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Konosuba
is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki. The series follows Kazuma Sato, a boy who is sent to a fantasy world with MMORPG elements following his death, where he forms a dysfunctional adventuring party with a goddess, an archwizard, and a crusader. Originally serialized as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō between December 2012 and October 2013, ''KonoSuba'' was published as a printed light novel series by Kadokawa Shoten under the company's ''Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko'' imprint from October 2013 to May 2020. The light novel series features a divergent plot and illustrations by Kurone Mishima. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Masahito Watari and Joseph Yokobori, began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's ''Monthly Dragon Age'' magazine from October 2014. A radio drama CD was released by HobiRecords in March 2015, and an anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired in Japan between January and March 2016. A second season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumin
is a fictional character from the light novel, manga, and anime series ''KonoSuba'' written by Natsume Akatsuki. In the universe of ''Konosuba'', a parallel world with MMORPG elements, Megumin is a sorcerer who joins protagonist Kazuma Sato's party in an attempt to defeat the Devil King. Due to the party's dysfunctional abilities, Kazuma quickly gives up on the idea of defeating the Devil King and tries to live a comfortable lifestyle, only to find the circumstances of his daily life force him and his party to encounter and battle the Devil King's generals. Megumin has become a ''KonoSuba'' breakout character. Critical response to Megumin has been positive, with particular praise focused on the humour of the character's gags. Rie Takahashi's performance as the voice actress for Megumin has also been praised. The character's popularity led to Megumin becoming the lead character in '' KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson'', which explores her back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsume Akatsuki
Natsume Akatsuki (暁なつめ, ''Akatsuki Natsume'') is a Japanese light novel author and manga writer from Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for writing the ''KonoSuba'' series. Career In 2012, Akatsuki entered his debut work for the 8th MF Bunko J Light Novel Rookie Award under the pen name . However, it only made it to the second round. After that, he began posting his writing to the user-generated novel website Shōsetsuka ni Narō under the same name. On August 19, 2012, under the name , he began serializing ''Combatants Will Be Dispatched!'', which concluded on September 10 of the same year with 68 chapters. In the same month, under the name , he published . After this, he closed his account. After a short time, Akatsuki created a new account on Shōsetsuka ni Narō under the username and begun uploading once again. He published before taking it down, only making the work available again on February 1, 2013. On December 20, 2012, he began serializing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuma Sato
is the main protagonist of the light novel, manga and anime series ''KonoSuba''. He is voiced by Jun Fukushima in Japan and by Arnie Pantoja in English-speaking regions. He was a shut-in NEET until being sent to a parallel world and became the leader of a new party. Initially shown to be cynical and sarcastic, he can show selflessness and compassion towards his friends and competence as a leader. His main goal is to defeat the demon king and his generals to return to Japan but slowly grows to realize the aspects of his new life. Kazuma has generally received positive reception for his unique traits and as a deconstruction of isekai protagonist, being known as one of the best Isekai protagonists while his dry sense of humour and ad-libs done by Jun Fukushima are widely praised. Contrarily, he has also received some criticisms for some of his character traits and personality, especially his acts of perversion. Characteristics Kazuma is a Japanese teenager that initially dressed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Press
Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published ''Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press has published original series, most notably a manga adaptation of James Patterson's ''Maximum Ride'' and Svetlana Chmakova's '' Nightschool''. History Yen Press was founded in 2006 by former Borders Group buyer Kurt Hassler and DC Comics VP Rich Johnson. In July 2007, it was announced that Yen Press was to absorb ICEkunion, a Korean publisher that had been publishing manhwa in the United States. While the manga titles bearing ICEkunion's label would be continued to be sold in stores, subsequent printings would bear the Yen Press logo. Hassler assured fans, "We plan to pick up all the existing CEkuniontitles...We're going to continue everything, so fans shouldn't worry. None of these series are going to fall into a void." The first issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Uezu
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. Filmography Anime television 2000s *''Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan'' (2002), Script *''Bottle Fairy'' (2003), Script *''Maburaho'' (2003–04), Script *''Yumeria'' (2004), Series composition (with Yōsuke Kuroda), Script *''Ah My Buddha'' (2005), Series composition, Script *'' Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!!'' (2006), Series composition, Script *'' Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy'' (2006), Script *''Utawarerumono'' (2006), Series composition, Script *'' My Bride Is a Mermaid'' (2007), Series Composition, Script *'' School Days'' (2007), Series Composition, Script *''Sola'' (2007), Script *'' Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka'' (2008), Series Composition, Script *''Astro Fighter Sunred'' (2008), Series Composition, Script *'' Astro Fighter Sunred Season 2'' (2009), Series Composition, Script *'' Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity'' (2009), Series Composition, Script 2010s *''Katanagatari'' (2010), Series Composition, Script *''The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (2010), Series Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discotek Media
Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, focused on distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. Formed in 2005, Discotek primarily focuses on licensing retro titles from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, a lot of them "license rescued" from other companies such as Funimation, Viz Media, ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Geneon, Manga Entertainment, etc. Their licenses include most of the ''Lupin the Third'' franchise (including the Hayao Miyazaki film ''The Castle of Cagliostro''), the first season of '' Digimon'', ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Sonic X'', '' Hajime no Ippo'', ''Urusei Yatsura'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', and ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', as well as OVAs such as ''Giant Robo'' and ''Gunbuster'' and films such as ''Memories'' and ''Project A-ko''. The company has also acquired several recent titles and has collaborated with streaming service Crunchyroll on several releases including ''KonoSuba'', ''Kem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medialink
Medialink Group Limited is a content distributor and licensor based in Kowloon, Hong Kong specializing in the distribution of Japanese anime and brand licensing. Its offices are located at Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Registered from Hong Kong Companies Registry, Medialink was founded as Medialink International Limited by Lovinia Chiu in March 1994. In 2018, co-founders Lovinia and Noletta Chiu integrated Medialink Entertainment and Medialink Animation International into the Medialink Group, which was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019. Anime distribution Medialink Entertainment handles the content acquisition and distribution of Japanese anime in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The company does not directly release its own properties, but instead selects some anime titles for release on home video through its distribution partners such as Asia Video Publishing in Hong Kong, CaiChang International Mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurone Mishima
Kurone Mishima (三嶋 くろね) is a Japanese illustrator from Saitama Prefecture. She is best known as the illustrator of the ''KonoSuba'' and ''Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor'' light novels. Works Light novels *''KonoSuba'' *''Mangetsu no Jinrou to Hangetsu no Vampire'' *''Next Haven'' *''Ore no Real to Netoge ga Love Comedy ni Shinshokusare Hajimete Yabai'' *''Ore to Kanojo no Battle wa Living de'' *''Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor is a Japanese light novel series written by Tarō Hitsuji and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. Fujimi Shobo has published twenty-one volumes since July 2014 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Aosa Tsunemi ...'' Manga *4-koma Koushiki Anthology: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun x Toaru Majutsu no Index *Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation - Dengeki Comic Anthology *Hataraku Maou-sama! High School! References External links Kurone Mishima at anime-expo.org Living people Manga a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Deen
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa and ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (丹尼動画), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a digital work sub-contracting studio; and Umidori (うみどり), a 3DCG sub-contracting studio. Studio Deen has been operating as a subsidiary of IMA Group since 2011. Television series 1984–2000 * ''Urusei Yatsura'' (1984–1986, #107–195) *''Pro Golfer Saru'' (1985–88, co-produced with Shin-Ei Animation) * ''Maison Ikkoku'' (1986–1988) * '' F'' (1988) * ''Ranma ½'' (1989) * '' Ranma ½ Nettōhen'' (1989–1992) * ''DNA²'' (1994, with Madhouse) * ''Zenki'' (1995) * '' You're Under Arrest'' (1996–1997) * ''Violinist of Hameln'' (1996–1997) * ''Rurouni Kenshin'' (1997–1998, #67–95) * ''Eat-Man'' (1997) * ''Haunted Junction'' (1997) * '' Next Senki Ehrgeiz'' (1997) * ''Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy'' (1997) * ''AWOL -Absent Without Leave-'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōsetsuka Ni Narō
is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has over 2,300,000 registered users and it receives over 1 billion page views per month. Over one hundred novel series uploaded to the site have been acquired by various publishers, such as ''Log Horizon'', serialized from 2010 before being acquired by Enterbrain in 2011, and ''The Irregular at Magic High School'', which was serialized between 2008 and 2011 before being acquired by ASCII Media Works. Futabasha's light novel imprint Monster Bunko was established on July 30, 2014, which exclusively publishes series that originated on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. Selected works *''7th Time Loop'' (2020–ongoing) by Touko Amekawa - acquired by Overlap, received a manga adaptation *''A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized'' (2017– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isekai
is a Japanese genre of speculative fiction—both portal fantasy and science fiction are included. It includes novels, light novels, films, manga, anime and video games that revolve around a person or people who are transported to and have to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, or Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universe. Isekai is one of the most popular genres of anime, and Isekai stories share many common tropes – for example, a powerful protagonist who is able to beat most people in the other world by fighting. This plot device typically allows the audience to learn about the new world at the same pace as the protagonist over the course of their quest or lifetime. If the main characters are transported to a game-like world, the genre can overlap with LitRPG. The concept of ''isekai'' started in Japanese folk tales, such as Urashima Tarō. However, the first modern ''isekai'' works were Haruka Takachiho's novel ''Warrior from Another W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyroll UK and Ireland, Crunchyroll Ltd. since 2022, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc. (now owned by Lionsgate). Despite its name, the company's principal business was the distribution of anime rather than manga, although they have published some manga (such as ''Crying Freeman'') under the Manga Books imprint. History Manga Entertainment (formerly Island World Communications) was founded in London in 1991 by Chris Blackwell and Laurence Guinness as a subsidiary of Island Records' Island World Group. IWC took over the company number for Golden Square Music, but had no relationship to IWC or Manga. Manga Entertainment expanded into North America in 1993 with the purchase of L.A. Hero, forming Manga U.S. while Manga UK ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |