The official website for the upcoming spring 2024 TV anime Highspeed Étoile announced today the launch of Highspeed Étoile Racing , a collaboration racing team featuring women drivers. 28-year-old Kotomi Maeda and 26-year-old Ai Shimizu will serve as the team's main drivers. Their first race will be the All Japan Ev-gp Series, an electric vehicle race held at Tsukuba Circuit on April 27, 2024. The team's racing cars are a Vita-1 — a domestic racing machine developed and marketed by Japanese racing car constructor West Racing Cars — and Tesla's electric car "Model S Plaid." Both cars are decorated with illustrations of the anime's main characters, Rin Rindo and Kanata Asakawa. Related: Highspeed Étoile TV Anime Premieres on April 5 The team's official website describes the team's concept: Among sports, motorsports is a field in which there are still few opportunities for women to play an active role. In response to the voices of women who...
- 4/3/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Following in the footsteps of Naoko Ogigami’s “Close-Knit”, but in a much more cheerful approach, “Lovely Little Ai” won both the Entertainment Award and the Cinema Fan Award at the 2021 Pia Film Festival.
“Lovely Little Ai” is screening at InlanDimensions
16-year-old Ai Shimizu has been in trouble ever since her mother died, since her strict and overprotective father has imposed on her a number of rules that essentially dictate her whole life, from the way she dresses, to her everyday schedule which only comprises of studying, stripped from any kind of “fun”, and a strict curfew of 6pm. Furthermore, since her father is busy all the time, Ai finds herself constantly alone, not to mention that the rules do not allow her to have any friends. One day, though, she bumps into transgender Seiko, and despite her initial reluctance, soon finds herself having a mentor, who also fills the gap her mother left.
“Lovely Little Ai” is screening at InlanDimensions
16-year-old Ai Shimizu has been in trouble ever since her mother died, since her strict and overprotective father has imposed on her a number of rules that essentially dictate her whole life, from the way she dresses, to her everyday schedule which only comprises of studying, stripped from any kind of “fun”, and a strict curfew of 6pm. Furthermore, since her father is busy all the time, Ai finds herself constantly alone, not to mention that the rules do not allow her to have any friends. One day, though, she bumps into transgender Seiko, and despite her initial reluctance, soon finds herself having a mentor, who also fills the gap her mother left.
- 9/27/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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