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Girlish Number
is a Japanese multimedia project. It launched in the March 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'' as a serial novel written by Wataru Watari, with illustrations by QP:flapper and Yamcha. A manga series drawn by Yūki Dōmoto is serialized in '' Dengeki G's Comic'', and a 12-episode anime television series by Diomedéa aired from October to December 2016. Plot The story revolves around Chitose Karasuma, a voice actress who has been working in the anime industry for a year. Although she believes she is talented, she thinks the anime industry is rotten as she has only been voicing minor characters. One day, an opportunity arises for her to voice a main role in an upcoming anime adaptation of a light novel as an idol voice actress with four other girls. Characters ; : :Chitose is a university student and aspiring voice actress whose agency is Number One Produce. She is the voice of Yuna, one of the five main heroines in the upcoming anime series ''Millenni ...
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ...
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Tulip Television
is a TV station affiliated with Japan News Network (JNN) in Takaoka, Toyama. It is broadcast in Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the .... Established October 1, 1990. TV channel Digital Television * Toyama 32ch JOJH-DTV Tandem office *Fukumitsu 60ch *Unazuki 44ch *Takaoka-Futagami 61ch *Hosoiri 57ch *Ōyama-omi 57ch Program * * * * External links The official website of TulipTelevision Japan News Network Television stations in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in Japan Mass media in Takaoka, Toyama {{japan-company-stub ...
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Saori Ōnishi
is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She played La Folia Rihavein in her first main role for the anime series '' Strike the Blood''. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Ais Wallenstein in ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', and Vignette April Tsukinose in '' Gabriel DropOut''. She won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Personality Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards. Biography Ōnishi began aspiring to become an actress in elementary school, while watching television. The voice acting performances of voice actresses such as Maaya Sakamoto and Sanae Kobayashi also inspired her to pursue the profession. During her elementary and junior high school years, she was part of a brass band club. Although she was part of the science class in high school, she decided not to join any clubs, instead preferring to attend a voice acting training school. Ōnishi began her voic ...
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Eri Suzuki
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Filmography Anime Film Video games References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuki, Eri Living people Voice actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese voice actresses Japanese video game actresses 1992 births 21st-century Japanese actresses Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors ...
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Kansai Dialect
The is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, is the common name and it is called in technical terms. The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka are known as , and were particularly referred to as such in the Edo period. The Kansai dialect is typified by the speech of Osaka, the major city of Kansai, which is referred to specifically as . It is characterized as being both more melodic and harsher by speakers of the standard language.Omusubi: Japan's Regional Diversity
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Since Osaka is the largest city in the region and its speakers gained the most media exposure over the last century, non-Kansai-dialect speakers tend to associate the dialect of Osaka with the entire Kansai region. However, technically ...
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Yui Ishikawa
is a Japanese actress and voice actress who was previously represented by Sunaoka Office but now works for mitt management. Prior to becoming a voice actress, she worked mainly on stage. Her specialities are classical ballet, jazz dance, and tap dance. Before she started as a voice actress, she was a stage actress and has been voicing radio dramas since 2007. Her biggest roles were as starring characters Violet Evergarden in '' Violet Evergarden'' and as Mikasa Ackerman in ''Attack on Titan''. She also voices China Kousaka in ''Gundam Build Fighters'', Sayuri Haruno in ''Bonjour Sweet Love Patisserie'', Hinaki Shinjo in ''Aikatsu'', and YoRHa No.2 Type B (2B) in '' Nier: Automata''. At the 8th Seiyu Awards in 2014, she won an award for Best Supporting Actress. She also won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 15th Annual Seiyū Awards in 2021 for her role in Violet Evergarden. She has attended anime conventions around the world, including Sakura-Con in Seattle, ...
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Kaede Hondo
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She took leading roles for each series, including '' Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama'' as Kokoro Yotsuba, ''Interviews with Monster Girls'' as Hikari Takanashi, ''Girlish Number'' as Yae Kugayama, ''Anime-Gatari'' as Minoa Asagaya, ''Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko'' as Kanami Eto, '' Comic Girls'' as Koyume Koizuka, ''Hinamatsuri'' as Hitomi Mishima, ''Zombie Land Saga'' as Sakura Minamoto, ''Bofuri'' as Maple/Kaede Honjō, and '' Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina'' as Elaina. She won the Best New Actress Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards. Biography Hondo was born in Aichi Prefecture. She had an interest in anime from a young age, in particular the ''Naruto'' series. She became interested in acting and modelling after an incident during her fifth year of elementary, when a woman came close to her saying she has "a face that goes well with makeup". Not knowing immediately what that should mean, she made some resear ...
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Voice Acting In Japan
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, and actresses have devoted fan clubs due to a crossover with the idol industry, and some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor. Many voice actors have concurrent singing careers and have also crossed over to live-action media. There are around 130 voice acting schools in Japan. Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors. Magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with '' Voice Animage'' being the longest running. The term character voice (abbreviated CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as ' and ''Newtype'' to describe a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character. Definition and role A p ...
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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
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, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ...
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Sayaka Senbongi
is a Japanese voice actress. Biography Senbongi studied acting at the Japan Narration Institute. Before graduating, she made her debut as Claire Kokonoe in ''Chronicles of the Going Home Club''. In 2015, she joined I'm Enterprise. She voiced Mumei, the first main heroine in the anime series ''Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress''. She played Chitose Karasuma in ''Girlish Number''. She won the Best Rookie Actresses at the 11th Seiyu Awards. On September 1, 2019, it was selected as in the Saturday personality for the program ''Hino Midnight Graffiti Run! Kayokyoku'' from October 2019. On December 29, 2019, her agency announced in a statement that she and fellow voice actor Tasuku Hatanaka have gotten married. Filmography Anime series Film *'' Even if the World Will End Tomorrow'' (2019) as Kotoko *'' Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle'' (2019) as Mumei *'' Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám'' (2020) as Hassan of Serenity *'' Eureka - Eureka Seven: Hi- ...
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Japanese Idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies, while maintaining a parasocial relationship with a financially loyal consumer fan base. Japan's idol industry first emerged in the 1960s and became prominent in the 1970s and 1980s due to television. During the 1980s, regarded as the "Golden Age of Idols", idols drew in commercial interest and began appearing in commercials and television dramas. As more niche markets began to appear in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it led to a significant growth in the industry known as the "Idol Warring Period." Today, over 10,000 teenage girls in Japan are idols, with over 3,000 groups active. Japan's idol industry has been used as a model for other pop idol industries, such as K-pop. Sub-categories of idols include gravure idols ...
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Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a printing or publishing format by which a single larger work Work may refer to: * Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the community ** Manual labour, physical work done by humans ** House work, housework, or homemaking ** Working animal, an animal t ..., often a work of narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential instalments. The instalments are also known as ''numbers'', ''parts'' or ''fascicles'', and may be released either as separate publications or within sequential issues of a periodical publication, such as a magazine or newspaper. Serialisation can also begin with a single short story that is subsequently turned into a series. Historically, such series have been published in periodicals. Popular short-story series are often published together in book form as collections. Early history The growth of moveable type in the 17th century prompted episodic and often disconnec ...
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