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Cookie (Japanese Magazine)
is a Japanese josei and shōjo manga magazine published bimonthly by Shueisha. As of 2008, the circulation was about 175,000, which by 2015 had dropped to 56,000. Retrieved October 29, 2015. History ''Cookie'' is a sister magazine of ''''. ''Ribon Comic'', a monthly magazine and another sister magazine of ''Ribon'', changed its title to '' Bouquet'' (ぶ〜け) in 1978. ''Bouquet'' stopped publication in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and ( lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s, and entered a period of creative development beginning in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female artists beginning in the 1960s and 1970s led to a period of signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana (manga)
''Nana'' (stylized as ''NANA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serial (literature), serialized in the monthly List of manga magazines, manga magazine ''Cookie (Japanese magazine), Cookie'' from May 2000 to May 2009 before entering a hiatus. The series is centered on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two women who move to Tokyo at the age of 20, with the story focused on Nana O.'s pursuit for fame and Nana K.'s pursuit for romance, all while struggling to maintain their friendship. The manga was adapted into a Nana (2005 film), live-action film in 2005, with Nana 2, a sequel released in 2006. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse (company), Madhouse directed by Morio Asaka aired on Nippon TV between April 2006 and March 2007. All ''Nana'' media has been licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media, which serialized the manga in their ''Shojo Beat'' magazine until the August 2007 issue, while also publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Min Ayahana
is a Japanese manga artist, born in Nanao in Ishikawa, Japan. She debuted with the manga ''Warera High School Hero'', published in the 1991 Autumn issue of Ribon Bikkuri Daizoukan. Her best-known work is ''Akazukin Chacha is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Min Ayahana. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine '' Ribon'' from 1992 to 2000 and collected in 13 bound volumes. The series is loosely based on the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood ...'' (Red Riding Hood Chacha). Works References 1969 births Living people Manga artists from Ishikawa Prefecture People from Nanao, Ishikawa {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akazukin Chacha
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Min Ayahana. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine '' Ribon'' from 1992 to 2000 and collected in 13 bound volumes. The series is loosely based on the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and follows the adventures of a fumbling student magician named Chacha, who habitually wears a red hooded cloak. A 74-episode anime television series based on the manga was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Gallop. It was first broadcast on TV Tokyo from 7 January 1994 to 30 June 1995. This was followed by a sequel original video animation (OVA) series of three episodes released between 6 December 1995 and 6 March 1996. In 1998, Cartoon Network aired an English dub of the ''Akazukin Chacha'' anime in Southeast Asia and Mandarin-speaking countries. In the anime, Chacha seeks the truth about her family and defend the kingdom against its enemies. Two new one-shot manga titled ''Akazukin Chacha N'' were published in the May 2011 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen To Me, Girls
Listen may refer to: * The action of listening * Central auditory system listening is how the brain processes what you hear * Listening behaviour types in human communication Computing * LISTEN, a TCP connection state on the server side indicating a port waiting for new client connections ** Listen server, a type of game server ** listen(), a function provided by the Berkeley sockets API * Project LISTEN, developing reading-tutorial software using speech recognition Music Albums * ''Listen'' (C21 album), 2004 * ''Listen'' (Christy Moore album), 2009 * ''Listen'' (Cindy Morgan album), 1996 * ''Listen'' (David Guetta album), 2014 * ''Listen'' (Doug Raney album), 1981 * ''Listen'' (Emanuel and the Fear album), 2010 * ''Listen'' (A Flock of Seagulls album), 1983 * ''Listen'' (Jordan Rudess album), 1993 * ''Listen'' (The Kooks album), 2014 * ''Listen'' (Tim Bowman Jr. album), 2016 * ''Listen'' (TQ album), 2004 * ''Listen'' (EP), by Stonefree, 2004 * '' Listen: The Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheer Boys!!
is a Japanese novel written by Ryō Asai, first published on October 5, 2010, by Shueisha. It follows the members of a university's all-male cheerleading squad. The novel is loosely based on the real-life men's cheerleading team "Shockers" from Waseda University. The series was also adapted as a manga by Kenichi Kondō for the ''Shōnen Jump+'' app starting on April 5, 2016. An anime adaptation started airing on July 5, 2016. It is directed by Ai Yoshimura and written by Reiko Yoshida for the studio Brain's Base. A live action film directed by Hiroki Kazama is slated to open in early 2019. Plot Disheartened with judo, college student Haruki "Haru" Bando was invited by his childhood boyfriend Kazuma Hashimoto to create "BREAKERS", an unprecedented boys' cheerleading team. Those that came to join all were very characteristic in nature: argumentative Mizoguchi, voracious Ton, frivolous Kansai boys Gen and Ichiro, and Sho, who has cheerleading experience. Characters ; : :Haru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Ikuemi
is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She writes mainly for ''Margaret'', where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with ''Maggie''. In 1993, her high school romance ''Pops'' was adapted as an OVA by Madhouse. She received the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for '' Bara-Iro no Ashita'' ("Rose-Colored Tomorrow"), and the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for ''Kiyoku Yawaku''. In 2013, ''Kiyoku Yawaku'' was adapted into a live-action film starring Masami Nagasawa and Masaki Okada. Ikuemi drew the cover art for Kazuyoshi Saito is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Making his professional debut in 1993, Saito's popularity exploded in 2007 after 15 years in the music industry. He is also one-half of the rock duo Mannish Boys with Tatsuya Nakamura and a member of the superg ...'s October 2013 single "Kagerō", which was the film's theme song. References External links * Women manga artists Manga artists from Hokkaido Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Japanese f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoku Yawaku
, also known as ''Beyond the Memories'', is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Ryo Ikuemi. It won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōjo''. Kanna and Roku's story arcs (acts 2, 6, and 10) were adapted into a live action film in 2013. Plot The series is told in ten vignettes from different characters. * Act 1: Yuma * Act 2: Kanna * Act 3: Hiroki * Act 4: Ai * Act 5: Ichie * Act 6: Roku * Act 7: Momoka * Act 8: Nene * Act 9: Asami * Act 10: Kanna Characters ; :Kanna works in the movie advertising company, Melon Works. While cheerful and friendly, Kanna uses her optimism to hide her true feelings. When she was 15 years old, her childhood friend and crush was killed in a car accident, which she feels guilty about. She appears in acts 2, 4, 5, 7, and 10. ; :Roku is an editor at the publishing company, Pleasure, and is very kind and easygoing. During a school trip from when he was in 4th grade, he accidentally pushed his classmate, Nozomi Kakanouchi, onto the road, where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey Bitter
''Honey Bitter'' is Japanese josei manga by Miho Obana, serialized in Shueisha's ''Cookie'' from February 2004 to December 1, 2018. In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Miho Obana's debut, a crossover between ''Honey Bitter'' and ''Kodocha'' called ''Deep Clear'' was released in 2010. Plot ''Honey Bitter'' revolves around a girl named Shuri who was mistreated by her ex-boyfriend, Riki. She grew a hate for men in general after she had broken up with him, and wanted to start over fresh with her life. She started to work for aunt's company, using her ability to see things before they happened as a stepping stone to becoming a great detective. However, by mistake, her aunt hires her ex for the company as well, and Shuri's life takes a turn for the worse as she must put up with him now. Characters ; :Shuri has ESP, and a tendency to act very cold towards men due to her experiences with her ex, Riki. She works at "Office S", her Aunt Saho's detective agency. In ''Deep Clear'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Okazaki
is a Japanese people, Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. Life Okazaki started drawing in high school and submitted her illustrations to different magazines. For her, this was both a training for art school, which she wanted to apply for, and a way to make money from the prize money. She had saved more than 1 million yen when graduating from high school. The magazine ''Fanroad'' by the publisher Rapport (publisher), Rapport published her first manga. She enrolled in and graduated from Tama Art University with a major in design. After university, she worked for the advertising company Hakuhodo, doing conceptual and design work. Her career as a manga artist became more successful in 1994, when she won a newcomers' award of ''Bouquet (magazine), Bouquet'' magazine, published the short story "Bathroom Gūwa" and started becoming a regular contributor for the magazine afterwards. Okazaki herself considers this to be her proper debut as a professional manga artist. She was a regular co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokimeki Tonight
is a Japanese manga series by Koi Ikeno. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Ribon'' from July 1982 to October 1994. An anime television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa was adapted from the manga and was broadcast on Nippon TV from October 7, 1982 to September 22, 1983. Plot 15-year-old Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf mother, vampire father, and younger brother, Rinze. Despite her lineage, she has yet to demonstrate any special powers of her own, and her parents are worried she might be a normal girl. One day, Ranze's innate power finally manifests itself when she, quite by accident, discovers that she can change herself into a carbon copy of any object she bites, whether it be a person or an inanimate object like a piece of bread, and can return to her normal self only by sneezing. Her parents are overjoyed, but Ranze's new powers make it difficult to continue living life as a normal teenage girl. On Ranze's first day at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Call
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Yue Takasuka that ran in the monthly magazine ''Ribon'' from 1997 to 2002. Part of the story has been adapted into an OVA. In 2007, a sequel manga, , was serialized in ''Cookie''. As of December 2019, eighteen volumes have been released. A live-action television adaptation was co-produced by Fuji TV (Japan) & Netflix (worldwide). Like the manga, the series is set in Tokyo and follows the relationships of the main characters from high school to university. Season one streamed on Fuji on Demand and Netflix Japan from February 12, 2016 to June 10, 2016. A second season aired on September 22, 2017 under the title '' Good Morning Call: Our Campus Days''. According to the program's social media, a third season is under discussion. Plot Teenager Nao Yoshikawa has moved into her own 2DK apartment in the city as her parents have returned to the country to manage the family farm. However, she soon discovers that Hisashi Uehara, a good-looki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
