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Hyouka (TV Series)
''Hyouka'' () is a Japanese anime television series based on the ''Classic Literature Club'' series written by Honobu Yonezawa. It was named after the first volume of the series, ''Hyouka'', and made into a 22-episode televised animation series. The story follows Houtarou Oreki, a first-year high school student who meets Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube, and Mayaka Ibara after joining his school's Classic Literature Club. ''Hyouka'' was produced by Kyoto Animation, with directing by Yasuhiro Takemoto, series composition by Shoji Gatoh, and character design by Futoshi Nishiya. The opening theme played in the first half of the series was sung by ChouCho, and the opening played in the second half was sung by Saori Kodama. The ending theme of both parts of the series was sung by Satomi Satō and Ai Kayano. The main cast includes Yuichi Nakamura, playing Oreki, and Satomi Satō playing Chitanda. The story is set in Kamiyama, a fictional city based on Honobu Yonezawa's actual home city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Fiction
Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism. Mystery fiction can involve a supernatural mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical and even in which there is no crime involved. This usage was common in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo MX
JOMX-DTV, branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon TV, TV Asahi, NHK General TV, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Tokyo, and Fuji TV, all of which are flagship stations of national networks. Tokyo MX was founded on April 30, 1993, and broadcasts commenced on November 1, 1995. Shareholders include the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo FM Broadcasting, and others. (MXTV is an associate company of Tokyo FM.) Every week, Tokyo MX airs the press conferences of the Governor of Tokyo. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). History On April 30, 1993, a group led by former Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (now Mizuho Bank) employee Tetsuo Fujimori founded the Tokyo Metropolitan Television Broadcasting Corporation to construct a fifth commercial television station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustream
IBM Watson Media (formerly Ustream and IBM Cloud Video) is an American virtual events platform company which is a division of IBM. Prior to IBM acquisition, it had more than 180 employees across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Budapest offices. Ustream had received $11.1 million in Series A funding for new product development from Doll Capital Management (DCM) and investors Labrador Ventures and Band of Angels. Since 2016, it has been a division of IBM. On April 1, 2018, two years after its purchase, Ustream changed its name to IBM Cloud Video to reflect its new ownership, but rapidly changed that name to IBM Watson Media to reflect the embedded artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM's Watson. Origin History Ustream was born when the founders (John Ham, Brad Hunstable and Gyula Fehér) wanted a way for their friends in the US Army, who were deployed overseas in the Iraq War, to be able to communicate with their families. A product like Ustream would provide them w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in '' Gao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayama, Gifu
file:高山市役所.JPG, Takayama City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,473 in 35,644 households, and a population density of 41 persons per km2. The total area of the city was making it the largest city by area in Japan. The high altitude and separation from other areas of Japan kept the area fairly isolated, allowing Takayama to develop its own culture over about a 300-year period. Etymology The city is popularly known as in reference to the old Hida Province to differentiate it from other places named Takayama. The name 'Takayama' means 'tall mountain'. Geography Takayama is located in northern Gifu Prefecture, in the heart of the Japanese Alps. Mount Hotakadake is the highest point in the city at . The city has the largest geographic area of any municipality in Japan. Neighbouring municipalities *Gifu Prefecture **Hida, Gifu, Hida **Gujō, Gifu, Gujō **Gero, Gifu, Gero **Shirakawa, Gifu (vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Nakamura (voice Actor)
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and YouTuber. He is affiliated with the agency INTENTION as of October 1, 2020. He is characterized by his calm and clear voice, and mainly plays roles ranging from teenage boys to men in their 30s. He has a wealth of experience in narration, but has also been active in animation and dubbing in many productions, such as Gray Fullbuster in ''Fairy Tail'', Mumen Rider in ''One Punch Man'', Gai Tsutsugami in ''Guilty Crown'', Tatsuya Shiba in ''The Irregular at Magic High School'', Karamatsu in ''Osomatsu-san'', Graham Aker in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', Alto Saotome in ''Macross Frontier'', Tomoya Okazaki in ''Clannad'', Kyōsuke Kōsaka in ''Oreimo'', Yoshiki Kishinuma in ''Corpse Party'', Hotaro Oreki in ''Hyouka,'' Bruno Bucciarati in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind,'' Tetsurō Kuroo in ''Haikyuu!!'', Satoru Gojo in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Tsukasa Shishio in ''Dr. Stone'', Hawks in ''My Hero Academia'', and Shigure Sohma in '' Fruits Baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Kayano
is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day'', Inori Yuzuriha in ''Guilty Crown'', Alice Zuberg in '' Sword Art Online: Alicization'', Utaha Kasumigaoka in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Mashiro Shiina in ''The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', Saori Takebe in ''Girls und Panzer'', Shiro in ''No Game No Life'', Darkness in ''KonoSuba'', and Mamako Oosuki in ''Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?''. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series. Biography Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching ''Aria''. While attending school, Kayan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satomi Satō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Biography Satō is affiliated with Aoni Production's Junior Talent. She attended Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College. She is known as , as means "sugar" in Japanese. She announced her marriage with fellow voice actor, Takuma Terashima, on July 6, 2017. On December 30, 2021, she reported the birth of her first child with Terashima. Achievements While attending Tokyo Announce Gakuin, Satō was selected to be in the seventh line-up of assistants (Big Bang Grand Prix V) on Miki Tomokazu's Radio Big Bang. As an assistant, she formed the unit Kisty. Filmography Anime ;2007 *''Kamichama Karin'' as Michirian No. 3 *'' GeGeGe no Kitaro'' (fifth series) as Female High School Student, Girl and Kijimuna *''Shugo Chara!'' as Wakana, Ramira *''Fantastic Detective Labyrinth'' as Yae Yatomi ;2008 *'' GeGeGe no Kitaro'' (fifth series) as Maid *''Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae'' as Mikage Yuzuki *''Hyakko'' as Inori Tsubomiya *'' Shugo Chara! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ChouCho
is a Japanese singer from Osaka Prefecture and is signed to Lantis. Career ChouCho initially formed the band ''Lotus Lotus'' in 2007 when still in high school and performed covers of songs from anime. Starting in June 2008, ChouCho began submitting videos of her singing on the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website. On July 27, 2011, she made her major debut with her single , which is used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime ''Heaven's Memo Pad''. Her second single "Authentic symphony" was released on October 26, 2011 and is used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime ''Mashiroiro Symphony''. In August 2011, she released the album ''Lapis'' with the producer Junky. ChouCho's third single was released on November 23, 2011 and is used as the ending theme to the 2011 original video animation series '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky''. Her fourth single "Million of Bravery" was released on March 21, 2012 and is used as the theme song to the 2012 video game ''Kaku-San-Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futoshi Nishiya
was a Japanese animator, director and character designer. Career After graduating from a vocational college in Osaka, he began to work at Kyoto Animation. His first work as a key animator was ''Inuyasha'' in 2003 (which was contracted from Sunrise Inc). In 2006, he took on his first ever animation director role in the 10th episode of 2006 edition of ''Haruhi Suzumiya'', and also took on the role of chief animation director in the 2009 edition of the same series. He took on his first lead character design role in the 2011 anime adaption of ''Nichijou''. In 2012, he worked on the original character designs of ''Hyouka'', which is based on the mystery novel of the same title written by Honobu Yonezawa. As the original work is a novel, the character designs needed to be done from scratch. Death On 2 August 2019, it was confirmed that he died in the Kyoto Animation arson attack on 18 July 2019. He was aged 37. Filmography * ''Inuyasha'' - Key animator * ''Full Metal Panic! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyouka
is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March 2012 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace''. A 22-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto aired from April 22 to September 16, 2012. A live-action film, '' Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets'', directed by Mari Asato and starring Kento Yamazaki and Alice Hirose was released on November 3, 2017. Plot At the request of his older sister, student Hotaro Oreki joins Kamiyama High School's Classic Literature Club to stop it from being abolished, joined by fellow members Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube and Mayaka Ibara. The story is set in Kamiyama City, a fictional city in Gifu Prefecture that the author based on his real hometown of Takayama, also in Gifu. The fictional Kamiyama High School is based upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honobu Yonezawa
is a Japanese writer, best known for his young adult mystery series '' Kotenbu'', also known as the ''Classic Literature Club'' series. Biography Honobu Yonezawa was born in 1978 in the Gifu Prefecture. From as young as he could remember, Yonezawa wanted to be a writer. At 11 years old, he wrote a sequel to H. G. Wells's ''The War of the Worlds,'' and started writing original novels in the second year of junior high school. In his second year of Kanazawa University studying literature, he started publishing his works on his site ''Hanmuden'' (汎夢殿) (the website was temporarily shut down after his official debut and these works are currently unavailable). His early work were diverse in genre, but Yonezawa was struck when he read Kaoru Kitamura's ''Flying Horse'' (空飛ぶ馬) and ''Princess in Rokunomiya'' (六の宮の姫君) while in university, and decided to turn his attention to writing mysteries. After graduating from university, Yonezawa convinced his parents to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
