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Hideyuki Kikuchi
is a Japanese author known for his horror novels. His most famous works include the ''Vampire Hunter D'' series, ''Darkside Blues'' and ''Wicked City (novel), Wicked City''. Biography Kikuchi was born in Chōshi, Chiba, Chōshi, Japan on September 25, 1949. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University and was trained as a writer by famed author Kazuo Koike. His first novel, ''Demon City Shinjuku'', was published in 1982. While his first novels are typical novel prose, as he gained fame, he adapted a more terse writing style. Kikuchi became close friends with writer and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri during his adaption of ''Wicked City (1987 film), Wicked City'' and the two have since collaborated on ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' and the OVA of ''Demon City Shinjuku''. Works Novels Demon City Shinjuku series The series takes place in a world where Shinjuku has been turned into a city of demons and monsters, and follows a young man named Kyoya Izayoi, user of the mystical art of Nempo, w ...
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Yoshitaka Amano
is a Japanese visual artist, character designer, illustrator, a scenic designer for theatre and film, and a costume designer. He first came into prominence in the late 1960s working on the anime adaptation of ''Speed Racer''. Amano later became the creator of iconic and influential characters such as ''Gatchaman'', '' Tekkaman'', ''Honeybee Hutch'', and ''Casshern''. In 1982 he went independent and became a freelance artist, finding success as an illustrator for numerous authors, and worked on best-selling novel series, such as '' The Guin Saga'' and ''Vampire Hunter D''. He is also known for his commissioned illustrations for the popular video game franchise ''Final Fantasy''.ANS Exclusive Interview: 10 Questions To Yoshitaka Amano
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Alien Hihouden
Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extraterrestrial beings; see List of alleged extraterrestrial beings ** For fictional extraterrestrial life, see Extraterrestrials in fiction * Introduced species, a species not native to its environment Alien(s), or The Alien(s) may also refer to: Science and technology * AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework * Alien (file converter), a Linux program * Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology Arts and entertainment * ''Alien'' (franchise), a media franchise ** Alien (creature in ''Alien'' franchise) Films * ''Alien'' (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott ** ''Aliens'' (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron ** ''Alien 3'', third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher ** ''Alien Resurr ...
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Blue Rescue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called Tyndall effect explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the Renaissance, to make the pigment ultramarine, the most expensive of all pigments. In the eigh ...
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Makai Toshi Hunter
Makai (born 27 August 1973, stylized as MAKAI) is a Japanese house DJ. He is well known for his collaborations with Japanese vocalists, such as "Garden of Love" with Thelma Aoyama is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese. She is known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo" and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In September 2008, the Guinness World Records certified ..., which topped the iTunes Japan internal charts. Discography Studio albums Other albums External linksOfficial WebsiteUniversal label siteFormer BMG Japan label site
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Shin Shibito No Ken
is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by . It was serialized in the Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Comic Birz'' from 1998 until 2002. ''The Sword of Shibito'' was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis. The manga takes place in the Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ... of Japan. Reception Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess". ''Animefringes authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this". References External links * 1998 manga CPM Press Fantasy anime and manga Gentosha manga Samurai in anime and manga Hideyuki Kikuchi Seinen manga
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Shibito No Ken
is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by . It was serialized in the Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Comic Birz'' from 1998 until 2002. ''The Sword of Shibito'' was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis. The manga takes place in the Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ... of Japan. Reception Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess". ''Animefringes authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this". References External links * 1998 manga CPM Press Fantasy anime and manga Gentosha manga Samurai in anime and manga Hideyuki Kikuchi Seinen manga
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Taimashin - Masatsu Note
, also known as is a Japanese manga written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Misaki Saitoh. Plot It centers around special needles named after its series' title—Taimashin—that can control the flow of '' qi'' and exorcise evil spirits. The protagonist and a possessor of the ability to control the needles is the acupuncturist Dr. Taima, a long and red-haired Japanese man. He works with his female assistant, Maki Tagetsu, and is combating a series of paranormal events; ordinary people are being possessed and turned into demons. Taima eventually travels to the United States to discover the origins of the demonic powers but find another needle wielder, Kyogo Ayakashi. Release ''Taimashin'' was first published by Scholar under the Scholar Comics Burger imprint from November 1995 to January 1999 into seven volumes. After Scholar's bankruptcy, the series was republished by Sony Magazines under Birz Comics imprint in July 1999. The eighth volume was also published in July 1 ...
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Taimashin
, also known as is a Japanese manga written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Misaki Saitoh. Plot It centers around special needles named after its series' title—Taimashin—that can control the flow of '' qi'' and exorcise evil spirits. The protagonist and a possessor of the ability to control the needles is the acupuncturist Dr. Taima, a long and red-haired Japanese man. He works with his female assistant, Maki Tagetsu, and is combating a series of paranormal events; ordinary people are being possessed and turned into demons. Taima eventually travels to the United States to discover the origins of the demonic powers but find another needle wielder, Kyogo Ayakashi. Release ''Taimashin'' was first published by Scholar under the Scholar Comics Burger imprint from November 1995 to January 1999 into seven volumes. After Scholar's bankruptcy, the series was republished by Sony Magazines under Birz Comics imprint in July 1999. The eighth volume was also published in July 1 ...
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