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Azfareo No Sobayōnin
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiki Chitose. It was initially published as a one-shot in Hakusensha's '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' in October 2015. It was later serialized in the same magazine as a short serial from January 2016. It later was fully serialized in ''The Hana to Yume'' magazine from July 2016 to March 2018, before being transferred back to ''Hana to Yume'' in April 2018 and running up until August 2019. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Shiki Chitose, ''Azfareo no Sobayōnin'' was initially published as a one-shot in Hakusensha's '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' on October 5, 2015. It was later serialized in the same magazine as a short serialization from January 20, 2016. It later resumed serialization in ''The Hana to Yume'' magazine on July 25, 2016. It was later transferred back to ''Hana to Yume'' on April 20, 2018 and ran up until August 20, 2019. Its chapters were collected into nine ''tankōbon'' vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakusensha
is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The company is part of the Hitotsubashi Group. History Hakusensha was founded on December 1, 1973, by Shueisha. It is now a separate company although still a part of the Hitotsubashi Group with Shueisha and Shogakukan as one of the major members of the keiretsu. After setting up the company for five months, the firm published their first magazine, a shōjo manga magazine titled . In November that year, they moved from to . In 1975, the firm changed the frequency of their magazine from monthly to semi-monthly; in March, they created their first imprint, . In July 1976, they published their second manga magazine, a shōjo manga magazine named as a sister magazine to ''Hana to Yume'' that is published bi-monthly. In April 1977, they set up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana To Yume
, also known as , is a semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 5th and 20th of every month. The magazine is B5-size, and always comes with or free supplements, such as drama CDs, pencil boards (shitajiki), manga anthologies, stationery, and calendars. was ranked fourth by Japanese girls as their favorite manga anthology in a survey conducted by Oricon in 2006. also has several other magazines under its name, such as '' The Hana to Yume'', ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'', ''Shōnen Hana to Yume'', and ''Trifle by Hana to Yume''. History The readers have been 95% female. Its demographic consists of 4% of readers under 13, 62.2% for 13–18 years old, 18.6% for 19–23 years old, and those who are 24 and older comprising the remaining 15.2%. In 2009, the magazine celebrated its 35th anniversary and collaborated with Yahoo! Japan Comic, which digitally distributes the magazine's serialized manga. '' Glass Mask'' by Suzue Miuchi and ''Hanazakari no Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hana To Yume
is a Japanese Shōjo manga, manga magazine published by Hakusensha on 25 January, April, July, and October. The magazine serves as a supplementary issue to the larger magazine ''Hana to Yume'', featuring One-shot (comics), one-shots or side stories of series running in ''Hana to Yume''. There are series running irregularly in the magazine. Serializations Current * ''Stray Cat & Wolf'' * ''W Juliet, W Juliet II'' Past * ''Azfareo no Sobayōnin'' (transferred to ''Hana to Yume'' in 2018) * ''Azfareo no Sobayōnin, Azfareo no Sobayōnin: Shirogane no Ryū-hen'' * ''Colette Decides to Die, Colette wa Shinu Koto ni Shita: Megami-hen'' * ''Duel Love, Duel Love: Koi Suru Otome wa Shōri no Megami'' * ''Full House Kiss'' * ''Gakkō Hotel'' * ''Hakuji'' * ''Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys'' * ''Jiujiu'' (transferred from ''Hana to Yume'' in 2010) * ''Life So Happy'' (transferred from ''Hana to Yume'' in 2018) * ''Love So Life'' (transferred to ''Hana to Yume'' in 2009) * ''Pherom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-shot (comics)
In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a Limited series (comics), limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.Albert, Aaron"One Shot Definition" About Entertainment. Retrieved July 8, 2016. One-shots date back to the early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published Comic book, comic books, parts of Comic magazine, comic magazines/Anthology, anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, films, video games or television shows. Overview In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called , a term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot. Many popular manga series bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...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] |
Nana Mizuki
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and narrator. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name in 1993 and made her debut as a voice actress in 1996. Her prominent roles include Hinata Hyuga in the long-running ninja series ''Naruto'' as well in '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Tamao Tamamura in ''Shaman King'' 2001 and 2021, Colette Brunel in '' Tales of Symphonia'', Fate Testarossa in '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', Tsubasa Kazanari in '' Symphogear'', Moka Akashiya in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Tsubomi Hanasaki (Cure Blossom) in '' Heartcatch Precure!'' and Ann Takamaki in '' Persona 5''. She also had official dubbing roles in live action version of '' Itazura na Kiss'' from Korea and Taiwan, as well in '' Hunger Games'' film series as Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence). She is also famous for dubbing roles portrayed by Taiwanese actress, Ariel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Nakamura (voice Actor)
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He is affiliated with the agency Intention as of October 1, 2020. He is characterized by his calm and clear voice, and mainly plays roles ranging from teenage boys to men in their 30s. He has a wealth of experience in narration but has also been active in animation and dubbing in many productions, such as Gray Fullbuster in '' Fairy Tail'', Gai Tsutsugami in ''Guilty Crown'', Tatsuya Shiba in ''The Irregular at Magic High School'', Karamatsu in '' Osomatsu-san'', Graham Aker in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', Alto Saotome in '' Macross Frontier'', Tomoya Okazaki in ''Clannad'', Kyōsuke Kōsaka in '' Oreimo'', Yoshiki Kishinuma in '' Corpse Party'', Hotaro Oreki in '' Hyouka'', Bruno Bucciarati in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind'', Tetsurō Kuroo in '' Haikyu!!'', Yūichi Jin in '' World Trigger'', Satoru Gojo in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Hajime Umemiya in '' Wind Breaker'', Tsukasa Shishio in '' Dr. Stone'', Hawks in ''My Hero Academia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
