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5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
The 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on February 19, 2021, honoring excellence in anime from 2020. Crunchyroll announced the list of categories as well as the judges on December 16, 2020. They noted that the categories used in the previous edition were to be used in this edition as well. They also noted that the number of judges increased. Nominees were announced on January 15, the first day of voting. It ran until January 22. There were 15 million votes cast, with a majority coming from the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The awards ceremony was streamed live on February 19 as a digital event. It was virtually hosted by Tim Lyu with Crunchyroll-Hime, the official mascot of Crunchyroll. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Crunchyroll noted that the show "will look different." '' Great Pretender'', ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', and '' Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!'' each received ten nominations, followed by ''Beastars'' with eight and '' Tower of God'' at seven. Among the nominated were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Yamada
is a Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator, based in Los Angeles. Biography Yutaka is an alumnus of the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan, where he studied musical composition under Toshiyuki Watanabe and Masataka Matsuo. Yutaka has written scores for more than 40 projects, including the anime series ''Tokyo Ghoul'', the Japanese TV series ''Marumo no Okite'' (''Marumo's Rule'') and a number of TV commercials such as "Audi", "Samsung Galaxy" and "Georgia (Coca-Cola)". Yutaka's work on ''Tokyo Ghoul'' attracted public attention shortly after its release in 2014. Its original soundtrack, which includes the main theme song "Glassy Sky" (sung by Donna Burke), gained popularity and has over 50,000,000 views on YouTube. In 2018, Eminem sampled "Glassy Sky" on the track "Good Guy" from his ''Kamikaze , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange (animation Studio)
is a Japanese animation studio based in Musashino, Tokyo that specializes in the production of 3DCG animation. The studio is known for its exaggerated 3D and directing style, which differs from the traditional movement often found in CG works. Establishment Eiji Inomoto, a CG animator who had become somewhat well-known for his work on '' Zoids: Chaotic Century'' and '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (as one of the main Tachikoma 3D Unit members), founded Orange on May 1, 2004. For a majority of the studio's early history, the scompany mainly did outsourced 3D work for other studio's productions, like the original anime '' Heroic Age'' in 2007 (for Xebec) and the adaptation of ''Rail Wars!'' (for Passione) in 2014. It wasn't until 2013, 9 years after its founding, that Orange was involved a major project's production on a significant level: their co-production of ''Majestic Prince'' with studio Doga Kobo. Following ''Majestic Prince'', the company began co-producing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appare-Ranman!
is an original Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works, and directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. The series aired from April 10 to September 25, 2020. A manga adaptation by Ahndongshik was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Young Ace'' magazine from April 2020 to January 2022. Plot Set around the start of the Meiji era in Japan, an eccentric inventor and second son of a respected merchant family, Appare Sorano, decides one day to set off on an adventure. However, the samurai Kosame Isshiki is tasked with keeping Appare's eccentric behavior in check. While trying to drag Appare back to Japan, Kosame accidentally strands them both at sea, until they are saved at the last moment by a passing American steamship. Now stuck in Los Angeles with no money and no easy way to return to Japan, Appare and Kosame decide to enter the "Trans-America Wild Race," where Appare gets the chance to build a custom automobile and Kosame gets the opportunity to earn enough money to retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAPPA (studio)
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including ''Terror in Resonance'', '' Yuri!!! on Ice'', '' In This Corner of the World'', '' Kakegurui'', ''Banana Fish'', ''Zombie Land Saga'', '' Dororo'' (in co-production with Tezuka Productions), '' Dorohedoro'', '' The God of High School'', ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season'', ''Chainsaw Man''. MAPPA is an acronym for Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association. Business History The studio was founded on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama, a co-founder and former producer of Madhouse, at the age of 70. Maruyama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produce Sunao Katabuchi is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is director of Contrail Co. Ltd. He has been a part-time lecturer at Nihon Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero − Starting Life In Another World
0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usually by 10. As a number, 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and other algebraic structures. Common names for the number 0 in English are ''zero'', ''nought'', ''naught'' (), ''nil''. In contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter O, the number is sometimes pronounced as ''oh'' or ''o'' (). Informal or slang terms for 0 include ''zilch'' and ''zip''. Historically, ''ought'', ''aught'' (), and ''cipher'', have also been used. Etymology The word ''zero'' came into the English language via French from the Italian , a contraction of the Venetian form of Italian via ''ṣafira'' or ''ṣifr''. In pre-Islamic time the word (Arabic ) had the meani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Penkin
Kevin Penkin (born 22 May 1992) is a British-born Australian composer, primarily for video games and anime. He is best known for composing the score of the anime '' Made in Abyss'', which won Best Score at the 2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards, and the score for the '' Tower of God'' anime adaptation, which won Best Score at the 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Biography Penkin was born on 22 May 1992 in United Kingdom, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. Penkin's interest in video game music started from when he first heard the "Phendrana Drifts" theme from '' Metroid Prime''; in a 2012 interview, he referred to the theme's electronic synths and acoustic instruments as "absolute bliss". Penkin began his career with composition credits in the 2011 short films ''Play Lunch'' and ''The Adventures of Chipman and Biscuit Boy''. In the same year, Penkin composed the soundtrack of the video game ''Jūzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden''; this soundtrack represented Penkin's first collaboration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Shirogane
Miyuki is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Miyuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "beautiful fortune" or "beautiful happiness" *, "deep snow" *, "beautiful snow" *, "beautiful reason for history" *, "happiness" or "good fortune" The name can also be written in hiragana () or katakana (). People with the name * Miyuki (Epcot), candy sculptor appearing in the Japanese pavilion in the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese singer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, former Japanese first lady, wife of Yukio Hatoyama, formerly performed as an actress Miyuki Waka at the Takarazuka Revue *, Japanese television personality, idol, actress and singer *, Japanese midwife and serial killer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese actress, model and singer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese women's basketball player *, Japanese enka singer *, Japanese mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaguya Shinomiya
Kaguya, , or Princess Kaguya may refer to: Fiction Kaguya-hime * (, "Princess Kaguya"), the main character in ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', thought to be the oldest Japanese folktale ** ''Princess Kaguya'', a 1935 film based on the folktale ** ''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' (film), a 2013 Studio Ghibli animated film based on the folktale ** ''Kaguyahime'' (manga), a manga series by Reiko Shimizu based on the folktale ** ''Prince Kaguya'', a musical based on the folktale Other fictional characters and elements * Kaguya, in the anime film '' Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass'' * Kaguya, in the manga series '' Kaze ga Gotoku'' * Kaguya, in the manga series ''Planet Ladder'' * Kaguya, in the manga series ''Yaiba'' * Kaguya, in the video game ''Ōkami'' * Kaguya Houraisan, in the video game series ''Touhou Project'' * Kaguya Nanbu, in the video game series '' Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier'' * Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, in the anime and manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The God Of High School
''The God of High School'' () is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yongje Park. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since April 2011, with the individual chapters collected and published by Imageframe under their Root label into one volume as of April 2020. ''The God of High School'' received official English translations by Line Webtoon beginning in July 2014. It has received a mobile game and an original net animation short attached to the aforementioned game's original soundtrack. An anime television series adaptation by MAPPA aired from July to September 2020. Synopsis Setting In GOH, the action takes place and involves the inhabitants of three different realms: :The Human Realm is mainly populated by humans and identical to our known world. It is the least powerful realm followed by the Sage Realm and then the Heavenly Realm at the highest. :The Sage Realm (Korean: 동승신주; 신선계; Hanja: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is War
Love Is War may refer to: * ''Love Is War'' (album), a 2006 album by Vanilla Ninja * ''Love Is War'' (1970 film), a 1970 Norwegian film * ''Love Is War'' (2019 film), a Nigerian film * "Love Is War", a 2010 song by Joe McElderry from '' Wide Awake'' * "Love Is War", a 2013 song by American Young American Young is an American country music duo signed to Curb Records. The duo is composed of Kristy Osmunson, formerly of the group Bomshel, and songwriter/producer Jon Stone. In late 2013, the duo released their debut single, "Love Is War", whi ... * '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'', a Japanese manga and anime series See also * In Love and War (other) * Love and War (other) * War is peace {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruits Basket (2019 TV Series)
The 2019 ''Fruits Basket'' anime series is the second based on the manga series of the same name by Natsuki Takaya, this time adapting all 23 volumes of the story. The new anime adaptation was announced in November 2018, featuring a new cast and staff, as per 's request, with TMS Entertainment handling the 63 episodes-long productions from April 2019 to June 2021, divided into three seasons. directed the series, with handling the series composition and handling character designs. The reboot is a co-production of Funimation, who released the series through the Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership. The first season adapted the manga's first 5 volumes and parts of volumes 6 and 7. It ran for 25 episodes from April 6 to September 21, 2019 on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi. The first opening theme for episodes 1–13 is "Again" by Beverly. The second opening theme for episodes 14–25 is "Chime" by . The first ending theme for episodes 1–13 is "Lucky Ending" by Vickeblanka. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
