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Kamome Shirahama
is a Japanese freelance manga artist and illustrator. She is best known for her '' Witch Hat Atelier'' series. She has created variant covers and other illustrations for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and stories in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. She did the character designs for ''The Elder'', part of the ''Star Wars: Visions'' short film series released in 2021, and she wrote the 2022 manga adaptation for it. She has won and been nominated for multiple awards, including the Eisner Award, the Harvey Award, the Kodansha Manga Award, the Manga Taishō, the Daruma d'or manga at the Japan Expo Awards, the Mangawa Award, and the Prix Babelio. Biography Shirahama was born on May 7. She graduated from the design program at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She works using analog tools such as pencils, pen and ink, and colored pencils rather than digital tools. Influences on her work include ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Harry Potter'' novels, which she read in junior high school, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo University Of The Arts
or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter-media, sound, music composition, traditional instruments, art curation and global arts. History Under the establishment of the National School Establishment Law, the university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the and the , both founded in 1887. The former Tokyo Fine Arts School was then restructured as the Faculty of Fine Arts under the university. Originally male-only, the school began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. The doctoral degree in fine art practice initiated in the 1980s was one of the earliest programs to do so globally. After the abolition of the National School Establishment Law and the formation of the National University Corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style), Modern Style in English. It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academic art, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen, ''L'Art Nouveau'' (2013), pp. 8–30 One major objective of Art Nouveau was to break down the traditional distinction between fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Morning Two , sometimes known as "monthly"
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Monthly usually refers to the scheduling of something every month. It may also refer to: * ''The Monthly'' * ''Monthly Magazine'' * ''Monthly Review'' * ''PQ Monthly'' * ''Home Monthly'' * ''Trader Monthly'' * ''Overland Monthly'' * Menstruation Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batgirl And The Birds Of Prey
''Batgirl and the Birds of Prey'' was a monthly ongoing American comic book series published by DC Comics and written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson, starring the eponymous team. A one-shot was initially released in July 2016 as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch, before beginning publication as a monthly series in August. The series ran for 22 issues until May 2018. Publication history Announced as part of DC Rebirth, the title debuted in July 2016 with the one-shot ''Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth'' #1, before being released monthly. The first story arc follows Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress as they battle the Snake Men and Oracle, a villain using Batgirl's former codename. The series is written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson. Claire Roe illustrated the ''Rebirth'' one-shot and the first three issues of the monthly series. Roge Antonio took over illustration duties beginning with issue #4, finishing the art for the remaining of the first story arc. Issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadpool
Deadpool is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist/writer Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (cover-dated Feb. 1991). Initially, Deadpool was depicted as a supervillain when he made his first appearance in ''The New Mutants'' and later in issues of '' X-Force'', but later evolved into his more recognizable antiheroic persona. Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Winston Wilson, is a disfigured mercenary with the superhuman ability of regeneration and physical prowess. The character is known as the "Merc with a Mouth" because of his tendency to talk and joke constantly, including breaking the fourth wall for humorous effect and running gags. The character's popularity has seen him featured in numerous forms of other media. In the 2004 series ''Cable & Deadpool'', he refers to his own scarred appearance as " Ryan Renolds 'sic''crossed with a Shar-Pei". Reynolds himself wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Aphra
Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, or simply Doctor Aphra, is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Created by writer Kieron Gillen, artist Salvador Larroca, and editor Heather Antos, she first appeared in Marvel Comics' 2015 '' Star Wars: Darth Vader'' comic book series. Aphra became a breakout character, and began appearing in her own ongoing spin-off comic series, '' Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'', from 2016 to 2019, before relaunching in 2020. She is a morally questionable, criminal archaeologist initially employed by Darth Vader in his efforts to replace Palpatine as emperor of the Galactic Empire, who later goes into hiding from the former after betraying him to the latter and faking her death, briefly establishing a love–hate relationship with Magna Tolvan. Supported by droids 0-0-0 and BT-1, and later by her former partner Sana Starros, she is considered a war criminal by the Rebel Alliance/ New Republic. Aphra is the first original ''Star Wars'' character n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. History The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. ReedPop is involved with other events, including Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and PAX Dev/PAX East/ PAX Prime. ReedPop and New York Comic Con were founded by Greg Topalian, former senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions. The first con was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Due to Reed Exhibitions' lack of experience with comic conventions (they primarily dealt with professional trade shows prior to 2006), attendance was far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pika Édition
Pika Édition is a French publisher headquartered in Vanves, specializing in manga. Founded as a daughter company of Media System Editions, it was taken over by Hachette Livre in 2007. Distribution ''Pika Édition'' publications are distributed in France, Monaco, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Canada. Magazine * '' Shōnen Collection'', in collaboration with Kodansha, was a monthly magazine published from January 2003 to November 2005. Thirty issues had been published. Two original creation, DYS and Dreamland, was published with the magazine in 2005. Manga published *''Nana to Kaoru is a Japanese erotic romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Ryuta Amazume. It was serialized on Hakusensha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Animal Arashi'' (2008–2009) and ''Young Animal'' (2009–2016), with its ...'' (as ''Attache-moi'') References External links Official site Publishing companies of France Manga distributors Manhwa distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harta (magazine)
, formerly known as ''Fellows!'', is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain. Created in 2008, the magazine was originally called ''Fellows!'' and was published with a frequency of publication of two months. In December 2012, Enterbrain announced a revamp on the magazine beginning with its February issue in 2013 with the publication changing its name of ''Fellows!'' to ''Harta'' and also changing its frequency from bimonthly to ten issues per year from February to August and then October to December. The name is inspired by Indonesian word " Harta", which means "treasure." Unlike many of the manga magazines in Japan in which the cover features a series currently serialized on the magazine, every issue since the magazine was still called ''Fellows!'' is an original illustration by different artists, with this heritage continuing with the change for Harta. Serialized titles *''A Bride's Story'' (transferred to ''Aokishi'') *' *''The Coppersmith's Bride'' (ongoing) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterbrain
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on 30 January 1987 as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of anime artbooks. Enterbrain is based in Tokyo, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 million yen. Enterbrain's current president is Hirokazu Hamamura. Enterbrain publications * '' B's LOG'': Magazine focused on female gamers. * ''TECH Win DVD'': A magazine aimed specifically to PC users. It comes with two CD-ROMs worth of goodies and information. * ''Tech Gian'': A CD-ROM magazine focused on adult video games. * '' Magi-Cu'': A seinen visual entertainment manga magazine based on female game characters. * ''Comic Beam'': Comic Beam was formerly known as ASCII Comic. It is a seinen manga magazine filled with original manga. * '' Harta'' (formerly ''Fellows!''): A periodical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moto Hagio
is a Japanese manga artist. Regarded for her contributions to ''shōjo'' manga ( manga aimed at young and adolescent women), Hagio is considered the most significant artist in the demographic and among the most influential manga artists of all time, being referred to as the by critics. Hagio made her debut as a manga artist in 1969 at the publishing company Kodansha before moving to Shogakukan in 1971, where she was able to publish her more radical and unconventional works that had been rejected by other publishers. Her first serializations at Shogakukan – the vampire fantasy ''The Poe Clan'', the ''shōnen-ai'' (male-male romance) drama ''The Heart of Thomas'', and the science fiction thriller ''They Were Eleven'' – were among the first works of ''shōjo'' manga to achieve mainstream critical and commercial success. Hagio subsequently emerged as a central figure in the Year 24 Group, a grouping of female manga artists who significantly influenced ''shōjo'' manga in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in ward of Tokyo, expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age, and he joined Toei Animation in 1963. During his early years at Animation he worked as an in-between artist and later collaborated with director . Notable films to which contributed at include ''Doggie March'' and '' Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon''. He provided key animation to other films at , such as '' Puss in Boots'' and ''Animal Treasure Island'', before moving to A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed ''Lupin the Third Part I'' alongside . After moving to (later known as Nippon Animation) in 1973, worked as an animator on ''World Masterpiece Theater'', and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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