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Hiroko Tokita
is a Japanese anime screenwriter and director. Productions worked on *''Bonobono'': Storyboard, Episode Director *''Chocchan's Story'': Director, Screenplay *''Descendants of Darkness'': Director, Storyboard (ep. 1) *''Galaxy Angel A'': Screenplay (eps. 9B, 11A, 17A) *''Mamotte! Lollipop'': Series Composition, Script (ep. 1) *''Master Keaton'': Storyboard (ep. 7) *''Miracle Girls'': Director (eps. 30–51), Script (ep. 43), Storyboard (ep. 30) *''Mirage of Blaze'': Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 5, 7, 10, 13), Series Formation *''Mizuiro Jidai'': Director *''Nazca'': Director, Storyboard, Technical Director *''Peach Girl'': Series Composition, Screenplay (eps. 1, 6, 11, 17, 20, 23) *''School Rumble'': Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 5, 9, 17, 19, 26) *'' School Rumble Nigakki'': Series Composition, Script (eps. 1, 5–7, 14, 16, 20, 25–26) *'' School Rumble OVA Ichigakki Hoshu'': Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–2) *''Sensual Phrase'': Series Director *'' Suzuka'': S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
School Rumble
is a Japanese ''shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. ''Magazine Special'' published ''School Rumble Z'' monthly from August 20, 2008 to May 20, 2009. A romance comedy centering on relationships between Japanese high school students, ''School Rumble'' focuses on a love triangle involving the series' two protagonists, Tenma Tsukamoto and Kenji Harima, and one of their classmates, Oji Karasuma. The series often discards realism in favor of comedic effect. ''School Rumble''s popularity has resulted in its adaptation into multiple forms of media. TV Tokyo broadcast a 26-episode anime program between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, a two-part original video animation (OVA) entitled ''School Rumble: Extra Class'' was released. A second season, ''School Rumble: 2nd Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yawara!
''Yawara!'' (also stylized as ''YAWARA!'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1986 to 1993, with the chapters collected into 29 ''tankōbon'' volumes by publisher Shogakukan. A live-action film adaptation directed by Kazuo Yoshida and starring Yui Asaka was released by Toho in 1989. That same year, Kitty Films and Madhouse began an anime adaptation titled ''Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl!''. It was broadcast on Yomiuri TV from October 16, 1989 through September 21, 1992 for 124 episodes. Each episode ended with a countdown of days remaining to the start of the Barcelona Olympics. Two animated films were also created in 1992 and 1996. AnimEigo released the first 40 episodes of the anime in North America in 2008, but were unable to license the remaining episodes. In 1990, it won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. ''Yawara!'' has over 30 million copies in circulation, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X (manga)
''X'', also known as ''X/1999'', is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up of Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona. It premiered in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Monthly Asuka'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine in May 1992 and ran there until it went on hiatus in March 2003; it has yet to be concluded. The story takes place at the end of days in the year 1999. The series follows Kamui Shiro, a young esper who returns home to Tokyo after a six-year absence to face his destiny as the one who will determine humanity's fate. Kadokawa Shoten collected and published the individual chapters in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes, with five chapters published in the book ''All about Clamp''. All but several final chapters have been published. It has been adapted into a series of audio dramas. It was followed by a 1996 anime feature film by Rintaro assisted by Ohkawa in studio Madhouse. The same studio, now led by director and writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
is an anime television series. The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C.Staff, and produced by the ''Tsukihime'' Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C.Staff. The English adaptation of the episodes has been licensed by Geneon Entertainment. The episodes are based on the visual novel ''Tsukihime'' by Type-Moon and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Shiki Tohno after he moves into his sister's house, and his interactions with the vampire Arcueid Brunestud. The episodes aired in Japan from October 10, 2003 to December 26, 2003 on BS-i and Tokyo Broadcasting System. The episodes received their international premiere on the anime television network Animax, who have also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and its other networks in East Asia, South America and other regions under the title '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch (manga)
is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected into 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga has been adapted into a 101-episode anime television series – which was one of the highest-rated anime television series ever, three theatrical anime movies which summarized the TV series, two anime television specials which take place after the events in the TV series, a live-action TV drama special, and a live-action movie released in 2005. ''Touch'' has sold over 100 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 1983, it was one of the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' and ''shōjo'' categories, along with Adachi's other work '' Miyuki''. Synopsis ''Touch'' follows twin brothers Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi, along with their childhood friend and nextdoor neighbor Minami Asaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai
is a ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in ''Ribon'' and later in eight volumes of graphic novels. An OVA adaptation was produced by Shueisha and Group TAC and directed by Hiroko Tokita, with Tomoko Konparu writing the script, Yasuomi Umetsu designing the characters and Fujio Takano composing the music. The OVA covers the formation of the first student council up to the first holy festival. Synopsis Midori Saejima is a first-year student at the newly established Hijiri Gakuen. Midori is persuaded by her classmates to run for student council. Midori is reluctant but realizes that Akira Sudou is also running for student council, she becomes eager to win the election. Ever since Midori had seen Akira during the beginning of the school year, she had felt an intense attraction to him. Akira and Midori are elected president and vice-president respectively for the student council. Thus begins their story that centers on their relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kouji Seo. The series is a character-driven romance story that uses the athletics of track and field as a subplot. The story primarily follows the life of the teenager Yamato Akitsuki, who moved to Tokyo to change himself, and his main love interest Suzuka Asahina, a talented and highly scouted high jumper who lives in Yamato's aunt's dormitory and attends his new high school. ''Suzuka'' was serialized in the Japanese magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' published by Kodansha. It was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime series and aired on TV Tokyo in Japan between 6 July 2005 and 28 December 2005. Both versions of the series have been licensed for release in North America. The manga has been licensed for publication in North America by Del Rey Manga under their mature line; it published the first 15 volumes, before it folded and transferred its publication rights to Kodansha USA. The anime series has been licensed and relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensual Phrase
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Shinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in ''Shōjo Comic'' between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, and as a series of novels. The series tells the story of Aine Yukimura, a high school student who becomes the lyricist for a Japanese rock band, and her relationship with the band's lead singer, Sakuya Ookochi. To promote the anime, a real-life band was formed: Λucifer, the band the story focuses on. The rival band, e.MU, seems to have been active before the manga was created. Both bands continued after the anime ended before disbanding. In the series, Λucifer's original name is Lucifer, changed to Λucifer (using the Greek letter lambda) when the band decides to go international. For the purposes of the article this second name, Λucifer, is used. Japanese names are given in Western order, with family name last. Plot Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peach Girl
is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in ''Bessatsu Friend'' from 1998 to 2003 and collected in 18 volumes. The series was adapted as a Taiwanese drama in 2002 and a Japanese animated television series in 2005. A manga sequel set 10 years after the original manga, titled ''Peach Girl Next'', began its serialization on ''Be Love'' on August 12, 2016. It ended with a total of eight volumes, the last of which was released in January 2020. On mid-March 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced. The film was released in Japan on May 20, 2017. The North American version of the manga is published in two parts by Tokyopop: ''Peach Girl'', covering the first eight volumes of the Japanese release; and ''Peach Girl: Change of Heart'', comprising the final ten books. The animated TV series is distributed by Funimation Entertainm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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