12th Anniversary Giveaway

Grand Prize:

Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY 2 Original Drawings

The release date of the book has been delayed to mid April. The prize will ship when it’s delivered to us.

The Rules And Fine Print:

The giveaway is open until 12:00 GMT on April 23rd, 2023. One winner will be picked with a random generator acting as Lady Luck. The winner will be contacted via direct message on Twitter. If we don’t get a reply within 48 hours, another winner will be drawn.

This giveaway is open worldwide excluding Japan. The prize ships from Finland, and due to the current world situation we ask you check for possible restrictions in mail traffic before you enter.

Good Luck Mode!

Our Holiday Giveaway on Twitter!

Click on the image to visit our Twitter and take part in the giveaway!

Grand Prize:

TIGER & BUNNY 2 Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr. Figuarts Mini set.

These tiny and adorable figures are brand new S2 merchandise directly from Japan.

The Rules And Fine Print:

  • Go to our Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThisIsSternbild
  • If you aren’t already following us on Twitter, do so now!
  • Like and retweet the giveaway tweet.
  • Optionally reply to the tweet with your favorite TIGER & BUNNY memory.

The giveaway is open until 12:00 GMT on December 6th, 2022. One winner will be picked with a random generator acting as Lady Luck. The winner will be contacted via direct message. If we don’t get a reply within 48 hours, another winner will be drawn.

This giveaway is open worldwide excluding Japan. The prize ships from Finland, and due to the current world situation we ask you check for possible restrictions in mail traffic before you enter.

Good Luck Mode!

A Bunny By Any Other Name…

Or as the version in my language goes, “a beloved person has many names”. And Barnaby’s seiyuu Masakazu Morita certainly lives up to this saying, judging by Tiger’s seiyuu Hiroaki Hirata’s ever growing list of nicknames for him. Twitter user @i14015 has been keeping track of these nicknames for years, and I thought it’d be fun to romanize it for everyone’s enjoyment and so we could appreciate Hirata’s ability to come up with a new one so often.

Here’s the romanized list (TL note: usagi means rabbit):

Morita-san:
Morita-kun
Banikazu
Banii
Usa-chan
Usausa
Morita-kun (with different spelling for the suffix)
Banibani
Banira-chan & Banisuke
Fushigi no kuni no arisu no shirousagi (White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland)
Baniyan
Bani.
Baniraian (Bunnyryan)
Banin
Banipon
Baniiita
Banipyon
Banita Masakazu-san & Morita Banikazu-san
Banicchi
Baniratte (Bunnylatte)
Banikko
Baniko
Usagi-chan
Usada Usakazu-kun
Banichin
Morita Usakazu-san
Banita Usakazu-san
Buddy
Baninko
Baanishu

We’ll update the list when another nickname pops up, doesn’t look like Hirata’s done coming up with new ones yet!

Ozaki’s tweets about the movie premiere

Our favourite moe oyaji, executive producer Ozaki went on one of his tweet sprees about the movie premiere. At the same time, the official site was updated with the new main visual and the new trailer featuring UNISON SQUARE GARDEN’s song written for the movie is also streaming.

The new main visual.

Aki translated the tweets from Ozaki. Original tweets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

“We’re organizing large-scale events on the first day of screenings including the movie viewing (in the event venue and during the live viewings), codenamed “World Premiere” (twice during night and day). Even looking at this from a global perspective, it’s a unique thing we’ve never tried before, but I hope everyone will be able to enjoy it together.”

“Of course, since it’s the movie premiere, you’ll be able to see it in the regular cinemas as well. I guess it’d be easier to imagine what it’s going to be if I say it’s a movie screening event including live talks and a really great on-scene greeting for all the fans. The event will be about 4 hours long, including breaks.”

“Right now we’re trying to reserve an event venue that’d be as big as possible. However, there’s a high possibility that no matter what kind of a place we reserve, we might still have problems with accomodating all the people interested in seeing it – so to satisfy the wishes of fans from different places, we decided to prepare the live viewings in the cinemas all around Japan.”

“I recommend our event both to those who’d like to see it in the venue, and to those who’d like to enjoy it during the live viewings in cinemas while watching the movie on a big screen and with the cinematic sound effects. For those who’d like to just enjoy the movie, I recommend going to a regular cinema.”

“When we decide where the viewings and the event itself are to be held (probably somewhere in the outskirts of Tokyo), we’ll announce it on the official site. Same goes for the ticket sales schedule. Please wait for the announcements from the cinemas.”

“We’d also like to let those who live in the places where the movie screenings start from October see the live viewings in their home area. Thanks to people from TJOY and Shochiku, I think we’ll be able to provide live viewings in about 100 places around Japan.”

The second version of the advance tickets is also available now, you get a pair of mascots with your purchase. The first version tickets came with Wild Tiger crapsuit card.