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Lovers In The Night
is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Biblos released the manga in March 1999. Libre Publishing obtained the license in 2007 and released its own volume on January 4, 2007. It is licensed and published in North America by Blu on May 8, 2007. The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press. Reception Coolstreak Cartoons's Leroy Douresseaux comments on how the "love between two people" takes priority over everything else in the manga. Pop Shock Culture's Katherine Dacey commends the manga for "emphasizing steamy encounters between beautiful men in period costume over long-winded political discussions". Mania.com's Nadia Oxford commends Fumi Yoshinaga's artwork but criticises the backgrounds that "remain disappointingly sparse". See also *''Truly Kindly is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Biblos released the manga in March 1997. It is licensed and published in North America by Blu Blu or BLU may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaoi
''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features Homoeroticism, homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for women and is distinct from Bara (genre), homoerotic media marketed to gay men, but it does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators. It spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and Fan labor, fan works. "Boys' love" and "BL" are the generic terms for this kind of media in Japan and much of Asia; though the terms are used by some fans and commentators in the West, ''yaoi'' remains more generally prevalent in English. The genre originated in the 1970s as a subgenre of Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga, or comics for girls. Several terms were used for the new genre, including , , and . The term ''yaoi'' emerged in the late 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp Point Press
Sharp Point Press () is a Taiwanese publisher of manga and music. It was founded in July 1982. History *1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books. *1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handbook. *1987 - Created Taiwan's first magazine on TV Games in July, started another TV Game magazine, ''TV Game Report'' in October. *1990 - Started the Anime, manga, model information magazine, ''Magic Zone''. Also officially started manga publication. *End of 1990 - Company is listed on the sharemarkets. *1991 - Obtained Japanese manga license for Rumiko Takahashi's ''Urusei Yatsura'' *1992 - Published idol photo albums of Hong Kong singers/movie stars like Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok. *1993 - Started other TV games magazine like VV Kids, Game Paradise, and Seinen manga magazine ''Tempo''. *1994 - Started publishing a fashion living fortune telling magazine ''My Birthday''. *1996 - Imported the trading card game ''Magic: The Gathering''. *2001 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp Point Press Titles
Sharp or SHARP may refer to: Acronyms * SHARP (helmet ratings) (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme), a British motorcycle helmet safety rating scheme * Self Help Addiction Recovery Program, a charitable organisation founded in 1991 by Barbara Bach and Pattie Boyd * Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention, a US Army program dealing with sexual harassment * Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, an anti-racist Trojan skinhead organization formed to combat White power skinheads * Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing * Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform, a 1980s beamed-power aircraft * Super High Altitude Research Project, a 1990s project to develop a high-velocity gun Companies * I. P. Sharp Associates, a former Canadian computer services company * Sharp Airlines, an Australian regional airline * Sharp Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer * Sharp Entertainment, an American TV program producer * Sharp HealthCare, a hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Anime And Manga
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, a subgroup of the Italic languages ** Romance studies, an academic discipline studying the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language Places * Romance, Arkansas, U.S. * Romance, Missouri, U.S. * Romance, West Virginia U.S. * Romance, Wisconsin, U.S. Arts, entertainment, and media Film * Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists ** Romantic comedy ** Romantic thriller * ''Romance'' (1920 film), silent film, directed by Chester Withey * ''Romance'' (1930 film), starring Greta Garbo * ''Romance'' (1936 film), an Austrian film starring Carl Esmond * ''Romance'' (1983 film), a Bollywood film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Anthologies
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Anime And Manga
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Manga
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truly Kindly
is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. Biblos released the manga in March 1997. It is licensed and published in North America by Blu Blu or BLU may refer to: Businesses and brands *Blu (Italian company), a telecommunications company *Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop * blu eCigs, a brand of electronic cigarette owned by Imperial Tobacco *BLU Products, an American mobile phone m ... on August 14, 2007. Reception Pop Shock Culture's Katherine Dacey criticises the manga for her feelings of déjà vu "with its recycled character designs, clumsy socio-political lectures masquerading as conversation, and the “I didn’t realize how much I liked you until you forced yourself on me!” epiphanies that her uke characters experience". Coolstreak Cartoons's Leroy Douresseaux describes the "mix of poignancy and surprises" in the manga as "engaging". Mania.com's Danielle Van Gorder commends the manga's "character's expressions, which can convey volumes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world of technology and instant gratification. However, roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-shot (comics)
In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.Albert, Aaron"One Shot Definition" About Entertainment. Retrieved July 8, 2016. One-shots date back to the early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published comic books, parts of comic magazines/anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, movies, video games or television shows. Overview In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called , a term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot. Many popular manga series began as one-shots, such as ''Dragon Ball'', ''Fist of the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazine Be × Boy
is a monthly Japanese ''yaoi'' manga magazine published by Libre. The magazine was originally launched by Biblos under the publisher Hekitensha in March 1993 until Biblos' bankruptcy in 2006. Publications In addition to ''Magazine Be × Boy'', several ongoing and defunct spin-off magazines have been published under the ''Be × Boy'' brand. Serializations ''Be × Boy'' Current * ''Don't Be Cruel'' (2006–present) * '' His Favorite'' (2008–present) * ''Dakaichi'' (2013–present) * ''Gender-Swap at the Delinquent Academy'' (2014–present) * '' Caste Heaven'' (2014–2021) Former *'' Kizuna: Bonds of Love'' (1992–2008) *''Fake'' (1994–2000) *'' Love Mode'' (1995–2003) *'' Truly Kindly'' (1997) *'' Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law'' (1998–2002) *'' Until the Full Moon'' (1998) *'' Menkui!'' (2000–2003) *'' Our Kingdom'' (2000–2007) *'' ...But, I'm Your Teacher'' (2001) *''Close the Last Door'' (2001–2004) *''Yellow'' (2001–2004) *'' Wild Rock'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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