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Chiho Saito
is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for '' Kanon''. She is part of the Be-Papas was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating original works. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Y ... manga artist collective. Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo. Works * ''Anastasia Club'' (2001-2008) * (1990) ** (1992) ** (1994) ** (1995) * ** * * (1996 – 1997) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (''Published in 2 English Short Story Volumes by Tokyopop") * * * * References External links PRISMS - Saitou Chiho manga database fan site entry * Romance Symphony of Saito Chiho 1967 births Japanese graphic novelists Living people Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltz In A White Dress
is a Japanese '' shōjo/josei'' manga written and illustrated by Chiho Saito in 1990. The story is set in late 1930s Asia, on the eve of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power .... After four volumes in 1990, the series later continued with the spin-off in 1992, the three-volume sequel in 1994, and an epilogue included in in 1995. Characters * Koto, a Japanese girl who aspires to be a tailor * Sajit Aster, an Indian freedom fighter struggling for independence against British Empire * Masaomi Kidoin, a Japanese imperial soldier serving the Japanese Empire * Ryuichi Kidoin, Masaomi's elder brother References External links * 1990 manga 1994 manga British Empire in fiction British India in fiction Chiho Saito Comics set in China History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Graphic Novelists
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1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, '' A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species '' Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiho Saito
is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for '' Kanon''. She is part of the Be-Papas was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating original works. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Y ... manga artist collective. Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo. Works * ''Anastasia Club'' (2001-2008) * (1990) ** (1992) ** (1994) ** (1995) * ** * * (1996 – 1997) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (''Published in 2 English Short Story Volumes by Tokyopop") * * * * References External links PRISMS - Saitou Chiho manga database fan site entry * Romance Symphony of Saito Chiho 1967 births Japanese graphic novelists Living people Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Exists For Me
, released in English as ''The World Exists for Me'', is a 2001 Japanese manga series. The series is written by Kunihiko Ikuhara with Seinosuke Ito (credited jointly as Be-Papas) and illustrated by Chiho Saito. The series is Ikuhara and Saito's second collaboration following the anime and manga series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. Synopsis Japanese high school student Sekai Maihime confesses her romantic feelings to her classmate Midou while on a school train tour through France. A mysterious boy named Sovieul appears, and the train suddenly derails; Sekai is knocked unconscious, and awakens transported back in time with Sovieul to 17th century France. Sekai and Sovieul travel to the court of Louis XIV, where Sekai is accused of being a witch working for Montespan, Louis' mistress. In reality Montespan is working with Machiavellio, a man with the ability to jump through time who strongly resembles Midou. They again travel to the 15th century, where Sekai and Sovieul are captu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Girl
is a josei romance manga series written and illustrated by Chiho Saito. It was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Petit Comic'' in 2002 and 2003, and collected in five bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint. It is licensed in Italian by Star Comics Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and featured titles that were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys. The last comic published under the imprint ..., which serialized it in the magazine '' Kappa Extra''. Story The story is about Miu, a seventeen-year-old Japanese girl who is sold by her mother to the handsome Leon Rosas, the son of a powerful family of a South American country, in order to get out of debt. She is taken to South America as Leon's bride to be and is terrified of being in a new country and owned by Leon. However Leon is able to seduce Miu and they fall in love. Tragedy strikes when a coup is taken out on the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon (music Manga)
is a Japanese music manga written and illustrated by Chiho Saito. It was serialised by Shogakukan in '' Amici'' from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six bound volumes. ''Kanon'' received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. The manga is licensed for a French-language release in France by Star Comics. Plot Budding composer Tendou Kawahara flees to Mongolia after being belittled by renowned composer Gen Mikami. In Mongolia, Tendou meets Kanon, a Japanese girl who has a talent for playing the violin. After her mother's untimely death, Kanon moves to Japan with Tendou in search of her father. Tendou attempts to bring out Kanon's talent without success. Soon after, Kanon's aunt gives Kanon 3 pictures of her possible father. One of them dies of a heart attack soon after, another is homosexual and a third, Kent Gregory, lives in the United States and has been gravely ill for a long time. Ultimately, Kanon goes to the United States, only to find Kent on his deathbed. Fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be-Papas
was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating original works. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Yōji Enokido, and planner Yūichirō Oguro. The group was intended to allow the animation production staff, who were previously rarely recognized as authors, to stand out in the shoes of original creators. The group created the 1996–1997 manga and anime series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' and its 1999 film and manga sequel ''Adolescence of Utena''. The name of the team, according to Oguro in the liner notes for DVD volume 1 of ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', meant "let's grow up." Be-Papas disbanded following the release of ''Adolescence of Utena''. Ikuhara and Saito later collaborated on the 2001 manga series ''World of the S&M , released in English as ''The World Exists for Me'', is a 2001 Japanese manga series. The series is writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon (manga)
is a Japanese music manga written and illustrated by Chiho Saito. It was serialised by Shogakukan in '' Amici'' from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six bound volumes. ''Kanon'' received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. The manga is licensed for a French-language release in France by Star Comics. Plot Budding composer Tendou Kawahara flees to Mongolia after being belittled by renowned composer Gen Mikami. In Mongolia, Tendou meets Kanon, a Japanese girl who has a talent for playing the violin. After her mother's untimely death, Kanon moves to Japan with Tendou in search of her father. Tendou attempts to bring out Kanon's talent without success. Soon after, Kanon's aunt gives Kanon 3 pictures of her possible father. One of them dies of a heart attack soon after, another is homosexual and a third, Kent Gregory, lives in the United States and has been gravely ill for a long time. Ultimately, Kanon goes to the United States, only to find Kent on his deathbed. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
