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Hitsuji No Uta
, alternatively titled ''The Lament of a Lamb'' or ''Sheep's Song'', is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kei Toume. It follows Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. It was adapted into a live action film in 2002 directed by Junji Hanado, a three-part Drama CD in 2002-03, and an anime OVA series in 2003–04. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, and in Russia by Comics Factory. Story The story centers on Kazuna, an "average high school student" who starts to lose control at the sight of blood, or even just a blood red colour (as seen in volume one when Yaegashi shows him a bottle of red paint). This problem is traced down to him being a vampire, like his lost sister, Chizuna, who he now turns to for help. Kazuna lives with his "aunt" and "uncle" (both of whom are actually old friends of his father), after his mother died, and his father took Chizuna and left. Kazuna is friends with an aspiring artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Toume
is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist. Kei Toume studied at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Her first manga, ''Rokujō gekijō'', was published in Comic Burger magazine in 1992. The manga won her the Shiki prize in a contest held by Kodansha in 1993. A year later, her follow-up manga ''Mannequin'' also won a prize. She started the series ''Lament of the Lamb'' in Comic Burger in 1996. After the disappearance of this magazine, the manga was continued in ''Comic Birz''. This series ran for six years and was adapted into a radio play, an anime and a live action film. In 1997, she began ''Sing "Yesterday" for Me'' manga. In addition, Toume contributes to a lot of fanzines and specialized magazines, and is also active in video games and films. Her manga ''Kurogane'' and ''Lament of the Lamb'' have been translated into English by Del Rey Manga and Tokyopop respectively. Works *''Acony'' *''Fuguruma-kan Raiho Ki'' *''Gen'ei Hakurankai'' *''Hour of the Mice'' *''Kurogane (manga), K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been Vampire folklore by region, recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albanian mythology, Albania, ''vrykolakas'' in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyopop Titles
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German language, German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well as original German-language manga. Tokyopop's US publishing division publishes works in English. Tokyopop has its US headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Its parent company's offices are in Tokyo, Japan and its sister company's office is in Hamburg, Germany. History Early history Tokyopop was founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy. In the late 1990s, the company's headquarters were in Los Angeles. Tokoypop published a manga magazine called MixxZine which serialized four classic manga including Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, and Ice Blade. Eventually, MixxZine became an Asian pop culture publication enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentosha Manga
is a Japanese publisher, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Gentosha publishes manga magazine ''Comic Birz'', Web comic magazines '' GENZO'', ''SPICA'', '' Comic MAGNA'', literary magazines ''Lynx'', ''papyrus'', as well as business magazine ''GOETHE''. Publications * ''GOETHE'', business magazine geared towards men. * ''Papyrus'', literary and cultural magazine. * ''Comic Birz'', monthly seinen manga magazine published by Gentosha Comics, a subsidiary of the company. * '' GENZO'', monthly seinen Web comic published by Gentosha Comics on the 28th of each month. * ''SPICA'', monthly shōjo Web comic published by Gentosha Comics. * '' Comic MAGNA'', monthly shōnen Web comic published by Gentosha Comics on the 28th of each month; it is free-of-charge. * ''Lynx A lynx is a type of wild cat. Lynx may also refer to: Astronomy * Lynx (constellation) * Lynx (Chinese astronomy) * Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Anime OVAs
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
