#tetsuya iwanaga

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[maou-the-tree]

IWANAGA?!

KUROTO?!

HUH

@kamenriderbake

[t-u-i-t-c]

✨Special WEB CM [Part 1] Revealed✨

[asknarashikari]

(Sighs heavily)

I love how Hiroki just looks so deadpan... Like he's seen this so many times before and he's tired of it but knows he can't do shit about it

[rookie-critic]

Evangleion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021, dir. Hideaki Anno) - review by Rookie-Critic

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, wow what a title, was a very fitting end to a franchise that has had people scratching their heads for decades. This film manages to somehow wrap up a lot of character conflicts and plot pieces that the original chose to ignore, while at the same time choosing not to answer many other questions this new Evangelion series of films (dubbed the Rebuild films) raised itself throughout its 4-movie run. Keeping in the true spirit of Eva, there are things that are confusing as hell. Terms that have never been used or mentioned before are dropped like a sack of bricks without explanation, treated as a completely normal thing to say, and then absolutely never brought up again. It is the one thing about this franchise that I have always found maddening. However, Hideaki Anno, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, has matured a lot since he wrapped up his original series back in 1997 with the very pessimistic, nihilistic End of Evangelion film. That isn't meant as a slight to End of Eva, I hold that film very near and dear to my heart and consider it a very good film in its own right, but it is what it is, and mostly it's a wild, confusing mess that ends on a note of "flawed people will try with good intentions, and they will fail, and they will learn very little from it."

Here, Anno opts for a much more optimistic path, one that chooses to dive as deep as possible into its characters' respective shortcomings, examine them, and have those characters face them head-on. Even the most irredeemable, piece of trash characters from the original series (if you've seen any Eva anything you all know exactly who I'm referring to) gets their chance in the emotionally analytical spotlight, and it's that exact analysis that sets the Rebuild films apart from their predecessor in the best way possible. As cliche as it is, the very root of this film is that old adage "hurt people hurt people," and they especially hurt those that are closest to them. However, instead of just stopping dead at the end of that statement, Anno then tacks on "but we can all better ourselves, and it's never too late to fix those frayed or broken ties, even if they're with yourself." It's almost as if the franchise has recognized its own shortcomings and meta-narratively acknowledged them; attempting (and succeeding, might I add) to better itself. Maybe the unanswered questions are an acknowledgement that it is still imperfect, as we all are, and that nothing and no one is ever truly done growing, done learning, done adapting. The Evangelion franchise, in its own weird, convoluted, and beautiful way, has managed to reflect humanity in a way I haven't quite ever seen before, and it's certainly awe-inspriring.

Score: 9/10

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

P.S. and a HUGE DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a stand alone film, and cannot be watched without its 3 counterparts. Even if you have seen them, if you haven't watched them in the past few months, you're going to want to rewatch the other 3 before you even think about attempting this one. All 4 Rebuild films are streaming on Prime Video.

In all reality, you should probably still watch the series as well prior to the Rebuild films, although that's not really required. The series, as well as the original two films that go with it (Death & Rebirth and End of Evangelion) are all 3 streaming on Netflix.

[himitsusentaiblog]

Tetsuya Iwanaga (Dan Kuroto) from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid checks out the display at Kamen Rider the Diner celebrating their Genm event while being socially responsible and wearing a mask in public.  

[schemingyourmind]

for last 1 years, I kinda Fangirling toward....

Iwanaga Tetsuya.

I mean, he’s actually the real high spec ikemen. I know him because he’s played the role as Mamiya Haruichi at Doubt: usotsuki otoko wa dare. I don’t know anything WHO is he at first, but most of tokusatsu fan kinda giving a hilarious reaction when he plays as Mamiya, even one of my twitter friend who kinda following tokusatsu series said this: “he’s kinda type of ikemen for our age (compared to johnnys idol tho). I bet you will like him immediately”

and what she said is.... true 🤣

Since then I’m looking his variety show (and most of them are quiz variety show). he’s kinda famous because of his “wild” acting as (Shin?) Kuroto Dan from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. any kind of variety show are USING bgm from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid as his “official” soundtrack. LMAO I CANT EVEN...  🤣 He also cherishing his role as Kuroto Dan (he played some romantic movies yet most most of people knw him as Kuroto Dan), even his Twitter’s photo profile is a figurine of himself as Kuroto lol. 

now, how weird is he as Kuroto Dan?

welp

uh... okay

and I also understand why he was choosen as Mamiya Haruichi 

he also played as a director from a company on kamen rider ex aid. (mamiya is an IT director for his own company. what a coincidence, huh?)

(told ya, his makeup for Mamiya is.... QUITE BAD:( idk on the film since I haven’t seen the film itself but to using this photo as his promotional pic is kinda... errrgh)

I remember on one article(Video?) that covered about Doubt’s release,  Hotta Akane (Sakurai Kana’s actress; Doubt’s MC for live action)  said that Iwanaga’s gap when acting and not acting is VERY DIFFERENT. He can act like the crazy one as Kuroto Dan (Mamiya also kinda have a similar vibes tho), while his appearance is kinda..... PRINCELY. lol. 

I’ve read once about his way of life. He said on an interview that he still want to explore himself. That’s why he didn’t hesitate to act as weird as Kuroto Dan at his finest. what a totality! He will always explore new thing. 

Now, how smart he is?

according to his official profile from his agency, let me list ok?

- IQ above 148 (also Mensa’s member since 2013)

-was a model for Japanese magazine while doing his master degree on pharmacy (idk if he still doing it or not but currently he appears on Japanese TV as a talent)

- have a license as pharmacist

-TOEIC score above 830, TOEFL score above 60 (*CBT based test; this is maybe kinda standard for en speaker but for Japanese, his English ability is very high.... as we know, Japanese’s English ability is kinda... welp...); because of it, he had a chance to interviewing American actors (forgot the film) and went to Egypt without any interpreter crew(He still need Arabic translator tho) 

-had a triple A score from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut test (!!!)

-Color therapist trainer

-Aromatherapist

-Kanji, math, JP-EN interpreter? too much lol i can’t. help. 

-really loves quiz even sometimes he made some quiz questions on his twitter lol

Iwanaga is also a regular for プレバト！(Purebato; PRESSURE BATTLE; Japanese variety show）as a special student for Haiku (Japanese short poem) and also for color pencil illustration. his skill for drawing actually is FREAKIN’ GOOD.His choice of color when drawing actually is good but for he still need some improvement on water color if he really want to became a special student for water color segment (because most of the special studend from talent/artist on Purebato have a very high skill) He is also quite good quiz player and sometimes appear as a regular on several quiz variety show (but idk why only appeared on Toudaiou once; maybe those kind of quiz game play isn’t really befitting him or maybe to make sure his ‘smart talent’ title is still relevant, idk.). 

He is also kinda give me a fuel to not giving up on learning something new. haaaaaaa. I want to be as smart as him lol. /nah impossible

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It gets bigger every few months.

Featuring me and my gf @starshiinee.

Latest additions

DX Mighty Doctor XX

DX Genm RideWatch

DX Gashacon Sparrow was moved from the shelf to the shrine, now with the DX Girigiri Chanbara Gashat in it (removed the batteries)

Changes

Rearranged the Figuarts boxes to show more and look less cluttered

Moved the Dual-sized Gashats higher and farther back because they keep falling and hitting my face while I sleep

Moved Kuroto to the bottom and more centered because he keeps falling and hitting my face while I sleep

Added the DX Gashacon Bugvisor. Will add the Bugvisor Driver once I get my Daizas.