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FictionJunction Yuuka
is a Pop music, pop duo from Japan consisting of Yuuka Nanri (vocals) and composer Yuki Kajiura (composition, lyrics and keyboards). It is part of Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction. Biography The pair first met at , a Stage (theatre), stage group for teenage girls where Kajiura wrote music for some of the plays and Nanri was a performer. Their first recording was , an insert song in the popular mecha anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', though their debut single was the opening of Madlax, , released on May 8, 2004. On July 27, 2004, the ending theme to Madlax, "Inside Your Heart", was released. In the same year, because of its popularity and the fact that it was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was released as a single, which at its peak placed at #10 on the Oricon weekly rankings and sold over 19,481 copies in the first week. After a hiatus of exactly a year, an insert song for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, was released, becoming the first voice a ... [...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] |
Destination (FictionJunction Yuuka Album)
''Destination'' is the first album of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on November 23, 2005. This album includes their first three singles and their b-sides, as well as five brand-new songs. There are two versions of this album: the normal edition (with catalog number VICL-61792) and the limited edition. The limited edition, with the catalog number VIZL-159, includes a DVD with the PV of Honoh no Tobira, its making of and a commercial for the single (15 seconds and 30 seconds). The album, at its peak, ranked ninth on the Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ... charts. Track listings CD Track listing DVD External links *Victor Animation Network References and notes 2005 albums Victor Entertainment albums {{japan-album-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silly-Go-Round
"Silly-Go-Round" is the fifth single of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on May 10, 2006. This single includes the opening theme song for the anime series .hack//Roots, as well as "''angel gate''", a song from the musical in which Yuuka Nanri, the vocalist of FictionJunction Yuuka, stars. Both songs were composed by Yuki Kajiura. Its catalog number is VICL-35889. Track listing From ''FlyingDog''. Charts Oricon Sales Chart (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 ...) Sales after 3 weeks References External links *Victor Animation Networkdiscography entry {{Authority control 2006 singles FictionJunction Yuuka songs Songs written by Yuki Kajiura 2006 songs Victor Entertainment singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam SEED
is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has developed into two subspecies: Naturals, who reside on Earth, and Coordinators, genetically enhanced humans capable of amazing feats of intellect who emigrate to man-made orbital colonies to escape persecution by natural humans. The story revolves around a young Coordinator Kira Yamato who becomes involved in the war between the two races after a third, neutral faction's space colony is invaded by the Coordinators. The television series was broadcast in Japan between 2002 and 2003, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television and MBS TV networks, beginning a broadcast partnership with the ''Gundam'' franchise. The series spawned three compilations films and was adapted into a manga as well as light novels. A sequel series, ''Mobile Suit Gundam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Train
, commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with '' Noir'', '' .hack//Sign'', and ''Madlax'' (among other series) they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively ambiguous relationships. History The studio Bee Train was founded on June 5, 1997, by Kōichi Mashimo, who was previously a director at Tatsunoko Productions and the founder of Mashimo Jimusho, a small freelance staff working for other studios. Originally, Bee Train was a subsidiary of Production I.G along with Xebec but in February 2006, it ended its relationship and became independent. Koichi Mashimo's goal when he founded Bee Train was to create a "hospital for animators", an animation studio interested in nurturing young talents and artistic quality of production rather than in corporate strategies and profit. This studio-as-hospital approach was alle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanesque (song)
"Romanesque" is the seventh single of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on April 18, 2007. This single includes the ending song of the anime ''El Cazador de la Bruja'', composed by Yuki Kajiura. This single peaked at #23 on the Oricon weekly charts. Track listing # romanesque # # romanesque（without vocal） # Charts Oricon Sales Chart (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 ...) (*): Sales after 2 weeks References External links *Victor Animation Networkdiscography entry 2007 singles FictionJunction Yuuka songs Songs written by Yuki Kajiura 2007 songs Victor Entertainment singles {{2000s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cazador De La Bruja
is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of '' Noir'' and ''Madlax'' and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007. A manga adaptation was serialized in the Champion RED Magazine beginning in March 2007, and the chapters were collected into one volume. The series was announced for North American release by Funimation on February 19, 2009. It was released in two complete season sets in early December 2009 and re-released as a complete set in March 2011. The series made its North American television debut on March 22, 2010, when it started airing on the Funimation Channel. Plot A fateful encounter between Ellis, a fugitive girl with amnesia, a troubled past, and supernatural powers, and Nadie, a feisty bounty hunter, leads to the two of them traveling south together in search of the key to unlocking Ellis's past. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus (FictionJunction Yuuka Album)
''Circus'' is the second album of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on July 4, 2007. This album includes their last four singles and their b-sides (with the exception of "Yakusoku"), the previously ''Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape IV'' exclusive "aikoi", as well as four brand-new songs. There are two versions of this album: the normal edition (with catalog number VICL-62426) and the limited edition (with catalog number VIZL-235). The limited edition includes a DVD with the PVs of Silly-Go-Round, Kōya Ruten is the sixth single of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on November 22, 2006. This single included opening song of the anime Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, as well a song from the musical in which Yuuka Nanri, the vocalist ... and romanesque. The album debuted at #10 on the Oricon Album Charts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōya Ruten
is the sixth single of J-pop duo FictionJunction Yuuka. It was released on November 22, 2006. This single included opening song of the anime Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, as well a song from the musical in which Yuuka Nanri, the vocalist of FictionJunction Yuuka, stars in. Both songs were composed by Yuki Kajiura. Its catalog number is VICL-36177. This single peaked at #13 on the Oricon weekly charts. Track listing From ''Flying Dog''. # # Blessing # # Blessing (without vocal) Charts Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ... Sales Chart (Japan) (*): Sales after 2 weeks References External links *Victor Animation Networkdiscography entry*Usenet group, sci.lang.Japan, discussion of the song lyrics. The discussion thread includes the Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government. The major ideological-political divide during this period was between the pro-imperial nationalists called and the shogunate forces, which included the elite swordsmen. Although these two groups were the most visible powers, many other factions attempted to use the chaos of to seize personal power.Hillsborough, ''page # needed'' Furthermore, there were two other main driving forces for dissent: first, growing resentment on the part of the (or outside lords), and second, growing anti-Western sentiment following the arrival of Matthew C. Perry. The first related to those lords whose predecessors had fought against Tokugawa forces at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, after which they had been permanently excluded from all powerful pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise (company)
, previously and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 1972 and is based in Ogikubo, Tokyo. Its former names were also Soeisha, Nippon Sunrise and Sunrise Studio. Its primary division, , is renowned for critically praised and popular original anime series such as ''Gundam'', '' Cowboy Bebop'', ''Space Runaway Ideon'', ''Armored Trooper Votoms'', ''Magic God Hero Legend Wataru'', ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'', ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'', ''Crush Gear Turbo'', ''The Vision of Escaflowne'', ''Love Live!'', ''Witch Hunter Robin'', ''My-HiME'', ''My-Otome'', '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'', '' Tiger & Bunny'', and '' Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon'', as well as its numerous adaptations of acclaimed light novels including ''Crest of the Stars'', ''Dirty Pair'', ''Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere'' and ''Accel World'', and manga such as ''City Hunter'', ''Inuyasha'', ''Outlaw Star'', ''Yakitate!! Japan'', ''Planetes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
