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Kūbo Ibuki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi with cooperation by journalist Osamu Eya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic'' from December 2014 to December 2019. A sequel, titled ''Kūbo Ibuki Great Game'', began in the same magazine in December 2019. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in May 2019. In 2018, the manga won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. As of October 2022, the ''Kūbo Ibuki'' manga had over 8 million copies in circulation. Plot In October 20XX, an agent, who is believed to have disguised himself as a shipwrecked person during a storm, landed on Minamikojima Island in the Senkaku Islands, saying, This island is an inherent territory of China, and we are trying to avoid ships from mainland China. The Chinese Landing Incident on the Senkaku Islands, which claims to wait, has occurred. Furthermore, the situation escalated with a collision between a Chinese Coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senkaku Islands
The are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan. They are located northeast of Taiwan, east of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. They are known in mainland China as the Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands (; also simply ), in Taiwan as the Diaoyutai Islands or Tiaoyutai Islands (), and sometimes in the Western world by the historical name Pinnacle Islands. cites Hagstrom 2005; "The islands are also called 'Pinnacle Islands' for convenience and neutrality sake by Western scholars" In Okinawan they are called . In the Yaeyama language, they are called ''iigunkubajima''. The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan. China claims the discovery and ownership of the islands from the 14th century, while Japan maintained ownership of the islands from 1895 until its surrender at the end of World War II. The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Manga
A list of manga published by Shogakukan, listed by release date. For an alphabetical list, see :Shogakukan manga. 1950s 1953 *''Fujiko Fujio#Fujiko Fujio's works, UTOPIA Saigo no Sekai Taisen'' 1959 *''Dr. Thrill'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Dynamic 3'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Kaikyuu x Arawaru!!'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, The Lone Ranger'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Maboroshi Taisho'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Ryuichi Yoru Banashi'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Tonkatsu-chan'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Uchuu Shōnen Tonda'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Umi no Ouji'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Zero Man'' 1960s 1960 *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1960–1964, Boku wa Jonbe he'' *''Captain Ken'' *''List of series run in Weekl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Anime And Manga
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Vinci (magazine)
is a monthly magazine about books published by Kadokawa Corporation, launched in 1994 by Recruit Co. The first publisher was Yoshio Kimura, the editor-in-chief was Yasuhiro Nagazono, and the art director was Toshiaki Ichikawa. Overview ''Da Vinci'' is a book information magazine that introduces new publications, popular books and comics. The magazine also features essays by famous people, reader-submitted columns, questionnaires, special features on the relationship between the world and books from a new perspective, and a wide range of information on new paperbacks, new books, and new comics. It also includes information on approaching authors for book signings. * Although it is a literary magazine, it is subculture-oriented, actively introducing not only general novels but also manga and light novels. * The covers are mainly modeled after popular young actors, musicians, and celebrities, each holding the book they like best. * It is the magazine that created the manga essay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Rain (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mayuzuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' magazine from June 2014 to November 2015, and later in '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from January 2016 to March 2018. Its chapters were compiled into ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio aired from January to March 2018 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. A live-action film adaptation was released in May 2018. In North America, Vertical licensed the manga and published it into five omnibus volumes from September 2018 to September 2019. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks for home video and digital release. In 2018, ''After the Rain'' won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. As of April 2018, the manga had over 2 million copies in circulation. Plot ''After the Rain'' tells the story of Akira Tachibana, a high school student working part-time at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranosuke Sasaki
is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television drama. Biography He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played an active part in a Japanese theatrical group called "Planet Pistachio," as a stage actor, from 1990 to 1998. He later extended the range of activities on TV dramas and movies, and has played important roles on many works in Japan. He made his film debut starring in ''Mamiya Kyodai'' in 2006, and his TV series debut starring in ''Gira Gira'' in 2008. When Sasaki was a freshman and received a phone call from his college company to decide on a stage name, his father suggested the name Kuranosuke, with a double meaning; for ''Kura'', a sake cellar/brewery for their sake brewery, and for Ōuchi Kuranosuke, a famous historical drama role."Watashino chizu - ano bashoe kaeritai" series, No.196, Sasaki Kuranosuke. Shūkan Gendai July 5 issue, 2014: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)
is a Japanese actor. He is widely regarded as one of Japan's leading actors, having appeared in a wide range of films from science fiction films such as ''Shin Ultraman'' (2022) to small-scale art films such as ''Dolls'' (2002). He gained international recognition for his critically acclaimed leading role in the 2021 film '' Drive My Car'', for which he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor. Career Nishijima became interested in watching films as a child, influenced by his father. He wanted to be a film crew member, but while in college, he passed the acting audition that his acquaintance encouraged him to take, and he became an actor. Nishijima made his debut in the contemporary detective television drama series ''Hagure Keiji Junjōha'' in 1992. In 1993, Nishijima gained public recognition for his portrayal of a gay character in the massive hit television series ''Asunaro Hakusho'', which co-starred Takuya Kimura. Nishijima’s subtle performance and good looks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakishima Islands
The (or 先島群島, ''Sakishima-guntō'') (Okinawan language, Okinawan: ''Sachishima'', Miyakoan language, Miyako: ''Saksїzїma'', Yaeyama language, Yaeyama: ''Sakїzїma'', Yonaguni language, Yonaguni: ''Satichima'') are an archipelago located at the southernmost end of the Japanese Archipelago. They are part of the Ryukyu Islands and include the Miyako Islands and the Yaeyama Islands. The islands are administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Inhabited islands Sakishima Islands *Miyako Islands (former Miyako Subprefecture) ** Miyakojima, Okinawa, Miyakojima City ***Ikemajima, Ikema Island (''Ikema-jima'') ***Irabu Island (''Irabu-jima'') ***Kurimajima, Kurima Island (''Kurima-jima'') ***Miyako-jima, Miyako Island (''Miyako-jima'') ***Ogami Island, Ōgami Island (''Ōgami-jima'') ***Shimojishima, Shimoji Island (''Shimoji-shima'') ** Tarama, Okinawa, Tarama Village ***Tarama Island (''Tarama-jima'') ***Minnajima (Tarama, Okinawa), Minna Island (''Minna-jima'') *Yaeya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamitorishima
, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and Wake Island, further to the east-southeast. The closest island to Minamitorishima is East Island in the Mariana Islands, which is to the west-southwest. It is the easternmost territory belonging to Japan, and the only Japanese territory on the Pacific Plate, past the Japan Trench. Although small () it is of strategic importance, as it enables Japan to claim a exclusive economic zone in the surrounding waters. It is also the easternmost territory of Tokyo, being administratively part of Ogasawara village. There is no civilian population, except personnel of the Japan Meteorological Agency, JSDF, and Japan Coast Guard serving temporary tours of duty on the island. Access The island is off-limits to civili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
