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Be Love
''Be Love'' is a Japanese monthly (bimonthly May 1982 – 2018) manga magazine targeting women published by Kodansha. It debuted in September 1980. It is one of the leading manga magazines for adult women, the second of its kind (the first being ''Petit Comic'' published by Shogakukan), and was instrumental in the rising popularity of josei manga in the 1980s, which led to the creation of other magazines targeted at women such as ''You'' and ''Big Comic for Lady''.Jaqueline Berndt: Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kultur in Japan. edition q, Berlin 1995. , S. 133. (German) As of 2003, ''Be Love'', like ''You'' and '' Jour'', published stories focusing on "the reality of everyday life" experienced by its readers. As of 1997, the magazine's readers are mostly working women and housewives, but students made up 8% of readership in that year. Circulation figures The magazine first appeared as ''Be in Love'' but was renamed in 1982. From 1995 to 2000 sales were at around 270,000-280,000 per i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine ''Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current legal name since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōko Ogawa
is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. ''The Memory Police'' was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020. Some of her most well known works include '' The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Diving Pool'' and ''Hotel Iris''. Background and education Ogawa was born in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, and attended Waseda University, Tokyo. When she married her husband, a steel company engineer, she quit her job as a medical university secretary and wrote while her husband was at work. Initially, she wrote only as a hobby, and her husband didn't realise she was a writer until her debut novel, ''The Breaking of the Butterfly'', received a literary prize. Her novella ''Pregnancy Diary,'' written in brief intervals when her son was a toddler, won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwa Ueda
is a Japanese manga artist, known for her works like ''Peach Girl'' and ''Angel Wars''. In 1999, she received the Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōjo'' for ''Peach Girl''. Miwa was born on September 29 in Hyōgo, Japan. She worked for some time with ''Sailor Moon'' author Naoko Takeuchi. She started publishing her works in 1985. Works Manga *''Kyupi No pants wa nugasanaide'' - Kodansha *''Kyou No watashi wa komatta Doll'' - Kodansha *''G senjou No Maria'' (1989)- Kodansha *''Jesus Christ!'' (1991) - Kodansha *''Oh! My Darling'' (1992) - Kodansha *''Imitation Gold'' (1994) - Kodansha *''Angel Wars'' (1995) - Kodansha *''Garasu no Kodou'' (1996) - Kodansha *''Peach Girl'' (1998) - Kodansha *'' Peach Girl: Sae's Story'' (2005) - Kodansha *'' Papillon -hana to chou-'' (2007) - Kodansha ("Butterfly: Flower and Butterfly") *''Pre Mari'' (2010) - Kodansha *''Rokomoko'' (2011–12) - Kodansha *''Peach Girl Next'' (2016–current) - Kodansha Film adaptation * ''Peach Girl i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peach Girl Next
is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in ''Bessatsu Friend'' from 1998 to 2003 and collected in 18 volumes. The series was adapted as a Taiwanese drama in 2002 and a Japanese animated television series in 2005. A manga sequel set 10 years after the original manga, titled ''Peach Girl Next'', began its serialization on ''Be Love'' on August 12, 2016. It ended with a total of eight volumes, the last of which was released in January 2020. On mid-March 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced. The film was released in Japan on May 20, 2017. The North American version of the manga is published in two parts by Tokyopop: ''Peach Girl'', covering the first eight volumes of the Japanese release; and ''Peach Girl: Change of Heart'', comprising the final ten books. The animated TV series is distributed by Funimation Entertainment, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromu Ono
is a Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... manga artist. In 1984, she won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for '' Lady Love''. References External links Profileat The Ultimate Manga Guide Manga artists Women manga artists Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Living people Japanese women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiko-chan's Smile
is an anime and manga series about a kindergarten student who has many of the features of a child prodigy but at the same time displays many bizarre habits and an odd personality. Characters ;Kiko Ninomiya : :Kiko is a four-year-old (five in the end of the series) girl who attends a private kindergarten in Tokyo. She is capable of doing many things most four-year-olds are not capable of; these include cooking, unassisted grocery shopping, limited acrobatics. Despite the title of the series, it is very rare to actually see Kiko smile and almost as rare for her to speak. Despite this, Kiko is quite popular with her classmates. She also has a wide variety of interests, including ballet, learning English, playing video games and interfering with her teacher's love life. ;Makiko and Tarou : (Mama) and (Papa) :Kiko's parents. Papa is a salaryman, Mama is a housewife, and both find their daughter a source of much puzzlement and frustration. Still they are devoted parents. ;Megu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childcare Edition
Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), child care typically refers to the care provided by caregivers that are not the child's parents. Child care is a broad topic that covers a wide spectrum of professionals, institutions, contexts, activities, and social and cultural conventions. Early child care is an equally important and often overlooked component of child's developments. Care can be provided to children by a variety of individuals and groups. Care facilitated by similar-aged children covers a variety of developmental and psychological effects in both caregivers and charge. This is due to their mental development being in a particular case of not being able to progress as it should be at their age. This care giving role may also be taken on by the child's extended f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentaro Hiyama's First Pregnancy
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eri Sakai. It is set in a world where males are able to become pregnant; the story follows Kentaro Hiyama, an elite ad salaryman who discovers he is pregnant. ''Kentaro Hiyama's First Pregnancy'' was serialized in Kodansha's bimonthly (at the time) ''Be Love'' Magazine from August 2012 to November 2012 and has been collected into 1 ''tankōbon'' volume. The sequel was serialized in Kodansha's monthly ''Be Love'' Magazine from August 2019 to September 2020 and has been collected into 2 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A third installment one-shot, titled , was released on January 5, 2023. Sakai hinted that this would be the final installment. While the manga has yet to receive an official English translation, it has already garnered a following in the west due to its mature handling of the themes and the commentary presented for an otherwise unusual subject. A live-action drama series loosely based on the manga was co-produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All About The Looks
, also titled ''Woman's All About the Looks'', is a Japanese manga series by . ''It's All About the Looks'' was serialized in the manga magazine ''Be Love'' from December 14, 2013 to June 1, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 13 to June 15, 2017. Plot Jonouchi, Sato, and Maeda are three scientists who work as researchers at a paper company. Having been out of touch with fashion, the three women form the research group JSM (an acronym of their names) to study and try out modern fashion trends with varying degrees of success. Characters ; : :Jonouchi a 30-year-old woman. She is described as a plain-looking woman who has never dated in her life. ; : :Maeda is a 40-year-old woman with an outdated fashion sense. ; : :Sato is a 25-year-old woman who researches fashion to understand why she is unpopular, in spite of people of her body type being able to be fashionable. However, she would rather spend money on delicious food instead of clothes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Nakamura
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Mariko may refer to: Places * Mariko-juku (鞠子宿), a post station along the Tōkaidō * Mariko, Mali * Mariko (crater), an impact crater on Venus People * MC Mariko (Mari Pajalahti, born 1979), Finnish music group Kwan * Bourama Mariko (born 1979), a Malian judoka * Oumar Mariko (born 1959), a Malian doctor and politician * Mariko (given name) is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings in Japanese The name ''Mariko'' can be written using various ''kanji'' characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following: * , "ball" + "child" * , "truth" + "child" * , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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