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WITH Special Episode: Live Rehearsal

This is one of the 4 special short episodes released on Twitter in 2018. This episode in particular was talking about their upcoming performance in the 2018 winter live (though the event name wasn't really winter live).

It's been roughly 5 years since then, and now they're preparing for their 4th solo live... but by seeing the VA tweets, I'm sure they still do everything with the same passion and efforts as back then, if not more. I'm really looking forward to it!

Edit: I've checked and sometimes the subs doesn't show up in the embed video, but if you go to youtube it'd show up just fine!

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the classification of pripara's idol boys after watching danpri stage

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Okay so today I wanna talk about the mascot managers of WITH boys. They don't quite have it officially; however, their seiyuu did create some on their first live event, for a "what-if" segment.

1. Sorazou

Asahi's mascot, made by Kobayashi Tatsuyuki!

The name explains what it is, sora (sky) + zou (elephant). Kobatatsu came up with this mascot because he wanted to express Asahi's cheerful personality with bright blue sky and white clouds motif.

Why elephant? Because there's no elephant mascot yet and he felt that it would be cute.

This mascot can't speak, only makes deep "sora" noises (contrary to the cute appearance ww).

2. Purufu

Koyoi's mascot by Tsuchida Reiou, a purple wolf.

This mascot was made after Reiou came up with the "Avocado machine gun" background settings for Koyoi, so he wanted the mascot to have a cool, wild feelings; hence a wolf. (Tbh I'm gonna need a full separate post to talk about Reiou's influence on Koyoi's official background story. I'll do that later.)

His catchphrase is "I'm not a dog/cat! I'll bite you!" and he doesn't acknowledge Shougo and Asahi as Koyoi's teammates. In reality, he's just a tsundere and actually likes WITH. Reiou specifically designed him with Asahi and Shougo's colors included (in the earcuff, eye and bangs color).

3. Unicon

Shougo's mascot by Yamashita Seiichirou. Despite its name, it's not related to unicorns, it's actually... a flying sea urchin (uni).

But why? Because it came to him after he thought about other mascots' names, especially Punicorn. So he based it off Punicorn mixed with sea urchin. Like Punicorn, Unicon can also fly, have wings, a curly tail, and a pair of arms.

Also, when Shougo completes his Idol Time, Unicon would literally rip some part of his face off and offer it to him as a meal. (According to Seichi, that's the sea urchin meat you usually eat as sushi toppings / uni sashimi; see the image below.)

Unicon can't speak, but he makes cute "unicon" noises. Seichi wants to voice it himself, but if he's rejected by the director, he'd ask Megaboy's seiyuu to voice it.

None of these mascots are used as official PriPara materials. However, Seichi still draws Unicon pretty often on his personal Twitter, so much that it's now his own mascot rather than Shougo's. On March 2023, Seichi even launched a series of Unicon goods under his own label.

Kobatatsu and Reiou also commented on Unicon goods launching here. (They basically congratulated him but also lowkey dissed Unicon lol)

So in terms of popularity, although Purufu won the fan favorites on the day they were created, I guess we can say that Unicon is the most successful and popular now. All thanks to Seichi's persistence on drawing him.

And as a closing, have a Unicon human form drawing that Reiou made here! Thanks for tuning in to my wizu ted talk 🐰

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Today I wanna talk about how WITH's role, as characters and as their seiyuu, is pretty inseparable. (Warning: it's gonna be very long.)

When it comes to idol anime (or any anime that has performing bits really), there are two approaches that the production team usually take:

Have two different people to do the voice act and performing bit, or

Cast one person to do both

For series that focuses on stage performances/concerts (like Prism and LL), they usually use the second approach. It's nothing new, but PriPara is a bit more unique because they extend this to the stage plays as well.

When an anime series got adapted into stage play, it's very rare to find the seiyuu plays their character. But when PriPara makes stage play adaptation, the main casts are played by the seiyuu themselves. I'm not that big into stage plays so I can't give any accountable opinion on this matter, but to me, this makes the characters feel more... authentic, for a lack of better words. The seiyuu also gets more opportunity to build their characters. This is especially true for WITH.

We all know that WITH is just a group of side characters, and there's nothing much about them in the main media (Idol Time anime). This can't be helped since the anime is created to focus on Yui's story after all. But thanks to their banger song, they gained enough popularity to be invited to Pretty Series concerts, and eventually got their own separate events. And this is where it starts.

Unlike the girls, who have their character settings fleshed out in the anime, WITH seiyuu have to fill in so many gaps for their solo events. This allows them to play their character more freely, and even suggest their ideas to the directors. Since the boys barely had anything set in stone, it wasn't that hard to get the approval. Of course, not all of these ideas are used as canon material (like the mascots that I've talked about). However, some of it does ended up being used; for example, the story of Koyoi's past.

In their first solo event, WITH's seiyuu were asked to draw an outfit for their character. Reiou (Koyoi's seiyuu) drew Koyoi in a ninja thief suit, and explained that "this is when he was more wild in the past".

Yup, this is the birth of Koyoi's past story. Reiou came up with how Koyoi was known as "Avocado School's rampage machine gun" in his rebellious era back in middle school, as a joke. This joke sticks to the whole production team, so much that it ended up being used in their audio drama, and later being made as the base for WITH Stage plot.

Seichi and Kobatatsu also have some influences to WITH's canon, but Reiou's more recognizable, perhaps because he's an aspiring mangaka and has a knack for building character settings. The birth of DARK NIGHTMARE was also indirectly thanks to him, since Koyoi's rebellious past gave the production team an idea for his past acquaintances. He actually contributed so much to WITH concept and stage plot that I'm gonna need a full separate post to list them all. He's even nicknamed "the ghost director of WITH".

Aside from their inputs to the story, the three of them also put so much efforts into bringing the characters to life. They practiced so much to the point that they're able to sing and dance just like real JP idols, even though they're voice actors. I know it's not that special for female seiyuu nowadays, but that's not the case with male seiyuu. And the reason for that is because all three of them always went above and beyond what's expected from them. On their first event, they revealed that some of the songs they performed actually weren't required to have choreography (e.g. Tick Tock Magical Idol Time and Make It!), but they still decided to do it and had Kobatatsu taught the other two some of the moves.

Those efforts weren't in vain, because WITH now has so many fans who are/were also JP boygroup fans, and many of them said that "WITH's performance quality is on par with real idols, it's really good". This was also what drawn me to them at first, their performance is just that good. I'll link some below.

So yeah, thanks to all their efforts on performing and contributions in building the characters, you really can't easily swap them for any other seiyuu/actors. The chemistry between all three of them is also really great and it's fun to watch them fool around on Twitter and events. Those are the reasons why so many people love them, even though they don't have that many contents compared to other characters in the series. And if you never watched their performances or stage plays, give it a chance! You might like it, or even fall for them haha.

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must a villain be redeemed? isn't it enough that they're bitter, evil, and most importantly, hot?

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✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*Welcome to Idol Land Pamerica's official blog!✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

Welcome to Idol Land Pamerica's official blog! This is where we will post any news/advertisements on Idol Land Pamerica! But first, let's answer a few questions.

What's Idol Land Pamerica?

Idol Land Pamerica is an English fandub of the anime "Idol Land PriPara". In Idol Land Pamerica, we'll dub the episodes of Idol Land PriPara and put them for you to watch on YouTube! If we get taken down by Takara Tomy/Syn Sophia, then we'll post the episodes by small, usually 2 minute clips! We might also dub the songs of PriPara too!

What is Idol Land PriPara?

Idol Land PriPara is a web-anime and spinoff of the TV Anime PriPara. The main protagonist in Idol Land PriPara is Amari Katasumi, a shy outcast high school girl who once wanted to be idol but was laughed at by her classmates. One day, she meets Laala, rediscovers her dream to become an idol, and debuts in Idol Land, the new and improved PriPara.

Looks cool! How can I join?

It's simple, join the discord server below, get through the security and you're in!

You can audition for voice actor, artist, editor, translator, and more! But as of now, we're waiting to start casting voice actors of the main characters when we get 30 members! So, come on and join Idol Land Pamerica if you love PriPara/wish PriPara was available in western countries! A twitter account is also on the way along with a YouTube account!

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Amari Fanart

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Mario (Pripara)

drew mario cause i miss him

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New Idol Land Pripara art for merch that releases in March

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The gate opens soon! 🐰🎀🗝️

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I wish I could find the words to say, but I can't. Being bludgeoned verbally by someone takes a great toll on the mind and emotions...

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Frog & Taiyo as Idols!

Taiyo is the oc on the right, Frog on the left!

They're just sketches, but I hope they look cute!!

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Blazae!

I drew my slvt oc lol

#Oc #ocart #oc drawing #bimboland #Ximboland #Pinkcore #pink aesthetic #feeling slutty #Slut #digitalart #fanart #anime #illust #illustration #Kawaii #cute aesthetic

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I had to do it to em

#spiderman #across the spider verse #spiderman across the spiderverse #milesmorales #pavitr prabhakar #hobie brown #atsv #smatsv #digitalart #art #miguel o'hara #fanart

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I love the smell of rain, the sound of rain --

Though it sometimes brings back the pain of the past or the present, the rain soothes me with its sound and the promise of giving life to something or someone trying to grow.

I love the rain because I can hide my tears--they are washed away and my secrets kept. As it slows and I return to my space, the rain is soothing me as before; before I face another that faces me. Another chance to absorb the elixir of growth.

Roqui~