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Future GPX Cyber Formula Saga
is an anime series produced by Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. Terminology A ... that aired in Japan from March 15 to December 20, 1991 on Nippon Television with 37 episodes. The TV series was followed by four OVA titles that were produced from 1992 to 1998 with a total of 27 episodes. The opening and ending themes of the TV series are "I'll Come" and "Winners," performed by G-GRIP. Episodes ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'' (TV series) ''Future GPX Cyber Formula 2'' (OVA series) ''Future GPX Cyber Formula 2'' is divided into four parts titled 11 (Double One), Zero, Saga and Sin. ''Future GPX Cyber Formula 11'' ''Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO'' ''Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA'' ''Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN'' ''Future GPX Cyber Formula: Early Days Renewal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future GPX Cyber Formula
is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu-DK, VAP and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon TV and was later followed by four OVA series respectively titled: ''Double One'', ''Zero'', ''Saga'', and ''Sin''. These OVAs are collectively known as . It has also been adapted into multiple games, artbooks, toys, audio dramas, and novels. Outside of Japan, the series has aired in the Philippines by ABS-CBN for Hero TV, and in Italy on Italia 1. An English-subtitled DVD boxset of the TV series has also been released by Bandai in 2003. Medialink licensed the full series across Asia-Pacific in 2021. Summary In the near future, Cyber Formula, an automobile race in a different category from Formula One, with cars equipped with pollution-free engines such as hydrogen engines and room-temperature superconducting motors, and artificial intelligence for navigation, is gaining popularity. The story is ... [...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] |
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] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Fukuda
is a Japanese animation director and scriptwriter from Tochigi Prefecture. He was married to anime screenwriter Chiaki Morosawa until her death in 2016. Career Fukuda is a graduate of Waseda Senior High School. While in school, he was a member of the manga research society. After graduating from high school, he joined Sunrise in 1979 at the age of 19. He calls himself a disciple of Takeyuki Kanda, who directed ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'', '' Choriki Robo Galatt'', and ''Metal Armor Dragonar'' among others. For the OVA series ''Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA'', Fukuda selected his wife, Chiaki Morosawa, who had been a family friend to talk with about work, to write the scripts, and since then, he has entrusted series composition to Morosawa for almost all of the works he has directed (Morosawa's scriptwriting work is also almost exclusively limited to series directed by her husband Fukuda). Fukuda's major works include ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'', ''Gear Fighter Dendoh'' and the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Akane
is a Japanese animation director. Until the early 2000s, he was a staff member of the anime studio Sunrise, where he collaborated with Shoji Kawamori to direct his most famous work, ''The Vision of Escaflowne''. Since that time, he worked extensively with Satelight (and occasionally again with Kawamori, who is the studio's executive director) before going freelance once more to direct the ''Birdy the Mighty'' TV series, among other projects. List of works *''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' series (1986–1987) - Production Runner (numerous episodes) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' movie (1988) - Production Runner *''Jushin Liger'' series (1989–1990) - Episode Director *'' Dragon Quest'' series (1989–1991) - Storyboard Artist (episode 17) *''Future GPX Cyber Formula'' series (1991) - Storyboard Artist, Unit Director *'' Mobile Suit Gundam F91'' movie (1991) - Assistant Director *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' OVA series (1991–1992) - Unit Director *'' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiru Shimada
was a Japanese anime screenwriter from Tokyo. Shimada was a graduate of Waseda University. She made her screenwriting debut in 1980. She died in 2017, aged 58, from undisclosed causes. animecorner.me; accessed December 21, 2017. Filmography * '''' (1981 TV series), Screenplay * '''' (1981 TV series), Script * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motosuke Takahashi
was a Japanese anime episode and series director, animation director, animator, storyboard artist, and character designer. He died of lung cancer on November 8, 2007. Works Anime series 1960s – 1970s * ''Oraa Guzura Dado'' (1967–1968, key animation) * ''The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee'' (1970–1971, key animation) * ''Inakappe Taishō'' (1970–1972, episode director) * '' Mokku of the Oak Tree'' (1972, episode director) * ''Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (1972–1974, key animation) * ''Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog'' (1973, episode director) * ''New Honeybee Hutch'' (1974, episode director) * ''Hurricane Polymar'' (1974–1975, episode director, key animation) * '' Tentōmushi no Uta'' (1974–1976, episode director) * ''The Adventures of Pepero'' (1975–1976, episode director) * ''Maya the Honey Bee'' (1975–1976, storyboards) * ''Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster'' (1976–1977, character designer) * '' Chōgattai Majutsu Robo Gingaizer'' (1977, character designer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōji Kawamori
is a Japanese anime creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer. He is best known for creating the ''Macross'' mecha anime franchise and the ''Diaclone'' toyline, which were in turn the basis for the ''Robotech'' and ''Transformers'' franchises, respectively. He is also known for creating ''The Vision of Escaflowne'' anime series. He pioneered several innovative concepts in his works, such as transforming mecha (including the VF-1 Valkyrie in ''Macross'' and Optimus Prime in ''Transformers'') and virtual idols (including Lynn Minmay and Sharon Apple in the ''Macross'' franchise). His work has had a significant impact on popular culture, both in Japan and internationally. Personal life Shoji Kawamori was born in Toyama, Japan in 1960. Later in his youth he attended Keio University in the late seventies and in the same years as ''Macross'' screenwriter Hiroshi Ōnogi and character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto, where they became friends and founded a ''Mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichiro Kimura
is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director from Hiroshima Prefecture. His nickname is , a shortened version of his name. Kimura graduated from Osaka University of Arts with a major in oil painting. He enrolled in a fine arts college to get a teaching certificate in art. While in school, he was a member of CAS, an animation research society, and was classmates with animation director Takao Kado. After graduating, he worked at Studio World. Formerly an animator, he first worked as a director on an adult work, and has been working as a director ever since. He began his career as a storyboard artist and director, and made his directorial debut in 1998 with ''Burn-Up Excess''. Some of his best-known works as a director include ''Hand Maid May'' (2000) and ''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001). Filmography As Director *''Burn-Up Excess'' (1998) *'' Weiß Kreuz Verbrechen & Strafe'' (1999) *''Hand Maid May'' (2000) *''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001) *''Cosplay Complex'' (2002) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiaki Morosawa
was a Japanese anime screenwriter and the creator of the fictional universe of "Cosmic Era" the setting for the anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (in which she was the head writer) and its related series. Born in Urawa, Saitama, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Kantou Region, Japan. Blood type: O. An older sister of Kazuyuki Morosawa. She was the wife of Mitsuo Fukuda, and the mother of their children. Family She was the older sister of , who is the film director and a screenwriter for the '' Dear Friends'' and the movie '' Baby, Baby, Baby!''. He is also the screenwriter for the ''Atashin'chi'' anime movie in the year of 2003. Life She first met Mitsuo Fukuda during their school days when she was an amateur doujin artist and writer. They enrolled in different high school, but participated in the doujin fandom community, and remained friends after their graduation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Nishikiori
is a Japanese anime director. He debuted in 1999 with ''I'm Gonna Be An Angel!'' Two years later, he directed ''Angelic Layer'', which won the Animation Kobe in the television category. Some of his other major works include ''Azumanga Daioh'', ''A Certain Magical Index'', and ''From Argonavis, Argonavis from BanG Dream!'' Biography Hiroshi Nishikiori was born on May 20, 1966. In 1999, Nishikiori made his directorial debut with ''I'm Gonna Be An Angel!''. In 2001, Nishikiori directed the anime adaptation of ''Angelic Layer'', which won the Animation Kobe in the television category. From 2008 to 2019, he directed the anime adaptation of ''A Certain Magical Index'', as well as its theatrical film, ''A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion''. In 2020, he directed ''From Argonavis, Argonavis from BanG Dream!''. Works TV series * ''I'm Gonna Be An Angel!'' (1999) (director) * ''Angelic Layer'' (2001) (director) * ''Azumanga Daioh'' (2002) (director) * ''Gad Guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
