u/Block-Busted

Basically, I'm using N25 members to create a more lighthearted version of the said unit in a way that their songs are still usually dark, but members themselves are not (at least when compared to their original versions). Kind of like Roselia from BanG Dream!, if you will (if that's the right comparison).

"Music runs in the House of Yoisaki."

"Ever since the history of Japan was written, my family always had immense talent in music and they would be able to perform variety of music depending on their personalities."

"And so do I."

1. Kanade Yoisaki - She's still reserved and quiet, but definitely much happier than the original version (kind of like a cross between her original personality and World Link 2 personality). At the beginning of the story, she graduated (from) a music college with top marks at the age of mere 16 and is trying to find her own music. Obviously, both of her mom and dad are alive and well and are very supportive of her with her dad being a renowned film and TV series score composer. Her only pain is the fact that her grandfather on her mother's side, who was also a renowned musician, passed away at the age of 76 due to an unspecified illness a year before graduation. While her musical talent is unparalleled (at least among main characters), she's kind of stupid when it comes to other aspects as she entered the college at the very young age. Her home is a large Japanese-style mansion and her room looks like a Japanese version (if that's the right way to describe it) of the original version of her room.

2. Ena Shinonome - A family friend of Kanade. In fact, Yoisaki household and Shinonome household are pretty close to each other and Ena is essentially the reason why Kanade didn't feel alone when she was in college as they spent so much time with each other. She's very interested in yamikawaii fashion and while her dad is kind of strict, he's in good terms with his children. Her relationship with Akito is mostly the same as the original.

3. Mizuki Akiyama - Aside from few details (like having no identity issue), Mizuki is pretty much the same from the original. While her grades are consistently solid, some don't exactly like her because she's an infamous troll and keeps on ditching classes because she can't be bothered.

4. Mafuyu Asahina - She probably has the biggest personality difference from the original version among 4 members. Her "outside self" is mostly the same as the original, but her "true self" is a lot more comical as she likes really dark, bleak, and depressing media (in fact, she spends most of her free time enjoying those stuffs and her room is filled with posters and collections of such things including a poster of a film that clearly reeks of Terrifier) and on top of that, she has such a blatant "middle school syndrome". Her parents are okay with Mafuyu being like that, but they do have ONE concern - outside the school, she's LAZY! In fact, her parents always tell her that she should start thinking about her future, but she's too lazy to find one. Kind of like a "darker" version of Umaru Doma.

SEKAI - Their SEKAI is Gothic Mansion SEKAI originated from Kanade's heart. VS variants in this SEKAI look pretty similar to VS variants of Empty SEKAI from the original except Miku's hair is clearly teal (and their clothes are in better shape) and their personality, while still calm, is much closer to original VS members, though KAITO is still a bit strict. Main VS members are Miku, Rin, and Len.

In the end, they manage to form their own unit and when Kanade says that her friends are going to work on a lot of "dark music", her family are okay with this and even give the said unit their blessings - and Mafuyu's parents even thank Kanade for helping their daughter to finally have a vision for her future.

Kanade: "We're going to be a fully independent music quartet and this will not be an easy path. Our music will be dark and thoughtful music about the meaning of life and death along with other subjects as well, but with a sense of hope included in ways that they can heal inner wounds of people who listen to our music - and yes, Mafuyu, we WILL work on some very bleak music too from time to time, so don't you worry. So without further ado, are you ready to give it all... for Nocturnal Nightingales? 😎😎😎😎😎"

Ena, Mizuki, and Mafuyu: "We're ready as you are! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩"

Yeah, sorry for a massive rambling, but I just wanted to get my idea out on what if N25 members had more "lighthearted" backgrounds and personalities. 😅😅😅😅😅

At first glance, Emu is probably one of the silliest, most childish, and the craziest madgirls in the entire game - and to be fair, she IS indeed that, but she's also very wholesome and frighteninigly intelligent and this is very important because characters like her tend to be pretty stupid, but Emu went against that trope by having her to be highly intelligent (academically, in fact). But there's also another side of her that people tend to forget about - she can be surprisingly mature when necessary.

Yes, both of these cards depict the exact same person. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As you can see here, while Emu is usually VERY silly, there are times when she puts on a "mature face" including when she does a business presentation like what's depicted in the left card. And this isn't the only example when Emu was depicted to be surprisingly mature as it happened in World Link 3. >!What happened in that event was that a girl named Mimi was having an emotional crisis after passing of her grandmother and Emu was there to comfort her by telling a story about how she also had a moment of emotional crisis quite a while after her grandfather passed away, but was able to move on and how she came to terms with a loss that she experienced. I usually see Emu as a high intelligence and low wisdom build, but moments like that make(s) me question if Emu truly lacks wisdom after all.!<

I honestly find it fascinating that how a character who seems to be such a silly AND crazy maniac can also be surprisingly mature at times. It really goes on to show that Project Sekai knows how to make characters more stand out than just being well-known character archetypes.

What do you guys think?

P.S. Be respectful and please don't attack me for this! 😨😨😨😨😨

As of now, we don't have a whole lot of details about their profiles.

Given the photograph that appears to be depicting Manhattan:

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fjl42th3m4b0h1.jpeg

...my guess is that this is about mankind trying to take back the mainland after years of careful planning. I said years because, keep in mind, these child actors have grown a lot since the first film, so a time skip is kind of necessary at this point. I can imagine that they're going to take refuge to an island with civilization largely intact (since these monsters can't swim at all) before finally starting a war against these monsters.

What do you guys think? Also, if they really DO end up staying in an island for several years to prepare, where do you think they might go to and why?

...I will say that it is an excellent film even if it might be bit of an acquired tastes when compared to ones that were made by Miyazaki.

The film is basically an animated regular drama film about a teenage girl who loves reading books and then proceed to write a story of her own after a certain encounter. Any of the fantasy scenes that take place during the film only occur during imagination scenes. Also, I actually watched this film in Japanese version because I feel like this works better in that version, especially with Country Road scene.

Now, does this work well in IMAX? Well, similar to Kiki's Delivery Service, it has some scenes where "cel outlines" are visible, but it's not as obvious as it was before AND aside from that, the animation looks great overall. At the same time, however, it is a pretty slow film and aside from scenery shots and imagination scenes, it doesn't exactly have a whole lot of notable scenes that would stand out in IMAX. Having said that, I can imagine that some of you guys probably DO think that this works well in IMAX and it should be noted that this could be coming from a biased point of view because not only I've watched other animated films that worked well in IMAX like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Hoppers, and Kiki's Delivery Service, but I also watched this in IMAX only a day after I watched the Wachowski's cult favorite in IMAX - and that cult favorite... is Speed Racer. If nothing else, I'm pretty sure that the next Ghibli x IMAX is going to be something that works even better in the said format.