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can’t believe everyone’s in love with the Ice Skating Male Gays but nobody I know cares about Princess Gay And Her Rifle-Riding Witch Girlfriend this is such a tragedy…
Shuumatsu no Izetta / Izetta: The Last Witch is the real star of this anime season and none of you Yuri On Ice fans can convince me otherwise.
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OMG, this is amazing. And that ending? damn… go float yourself indeed!
Which one of the fanfiction writers is up for a new AU?
That ending... _(┐「ε:)_
Really? Killing off lesbian characters? It's not like there aren't many out there, after all, right. -.- I expected better of you.
we created a tragic story about a leader who wanted to work peace in a violent world that may never find it in itself to accept anything but bloodshed, and she died fighting for love and being true to herself against all resistance. that much said, i understand and appreciate your anger - and see its broader context.
That’s the problem though isn’t it? It was a tragic story. Lesbians only get tragic stories. The moment Lexa revealed she was gay (which, ironically she revealed via A TRAGIC STORY) I think many queer viewers knew she was headed for death. Lesbians don’t get happy endings. She died a needless, senseless, pointless, accidental death.
i’m so frustrated with writers and showrunners acknowledging the broader context but thinking they’re exempt from it
this is where we disagree, and while i respect your feelings on this, i do not feel exempt from anything. i feel that i, and a staff of writers, are given a set of tools to tell a story and have to weigh their impact on a wide variety of levels. to us this was a story about someone who makes a stand for peace and dies at the hands of a patriarchal character who cannot expand his own vision of a terrible world – and who thinks he is helping her. to us that was a story worth telling - not a random, meaningless death.
To me - I won’t say “us” since I won’t claim to speak on behalf of all queer female viewers - this is a story I’ve seen before many many many times, and it has traumatized and depressed and scared me. Does the benefit of the story you believe you are telling outweigh the trauma of the story I believe I have just seen? I say no, but others may feel the answer is yes. All I know is that there are other, better stories to tell that don’t leave me feeling so exhausted that I just want to disengage completely from caring about anything.
well don’t do that. for what it’s worth – and i know a lot of people today who would say “nothing” – your opinion and your expression of it are important to me both as a person and as a creator, and i am grateful that you are speaking it.
I’m having a hard time putting this all into words, but I am going to do my best because I think it is really important. It is important to have this discussion and I think it is important to make these points. I understand that you wanted to show the struggle in the 100 world. You wanted to show how things aren’t always black and white. You wanted to show how everyone acts based on what they believe is right. I can see that.
And honestly, I actually like that it was Titus who killed her in the end. A lot of people are saying she deserved a better death, but honestly, I think that is one of the most purposeful deaths you could have given her. Had she died in battle, the opposition would have gained from it. Dying at the hand of Titus is actually a beautiful and constructive way for her to die. The other side doesn’t win that way. Titus is going to carry that guilt with him for the rest of his life. He was Lexa’s father figure, and her strongest opposition because he so strongly believed what he thought was right. He tried to push her to think differently, he tried to manipulate her life to get her to agree with him. And in doing so, he lost her entirely. And I think Titus really feels terrible for that. And now he can learn from that, and he can support Lexa in her death. He can continue to work towards promoting what Lexa knew to be right. He doesn’t get to go off now and influence the next commander to follow his erroneous thinking. He messed up and he knows it and now he is going to stand fully behind everything that Lexa was working towards, and he is going to do his damndest to make sure the next commander upholds that. So all things considered, I actually appreciate that it was Titus who killed her, and that it happened by accident while he was trying to protect her.
I am not mad about it being a stray bullet. I am not even mad about the basic fact that she is dead, really. We all know that at any given moment in this story, everyone’s life is constantly in danger. We are reminded of that in practically every episode. It is not uncharacteristic in this show for main characters to die.
What gets me about it is the sequence of events leading to her on screen death, the way it was teased about irl without addressing the devastation, the way it was intended to be entirely gut wrenching, the lack of foresight as to how deeply this might affect people, and the repeated justification and ego stroking that appears to be continuing after the fact. My sadness, anger, and frustration goes way beyond the actual events that transpired on screen.
As a writer, you want to make us feel. You want to bring us joy, hope, sadness, anger. Your goal is always to have us connect with the story and be moved by it. You, and others, keep saying that you did your job, and you did it well by making us feel. I will not deny that the episode made me feel. I felt hope, elation, sadness, fear, among other emotions, and often multiple emotions at the same time. But that is not the only thing that matters when considering a job well done. You also have to consider the impact of those feelings. You have to know how much push and pull, how much is too much, and how much is too little. And that’s where the balance was off here.
If I were to watch each scene as in individual, isolated unit of the whole, I would probably have many good things to say about each one. I do not have the capacity to go back through and do that now, so I cannot comment specifically. But individually, I think each scene stood up well. The issue is in the sequencing of it, and in how it flows with the episodes leading up to it. The issue is that the death happened literally in the scene directly following the love scene. It gave us no chance to breathe. No chance to process. No chance to move through our emotions.
When Clarke walked into Lexa’s room and they both knew she was leaving, and they didn’t know when they would see each other again, we as viewers felt that. We felt sad, their words gave us hope, their actions gave us joy. We felt all of those emotions and they all fit. I was grateful for the commercial break after the kiss because I needed some time to squeal and be happy that Clarke had finally gotten to the point where she not only accepted, but felt comfortable to act on her feelings for Lexa. I needed that time to calm down and prepare myself for the next scene.
And then the next scene brought all of those same feelings back again. And I was on such an emotional high because even though the circumstances were sad, we were getting to see Clarke and Lexa truly together. The soulmates finally connecting and being intimate and vulnerable and beautiful.
And we needed a moment after that too.
We needed time to sit with that. To process that. To go over all the different things that it meant.
But we didn’t get that time.
The intimate love scene literally fades straight into the scene where Lexa is shot.
There was no time for us to collect ourselves. No time to process. No time to feel that moments. That happiness. That tender sadness.
Because it was literally ripped from us a couple of minutes later in the most brutally agonizing manner possible.
I’m not sure how much of it is up to you what goes in each episode. I am not sure if there was ever a conversation about how it might be better to split these two earth shattering moments into separate episodes. But there should have been. Because as a viewer, it feels like it was written so that it would hurt us the most. And that is too much. There should have been a moment where someone looked at it and saw that it was too much before it made it to the screen. Instead everyone teased about how it was going to be the best episode. How we were going to be blown away. They teased about this without giving any notion of how devastating it would be. None of us could even prepare for it. We were given hope all season for Clexa, we were given excitement and suspense the days leading up. But never warned.
There were discussions before the episode even aired about how we didn’t think the sex scene was going to appear in this episode because from the trailers it already looked too busy. We didn’t know how there was going to be time to fit it in there will everything that was happening. That feeling is only multiplied now that her death has happened immediately after. There was hardly time for one of those major events to happen. And definitely not for both of them to happen at the same time. Other main character deaths a built up, foreshadowed throughout the episode, they give you time to prepare for it, to recover from it. This death gave us nothing.
You wanted us to hurt for Lexa. You wanted us to miss her. But you didn’t need to make it hurt that much. We would have missed her if she had died next week. We would have missed her if she had died this week and they never did accept their feelings for each other. We would have been torn up and missed her enough. Combining the two scenes into a 10 minute sequence was too much. Weighing the level of hurt and impact this was going to have should have been more thoroughly addressed.
Especially considering that you knew of the lesbian death trope, and you say you considered it when writing this episode. You knew we were a vulnerable population. You should have known how deeply we connect with the characters who represent us. You should have known how characters like Lexa give people hope about their sexuality. How she helped people to accept themselves, and feel like they were valuable, and like they could still be someone regardless of their sexual orientation. These characters give queers hope that they can have a life. Maybe you didn’t know that. Maybe you didn’t understand that. Maybe you didn’t think it would be the same as the other queer characters who have been killed off. But it should have been considered more. It should have been understood that this death would be impactful and painful on its own. It should not have been put in sequence like that to make it cut deeper. It cuts deep enough on its own. And now it has cut too deep.
And as much as people are saying “she didn’t die because of her sexuality” “she died for more than that” “her death has nothing to do with her sexuality”. In the big picture, no, it doesn’t. She died because she lived in a world where death was a constant reality. But in the sequence, she entirely did die because of her love for Clarke. Every single event leading up to that exact moment where she was shot in the chest, it all happened exactly because of her love.
Titus was angry with her for loving Clarke. He was threatened by it. He felt it was weakness. He thought their love would ruin their people. He disapproved. No, not because Clarke was a female, I know that, but he disapproved because Lexa loved her. The whole reason Titus was in that room with that gun was because Lexa loved her. Because she loved Lexa. And Titus couldn’t have that. So he tried to bring an end to it.
The only reason Lexa walked into that room was because of Clarke. She likely heard the commotion from outside the room. She was concerned for Clarke. So she went to check on her. To make sure she was okay. To send her off with Octavia. That is THE ONLY REASON Lexa walked into that room. And that is the only reason she was there to get shot. She got hit by a stray bullet because she loved Clarke. There is literally no other reason.
So no. Maybe she didn’t die because she was queer. But she did die because she loved Clarke.
And that hurts. That hurts everyone so deeply. That shows everyone who looked up to this relationship, everyone who looked up to them, everyone who saw ourselves in them, everyone who saw them and felt even a little bit justified in that our own sexuality could be valid, it shows us that our love can hurt us. It shows us that our love is tragic. It shows us that our love cannot be. It shows us that we cannot exist. And it hurts.
And you know this now. You know this from the countless fans sharing their grief. You know this from the scared Anons sharing their feelings of desperation at the one thing that was meaningful enough to them to give them the will to live another day just to see what would happen being ripped away from them. You know this from the people who are angry. You know this from the people who are just hurting. You know this from the people who try to talk to you.
You know this, Jason knows this, the cast knows this. And no one has apologized. No one has stood up and taken responsibility and said “I am sorry we went too far.” No one. That is not the job of the cast, the cast brings the characters to life, but they are not responsible. Yet the cast have been some of the most vocally supportive of the broken fans. It should not be the cast’s job to post videos begging people not to end their lives. It should not be their job to post info about suicide hotlines. That should not have to fall on anyone really. Yet it has. And no one has apologized for that.
It went too far. And I feel like that should be clear by now. And that responsibility needs to be accepted, acknowledged, and answered. You say you understand people’s hurt, anger, frustration, desperation. But you haven’t said sorry. And Sorry is often the most meaningful thing you can say. People are hurting. Truly hurting. Not just upset, but truly in pain. You can’t go back now and change what happened. You can’t fix that. You can’t change that even if you wanted to. But you can hear them and you can say sorry. You can ease the hurt by acknowledging that you caused it, learning from it, giving back to the people you have affected. Sorry is meaningful. It’s more meaningful when you don’t have to ask for it. But sometimes you have to ask for people to understand why sorry is important in the first place.
You are going to write Xena. Which tbh I am scared for again now that I and so many others have been hurt by what happened with Lexa. But, the whole story of Xena is to fight for the greater good. To move forward and make better choices. To do whatever she can to help people, to try and ease some of the damage that she caused in her past. Its about learning from the past and growing. Its about having support from the people around you to help you be the best you can be.
Xena can’t change her past. She can’t make it go away. But she chooses to learn from it. She chooses to make better choices moving forwards. She allows Gabrielle to guide her in those choices, to help her to stay true to the greater good.
Take a page from that. Realize that you have damaged people. Apologize for that. Learn from the experience. Let people who care and who really understand at a personal level how your work can affect people guide you. Listen to the hurting fans. Be critical of yourself and your work and use foresight to the potential consequences to avoid damaging people like this in the future.
You can’t change what you wrote. You can’t change what happened. By the sounds of things you do not even want to. But you can see how you have hurt people, and you can apologize for that.
My heart hurts for everyone who is damaged, traumatized, ripped open and broken from what happened to Lexa. I am sad about Lexa myself, but above all else I am sad for everyone who has lost hope. And I hope to god that everyone who was affected makes it out the other end of this okay, because last night this fandom was entirely heartbreaking.
So please. Stop making jokes. Stop trying to justify your actions. Even if you can’t agree with us. Please, just.
Apologize to us.
You dreamed to see (hear) Rena sing again? Well, your prayers have been heard! Rena just announced during Mu~Comi+ that she is releasing her first single post graduation on April 6th! And in collaboration with her beloved Charan Po Rantan no less! Title of the single will be 「Shabon」 She didn’t give much details but it seems this single will be the title song of one of her drama airing in March (Hatsukoi Geinin maybe?). More information to come soon.
HMV let us know the single will have 3 types : Type A : Single song (drama tie-up) ; Coupling song A ; Single song MV (DVD) Type B : Single song (drama tie-up) ; Coupling song A ; Single song Making (DVD) Type C : Single song (drama tie-up) ; Coupling song A ; Coupling song B
You dreamed to see (hear) Rena sing again? Well, your prayers have been heard! Rena just announced during Mu~Comi+ that she is releasing her first single post graduation on April 6th! And in collaboration with her beloved Charan Po Rantan no less! Title of the single will be 「Shabon」 She didn’t give much details but it seems this single will be the title song of one of her drama airing in March (Hatsukoi Geinin maybe?). More information to come soon.
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Takahashi Minami talks about AKB48 before her graduation. N°41 : The Princess of Nagoya, Matsui Rena, was Japan's ultimate “at home wota”!
Rena always worked really hard, even as AKB48 senbatsu member. But even after time had passed I found her... a bit cold. We only talked together on rare occasions. But there was a reason behind it. She was a fan of our group before she entered SKE48. She one day explained me why she was so set back : "For me Takamina-san and Maeda (Atsuko)-san were idols I was watching on TV, idols I admired and who made me dream. I really wanted to get to know you, become friend with you, but I was too nervous and couldn't bring myself to approach you." I had perceived it might be the case. Like she was keeping her distances on purpose, never showing signs that could let other think she was acting as fan. But having surrounded herself of this particular atmosphere, she felt hard to reach, "distant".
When she debuted Rena was extremely thin. I seriously wondered 「Is that girl going to be alright? Can she pull it off?」(laughs) She had a weak constitution and her legs and back could barely carry her. SKE48 focused on dynamic dancing and although she had little physical abilities she was promoted as front member. And before I knew it she standed there firmly, her who was once like "a poorly articulated puppet" had bloomed into "a girl of steel". She had kept making efforts so she who wouldn't fall behind Jurina who had always been a great dancer. And thus one day there she was, standing at the vanguard of SKE48. Pushing over the limits of her body, she exceeded all expectations by her talent in making efforts. I think she is a really hardworking person. But I her "strength" didn’t lie only in her ability to "push twice as hard as others". As an idol she was also very talented for handshakes.
Matsui Rena is a bit like... That delicate girl at her desk by the window in the back of the classroom. She is there, reading a book, the curtain moved by the wind brushing her arm gently. That's probably the image she gives to boys. 「She is so pretty.... Yet she doesn't have any friends.」 Solitary and somehow inaccessible, always by herself. Because of her frail constitution she is often absent from school. And most boys are attracted to that kind of girl. But since nobody usually approaches her, it requires some courage to dare and go talk to her. But against all odds, that unapproachable girl has become an idol. You can meet her during handshake events. You can talk to her and she will carefully listen to you, smiling frankly and being incredibly cute. After that there is no doubt everyone will be thinking 「I'll be be the one protecting Rena now!」. She was this solitary and refined beauty. An unique figure in AKB48 group.
Many members of the group are actually former idol-fans, the most famous of them being Sashihara Rino. The majority is up-front about it and have participated in other idols events in the past. They're so called "On the spot wotas". (tln : on the spot wotas = 現場ヲタ in the text) But Rena was different, she didn't let her wota side show and was a "At home wota". (tln : at home wota = 在宅ヲタ) I think that's what made her able to grasp that sort of fans so rightly. I'd dare and say that Matsui Rena was Japan's ultimate “at home wota”. For people who live their passion remotely, Rena was someone they could relate to, someone who finally understood them, and whom in return they wanted to root for with everything they had. As I see it, it's because Rena was always loyal to Nagoya that she shed a particular light on the group 「SKE48's dance is top notch but there is more to it, it also has refinement.」.
The Matsui Rena I depicted hereinbefore was inextricably linked to Nagoya. Even when she was with us in AKB48 senbatsu, I think her soul was still in Nagoya. It may not be the best way to put it but I'm under the impression that when she was in AKB48 senbatsu Rena didn't give her 100%. Not that she was slacking off or anything, she was focused and professional, but she didn't make use of the full scope of her abilities. Her true strength was for SKE48 only. Nobody could take that away from the Princess of Nagoya. Dignified, she stand firm, always, true to her fans. As General Manager this reality was a bit frustrating for me back then, but now looking back I think it was part of what made Matsui Rena who she was. --- 「Her true strength was for SKE48 only」( ˘ω˘)♥
Matsui Rena - BLT March 2016 issue
Can she BE more beautiful!!! >w<
You foul
of course she can ( ˘ω˘)
Matsui Rena interview from MELANTRICK photo book, Mirror (out 22/12/2015) Q - Are you one to be constantly minding the way others look at you? Rena - My ON and OFF modes are clear-cut distinct. I'm the exact opposite when I stand on stage or when I'm in front of the camera, but normally I'm the kind of person who would want to live cloistered in a corner of the world. (laughs) Crowds make me restless... So I internalize a lot, I keep it all inside and release everything in my work. I think that ON and OFF tempo matches my personality perfectly. Q - Where do you usually go shopping? Rena - I like to see how clothes, but also shoes and bags that caught my eyes, look on me before purchasing them so rather than buying them online I prefer going to shop in town. Since I'm always trying my clothes and accessories on and that I like going from one shop to another I'm mostly shopping by myself. I have two distinct ways to pick my clothes, one being to buy what I know will last and the other is impulse buying when I come across something I can't resist. Those two categories are clearly divided in my closet too and I like to choose myself how to coordinate them in the best way possible. Q - Do you have any sort of influence apart from the obvious search for elegance? Rena - I love the manga 「Honey and Clover」and since I first read it I always admired Yamada Ayumi-chan. She is friend with the protagonist and her fashion trademark are her knee length skirts. Nowadays I have a large number of such knee length skirt in my closet, probably because I still associate them with "Ayu-chan". Q - What else inspires your fashion? Rena - The character Anne Hathaway, an actress I really love, plays in 「My Intern」. I was deeply impressed by her introduction scene in the movie! She appears on screen with a white knitted sweater, black miniskirt and heels, a very basic coordinate that you'd encounter hundreds of times if you were walking in Shibuya and yet the way she is wearing it is remarkably chic. This smart clothing with a preserved touch of cuteness blew me away. Q - Have your fashion habits change over time? Rena - To put it simply, I used to want to look cute while now I'd rather be seen as pretty. I fancy simple and practical, or tasteful material, over the more common girly clothes. Like Anne Hathaway I want to dress in a way that reflects who I am.
Matsui Rena on her successive roles landings 「I want do my best to survive in the industry 」
Tomorrow Matsui Rena, who graduated last August from the idol group SKE48 to focus entirely on her acting career, will appear for the first time in 「Fragile」in the role of Hibako Naomi. She also currently play in 「Nietzsche Sensei」and will star in「Hatsukoi Geinin」starting March. Her debut as an actress look promising but what does Matsui herself think of it?
Rena - It may sound a bit dramatic, but what is always in the back of my mind is that I want to survive. I want to do my best to survive and lay the foundations for 2017. This summer nothing was decided yet, so I graduated without clear plans ahead but then I received those work offers one by one. I'm grateful for the opportunities I'm given even if part of me also wonders "Why me?", but all those feelings set aside, what's fundamental for me right now is that I'm facing off what I always aspired to do. I want to use the chance I have to be present in a lot of titles, of sharing the screen with many other actors, to make it to the next stage. That's precisely because I'm currently blessed with that many opportunities and want to be up to them that I have to work hard. What changed after her graduation? Rena - My environment has changed drastically. When I was in the group I knew everyone around me. When one of us failed we were all supporting the weight of that mistake, we were forming a whole. Nowadays when I go somewhere I am on my own. I don't have anyone covering for me anymore, I have to do things properly by myself, just like all the other people who answer for their errors at work everyday.
To prepare for her role as Hobako Naomi, Matsui got rid of 15cm of her hair length to adopt a bob cut
Rena - I cut my hair in December after the first fitting session for my role as Naomi where the director told me I would have to cut my hair. I didn't have any reluctance to do it. On the contrary I thought it would be the occasion to build a new "me". I’ve been told it suits me I that I’m giving a totally different impression with that hairstyle, which is great.
In the 3rd episode of 「Fragile」airing on the 27th, Naomi is introduced in the story. Confident in the efficacy of a new anti-cancer drug, the 「JS1」, the ambitious young lady will use of her charms to try to obtain the license to put the drug on the market.
Rena - Rather than labelling her as a "little devil" which gives off the impression she is a girl with loose morals, I prefer to see her as someone who is ready to use all the cards in her hands for the sake of her work. She is driven by her ambition to help as many suffering patients and bereaved families as she can, may it require her to seduce someone or anything else. I hope my acting will reflect her determination.
On being on set with actors of her generation such as Takei Emi and Nomura Shuei
Rena - When I listen to their stories during breaks I realize how active they are outside work and I learn a lot. It's a stimulating environment. I took the measure of how much of an indoor person, how withdrawn I tend to be. Thanks to those encounters, now I want to try to make my daily life more cheerful. I haven't met with Nagase-san yet (tln: protagonist of the show, Kishi Keiichirou) but I can't wait to play by his side. On the other hand I have a lot of scenes with Nomura-san and some where I had to approach his face really closely which made me rather nervous. We were both uncomfortable. Being the first time I was in this situation I didn't know where to look. (laughs)
Sources : Biglobe, Modelpress, Oricon, TVfan, Crank-in --- Fragile airs on Fuji TV every Wednesday 22:00～22:54
Matsui Rena is playing Ichikawa Sayuri in the romantic comedy 「Hatsukoi Geinin」 , based on the novel of the same name (first published in 2009) written by Nakazawa Takeshi. Story Sato Kenji (played by Emoto Tokio) is an aspiring standup comedian who knows little success and lives a modest life. Having failed to find an agency, his performances won’t attract more than an handful of spectators. Having zero skills when it comes to human relations he never had a girlfriend. But a miracle will one day occur in his overall miserable life : his encounter with a mysterious girl (Matsui Rena). She will find him funny, they will go to watch a movie, eat together, shopping... Thus starts a journey he didn’t dare to dream of, toward「Love」! Rena’s comment I’m really happy to play in a regular drama on NHK for the first time. My character is a young woman in her 20ies just like me. The scenario is really funny and the shooting is progressing smoothly in a pleasant atmosphere. I really enjoy playing alongside Emoto-san and Kosakai-san’s stories make me laugh every time we are on set. Please, look forward to 「Hatsukoi Geinin」 「Hatsukoi Geinin」 will air from March 1st to April 19th on NHK BS Premium, every Tuesday from 11:15pm to 11:44pm. (8 episodes in total) Nemoto Nonji who previously worked with Rena for Magical Radio is in charge of the script. Source : Oricon, NHK Trivia : the author of the original material, Nakazawa Takeshi, is a Rena fan. 3 years ago he went to meet her at an handshake event, just once, and when they met again a few months ago when she was casted for the role, she recognized him. That’s some exceptional memory right there!
Sanpo reveals today that Rena will be playing the role of Hibako Naomi is the Fuji TV drama 「Fragile」 starting next week! The story of 「Fragile」, the adaptation of the manga of the same name centers around Keiichirou Kishi, a pathologist who advises doctors on their diagnoses and whose judgement is greatly trusted. Often, doctors remark that he is an eccentric person, but is good at what he does.(Source : ANN) Naomi is a medical representative (MR) who offers guidance and advices regarding her company’s drugs to healthcare professionals. Behind her pretty and innocent look hides an ambitious young lady who won’t hesitate to charm a brilliant surgeon (played by Nomura Shuei) to get close to doctor Kishi to get the approval of a new drug for her company. Rena cut her hair for this role. The director said she was the perfect actress to portray Naomi who is a bit of a “little devil”, not exactly a good person but not exactly a villain either in the story. Fragile airs every Wednesday 22:00~22:54 on Fuji TV. --- Keiji Ballerino, Nietzsche Sensei, Nagoyayuki Saishuu Ressha #4 and now Fragile. Way to go R, way to go! (ง°`▼°)ง
→For all the details regarding the album fans project, Nana’s Chronicles, click here!←
Nana Mizuki International Fans video project aka Super☆Blossom
rjokami will be running the video project and putting everyone’s lovely performances together. o/ So what is this video project you ask? Since these are special times for Nana (15 year anniversary from her debut and conquering Tokyo Dome again), we could do something a bit more special as celebration. A tribute of sorts. Remember Nana’s PV for Angel Blossom? Well, we won’t be doing exactly that, but we’ll do something a bit similar. Ever seen people’s Happy videos, like for example this one?
Or videos where people connect different places by creating the illusion of passing an object to each other, like in this one?
What we’d be doing, is essentially a combination of those two to the song, Angel Blossom. We’ll do it in the spirit of a Happy video, while passing on a Nana single/album “from one country to another”.
Requirements
All you need is a device to capture video (no vertical video please), one Nana single/album and a means to listen to Angel Blossom so you can lip sync your part. Once you have decided to take part in this glorious project, then follow these steps:
1. Let me know you want to take part, what country* you are from and if you will do it in a group** in the comments / by email to [email protected]
2. Wait till I reply to you with the line/part of the song that’ll be allocated to you/your country and on which side of the screen you should pass on the single/album.
* IF there are many people individually participating from the same country, I cannot guarantee there’ll be much space if any for you to shine in the video (depends on how many countries are participating). In such a case, you can increase your chance of being in and having more time by doing it in a group**.
** IF you are from a country with many participating fans, it is better if you can get together and do this as a group. Then I will allocate a part from the chorus to you and you can make Nana proud by producing a part of this beautiful dance. If you don’t feel you want to do that dance, you can do any kind of thing with your group and you’ll get a prime spot in the rhythmic part of the chorus (e.g. you can plan a timed jump together with your group).
I took my video/We took our video, now what?
Send it to me/send me a link to your video in google drive, dropbox, etc. It would be great if your video was in 1920x1080 and an .mp4. If not, I can still do my thing with it (but if your vid is in something else than 1920x1080, I’ll need to do some tricks to compensate and it might not look as good as it could anymore).
I’ll edit everyone’s part together, slap Angel Blossom on it and somehow share the final product with everyone. TBA on how it’ll be shared.
Miscellaneous
- Should I do my video in front of a landmark? Sure! But you don’t have to. Taking the video outside in daylight (or inside somewhere well lit that has something typical for your country) is greatly preferred to taking it at e.g. home.
- Can I use my penlights? Sure! Just be sure that one person at least has a hand available to pass on the single/album from on screen to off screen.
- I have a great suggestion that could make this even better! Awesome, shoot me an email at [email protected] and we can talk about it.
- Why can’t we/I decide what part of the song we’ll/I’ll do? I need to match up the passing of the album/single from people from one country to the other, so that it’ll be happening from the correct side of the screen and not break continuity. Also, since we are limited to the length of the song, I’ll have to make sure everyone gets a fair part. Feel free to send me a line request though and I’ll see what I can do.
- Can we combine this and the album project? If you want to do your part of the video in the Nana themed cosplay/clothing, by all means do!!!
- Can I trust you to pull this off? Maybe? :p I do edits and other cinematic stuff as a living and back in the day when I was younger I used to make AMVs that people have really liked and did well in competitions. So maybe that all counts for something~ Took part in the aforementioned 2011 fan project too.
- Can we get credit for this? If you tell me your name/nickname with your submit, I will add credits at the end of the video and include everyone.
Contact
All videos and messages, as well as further inquiries can be sent at : [email protected]
Deadline
March 15th
posted by rjokami
To all the Mizuki Nana fans around the world, シャッス❢ As most of you may have already heard, Nana is holding her second live in Tokyo Dome this coming spring, on April 9&10. (for those who missed the announcement, happy belated Xmas!) 4 and a half years after Live Castle, Nana is finally back in the most legendary venue in Japan and in my humble opinion, it’s worth celebrating! I’ve known and follow Nana since Nanoha A’s and after discussing with another long time fan what we could do to congratulate her and show Nana our support for her successful return to Tokyo Dome, 2 ideas have emerged from our frantic(?) brainstorming : - one is a video project (which may require you to display your most deeply buried dancing skills (ΦωΦ)ﾌﾌ) , run by rjokami - the other is a more traditional album project, run by yours truly, Nina. →click here for all the details for the video project← We intend on running both projects side by side, meaning you can take the picture for the album with the group you are dancing with, on the spot. Also meaning you can dance for the video in the outfit you arranged for the picture (c-c-combo!). Of course, if for various reasons you can only participate to one of the projects, that’s fine!
Nana Mizuki International fans album project aka Nana’s Chronicles
What the idea of this album? Nana celebrated the 15th anniversary of her career last December and I was thinking of using this album to pay tribute to her career as well as congratulating her for Tokyo Dome II. The idea is for those joining this project to take a picture based on a specific Nana song, character, anime scene she played in… anything that marked her career (preferably something important to you too, the more emotions involved in this project, the better~). Anything will do, as long as it is recognizable at first glance. I’ll then arrange all the submissions to create “Nana’s Chronicles”. Requirements You can cosplay, bring your favorite Fate figure to a nice location for a picture, reproduce a Nana CD or album jacket, reenact a specific scene from a MV, or one of the OP or ED performed by Nana etc. Using Photoshop, add text, modifying the background of your picture, all of that is A-ok. Possibilities are endless as long as what you decided to reenact or the character you picked are easily identifiable. Also, you can join a message for Nana. It can be very short “Congratulations for Tokyo Dome II”, up to a page long. I’ll put your message next to your picture, with your name or nickname and your country/city. Messages should be in English or Japanese only. Examples? You’re standing in the grass, looking down at the ground, the sea behind you *boom*! Hybrid Universe jacket! You only have a cowboy hat and a bubble gun at home? No problem, you have your Power Gate jacket! You like wearing tight blue suits, thin glasses, heels (and have a Porsche?!) : you’d do a perfect Misaki from DtB ♥ You have an orange dog (a cat works too imho) : if you can put a coat on it and have it stand next to books, it will make a perfect Rico from Dog Days! If you’re looking for inspiration, here you’ll find (pretty much) all the jackets of the singles and albums Nana released and here all the anime characters she voiced. I took my picture, now what? Send it to me, along with your message, what your picture is based on (mostly to make it easier for me to sort the submissions I’ll receive), your name or nickname, your country and location where the picture was taken, at : [email protected] I’ll collect all the pictures and arrange them in chronological order : from Nana’s earliest releases/characters to the most recent ones. This album should be a voyage through Nana’s career as presented by her international fans, a journey up to her successful return to Tokyo Dome! *\(°w°)/* Miscellaneous - Group pictures are totally fine. Easier for me to classify if everyone pick a common theme but even if that’s not the case, I’ll manage something!
- Should I pose in front of a landmark? Not necessarily. If you’ve one nearby, something typical of your country or town then sure by all means try to use it. But it’s not mandatory either.
- Can I be holding a signboard? Sure! Let the craftsman in you have a blast /o/
- Can I trust you to conduct this project ( =x=)? The last projects I run were completed without trouble. I also took part to the previous Nana international fans project back in 2011. That’s as much guarantee as I can give you. - Spread the word, don’t hesitate to translate this post in as many languages as you wish! Pictures of all countries are welcome of course! The more the merrier♪ For information, here is the map of the participants to Live Castle project back in 2011 :
Contacts All pictures and messages, as well as further inquiries can be sent at : [email protected]
Deadline
March 15th
皆さん、かかってこい！(ง°`▼°)۶ posted by Nina
VOTE FOR SKE48 MAE NO MERI FOR THE BILLBOARD JAPAN MUSIC AWARD
You can vote for Mae No Meri for song of the year~! SKE is currently at second but you have until DEC 31st JST to vote.
The Japanese fans are doing their best to make Mae No Meri the song of the year let’s join them!
Go to the website : and below TWEET look for the song you want to vote for. Click on the black bar that says ツイート投票ボタン A tweet will be send and that’s all! This is what the the tweet will look like you can copy and paste it if you want too:
今年の一曲を投票しました！ SKE48 「前のめり」 http://www.billboard-japan.com/awards2015/ #BJMA2015 @Billboard_JAPAN
I believe you can vote as many times as you can. Just don’t forget to write SKE48 「前のめり」and use the Billboard hashtag #BJMA2015 Let’s give this gift to SKE48~
↑↑（ ・∀・）Let’s do this!
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