OLDCODEX Tour 2017 they go Where? -  Event Booklet

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*     ◟    :    〔   kentaro sakaguchi ,      cis man    +   he/him    〕  kenji nakamura,      some say you’re a  thirty year old  lost soul among the neon lights.      known for being both  charismatic  and  hedonistic,  one can’t help but think of  nausea  by   jeff rosenstock  when you walk by.    are you still a    soldier  at    dead hand,     even with your reputation as the opportunist?     i think we’ll be seeing more of you and    a lazy upward gaze, a slap upside the head, the lonely creature of contradiction; hung on the family tree, dangling as you question why the saying goes 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree', where else would it fall? you are the fallen fruit, premature and always in some kind of need,    although we can’t help but think of dennis reynolds (it's always sunny in philadelphia), richie (the bear) and hasegawa taizo (gintama)    whenever we see you down these rainy streets.      (      luca  ,      25  ,      she/they  ,   mdt  .     )

— NAVIGATION.

Tokyo Shoegazer - Moonworld Playground

(Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Post-Rock)

Some of the most lush and deafening shoegaze in recent years, Tokyo Shoegazer’s second album melds slow post-rock builds and a noise rock sense of weightiness with soft dream pop guitars and Rie Funakoshi’s sweetly sung vocals. Contrast is Moonworld Playground’s defining feature, but feeling the band’s full energy rush past you is nothing short of exhilarating.

☆☆☆☆½

Moonworld Playground was destroyed and recreated during the intense pandemic lockdowns in Japan, but it’s through the album's revitalization that Tokyo Shoegazer makes such an impact. An exciting name in the Japanese underground since their darling 2011 release Crystallize, the band’s mix of shoegaze fundamentals with the acidic edge of noise rock and post-rock’s gradual builds emphasized not only how varied their sound could be, but just how big they could be, too - few other shoegaze albums throughout the 2010s dared to be so ferocious and barbed in their use of distortion petals and endless reverb. In turn, Moonworld Playground keeps that biting edge at the core of its sound while extending their palette with moments of genuine elegance and softness, both their heaviest and loveliest set of songs yet that establish them as an essential name in this decade’s shoegaze scene. They know how to balance roaring tides with the sunshine that illuminates them, and that attention to detail brings Moonworld Playground’s every moment to success. Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo of rock experimentalists Ground Zero fame and mastered by Dave Cooley, work whose credits range from Madvillainy’s swirling jazz rap to the hypnotic shoegaze of DIIV, Moonworld Playground hits that sweet spot between overbearing loudness and an intense yet approachable widescreen feel. Felicette and Silence kick things off pretty slow with the former’s six minutes of noisy ambiance and the latter’s minuscule opening half before erupting with ghastly guitars and Rie Funakoshi’s soaring vocals, but from there the album heads straight into fast-paced indie rock rowdiness: The Dreamer prickly guitar leads contrast against a dark bassline and blanketing distortion; Moondive assaults the senses with rumbling guitars and noisy percussion; album highlight Paradise reaches a stunning level of tropical lushness with its warm backing guitars and glowing melody. Loudness is an inherent feature of Moonworld Playground, but Tokyo Shoegazer along with Kondo and Cooley’s excellent handling of that loudness ensures Moonworld Playground is a thickly layered and richly detailed listen. When the baggy-influenced drumming sneaks its way into Constellations or Lucid leans into the ambient stylings of the opener with chiming bells and tender singing from Funakoshi, it’s not only a way for them to bring variation to Moonworld Playground but to give the album a sense of scope most shoegaze albums tend to ignore, Tokyo Shoegazer offering a handful of fantastic sounds rather than only a single one. The pandemic’s effects on the band also reveal themselves in how hearty and energetic an album Moonworld Playground is, Tokyo Shoegazer able to play with one another again and harnessing the power that in itself holds. Paradise and Constellations alone send the band on their liveliest expeditions yet, roaring guitars slammed against Hiroshi Sasbuchi’s drumming with a sense of urgency only ever brought on by the excitement of getting to make music with others again. Tokyo Shoegazer’s music relies on its power to bring the band’s ideas to life, but there’s a rejuvenation to their chemistry as a group you can tangibly hear in The Dreamer’s sunny guitar loops or the slow sunset of Tokyo Neon Lights accentuated with a buzzy bassline from Taizo Nakamura, the band sitting around the same table but putting incredible detail and lavishly treating each of Moonworld Playground’s nine songs - it’s shockingly stately for an album with this much noise holding it all together. There are few moments of softness within Moonworld Playground, but it’s seeing those vulnerable corners of the band fully exposed that allow Tokyo Shoegazer to build their wildest worlds from. All in all, Moonworld Playground is just a really good shoegaze album. The songs are huge, each song unique, and the inventiveness in its use of different indie rock styles along the way make Tokyo Shoegazer’s reintroduction to the world a near spotless one, reviving the energy that made their debut more than a decade ago so compelling while building upon it with new ideas and the spark of energy many artists felt when the opportunity to perform with others again opened itself up. The true power of Moonworld Playground, though, is simply the fact that it hits hard and never ceases to inspire with its creative and exuberant take on the bittersweet shoegaze sound they brought to life more than a decade ago.

This review is part of the ALL I MISSED: 2022, where I review all the albums I didn't get to from last year.

HAPPY 10th OLDCODEX ANNIVERSARY !!! Thank you for all of the great music you make !

10 YEARS OF OLDCODEX

happy 10 years of oldcodex! thank you for the 10 years of inspiring music ♡

HIRO 2nd solo live “under the midnight sun” at Shibuya QUATTRO 2018/08/26

Oldcodex is going to Shanghai! From left to right: Ryo(Dr.), Ta_2(Vo), YORKE(Pt), SCHON(Gt), Taizo(Ba)

I’m really happy to be making this announcement. On the 17th of December 『Bessatsu Gekkan Arisawa Shoutarou』will be released!! I think that in it, you’ll get to see a side of me that I’ve never shown before. I’m pretty enthusiastic about it!!

There will be a handshake event on the day of the release, So I'll be really happy if you come!

(Translated from Arisawa Shoutarou’s twitter: X)

『Bessatsu Gekkan Arisawa Shoutarou』 , Arisawa Shoutarou’s first photobook(!!!) will be sold in HMV & BOOKS TOKYO (Shibuya, Tokyo) from 17th Dec 2017 (Sunday) to 8th Jan 2018 (Monday). There will be a handshake event with Shoutarou at HMV & BOOKS TOKYO on the day of the photobook’s release!!

More details about the photobook under the Read More!!

Release date: Sunday, 17th December 2017 Price: 1500 Yen Format: B5 size, 28 pages

This photobook is part of the『Bessatsu Gekkan』series, a collaboration goods project by the photographer Kobayashi Hirokazu. It is the third photobook in this series, with the earlier two featuring Zaiki Takuma and Shiina Taizo. Kobayashi-san has also worked with Sato Ryuji, Ueda Keisuke, Nakamura Yuichi, Someya Toshiyuki, Ozawa Ren, Motohiro Ota, and Tamaki Yuki for an earlier series of photobooks. 

Taken directly from this article, “What Arisawa is wearing looks like a biker jacket, but the facial expression he’s making appears to be rather feminine. This cover seems to represent the type of artist book that this photobook will be, and what its contents will be like.”

At the moment, I’m still trying to figure out all the details of the handshake event. I’ll update more later, once I’ve properly figured it out!! ^v^ SHOUTAROU’S FIRST PHOTOBOOK!!!!!!! aaAAAHHH he looks AMAZING IM SO HAPPY FOR HIM!!!!!

極上文學 / Gokujou Bungaku

1) 極上文學 第1弾『桜の森の満開の下』 〔原作〕阪口安吾 "Sakura no mori no mankai no shita" ("In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom") by Sakaguchi Ango 2011.11 Cast: 唐橋充, 鈴木拡樹 Cast: Karahashi Mitsuru, Suzuki Hiroki

2) 極上文學 第2弾『銀河鉄道の夜』 〔原作〕宮沢賢治 "Ginga tetsudou no yoru" ("Night on the Galactic Railroad"), a classic novel by Miyazawa Kenji 2012.8 Cast: 大河元気、松田凌、廣瀬智紀、八神蓮、唐橋充、藤原祐規、塩川渉 Cast: Ookawa Genki, Matsuda Ryou, Hirose Tomoki, Yagami Ren, Karahashi Mitsuru, Fujiwara Yuuki, Shiokawa Wataru

3) 極上文學 第3弾『夢十夜』 〔原作〕夏目漱石 "Yume juuya" ("Ten Nights of Dreams"), a series of short stories by Natsume Souseki 2013.1 Cast: Kimeru、小野賢章、小野健斗、大河元気、廣瀬大介、中村龍介、根本正勝 Cast: Kimeru, Ono Kenshou, Ono Kento, Ookawa Genki, Hirose Daisuke, Nakamura Ryuusuke, Nemoto Masakazu

3.5) 極上文學上映会『極上幻映』 "Gokujo GENEI", a set of the first 3 plays 2013.6-7

4) 極上文學 第4弾『藪の中』 〔原作〕芥川龍之介 "Yabu no naka" ("In a Grove"), a short story by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke 2013.6 Cast: 小野賢章、津田健次郎、鮎川太陽、松本寛也、蒼井翔太、玉城裕規、藤原祐規、林修司 Cast: Ono Kenshou, Tsuda Kenjirou, Ayukawa Taiyou, Matsumoto Hiroya, Aoi Shouta, Tamaki Yuuki, Fujiwara Yuuki, Hayashi Shuuji

5) 極上文學 第5弾『Kの昇天～或はKの溺死～』 〔原作〕梶井基次郎 "K no shoten, arui wa K no dekishi" ("The Ascension of K, or His Death by Drowning"), a story by Kajii Motojirou 2013.11-12 Cast: 蒼井翔太、植田圭輔、及川健、佐藤貴史、末原拓馬、鈴木拡樹、中村龍介、平野 良、涼平 Cast: Aoi Shouta, Ueda Keisuke, Oikawa Ken, Satou Takashi, Suehara Takuma, Suzuki Hiroki, Nakamura Ryuusuke, Hirano Ryou, Chiba Ryouhei

6) 極上文學 第6弾『ドグラ・マグラ』 〔原作〕夢野久作 "Dogra Magra" by Yumeno Kyuusaku 2014.6-7 Cast: 玉城裕規、廣瀬大介、小野賢章、植田圭輔、桑野晃輔、松本寛也、Kimeru、酒井敏也、ブラザートム Cast: Tamaki Yuuki, Hirose Daisuke, Ono Kenshou, Ueda Keisuke, Kuwano Kousuke, Matsumoto Hiroya, Kimeru, Sakai Toshiya, Brother Tom

7) 極上文學 第7弾『走れメロス』 〔原作〕太宰治 "Hashire Merosu" ("Run, Melos!"), a short story by Osamu Dazai 2014.12 Cast: 大河元気、宮﨑秋人、萩野 崇、村田 充、西村ミツアキ、佐藤永典、椎名鯛造、鈴木裕斗、天羽尚吾／川下大洋、名高達男 Cast: Ookawa Genki, Miyazaki Shuuto, Hagino Takashi, Murata Mitsu, Nishimura Mitsuaki, Satou Hisanori, Shiina Taizo, Suzuki Yuuto, Amou Shougo/Kawashita Taiyou, Nadaka Tatsuo

8) 極上文學 第8弾『草迷宮』 〔原作〕泉鏡花 "Kusa meikyuu" ("Grass Labyrinth"), a novella by Izumi Kyouka 2015.3-4 Cast: 桑野晃輔, 荒牧慶彦, 三上 俊, 萩野 崇, 中村龍介, 石渡真修, 祁答院雄貴, 松田洋治, 斎藤洋介 Cast: Kuwano Kousuke, Aramaki Yoshihiko, Mikami Shun, Hagino Takashi, Nakamura Ryuusuke, Ishiwatari Mashuu, Kedouin Yuuki, Matsuda Youji, Saitou Yousuke

9) 極上文學 第9弾『高瀬舟･山椒大夫』 〔原作〕森鷗外 "Takasebune; Sanshou Dayuu" ("The Boat on the Takase River" and "Sansho the Bailiff") by Mori Ougai 2015.10 Cast: 天宮 良、伊勢大貴、椎名鯛造、服部 翼、藤原祐規、松田洋治、松本祐一、水石亜飛夢、村田 充 Cast: Amamiya Ryou, Ise Daiki, Shiina Taizo, Hattori Tsubasa, Fujiwara Yuuki, Matsuda Youji, Matsumoto Yuuichi, Mizuishi Atomu, Murata Mitsu

10) 極上文學 第10弾『春琴抄』 〔原作〕谷崎潤一郎 "Shunkin-shou" ("A Portrait of Shunkin") by Tanizaki Jun'ichirou 2016.6 Cast: 足立英昭、伊崎龍次郎、大高洋夫、川下大洋、鈴木裕斗、富田 翔、藤原祐規、桝井賢斗、松本祐一、和田琢磨 Cast: Adachi Hideaki, Izaki Ryuujirou, Ootaka Hiroo, Kawashita Taiyou, Suzuki Yuuto, Tomita Shou, Fujiwara Yuuki, Masui Kento, Matsumoto Yuuichi, Wada Takuma

11) 極上文學 第11弾『人間椅子／魔術師』 〔原作〕江戸川乱歩 "Ningen-isu; Majutsu-shi" ("The Human Chair" and "The Conjurer") by Edogawa Ranpo 2016.11-12 Cast: 足立英昭、石井マーク、伊勢大貴、小西成弥、長江崚行、松田洋治、松本寛也、水澤賢人、村田充、ROLLY Cast: Adachi Hideaki, Ishii Mark, Ise Daiki, Konishi Seiya, Nagae Ryouki, Matsuda Youji, Matsumoto Hiroya, Mizusawa Kento, Murata Mitsu, ROLLY

12) 極上文學 第12弾『風の又三郎・よだかの星』 〔原作〕宮沢賢治 "Kaze no Matasaburou; Yodaka no hoshi" ("Matasaburo of the Wind" and "The Nighthawk Star") by Miyazawa Kenji 2018.3 Cast: 市瀬秀和、白柏寿大、鈴木裕斗、納谷健、深澤大河、藤原祐規、松本祐一、三浦海里 Cast: Ichinose Hidekazu, Shirakashi Judai, Suzuki Yuuto, Naya Takeru, Fukazawa Taiga, Fujiwara Yuuki, Matsumoto Yuuichi, Miura Kairi

Official site, PVs, DVDs

Actors Navi Streaming/DL masterpost

Info about DVD Preorders here || Official site || Twitter

If you have any of the missing episodes, PM me. If there is no link beside it, it means I have it so you should PM me for the link!

Links below cut.

May 17 - Double episode with two pairs: Kitamura Ryo and Hashimoto Shohei (1st half) Sugie Taishi and Someya Toshiyuki (2nd half)

May 24 - Double episode with two pairs: Sugie Taishi and Someya Toshiyuki (1st half) Kitamura Ryo and Hashimoto Shohei (2nd half)

May 31 - Fujiwara Yuki and Shiina Taizo : I DON’T HAVE THIS VIDEO

June 7 - Fujita Tom and Kominami Koji

June 14 - Tomotsune Yuuki and Yashima Ryo : Mega Download

June 21 - Yuho Matsui and Motoki Seiya

June 28 - Ozawa Ryota and Hattori Muo

July 5 - Torigoe Yuki and Kaiki Ohara : Bilibili Streaming

July 12 - Nakamura Ryusuke and Kanegae Kou

July 19 - Ozawa Ren and Kiyama Ryuu

July 26 - Sakiyama Tsubasa x Kento 

Aug 2 - Teruma x Akazawa Ryotaro

Aug 9 - Izawa Yuuki x Asato Yuuya

Aug 16 - Nakashima Takuto x Iiyama Yuuta

Not yet aired - (will translate later)

Pre- Messiah Movie Screening Tweets

Nakamura Ryusuke

Today is 【Messiah Gaiden】 first release day Taizo Shiina a.k.a Shiina-kun It's his birthday 🐣 31 years old? That must be a lie 🐣 Because before this during a celebration, he got drunk and disappeared, making everyone look for his whereabouts, and turns out he was sleeping under sunken kotatsu 🐣 He's unmistakably 3 years old 🐣

With that feeling Shiina-kun Happy birthday (lol)

Yamaoki Yuuki

At last The release day of Messiah Gaiden Everyone! Please look forward to Yugi Kotarou.

Also

Messiah Gaiden -Kyokuya Polar Night- Please look forward to it!

Nagae Ryoki to Yamaoki Yuuki

So it seems. It seems that I'll be making appearance, so it's worth seeing. Or rather, it's a must-see because of my appearance.

Just leave Kotarou alone. It's fine.

Hashimoto Shinichi

Good morning!

Today is, Movie 「Messiah Gaiden -Kyokuya polar night-」 First day of release!!

First is to go for opening greetings at Ion Cinema Itabashi!

Ito Koutarou

Today! Movie 「Messiah Gaiden -Kyokuya polar night-」release day!

Amane Guen Shogo

Tamaki Yuki

From today the movie 「Messiah Gaiden -Kyokuya polar night-」 will be released..＊

Ryosuke Yamada akan Membintangi Drama Musim Dingin 2018

Ryosuke Yamada (Hey! Say! JUMP) akan membintangi drama musim dingin 2018 yang berjudul Momikeshite Fuyu: Wagaya no Mondai Nakatta Koto ni.  Drama NTV ini akan mulai tayang pada bulan Januari 2018, setiap hari sabtu pukul 10 malam waktu Jepang. Drama Momikeshite Fuyu adalah sebuah drama komedi keluarga mengenai keluarga elit Kitazawa bersaudara. Yamada akan menjadi pemeran utama yang memerankan Shusaku Kitazawa, anak bungsu dari tiga bersaudara yang menjadi polisi lulusan Todai (Universitas Tokyo).

Daftar Pemeran :

Ryosuke Yamada – Shusaku Kitazawa

Haru – Chiaki Kitazawa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa – Hirofumi Kitazawa

Baijaku Nakamura – Taizo Kitazawa

Sinopsis :

Taizo Kitazawa (Baijaku Nakamura) bekerja sebagai kepala sekolah sebuah sekolah menengah pertama. Dia memiliki tiga orang anak. Anak pertamanya adalah Hirofumi (Yukiyoshi Ozawa), seorang ahli bedah jantung berumur 38 tahun. Anak keduanya adalah Chiaki (Haru), seorang pengacara berumur 27 tahun. Dan anak bungsu bernama Shusaku (Ryosuke Yamada), seorang polisi yang ambisius dan memiliki rasa keadilan yang kuat berumur 25 tahun.

Untuk menjaga kebahagiaan dalam keluarga Kitazawa, keluarga tersebut menggunakan berbagai macam cara dalam melakukannya. Menimbulkan sebuah konflik bagi Shusaku dalam memilih keluarganya yang tercinta atau berbuat profesional sesuai dengan profesinya.

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Komentar para pemain:

Ryosuke Yamada sebagai Shusaku Kitazawa (25)

Drama ini menggambarkan jenis cinta keluarga yang sedikit berbeda, saya berpikir bagaimana kita menciptakan keluarga semacam ini adalah hal yang sangat penting. Saya pernah berakting dengan Haru di masa lalu, tapi kali ini dia akan memainkan peran berbeda sebagai kakak perempuan yang kuat sehingga saya sangat menantikan untuk melihat karakternya. Saya berakting dengan Ozawa untuk pertama kalinya dalam drama ini, tapi setelah bertemu, saya bisa melihat kemiripan di wajah kami.

Shusaku adalah tipe orang yang selalu menyembunyikan emosinya dan memiliki posisi paling rendah dalam keluarga, jadi saya memikirkan berbagai cara untuk menggambarkan karakter ini dengan baik. Saya belum pernah berakting untuk sebuah drama komedi dalam waktu lama, sehingga saya akan bekerja keras dalam menangani drama ini dengan serius. Drama ini adalah drama menyenangkan yang akan membuat penonton tertawa.

Haru sebagai Chiaki Kitazawa (27)

Chiaki memiliki rasa keadilan yang sangat kuat dan tidak pernah mengaku salah apabila melakukan kesalahan, jadi saya pikir orang akan terkejut dengan karakter ini. Karakternya selalu serius dalam situasi ganjil, membuat saya agak khawatir apabila saya akan tertawa saat melakukan syuting.

Yukiyoshi Ozawa sebagai Hirofumi Kitazawa (38)

Hirofumi adalah sebuah karakter yang mencintai keluarganya, namun dia juga mencintai dirinya sendiri sehingga dia sedikit memiliki karakter licik. Dalam drama ini penonton akan melihat bagaimana Shusaku diolok-olok oleh Hirofumi dan Chiaki. Sebagai hasil kerjasama para pemeran dan staf, saya berharap keluarga Kitazawa akan menjadi keluarga ideal yang akan dibicarakan pada tahun 2018.

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HIRO 2nd solo live “under the midnight sun” at Shibuya QUATTRO 2018/08/26