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Chiaki Kon
is a Japanese anime director. She started her career in 1998 after joining Pierrot. Biography Chiaki Kon was born in September 29, at Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, she used to watch and fan of Toei Animation's anime adaptation works, such as ''Saint Seiya'', and ''Sailor Moon''. After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Academy, Kon interned at Pierrot, under anime director Jun Kamiya. She provided production advancement, and assistant storyboard episode 28 of ''Neo Ranga'' for Kamiya. Kon then directed the anime adaptations of ''Higurashi When They Cry'' series at Studio Deen from 2006-2008 (including '' Higurashi When They Cry: Kai'' and ''Umineko When They Cry''). She then directed the anime adaptation of '' Junjō Romantica'' series, and the spin-off series, ''The World's Greatest First Love'' series from 2008-2011. At J.C. Staff, Kon directed two of the ''Nodame Cantabile'' series (''Nodame Cantabile: Paris arc'' and ''Nodame Cantabile: Finale'') in 2008 and 2011. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west. Chiba is the capital and largest city of Chiba Prefecture, with other major cities including Funabashi, Matsudo, Ichikawa and Kashiwa. Chiba Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast to the east of Tokyo, and is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Chiba Prefecture largely consists of the Bōsō Peninsula, which encloses the eastern side of Tokyo Bay and separates it from Kanagawa Prefecture. Chiba Prefecture is home to Narita International Airport, the Tokyo Disney Resort, and the Keiyō Industrial Zone. Etymology The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first, , means "thousand" and the second, means " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Romance
Pure Romance is a United States-based multi-level marketing company that sells adult products including sex toys. Under the multi-level marketing (MLM) model, all products are sold exclusively through independent consultants at women-only at-home parties. History Patty Brisben, a former pediatrician's assistant, founded the company Slumber Parties in Loveland, Ohio 1993. Her business used contract salespeople to sell sex toys, lotions, and massage oils through at-home parties. In 2000, the company had six full-time employees and had annual sales of less than $2 million. Brisben's son, Chris Cicchinelli, joined the company in 2000 and encouraged his mother to expand beyond local sales into markets such as St. Louis, Missouri. By 2003 the company had $30 million in sales, 3,500 consultants, and was active in 46 US states and the US Virgin Islands. The company was renamed Pure Romance in 2003. In 2011, the Pure Romance expanded into South Africa and Australia. In 2012, Cicch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanrio
is a Japanese entertainment company. It designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the ''kawaii'' ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts, and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's best-known character is Hello Kitty, a little cartoon girl cat and one of the most successful marketing brands in the world. Besides selling character goods, Sanrio takes part in film production and publishing. They own the rights to the ''Mr. Men'' characters and Japanese licensing rights to the ''Peanuts'' characters. Their animatronics branch, called Kokoro Company, Ltd. (''kokoro'' being Japanese for 'heart') is best known for the Actroid Android (robot), android. The company also runs a franchise of KFC in Saitama Prefecture. History Shintaro Tsuji founded Sanrio on August 10, 1960, then known as the Yamanashi Silk Company using in capital. In 1962, Tsuji exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production I
Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a statistic, gross domestic product * Production line Arts, entertainment, and media Motion pictures * Production, film distributor of a company * Production, phase of filmmaking * Production, video production Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Production'' (album), by Mirwais, 2000 * Production, category of illusory magic trick * Production, phase of video games development * Production, Record producer's role * Production, theatrical performance Science and technology * Production, deployment environment where changes go "live" and users interact with it * Production (computer science), formal-grammar concept * Primary production, the production of new biomass by autotrophs in ecosystems * Productivity (ecology), the wider c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle 6
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency." and accordingly gets attributed to some supernatural or praeternatural cause. Various religions often attribute a phenomenon characterized as miraculous to the actions of a supernatural being, (especially) a deity, a magician, a miracle worker, a saint, or a religious leader. Informally, English-speakers often use the word ''miracle'' to characterise any beneficial event that is statistically unlikely but not contrary to the laws of nature, such as surviving a natural disaster, or simply a "wonderful" occurrence, regardless of likelihood (e.g. "the miracle of childbirth"). Some coincidences may be seen as miracles. A true miracle would, by definition, be a non-natural phenomenon, leading many writers to dismiss miracles as ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Street Girls
is a Japanese manga series by Jasmine Gyuh. It is about three yakuza men forced by their boss to become a female idol group. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from March 2015 to September 2018 and was compiled into 12 volumes. The manga is licensed in English by Kodansha USA. A 10-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Chiaki Kon, aired from July to September 2018 on BS11 and other channels. A live-action adaptation, '' Back Street Girls: Gokudols'', was released in February 2019. Plot After an unspecified major failure, Yakuza underlings Kentaro, Ryo and Kazuhiko are forced by their boss, Inugane, to either commit seppuku and sell their organs or go to Thailand to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and train to become idols. They choose the latter and debut as Airi, Mari and Chika, the Gokudols. They suffer abuse from Inugane as he trains them to become idols. Still, their hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Naruto Shippuden Episodes
'' Naruto: Shippuden'' is an anime series mainly adapted from Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's original manga series, with exactly 500 episodes. It is set two and a half years after the original series in the ''Naruto'' universe, following the ninja teenager Naruto Uzumaki and his allies. The series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. It began broadcasting on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo, and concluded on March 23, 2017. On January 2, 2009, Viz Media and Crunchyroll provided eight uncut English subtitled ''Naruto: Shippuden'' episodes on the official ''Naruto'' website. Later on January 15, Viz began providing subtitled versions of the latest ''Naruto: Shippuden'' episodes a week after they first aired in Japan, with a new episode being added to the ''Naruto'' website each subsequent Thursday. The English dub of ''Naruto: Shippuden'' made its US premiere on Disney XD on October 28, 2009. On July 24, 2009, Viz Media announced that the series wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munehisa Sakai
is a Japanese anime director. He joined Toei Animation in 1992, where he directed part of ''One Piece'', '' Suite PreCure'', and ''Sailor Moon Crystal''. After leaving Toei Animation and joining MAPPA in 2017, he has directed ''Zombie Land Saga'', '' Mr Love: Queen's Choice'', and ''Dance Dance Danseur''. Sakai later joined Studio Kai in 2022. Biography While in an animator school, one of the teachers introduced Sakai to Toei Animation, which he joined in 1992. From 2006 to 2008, Sakai directed ''One Piece''; Sakai also directed '' One Piece Film: Strong World'' in 2009. ''One Piece Film: Strong World'' won the award for excellence in animation of at the year and was nominated for animation of the year at the 34th Japan Academy Film Prize. In 2011, Sakai directed '' Suite PreCure''. In 2014, he directed ''Sailor Moon Crystal''. In 2017, Sakai left Toei Animation and joined MAPPA. In 2018, Sakai directed ''Zombie Land Saga''. The series won the animation of the year award in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
エンターブレイン
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on 30 January 1987 as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of anime artbooks. Enterbrain is based in Tokyo, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 million yen. Enterbrain's current president is Hirokazu Hamamura. Enterbrain publications * '' B's LOG'': Magazine focused on female gamers. * ''TECH Win DVD'': A magazine aimed specifically to PC users. It comes with two CD-ROMs worth of goodies and information. * ''Tech Gian'': A CD-ROM magazine focused on adult video games. * '' Magi-Cu'': A seinen visual entertainment manga magazine based on female game characters. * ''Comic Beam'': Comic Beam was formerly known as ASCII Comic. It is a seinen manga magazine filled with original manga. * '' Harta'' (formerly ''Fellows!''): A periodical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballerina Of The Land Of Dolls
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be 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 nouns 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 the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HappinessCharge PreCure!
, also called ''HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!'' or Happiness Charge PC is a 2014 Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, and the eleventh installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, released to celebrate the franchise's 10th anniversary. It is directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, who previously directed '' HeartCatch PreCure!'', and written by Yoshimi Narita, who previously wrote for ''Yes! PreCure 5'', with character designs from Masayuki Sato of ''Air Gear''. It began airing in Japan from February 2, 2014 to January 25, 2015, succeeding '' DokiDoki! Precure'' in its initial timeslot. The series' main topic is love, with the Cures' motifs are fashion styles and dance moves. It features trading cards, mirrors, and changing forms as important key elements.''Nakayoshi'' January 2014 issue, Kodansha It was then succeeded by ''Go! Princess PreCure'' on February 1, 2015. Plot The ruler of the evil , Queen Mirage, begins her invasion on Earth using a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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