Waterfall & Wings Version 1

I don't even know what to say! I was reading the various online news reports of Satomi Hakkenden and waahahahhaha... MY GOODNESS! This looks like one hella MEGA production from TBS, with a production budget of a few hundred million yen!! Like... HOW MUCH IS THAT??? The production period is set for 5 months... ... for a 5 HOUR DRAMA?? It gonna come down to one month of production per hour on TV!! O_O!!! Anyway, Takki's character is finally revealed!! Yappari he's one of the 8 dog-samurai, Inuzuka Shino!!! A period drama ya, but done 21st century style! Modern costumes (to be designed by Academy Award winner Wada Emi), no wigs!! (that is why Takki needed to dye his hair dark), modern dialogue (no more de gozaimasuru!!! XDDD) , complete with CG effects (Cardboard Godzillaをご遠慮ください) and lotsa fighting!! So modern day Takki is coming back!!!! Well, kind of. All the training he went thru for Yoshitsune ain't going to waste... XDDD

Now i am thinking... Did he go for his Shaolin 10-day retreat knowing all this is going to happen??

I got soooo darn MOE and PROUD when i read the producer's comment on why Takki was specifically chosen... Wakakakkakkaka~~

滝沢の起用は「信乃は女の子のように育てられた美少年。脚本の大森美香さんと話して、滝沢さんしかいないという意見で一致した」といい、アクションシーンが多く、タッキーの高い運動能力も決め手になったようだ。
Source from Sanspo

The reason for picking Takizawa as Shino was because Shino was a bishounen brought up as a girl. After discussing with the playwright, we reached a conclusion that there was no one but Takizawa who can take up this role. In addition, there will be plenty of action scenes, so Takki's good reflexes was also a decisive factor.

I am suddenly hoping that my NHK World will morph into TBS come 2006!!!! It's gonna be one huge kick-ass 5 hour loooooong drama! If your VCR don't have Long Play, you can't even record it in one shot!!! Gaaah~ x__x And i dunno HOW i am going to survive reading fans' reports about it when i dun get to watch it until god knows when!!! I'm so sure they gonna come up with a DVD for it but I CAN'T WAIT THIS LONG!!!!! Let's hope some kind soul upload it thou its chou taihen cos its gonna be such a HUGE file, probably more than 1Gig. O_o!!

Pardon me for my ramblings above, i can't help worrying... Anyway, i tot all along that he's gonna do this AFTER Yoshitsune's filming ends in October but hell no!!! He's already into it and leaving for Inner Mongolia end of this month for location shooting!! Huh??? How does our baby handle this Hakkenden, Yoshitsune, Zubari and his own solo con all at the same time???
AND WHEN IS HE GOING TO GET HIS WELL-DESERVED BREAK!!!?? And they are actually enlisting the help of the Chinese Army (150 soldiers and 100 horses to be exact) for the battle scenes! This is like LOTR enlisting New Zealand citizens.. Hahahha~ I'm adding this to my list of "The most unlikely people who get to meet Takizawa Hideaki"...

1. Henan Shaolin Temple's chibi monks
2. Shanghai acrobatic troupe
3. Niigata primary school kids
4. Thai orphanage
5. Chinese Army
6. and possible.... Inner Mongolia nomads. LMAO~~~
This boy is going places. I AM SO DAMN PROUD OF HIM!!!! Thou everyone of us worry about his health...

Anyway, was surfing a bit about this Hakkenden... and ahahhah, you better believe it. Summary of this story DOES NOT EXIST. It is the longest Japanese classic ever written, 180++ chapters written over a time span of 28 years! (Tolkien and C.S. Lewis have found a nihonjin match...) It was published even before katakana exists. The author is a samurai named Kyokutei Bakin (1767-1848). Wow, to live to the age of 81 at that time, sugoi naaa~~~ Anyway, his real name is Takizawa Okikuni! Hahahhaha.... such coincidences. Anyway, I think Takizawa is a pretty rare surname, and for it to exist already so many years ago... woah~ COULD TAKKI BE REALLY DESCENDED FROM A SAMURAI LINE????? moe~~~~~~~ You can't deny but a surname like Takizawa definitely sounds more majestic than erm.. *cough*Yamada*cough* right??? And another interesting info that i dug out... i almost died laughing...

Satomi is a branch family of the Nitta. Nitta is a branch family of the Minamoto (Genji). Minamoto is the original and official family name of Satomi.
Source from Hakkenden Hakuryu-tei

Satomi Yoshizane is the father of Fuse-hime, who is the mother of Inuzuka Shino... tte iu no wa... Inuzuka is a decendent of the Genji clan????? LMAAAOOOO~~~~~~ Aiyayayai!!! NOW WE ALL KNOW WHERE YOSHITSUNE GOES AFTER HE XXX!!!!!! Hahahahhahahahah~~~

Now THAT is some consolation!