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Hapi Mari
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Maki Enjōji. It began serialization in Shogakukan's josei magazine ''Petit Comic'' on June 14, 2009 and ran until September 23, 2012. It is completed in 10 volumes. It has been published in French by Kazé and in German by Tokyopop. Viz Media has licensed the English version, which was released on August 6, 2013. A live-action drama based on the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video in June 2016. Plot The story revolves around Chiwa Takanashi, a 23-year-old ordinary office-lady that never had the time nor the opportunity to have a boyfriend in her entire life, who agrees to an arranged marriage with the president Hokuto Mamiya of the company she works in – a man she doesn't know – in order to pay off her dad's debts. Chiwa believes the arrangement isn't binding, but her new partner seems to think otherwise. This comedy tells the story of two strangers living together and their way to find a happy marriage. Charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Enjōji
is a Japanese manga artist. Some of her works, such as ''Happy Marriage!?'' and '' Private Prince'', have been published in French and German by Kazé and Tokyopop. Editorial Ivrea has released the Spanish version of ''Private Prince'' in 2011, which is still ongoing. ''Happy Marriage!?'' will be published in English under VIZ Media's Shojo Beat imprint on 6 August 2013. Career Her debut as a manga artist was a one-shot called '' Fu Junai'' that was published in 2004 in the special issue of April of the Japanese josei manga magazine ''Petit Comic'' published by Shogakukan. Since then, she published all her works to date in this magazine. ''Fu Junai'' was also the first manga of the author published in Germany, where the title was translated as "Private Love Stories", in April 2009. Enjōji is currently working on the story Dear Brother!, released in October 2011. Her hobbies include cats and traveling. Her works stand out for their thematic feature of the josei genre, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norika Fujiwara
is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Nippon in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan. Biography Career Fujiwara was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. After several years of model work, she became a journalist and spokesperson, including acting as an ambassador of Japanese - Korean friendship during the 2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ..., reporting from the 2004 Olympics in Greece, and going to Afghanistan and holding a photo exhibition there. Fujiwara was formerly a guest announcer and interviewer for K-1 on their major shows until 2006 when she was replaced by Waka Inoue. Fujiwara has additionally worked in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Japanese Television Series Debuts
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Romance Anime And Manga
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, a subgroup of the Italic languages ** Romance studies, an academic discipline studying the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language Places * Romance, Arkansas, U.S. * Romance, Missouri, U.S. * Romance, West Virginia U.S. * Romance, Wisconsin, U.S. Arts, entertainment, and media Film * Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists ** Romantic comedy ** Romantic thriller * ''Romance'' (1920 film), silent film, directed by Chester Withey * ''Romance'' (1930 film), starring Greta Garbo * ''Romance'' (1936 film), an Austrian film starring Carl Esmond * ''Romance'' (1983 film), a Bollywood film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage In Anime And Manga
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is considered a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arranged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Manga
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the Brahmi numerals, beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an Ascender (typography), ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media Manga , an American TV station
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Viz may refer to: *''viz.'', a synonym for “namely” * ''Viz'' (comics), a British adult comic magazine **'' Viz: The Game'', a computer game based on the comic *Viz Media, an American manga and anime distribution and entertainment company *"Viz", a song from the 2004 Le Tigre album '' This Island'' See also * *Hi viz (other) *Vis-à-vis (other) *VIZ-Stal, a Russian producer of cold-rolled electrical steels *WVIZ WVIZ (channel 25) is a PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Manga
A list of manga published by Shogakukan, listed by release date. For an alphabetical list, see :Shogakukan manga. 1950s 1953 *''Fujiko Fujio#Fujiko Fujio's works, UTOPIA Saigo no Sekai Taisen'' 1959 *''Dr. Thrill'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Dynamic 3'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Kaikyuu x Arawaru!!'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, The Lone Ranger'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Maboroshi Taisho'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Ryuichi Yoru Banashi'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Tonkatsu-chan'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Uchuu Shōnen Tonda'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Umi no Ouji'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Zero Man'' 1960s 1960 *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1960–1964, Boku wa Jonbe he'' *''Captain Ken'' *''List of series run in Weekl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Shinoda
is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was the captain of Team A. Career In October 2005, she auditioned for AKB48's first generation roster but failed the audition. Shortly after her audition, Shinoda began working AKB48's theater café – then known as Akihabara 48 – as a café attendant serving customers and handing out promotional flyers on the street. Shinoda became quite popular among patrons who soon learned of her failing her audition. To show their support, patrons began submitting her name on hand-written ballots for the weekly performer polls. Yasushi Akimoto, general producer of AKB48, took notice of her popularity and gave her a chance to join AKB48 on the condition that she learn the group's 12 songs and dances in four days. She became AKB48's first non-generation, or "1.5 generation", member with her debut on Team A on 22 January 2006. Her first single as part of the main group was on "Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimasa Kondo
, born on August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. Biography He debuted as an extra in the series ''Chu-gaku-sei Nikki'', and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys, though he is not a member of the group. Kondo continues to work with the Tokyo Sunshine Boys leader and director Mitani Koki, however, in all of his movies after the troupe disbanded. Now Kondo plays secondary roles in Japanese films. Filmography Film * ''The Gentle Twelve'' (1991) * '' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' (1997) * ''Minna no Ie'' (2001) * '' Suite Hotel'' (2006) * '' The Magic Hour'' (2008) * ''The Kiyosu Conference'' (2013) * ''Ringside Story'' (2017) * ''Katsu Fūtarō!!'' (2019) * ''Kamata Prelude'' (2020) * ''Remain In Twilight'' (2021) * ''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021), himself * ''The Mukoda Barber Shop'' (2022) * ''In Love and Deep Water'' (2023) * ''The Sociology of Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Fujioka
, better known as , is a Japanese actor, singer-songwriter, musician, model and film director. He is a talent of Amuse, Inc. Biography Dean Fujioka was born in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Moving with his family, he grew up in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture. Although Fujioka is multilingual (fluent in Japanese, English, Cantonese, Standard Mandarin, Indonesian) and made his debut in a Chinese fashion show, he has clarified in some interviews and variety shows that his parents and grandparents are all Japanese, who used to work or live in foreign countries. Raised in such a family, he grew determined to explore the world himself. After graduating from Chiba Prefectural Funabashi High School, Fujioka majored in IT at a community college in Seattle, USA. After graduating from college, he traveled to different countries in Asia and came into contact with various ethnicities, cultures and languages. Fujioka has a wide range of hobbies such as Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
