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Japanese Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on judging by a jury of artistic peers, awards are given in four categories: Art (formerly called Non-Interactive Digital Art), Entertainment (formerly called Interactive Art; including video games and websites), animation, and manga. Within each category, one Grand Prize, four Excellence Prizes, and (since 2002) one Encouragement Prize are awarded. Other outstanding works, are selected by the Jury as Jury Selections. The winning works of the four categories will receive a certificate, a trophy and a cash prize. Digital Art (Non-Interactive Art) awards Digital Art (Interactive Art) awards Art awards Entertainment awards Animation awards Manga awards See also * List of animation awards * List of manga awards * Lists of animated feature film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Warrior VII
''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' is a 2000 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Heartbeat and ArtePiazza, and published by Enix for the PlayStation. It was released in North America in 2001 under the title ''Dragon Warrior VII''. The game received a remake on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in 2013, released in English under the title ''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' in 2016. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan in 2015. ''Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past'' is the seventh installment of the popular ''Dragon Quest'' series of role playing games, and is the successor to 1995's ''Dragon Quest VI'' for the Super Famicom. An immediate success upon release, ''Dragon Warrior VIIs sales totalled 4.06 million by April 6, 2001, making it the best-selling PlayStation game in Japan, and is an Ultimate Hits title. It was the first main series ''Dragon Quest'' title to be released outside Japan since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Yamaguchi (artist)
is a former Japanese footballer who last played for Oita Trinita. Career statistics ''Updated to 2 February 2018''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2015 (NSK MOOK)" 14 February 2015, Japan, (p. ? out of 298) 1Includes J1 Promotion Playoffs and J2/J3 Promotion-Relegation Playoffs. References External linksProfile at Oita Trinita* 1984 births Living people Waseda University alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Shonan Bellmare players V-Varen Nagasaki players Oita Trinita players Association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Sieber
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Kistler
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced , as are all other English spellings without "l". * Raife, a very rare variant. * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. Given name Middle Ages * Ralph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Morisset
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter *Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne *Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings *Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France *Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician *Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor *Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiyuki Katayama
Yoshiyuki is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Possible writings Yoshiyuki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義幸, "justice, happiness" *義之, "justice, of" *義行, "justice, to go" *吉幸, "good luck, happiness" *吉之, "good luck, of" *吉行, "good luck, to go" *善幸, "virtuous, happiness" *善之, "virtuous, of" *善行, "virtuous, to go" *芳幸, "virtuous/fragrant, happiness" *芳之, "virtuous/fragrant, of" *芳行, "virtuous/fragrant, to go" *嘉之, "excellent, of" *嘉行, "excellent, to go" *好之, "good/like something, of" *慶之, "congratulate, of" *良幸, "good, happiness" The name can also be written in hiragana よしゆき or katakana ヨシユキ. Notable people with the given name Yoshiyuki *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese sumo wrestler *Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (岩本 義行, 1912–2008), Japanese baseball player *Yoshiyuki Kamei (亀井 善之, 1936–2006), Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Alfred
Brian Alfred (born 2 December 1974, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Education Alfred received his Bachelors of Fine Art degree from Penn State University and his Masters of Fine Art degree from Yale University. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Creative works He has had solo shows at Miles McEnery Gallery Haunch of Venison, Mary Boone Gallery, SCAI the Bathhouse, Sandroni Rey Gallery, and Max Protetch Gallery amongst others. His first museum survey show was held at the Phoenix Art Museum in 2004. He has also shown in museum shows at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Den Frie Udstillingsbygning in Copenhagen, the Palazzo delle Papesse in Sienna, Italy, the Shizuoka Prefecture Museum of Art in Shizuoka, Japan, the Contemporary Art Center Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany among others. His animation ''Help Me'' was featured on the Times Square NBC Astrovision screen as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoi Ishibashi
Motoi is a Japanese name which may refer to: * Motoi -motoi, the 8th song on the music album Amachan by Matsuko Mawatari. People * Motoi Emi, voice actor * Motoi George, famous artist at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre *Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese musician and composer * Motoi Oyama, Japanese businessman Fictional characters * Yazaki Motoi, politician in Ghost Hound is an anime television series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow, noted for being the creator of the '' Ghost in the Shell'' series. The original concept and design was first developed by Shirow in 1987. It is Production I.G's 2 ... {{surname, Motoi Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daito Manabe
(born 1976) is a Japanese media artist, programmer, engineer, and DJ who creates artwork and interactive installations that utilize contemporary technologies such as virtual reality as well as prominent use of light and sound. He founded Rhizomatiks in 2006 after graduating from the University of Tokyo. His work with Rhizomatics includes collaborations with Perfume, Björk, Nike, and Honda, and an augmented reality computer graphics display at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References External links Official website 21st-century Japanese artists 21st-century Japanese engineers Japanese computer programmers 1976 births Living people {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in kanji. Some examples of possible writings *義弘, "justice, vast" *義広, "justice, wide" *義寛, "justice, generosity" *吉弘, "good luck, vast" *吉広, "good luck, wide" *吉博, "good luck, doctor" *善弘, "virtuous, vast" *善大, "virtuous, big" *善博, "virtuous, doctor" *善裕, "virtuous, abundant" *芳弘, "virtuous/fragrant,vast" *芳広, "virtuous/fragrant, wide" *芳博, "virtuous/fragrant, doctor" *良弘, "good, vast" *良広, "good, wide" *良博, "good, doctor" *慶弘, "congratulate, vast" The name can also be written in hiragana よしひろ or katakana ヨシヒロ. Given name Notable people with the given name Yoshihiro are listed below. Names are written below in Japanese (except for people for whom the kanji used to write their name are not known) with the family name first, followed by a space and the given name. Daim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
