slot for family such as current events; Corona Disaster and remote working, which are unique to late-night broadcasting, and a black comedy that reflects Japan's present.
Also, FROGMAN, the original author, scriptwriter, and the creator of the characters will keep in charge of the voices of peculiar characters: Chancellor and Yoshida-kun, who say, "Speaking of 'Eagle Talon'!"
Moreover, one of the voice actors, Nakata Jouji, who challenged all the roles in a special project held in 2019, "What if Nakata Jouji tried Eagle Talon's voices all by himself -'Phantom Mosquito Edition'-", will join as Kuroki Homare, the president of a global company, Crotter Co., Ltd., and the Chancellor's childhood friend.
Besides that, an official YouTube channel exclusively for "Eagle Talon" was also opened for broadcasting in Oct. Not only the past series videos but also those related to the latest work will be uploaded.
Check out Eagle Talon Team that will rampage at their home ground, the midnight slot of the commercial TV station where they can show who they really are, 4 years after the end of broadcasting on NHK.
<Hereinafter, full comments are below>
[Nakata Jouji as Kuroda Homare]
Who could imagine I'll have the opportunity to join again as a special team member! How lucky, Chancellor! And it's like a dream that I can co-star with Chancellor and Yoshida-kun in the TV series this time. I wanna tell myself watching the movie while laughing at the movie theater in the past! Excited and nervous?
(C) DLE
