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Gorillaman
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1988 to 1993, with its chapters collected in 19 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) animated by J.C.Staff in 1992. A sequel, titled ''Gorillaman'', was serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2020 to 2022. In 1990, ''Gorillaman'' won the 14th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi, ''Gorillaman'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1988 to 1993. Kodansha collected its chapters in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from April 6, 1989, to October 6, 1993. For the magazine's 40th anniversary, Sakuishi launched a two-chapter story in ''Weekly Young Magazine'', under the title ''Gorillaman 40'', on October 12 and 17, 2020; it was later serialize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Sakuishi
, better known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan). Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in ''Stopper Busujima'', fighting in ''Bakaichi'', and music in ''Beck''). His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in ''Beck'' is actually from ''Stopper Busujima'' and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of ''Sangokushi'' (''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'') with an altered version of that story appearing in ''Beck'' written by "Christy Sakuishi". In ''Beck'' he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from ''Happy Sangokushi'' and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. Bibliography * , Weekly Young Magazine (1988 - 1994), collected in 19 volumes * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osamu Sekita
was a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He was known for directing series such as ''Beast Wars II'', ''Beast Wars Neo'', ''Cross Game'', ''Strawberry 100%'', and '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'', as well as the OVA series ''Osu!! Karate Bu'', ''Shin Captain Tsubasa'', and ''U-Jin Brand''. Sekita was a member of Dream Force and had worked on Hal Film Maker and Synergy SP productions. He was also a member of the former Junio Brain Trust. Works TV animation *''Shin Don Chuck Monogatari'' (1976–1978, episode director) *'' Kagaku Bōkentai Dancer 5'' (1979–1980, episode director) *''Mobile Suit Gundam'' (1979–1980, episode director) *''The Ultraman'' (1979–1980, episode director, storyboards) *''Zenderman'' (1979–1980, episode director) *''Space Runaway Ideon'' (1980–1981, episode director) *'' Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin 28-gō'' (1980–1981, episode director) *''Superbook'' (1981–1982, episode director) *''Fang of the Sun Dougram'' (1981–1983, epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha Manga Award
is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for ''shōnen'' and ''shōjo''. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category's award was in 2003. The children's category was merged into the ''shōnen'' and ''shōjo'' categories starting in 2015. Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette, a certificate and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500). Recipients See also * List of manga awards This list of manga awards is an index to articles about notable awards for manga, comics or graphic novels created in Japan or using the Japanese language and conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. Awards See als ... References * * External links Japanese official website {{Manga Indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... 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 List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine ''Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current legal name since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinen Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Manga Times'' and ''Weekly Manga Goraku'' which cater specifically to men's interests, and are marketed towards a demographic of young adult men between the ages of 18 and 40. ''Seinen'' manga are distinguished from ''shōnen'' manga which are for young teen boys, although some ''seinen'' manga like '' xxxHolic'' share similarities with ''shōnen'' manga. ''Seinen'' manga can focus on action, politics, science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy. The female equivalent to ''seinen'' manga is ''josei'' manga. ''Seinen'' manga have a wide variety of art styles and variation in subject matter. Examples of ''seinen'' series include: '' Berserk'', '' AKIRA'', '' 20th Century Boys'', ''One Punch Man'', ''Golden Kamuy'', ''Ghost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989. The chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months. The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl on the cover and first few pages of each issue. Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, , a retitled makeover of their previous publication , which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence. Series in publication There are currently 30 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', ''Kenka Kagyō'' and '' Nande Koko ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in '' Gao ... [...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] |
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] |
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