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Ai Ore!
is a Japanese manga series by Mayu Shinjo. It was adapted into a live action film in 2012. Plot ''Ai o Utau Yori Ore Ni Oborero!'' Akira Shiraishi, a young high school boy with feminine features, joins Blaue Rosen, the all-female band for which Mizuki Sakurazaka, an androgynous girl of the same age, performs lead electric guitar. Their high school life is anything but typical: Mizuki is the "prince" of her all-girl school while Akira is the "princess" of the neighboring all-boy school. A series of comical events brings them closer together, even as the prejudice of the people around them tries to pull them apart. ''Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji'' After announcing that he is a boy during a concert for Blaue Rosen in the first book, Akira and Mizuki begin to date. But as their relationship heats up, so does the feud between the two's schools. Publication Written and illustrated by Mayu Shinjo, ''Ai o Utau Yori Ore ni Oborero!'' was serialized in Shogakukan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DGNA
The Boss (대국남아, often referred to as DGNA or, incorrectly, D-NA) was a South Korean boy band with five members, formed under Open World Entertainment in 2010. In South Korea they are known as ''Dae Guk Nam Ah'', literally meaning "The Boys of Super Space", which is how their English name of 'The Boss' was formed. In Japan, they are known as ''Daikoku Danji'' (大国男児). The group now consists of Karam, Injun, and Jay. Mika left the group in December of 2018 after posting a message of departure on his now deleted Instagram, and Hyunmin left after 7 years according to his speech on I Can See Your Voice Season 9 Episode 6. All five members of The Boss were formerly members of Xing Entertainment and members of the generation band Xing with different stage names. After being officially announced on January 28, 2010, The Boss debuted on March 4, 2010, with their song "Admiring Boy" on Mnet M!Countdown. On June 18, 2010, they performed a comeback on KBS2's Music Bank wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Franchises
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward. International operations In the United States Shogakukan, along with Shueisha, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States. Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005. Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (previously Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.) In March 2010 it was announced that Shogakukan would partner with the American comics publisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy Anime And Manga
Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that era ** Romantic chess of that era * Romance film, a genre Books * ''The Romantic'' (Sinclair novel), by May Sinclair * ''The Romantic'' (Gowdy novel), by Barbara Gowdy Films * ''The Romantic'' (film), a 2009 animated film * ''The Romantics'' (film), a 2010 romantic comedy film * ''Romantic'' (film), a 2021 Indian Telugu-language romantic film Music Classical * ''Romantic'', Anton Bruckner's 1881 Symphony No. 4 * ''Romantic'', Carlos Chávez's 1953 Symphony No. 4 * ''Romantic'', Howard Hanson's 1930 Symphony No. 2 Popular * ''Romantic'' (album), 1990, by The Human League * "Romantic" (song), by Karyn White * The Romantics, an American rock 'n roll band from Detroit * "Romantics", a song by Tove Lo from the 2017 album '' Blue Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Adapted Into Films
Manga (Japanese language, Japanese: 漫画 ) 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 prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' 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 the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of Genre, genres: Action fiction, action, Adventure fiction, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, Detective fiction, detective, drama, Historical fiction, historical, Horror fiction, horror, Mystery fiction, mystery, Romance novel, romance, science fiction and fantasy, Erotic literature, erotica (''hentai'' and ''ecchi''), Sports novel, sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madman Entertainment Manga
Pierfrancesco Botrugno (born 25 July 1988), better known by the stage name Madman sometimes stylized as MadMan is an Italian rapper. Biography Early years, ''Escape from Heart'' Madman entered the world of hip hop by participating in the 2006 edition of Tecniche Perfette (a well-known italian freestyle competition), in Apulia, later won in Turin by July B. In 2007 he made his debut with the self-produced mixtape ''Riscatto mixtape'', made in collaboration with TempoXso, followed in the same year by ''Prequel'' (recorded together with Esse-P), and in 2008 by ''R.I.P. Street album.'' In 2010 Madman released the debut album ''Escape from Heart'', released for free through the Honiro Label. Collaborations with Gemitaiz, ''MM Vol. 1'' Since 2011 Madman has embarked on a musical collaboration with rapper Gemitaiz, with whom he has released the mixtape ''Haterproof'' (2011) and the EP '' Detto, Fatto.'' (2012), both released through the Honiro Label. On June 28, 2013 Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live-action Films Based On Manga
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Shoten Manga
Kadokawa may refer to: *Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group **Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker **Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publishing side of Kadokawa with its brand companies **Kadokawa Light Novel Expo, an event held yearly by Kadokawa Corporation, dedicated to news for their various light novel series. **Kadokawa Pictures, the film production branch, at various times called Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc. and Kadokawa Shoten Pictures, Inc. **Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ..., a publishing house, or its subsidiaries. Currently a brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing * Genyoshi Kadokawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Manga
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for manga published in the United States was introduced on March 5, 2009, along with two additional lists for hardcover and paperback graphic novels. The three lists were grouped under the "Graphic Books" category. The manga list was published weekly until January 2017, when the Times stop producing separate "Graphic Books" best seller lists. Today New York times best selling manga volumes are displayed under the "Graphic Books and Manga" monthly list which was launched in 2019 October. Deborah Hoffman, an editor for the Best Seller lists, explained that the term "Graphic Books" was selected to create an "inclusive and expansive" list which can extend to works of both fiction and nonfiction. Journalist George Gustines announced, in his introduction of the new lists, "Comics have finally joined the mainstream." The announcement was made the week the film ''Watchmen'', based on the comic book of the same name, was released in movie theaters t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishido Kavka
, known as a solo artist by the stage name is a Japanese-Mexican drummer and vocalist. Originally a member of the rock band The News, she debuted as a solo musician in 2012 and released her debut album ''Kavkanize'' in 2013. She prominently plays the drums in all of her promotions. Shishido was given the name "Kavka" for her stage name by copy editor Junpei Watanabe. Shishido always wore black, reminding her of a crow. She picked the Czech word ', which refers to the daurian jackdaw. Biography Shishido was born in Mexico in 1985 to Japanese parents. She lived there until she was two, later going to Japan for elementary school. Between the ages of 13 and 14, Shishido lived in Argentina. She learned Spanish to use in her daily life, though on returning to Japan forgot it since she had nobody with whom to practice. When she was 14, Shishido was inspired to take up the drums after seeing a live performance on TV. She enjoyed the idea of the drummer being an "unsung hero" of the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DISACODE
DISACODE is a Japanese three-member visual kei rock band formed in 2007. History DISACODE was originally formed in January 2007, with female fashion model AKIRA as vocalist and the central focus. The band was dissolved at one point, however at that time AKIRA took over the band name and music composition. In 2010, three new members were added to the band - Shin, Marcy and Daichi. Their first live concert together was on April 9, 2010. In July of the same year, their first album ''Akashic Records ''was released. In 2011, the mini-album ''Kakkotsukezu ni wa Irarenai'' was released. In 2012, the full album ''Ryuu no Hige wo Ari ga Nerau'' was released. In March 2013, Daichi left the band. His spot is currently being temporarily filled by support members. Band Name The band name is a word that AKIRA came up with, referring to rock music that defies boundaries. It is made of three parts - "DIS", "A", & "CODE". "DIS" refers to the negative prefix used in English, and "CODE" r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
