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here's a review about the character depiction in the Gk live action movies and series that no one asked for, by my absolutely not film critic ass. I'd be happy to read other people's minds about that subject. it contains spoilers. also I'll comment on physical appearance which I normally avoid to do. all of this is perfectly subjective of course

characters that I liked more in the live action than in the manga or anime:

usami. he looks really good. Personnally i like his design more in the live action. curious to see how the acting will go when he'll show his darker sides. quite funnily he's one of the characters I liked the least in the manga but maybe the films will make me like him heheh.

koito. What the hell are these eyebrows even about. Not sure about the physical resemblance, but the goofiness is on point, maybe better than in the manga/anime. I see Koito coming running graciously into a scene and I know I'll be delighted.

shiraishi. while I find asirpa and sugimoto a bit bland .. shiraishi brings life and fun in the group and he genuinely made me laugh almost everytime he was on screen.

kantaro. it's the kind of character I didn't pay much attention to in the manga and anime. but he's cute in here haha

nikaidou. straight crazy drug addict boi 😭

characters that I liked/found accurate in their acting :

tsurumi. seductive and charismatic. maybe he's less scary than in the manga and anime though ?

tsukishima. serious in all situations. and yet you can see some of the emotions going inside :-)

inkarmat. smart and beautiful queen.

hijikata. good ol hijikata.

ushiyama. although not 100% looking like the manga , I liked the acting and embodiment of that character.

in-between:

tanigaki. he looks much older than the tanigaki I remembered ^^

ogata. this person looks beautiful omfg. they even accompany his apparitions with a little badass music to make him look cool. but maybe he lacks the weirdness and the void-ish eyes of the original ogaga ? I'd say he's not disturbing enough. like I can't imagine him smiling weirdly when he confuses yuusaku with sugimoto in that "let's-protect-yuusaku's-virginity" mission.

kadokura. I think his laziness/jadedness does not appear enough as well as his physical crookedness... or his small relaxed tummy 😌

didn't find accurate:

sugimoto. he looks too young and his face does not remind me of sugimoto imo. also he lacks a fun dimension, most of the time he looks serious and as if he's containing himself.

Asirpa. she seems much older than in the original story. although I can imagine why they chose someone older for the role. also lacks some fun, although less than sugimoto.

idk what to think :

Ienaga. wouldn't it have been better if she was acted by a non cis person ? i wonder what Queer/trans people think about that. on pure acting the actress did a cool job i think.

I know there have been critics about the quasi absence of ainu actors in the cast...it must feel weird to have representation of your people by the people who colonised you... right? I read here and there that there were not that much ainu actors around. if that's true would there have been ways to involve more ainu people ? I wonder how it could have been otherwise.

also this show is weird cause it switches from homo romantic/erotic to homophobic vibes ? am I the only one who feels that ? ^^

and about the sea otter scene. it was fun but at the same time the guys looked/sounded a little bit creepy right before deciding to get to that sumo wrestling 😅 and that creepy vibe was not there in the manga imo

also WHY DID THAT OLD MAN DROP THE OTTER IN THE SAND ? Okay maybe to get his hands free to salute inkarmat but I wouldn't drop fresh meat in sand like that wtf

anyway, I still enjoy this show and I'm eager to see the karafuto arc being put on screen!

Please comment or reblog with your impressions !

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some vasio and ogata songs

All of them by the band Archive

Generally the lyrics fit :-)

Vasio :

Hatchet

Bullets

Remains of nothing

Headspace

So far from losing you

Ogata and his downfall :

Glass eyes (this one is by Radiohead)

Glass minds

When you're this down

Shine out power

Heads are gonna roll

Please share your own songs in the comments 🌞

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Sketches of Ogaga & friend

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delicate lil friend

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NASA captures insane new shot of a perfect Hexagonal Storm on Saturn's North pole.

This is one of the biggest mysteries in the known Universe.

A six-sided jet stream known as "the hexagon" — which measures approximately 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) wide — swirls above Saturn's north pole, with wind speeds reaching upward of 200 mph (322 km/h).

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“Every system starts to fail”

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Satoru Noda's art analysis: mastery of composition. Part 2

Contains spoilers!!

Part 1 | Part 2

Let's continue talking about Noda-sensei's art! In part 1 I talked about the rules of the composition. In this part I'll add some details about how Noda uses them

As already mentioned Noda-sensei offten arranges the frames so the direction of the main lines is set by the gaze or the hands/arms/body and often converge at the one point. More examples of it:

Sometimes Noda-sensei also uses the reflection of the lines to emphasize the opposite of the characters or to show the agony of choice/hesitation.

I have already given the last page for the Loomis method as an example, but I really love this one because the reflection is not only in the lines, but also in the actual position of the characters (on the main line) in space, as if reflected in a lake!

Also, this use of lines is very similar to the tattoos of Abashiri prisoners, which may be a coincidence... unless?

Perhaps the methods used by Noda have a different name, but they are very similar to those that I described. And this approach to composition has too pronounced a system to be just an accident.

In conclusion, over the years of drawing the Golden Kamuy, Noda-sensei has honed his skills almost to perfection. Already from the middle of the manga, you can see that he began to understand volumes and shapes better, control the line and composition. I admire his work endlessly, it brings me boundless delight. Huge huge love for Golden Kamuy, thank you, Noda Satoru, for it.

P.S.: some of the lines I drew roughly, so it's okay if you see a main line differently, the composition is a very flexible thing.

Thank you for reading!!

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Satoru Noda's art analysis: mastery of composition. Part 1

Part 1 | Part 2

It's a Big longread post in which I analyse some pages of Golden Kamuy and talk about the rules of composition.

I painfully slowly coming back after a hiatus, so if you share this post it would be a huge help!

A bit of disclaimers: 1) I've analysed 20 pages, but most of them are spoilers, so be careful; 2) English is not my first language

I have endless admiration for Noda as an artist and writer. He perfectly prescribes the characters, skillfully builds the plot. But what I admire most as an artist is his work with composition.

Composition as such is based primarily on shapes and lines. They work together, complementing each other to create the perfect picture.

Different artists have different approaches to composition. Someone relies more on shapes in their work (and then the whole composition can be written into simple shapes such as a triangle, ellipse or rectangle). Someone tends to the lines and takes as a basis their dynamics. Someone, of course, combines them. But Noda-sensei belongs to the second category, so we will talk more about it.

One way to make a composition better is to adhere to the SCI rule, according to which the elements in a composition are arranged around one of three lines: S, C or I. Sometimes it's not so clear: very rarely do artists roughly draw these axes with a single line. But building auxiliary lines around them that guide the composition according to the desired movement is a more common case.

I do not know if Noda has studied this method or rediscovered it, but he definitely uses it, and prefers to use C- or S-lines as a basis (the main movement is highlighted in crimson, and auxiliary movements are highlighted in orange).

Another method that Noda-sensei often uses is the Andrew Loomis composition method. It is based on several intersecting lines, and objects are superimposed on them.

Noda-sensei prefers to use the Loomis method on pages with a large number of frames and a complex composition.

As you can see, Noda-sensei offten arranges the frames so that their movements converge at the same point. The main movements themselves are not necessarily tied to strict lines: very often the direction is set by the gaze or the hands/arms/body.

Tumblr doesn't let me add more pictures so please read the second part haha

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fem risu and aikawa chilling

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Schoolmates ✏️

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Just Girly Things, more OVA girls edition

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choose your character

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Painted my favs in some local liminal space