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Kanetsugu Kodama
is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for being one of the main directors on the long-running anime ''Case Closed'', as well as the '' City Hunter'' series and ''Lupin III Part III''. Filmography Anime References ; Book references * External links * 1949 births Living people Anime directors Japanese storyboard artists {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Expo
Japan Expo is a convention on Japanese popular culture - the largest of its kind in the world - taking place in Paris, France, although it has branched out into a partnership festival - Kultima - and expanded to include some European and US pop culture as well. It is held yearly at the beginning of July for four days (usually from Thursday to Sunday) in the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center (the second-largest convention center in France). The attendance has increased steadily over the years, with 2,400 visitors welcomed in the first edition in 1999 and more than 252,510 for the 2019 edition. Like the Olympic Games and many other mass gatherings, the 2020 edition was canceled because of the global COVID‑19 pandemic. History The first exposition took place in 1999 at the ISC Paris Business School and welcomed 2,400 visitors, a number which has grown steadily. In 2002, Japan Expo was hosted at the Center of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT) in La Défense, Paris. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kekkaishi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The series is about Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival families of ''kekkai'' (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land upon which it is built. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from October 2003 to April 2011, with its chapters collected in thirty-five ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted as a fifty-two episode anime television series by Sunrise, which was broadcast between October 2006 and February 2008. Both manga and anime series has been licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. The anime series was broadcast on Adult Swim from May 2010 to May 2011. The ''Kekkaishi'' manga had over 17 million copies in circulation as of June 2020. In 2007, the manga won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' manga category. Plot According to the legend, five hundred years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magikano
is a Japanese manga series by Takeaki Momose, which was later adapted into an anime series, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Hideki Mitsui. The anime series was also broadcast by Animax, who adapted and dubbed the series into English for broadcast across its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia from February 2007, where the series received its English language premiere. ADV Films has licensed the rights for the North American release of ''Magikano'' on DVD, and released the first volume on December 4, 2007. ADV Films' Anime Network began airing the anime on January 3, 2008 on their Subscription On Demand platform. On March 6, 2008 the anime began airing on their Free On Demand platform. In July 2008, the series became one of over 30 ADV titles to be transferred to Funimation. Plot Ayumi Mamiya is a witch cursed to lose her powers but there is one boy who can break the spell and save her. Haruo Yoshikawa thinks he is a normal boy but unknown to him h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Project S
''Magical Project S'', known in Japan as , is a 26-episode anime television series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, airing in Japan from October 1996 to March 1997.. It is based on the Pretty Sammy character and the OVA series. The series was released in the United States on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2002, only in a subtitled format. All instances of the word "Sexy" were changed into "Lovely" in some episodes. Characters Main ; / : : Based on Sasami Masaki Jurai, Sasami is an ordinary schoolgirl who is given the power to transform into a magical girl, Pretty Sammy. She was also given Ryo-Ohki as her advisor. She uses a magical girl baton. ; / : : Misao Amano is Sasami's best friend. A kind, soft-spoken, and rather shy girl with dark purple hair, she tends to take a passive role, quietly following and watching the more energetic Sasami. She is transformed into Pixy Misa, a boisterous magical girl villain with blonde hair who wields a paper fan and summons (monsters of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, and released from 1995 to 1997 as three videos. It features character Sasami from the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' series as a magical girl, and is noted for recasting the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' characters in new roles. It has been dubbed into English by Pioneer USA. It also spawned two television series - ''Magical Project S'', and '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club''. Background ''Magical Girl Pretty Sammy'' originated not in animation but in voice drama, beginning in 1993 with the release of ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki CD Special 1 (Creation of the Universe Journey Across Space-Time)''. Here, Washu's newest invention, the Dimensional Controller, is glitched by the girls, creating several parallel ''Tenchi!'' worlds. Stories from the drama would later be adapted for ''Tenchi Universe's'' "Time and Space Adventures" arc (episodes 11-13). A second CD release, ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki's Christmas'', incorporated ideas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupin III
, also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of the book series by Maurice Leblanc. The Lupin III (manga), ''Lupin III'' manga, which first appeared in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967, spawned a media franchise that includes numerous manga, two versions of an anime, animated Television pilot, pilot film, six animated television series, one spin-off animated television series, eleven theatrically released animated films, two live-action films, five Original video animation, OVA works, List of Lupin III television specials, twenty-seven animated television specials, two musicals, List of Lupin III soundtracks, many music CDs, and List of Lupin III video games, several video games. Many different companies have owned the English-language distributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Human Giatrus
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shunji Sonoyama. It spawned two other manga, two anime television series, a television drama, and an anime film. The first TV series mark the debut of Joe Hisaishi, composer of ''My Neighbor Totoro'' and ''Spirited Away''. The official English title is Gon, The Stone-Age Boy. Media Manga It was first published from 1965 to 1975 in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's ''Weekly Manga Sunday'', and spawned two spin-off manga: the first, entitled and illustrated by Hideo Shinoda, was published in Gakken's ''Gakushū Magazine'' in 1966; the second, entitled , was published by Shogakukan's ''Gakunen Magazine'' in 1974. Shunji Sonoyama won the 1976 Bungeishunjū Manga Award for his work on the manga series. Anime series The third manga was adapted by Tokyo Movie into a homonymous anime television series consisting in 77 episodes, which was broadcast on ABC between October 5, 1974, and March 27, 1976. Another anime was produced; this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Teacher Onizuka
''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2002, with its chapters compiled into twenty-five ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. It is a continuation of Fujisawa's earlier manga series ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' and ''Bad Company'', both of which focus on the life of Onizuka before becoming a teacher. Due to the popularity of the manga, several adaptations of ''GTO'' were created, including a twelve-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998; a live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and released in December 1999; and a 43-episode anime television series produced by Pierrot, which aired in Japan on Fuji TV from J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Sam
Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. He is a bald eagle, the national bird of the host nation, the United States. Intended as a patriotic symbol, being named Sam also suggests a kinship with Uncle Sam, another American symbol. The mascot was designed by Bob Moore, an artist for Disney. Guests of Disneyland, as well as those reading documentation about mascot designs for the Olympics, often confuse the mascot for another Disney mascot named ''Eagle Sam'', host of the former Disneyland attraction America Sings, and designed by animator Marc Davis in c. 1973. He shares the name of Sam the Eagle from ''The Muppet Show'', but the design is vastly different. He is still known as Eagle Sam in Japan, where an animated series of the same name ran during 1983, the year preceding the Summer Olympics. Even after the conclusion of the Games, Sam the Eagle is still used to promote a track and field Track and field is a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doki Doki School Hours
is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tamami Momose. The manga was serialized in ''Manga Life'' and published by Takeshobo from 1997 to 2013. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and aired on TV Tokyo from April 4, 2004 to June 27, 2004. An OVA series, titled ''Sensei no Ojikan Gold'' (せんせいのお時間 ご～るど), was also animated by J.C.Staff and continued from where the TV series left off. These episodes were released onto the DVDs of the TV series, one episode for each DVD. Both the TV series and OVA were dubbed into English by Ocean Productions using their Blue Water Studios and have been licensed for release in North America by Geneon Entertainment. However, the OVA was folded onto the TV series and released together as simply Doki Doki School Hours. Thus, for the release in that region, the 14th episode is actually the first episode of the OVA and so on. The series is centered on 27-year-old homeroom teacher Mika Suzuki (who o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Eyes' Requiem
is a 2006 Japanese animated feature film and the 10th entry in the ''Case Closed'' film series released on April 15, 2006. It earned 3.03 billion yen in the box office. Summary * It is the ''Detective Conan'' series' 10th anniversary commemorative work. * The third appearance of Kaito Kid within the film series. * The focus of the film is to save the hostages Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Toyama Kazuha. * The advertisement and the poster's conclusion: "Detectives, I hope you will sleep forever." * This film is the second theatrical version so far in which, if the case cannot be solved, all participants will die (the first is ''The Phantom of Baker Street''). * Kudo Shinichi, Hattori Heiji, Hakuba Saguru (actually Kid disguised), and Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba) all appear in this film. * The total box office revenue of this film in Taipei was once the highest among all theater versions for eight years, and it was not broken until 2014 by '' Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper''. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strategy Above The Depths
is the 9th ''Case Closed'' feature film, released on April 9, 2005. The film resulted in 2.15 billion yen, significantly less than the previous five films. Plot The 9th annual ''Detective Conan'' film sets sail on a 100 million yen luxurious cruise. Fifteen years ago, a cruise named ''Yashiromaru'', built by the Yashiro group, sank while sailing. In the present, a new cruise, the Saint Aphrodite, was built by the Yashiro group and Conan and the rest were invited through Sonoko. Earlier, the husband of the CEO of the Yashiro family group, an established ship architect, had a heart-attack and drove his car down a cliff. On the second day of the cruise, the CEO herself was found murdered in her room. Later, her father, the President of the Yashiro group was also found missing. He had been thrown off the cruise into the ocean, seemingly by the same person. At the welcoming party, Kogoro shows off his deduction skills, and concluded that the sub-designer of the cruise, Akiyoshi, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
