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Dengeki Hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō
The was an award handed out annually between 2000 and 2006 by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for exceptionally written short stories and novellas. The prize was associated with MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine '' Dengeki hp''. Between the first and fourth contests held, the editorial department of MediaWorks' included the narrowed-down novellas in an issue of ''Dengeki hp'', and the winner was decided from a reader-participation voting poll. This was changed with the fifth though seven contests by the use of a committee to award the prize. Committee members *Mamizu Arisawa: Novelist of the '' Inukami!'' series * Gakuto Coda: Novelist of the ''Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Bel ...'' series * Yukako Kabei: Novelist, and winner of the ninth Dengek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dengeki Novel Prize
The is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel Prize, the name was changed in 2003. The main Dengeki Novel Prize awards consist of the Grand Prize (¥3 million), Gold Prize (¥1 million) and Silver Prize (¥500,000). In addition to the money received, the winning novelists get their work published under Dengeki Bunko with the addition of an artist for the illustrated aspects of the light novels. However, if an entry is awarded the Media Works Bunko Prize, the winning novel will be published under ASCII Media Works' Media Works Bunko imprint, along with the author winning ¥1 million. Often, the name of the novel series is changed from what it was originally titled when it won the prize. There are over 5,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel Awards
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Awards Established In 2000
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Yūsaku Igarashi
is a Japanese writer of light novels. In 2003. Igarashi won the Grand Prize in the fourth Dengeki hp Novella Prize held by MediaWorks for his novella ''Shiawase Nisei Taidōkyo Keikaku: Yōsei-san no Ohanashi''. The following year in 2004, Igarashi debuted with his light novel series ''Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine '' Dengeki hp'' on June 18, 2004. The first novel was released ...''. His hobbies include playing the piano, and cooking. He is also the author for the light novel series ''Hanikami Triangle''. References Japanese writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{japan-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masami Okayu
is a common Japanese given name and can be given to either sex. Possible writings *惟美, meaning "Considerate beauty" *真己, meaning "True self" or "Truth, Snake" *昌美, meaning "Prosperous beauty" *雅美, meaning "Gracious beauty" *成美, meaning "Become beautiful" *マサミ in ( katakana) *まさみ in ( hiragana) People with the name *Masami Akita (秋田 昌美), Japanese Noise musician *Masami Anno, Japanese director of the anime series ''Chūka Ichiban!'' which is based on the manga series of the same name * Masami Hirosaka (広坂 正美), Japanese radio-controlled car racer *Masami Horiuchi (堀内 正美), Japanese actor *, Japanese alpine skier * Masami Kikuchi (菊池 正美), Japanese voice actor *Masami Kobayashi (小林仁, 1890-1977), admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II * Masami Kubota, Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics *Masami Kurumada (車田 正美), Japanese writer and manga artist known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Koyama
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled . Possible writings Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *直子, "obedient, child" *尚子, "esteem, child" *奈緒子, " Nara, cord, child" *菜緒子, "greens, cord, child" *奈央子, "Nara, center, child" *菜穂子, "greens, ear (of grain), child" *奈保子, "Nara, keep, child" *奈生子, "Nara, fresh, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese tennis table player *Nahoko Kinoshita (菜穂子, born 1980), Japanese actress *Nahoko Kojima (奈保子, born 1981), Japanese paper cut artist *Nahoko Uehashi (菜穂子, born 1962), Japanese writer *Naoko Hayashiba (直子, born 1968), Japanese writer and shogi player * Naoko Iijima (直子, born 1968), Japanese actress *Naoko Ishihara (奈央子, born 1974), Japanese sport shooter * Naoko Imoto (直歩子, born 1976), Japanese freestyle swimmer * Naoko Ken (ナオコ, born 1953), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukako Kabei
Yukako (written: or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese businesswoman *, better known as Anri Shiono, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese freestyle wrestler {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaWorks (publisher)
was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group Holdings#Kadokawa Group, Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as ''Dengeki Daioh'', and ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint (trade name), imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII (company), ASCII on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. They mainly catered to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering such topics as anime, light novels, manga, plastic modelling, and visual novels. However, MediaWorks had published three magazines targeted towards females—''Comic Sylph'', ''Dengeki Girl's Style'', and ''Character Parfait''—but each one was a special edition version of another magazine. MediaWorks ran yearly contests for original novel and manga submissions, such as the light novel Dengeki Novel Prize contest. In addition to publishing printed material, MediaWorks had been involved with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing (light Novels)
''Missing'' is a series of Japanese light novels by Gakuto Coda, published by MediaWorks under their '' Dengeki Bunko'' label. The first novel in the series was adapted into a manga, which was released in English by Tokyopop along with the novels. ''Missing'' is a modern fantasy and horror series involving five high school students dealing with a series of supernatural events. Characters These names are in Japanese naming order, family name first, then given name. All the students are second year students except Togano. ; Utsume Kyoichi - "The Shadow" "The Dark Lord of the Human World" : Generally addressed as "Dark Lord" by most classmates, as "The Shadow" by Togano Yomiko, he is a walking library of supernatural knowledge. While handsome, his eyes are piercing, and he often frightens people. As a child he and his younger brother Souji were captured by a kami-kakushi, which left Utsume with the ability to smell the other world. His brother never returned. Utsume later lear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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