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Dandadan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump+'' app and website since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 15 volumes as of July 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Science Saru is set to premiere in October 2024. Plot Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her classmate Ken Takakura believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the occult and the supernatural—Ayase visiting the former, and Takakura visiting the latter. Ayase is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Takakura is possessed by a spirit who takes over his body. By using Ayase's abilities and Takakura's possessed form, they defeat the aliens together. The rest of the story follows the two as they attempt to cure Takak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Jump+
is a Japanese online magazine for manga created by Shueisha, spin-off from its ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched on September 22, 2014, the magazine operates as a free mobile app and website. The magazine serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Notable titles serialized in ''Shōnen Jump+'' include '' Fire Punch'', ''World's End Harem'', ''Astra Lost in Space'', '' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'', ''Spy × Family'', '' Kaiju No. 8'' and '' Dandadan''. Outside of Japan, Shueisha releases the original manga from the platform on ''Manga Plus''. Starting in 2023, every new manga series launched on ''Shōnen Jump+'' will receive a simultaneous English release on ''Manga Plus''. History Pre-launch Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' reached a peak weekly circulation of 6.53 million copies in the 1990s, though its readership has since steadily declined as a result of the broader decline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Takakura
, born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, more than any other actor. Takakura additionally received the Japanese Medal of Honor with purple ribbon in 1998, the Person of Cultural Merit award in 2006, and the Order of Culture in 2013. Life and career Takakura was born in Nakama, Fukuoka in 1931. He attended Tochiku High School in nearby Yahata City, where he was a member of the boxing team and English society. It was around this time that he gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching ''yakuza'' movies. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, ''Showa Zankyo-den'' (''Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era''), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States, with a 23% share of the market. In 2020, Viz Media saw a 70% growth in the U.S. market, in line with a 43% increase in overall manga sales in the United States the same year. Early history Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan News Network
The , or JNN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Its member stations also broadcast non-news programs originating from TBS Television. It also operates the 24-hour satellite and cable news channel TBS News JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network .... Japan News Network stations Bold indicates founding members Former stations Bold indicates former primary affiliate References External links Official Site 24-hour television news channels in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1959 {{japan-corp-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious." are also referred to as , or . Despite often being translated as such, are not literally demons in the Western sense of the word, but are instead spirits and entities. Their behavior can range from malevolent or mischievous to benevolent to humans. often have animal features (such as the , depicted as appearing similar to a turtle, and the , commonly depicted with wings), but may also appear humanoid in appearance, such as the . Some resemble inanimate objects (such as the ), while others have no discernible shape. are typically described as having spiritual or supernatural abilities, with shapeshifting being the most common trait associated with them. that shapeshift are known as or . Japanese folklorists and historians explain as personifications of "supernatural or unaccountable phenomena to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Medium
Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spirit channelling, including séance tables, trance, and ouija. Belief in psychic ability is widespread despite the absence of objective evidence for its existence. Scientific researchers have attempted to ascertain the validity of claims of mediumship. An experiment undertaken by the British Psychological Society led to the conclusion that the test subjects demonstrated no mediumistic ability. Mediumship gained popularity during the nineteenth century, when ouija boards were used as a source of entertainment. Investigations during this period revealed widespread fraud—with some practitioners employing techniques used by stage magicians—and the practice began to lose credibility.Ruth Brandon. (1983). ''The Spiritualists: The Passion f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Mizuki
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voice actress in 1996. Her prominent roles include Hinata Hyuga in the long-running ninja series ''Naruto'' as well in '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Tamao Tamamura in ''Shaman King'' 2001 and 2021, Colette Brunel in '' Tales of Symphonia'', Fate Testarossa in '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', Tsubasa Kazanari in '' Symphogear'', Moka Akashiya in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Tsubomi Hanasaki (Cure Blossom) in '' Heartcatch Precure!'' and Ann Takamaki in ''Persona 5''. She also had official dubbing roles in live action version of ''Itazura na Kiss'' from Korea and Taiwan, as well in ''Hunger Games'' film series as Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence). She is also the famous dubbing roles for Ariel Lin. Mizuki released her first si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuki Hanae
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is affiliated with Across Entertainment. He is best known for voicing Tanjiro Kamado in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Ken Kaneki in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', Inaho Kaizuka in ''Aldnoah.Zero'', Takumi Aldini in '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'', Kōsei Arima in ''Your Lie in April'', Sieg in ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Korai Hoshiumi in ''Haikyu!!'', Vanitas in ''The Case Study of Vanitas'', Haruichi Kominato in ''Ace of Diamond'', Maki Katsuragi in ''Stars Align'' and The Duke of Death in '' The Duke of Death and His Maid''. Biography Hanae entered workforce while in high school. He thought about his career, but planned to become a voice actor. He joined Across Entertainment in November 2009. He made his first leading role in ''Tari Tari'', and was credited as a composer for episodes 5 and 12. Hanae won the Best Rookie award at the 9th Seiyu Awards. He and Ryōta Ōsaka hosted the radio show . On August 27, 2016, Hanae announced that he had mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychokinetic
Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Psychokinesis experiments have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that psychokinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. Etymology The word ''psychokinesis'' was coined in 1914 by American author Henry Holt in his book ''On the Cosmic Relations''. The term is a compound of the Greek words ψυχή (''psyche'') – meaning "mind", "soul", "spirit", or "breath" – and κίνησις (''kinesis'') – meaning "motion" or "movement". The American parapsychologist J. B. Rhine coined the term ''extra-sensory perception'' to describe receiving information paranormally from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shion Wakayama
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group. She joined the group at the age of three and did acting in various television dramas. She later became a voice actress and was cast in her first lead role as Aoi Aioi in ''Her Blue Sky''. Some of her other major roles include Yume Minami in '' SSSS.Dynazenon'', Cosette Schneider/Destiny in '' Takt Op. Destiny'', Mai Kawai in ''Police in a Pod'', and Takina Inoue in ''Lycoris Recoil''. Biography Shion Wakayama was born in Chiba Prefecture on February 10, 1998. She joined Himawari Theatre Group at the age of three. In 2002, she was cast in her first role as Natsu in '. Being a fan of video games, Wakayama wanted to pursue a career in voice acting. In 2019, she was cast in her first major role in an anime with Aoi Aioi in ''Her Blue Sky''. In 2022 she was cast as Mai Kawai in ''Police in a Pod'' and Takina Inoue in ''Lycoris Recoil''. Filmography Anime ;2019 * '' Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise'' as Hinata Mukai ;2021 ... [...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] |
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