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Hanako And The Terror Of Allegory
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in the publisher Kadokawa Shoten's magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from April 2004 to September 2005. The series of individual chapters were compiled into four collected volumes and published from November 2004 to October 2005 by Kadokawa Shoten. It was later licensed in Northern America by Tokyopop for an English-language publication, which was released from March 2010 to April 2011. It has been republished by Kadokawa Shoten in 2011, and Viz Media released it in digital format in English. The series tells the story of Daisuke Aso, a private detective who investigates paranormal cases involving Japanese urban legends that come to exist because of people's belief. Manga critics considered this concept interesting, although most of them did not find the series to be as unsettling as a horror series could be. Some argued it was more comedic than horrific, and its pacing was mostly criticized. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines such as ''Monthly Asuka'' and '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'', and entertainment magazines such as ''Newtype''. Since its founding, Kadokawa has expanded into the multimedia sector, namely in video games (as Kadokawa Games) and in live-action and animated films (as Kadokawa Pictures). History Kadokawa Shoten was established on November 10, 1945, by Genyoshi Kadokawa. The company's first publication imprint, Kadokawa Bunko, was published in 1949. The company went public on April 2, 1954. In 1975, Haruki Kadokawa became the president of Kadokawa Shoten, following Genyoshi Kadokawa's death. On April 1, 2003, Kadokawa Shoten was renamed to Kadokawa Holdings, transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten. On July 1, 2006, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawker Media
Gawker Media LLC (formerly Blogwire, Inc. and Gawker Media, Inc.) was an American Online and offline, online Mass media, media company and Link farm#Blog network, blog network. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, and was based in New York City. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands, as of 2012, Gawker Media was the Holding company, parent company for seven different weblogs and many subsites under them: ''Gawker, Gawker.com'', ''Deadspin'', ''Lifehacker'', Gizmodo, ''Kotaku'', ''Jalopnik'', and ''Jezebel (website), Jezebel''. All Gawker articles are licensed on a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial license. In 2004, the company renamed from Blogwire, Inc. to Gawker Media, Inc., and to Gawker Media LLC shortly after. In 2016, the company filed for Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after damages of $140 million were awarded against the company as a result of the Hulk Hogan Bollea v. Gawker, sex tape lawsuit. On Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotaku
''Kotaku'' is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier. History ''Kotaku'' was first launched in October 2004 with Matthew Gallant as its lead writer, with an intended target audience of young men. About a month later, Brian Crecente was brought in to try to save the failing site. Since then, the site has launched several country-specific sites for Australia, Japan, Brazil and the UK. Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006. The site has made CNET's "Blog 100" list and was ranked 50th on ''PC Magazine''s "Top 100 Classic Web Sites" list. Its name comes from the Japanese ''otaku'' (obsessive fan) and the prefix "ko-" (small in size). Stephen Totilo replaced Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAC (company)
IAC Inc. is an American holding company that owns brands across 100 countries, mostly in media and Internet. The company is incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law and headquartered in New York City. Joey Levin, who previously led the company's search & applications segment, has served as chief executive officer since June 2015. History 1980s and 1990s IAC was established in 1986 as Silver King Broadcasting Company, as part of a plan to increase viewership of the Home Shopping Network (HSN) by purchasing local television stations. By 1988, Silver King had bought 11 stations for about $220 million. The company was later renamed as HSN Communications, Inc., and then Silver King Communications, Inc. In 1992, Silver King was spun off to HSN shareholders as a separately traded public company. In August 1995, Barry Diller acquired control of Silver King, in a deal backed by the company's largest shareholder, Liberty Media. Diller, who had led the creation of the Fox net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamp (manga Artists)
Clamp (stylized as CLAMP) is an all-female Japanese Mangaka, manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkawa (born in Osaka), and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi (all born in Kyoto). Clamp was first formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member group creating ''dōjinshi'' (self-published Fan labor, fan works), and began creating original manga in 1987. By the time the group made its mainstream publishing debut with ''RG Veda'' in 1989, it was reduced to seven members; three more members left in 1993, leaving the four current members of the group. Notable works by Clamp include ''X (manga), X'' (1992), ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1993), ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1996) and its sequel ''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'' (2016), ''Chobits'' (2000), and ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' (both 2003). Various series by the group cross-reference each other, and characters reappear in multiple works by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
is a horror manga series written by Eiji Ōtsuka and drawn by Housui Yamazaki. First published in ''Kadokawa Mystery'', the series later (October 2006) transferred to the companion publication '' Shōnen Ace'', and now published in the magazine ''Young Ace''. As of March 2021, 28 volumes have been published in Japan. An English adaptation is published by Dark Horse Comics. It was first published in individual volumes until volume 14. The english adaptation then entered a long hiatus until the series was rereleased in an omnibus edition format collecting three volumes into a single book, including newly translated material. The series follows five recently graduated university students who have formed a company which specializes in dealing with the dead and their last wishes. A U.S. live-action film based on ''The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service'' is in development. Plot, setting and structure The series deals with the exploits of five young graduates of a Buddhist college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housui Yamazaki
is a Japanese manga artist. He wrote and illustrated the three volume ''Mail'' series. He currently illustrates ''The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service'', which is authored by Eiji Ōtsuka is a Japanese social critic, folklorist, media theorist, and novelist. He is currently a professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto. He graduated from University of Tsukuba with a degree in anthropology, women's fol .... References External links * Manga artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiji Otsuka
Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "prosperity, peace" *, "great, peace" *, "great, second" *, "eternity, next" The name can also be written in hiragana () or katakana (). The Eiji era (, "eternal peace") is a period in the history of Japan, dating from 1141 to 1142 AD. It follows the Hōen era and precedes the Kōji era. People with the name *, Japanese actor *, Japanese designer and video game director *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese football goalkeeper *, Japanese industrial designer *, Japanese professional mixed martial artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese conductor *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation *, Japanese special effects director *, Japanese si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
About '', one of the future constructions in English grammar
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About may refer to: * About (surname) * About.com, an online source for original information and advice * about.me, a personal web hosting service * ''abOUT'', a Canadian LGBT online magazine * ''About Magazine'', a Texas-based digital platform covering LGBT news * About URI scheme, an internal URI scheme * About box, a dialog box that displays information related to a computer software * About equal sign, symbol used to indicate values are approximately equal See also * About Face (other) * About Last Night (other) * About Time (other) * About us (other) * About You (other) * ''about to The ''going-to'' future is a grammatical construction used in English to refer to various types of future occurrences. It is made using appropriate forms of the expression ''to be going to''.Fleischman, Suzanne, ''The Future in Thought and Langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaenon Garrity
Shaenon K. Garrity is a webcomic creator and science-fiction author best known for her webcomics ''Narbonic'' and '' Skin Horse''. She collaborated with various artists to write webcomics for the Modern Tales-family of webcomic subscription services in the early 2000s, and write columns for various comics journals. Since 2003, Garrity has done freelance editing for Viz Media on various manga translations. Early life Garrity was born in Pittsburgh in 1978. She enjoyed drawing and writing at a young age, and she began drawing comics in high school. As a youth correspondent, Garrity drew a comic strip for the kids' section of the ''Cleveland Plain Dealer''. She studied English at Vassar College, where she ran a comic strip in the college newspaper. Once out of college, Garrity worked as a front-desk secretary at Viz Media for three years while simultaneously creating ''Narbonic''. Webcomics Shaenon Garrity conceived her daily webcomic ''Narbonic'' in college, after watching the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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