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Thursday, 6 November 2014

Bakumatsu Rock - [Studio DEEN] - [2014]




Alternative title:
Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-
幕末Rock (Japanese)
Themes: Music
In the Bakumatsu era, at the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan in the middle of the 19th century: the Tokugawa shogunate uses the brainwashing Heaven's Songs by the top idols in Shinsengumi to subjugate the country and its people. In this Japan, writing or singing any songs besides the Heaven's Songs is a capital offence. Sakamoto Ryouma and the other rockers rise up and change the world with rock 'n' roll for freedom and justice.
Opening Theme:
#1: "Jack" by vistlip
Ending Theme:
#1: "Zetchō DAYBREAK" by Ultra-Souls.
Insert song:
"Hachinoji Distortion" (ハチノジディストーション) by Showtaro Morikubo
"Hikari no Genseki" (光の原石) by Keiji Fujiwara
"INTERSECT -Tenka Version" by Toshiyuki Morikawa & Kensho Ono
"INTERSECT" by Kishô Taniyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, & Kensho Ono
"Kyōmei Suzumu Uta" (共鳴進歌) by Kensho Ono
"Over Mirage" (非常幻想（オーバーミラージュ）) by Toshiyuki Morikawa & Kensho Ono
"Rolling Thunder" by Kishô Taniyama, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, & Showtaro Morikubo
"What's this?" by Ultra Souls
"Zankyō - feedback -" (残響 -feedback-) by Kensho Ono
Official website:
TVアニメ『幕末Rock』公式HP (Japanese)
Reviews:
Bakumatsu Rock ‒ Episode 12 (Sep 17, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 10, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 3, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock (Aug 29, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock ‒ Episode 9 (Aug 29, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock ‒ Episodes 1-8 (Aug 29, 2014)
News:
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 20-26 (Oct 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 20-26 (Oct 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 29-October 5 (Oct 21, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 22-28 (Sep 30, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock: Ultra Soul's Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Naosuke Ii Promo Streamed (Sep 4, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 25-31 (Sep 2, 2014)
Anime Available on Viewster (Aug 7, 2014)
New Bakumatsu Rock Game to Bundle Bonus Anime Episode (Jul 10, 2014)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- Anime (Jul 10, 2014)
Persona 4 Voice Actor Showtaro Morikubo Marries (Jul 4, 2014)
Crunchyroll Adds Bakumatsu Rock Anime (Jun 30, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock Game Briefly Listed for PS Vita in September (Jun 28, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock TV Ad Introduces Samurai-Era Rocker Ryōma (Jun 26, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Previews Opening (May 19, 2014)
vistlip to Perform Opening Theme for Bakumatsu Rock Anime (May 8, 2014)
Xseed to Announce New PSP Title, But Not Bakumatsu Rock (May 7, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock Manga Starts This Month in Zero-Sum (Mar 10, 2014)
Bakumatsu Rock Game for Female Players Gets TV Anime in July (Mar 7, 2014)
Press Release:
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- (Jul 11, 2014)
Other articles:
The Summer 2014 Anime Preview Guide - Samurai Jam - Bakumatsu Rock (Jul 2, 2014)








Bakumatsu Rock (幕末Rock) is a Japanese video game by Marvelous AQL. It was adapted into a manga series, Bakumatsu Rock -howling soul-, that began on March 28, 2014 and into an anime television series, Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-, that premiered on July 2, 2014.[1][2][3][4] The anime is streamed on Crunchyroll.[5] Another game, Bakumatsu Rock: Ultra Soul, was released on September 25, 2014.[6]

Characters

  • Ryōma Sakamoto
Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama
  • Shinsaku Takasugi
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Kogorō Katsura
Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo
  • Toshizō Hijikata
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa
  • Sōji Okita
Voiced by: Kensho Ono
  • Naosuke Ii
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto
  • Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga
  • Isami Kondō
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara

Reception

On Anime News Network, Hope Chapman, Carl Kimlinger and Rebecca Silverman gave the first episode of the anime a rating of 2 out of 5 and Theron Martin gave it a rating of 3.5 out of 5.[7]

Music

  • OP: Jack by vistlip
  • ED: Zetchō DAYBREAK (絶頂DAYBREAK) by Chō Tamashī Dan (Kishō Taniyama, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Shōtarō Morikubo, Toshiyuki Morikawa & Kenshō Ono)
  • Over Mirage (非常幻想（オーバーミラージュ）) by Toshiyuki Morikawa & Kenshō Ono
  • Rolling Thunder by Kishō Taniyama, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, & Shōtarō Morikubo
  • INTERSECT by Kishō Taniyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, & Kenshō Ono
  • REACTION by Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Zankyō -feedback- (残響 -feedback-) by Kenshō Ono
  • Hachinoji Distortion (ハチノジディストーション) by Shōtarō Morikubo

Italian:
L’edizione di aprile del mensile Animedia ha annunciato la messa in produzione di una serie anime TV per il videogioco Bakumatsu Rock, ed ha rivelato che il debutto dell’anime è già stato fissato per l’estate 2014.

Il gioco è ambientato nell’era Bakumatsu e parla di un’avventura rivoluzionaria combattuta a suon di musica rock, lo slogan è “Dai inizio alla rivoluzione dell’era Bakumatsu a colpi di canzoni!” 
Siamo in Giappone nell’era Bakumatsu alla fine del dominio dello shogun – metà XIX secolo –; lo shogunato Tokugawa utilizza i top idol della Shinsengumi per soggiogare i cittadini e la nazione. Quando i membri della Shinsengumi cantano la “Heaven's Song”, la popolazione subisce un totale lavaggio del cervello. Comporre musica, cantare o suonare altre canzoni, che non siano la “canzone del paradiso”, è severamente proibito, i trasgressori sono puniti con la pena capitale. Ciò nonostante, Ryoma Sakamoto e un gruppo di rocker si ribelleranno, e cercheranno di cambiare il mondo: rock 'n' roll per la libertà, rock 'n' roll per la giustizia!

Itsuro Kawasaki (Arc the Lad) dirige il progetto presso lo  Studio DEEN; Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II, X-Men) cura la sceneggiatura; mentre Akiharu Ishii (The Prince of Tennis, Blood+,Loups=Garous) disegna i personaggi.

Già sappiamo che il cast del videogioco viene impiegato anche al doppiaggio dell’anime:
  • Kisho Taniyama - Ryoma Sakamoto;
  • Tatsuhisa Suzuki - Shinsaku Takasugi;
  • Showtaro Morikubo - Kogoro Katsura;
  • Toshiyuki Morikawa - Toshizo Hijikata;
  • Kensho Ono - Soji Okita.



Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
ADR Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Script:
Megumu Sasano (eps 4-5, 8)
Mitsutaka Hirota (5 episodes)
Yoshiko Nakamura (eps 3, 7, 9-10)
Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Namura (eps 5-6)
Itsuro Kawasaki (OP; ED; eps 1-3, 12)
Nobukage Kimura (ep 11)
Takayuki Inagaki (eps 8, 10)
Tetsuto Saitoo (斉藤哲人; ep 9)
Unit Director:
Itsuro Kawasaki (OP; ED)
Naoki Murata (eps 2, 6)
Nobukage Kimura (ep 11)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 1, 5, 9)
Taro Kubo (eps 7, 12)
Tomoe Makino (ep 8)
Music: Tomoki Kikuya
Character Design: Akiharu Ishii
Art Director: Tsutomu Nishikura
Animation Director:
Akiharu Ishii (OP; ED; ep 12)
Akihito Asai (eps 1, 6, 11)
Akio Hirakawa (ep 5)
Akira Takeuchi (ep 10)
Atsushi Aono (ep 5)
Daisuke Takemoto (武木大介; ep 7)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 10)
Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 1, 6, 11)
Hironori Hano (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 10)
Hitoshi Kamata (eps 3, 8)
Kōdai Kitahara (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Masayuki Fujita (eps 5, 8-9)
Mizue Ogawa (ep 9)
Tomomi Kimura (eps 2, 7, 12)
Yae Ootsuka (ep 5)
Yoshiko Nakajima (eps 3, 8)
Youichi Ishikawa (eps 2, 7, 11)
Art design: Tsutomu Nishikura
3D Director: Kana Imagaki
Sound Director: Shoji Hata
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo
Executive producer:
Producer:


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Akame ga Kill! - [White Fox] - [2014]





Alternative title:
アカメが斬る！ (Japanese)

Objectionable content: Intense
Tatsumi is a self-acknowledge country bumpkin who is nonetheless a well trained fighter. He and two companions leave their remote village to head to the Imperial City to find a way to relieve their friends and family from ruinous taxation imposed by the authorities. Yet the Imperial City is filled with unimaginable amounts of corruption and evil from supernatural sources. Tatsumi is immediately swindled after reaching the City and nearly loses everything soon after, but finds himself allied with an unlikely group of assassins.
Official website:
TV Anime "Akame ga Kill!" Official Site (Japanese)
TV Anime " Akame ga KILL! Official Twitter (Japanese)

News:
Akame ga Kill! Staffers Hozumi Gôda, Rika Mayama Join Cast (Nov 1, 2014)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 13-19 (Oct 28, 2014)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 13-19 (Oct 28, 2014)
Akame ga KILL! Anime's 2nd Half Promoted in TV Ad (Sep 28, 2014)
Crunchyroll Streams Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru Anime (Sep 25, 2014)
Akame ga Kill! TV Anime's 11th Flash Animation Short Streamed (Sep 16, 2014)
Akame ga Kill! TV Anime's 2nd Flash Animation Short Streamed (Sep 8, 2014)
Suzuko Mimori Joins Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru Anime's Cast (Aug 22, 2014)
Crunchyroll Adds Akame ga Kill, DRAMAtical Murder, Blue Spring Ride TV Anime (Jul 5, 2014)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Chaika The Coffin Princess, 7 Summer Anime Titles (Jul 4, 2014)
Akame ga Kill Action Fantasy Anime's Full Promo Previews Sora Amamiya Song (Jun 20, 2014)
Akame ga Kill TV Anime to Air for Half a Year (May 28, 2014)
Akame ga Kill Promo, Designs Unveiled (May 21, 2014)
Akame ga KILL! TV Anime's Supporting Cast, Staff Unveiled (May 20, 2014)
Sora Amamiya Leads Akame ga KILL! TV Anime's Cast (Apr 20, 2014)
Akame ga KILL! Dark Action Fantasy Anime's Teaser Streamed (Mar 6, 2014)
Akame ga KILL! Dark Action Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime (Jan 20, 2014)
Akame.tv Domain Registered Before Akame ga KILL! Announcement (Jan 12, 2014)
Press Release:
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Akame Ga Kill! (Jul 8, 2014)
Other articles:
The Summer 2014 Anime Preview Guide - Akame ga KILL! (Jul 6, 2014)


Akame ga Kill! (Japanese: アカメが斬る! Hepburn: Akame ga Kiru!, literally meaning "Akame Slashes!") is a Japanese shōnen manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Joker in March 2010. The story focuses on Tatsumi, a young villager who travels to the Capital to raise money for his home only to discover a strong corruption in the area. The assassin group Night Raid recruits the young man to help them in their fight against the Empire to end its corruption.
The series was licensed by Yen Press in June 2014. A prequel manga focused on Akame's backstory, Akame ga Kill! Zero, began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan in October 2013. An anime television series adaptation of the main series premiered in Japan in July 2014. This is the second work in the Japanese game developer MinatoSoft's Takahiro IV Project.

Plot

See also: List of Akame ga Kill! characters
Tatsumi is a fighter who, accompanied by his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to make money to assist his poverty-stricken village. After being separated from his friends, Tatsumi not only fails to enlist in the army, but is swindled out of all his money. He is then taken in by a noble family who offer him help, but intend to torture and kill him, just like they did with his friends and dozens of other people. Tatsumi is rescued by a group of assassins known as Night Raid, and is invited to join their ranks. Composed of the swordswoman Akame, a young woman armed with a huge pair of scissors named Sheele, the string manipulator Lubbock, the armored warrior Bulat, the sniper Mine, the beast fighter Leone and their leader Najenda, a former general of the imperial army, Night Raid is also part of the revolutionary forces assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, who manipulates the infant emperor for his and his men's personal gain, leading the rest of the nation to poverty and strife.
Each member of Night Raid carries one of the "Imperial Arms" (帝具 Teigu), items created via alchemy and parts of the supernatural Danger Beasts over 900 years ago. Forty-eight of these items were created and about half of them have been lost to history. These items range from weapons like swords and firearms to more utilitarian items including a cosmetic box and armor, and even organic beings such as a shape-shifting dog and a powerful warrior. The Imperial Arms cannot be used by just anyone, as their users must be compatible with them or risk death. The power of most Imperial Arms is so overwhelming that it is said that when two Imperial Arm users fight each other, one is bound to die. Tatsumi and his new friends successfully assassinate some of Honest's most trusted cohorts, while losing Scheele and Bulat to the enemy forces, with Tatsumi inheriting Bulat's Imperial Arm. This leads the Prime Minister to enlist the help of General Esdeath, considered to be the most powerful fighter in the Empire, who assembles her own team of Imperial Arms-wielding assassins, the "Jaegars", to hunt down Night Raid, who gains two new members, the Human-like Imperial Arm Susanoo and the master of disguise Chelsea.
After Night Raid defeats most of the Jaegars while losing Chelsea and Susanoo and the revolution gains momentum, Honest forms a new secret police force, the "Wild Hunt", led by his own son, Syura. However, the Wild Hunt heavily abuses its authority by killing innocent civilians for fun, making enemies of both the Jaegars and Night Raid. After a confrontation between Wild Hunt and the Jaegers, with casualties from both sides, Esdeath is able to blackmail Honest into disbanding the rest of Wild Hunt while Syura is killed by Lubbock after he captures both him and Tatsumi. Lubbock is killed while attempting to escape, and Tatsumi is sentenced to a public execution, but the remaining members of Night Raid attack the execution site to rescue him.

Manga

Main article: List of Akame ga Kill! chapters
Akame ga Kill! is a manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It began serialization in the April 2010 issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker, sold on March 20, 2010. The first tankōbon volume was published on August 21, 2010;[2] ten volumes have been released as of January 22, 2014.[3] The series was licensed by Yen Press in June 2014 and the first volume is scheduled to be released on January 20, 2015.[4][5]
A prequel titled Akame ga Kill! Zero (アカメが斬る！零 Akame ga Kiru Zero) started serialization on 11th issue of Monthly Big Gangan magazine on October 25, 2013. The series is written by Takahiro while illustrated by Kei Toru.[6] The story focuses on Akame's past during the days she worked as an assassin for the Empire.

Anime

Main article: List of Akame ga Kill! episodes
An anime adaptation of the manga was announced in January 2014.[1] The series was directed by Tomoki Kobayashi and written by Makoto Uezu. Takahiro is also supervising the scenario. Taku Iwasaki composed the series' music. The series premiered on Tokyo MX, MBS and BS11 television stations on July 6, 2014.[7] The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.[8] The opening theme song is "Skyreach" performed by Sora Amamiya, whilst the ending theme is "Konna Sekai, Shiritakunakatta." (こんな世界、知りたくなかった。?) by Miku Sawai.

Reception

The seventh volume sold 24,181 copies within the first week of release.[9] The eighth volume likewise sold 37,833 copies in its debut week.[10]
Kestrel Swift from the Fandom Post praised the anime's first episode for "harsh, brutal commentary on corruption and how likely it is that the more perfect someone seems, the darker the secret lurking within" as well as its production value by White Fox.[11] Robert Mullarkey from UK Anime Network also gave the series a similar response for its action scenes and violence displayed. However, he criticized some of its characters and claimed the anime needs to "ditch the comedy."[12] While reviewing the series' first eight episodes, Matt Packard from Anime News Network said that "it's stupid and childish" as "There's nothing mature about the idea that evil always takes the form of a psychopath or a power-hungry glutton, or that people become soul-dead assassins because something traumatic happened to them once, or that the physically weak are destined to become slaves and die weeping."[13]

Italian:
Il sito ufficiale dedicato all'anime Akame ga Kill, adattamento dal manga realizzato dal duo Takahiro e Tetsuya Tashiro, ha pubblicato un nuovo video promozionale per la serie in partenza il 7 luglio in Giappone.

Il video presenta i personaggi principali con i relativi doppiatori. In più è ora noto anche lo staff principale che ha lavorato alla realizzazione della serie.

La produzione è stata curata dalla White Fox (Steins;Gate) con Tomoki Kobayashi (Tears to Tiara) alla regia con Makoto Uezu (Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita) alla sceneggiatura con la supervisione dell'autoreTakahiro; Kazuhisa Nakamura (Jormungand) ha realizzato il character design mentre Taku Iwasaki(Soul Eater, Gatchaman Crowds) le musiche.

Il manga è ambientato in un modo fantastico pieno di creature pericolose ed esseri malvagi.
Tre giovani amici, Tatsumi, Ieyasu e Sayo, lasciano il loro piccolo villaggio in rovina per raggiungere la capitale dell'impero in cerca di fortuna in modo da poter risollevare le sorti del loro luogo d'origine.
Durante il viaggio Tatsumi perde di vista i suoi amici giungendo solo nella capitale. Ben presto però l'idea che aveva della capitale si scontra con la dura realtà, e così Tatsumi si trova solo, derubato e senza un tetto.
Accolto da una ricca famiglia del luogo, Tatsumi crede di aver avuto una bella possibilità ma quella stessa sera la residenza dove si trova viene attaccata da una banda di assassini che si fa chiamare Night Raid. Tatsumi affronta gli assalitori con coraggio ma saranno davvero loro i malvagi?

Director: Tomoki Kobayashi
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
Script:
Makoto Uezu (eps 1-3)
Storyboard:
Episode Director:
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Original creator:
Character Design:
Art Director: Yoshito Takamine
Animation Director:
Daisuke Endo (ONA)
Kyoko Kotani (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Seo (ep 3)
Yukiko Watabe (ep 3)
Sound Director: Hozumi Gôda
Director of Photography: Keisuke Nakamura

3D Modeling Director: Hiroshi Souma
Chief Episode Director: Masafumi Tamura (ONA)
Color design: Miyuki Sato
Editing: Masahiro Goto
Key Animation: Toru Yoshida (ep 3)
Scenario Director: Takahiro
Theme Song Performance:
Miku Sawai (ED #1)
Rika Mayama (OP #2)

2nd Key Animation:
Animation Production:
C-Station (ONA)
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2014-07-07)
BS11 Digital (2014-07-13)
Tokyo MX (2014-07-06)
Finish Animation:
Studio Road (ONA)
In-Between Animation:
Internet Streaming:
Photography: T2 Studio
Producer: Square Enix (Production)
Production:
special effects: Team Taniguchi



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