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Cop Craft
is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Range Murata. Shogakukan have published six volumes since November 2009 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Millepensee aired from July 8 to September 30, 2019. Plot Fifteen years ago, a mysterious hyperspace gate appeared over the Pacific Ocean in our world. Elves, fairies, and other fantastic creatures came through the gate from the other side and established diplomatic relations with Earth. In the present day, Kariana Island and its main city of San-Teresa serves as Earth's "front door" to the magical world on the other side of the gate, and over two million non-humans live within the city, mixing with additional human residents. This results in both prosperous growth for the island, and a seedy underbelly of criminals who seek to take advantage of it. The San-Teresa Metropolitan Police Department is established to keep order within the city between those two f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, suspense action, and action come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Yoshioka
is a Japanese voice actress best known for ''Wake Up, Girls!'', where she played the central character. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Career Growing up in Osaka, Yoshioka studied stage acting in school. She became aware of Mamoru Miyano and was inspired by his work as both a stage actor and seiyuu. She passed an audition for ''Wake Up, Girls!'' in her second year of high school. She and her fellow ''W.U.G.'' actresses won the Special Award at the 9th Annual Seiyu Awards. Select works Television ; 2006 * ''Kyō no Go no Ni'' ; 2014 * ''Wake Up, Girls!'' * ''DRAMAtical Murder'' * ''Hacka Doll the Animation'' ; 2016 * ''Anne Happy'' * ''Hundred'' * ''Taboo Tattoo'' ; 2017 * '' Love Tyrant'' * ''The Laughing Salesman NEW'' * '' In Another World with My Smartphone'' * ''100% Pascal-sensei'' ; 2018 * ''Release the Spyce'' * ''Hinomaru Sumo'' ; 2019 * ''Fruits Basket'' * ''Cop Craft'' ; 2020 * ''Breakers'' * ''Sakura Wars the Animation'' * ''Ahiru no Sora'' Games ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime And Manga Based On Light Novels
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and niche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Japanese Novels
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Anime Television Series Debuts
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayoshi Ōishi
is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter from Uwajima, Ehime. His professional music career began in 2001 as vocalist of the band Sound Schedule. Following the band's disbandment in 2006, he began a solo career, releasing his debut single "Honoka Terasu" in 2008. Sound Schedule reunited in 2011, with Ōishi returning as the band's vocalist. Ōishi is also vocalist of the musical group OxT, led by composer Tom Hack. In 2014, Ōishi's song "Kimi Ja Nakya Dame Mitai" was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'', and in 2018, his song "Otomodachi Film" was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''Tada Never Falls in Love''. He has also written songs for other artists, such as "Yōkoso Japari Park e" which was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''Kemono Friends''. Biography Ōishi was born in Uwajima, Ehime on January 5, 1980. He graduated from the Kobe University of Commerce (now part of Hyogo University) and was a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hōchū Ōtsuka
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim''; Mont Blanc Noland in ''One Piece''; Yazan Gable in ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''; Akira Sendō in ''Slam Dunk''; SignalMan in ''Gekisou Sentai Carranger''; Imagin, Deneb in ''Kamen Rider Den-O'', Abuto in ''Gintama'', Makoto Sōda in '' Captain Tsubasa''; Jiraiya in ''Naruto'' and Sakonji Urokodaki in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''. He is also known for dubbing for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in ''Ip Man'' series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Robert Patrick and many more. He was also the first dubbing voice actor of Kiefer Sutherland and Christopher Lambert in their early days. Filmography Television animation ;1983 *'' Captain Tsubasa'' – Makoto Sōda *''Urusei Yatsura'' – Kuroko, Man in Glasses ;1984 *''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' – Mirau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wataru Takagi
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is affiliated with Arts Vision. He is best known for his roles in ''Detective Conan'' (as Genta Kojima and Wataru Takagi), ''After War Gundam X'' (as Garrod Ran), '' Slayers Try'' (as Valgaav), the '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' series (as Cheetor), ''Great Teacher Onizuka'' (as Eikichi Onizuka), ''Hajime no Ippo'' (as Masaru Aoki), ''Naruto'' (as Obito Uchiha), the fifth series of ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' (as Nezumi Otoko), ''Yes! PreCure 5'' (as Bunbee), and more recently, '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'' (as Okuyasu Nijimura). Takagi is the official Japanese voice of Daffy Duck. Career He was a member of Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy. In 2014, he performed the voice of John H. Watson in the puppetry ''Sherlock Holmes'' written by Kōki Mitani. 2 years later, he played Oyamada Shigemasa in the NHK Taiga drama ''Sanada Maru'' through Mitani's connection. It was his first appearance in a telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Mullins (actor)
Andy Mullins (born 1960) is an American voice actor who works for the anime series of Funimation. He provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films. Filmography Anime * ''Basilisk'' - Nankoubou Tenkai * ''Case Closed'' - Dirk Copeland, Stanley Evans * ''D.Gray-man'' - Akuma, Cook * ''Desert Punk'' - Additional Voices * ''El Cazador de la Bruja'' - Senator Ritgen * ''Fairy Tail - Yajeel * ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' - Father Cornello * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' - Father Cornello * ''The Galaxy Railways'' - Heigorō Tōdō, Commander, Additional Voices * '' Ghost Hunt'' - Dr. Oliver Davis * '' My Bride Is a Mermaid'' - Nagasumi's Father * ''One Piece'' - Don Krieg, Wapol, Elizabello II * ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' - Additional Voices * ''Speed Grapher'' - Yumoto * ''A Certain Magical Index'' - Aiwass Video games * '' Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir'' - Father Cornello * ''The Gunstringer ''The Gunstringer'' is a third- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Hamada
is a Japanese voice actor from Fukuoka, Japan who is an affiliate of Mausu Promotion. On adult works, he goes under the alias of . Personal life In 1996, Hamada enrolled at Ezaki Production school. Since 1998, he has been affiliated with Mausu Promotion. He has admitted that he has been a heavy smoker since high school, but as of 2014 he has quit smoking. Hamada has been married to fellow voice actress Junko Takeuchi since 2006 with whom he has two children. Filmography Television animation ;1998 *''Fancy Lala'' – Nishiyama ;1999 *''Devil Lady'' – Arito *''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' – Toshihiko Izawa ;2000 *''Saiyuki'' – Silver-haired Demon ;2001 *''Geneshaft'' – Mario Musicanova *''Star Ocean EX'' – "La" ;2002 *'' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' – Akane's Manager (ep 7) *''Duel Masters'' – Kirifuda's Father *''Heat Guy J'' – Blood ;2003 *''Gungrave'' – Harry MacDowel (Teen) *'' Green Green'' – Taizou Tenjin *''Mujin Wakusei Survive'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apphia Yu
Apphia Yu, also known as Ayu Sakata, is an American voice actress. She has worked on games such as ''Loren The Amazon Princess'' and ''Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf'', and on anime like ''Assassination Classroom''. She is the founder of sakevisual, a company based in Dallas, Texas that makes original visual novel games. She is married to voice actor Micah Solusod. Filmography Anime series Animated series * ''Heaven Official's Blessing'' (2021), Xiao Ying Film Video games Production credits ADR directing References External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Apphia Living people American video game actresses American voice actresses American voice directors 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
