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GeGeGe No Kitarō
, originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as ''yōkai'', a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong to. This story was an early 20th-century Japanese folk tale performed on '' kamishibai''. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action, and video games. The word in the title is similar to Japanese sound symbolism for a cackling noise but refers to Mizuki's childhood nickname, a mispronounciation of his given name. Selections of the manga and the theatrical live-action films have been published in English, simply titled ''Kitaro''. The 2018 anime series is streamed with English subtitles as ''GeGeGe no Kitaro''. Plot ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' focuses on the young Kitarō—the last survivor of the Ghost Tribe—and his adventures with other ghouls and strange creatures of Japanese mythology. Along with: t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese 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 manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Nishio
is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga (now Toei Animation) as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on '' Dr. Slump - Arale-chan'' in 1982. He debuted as director for '' Dragon Ball'' in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with '' Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong''. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, ''Dragon Ball Z'', and several of its films. Filmography Director *'' Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong'' (1986) - Director *'' Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'' (1987) - Director *'' Dragon Ball'' (1987-1989) - Series Director (#83-153), Storyboard, Episode Director *'' Crying Freeman: Episode 1 - Portrait of a Killer'' (1988) - Director *''Dragon Ball Z'' (1989-1993) - Series Director (#1-199), Storyboard, Episode Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!!'' (1989) - Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest'' (1990) - Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuharu Takanashi
is a prolific Japanese composer and arranger for anime and video game series. His anime composition credits include ''Naruto Shippuden'', ''Fairy Tail'', ''Log Horizon'', '' Shiki'', ''Hell Girl'', and '' Record of Ragnarok''. He also composed on four '' Pretty Cure'' series: '' Fresh Pretty Cure!'', '' HeartCatch PreCure!'', ''Suite PreCure'', and ''Smile PreCure!'', as well as their related films, some of which were with composer Naoki Sato. Game music compositions include '' Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'', '' Genji: Days of the Blade'' and '' J-Stars Victory VS''. He also composed theme music for ''Pride Fighting Championships'' and '' Ultraman Max''. Biography Takanashi was born in Tokyo, in 1963. At the age of 18, he began playing keyboard, later working as the keyboardist for the band Hellen. In 1993, he formed the group Planet Earth with a Hellen's guitarist and others, releasing an album in the same year. In the late 1990s, he joined Musashi Project, a rock band which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Ōnogi
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist focusing on anime productions. Ōnogi attended Keio University in the same years as ''Macross'' character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto and creator Shōji Kawamori, both of whom he would first collaborate with in '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross''. Filmography * '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (1982), Scenario * ''The Super Dimension Century Orguss'' (1983), Script * '' Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' (1984), Script * '' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (1985), Script * '' Hey! Bunbuu'' (1985), Script * '' AD Police'' (1999), Script (ep 2, 5), Sci-Fi Adviser * ''Earth Girl Arjuna'' (2001), Series Composition, Script * ''The Daichis - Earth Defence Family'' (2001), Script (ep 0, 8, 11) * ''The Siamese - First Mission'' (2001), Scenario * ''Magical Witchland'' (2001), 2D Script Writer * '' RahXephon'' (2002), Screenplay (ep 14, 21–22, 26) * ''Heat Guy J'' (2002), Screenplay (ep 2, 6, 8, 11, 12) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' (2002), Scenario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiji Yokoyama
was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima. He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957. Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series ''Saint Seiya'' and ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'', and for his symphonic sound for many television programs. In 1992, he won the JASRAC award for his work on ''Saint Seiya''. On July 8, 2017, Yokoyama died from pneumonia at age 82. Notable works ''Tokusatsu'' *'' Koseidon'' (1978–1979) *'' Megaloman'' (1979) *'' Metalder'' (1987–1988) *''Winspector'' (1990–1991) *'' Ohranger'' (1995–1996) Anime TV series *'' The New Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee'' (1974) *'' Ginguiser'' (1977) *''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' (1978–1979) *'' Armored Fleet Dairugger XV'' (1982–1983) *''Ikkiman'' (1986) *''Saint Seiya'' (1986–1989) *'' Magical Taluluto'' (1990–1992) *''Merhen Ōkoku'' (1995) Films *'' Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned'' (1980) *'' Haguregumo'' (1982) *''Shōnen Miyamoto Musashi'' (1982) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Company
() (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by its subsidiary, T-Joy), studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a shareholder in several television companies. It is notable for creating animated programming known as anime, and live action dramas known as tokusatsu which use special visual effects. It also creates historical dramas (jidaigeki). Outside Japan, it is known as the controlling shareholder of Toei Animation and the owner of the '' Kamen Rider'' and '' Super Sentai'' franchises. Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios. The name "Toei" is derived from the company's former name . History Toei's predecessor, the , was incorporated in 1938. It was founded by Keita Goto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shochiku
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all, anime films produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks). Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and the oldest of Japan's "Big Four" film studios. History As Shochiku Kinema The company was founded in 1895 as a kabuki production company and later began producing films in 1920. Shochiku is considered the oldest company in Japan involved in present-day fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhide Motoki
is a Japanese film director and producer. Filmography Director Film * ''Tenamonya Sōsha'' (1998) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven'' (2000) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yukyū Kyūka'' (2001) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kiki Ippatsu!'' (2002) * '' Drugstore Girl'' (2004) * '' GeGeGe no Kitaro'' (2007) * '' GeGeGe no Kitaro 2: Sennen Noroi Uta'' (2008) * '' Kamogawa Horumo'' (2009) * ''Welcome Home, Hayabusa'' (2012) * '' It All Began When I Met You'' (2013) * ''Samurai Hustle is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki comedy film directed by Katsuhide Motoki and starring Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada and Tsuyoshi Ihara. It was released on 21 June 2014. It featured in the Japanese Film Festival in Australia in 2014 under the n ...'' (2014) * '' Samurai Hustle Returns'' (2016) * ''Recall'' (2018) * ''Iwane: Sword of Serenity'' (2019) * ''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021) * ''Shylock's Children'' (2023) TV drama * '' Tange Sazen'' (2004) * '' Maison Ikkoku'' (2007) Producer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noitamina
is a Japanese programming block on Fuji TV devoted to anime, originally broadcast every Thursday late night/Friday morning from 00:45 to 1:15. It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. The block debuted in April 2005 as a half-hour block. All anime production under the block are joint-venue by Fuji TV, Dentsu and usually Sony Music Entertainment Japan or Aniplex. The timeslot was expanded from half an hour to a full hour in 2010, and airs Thursday nights/Friday morning 00:45 to 1:45 but returned to half an hour timeslot in 2015 due to 5 noitaminA-produced films to be shown in Japanese theaters in the same year. So far the only non-anime series aired on noitaminA was the live-action adaptation of '' Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture'' in 2010. On April 15, 2010, Fuji TV and Funimation announced an agreement that allows Funimation to simulcast series from the noitaminA block in North America within an hour of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siren Visual
This is a list of anime industry companies involved in the production or distribution of anime. Japan-based companies Animation studios There are over 500 animation studios in Japan. Below are those notable enough to have an article. *3Hz * A.C.G.T * A.P.P.P. * Actas * Ajia-do Animation Works * Anime International Company (AIC) * Arms Corporation (defunct) * Artland * Artmic (defunct) *Arvo Animation *Nippon Rois Cartoon (Regional Service Division for Japan from Indonesia) * Ashi Productions * Asahi Production * Asread * AXsiZ * Bandai Namco Pictures * Bee Train * Bibury Animation Studios * Blue Lynx * Bones * Brain's Base *Bridge (studio) * C2C * Chaos Project * CoMix Wave Films * Connect (studio) (defunct, absorbed by Silver Link and then dissolved) * Creators in Pack * C-Station * CygamesPictures * Daume * David Production * Diomedéa * DLE * Doga Kobo * ENGI * EMT Squared * Eight Bit * Eiken *Ekachi Epilka *EMT Squared * Encourage Films *Ezo'la * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riku Sanjo
is a Japanese manga writer and screenwriter. He works as a story writer for manga, anime and live-action film. Sanjo graduated from Meiji University. '' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'' (1989–1996), which he created with illustrator Koji Inada, is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 47 million copies sold. The two also created ''Beet the Vandel Buster'' (2002–2006, 2016–present), which has 4 million copies in print. Selected works Anime OVAs *'' MD Geist'' (1986) *'' Cybernetics Guardian'' (1989) *'' The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor'' (1989-1990) *''MD Geist II: Death Force'' (1996) *''Ultraman Super Fighter Legend'' (1996) Television * series head writer denoted in bold *'' Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu'' (2005-2006) *''Happy Lucky Bikkuriman'' (2006-2007): eps 20-46 *'' GeGeGe no Kitarō 5th series'' (2007-2009): eps 27-100 *''Digimon Fusion'' (2010-2012) Film * ''Gegege no Kitarō: Explosive Japan!!'' (2008) Manga *'' Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Hasegawa
is a Japanese screenwriter from Atami, Japan. History After graduating from Nihon University's Art Department with a degree in film studies, Hasegawa made his debut as an assistant director with the unreleased film ''Kuchita Teoshiguruma''. After participating in the later half of the series '' Taiyō ni Hoero!'', he moved to the art department to work on props and decorations, and participated in many films, including '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' and '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion''. Hasegawa began writing for television in the 1990s and has been a writer for almost every '' Ultraman'' series produced since Tiga up to the first season of Ginga. Since first beginning his work on the Ultraman franchise with the 1996 series '' Ultraman Tiga'', Hasegawa has gone on to write more material for the franchise than any other writer. He has been directly involved with the creation of every title Ultraman character up to Mebius as well as having had a major role in selecting act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
