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Captain Tsubasa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with his opponents, training, competition and the action and outcome of each football match. Across the multiple ''Captain Tsubasa'' series, the plot shows Tsubasa's and his friends' growth as they face new rivals. The ''Captain Tsubasa'' manga series was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between 1981 and 1988, with the chapters collected into a total of 37 ''tankōbon'' volumes. This was followed by various manga sequels. The original manga series was adapted into an anime television series, produced by Tsuchida Production, broadcast on TV Tokyo from 1983 to 1986. Numerous movies and television series have followed with the latest one airing between 2018 and 2019. As of 2018, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Manga
is a genre of Japanese manga and anime that focuses on stories involving sports and other athletic and competitive pursuits. Though Japanese animated works depicting sports were released as early as the 1920s, sports manga did not emerge as a discrete category until the early 1950s. The genre achieved prominence in the context of the post-war occupation of Japan, and gained significant visibility during and subsequent to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Noted as among the most popular genres of manga and anime, sports manga is credited with introducing new sports to Japan, and popularizing existing sports. Characteristics Narrative The core element of a sports manga series is a depiction of a specific sport. The genre is inclusive of a breadth of sports that are both Japanese and non-Japanese in origin, including sports with mainstream popularity (e.g. baseball, association football, boxing, cycling), comparably niche and esoteric sports (e.g. street racing, rhythmic gymnastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' volumes under the "Young Jump Comics" imprint every four months. Many of the featured series are known to contain heavy violence and a fair amount of sexual content. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo. History ''Young Jump'' was launched in May 1979 as biweekly magazine and switched to a weekly release schedule in 1981. The "young" in its name denotes its target demographic as a ''seinen'' manga magazine, aimed at young adult men. In 2008, an offshoot issue similar to ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' was released called ''Monthly Young Jump''; the magazine was rebranded as ''Miracle Jump'' in 2011, and was suspended in 2017. Features Series There are currently twenty-five manga titles being regularly serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump''. Out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Oozora
, also known as Oliver Atom in multiple dubs, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Captain Tsubasa'' written by Yōichi Takahashi. Tsubasa is a prodigious association football player who dreams of winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan one day. The series follows Tsubasa's growth from primary school life in Japan, to other teams in other countries as well as Japan's national team. Tsubasa's usual position is midfielder but he sometimes plays as a forward, normally wearing jersey #10. He has also appeared in the series' anime adaptations and video games based on the manga series. Takahashi conceptualized Tsubasa as a strong player who would appear in multiple mangas as he grew up. To make the character's career stand out, Takahashi decided Tsubasa would never lose a match (though has lost once), stating that readers like strong characters. While there were no major influences in the making of the character, Takahashi linked Tsubasa with other rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga ( 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 genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and '' ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Tsubasa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with his opponents, training, competition and the action and outcome of each football match. Across the multiple ''Captain Tsubasa'' series, the plot shows Tsubasa's and his friends' growth as they face new rivals. The ''Captain Tsubasa'' manga series was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between 1981 and 1988, with the chapters collected into a total of 37 ''tankōbon'' volumes. This was followed by various manga sequels. The original manga series was adapted into an anime television series, produced by Tsuchida Production, broadcast on TV Tokyo from 1983 to 1986. Numerous movies and television series have followed with the latest one airing between 2018 and 2019. As of 2018, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primo TV
Primo TV is an American English-language children's television channel operated by V-me Media aimed at the 6-18-year-old Latino market in the United States. The channel launched exclusively through Comcast Xfinity cable systems on January 16, 2017. Programming *'' A New Kind of Magic'' *''The Adventures of the Young Marco Polo'' *''Angel's Friends'' *'' Angelo Rules' *''Alisa Knows What to Do!'' *''Animals at Work'' *''Arena eSports'' *''Art Odyssey'' *'' B-Daman Crossfire'' *''Backyard Science'' *'' Beyblade Metal Fusion'' *'' Bindi's Bootcamp'' *''Blue Water High'' *''Blue Zoo'' *'' Brave Wilderness'' *'' Bushwhacked!'' *''Captain Tsubasa'' *'' Contraptus'' ( fr) *''Cooler Facts'' *'' Deadly 360'' *''Deadly 60'' *'' Deadly Art'' *'' Deadly Mission Madagascar'' *'' Deadly Nightmares of Nature'' *'' Deadly Top 10s'' *'' Denver, the Last Dinosaur'' *'' Dinosaur King'' *'' Dogs with Jobs'' *''Dude, That's My Ghost!'' *'' The Elephant Princess'' *''Five @ 305'' *''Freefonix'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Production
is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 2007 and is based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo. Notable works from the studio include ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', '' Cells at Work!'', and ''Fire Force''. Establishment The company was founded by former Gonzo president and producer Kōji Kajita and fellow producer Taito Okiura in September 2007 upon having left Gonzo. The company's first work was as an animation subcontractor, but in 2009 David Production undertook their first full animation production as a primary contractor with ''Ristorante Paradiso''. Fuji TV acquired the studio on August 1, 2014. The company's name is a reference to the Biblical story of '' David and Goliath'', a story chosen to represent " he creation ofgood animation with great storytelling and characters" despite being smaller than other well-known studios. It is also short for "Design Audio & Visual Illusion Dynamics", which signifies the studio's impactful animations. Productions Anime television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States, with a 23% share of the market. In 2020, Viz Media saw a 70% growth in the U.S. market, in line with a 43% increase in overall manga sales in the United States the same year. Early history Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayato Matsuo
is a Japanese music composer and orchestrator who primarily does work in video games and anime. He has worked on titles such as '' Front Mission 3'', ''Final Fantasy XII'', the ''Shenmue'' series, '' Magic Knight Rayearth'', and ''Hellsing Ultimate''. Inspired by his mother, a piano teacher, he graduated from the music composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts. While in college, he composed for the band G-Clef, and occasionally stood in for members. Upon graduating in 1991, he went to work under Koichi Sugiyama, composer for the ''Dragon Quest'' series, where he arranged his tracks for the 1991 anime '' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai''. Around the same time Matsuo began to compose original game music, his first being for ''Master of Monsters''. Over the next few years, he worked on several games and anime series. In 1995, he joined the independent music composition group Imagine. He has continued since then to compose and orchestrate works for several game, ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Jump
is a Japanese semi-monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under their ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched in November 2011 as a merging of '' Business Jump'' and ''Super Jump'', it carried over nine series from the former and three from the latter in addition to beginning new titles. History In July 2011, Shueisha announced they would be merging their seinen manga magazines '' Business Jump'' and ''Super Jump'' into a single biweekly magazine that fall. They cited the "changing environment for seinen manga and the changing tastes of readers" as their reason for the decision. Targeted at "liberated adults," ''Grand Jump'' is published twice a month in a black and white saddle-stapled format, each issue running about 300 pages. The initial series at launch included 8 serializations carried over from ''Business Jump'' as well as 3 from ''Super Jump'', with several new titles beginning. A monthly sister magazine called was also launched, serializing the remaining ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group TAC
was a Japanese animation and computer graphics studio located in Shibuya, Tokyo, and founded in 1968 from former Mushi Pro staff. They worked on movies, videos, TV shows, and commercials, and contributed to all stages of the process, including planning, production, sound effects, and so on. The company was headed by Atsumi Tashiro until his death in July 2010. In September 2010, Group TAC filed for bankruptcy, and liquidated all of its assets. Diomedéa was formed after a split from Group TAC. Group TAC's remaining animation project, ''Hana Kappa'', was taken over by OLM, Inc. and XEBEC A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth .... Projects References External links * * (in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Group Tac Animation studios in Tokyo Mass media compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
