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Chiaki Ishikawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is also the lead vocalist of Japanese musical duo See-Saw. Many of her songs, both solo and with See-Saw, have been used as theme songs in various anime series. Since 2003, her popularity abroad as part of See-Saw and as a solo artist has risen significantly. She made an appearance at Anime Expo 2007 as a Guest of Honor. She has also performed at Animelo Summer Live in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 including collaborations with Chihiro Yonekura in 2008, Angela in 2009 and Minori Chihara in 2012, and being one of the artists in the Animelo Summer Live theme song singles in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She has also been a guest performer at the C3 anime convention in Hong Kong. In 2012, Chiaki Ishikawa held two solo live concerts in each of Osaka and Tokyo, the latter held at ''Garden'', Shimo-kitazawa. In July 2012, Chiaki Ishikawa performed at the Firefly anime festival in Guangzhou, China. In January 2013, Chiaki Ishikawa starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Entertainment
, also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label. History *April 1972: is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC. *September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S. *February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as . *January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be ''Boulder Dash''. *October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded. *April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to *October 1, 1996: Victor Interactive Software takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment. *May 1, 1997: JVC Musical Industries is renamed to JVC Music, Inc. *May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokura No
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' from November 2003 to June 2009, with its chapters collected in 11 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is about a group of middle-school students who unwillingly assume the task of piloting a giant mecha named Zearth in a series of battles against mechas from parallel worlds, where the survival of Earth is dependent on their continuing to win at the cost of the life of the pilot of each battle. The series was adapted as an anime television series directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Gonzo that aired from April to September 2007, and a light novel series called ''Bokura no: Alternative'' with an alternative story by Renji Ōki and character designs by Kitoh himself. The manga is licensed in English by Viz Media, which began serializing it in the online English version of ''Ikki'' in July 2009; the first print volume was published in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōichirō Hoshi
is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Arts Vision. Some of his major anime roles include Son Goku in ''Saiyuki'', Kira Yamato in ''Gundam Seed'', ''Gundam Seed Destiny'', Kazuki Fuuchouin in ''GetBackers'', Masaru Daimon in ''Digimon Savers'', Kaoru Hanabishi in ''Ai Yori Aoshi'', and Tomoki Sakurai in ''Heaven's Lost Property''. In video game franchises he voices Sanada Yukimura in ''Sengoku Basara'', Keiichi Maebara in ''Higurashi When They Cry'', Kilik in ''Soulcalibur'', and various characters in '' Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time''. He partially voices Shirogane Takeru in the ''Muv-Luv'' series. Hoshi was also known for his voice roles of villains as Goro Akechi from ''Persona 5'', Death Gun from ''Sword Art Online'', and Lio Shirazumi in ''The Garden of Sinners''. For his work, Hoshi has been awarded the voice acting award in the Anime Grand Prix in both 2005 and 2006. Additionally, in the 2007 Seiyu Awards, Hoshi was a nominee in the category "Best Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese singer and composer prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami (Kei) by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo. He found major success once he started to sing the theme songs of anime and tokusatsu shows. Becoming immensely popular soon after, Kageyama went on to be dubbed the "Prince of Anime/Tokusatsu Songs" and is a main fixture for shows to this day. Kageyama gained notoriety for his opening songs of '' Dengeki Sentai Changeman'', '' Hikari Sentai Maskman'', ''Chōjin Sentai Jetman'', and ''Dragon Ball Z''. He is the original member and current leader of the anisong band JAM Project. Along with Masaaki Endoh, Kageyama hosted ''Anipara Ongakukan'', a TV show aired on the Kids Station Channel that showed live performances of the theme songs of recent anime and tokusatsu shows. The show was canceled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura Tripper
is the title of a 1995 anime series consisting of 39 25-minute episodes. It was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Ashi Productions. It is a loosely based literary adaptation on the novel ''Two Years' Vacation'' (1888) by French author Jules Verne. Plot During an excursion with the marine club, a group of children is transported to what is later revealed as the planet Noah, a strange world that holds both human inhabitants on the scientific level of the middle ages as well as various types of dinosaurs. They quickly make friends with talking ''Pteranodon'' Zans and Manua, an inhabitant of Noah, who helps them out on more than one occasion. While trying to find a way back home, the children learn more about the new world they're in, discovering the people and dinosaurs suffer from oppression by the king as well as the church's prohibition of science. They get into conflict with General Mosar who is interested in their advanced technology and consequently have to flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Nagasaku
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today". Career Nagasaku appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. She played a supporting role in the 2007 film ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'', for which she won the awards for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Hochi Film Awards and the ''Kinema Junpo'' magazine. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for ''Rebirth'' at the 35th Japan Academy Prize in 2012. Filmography Film * '' Doppelganger'' (2003) * ''Hanging Garden'' (2005) * ''Su-ki-da'' (2005) * ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Dolphin Blue'' (2007) * ''Closed Note'' (2007) * ''Sex Is No Laughing Matter'' (2007) * ''Dosokai'' (2008) * ''R246 Story'' (2008) * ''The Clone Returns Home'' (2009) * ''Cast Me If You Can'' (2010), Aya * ''Rebirth'' (2011), Kiwako Nonomiya * ''Solomon's Perjury'' (2015) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
009 RE:CYBORG
''009 Re:Cyborg'' is a 2012 Japanese anime film by Kenji Kamiyama. The film takes place in ''Cyborg 009s future timeline. Plot The year is 2013. Skyscraper bombings are happening all over the world, by the direction of a force called "His Voice". 27 years after the 00 Cyborg team disbanded, 007 now works for the British SIS and 002 now works for The USA's NSA after a falling out with the team and Joe. The two agents meet at a bar in New York City to exchange intel about "His Voice" and Pyunma's findings of a fossil which resembles an angel's skeleton possibly being related to it. The intelligence agencies of the world are all whispering about the incidents being related to His Voice, the unknown entity that is controlling operatives of the bombings. Joe Shimamura, who had his memories blocked and reset every 3 years by Professor Gilmore, is now a typical high school student, falsely believing that he has an unseen family and friends due to the "Augmented Reality" implanted in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Basara
is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including four anime shows, an anime movie, a live action show, a magazine series, a trading card game, and numerous drama CDs, light novels, manga, and stage plays. Its story is loosely based on real events of the titular Sengoku period in the history of feudal Japan. ''Sengoku Basara'' is considered to be popular in Japan with the franchise getting good reviews and sales, winning some awards, becoming a cultural phenomenon, having the video games being cited as an example of games as art, and gaining a passionate fanbase. While ''Sengoku Basara'' remains popular in Japan, it has gained some popularity in other Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Despite ''Sengoku Basara'' being considered obscure outside of Asia, it does maintain a small following in countries such as Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokurano
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' from November 2003 to June 2009, with its chapters collected in 11 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is about a group of middle-school students who unwillingly assume the task of piloting a giant mecha named Zearth in a series of battles against mechas from parallel worlds, where the survival of Earth is dependent on their continuing to win at the cost of the life of the pilot of each battle. The series was adapted as an anime television series directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Gonzo that aired from April to September 2007, and a light novel series called ''Bokura no: Alternative'' with an alternative story by Renji Ōki and character designs by Kitoh himself. The manga is licensed in English by Viz Media, which began serializing it in the online English version of ''Ikki'' in July 2009; the first print volume was published in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamisama Dolls
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Yamamura. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from December 2006 to February 2013, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime adaptation aired from July to September 2011. Plot Kyōhei, a university student, has moved to Tokyo from his old village to try to forget his unpleasant memories of certain events. One evening he goes on a group date with his friends, including his old neighbor and fellow student, Hibino. Later that night, he and Hibino discover a dead, bloody body in an elevator. Unexpectedly, his younger sister, Utao, arrives at his apartment with her ''kakashi'' (an ancient wooden "god" controlled by the mind) that was once his ''kakashi'', and tells him that his former friend Aki and his own ''kakashi'' are responsible. After their encounter with Aki, Hibino learns that her father is from "Karakami" village, the same village as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wakening Of The Trailblazer
is a 2010 Japanese anime science fiction film part of the ''Gundam'' metaseries and directed by Seiji Mizushima. The film is set two years after the second season of ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', as the film sees Celestial Being against a group of hostile aliens known as ELS. The film is notable for being the first entry in Gundam to feature aliens as its antagonists. The film premiered on September 18, 2010, and was released on Blu-ray & DVD in Japan on December 25, 2010. Plot Two years after the defeat of the "Innovators" and A-Laws, an unknown alien fragment lands on a research station and reactivates it, causing it to head towards Earth. In Celestial Being's Asteroid Base, Ian Vashti greets his wife, Linda, after her 2-year assignment and unloads two new GN Drives and a new incomplete Gundam, the GNT-0000 00 Qan Saji Crossroad is taking care of Louise Halevy, who is still under medical care in a hospital due to physical changes by the Innovators. Marina Ismail and Shirin Bak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Heroes
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the ''daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords and ''Kiri-sute gomen'' (right to kill anyone of a lower class in certain situations). They cultivated the ''bushido'' codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles. Though they had predecessors in earlier military and administrative officers, the samurai truly emerged during the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1185 to 1333. They became the ruling political class, with significant power but also significant responsibility. During the 13th century, the samurai proved themselves as adept warriors against the invading Mongols. During the peaceful Edo period (1603 to 1868), they became the stewards and chamberlains of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
