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Asuka Ōkura
, also known by the stage name Asca (stylized as ASCA), is a Japanese singer and musician signed to Sacra Music. She made her debut in 2013 after becoming a finalist at the 5th Animax All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix. After focusing on her studies, she resumed her music career in late 2016. Her songs have been featured in the anime series ''The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', ''Fate/Apocrypha'', ''Sword Art Online'', and ''Darwin's Game''. Biography Early life Ōkura was born in Aichi Prefecture on September 5, 1996. She had aspired to become a musician since she was in elementary school, at which time she also become interested in anime music. She became interested in singing after listening to the song "I believe" by Ayaka (singer), Ayaka, and songs by BoA and Dreams Come True (band), Dreams Come True. During her second year in junior high school, her older sister, who had begun taking music lessons, encouraged her to do the same. Afterwards, she started playing in a band, with herself on v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll Expo
Crunchyroll Expo (CRX) is an annual three-day anime convention held during August/September at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California over Labor Day weekend. The convention is organized by anime licensor Crunchyroll and LeftField Media. Programming The convention typically offers an Artists Alley, Dealers Room, a Masquerade, panels, and video games. History Crunchyroll Expo was first held in 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. LeftField Media was brought in to help run the convention. Crunchyroll Expo received most of its ticket sales in the days before the event. MAGWest was held the same weekend, and the conventions partnered to allow attendees to participate in limited events at the other. The convention had staffing and badge check issues, along with autograph ticket confusion. They also had no video rooms. Crunchyroll Expo for 2018 moved to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. They were t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnidelia
(stylized as GARNiDELiA) is a Japanese pop rock duo, consisting of singer Mai Mizuhashi, better known by her stage name MARiA and Vocaloid record producer , better known by his stage name toku. History The duo first collaborated on the song "Color", which was used as the opening theme to the 2010 anime television series ''Freezing''. The name of their unit came from the French phrase "Le Palais Garnier de Maria" (Maria's Opera), and the asteroid Cordelia, which was discovered in 1978, the year of toku's birth. In 2014, they made their debut under the major record label Defstar Records with the single "ambiguous", which was released on March 5, 2014, whose title track is used as the second opening theme to the 2013 anime television series '' Kill la Kill''. Later that year, MARiA collaborated with Vocaloid producer Jin and performed the song "Daze", which is used as the opening theme to the 2014 anime television series ''Mekakucity Actors''. Their second single "Grilletto", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irregular At Magic High School
is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his work in a light novel format beginning July 2011. The story takes place in an alternate history where magic exists and is polished through technology, and follows Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, siblings who enroll into First High magic high school. While keeping their connections to the infamous Yotsuba clan secret, they attempt to live their daily life in peace, but Tatsuya is shunned for his apparent ineptness and Miyuki is validated for her magical abilities. In 2013, each story arc received a manga adaptation with varying manga artists and publishers. That same year, an anime television series adaptation by Madhouse was announced and aired from April to September 2014. ''The Irregular at Magic High School'' franchise had been localized for English by two companies: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Chronicle
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 meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenbin -LIBRA-
is a song by Japanese pop singer Takanori Nishikawa featuring Asca. It was released on May 27, 2020. It reached number 7 on Oricon and number 45 on Japan Hot 100. It was used as the opening theme song for the anime '' White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle''. Release On 27 January 2020, Colopl revealed that Takanori Nishikawa and Asca would perform as opening theme song for the opening theme song for the anime '' White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle''. The song was released as a single on 27 May 2020 on three edition; Regular edition, Limited edition and Limited anime edition. The single reached number 7 on Oricon, 45 on Japan Hot 100, and 11 on Japan Hot Animation. Music video The music video for "Tenbin (Libra)" was directed by A.T. The video features Takanori Nishikawa and ASCA singing with black and white effect. Sometimes scene show Takanori Nishikawa doing backflip and super jump with black effect. Also, some scene show that Takanori Nishikawa hold fire with red effect, while A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takanori Nishikawa
is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice artist, radio personality, and businessman. He performs under the stage name T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for , stemming from the famous '80s pop electronic band TM Network. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura (also TMR's former producer), T.M.Revolution is considered Nishikawa's solo project. Nishikawa is also known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series. Nishikawa debuted as TMR with the release of his first single in May 1996. Later that year, his third single was used as the third ending song for the anime series ''Rurouni Kenshin'', further expanding his fan base. He also contributed six songs to the ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' franchise – three for ''Gundam SEED'' and three for ''Gundam SEED Destiny''. Nishikawa has guest starred as a minor character in each of those anime series that fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Files Of Lord El-Melloi II
is a Japanese light novel series written by Makoto Sanda (''Rental Magica'') and illustrated by Mineji Sakamoto. Officially part of the ''Fate'' series, it began serialization by Type-Moon under the ''Type-Moon Books'' imprint on December 30, 2014 to May 17, 2019. The novels are set between the events of ''Fate/Zero'' and ''Fate/stay night'', focusing on Waver Velvet, Lord El-Melloi II, a former master who now investigates several mysteries after his participation in the Fourth Holy Grail War. A sequel novel series, , began publishing on December 25, 2020. Two media adaptations were officially made: a manga adaptation by Makoto Sanda with illustrations from Tō Azuma began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Young Ace'' magazine on October 4, 2017 and an anime adaptation by Troyca, which adapts the ''Rail Zeppelin'' chapter, aired from July 6 to September 28, 2019. Special edition episodes of the anime adaptation aired on December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2021. Story Takin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember (Hiroyuki Sawano Album)
''Remember'' (stylized as ''R∃/MEMBER'') is the third studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki Zk''. It was released on March 6, 2019, through the Sony Music label Sacra Music. Four singles were released from the album: "Binary Star", "Cage", "narrative" and "NOISEofRAIN". Background "Binary Star" was used at the opening theme for the anime '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Encounter'', while "Cage" was used at the theme song for the life-sized Unicorn Gundam statue from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn''. "narrative" was used as the theme song for the anime film ''Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative''. "ME & CREED " will be used as the theme song for the upcoming mobile game '' Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord''. Track listing Sample credits *"Binary Star" features a sample from "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren and performed by Starship. Charts Credits Adapted from booklet. Production *Hiroyuki Sawano – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Sawano
is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and Music Producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, Japanese television drama, television dramas, and movies. His works include the Soundtrack, musical scores for ''Attack on Titan (TV series), Attack on Titan'', ''The Seven Deadly Sins (2014 TV series), The Seven Deadly Sins'', ''Blue Exorcist'', ''Guilty Crown'', ''Kill la Kill'', ''Seraph of the End'', and ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn''. In addition to his role on the soundtrack, he also composes opening and ending theme songs for several series. Overall, he has already provided the music for over 100 visual media works. Sawano was nominated for the Newtype Anime Awards 11 times, winning 4 of the nominations. He has also won the Tokyo Anime Award three times, as well as two recent prizes at the Anime Trending Awards. He was represented by Legendoor between 2006 and 2017, and is currently represented by VV-ALKLINE. In 2014, he started a vocal proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), education (such as medical or military training) and business (such as virtual meetings). Other distinct types of VR-style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality, sometimes referred to as extended reality or XR, although definitions are currently changing due to the nascence of the industry. Currently, standard virtual reality systems use either virtual reality headsets or multi-projected environments to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that simulate a user's physical presence in a virtual environment. A person using virtual reality equipment is able to look around the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. The effect is commonly created by VR headsets consisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicization
''Sword Art Online: Alicization'' is the third season of the anime series adapted from the light novel series ''Sword Art Online'', written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. It is animated by A-1 Pictures and directed by Manabu Ono. It covers the first part of the "Alicization" arc and adapts from the novel's ninth volume, ''Alicization Beginning'', to the fourteenth volume, ''Alicization Uniting''. The second part of the anime, titled ''Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld'', adapts from the novel's fifteenth volume, ''Alicization Invading'', to the eighteenth volume, ''Alicization Lasting''. While not covered in the light novels, ''Alicization'' takes place after '' Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale'', as it incorporates elements from the film not found in the novels. The first part of the series premiered on October 7, 2018, and aired until March 31, 2019, with a one-hour world premiere airing in Japan, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
