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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot And Marple
is a Japanese anime television series that adapted several Agatha Christie stories about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. A new character named Maybelle West, Miss Marple's great-niece, who becomes Poirot's junior assistant, is used to connect the two detectives. The series was broadcast from 4 July 2004 to 15 May 2005 on NHK, and continues to be shown in re-runs on NHK and other networks in Japan. The series was adapted as manga under the same title, which was released in 2004 and 2005. Adaptation The TV series is a generally faithful adaptation of the original stories given the time constraints (typically one 25-minute episode for a short story, four episodes for a novel). Despite being a modern Japanese adaptation, the original (mainly English) locations and time period are retained. The most obvious story change is the addition of Mabel West and her pet duck, Oliver. However, apart from her soliloquies, most of her lines are taken from the incidental dialogue of other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), the account told by two witnesses broke down when Daniel cross-examines th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsuko Tanaka (voice Actress)
is a Japanese voice actress and narrator associated with Mausu Promotion (formerly Ezaki Productions). She is best known for her portrayal of Motoko Kusanagi in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' film and franchise. She also voices Konan in the ''Naruto'' series, Caster in the ''Fate/stay night'' series, Lisa Lisa in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Claudette in ''Queen's Blade'', Francis Midford in '' Black Butler'', and Karura in ''Utawarerumono'', Bayonetta in the ''Bayonetta'' series, Hanami in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' and Kyrie Ushiromiya from ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni''. She attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy where she studied voice training in 1991. In 2012, a Biglobe poll named her the voice actress with the sexiest voice. Tanaka is married and has a sister. She also considers Kikuko Inoue to be her best friend. Overseas and on home soil in Japan, Atsuko is well known for being cast in semi-mature female action roles, noted for playing the Japanese dub voice of Lara Croft from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding
''The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 24 October 1960.Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions''. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 15) It is the only Christie first edition published in the UK that contains stories with both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the writer's two most famous detectives. It retailed in the UK for twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) and comprises six cases. It was not published in the US although the stories it contains were published in other volumes there. Plot summaries The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, or The Theft of the Royal Ruby Poirot is asked by a Mr Jesmond, who is acting as an intermediary to an eastern prince, to help that unfortunate young man with a problem he is having. The prince is due soon to be married to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peril At End House
''Peril at End House'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). The book features Christie's private detective Hercule Poirot, as well as Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, and is the sixth novel featuring Poirot. Poirot and Hastings vacation in Cornwall, meeting young Magdala "Nick" Buckley and her friends. He is persuaded that someone is out to kill her. They meet all of her friends at her home called End House. Though he aims to protect Nick, a murder happens that provokes Poirot to mount a serious investigation. The novel was well received when first published, with the plot remarked as unusually ingenious and diabolically clever by reviewers. Writing in 1990, Robert Barnard found it cunning, but not one of Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteen Problems
''The Thirteen Problems'' is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. ''Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions''. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 14) and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title ''The Tuesday Club Murders''. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The thirteen stories feature the amateur detective Miss Marple, her nephew Raymond West, and her friend Sir Henry Clithering. They are the earliest stories Christie wrote about Miss Marple. The main setting for the frame story is the fictional village of St Mary Mead. Plot introduction As in her short story collection '' Partners in Crime'', Christie employs an overarching narrative, making the book more like an episodic novel. There are three sets of narratives, though they themselves interrela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Marple's Final Cases And Two Other Stories
''Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in October 1979 retailing at £4.50. It was the last Christie book to be published under the Collins Crime Club imprint although HarperCollins continue to be the writer's UK publishers. The book contains eight short stories, six featuring Miss Marple and two other stories, and did not originally appear in the United States because most of the stories had been published earlier in the US in magazines. In 2010, an audio book and the Kindle edition were released, which included six stories from the book, plus ''Greenshaw's Folly''. List of stories * ''Sanctuary'' * ''Strange Jest'' * ''Tape-Measure Murder'' * ''The Case of the Caretaker'' * ''The Case of the Perfect Maid'' * ''Miss Marple Tells a Story'' * ''The Dressmaker's Doll'' * ''In a Glass Darkly'' * ''Greenshaw's Folly'' (added in new editions by Alexander Afgan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poirot Investigates
''Poirot Investigates'' is a short story collection written by English author Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924.''The English Catalogue of Books''. Vol XI (A-L: January 1921 – December 1925). Kraus Reprint Corporation, Millwood, New York, 1979 (page 310) In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. The American version of this book, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1925, featured a further three stories. The UK first edition featured an illustration of Poirot on the dust jacket by W. Smithson Broadhead, reprinted from the 21 March 1923 issue of ''The Sketch'' magazine. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) while the 1925 US edition was $2.00. Plot summaries The Adventure of the Western Star Poirot receives a visit from Miss Mary Marvell, the famous American film star on her visit to London. She has received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuro Yamashita
, occasionally credited as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer, who is known for pioneering the style of Japanese adult-oriented rock/soft rock music. His most well-known song is "Christmas Eve", the best-selling single song released in Japan in the 1980s, appearing on the Japanese singles chart for over 35 consecutive years. He is known for his collaborations with his wife, singer Mariya Takeuchi, on many songs including "Plastic Love" as well as with American songwriter Alan O'Day with whom he wrote hit songs "Your Eyes," "Magic Ways," "Love Can Go the Distance," and "Fragile." Active since the 1970s, Yamashita is considered an important contributor to Japanese music, ranked by HMV Japan as sixth in the Top 100 Japanese Artists. Career Yamashita was a member of the band Sugar Babe with musicians Taeko Onuki and Kunio Muramatsu, who released their only album ''Songs'' in 1975. After the group disbanded in 1976, Yamashit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayuri Ichiishi
is the lead anime character designer for the ''Pokémon'' anime series, although she has worked on other animation titles. Her work closely follows Ken Sugimori to transfer Pokémon and Ken's characters into the anime. Sayuri also designs characters exclusive to the anime. Works * ''Pokémon'' ( TV) : Character design * '' Pokémon: The First Movie'' : Character design * '' Pokémon: The Movie 2000'' : Character design * '' Pokémon 3: The Movie'' : Character design * ''Pokémon 4Ever'' : Character design * ''Pokémon Heroes'' : Character design * '' Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker'' : Character design * '' Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys'' : Character design * '' Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'' : Character design * ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'' : Character design * ''Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple is a Japanese anime television series that adapted several Agatha Christie stories about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. A new c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 ''Watanabe Toshiyuki'') (born February 3, 1955, in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the award-winning anime series "Uchū Kyōdai" ("Space Brothers") from 2012 to 2014. He is the son of legendary tokusatsu and anime composer, Michiaki Watanabe. Notable film scores * ''Declaration of a Domineering Husband'' (1979) * ''Fine Snow'' (1983) * ''Jiro's Story'' (1987) * ''Golf Yoakemae'' (1987) * ''Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996) * ''Rebirth of Mothra II'' (1997) * ''Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998) * ''Milk White'' (2003) * ''Gege'' (2004) * ''Mazinger Z: Infinity'' (2017) * ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion, Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X'' (2019) Television scores * ''Bosco Adventure'' (1986-1987) * ''Metal Armor Dragonar'' (1987-1988) (with Kentarō Haneda) * ''Peter Pan: The Animated Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naohito Takahashi
Naohito (written: 直人) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese footballer *Naohito Ishii (born 1963), Japanese taekwondo practitioner {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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