The official website for voice actor Shugo Nakamura has confirmed that a special album to celebrate his solo artist debut's fifth anniversary, titled "carVe," is set to release on October 30, 2024. While working as an anime voice actor, he has also been active as a solo singer since 2019, writing his own lyrics and composing his own music. He has released seven CD singles, one mini-album, and one full album so far. As the title suggests, the album will "carve" the progress of his music activities over the past five years, and will mainly include representative songs that have been released up to this point. Newly-recorded songs will be written and composed by Nakamura himself. The CD jackets of the album's two editions have been revealed. First press limited edition CD jacket Regular edition CD jacket The site has also announced the schedule for his next solo concert tour, titled "Shugo Nakamura...
- 7/29/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
*Photo from his 2021 book "Shugo Nakamura #1 Day-1 Shugo Daily Calendar" Japanese publisher Tokyo News Tsushinsha announced that voice actor Shugo Namamura 's new photo book is set to release on October 7, 2024. The release will celebrate his 10th anniversary debut as a voice actor. Nakamura, now 35, made his voice acting debut in February 2015 with the role of Teru Tendo in The Idolm@Ster Side M . His other well-known anime characters include Gin Gagamaru in Blue Lock and Ryota Miyagi in The First Slam Dunk . He is also active as a solo singer since 2019, writing his own lyrics and composing his own music, as well as appearing in TV dramas, variety shows and more. Check out sample photos from the book below. Related : Voice Actor Shugo Nakamura Releases New Music Video "Note" The setting for this commemorative photo book is Okinawa, his birthplace and a place he loves dearly. The up-and-coming...
- 7/25/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Welcome to a special summertime edition of Cozy Anime Corner , your go-to place for finding the perfect anime to brighten your day! If your summer plans include sitting outside on a warm night as a cool breeze blows by, don’t bust out that ukulele! (Please. Please don’t.) Instead, turn on this cozy curated playlist featuring just a few of your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite anime songs. Related: 6 Actually Good Anime Beach Episodes We Love Whether you and your friends are gathered around a crackling campfire after living out your very own beach episode, or you’re sitting on a patio with your favorite headphones on, I promise these 10 songs will bring you some cool comfort at the end of a hot summer day. Laid-Back Camp - “So Precious” Of course I have to kick off this soothing summer playlist with a song from the coziest anime of all! Asaka,...
- 7/16/2024
- by Kelly Knox
- Crunchyroll
The official YouTube channel for three-member voice actor unit TrySail has started streaming a music video for their 16th CD single song, "Micro Revolution," which is now featured as the opening theme for the summer 2024 TV anime Dungeon People . In keeping with the taste of the song, the music video is set in an American diner and is based on the theme of a "girl who loves pranks." The three members work part-time at the American diner, where they play a series of cute pranks on each other. TrySail "Micro Revolution" Music Video Emiri Torihata , who has worked on music videos for popular voice actors such as Azusa Tadokoro ( "Private Room" ), Yurika Kubo ( "Kawaikutte Ijiwarushichau" ), and Shugo Nakamura ( "Here Comes The Sun" ), served as director. "We wanted to make a fun music video in which three good friends who love to play pranks are thinking about what they are going to do every day,...
- 7/8/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Last week we were treated to three new cast members for the ongoing The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse anime, and now three more made their debut today. This time the cast announcements are here to fill out the Tristan Platoon, whose party members hit the screen along with episode 17. The latest cast additions include: Isolde voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki (Chise Hatori in The Ancient Magus' Bride ): Jade voiced by Shugo Nakamura (Gin Gagamaru in Blue Lock ): Chion voiced by Soma Saito (Tadashi Yamaguchi in Haikyu!! ): Related: The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Anime Trailer Arrives with Additional Cast Maki Odaira ( Pokémon Journeys ) directs the Four Knights of the Apocalypse anime at Tms Entertainment with the first part of the series having premiered on October 8, 2023. The second part kicked off on January 7, 2024. The manga by Nakaba Suzuki began in Weekly Shonen...
- 2/11/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
There was no guarantee that there would be an anime feature film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue’s hugely popular basketball manga series “Slam Dunk,” especially after its successful anime TV series. But not only did Toei Animation bring the beloved ’90s manga — about basketball as a psychological rite of passage through the overcoming of pain and hardship — to the big screen, but “The First Slam Dunk” (playing theatrically from GKids) is now the fifth highest-grossing anime of all time and the winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Best Animated Film.
But it took five years of 2D and CG prototyping by Toei Animation (led by producer Toshiyuki Matsui) to perfect the visual look before getting the greenlight from Inoue. But he didn’t consider himself the director until later in production, after participating in the writing, mo-cap basketball action, voice acting, and score (Satoshi Takebe and Takuma Mitamura of...
But it took five years of 2D and CG prototyping by Toei Animation (led by producer Toshiyuki Matsui) to perfect the visual look before getting the greenlight from Inoue. But he didn’t consider himself the director until later in production, after participating in the writing, mo-cap basketball action, voice acting, and score (Satoshi Takebe and Takuma Mitamura of...
- 7/28/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
"Miyagi. This is your stage." GKids Films has revealed a first look teaser for the US release of the Japanese anime comedy The First Slam Dunk, adapted from the manga by Takehiko Inoue. After opening in Japan late last year, it's set for US release this summer in theaters. The First Slam Dunk is an update based on the iconic comics and previous series, including Slam Dunk from the 90s and Slam Dunk: The Movie in 1994. Takehiko Inoue's basketball series had a huge impact when it was first published in the 90s, so much so that it created a huge surge in interest in the sport in Japan. The movie shifts the focus from Hanamichi to his teammate Ryota Miyagi, the point guard for the Shohoku high school basketball team, and his story and personal challenges. Hanamachi is also in the film, as are teammates Takenori Akagi, Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Gkids has snapped up North American rights to Toei Animation’s film The First Slam Dunk, an adaptation of the hugely popular Takehiko Inoue manga, which Inoue wrote and directed for the screen. The film which has already proven a smash hit in other territories, grossing over $212M globally, will hit theaters in the U.S. and Canada in both its original Japanese language and an all-new English-language dub later this summer.
Marking Inoue’s directorial debut, The First Slam Dunk follows Shohoku High School’s “speedster” point guard, Ryota Miyagi, who always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. And following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball.
In his second year of high school,...
Marking Inoue’s directorial debut, The First Slam Dunk follows Shohoku High School’s “speedster” point guard, Ryota Miyagi, who always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. And following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota also became addicted to basketball.
In his second year of high school,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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