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2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (TV) : Photography Director Assistant (ep 6)
After the Rain (TV) : Assistant Director of Photography (eps 1-11 odd), Photography (Asahi Production; eps 2-12 even)
Akudama Drive (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 12)
AMAIM: Warrior at the Borderline UltraSteel Ogre-Gear (ONA) : Assistant Director of Photography (Asahi Production: eps. 1-6)
Atom The Beginning (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 4, 9)
Attack on Titan (TV 2/2017) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 34)
Attack on Titan (TV 3/2018) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 48)
Attack on Titan (TV 4/2019) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 50, 56-58)
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 8-10)
Cells at Work! Kaze Shōkōgun (special) : Photography (Asahi Production)
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes (movie 2019) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Convenience Store Boy Friends (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 4, 7-8)
D.Gray-man Hallow (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Dr. Stone: Ryusui (special) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Eiga Delicious Party♡Precure Yume Miru ♡ Okosama Lunch (movie) : Digital Photography
ēlDLIVE (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 2-3)
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 4)
A Galaxy Next Door (TV) : Photography (eps 7, 10)
God Eater (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 10-13)
Gundam Build Fighters Try Island Wars (special) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Gundam Build Metaverse (ONA) : Assistant Director of Photography (eps 1-3)
Her Blue Sky (movie) : Photography (Asahi Production)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; 8 episodes

eps 9, 11-13, 20, 33-35

)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; 10 episodes

eps 9, 16, 19-21, 24, 33-36

)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; 4 episodes

eps 26, 30-31, 37

)
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans: Urðr-Hunt (mobile app ONA) : Assistant Director of Photography
Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 1-2, 5, 13)
Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Shichi Tamashii no Ryūjinmaru (ONA) : Assistant Director of Photography (eps 6-9), Photography (Asahi Production; eps 3-5)
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (ONA 2) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 2-4)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 17-25)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (TV 2) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 1-25)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (OAV) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 1-12)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (TV 2) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 13-24)
Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 46-47)
(The) Morose Mononokean (TV) : Photography
Night at High Noon and the Wonder Gate (movie) : Photography (Asahi Production)
O Maidens in Your Savage Season (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 4)
One Piece (TV 1999) : Photography (Asahi Production, OP26; 7 episodes

eps 919, 921-925, 937

)
One Piece Episode of East Blue: Luffy to 4-nin no Nakama no Daibōken (special) : Photography
One Piece Film Gold (movie 13) : Digital Photography
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (movie 20) : Photography Assistant (Asahi Production)
Rainbow Days (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production)
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale : Photography (Asahi Production)
Sword Art Online: Alicization (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 15-16)
Tiger & Bunny 2 (TV) : Assistant Director of Photography
Tokyo Ghoul:re (TV 2) : Photography (Asahi Production; ep 19)
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 5-6)
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You (TV 2) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 6, 8-10, 12)
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You ~High School Days~ (TV) : Photography (Asahi Production; eps 2-4)
Urusei Yatsura (TV 2022) : Photography (Asahi Production; 6 episodes

eps 7, 9, 16, 18-19, 21

)

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Voice Actor Takaaki Seki Dies at 54

Apr 25, 09:18

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people

Seki voiced Shutaro Kiba in Mōryō no Hako, Zhang Fei in Sōten Kōro ― Talent agency En-kikaku announced on Tuesday that voice actor Takaaki Seki died on April 15 due to esophageal cancer. He had been undergoing medical treatment. He was 54. There was a funeral held for close relatives. Seki was born in Osaka, Japan on November 5, 1969. He entered the En Theater Institute in 1995 and joined Engeki Shūd...

column

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The ANN Aftershow - Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2?

Apr 24, 18:00

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anime

James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No. 8, & court intrigue in Yatagarasu! ― Will You Watch Solo Leveling Season 2? James and Lynzee reflect on the end of Solo Leveling and whether its worldbuilding is worth its edgy turn. PLUS: The big monsters of Kaiju No 8, court intrigue in Yatagarasu, and a li...

review

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Volumes 1-2 Manhwa Review

Apr 24, 12:00 manga

Some books are good. Some books read like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but you can't stop reading and enjoying them. Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is one of those. ― Some books are good. Some books are not and read sort of like self-insert fanfiction from the early days of AO3, but even though you recognize that they aren't objectively filled with literary merit, you can't stop rea...

interview

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Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!

Apr 24, 09:00

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anime

Hayashi and Tōchi play mentee/mentor in heart-warming golf anime series. ― Golf anime Tonbo! is one of the new anime premiering in the Spring 2024 season. At Anime Japan 2024, we sat down with lead voice actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi to talk about their characters, their experiences with golf, and the positives of country life in Japan. In her first voice acting role as a main character, Hayas...

interest

27 comments

Japanese TV Special Ranks Top Anime Songs, as Chosen by Foreign Fans

Apr 23, 19:16

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music

What are non-Japanese anime fans' top choices? ― Fans have been debating the greatest anime songs as long as anime has been around. Japanese TV regularly raises the topic for domestic fans, but every so often, Japan also presents the international perspective. On April 21, TV Asahi hosted a nearly three-hour special ranking favorite anime songs by non-Japanese and non-domestic anime fans. In a March ...

column

68 comments

This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?

Apr 23, 13:30

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anime

The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. ― The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded term. Disclaimer: The views and opinions...

review

27 comments

Wonderful Precure! Episodes 1-12 Anime Review

Apr 23, 12:00

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anime

You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. Wonderful Precure! could move too slowly for some viewers. But these episodes are full of unmitigated joy. ― You can't accuse the Pretty Cure franchise of resting on its laurels. While there are distinct similarities between all iterations of the long-running Magical Girl franchise, recent years have done their best to maintain the...

review

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 1 Anime Film Review

Apr 22, 12:00

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anime

Part District 9 meets O Maidens in Your Savage Season, part grimdark deconstruction of Doraemon. ― Many anime films are adapted from manga and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is no exception. Usually, a film will cover a single arc of the greater plot—giving the story on screen a solid beginning, middle, and end. However, this is not the case with the first Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destructi...

game review

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Game Review

Apr 22, 00:30

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games

People might think of this game as a celebration of the energy and experimentation of RPGs past, a tribute to a time when archetypes and genre conventions hadn't yet calcified and anything was fair game. And for once, they'd be right. ― There's a point that Lady Perielle returns to often when people ask her why Nowa, a young warrior from a small village, is the leader of the resistance front against ...

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