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戸松遥
is a Japanese actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n. She received the Rookie of the Year award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and the Synergy Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Tomatsu is known for voicing main heroines as Asuna (Sword Art Online), Asuna Yuuki in ''Sword Art Online'', Saki Rukino in ''Valvrave the Liberator'', Zero Two in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Lala Satalin Deviluke in ''To LOVE-Ru'', Kyoko Hori in ''Horimiya'', Morgiana in ''Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'', Eleonora Viltaria in ''Lord Marksman and Vanadis'' and Naruko "Anaru" Anjo in ''Anohana''. Tomatsu began a singing career in 2008, performing the song "Naissance" which was used as the ending theme to the television drama series ''Here Is Greenwood''. Her second single "Motto Hade ni Ne" was used as the opening theme to ''Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens''. In 2009, she became part of the music unit Sphere (Japanese band), Sphere, alongside Aki Toyosaki, Minako Kotobuki and Ayahi Takagaki. She released her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Marksman And Vanadis
is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Kawaguchi and illustrated by Yoshi☆o and Hinata Katagiri. In ''Lord Marksman and Vanadis'', the fictional European country of Brune is under the leadership of King Faron. Brune is on the brink of civil war due to Faron's deteriorating health and a power struggle between the kingdom's two heirs. Zhcted, Brune's longtime rival, dispatches Leitmeritz war maiden Eleonora Viltaria to attack Brune. After capturing the Brunish nobleman Tigrevurmud Vorn, Elen must help restore peace and order to Brune. The series consists of eighteen volumes released by Media Factory, under their ''MF Bunko J'' imprint, from April 2011 to November 2017. A manga adaptation by Nobuhiko Yanai began serialization ran in ''Monthly Comic Flapper'' from October 2011 to August 2016. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Satelight aired on AT-X (company), AT-X and other networks between October and December 2014. The anime is licensed in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon Tarento Meikan
is a Japanese illustrated annual directory of Japanese entertainers, or ''tarentos'', issued by VIP Times Inc. that was first published in 1970. The directory's company established on 1969 and its current representative director is Mutsuko Igusa. Overview Genres of entertainers and their offices are described in many profiles which are active in Japan. It is adopted as a portal site of entertainer database. It is first published on 1970 as . It is renamed to ''Nihon Tarento Meikan'' from 1973. VIP Times Company is founded by Shigetaro Igusa who has an experience of television stations during his time at office, and felt the need of the photos, names, and agencies can be triggered in its first issue. History VIP Time's predecessor Leisure Tsūshin-sha was established on 1968, which Shigetaro Igusa was appointed as representative director. It issued the leisure newspaper, ''VIP Times'', that introduced attractions, historic sites, and entertainment industry news around Japan. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horimiya
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the pseudonym Hero. It was self-published as a webcomic on Hero's website, ''Dokkai Ahen'', from February 2007 to December 2011 in a four-panel format. The series received a print publication by Square Enix, who compiled the chapters in 10 volumes under its imprint ''Gangan Comics'' from October 2008 to December 2011. Additional side-story chapters were compiled in 15 volumes from July 2012 to July 2021 as . Daisuke Hagiwara adapted the manga under Hero's supervision under the title , which was serialized in '' Monthly G Fantasy'' from October 2011 to March 2021 and was compiled in 16 volumes. A seventeenth volume containing new chapters was released in July 2023. ''Horimiya'' is published in English by Yen Press. ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) series from September 2012 to May 2021. An anime television series adaptation of ''Horimiya'' produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameba (website)
is a Japanese blogging and social networking website. In December 2009, Ameba launched Ameba Now, a micro-blogging platform competing with Twitter.Twitter Faces a Battle for Tweets , March 12, 2010. In March 2009 Ameba launched Ameba Pico, a app for the English market based on the virtual community Ameba Pigg. History Ameba blogs, known as Ameblo (), were first create ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animate (retailer)
is the retailing arm of MOVIC, M and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan. Retail stores Currently there are 118 Animate stores in Japan, four in mainland China (Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Chengdu), three in Taiwan (Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung), two in Thailand (Bangkok and Rangsit), and one in Seoul, South Korea. Animate opened a store in the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, in summer 2023. Online stores Animate currently has two online stores: the animate Online Shop, which has been active since 2005, and animate International. Former stores *Sakaihigashi Station, Osaka *Los Angeles, California (closed in 2003) *Hong Kong (closed in 2020) Subsidiaries *Acos Co., Ltd. (株式会社アコス): A subsidiary specialized in costumes. **ACOS animate costume kan (ACOS アニメイトコスチューム館): A chain of costume shops by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica
, also known as simply ''Polyphonica'', is a Japanese all-age visual novel created by Ocelot and first released for Windows on April 28, 2006. Aside from the game, multiple series of light novels have been created, and a manga adaptation started in March 2007. An anime adaptation that aired in Japan between April and June 2007. Another anime adaption aired from April to June 2009, and was a prequel of the events in the first anime. The original game, the Crimson series, will start its second installment, covering the third and fourth story. The Black and White ''Polyphonica'' series were adapted from a printed novel to visual novel media in spring 2007, respectively titled ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica THE BLACK'' and ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Memories White''. Plot In the continent of Polyphonica, spirits materialize in the world, surviving on the music that is played by humans, and live together with them. While the spirits do not appear often, some spirits ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
often shortened to ''Manabi Straight!'', is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by the animation studio Ufotable and MediaWorks. The project revolves around a group of high school girls in the year 2035 when the birth rate has dropped dramatically. It launched in August 2004 in MediaWorks' '' Dengeki AniMaga'' magazine, and went on to produce a manga adaptation serialized in MediaWorks' ''Dengeki Daioh'', and a second manga serialized in Enterbrain's ''Famitsu Comic Clear''. A 12-episode anime series aired on TV Tokyo between January and March 2007, and is complemented by an original video animation (OVA) episode released exclusively on DVD in October 2007. Discotek Media licensed the series and OVA for release in North America in 2019. A PlayStation 2 visual novel based on the series was released in Japan in March 2007, developed by Marvelous Interactive. Plot ''Manabi Straight!'' is set in 2035 when the birth rate has dropped dramatically. As a result, some schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Records
Tower Records is an international retail franchising, franchise and online music store that was formerly based in Sacramento, California, United States. From 1960 until 2006, Tower operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed for bankruptcy and liquidation. Tower Records was purchased by a separate entity and was not affected by the retail store closings. On November 13, 2020, Tower Records announced that it had returned as an online retailer with plans to open future physical locations. History Inception, expansion, and description In 1960, Russell Solomon opened the first Tower Records store on Broadway, in Sacramento, California. He named it after his father's drugstore, which shared a building and name with the Tower Theatre (Sacramento, California), Tower Theatre, where Solomon first started selling records. The first stand-alone Tower Records store was located at 2514 Watt Ave in the Arden Arcade area of Sacramento. By 1976, Solomon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayahi Takagaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Jasmine in ''Deltora Quest (anime), Deltora Quest'' and Lucia Nahashi in ''Venus Versus Virus''. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening Theme music, themes of the anime series ''First Love Limited'' in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere (Japanese band), Sphere with their single "Future Stream". She announced her marriage on her blog on August 22, 2019. Voice acting career Takagaki has a fairly wide acting range, from little kids to romantic teens to gentle weak girls to elder sister types to proper young ladies to boyish girls to serious young women. She had her first major role as voice actor in 2007, providing the voice of Jasmine, a main character of the anime series ''Deltora Quest (anime), Deltora Quest''. She was subsequently featured in ''Venus Versus Virus'' and ''Da Capo II'' as Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minako Kotobuki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She played Tsumugi Kotobuki in the anime series '' K-On!'' about a high school girl band. The show launched her music career as she performed the opening and ending themes, and joined three other voice actresses as the music group Sphere. Acting career At the age of three years, Kotobuki, along with her parents, was caught up in the Great Hanshin earthquake. Not long after having seen a 1997 Japanese film entitled ''Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi'' ("The Day the Earth Moved"), all of these events inspired Kotobuki to pursue her career as a voice actress. Kotobuki played Tsumugi Kotobuki in '' K-On!'', Karina Lyle/Blue Rose in '' Tiger & Bunny'', Rikka Hishikawa/Cure Diamond in '' DokiDoki! PreCure'', Mitsuko Kongō in '' A Certain Magical Index'' and '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Yūko Nishi in '' A Channel'', Lana and Cia from '' Hyrule Warriors'', Natsumi Aizawa in '' Natsuiro Kiseki'', Touko Nanami in '' Bloom Into You'', Asuka Tanaka in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Toyosaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Amuro Ninagawa in '' Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō'' and Su in ''Shugo Chara!''. She was named "Best New Actress" at the 4th Seiyu Awards in 2010 for her role as Yui Hirasawa in ''K-On!'' and Kana Nakamachi in ''Kanamemo'', and received the "Best Lead Actress" and "Best Personality" awards at the 5th Seiyu Awards in 2011. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening and ending themes of the anime series ''K-On!'' in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere with their single "Future Stream". Later, ''K-On!''s ending theme was given Animation Kobe's "Best Song" award. She released her first solo single "love your life" in October 2009, and has since released two albums and eleven singles that have placed in the top 20 of Oricon's weekly charts. She was awarded "Best Musical Performance" at the 4th Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
