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Himawari!!
is a Japanese anime series created by GoDo, directed by Shigenori Kageyama, and produced by Genco. It was aired on Chiba TV from April 8, 2006 to July 1, 2006 and afterwards got a second season, , and a short manga to connect the two, . Plot Kasumi Kogen, which translates to "The Village of Mist", is a town somewhere in rural Japan. In this town there is a school, the Shinobi Gakuen, where competent female students gather from all over Japan and train to become kunoichi (female ninja). The people of Kasumi Kogen are alumni of the school, and they run and jump and disappear as if the whole town were a big ninja house. The story begins as a girl, Himawari Hinata, arrives in Kasumi Kogen. She has transferred to Shinobi Gakuen to train under Ichikawa Raiso and fulfill a dream of becoming a kunoichi that she has fostered since she was saved by one in her childhood. On her first day, she meets Hayato Marikoji, a teacher who is himself just arriving at Shinobi Gakuen, and he ...
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Asumi Nakata
is a Japanese voice actress and child model from Tokyo, Japan. She is represented by Oscar Promotion. Her major roles in anime are Lucia Nanami in '' Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch'' and Yasura in '' Himawari''. Biography When she was three years old, Nakada began to work in show business with her younger sister. In 1997, at the age of nine, she debuted as a singer in the duo Crybaby (Pony Canyon, produced by Seiji Toda) with Ayano Shiraishi. In April 2003, she performed her first voice acting role in the Japanese anime series ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'' as the heroine Lucia Nanami. On August 14, 2005, she was a guest at the in Taiwan. There, she performed a theme song of ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'', "Legend of Mermaid". She also provides the voice of Yusura in the anime series ''Himawari!'', broadcast from April 2006. Filmography Anime Video games Film Discography CDs * ''Splash Dream'' (2003) * ''Mother Symphony'' (2004) R ...
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Genco
is a Japanese anime production enterprise, founded on March 3, 1997. Presided over by Tarō Maki, its headquarters is located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. It has produced numerous anime series such as ''Honey and Clover'', ''Nodame Cantabile'', ''Elfen Lied'', ''Kino's Journey'', ''Accel World'', ''Sword Art Online'', ''Genshiken'' and ''Toradora''. It has also co-produced original creations like Yasuomi Umetsu's '' Wizard Barristers'' and did project collaborations like in '' Hero Tales'' ''(with Hiromu Arakawa and Studio Flag)'' and in Xebec's '' Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi''. Productions Genco produced most of ARMS' non-hentai titles and A.C.G.T is a Japanese animation studio established on December 19, 2000, by former Triangle Staff members in Suginami, Tokyo. It has been involved in the development of many series, predominantly contributing to other studios and adapting works based o ...'s animation projects. It also works with J.C. Staff in some of its productions. Re ...
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Shigenori Kageyama
is a male Japanese animation director. He is also known under the name (meaning "forest fairy" in Japanese). Anime involved in Under the name Shigenori Kageyama * '' Acrobunch'': Character Design * ''Birth'': Animation Coordination, Main Animator * ''Dōkyūsei 2'': Screenplay * ''Dynamic Chord'': Director, Series Composition, Script (eps. 1–4), Storyboard (eps. 1–12) * ''Himawari!'': Director * ''Himawari!!'': Director * ''The Humanoid'': Editorial Supervisor * '' I"s'': Script * '' Kakyuusei'': Storyboard (ep 7) * '' Kakyuusei 2'': Screenplay, Series construction * ''Kaze no Yojimbo'': Storyboard * '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'': Animation Coordination, Main Animator * '' Mask of Zeguy'': Director, Screenplay * ''My Clueless First Friend'': Director * ''Naruto'': Storyboard * '' Once Upon a Time Windaria'': Animation Coordination, Key Animation * '' Pia Carrot 2 DX'': Screenplay * ''Plawres Sanshiro'': Animation director * ''Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs' ...
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Arms (company)
was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and active from 1996 to 2020. History The studio was formed on November 18, 1996 from a merger between Dandelion (founded in 1992) and Triple X (founded in 1993). After the merger, the studio continued to credit some of its work under the old names and until 2002, and did some minor work under the name Garyū Studio in the early 2000s. The animator and character designer Rin Shin is the chief animation director for several productions by Arms which tend to have an above-average amount of fan service, for example the ''Ikki Tousen'' and ''Queen's Blade'' series. She also developed the character designs for '' I"s Pure''. After its founding, ARMS was, at first, a producer of hentai (most notably its productions with Green Bunny Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in pa ...
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Arms Corporation
was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and active from 1996 to 2020. History The studio was formed on November 18, 1996 from a merger between Dandelion (founded in 1992) and Triple X (founded in 1993). After the merger, the studio continued to credit some of its work under the old names and until 2002, and did some minor work under the name Garyū Studio in the early 2000s. The animator and character designer Rin Shin is the chief animation director for several productions by Arms which tend to have an above-average amount of fan service, for example the ''Ikki Tousen'' and ''Queen's Blade'' series. She also developed the character designs for '' I"s Pure''. After its founding, ARMS was, at first, a producer of hentai (most notably its productions with Green Bunny Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in pa ...
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Takashi Kondō
is a Japanese voice actor represented by Vi-vo. He is known for providing the voice of the video game character Terry Bogard, which he has done since 2016, starting with ''The King of Fighters XIV''. He also voices the characters Faust and Potemkin from the ''Guilty Gear'' fighting game series. Filmography Television animation ;2001 *''Beyblade'' as Miguel *''Captain Tsubasa'' (2001 version) as Pepe *''The Prince of Tennis'' as Shiratama ;2003 *''Inuyasha'' as Kisuke (episode 129) *''Dear Boys'' as Tōya Takashina *''Scrapped Princess'' as Leopold Scorpus ;2004 *'' Initial D: Fourth Stage'' as Saiyu ;2005 *''Black Cat'' as Train Heartnet *''Glass Mask'' as Hasegawa (episode 19-22) *''Ichigo 100%'' as Okusa ;2006 *''Chocotto Sister'' as Awara (episode 3) *''Himawari!'' as Yonezawa *''Katekyo Hitman Reborn!'' as Kyoya Hibari, Fon, Alaudi *''Red Garden'' as JC *''Spider Riders'' as Shadow ;2007 *''Bleach'' as Di Roy Linker *''Gurren Lagann'' as Kidd *'' Heroic Age'' as Iola ...
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Kappa (folklore)
A — also known as , , with a boss called or – is a reptiloid ''kami'' with similarities to ''yōkai'' found in traditional Japanese folklore. '' Kappa'' can become harmful when they are not respected as gods. They are typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and a turtle-like carapace on their back. The ''kappa'' are known to favor cucumbers and love to engage in sumo wrestling. They are often accused of assaulting humans in water and removing a mythical organ called the ''shirikodama'' from their victim's anus. Terminology The name ''kappa'' is a contraction of the words ''kawa'' (river) and ''wappa'', a variant form of 童 ''warawa'' (also ''warabe'') "child". Another translation of kappa is "water sprites". The ''kappa'' are also known regionally by at least eighty other names such as ''kawappa'', ''kawako'', ''kawatarō'', ''gawappa'', ''kōgo'', ''suitengu''., citing Ōno (1994), p. 14 It is also called ''kawauso'' 'otter', ''d ...
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Eufonius
Eufonius is a Japanese progressive pop rock music group which debuted on October 11, 2003 with the release of their first album ''Eufonius'' which was also an independent release. The band has produced songs for various anime and video games, such as '' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'', ''Himawari!'', ''Noein'', ''True Tears'', '' Yosuga no Sora'', ''Kokoro Connect'', ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica'' and visual novels like Key's ''Clannad'' and Favorite's ''Irotoridori no Sekai''. The band is composed of two primary members, Riya—who provided vocals and the majority of the lyrics—and Hajime Kikuchi—who plays the keyboard and handles composition, arrangement, and sometimes the lyrics. The third member is Masashi Ōkubo, who is a supporting member of the group. They have released 17 studio albums as of June 2016, and have provided their talents in compilation albums and original soundtracks as well. Eufonius has hosted an Internet radio show called ''Frequency-e'' since May 2 ...
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Ryoko Shiraishi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kashiba, Nara. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Possessing a husky voice, Shiraishi voices young to teenage men as well as young girls and teenage women. However, in a break from tradition, one of her most famous roles is the brash and hot-headed Asuka Kazama, who is noted for speaking with a strong Osaka accent, which is one of Shiraishi's specialist skills. She was also formerly a member of the voice acting unit Drops, along with Ai Nonaka, Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, and Mariko Kōda. Shiraishi married on September 6, 2012, but divorced in 2013. Filmography Television animation *''GetBackers'' (2002), Ginji Amano (young) *''Air Master'' (2003), Waitress *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (2003), Remu *'' D.C.: Da Capo'' (2003), Mikkun *'' Mugen Senki Potorisu'' (2003), Yūma *''One Piece'' (2003), Akibi *''Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation'' (2003), Haruka's Wurmple/ Silcoon/ Beautifly; others *''Fafner of the Azure'' (2004), Rin ...
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6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ...
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Hakusensha
is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The company is owned by Shueisha; thus, it is also partly owned by Shogakukan. History Hakusensha was founded on December 1, 1973, by Shueisha. It is now a separate company although still a part of the Hitotsubashi Group with Shueisha and Shogakukan as one of the major members of the keiretsu. After setting up the company for five months, the firm published their first magazine, a shōjo manga magazine titled . In November that year, they moved from to . In 1975, the firm changed the frequency of their magazine from monthly to semi-monthly; in March, they created their first imprint (trade name), imprint, . In July 1976, they published their second manga magazine, a shōjo manga magazine named as a sister magazine to ''Hana t ...
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Mayumi Yoshida
is a Japanese voice actress. She is also known as . Filmography Video games ''Eroge'' :''As Misono Moriya'' *'' Akane iro Ni Somaru Saka'', Mitsuki Shiina *'' ef - the letter tale'', Mizuki Hayama / Akane Himura **''Tenshi no Nichiyoubi'', Mizuki Hayama *''Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame'', Nazuna Kasugai *''Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi'', Hina Sakai **''Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA'', Hina Sakai *''Lovely Quest'', Minaho Sakuraba *''Manatsu no Yoru no Yuki Monogatari: Midsummer Snow Night'', Sakura Haruno (not as Misono Moriya) *'' Mashiroiro Symphony - Love is pure white'', Sana Inui *''Making * Lovers'', Reina Kanome *''Nanairo Kouro'', Rachel Windsor *''Navel *Plus'', Asuka Watarai & Tsubakiko Munemoto *''Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai'', Asuka Watarai *''Owaru Sekai to Birthday'', Mikaeru Nagoshi *''Renai 0 Kilometer'', Hana Kinomoto *''Sekai Seifuku Kanojo'', Tsubakiko Munemoto **''World Wide Love! -Sekai Seifuku Kanojo Fandisk'', Tsubakiko Munemoto *''Tokeijikake no Ley Li ...
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