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Kouta Hirano
is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga ''Hellsing'' and ''Drifters''. Career Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma's '' Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo''. Starting his career first as a manga artist's assistant (self-described as "horrible" and "lazy" in said assistant position), and later a hentai manga artist, he went on to enjoy somewhat limited success with other relatively unknown manga titles such as ''Angel Dust'', ''Coyote'', ''Gun Mania'' and ''Hi-Tension''. His first major success came with his manga series ''Hellsing'', which got its start and was subsequently serialized in a monthly manga magazine, '' Young King OURs'', towards the latter half of 1997. However, ''Hellsing'' was not the earliest Hirano series to be published in ''Young King OURs'' monthly. In 1996, the same year ''Hellsings precursor, ''The Legends of Vampire Hunter'', was first released as a single H short sto ... [...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] |
Hentai
Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as '' eroge''). The development of hentai has been influenced by Japanese cultural and historical attitudes toward sexuality. Hentai works, which are often self-published, form a significant portion of the market for '' doujin'' works, including '' doujinshi''. Numerous subgenres exist depicting a variety of sexual acts and relationships, as well as novel fetishes. Terminology ''Hentai'' is a kanji compound of (; 'change' or 'weird') and (; 'appearance' or 'condition'), and means "metamorphosis" or "transformation". In sexual contexts, it carries additional meanings of " perversion" or "abnormality", especially when used as an adjective; in these uses, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Hentai Creators
Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as ''eroge''). The development of hentai has been influenced by Japanese cultural and historical attitudes toward sexuality. Hentai works, which are often self-published, form a significant portion of the market for ''doujin'' works, including ''doujinshi''. Numerous subgenres exist depicting a variety of sexual acts and relationships, as well as novel fetishes. Terminology ''Hentai'' is a kanji compound of (; 'change' or 'weird') and (; 'appearance' or 'condition'), and means "metamorphosis" or "transformation". In sexual contexts, it carries additional meanings of "perversion" or "abnormality", especially when used as an adjective; in these uses, it is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. Dawn may also refer to: * Dawn (name), a given name, including a list of people with the name Places * Dawn, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dawn, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dawn, Texas, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dawn (PAT station), a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network * 1618 Dawn, an asteroid * Dawn Township, Ontario, Canada, today part of Dawn-Euphemia Township. There is also a community in the township called Dawn. Organisations * Dawn (Iceland), an Icelandic political organization formed in 2012 * Dawn (Slovakia), a Slovakian political party formed in 2005 * Dawn – National Coalition, a Czech political party * Dawn (Bengali educational society), a society founded in 1902 * Dawn Bible Students Association, an American organization established in 1932 * Dawn Career Institute, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutaro Yamada
is a Japanese film and stage director. Biography Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. From 2000 to 2009, Oku directed many theatrical films, notably ''The Labor Cop'', ''Japanese Naked Tribe'', ''Aka-sen'', ''Cain's Descendant'', and ''USB''. He also participated stage productions as visual planner, like ''Elisabeth'' and ''MOZART!'' for TOHO Musical, ''The Bee'' and ''Egg'' for NODA MAP productions, ''1789'', ''Casablanca'' for the Takarazuka Revue, and more. In 2015, Oku directed the stage play based on 2011 anime series ''Blood-C'', titled ''Blood-C: The Last Mind''. That same year, he directed the stage play of ''Ghost in the Shell'', titled '' Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive''. In 2017, Oku directed the first live-action film adaptation for ''Blood-C'', titled '' Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story''. Oku later returned to direct the two live-action films for ''Blood-C'', '' Blood-Club Dolls 1'' and ''Blood-Club Dolls 2''. He also co-wrote the screenplay with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Read Or Die
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's '' Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division of the British Library. There are currently 11 ''Read or Die'' novels. In volume 11, a note stated that the series would end with the upcoming volume 12. In June 2016, it was announced via Twitter that volume 12 would be released in August, and that there would be a volume 13. Along with the novels, Kurata scripted the official ''R.O.D'' manga illustrated by Shutaro Yamada, which was originally published in ''Ultra Jump'' magazine and later printed into four paperback volumes, and ''Read or Dream'', a manga illustrated by Ran Ayanaga set in the same universe as ''Read or Die.'' The popularity of the ''Read or Die'' novels and manga resulted in the production of an OVA adaptation in 2001, which was directed by Koji Masunari and produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), a 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and German king, put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union to repopulate it with Germans. The German aimed to use some of the conquered people as forced labour for the Axis war effort while acquiring the oil reserves of the Caucasus as well as the agricultural resources of various Soviet territories. Their ultimate goal was to create more (living space) for Germany, and the eventual extermination of the indigenous Slavic peoples by mass deportation to Siberia, Germanisation, enslavement, and genocide. In the two years leading up to the invasion, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed political and economic pacts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossfire (manga)
''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization as it combats vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural foes who threaten England. The series was licensed for English language release in North America by Dark Horse Comics. From 2002 to 2006, Hirano released a six-chapter prequel series, ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', in ''Young King OURs Zōkan'' (later ''Young King OURs+'' before ceasing publication). A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation by Gonzo (company), Gonzo, directed by Umanosuke Iida and Yasunori Urata, with screenplay by Chiaki J. Konaka, was broadcast on Fuji TV from October 2001 to January 2002. A ten-episode original video an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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