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GEMBA (studio)
is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of Digital Frontier that specializes in the production of 3DCG animation and anime. Establishment The company was established in 2006 as a sub-contracting studio that specialized in 3DCG production, and was involved with various works such as ''Psycho-Pass'' and ''Noblesse''. In 2016, Gemba released its first major production, an iteration of Kentaro Miura's '' Berserk'' co-animated with 2D studio Millepensee. Despite a decade of experience with 3DCG, the series received harsh criticism towards its CG animation from viewers and critics alike. Reception to the studio's second major production, ''The Magnificent Kotobuki is an anime television series produced by GEMBA, which aired from January to March 2019. A smartphone game titled ''Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai - Ōzora no Take Off Girls!'' was released in February 2019. A compilation film titled ''The Magni ...'', has been more positive, contrastly. Works Anime television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabushiki Gaisha
A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", " joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' in Japan refers to any joint-stock company regardless of country of origin or incorporation; however, outside Japan the term refers specifically to joint-stock companies incorporated in Japan. Usage in language In Latin script, ''kabushiki kaisha'', with a , is often used, but the original Japanese pronunciation is ''kabushiki gaisha'', with a , owing to rendaku. A ''kabushiki gaisha'' must include "" in its name (Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act). In a company name, "" can be used as a prefix (e.g. , '' kabushiki gaisha Dentsū'', a style called , ''mae-kabu'') or as a suffix (e.g. , '' Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha'', a style called , ''ato-kabu''). Many Japanese companies translate the phrase "" in their name as "Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AnimeNewsNetwork
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 Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Companies Established In 2006
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Japanese Animation Studios
This is a list of Japanese animation studios. A * * * * * * * * * * * * * * B * Bandai Namco Pictures (株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ) * * Bibury Animation Studios (合同会社バイブリーアニメーションスタジオ) * Blue Lynx (ブルーリンクス) * Bones (ボンズ) * * C * C-Station (シーステイション株式会社) * C2C * Chaos Project (カオスプロジェクト) * CloverWorks (株式会社CloverWorks) * CoMix Wave Films (コミックス・ウェーブ・フィル) * Connect (コネクト) * Creators in Pack (株式会社クリエイターズインパック) * CygamesPictures (株式会社CygamesPictures) D * Daume (童夢) * David Production (デイヴィッドプロダクション ) * Digital Frontier (デジタルフロンティア) * Diomedéa (ディオメディア) * DLE (株式会社ディー・エル・イー) * Doga Kobo (動画工房) * Drive (株式会社ドライブ) E * * Eiken (エイケン) * Ekac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GEMBA (studio)
is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of Digital Frontier that specializes in the production of 3DCG animation and anime. Establishment The company was established in 2006 as a sub-contracting studio that specialized in 3DCG production, and was involved with various works such as ''Psycho-Pass'' and ''Noblesse''. In 2016, Gemba released its first major production, an iteration of Kentaro Miura's '' Berserk'' co-animated with 2D studio Millepensee. Despite a decade of experience with 3DCG, the series received harsh criticism towards its CG animation from viewers and critics alike. Reception to the studio's second major production, ''The Magnificent Kotobuki is an anime television series produced by GEMBA, which aired from January to March 2019. A smartphone game titled ''Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai - Ōzora no Take Off Girls!'' was released in February 2019. A compilation film titled ''The Magni ...'', has been more positive, contrastly. Works Anime television series ... [...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] |
Tsutomu Mizushima
is a Japanese animation and sound director. Career Mizushima was born in Chitose, Hokkaido and raised in Hata, Nagano (now Matsumoto, Nagano). He produced independent films in high school and when he graduated from Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto Misuzugaoka High School, he wanted to be a music teacher but gave up on higher education due to being out of work, so he got a job at Shin-Ei Animation in 1986. His initial aspirations later led him to write lyrics and music. His first animation works were ''Doraemon'' and ''Keshiki Cutter'' where he served as a production assistant. After working on ''Mami the Psychic'' and ''Chimpui'', he was in charge of episode direction for the first time in 1991 with episode 120 of ''Oishinbo''. Because of his selfishness in ''Oishinbo'' (according to him), he fell into company-internal unemployment. After being demoted to production assistance, he was in charge of '' Dorami-chan: Hello, Dynosis Kids!!'' before being hired by then-director Mitsuru Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Age Arc
is a Japanese anime film trilogy, which adapts Kentaro Miura's ''Berserk'' manga series, specifically its Golden Age arc, and was produced by Studio 4°C. The first two films, ''The Egg of the King'' and ''The Battle for Doldrey'', were released in Japan in February and June 2012, and the third film, ''The Advent'', was released in February 2013. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the trilogy for English home video release. A remastered edited version for television, labeled as "Memorial Edition", was broadcast for 13 episodes from October to December 2022. Plot summary ''The Egg of the King'' A soldier named Guts attracts the attention of a mercenary group, The Band of the Hawk, when he kills an enemy champion during a siege. He is forced into joining the group after being defeated in single combat by its leader, Griffith. The Band of the Hawk are employed by the Kingdom of Midland for its Hundred Year War against the Tudor Empire, and Griffith rises in the kingdom's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liden Films
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka. Establishment Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding company Ultra Super Pictures, alongside studios Sanzigen, Trigger, and Ordet. The company is currently represented by Tetsurou Satomi. The company has since expanded, currently consisting of five separate branches and the Suginami branch: , founded in 2015; , founded in 2013; two Tokyo Studios, and ; and , founded in 2018. In 2016, the Kyoto Studio produced its own series, and in 2020 the Osaka Studio did the same. Works Television series Anime films * '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening'' (August 23, 2014) - co-animated with Sanzigen * '' Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Movie'' (September 13, 2014) * '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer'' (May 23, 2015) - co-animated with Sanzigen * '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berserk (2016 TV Series)
is a 2016 anime television series based on Kentaro Miura's manga series of the same name and an acting sequel to the '' Golden Age Arc'' film trilogy. This is the second television series adaptation of the manga after the 1997 anime of the same name, covering the Conviction arc from the manga. A second season, covering the first half of the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc aired in 2017. Plot The story follows Guts as the "Black Swordsman", an appearance which was briefly seen in the first episode of the 1997 television series as well as in the final scene of the '' Golden Age Arc'' films. Guts was once a wandering mercenary taken in by the mercenary group known as the and he fought alongside them before their mutilated leader, Griffith, sacrificed his followers to become one of the God Hand and continue his dream of ruling a kingdom of his own. Only Guts and his lover Casca, who lost her sanity and memory from the horrors she saw and endured, escaped the "Eclipse" ritual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magnificent Kotobuki
is an anime television series produced by GEMBA, which aired from January to March 2019. A smartphone game titled ''Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai - Ōzora no Take Off Girls!'' was released in February 2019. A compilation film titled ''The Magnificent Kotobuki Complete Edition'' premiered in September 2020. Plot In a desolate land, people trade goods with each other to survive. Goods are transported via huge zeppelins which hire squadrons of fighter pilots for defense against air pirates and carry their single-engine fighter planes on board. One of these is the Kotobuki Squadron, a team of six young women: Kylie, Emma, Kate, Reona, Zara and Chika. Characters Kotobuki Squadron ; : :She is a pilot with excellent skills, a natural aptitude for flying and a passion for pancakes. She first flew with Ol' Sab (Shioyama) when she was a young girl. Every member of the squadron has a personal emblem painted on their tail and variation of it on their wingtips, with Kylie's being a bird of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millepensee
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2013 and based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo. On February 10, 2020, it was announced that Millepensee had formed a partnership with Sanzigen to form 3DCG 3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” sometimes called CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for th ... animation studio IXIXI. Establishment The studio was founded in 2013 by producer Naoko Shiraishi. Since its founding, all of Millepensee's works have been directed by ex- Madhouse director and producer Shin Itagaki (with the exception of the ''Wake Up, Girls!'' films). Works Television series OVA/ONAs Films Music videos See also * Shaft—Millepensee founder Naoko Shiraishi worked for Shaft before transferring to Gainax around 2002 * Gainax—Shiraishi worked for Gainax until 2012, and founded Millepensee the year later References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |