Posted in Ôoku, Culture, Gender, Manga, tagged alternate history, Arikoto, Aso Yumi, Ôoku: Tanjô, female sexuality, Gender, gender expression, genderswap, Gyokuei, Iemitsu, J-drama, Kasuga, Masakatsu, Matsudaira, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Oooku, Sakai Masato, samurai, shipping, Tabe Mikako, Tanaka Koki, Yoshinaga Fumi, Ōoku on 2013/05/04 | 1 Comment »
First of all, a bit of (old?) news from the entertainment world: Kanno Miho, who played Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi in the film Ôoku: Eien, and Sakai Masato, who played Arikoto in the drama and Emonosuke in the film, registered their marriage on 2 April. おめでとうございます！May your work in excellent gender-based dramas lead to you happiness. (Sources: Oricon, Tokyo Hive)
Source: Oricon
Posted in Ôoku, Gender, tagged Gender, Oooku, genderswap, Yoshinaga Fumi, Ōoku, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Kasuga, Arikoto, Iemitsu, Sakai Masato, Tabe Mikako, Gyokuei, Ôoku: Tanjô, alternate history, Tanaka Koki, Aso Yumi, Masakatsu, Matsudaira, gender expression, samurai, J-drama on 2013/03/07 | 2 Comments »
Have no fear–I didn’t forget about this project!
Aired Nov. 14, 2012, on TBS.
This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga. Episode 5 recap here; manga analysis here; Ôoku category (film, manga, and drama) here.
Image via TBS. http://www.tbs.co.jp/ohoku2012/gallery/p06-04.html
Posted in Ôoku, Gender, Manga, tagged japan, manga, Ohoku, 男女逆転大奥, Yoshinaga Fumi, Ōoku, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Arikoto, Iemitsu, Chie, Sakai Masato, Gyokuei, Ôoku: Tanjô, alternate history, drama, Tanaka Koki, Tabe Misako, 大奥 誕生 on 2013/01/17 | 4 Comments »
Aired Nov. 9, 2012 on TBS.
This recap contains spoilers for the drama and the manga, including the Tsunayoshi story arc (vol. 4-6 and the film Ôoku: Eien). Episode 4 recap here; manga analysis here; Ôoku category (film, manga, and drama) here.
Before I start the recap today, I did see the Ôoku: Eien movie, and damn, is it good. Sakai is much, much better suited to playing Emonnosuke, and Kanno Miho was such a great Tsunayoshi. I need to collect my thoughts (and maybe see it again), but the sets are gorgeous, the music is great, and it’s a great “sequel” to the first film.
Image via TBS. http://www.tbs.co.jp/ohoku2012/gallery/p05-14.html
Posted in Gender, Manga, Advertisements, Ôoku, Visual Culture, tagged manga, Oooku, Ohoku, 男女逆転大奥, film, Yoshinaga Fumi, Ōoku, Ooku: The Inner Chambers, よしながふみ, Arikoto, Iemitsu, Kaneko Fuminori, Sakai Masato, Tsunayoshi, Emonosuke, Gyokuei, KAT-TUN, Tanabe Makako, Ôoku: Tanjô, TBS, Ôoku Eien, Eternity, Birth, speculative fiction, alternate history on 2012/08/18 | 4 Comments »
Finally! I’ve been waiting and waiting for some teaser photos from the new Ôoku TV series (Ôoku Tanjô, Oct. 2012) and film (Ôoku Eien, Dec. 2012), and here they are!
TBS Drama. Ôoku: Tanjô (Arikoto/Iemitsu) (『大奥：誕生』[［有功・家光篇]). Release date: Oct. 2012.
“The Shogun is a woman; her retainers are 3000 beautiful men….” Photo from TBS: http://ohoku.jp/eien/index.html
Oh.
Let me talk about effective uses of visual media for marketing to potential viewers and to rabid fans. When you release the first promotional photos into the wild, you want your audience to have an immediate all-caps reaction Tumblr-style:
WHAT IS THAT I MUST SEE IT NOW
ALL THE FEELS
CAN’T BREATHE
John Barrowman after David Tennant kissed him at ComicCon
