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Cordelia Gallo
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuki Sakuraba, with illustrations by Hinata Takeda. The series includes 13 novels published by Fujimi Shobo between December 2003 and July 2011. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her exceptional mind to solve difficult mysteries. Tokyopop released the first two novels in English in North America. A manga adaptation drawn by Sakuya Amano was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Monthly Dragon Age'' magazine. A 24-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between January and July 2011. A collection of side stories titled ''GosickS'' was published between 2005 and 2011, while a sequel novel series named ''Gosick New Continent'' was released in between 2013 and 2016. Plot and settings ''Gosick'' takes place in 1924 in a small, French-speaking fictional European country; which stretches from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujimi Shobo
, formerly , was a Japanese publisher that specialized in light novels, manga, role-playing games and collectible card games. Founded in 1972 and reorganized three times, it was at times an independent company and at times an imprint of Kadokawa Future Publishing. It ceased to be an independent company in 2013, and the brand was retired in 2015. Magazines published ; Light novel magazines * '' Fantasia Battle Royal'' * ''Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo)'' ; Manga magazines * ''Monthly Dragon Age'' * ''Dragon Age Pure'' * '' Age Premium'' Publishing labels ; Active * ''Fujimi Dragon Book'' (role-playing games) * ''Fujimi Fantasia Bunko'' (light novels) * ''Fujimi Mystery Bunko'' (mystery light novels) * ''Fujimi L Bunko'' Entertainment novel imprint that's aimed at an adult female audience (no adult content), and contains fantasy, gothic, mystery, etc... works. The stories don't stick to the literature and light novel frameworks. The "L" in the imprint's name is an initial for " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network.." TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime. History TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the '' Nikkei'' and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In 1969 the ''Nikkei'' and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs with N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Aviation became the third agency with oversight of the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the Minister of the Army, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the Inspector General of Aviation, and the Inspector General of Military Training. History Origins (1868–1871) In the mid-19th century, Japan had no unified national army and the country was made up of feudal domains (''han'') with the Tokugawa shogunate (''bakufu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...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 and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the '' bunkobon'' format ( A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 3–9-month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime. While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Light novels developed from pulp magazines. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken by the Crimean Goths, also extinct **Gothic alphabet, one of the alphabets used to write the Gothic language ** Gothic (Unicode block), a collection of Unicode characters of the Gothic alphabet Art and architecture *Gothic art, a Medieval art movement *Gothic architecture *Gothic Revival architecture (Neo-Gothic) **Carpenter Gothic **Collegiate Gothic **High Victorian Gothic Romanticism *Gothic fiction or Gothic Romanticism, a literary genre Entertainment * ''Gothic'' (film), a 1986 film by Ken Russell * ''Gothic'' (series), a video game series originally developed by Piranha Bytes Game Studios ** ''Gothic'' (video game), a 2001 video game developed by Piranha Bytes Game Studios Modern culture and lifestyle *Goth subculture, a music-cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AT-X (company)
is a Japanese anime television network owned by AT-X, Inc. was founded on June 26, 2000 as a subsidiary of TV Tokyo Medianet, which is (in turn) owned by TV Tokyo. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo. AT-X network has been broadcasting anime via satellite, cable, and IPTV since December 24, 1997. AT-X broadcasts many '' Comic Gum'' anime adaptations. ''Ikki Tousen'', ''Ah My Buddha'' and ''Juden Chan'' were shown on this channel first, before they were rebroadcast on Tokyo MX. As a premium channel, AT-X is also known for showing uncensored versions of several anime like ''Juden Chan'', ''Ah My Buddha'', ''Girls Bravo'', ''Elfen Lied'', ''Mahoromatic'', ''High School DxD'' and ''Redo of Healer'', which would normally get censored on free-to-air television because of the large amounts of mature content. History * December 24, 1997 - AT-X begins broadcasting on DirecTV Channel 270. * November 30, 1998 - Bandai Chara Net TV (owned by Bandai, which AT-X aired through) closes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
is a television station affiliated with the TX Network, broadcasting in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. History During the time of its establishment, the company was named as "TXN Kyushu" because the name "TV Kyushu", which the owner intended to use, was already registered as the company name of a cable TV station in Saga Prefecture. Since then, nickname of the company is . In April 2001, the name of the company was changed to the current one, though retaining its nickname. Transmitters Programs Anime *''Hinako Note'' Rival TV stations in Fukuoka * Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (KBC, , affiliated with TV Asahi and ANN) - 1 * RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (RKB, , affiliated with TBS TV, Inc. and JNN) - 4 * Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation (FBS, , affiliated with NTV and NNN / NNS) - 5 * Television Nishinippon Corporation is a Japanese TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Fukuoka. This station serves Fukuoka Prefecture and also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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