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Kumiko Ōsugi
is a J-pop artist from Tokyo. In 1964 she recorded a song with Crown Records using the pseudonym . The first song to be released under her real name was , the opening theme for the '' Attack No. 1'' anime. She went on to perform theme songs for many other anime, including ''Doraemon'', ''Aim for the Ace!'', ''Araiguma Rascal'', '' Flanders no Inu'', and '' Oz no Mahōtsukai''. She is referred to by fans and the Japanese press as the "Queen of Anime Song" and is considered to be one of the "Four Heavenly Kings and Queens of Anison" (''アニソン四天王''), along with Ichiro Mizuki, Isao Sasaki, and Mitsuko Horie. The opening theme to Heidi, Girl of the Alps is often mis-attributed to Ōsugi. It was actually performed by Kayo Ishū :ja:伊集加代, a studio singer. Ōsugi did however perform the ending theme to the series. Early life Ōsugi began taking singing lessons at eight years old, and in grade seven began singing with a group and in competitions. Anime Songs Openi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiro Mizuki
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He was referred to by fans and fellow performers alike as the of the ''anison'', or anime music genre. He produced the singing duo Apple Pie since 1990 and created the Anison band JAM Project in 2000. Biography Career Mizuki was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. In January 1968, he signed to the Nippon Columbia label and released his first single called "Kimi ni sasageru Boku no Uta", composed by Kanae Wada. In 1971, Mizuki recorded the song which was used as the opening theme for ''Genshi Shōnen Ryū''. This began his foray into recording well over 1200 songs for various soundtracks as well as original singles and albums. Other early songs sung by Mizuki include the themes to '' Chojin Barom 1'', ''Mazinger Z'', ''Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul's Miraculous Adventure
is an action-adventure anime television series created by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV and various other local stations across Japan from October 3, 1976, to September 11, 1977, and lasted 50 half-hour episodes. The series director was Hiroshi Sasagawa, of ''Speed Racer'' and ''Tokimeki Tonight'' fame. Story On his birthday, Paul receives a teddy bear as a gift from his parents. While Pakkun appears to be a fairly ordinary stuffed toy, he in reality is the keeper of the portal between Earth and an alternate dimension known as the Land of Wonders. Paul and his best friend Nina explore the alternate universe until Nina is kidnapped by the demonic ruler of this dimension, Belt Satan. After making an unsuccessful attempt to save Nina, Paul and Pakkun are forced to return home to Earth, where Paul is confronted by Nina's parents, who blame him for her disappearance and accuse him of murdering her. Paul returns to the Land o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3000 Leagues In Search Of Mother
is a Japanese animated television series directed by Isao Takahata that aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the Italian novel ''Heart (novel), Heart'' (') created by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e., a monthly tale (''racconto mensile'') ''From the Apennines to the Andes'' (''Dagli Appennini alle Ande''), widely expanded into a 52-episode epic. The series was broadcast on World Masterpiece Theater (''Calpis Children's Theater'' back then), an animation staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different classic book or story. It was originally titled ''From the Apennines to the Andes''. Nippon Animation, producers of World Masterpiece Theater, adapted ''Cuore'' into a second anime television series in 1981, although this second series was not part of the WMT. The series was dubbed into several languages and became an instant success in some countries, such as Portugal, Brazil, Peru, Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Germany, Chile, the Philippines, Malaysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura, The Prairie Girl
is a Japanese anime television series based on the novels ''Little House in the Big Woods'' and ''Little House on the Prairie'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Twenty-six half-hour episodes were released between 1975 and 1976. Characters ; Laura Ingalls : The protagonist of the series. ; Charles Ingalls : Laura's father. ; Caroline Ingalls : Laura's mother. ; Mary Ingalls : Laura's older sister. ; Carrie Ingalls : Laura's younger sister. ; Mr. Edwards : Staff * Directors: Seiji Endō and Mitsuo Ezaki * Writer: Masao Maruyama * Executive Producer: Kōichi Motohashi * Music: Akihiko Takashima * Director of Photography: Keishichi Kuroki * Art Director: Masahiro Ioka * Character Designer: Yasuji Mori was an animator who worked with Toei Animation, while it was still known as Toei Doga. He was also a famous illustrator of children's books. Mori was responsible for one of the major animation styles within Toei Animation. In '' The Little Prin ... * Animation Director: Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Of Flanders
''A Dog of Flanders'' is an 1872 novel by English author Marie Louise de la Ramée published with her pseudonym "Ouida". It is about a Flemish boy named Nello and his dog, Patrasche, and is set in Antwerp. In Japan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine and the Philippines, the novel has been an extremely popular children's classic for decades and has been adapted into several Japanese films and anime. Since the 1980s, the Belgian board of tourism caught on to the phenomenon and built two monuments honoring the story to please East-Asian tourists. There is a small statue of Nello and Patrasche at the Kapelstraat in the Antwerp suburb of Hoboken, and a commemorative plaque in front of the Antwerp Cathedral donated by Toyota, that was later replaced by a marble statue of the two characters covered by a cobblestone blanket, created by the artist Batist Vermeulen. Summary In 19th century Belgium, a boy named Nello becomes an orphan at the age of two when his mother dies in the Ardennes. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle Girl Limit-chan
is a Japanese magical girl anime television series consisting in 25 episodes. It was directed by Takeshi Tamiya and Masayuki Akehi, and it was first broadcast on TV Asahi (then NET) in 1973. Based on an original story by Shinji Nagashima and Hiromi Productions, the series featured character designs by Kazuo Komatsubara and scripts by Masaki Tsuji. It is the sixth of Toei Animation's original ''majokko'' (magical girl) anime series, although, as with ''Cutie Honey'', the title character's powers are derived from science rather than magic. The series was given the time slot on NET (TV Asahi) traditionally reserved for past Toei ''majokko'' shows, replacing ''Cutie Honey'', which had been planned for that time slot but was retooled as a more ''shounen''-oriented series. ''Limit-chan'' suffered from low ratings during its original broadcast run in Japan but became a mainstream hit some years later in Italy under the title ''Cybernella''. Despite its relative lack of popularity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Wo Nerae
''Aim for the Ace!'', known in Japan as , is a manga series written and illustrated by Sumika Yamamoto. The series tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student who wants to become a professional tennis player as she struggles against mental weakness, anxiety and thwarted love. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's '' shōjo'' magazine ''Margaret'' from January 1973 to February 1980. Later, Shueisha collected the chapters and published them in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 1973 by Tokyo Movie which was originally broadcast on Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) between 1973 and 1974. ''Aim for the Ace!'' also spawned another anime television and an anime film in the 1970s, two original video animations (OVA) in the 1980s, a live-action Japanese television drama in 2004, and many types of ''Aim for the Ace!''-related merchandise. The series is one of the best-selling ''shōjo'' manga series of all time, havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok Post
The ''Bangkok Post'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. It is Thailand's second oldest newspaper and the oldest still in publication. The daily circulation of the ''Bangkok Post'' is 110,000, 80 percent of which is distributed in Bangkok and the remainder nationwide. From July 2016 until mid-May 2018, the editor of the ''Bangkok Post'' was Umesh Pandey. On 14 May 2018, Umesh was "forced to step down" as editor after refusing to soften coverage critical of the ruling military junta. History The ''Bangkok Post'' was founded by Alexander MacDonald, a former OSS officer, and his Thai associate, Prasit Lulitanond. Thailand at the time was the only Southeast Asian country to have a Soviet Embassy. The U.S. embassy felt it needed an independent, but generall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayo Ishū
Kayo or KAYO may refer to: People * Kayo Hatta, American film director * Kayo Shekoni, Swedish singer, dancer, and actress *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese former volleyball *, Japanese Professor at Kyoto University *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese actress *, Japanese idol *, Japanese model *, Japanese translator and teacher *, Japanese international table tennis player *, Japanese athlete *, Japanese painter *, Japanese singer, and actress Fictional characters * Kayo Mullins, the title character's little brother in the comic strip Moon Mullins * Kayo, a fictional character in the ''He-Man'' universe * Kayo the Hutt, a ''Star Wars'' character * Tin-Tin Kyrano, Thunderbirds character also known as "Kayo" in the 2015 series. * Hinazuki Kayo, a main character in the manga and anime Boku Dake ga Inai Machi * Police man in Lone Wolf McQuade * Kayo, an accident-prone chameleon in ''Tabaluga'' Other uses * KAYO (FM), radio station licensed to Wasilla, Alaska * KYYO (FM), radio st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi, Girl Of The Alps
is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and is based on the novel ''Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning'' by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata and features contributions by numerous other anime filmmakers, including Yoichi Kotabe (character design, animation director), Toyoo Ashida (co-character design, animation director), Yoshiyuki Tomino (storyboard, screenplay), and Hayao Miyazaki (scene design, layout, screenplay). ''Heidi'' is the 6th and final entry in ''Calpis Comic Theater'', a precursor of the World Masterpiece Theater series, based on classic tales from the Western world. The animation studio responsible for Heidi, Zuiyo Enterprise, would split in 1975 into Nippon Animation Company, Ltd. (which employed the anime's production staff and continued with the World Masterpiece Theater franchise) and Zuiyo Company, Ltd., which retained the rights (and debt) to the ''Heidi'' TV series. The feature-length film edit of the TV series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
