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Gakkou Gurashi
is a Japanese manga series written by Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series was serialized from May 24, 2012 to November 22, 2019 in the Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' magazine and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by Lerche aired between July and September 2015. A live-action film adaptation was released on January 25, 2019. Premise Yuki Takeya is a cheerful school girl who, along with her friends Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yūri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki, is a member of the . As Yuki seeks out fun school activities every day while living at school, the other girls work to keep her safe, because in reality, they are the sole survivors of their school after a zombie outbreak overruns the city. Characters School Living Club The main characters of the series are a small club of girls who prioritize being able to live while inside the school. ; : :Live action portrayal: Midori Nagatsuki :A bright and cheerful girl who is always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. Prevalent elements of the genre include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, extraterrestrials, dystopian and post-apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, cults, dark magic, satanism, the macabre, gore and torture. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo MX
JOMX-DTV, branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon TV, TV Asahi, NHK General TV, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Tokyo, and Fuji TV, all of which are flagship stations of national networks. Tokyo MX was founded on April 30, 1993, and broadcasts commenced on November 1, 1995. Shareholders include the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo FM Broadcasting, and others. (MXTV is an associate company of Tokyo FM.) Every week, Tokyo MX airs the press conferences of the Governor of Tokyo. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). History On April 30, 1993, a group led by former Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (now Mizuho Bank) employee Tetsuo Fujimori founded the Tokyo Metropolitan Television Broadcasting Corporation to construct a fifth commercial television station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Ichimichi
is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She started her career as a Japanese idol member of Horipro's HOP Club under the stage name and is a gravure idol. She started an extensive voice acting career under the stage name . Biography Ichimichi worked with Horipro's idol group HOP Club with the stage name . She appeared in the variety show ''Enter! 371''. After the release of the idol DVD ''Ike Ike Go! Go! HOP Club'', she left the group. After signing with Yellow Cab Next, she became a co-host in the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' variety show '' Sakiyomi Jan Bang!''. She played Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow in the Super Sentai series ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'', following the footsteps of her former HOP Club batch mate Suzuka Morita. She released her first solo gravure idol DVD ''A Distant Shore'', along with a companion photo book of the same title. She promoted her second idol video ''Apartment'' and photo book ''Afternoon Tea'' in December. She released modeling calendars through Try- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigtails
A woman with long pigtails and braids. In the context of hairstyles, the usage of the term pigtail (or twin tail or twintail) shows considerable variation. The term may refer to a single braid, but is more frequently used in the plural ("pigtails") to refer to twin braids on opposite sides of the head. For some people, the term "pigtails" applies whether or not the hair is braided, but there is not widespread agreement on this (in places where this usage is common, unbraided pairs are called doggie ears or bunches and a single bunch, regardless of position on the head, is called a ponytail). Word origin and usage Bedouin woman with pigtails, 1880s. The term pigtail appears in English in the American colonies in the 17th century to describe a twist of chewing tobacco. One of the steps in processing the tobacco was to twist a handful of leaves together to form a compact bunch that would then be cured (dried, either with or without smoking). The term "pigtail" was appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Simmons
Juliet Simmons (born January 22, 1995) is an American voice actress. She works at Sentai Filmworks for English dub productions. Her notable roles are Tenri Ayukawa in ''The World God Only Knows'', Myucel Foaran in ''Outbreak Company'', Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc in ''Nobunaga The Fool'', Rei in ''Hamatora'', Kurome in '' Akame ga Kill'', Kurumu Ebisuzawa in ''School-Live!'', Goshenite in ''Land of the Lustrous'', Shizuku Kurogane in ''Chivalry of a Failed Knight'', Chiyo Sakura in ''Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'' and Kasumi Toyama in ''BanG Dream!''. Career Simmons created her YouTube channel with the name “JubyPhonic”. She started off by singing covers of songs, most commonly Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, in 2000 and was not originally intended to b ... and anime songs. She recorded covers, before bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Ozawa
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise, which she joined in April 2013. Ozawa decided to become a voice actress after becoming a fan of ''Negima!'' during her seventh grade. She played her first leading role as Chiyo Sakura in ''Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun''. Filmography TV anime ;2013 *'' Monogatari Series: Second Season'' as Waitress *'' Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS'' as Wakana Kitano *''Samurai Flamenco'' as Woman B ;2014 *''Girl Friend Beta'' as Rhythmic Gymnastics staff B *''I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying'' as Kaoru's Coworker *''Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?'' as Female Student *''Is the Order a Rabbit?'' as Schoolgirl A *''Laughing Under the Clouds'' as Familiar, Kanbayashi's son, Tenka Kumo (young) *''M3 the dark metal'' as Girl A *''Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'' as Chiyo Sakura *''No-Rin'' as Announcer *''Noragami'' as Tsuguha *''Sabagebu!'' as Club President, Elementary Student, Female College Student, Female Student, Girl, Woman *''Your Lie in April'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Karbowski (born ; June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation, Sentai Filmworks and ADV Films. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986 in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated Kempner High School in 2004 and attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater. Career Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as '' Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Seussical'', and ''Pirates of Penzance'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series ''Gantz''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''Gilgamesh'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inori Minase
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Axl One. In March 2016, she won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 10th Seiyu Awards for her leading roles as Jun Naruse in the box office hit ''The Anthem of the Heart'' and as Yuki Takeya in the anime television series ''School-Live!''. Her other major roles include Kirarin/Ciel Kirahoshi/Cure Parfait in ''Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode'', Chino in ''Is the Order a Rabbit?'', Noel in '' Celestial Method'', Hestia in ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', Rem in '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', Chito in ''Girls' Last Tour'', Shoko Makinohara in ''Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai'' and ''Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl'', Tamaki "Kimari" Mari in ''A Place Further than the Universe,'' Itsuki Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'' and Jeanne in ''The Case Study of Vanitas''. Mabushina in ''Mashin Sentai Kiramager'' is her most well-known live-action role. Her singing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zombie
A zombie (Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a ''zombie'' is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly magic like voodoo. Modern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods such as carriers, radiation, mental diseases, vectors, pathogens, parasites, scientific accidents, etc. The English word "zombie" was first recorded in 1819, in a history of Brazil by the poet Robert Southey, in the form of "zombi"."Zombie" in |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...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] |
School-Live! (film)
is a 2019 Japanese horror film. It is an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Norimitsu Kaihō and Sadoru Chiba. The film was announced in an issue of ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' in November 2017, and it was released by Universal Pictures and Regents in Japan on January 25, 2019. The film is directed by Issei Shibata and starred the members of the idol group Last Idol. Sentai Filmworks distributed the film in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Premise It tells the story of Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuki Takeya, Yuuri Wakasa and Miki Naoki attending the same high school in Japan, but they also know one another because they reside in the school's dormitory and having a school club. The school girls are having fun until a zombie outbreak occurs, infecting the school population. The four girls must now learn to survive in this new world, if they want to stay alive. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
