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Etorouji Shiono
is a Japanese manga artist. After debuting in 2003, he launched ''Übel Blatt'' in the following year, which saw success internationally and won the Japan Expo Award in the ''seinen'' category in 2008. Starting in 2020, he did the illustrations for '' Deep Insanity: Nirvana''. Biography Etorouji Shiono was born in Nagano Prefecture on September 16, 1976. He debuted as a manga artist in 2003 with '. In 2004, he launched ''Übel Blatt'', which ran until 2015. The series did very well, especially in France where at one point it was ranked as one of the top 15 manga in the country. The series was also awarded the Japan Expo Award in 2008 in the ''seinen'' category. Starting in 2020, Shiono did the illustrations for ''Deep Insanity: Nirvana'', a manga for Square Enix's '' Deep Insanity'' multimedia franchise. Works * (2003–2012) (serialized in '' Young King'') * (2003) (serialized in ''Magi-Cu'') * (2004–2019) (serialized in ''Young Gangan'' and '' Monthly Big Gangan'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west. Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, with other major cities including Matsumoto, Ueda, and Iida. Nagano Prefecture has impressive highland areas of the Japanese Alps, including most of the Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, and Akaishi Mountains which extend into the neighbouring prefectures. The abundance of mountain ranges, natural scenic beauty, and rich history has gained Nagano Prefecture international recognition as a world-class winter sports tourist destination, including hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magi-Cu
was a Japanese manga magazine published by Enterbrain and was sold monthly on the twenty-fifth. The name comes from the phrase ''Magical Cute''. The magazine was first published on April 27, 2001, under the title ''Magi-Cu Premium''. It kept that title for three years until 2004, when it was changed to simply ''Magi-Cu''. In June 2007, Magi-Cu published its last issue at volume forty. Magazine content Reader participations games *''Bottle Fairy'' *'' Duel Dolls'' *'' Full Throttle Halation!: Hoshi ni Negai wo'' *'' Heart Mark!'' *'' Koromo Yūgi'' *''Lovely Idol'' *'' Neko no Sakaue'' *'' Otsukai Blade: Kuro Kishi Monogatari'' *'' Rune Princess'' *'' Town Memory'' *'' Tsungri! Hontō wa Tsundere na Grimm Dōwa'' *'' World's end'' Manga *'' 5 Kai Bishōjo Kaden Uriba de Gozaimasu'' *'' Bad! Daddy'' *''Food Girls'' *'' Maoyuu 4-Koma - Muitemasen yo, Maou-sama!'' *''Magi Kyūdō'' *'' Kirin Chō Bōei Gumi'' *''Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru'' *''Petopeto-san'' *'' Sukusuku Suisui'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Fukami
is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, and screenwriter. He started writing manga in 1999 and since has had multiple of his series adapted into other media. In addition to manga, he also did screenwriting for ''Psycho-Pass'' and its first film '' Psycho-Pass: The Movie'' in 2012 and 2015 respectively, both of which have been well received. Biography Makoto Fukami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on August 5, 1977. In 1999, Fukami created the manga ''Wild Diamond'', which won the for manga in that year. In 2005, he launched his first major novel series, ''Young Gun Carnaval''. In 2012, he started working as a screenwriter for various anime series with ''Psycho-Pass''. In 2013, the manga series '' The Torture Club'' received a live action film adaptation. Later that year, in the ''Newtype'' anime awards, ''Psycho-Pass'' was voted as fourth best title of the year. In 2014, the series was nominated for the Seiun Award. In 2015, '' Ōsama-tachi no Viking'' was nominated for the Manga T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norimitsu Kaihō
is a Japanese light novel writer and translator. Born in Kanagawa prefecture. He is from Keio University Fantasy Study Group. When he was a college student, he posted a coterie translation of an English tabletop RPG "TORG" supplement to Shinkigensha, which was publishing a translated version of this game at the time, and became a member of the translation team because of his ability. Since then, he has expanded his range of activities to translating American comics and writing novels. Kaiho has had experience teaming up with Kazutaka Kodaka. While the original plot for the anime '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School'' was planned by Kodaka, Kaihō was in charge of revising the scripts to adapt them into the anime series. Kaihō was chosen by Lerche to write the anime based on his knowledge with the franchise. For ''Akudama Drive'', Kaihō and Kodaka had multiple talks in the making of the anime's script and left it to director Tomohisa Taguchi to decide how to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Shōnen Sirius
is a Japanese monthly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Kodansha, and first issued in May 2005. It is issued in perfect-bound B5 format and retails for 580 yen. ''Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' is aimed at readers aged 16–21. The magazine also serializes manga through their ''Twi Siri'' Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ... account. Current series ''Twi Siri'' series References External links * 2005 establishments in Japan Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Kodansha magazines Magazines established in 2005 Shōnen manga magazines {{anime-mag-stub ... [...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] |
Monthly Big Gangan
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', ''Nabari no Ou'', ''Inu x Boku SS'', ''The Case Study of Vanitas'' and '' Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete with other mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Gangan
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', ''Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and '' Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete with other mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the industry as a primary creator. More rarely a manga artist breaks into the industry directly, without previously being an assistant. For example, Naoko Takeuchi, author of '' Sailor Moon'', won a Kodansha Manga Award contest and manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka was first published while studying an unrelated degree, without working as an assistant. A manga artist will rise to prominence through recognition of their ability when they spark the interest of institutions, individuals or a demographic of manga consumers. For example, there are contests which prospective manga artist may enter, sponsored by manga editors and publishers. This can also be accomplished through producing a one-shot. While sometimes a stand-alone manga, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young King (magazine)
is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published in Japan by Shōnen Gahōsha, aimed primarily at adult male audiences. It is the sister publication of ''Monthly Young King'' and '' Young King OURs'' and was founded in 1987 as the sister publication of the now-discontinued ''Shōnen King''. As of 2008, the circulation was about 230,000. Manga artists and series featured in ''Young King'' *Masao ** '' Ishida & Asakura'' *Hiroshi Tanaka ** '' Bad Boys'' *Yasuyuki Ōno ** ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
