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Daimajin Kanon
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television drama produced by Kadokawa Pictures and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original '' Daimajin'' film in a modern Japanese setting. Planned to run for 26 episodes, the series was prefaced by a manga by Seijuro Mizu in ''Young Ace'' magazine. Writing for the series is shared by Shinji Ōishi and Naruhisa Arakawa. Episodes Each episode of the series has its own unique kanji, but they are all read as "Kanon". # - April 2, 2010 # - April 9, 2010 # - April 16, 2010 # - April 23, 2010 # - April 30, 2010 # - May 7, 2010 # - May 14, 2010 # - May 21, 2010 # - June 4, 2010 # - June 11, 2010 # - June 18, 2010 # - June 25, 2010 # - July 2, 2010 # - July 9, 2010 # - July 16, 2010 # - July 23, 2010 # - July 30, 2010 # - August 6, 2010 # - August 13, 2010 # - August 20, 2010 # - August 27, 2010 # - September 3, 2010 # - September 10, 2010 # - September 17, 2010 # - September 24, 2010 # - Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Television
Fantasy television is a genre of television programming featuring elements of the fantastic, often including magic, supernatural forces, or exotic fantasy worlds. Fantasy television programs are often based on tales from mythology and folklore, or are adapted from fantasy stories in other media. The boundaries of fantasy television often overlap with science fiction and horror but also realistic fiction. Genre and subgenres Similar to the difficulty faced by scholars of fantasy film, classifying a television program as fantasy can be somewhat problematic given the fluid boundaries of the genre. Not all programs with fantastic elements may qualify as fantasy. Children's programs in particular often feature fantastic elements that do not qualify the program as fantasy, such as the giant talking avian Big Bird of the popular PBS series ''Sesame Street''. Nevertheless, some critics classify certain children's programs that feature traditional fantasy elements such as barb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Maeda
was a Japanese comedian, impressionist, actor and choreographer. He was nicknamed . Maeda was born in Suginami, Tokyo. He was represented with K Dash Stage. Maeda graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Agricultural High School. At the same school his senior was Taizo Harada of the comedy trio Neptune. Comedy career Impressions * Ai * Mayumi Itsuwa *Hikaru Utada * Yōko Oginome *Crystal Kay *Koda Kumi *Ringo Sheena * Ryoko Shinohara *Janet Jackson * Aya Sugimoto *Stevie Wonder *Toshiyuki Nishida * Kohmi Hirose * BoA *Whitney Houston *Michael Jackson *Noriyuki Makihara *Aya Matsuura *Seiko Matsuda *Yumi Matsutoya *Ronaldinho One-man shows Filmography Variety TV drama Anime television Advertisements Films Anime films Stage Discography As part of Maeken Trance Project Videography Choreography Music * *Nakano Fujo Sisters * * AAA *Naohito Fujiki *Yoko Minamino TV drama Films Anime television Stage Advertisements Other television programmes Dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia (singer)
Lia (born December 20; also stylized in all caps as LIA) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Lia recorded "Tori no Uta" for Key's 2000 visual novel '' Air'', which was reused in its 2005 anime adaptation and became influential in popular culture. She additionally recorded two other tracks for the visual novel, which were commercially successful. Lia has continued to work with Key by performing songs for their 2004 visual novel ''Clannad'' and its 2008 anime adaptation, ''Clannad After Story'', the 2005 adult visual novel '' Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life'', as well as the opening themes for Key's original anime series ''Angel Beats!'' in 2010 and ''Charlotte'' in 2015. Her other songs used in anime include ''RF Online'' and '' Initial D Fourth Stage''. In 2012, the Vocaloid software IA was released, which sampled Lia's voice and earned a large fanbase. Career Lia graduated from the Berklee College of Music. Afterwards, she lived in Los Angeles and recorded demo tapes with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryoko Moriyama
(born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotarō Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician. She is known as the ''Japanese Joan Baez'', or the ''Queen of college folk''. Her songs tend not to become best sellers but her most famous song is "Satokibi Batake". This song is about a tragedy during the Battle of Okinawa. The song's full version is 10 minutes. When this song was first released, it was thought to be too long to air on the radio, but now the song is popular in Japan. Every summer, NHK air a shorter version as a symbol of the 'No War Campaign'. In the song, an imitative word 'Zawawa' is repeated 66 times, because of this, it is often called 'Zawawa'. Moriyama often called "Satokibi Batake" 'Zawawa' as a joke. Her 1969 recording of "Kinjirareta koi" ("Unpermitted Love") sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. A more recent hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsunehiko Kamijō
is a Japanese singer, actor and voice actor. Filmography Live-action films *''Tora-san's Lullaby'' (1974) – Yatarō Ōkawa *''Tora-san's Rise and Fall'' (1975) – A pirate *''Death of a Tea Master'' (1989) – Yamanoue Sōji *''The Mourner'' (2015) Anime films *''Porco Rosso'' (1992) – Mamma Aiuto Gang Boss *''Princess Mononoke'' (1997) – Gonza *'' Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas'' (1998) – Mr. Cash *''Spirited Away'' (2001) – Chichiyaku Television dramas * Taiga drama series **''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) – Torii Suneemon **''Takeda Shingen'' (1988) – Murakami Yoshikiyo **''Hideyoshi'' (1996) – Saitō Toshimitsu **''Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000) – Uesugi Kagekatsu **''Gunshi Kanbei'' (2014) – Ōtomo Sōrin *''Kinpachi-sensei'' (1979–2011) – Hajime Hattori *''GeGeGe no Nyōbō'' (2010) – Otomatsu Sugiura *'' Team Medical Dragon 4'' (2014) – Nobuo Morimoto *'' Trick Shinsaku Special 3'' (2014) – Kōzō Saeki Tokusatsu *''Space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Tanaka (actor)
is the Japanese official and the former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. He was born on 3 March 1950 in Japan. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in the field of economics in 1972, and has an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (1979). In 1973 he began his career with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI). In 1989 he joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as the Deputy-Director for Science, Technology and Industry, and served in 1991–1995 as the Director for Science, Technology and Industry. In 1995 he returned to METI where he served as Director for Industrial Finance Division and as Director for Policy Planning and Coordination Division. In 1998–2000 he was posted at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., as Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry. After returning to Japan in 2000 he took a post of the Executive Vice President for the Research Institute of Econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chō
is a Japanese actor and narrator from Kōnosu, Saitama. His former stage name was . He is a graduate of the Nishogakusha University Department of Literature and received training at Bungakuza's research establishment and the Seinenza Theater Company before attaching himself to Production Baobab in 1986. He transferred to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society in 2007. On August 23, 2006, he changed his stage name to Chō after his character in ''Tanken Boku no Machi''. His hobbies include badminton and jogging, and he is a licensed teacher in calligraphy. Filmography Television animation ;1989 *'' Time Travel Tondekeman'' (Pilot, Bronze Statue) ;1990 *'' Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'' (Himawari #2, Yongō Sasanishiki, Piddo #9, Missile Yachōbee, Buffalo #10, Ishikari #2) *''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (Fujiki's Father) ;1992 *''Floral Magician Mary Bell'' (Noppo) *''Mikan Enikki'' (Momojirō) *'' Uchū no Kishi Tekkaman Blade'' (Sakuaari Staff Officer, Guerilla Soldier) ;1993 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi. Possible meanings *'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry *Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific Possible writings *清, "cleanse" *淳, "pure" *潔, "undefiled" *清志, "cleanse, intention" *清司, "cleanse, official" *聖, "holy" *澄, "lucidity" *潔司, "undefiled, official" People with the name * Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese pole vaulter *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese admiral *, Japanese artist *, Japanese Enka singer *, Japanese historian and Shinto priest *, Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation *, a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR), *, Japanese academic, historian and writer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese general soldier *, Japanese Christian journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese actor *, Japanese photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nozomi Sasaki (voice Actress)
is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Haikyō. For her stage name she has adopted the hiragana rendering instead of the original kanji representation () of her birth name ''Nozomi Sasaki''. (This combination of kanji characters is also used for rendering the name of Nozomu Sasaki, an unrelated male voice actor, and she shares the same name as Nozomi Sasaki, a model, which would be too close.) Filmography Anime * ''A Certain Magical Index'' as Misaka Sisters * '' A Certain Magical Index II'' as Misaka Sisters * ''A Certain Magical Index III'' as Misaka Sisters * ''A Certain Scientific Accelerator'' as Misaka Sisters * '' A Certain Scientific Railgun S'' as Misaka Sisters * '' Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue'' as Mayu Ganeko * ''Bokura ga Ita'' as Nanami Takahashi (debut) * ''Durarara!!'' as Haruko * ''Hakushaku to Yōsei'' as Brownie B (ep 3) * '' Hell Girl: Three Vessels'' as Kaede Inao (ep 9) * '' Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Minagawa
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in ''The Prince of Tennis'' anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which have charted in Oricon's single rankings. Other major roles include Ayaka Yukihiro in the '' Negima'' series, Akira in ''Aria'', Cao Chun Yan in '' Fighting Beauty Wulong'', Cornelia Li Britannia in ''Code Geass'', Khamsin in '' Shakugan no Shana'', Yoshitaka Nakabayashi in ''He Is My Master'', Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus in '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', Mereoleona Vermillion in ''Black Clover'', and Yun in '' Yona of the Dawn''. Biography Before becoming a voice actor During childhood, Junko actively participated in school plays. In kindergarten, she plays the difficult role of a duck in ''The Ugly Duckling'', and in elementary school, she was in ''Kaguya-hime''. During junior and senior high school, Junko devoted herself to volleyball cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Nagato
, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in '' Season of the Sun'', ''Endless Desire'', ''My Second Brother'', ''Stolen Desire'', and ''Sukeban Deka'', and '' Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. Life and career Nagato was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō. His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Shibata
is a Japanese actress and comedian who has appeared in a number of television programmes, feature films and stage productions. She is also the special deputy mayor of Toyama, Toyama. Biography She was born on 14 January 1959 in Toyama, Toyama (formerly Yatsuo, Nei District). After going to Yao High School, she went to Meiji University Department of literature. After graduating from university, she joined the Gekidan Tokyo Vodovil Show, but withdrew in 1984, and launched Wahaha-Hompo with Masahiro Sato and Masami Hisamoto. Since then she has broadened her range of activities for films, television dramas, and variety shows. In early days of her career, she appeared as a recurring role in the " Mysterious Comedy Series" produced by Fuji TV and Toei. She played the role of a high school teacher in the film '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' produced by Universal Pictures in the United States in June 2006 which was her Hollywood debut. Personal life At the age of 28, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |