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Love Flops
is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Kadokawa Corporation, animated by Passione, and directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama. The series aired from October to December 2022 on AT-X and other networks. A manga adaptation by Ryūdai Ishizaka began serialization in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal'' magazine in June 2022. Plot One day before he heads to school, Asahi Kashiwagi watches a fortune telling program on television. Every prediction turns out to be true when he encounters five girls along the way, with each one eventually giving him a love confession. Asahi now has to find a way to deal with this unexpected situation. Characters Main characters ; : :The protagonist of the series. He receives five love confessions on his first day of school after seeing a fortune telling program on television, which annoys him. It is later revealed that he was recruited for a virtual reality program to experience a computer generated world with simulated characters. ; : :A Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harem (genre)
is a genre of light novels, manga, anime, hentai, and video games originating in Japan in the 1970s but exploding late 1980s and 1990s with dating simulator games and focused on polygynous or polyandrous relationships, where a protagonist is surrounded by three or more androphilic/gynephilic love interests or sexual partners. Harem works are frequently comedies that rely on self-insertion protagonists allowing the audience to project themselves unto, and on having relatable and interesting ensemble cast of characters. A story featuring a heterosexual male or homosexual female protagonist paired with an all-female/yuri harem series is informally referred to as a or , while a heterosexual female or gay male protagonist paired with an all-male/yaoi harem series is informally referred to as a , , or . Although originating in Japan, the genre later inspired variants in Western media. Structure A harem structure is ambiguous. The most distinguishable trait is the group of po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Identifying Reliable Sources
Identification or identify may refer to: *Identity document, any document used to verify a person's identity Arts, entertainment and media * ''Identify'' (album) by Got7, 2014 * "Identify" (song), by Natalie Imbruglia, 1999 * Identification (album), by Benjamin Ingrosso, 2018 * Station identification, or ident, radio or TV stations identifying themselves on-air *'' Kill Command'', also known as ''Identify'', a 2016 film Science and technology * Identification (information), for data storage * Identifiability, in statistics * Identification (biology), assigning a taxon to an individual organism * Identification scheme, in metadata, used to identify unique records in a set Social sciences * Identification (psychology), a concept in psychoanalysis * Identification in rhetoric, a rhetorical theory of persuasion * Identification (literature), the audience identifying with a character, or a narrative device See also * * * Human identification (other) * Identificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marika Kōno
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She was previously affiliated with the agency Mausu Promotion, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Debuting as a voice actress in 2013, she played her first main role as Rin Kohana in the 2015 anime television series ''Seiyu's Life!''. She, together with the other main cast members of ''Seiyu's Life'', are also members of the music group Earphones. She is known for her roles as Yua Nakajima in ''Hinako Note'', and Silence Suzuka in ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby''. Biography Kouno was born in Tokyo on February 22, 1994. She is the second of three sisters; her older sister Rina is a dancer. As a child, she was already fond of reading aloud during elementary school classes. She first became interested in voice acting from watching anime series. After learning that the characters Pikachu from ''Pokémon'' and Chopper from ''One Piece'' were voiced by the same person, Ikue Ōtani, Kouno began to aspire to pursuing a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Chi
Tai chi (), short for Tai chi ch'üan ( zh, s=太极拳, t=太極拳, first=t, p=Tàijíquán, labels=no), sometimes called "shadowboxing", is an neijia, internal Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation. Tai chi has practitioners worldwide from Asia to the Americas. Early practitioners such as Yang Chengfu and Sun Lutang promoted the art for its health benefits beginning in the early 20th century. Its global following may be attributed to overall benefit to personal health. Many forms are practiced, both traditional and modern. Most modern styles trace their development to the five traditional schools: Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Chen, Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang, Wu (Hao)-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Wu (Hao), Wu-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Wu, and Sun-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Sun. All trace their historical origins to Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan#Chen Village (Chenjiagou), Chen Village. Concepts ''Yin'' and ''Yang'' The concept of the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisako Kanemoto
, also known professionally as , is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is represented by Production Baobab. She released her first album ''Fantastic Voyage'' in 2014. Biography Kanemoto attended high school in Kamogata, Okayama, before enrolling in the voice acting course at the vocational school of Art College in Kobe. After graduating, she moved to Tokyo and joined Production Baobab. Kanemoto used her stage name Juri Aikawa. She made her anime debut under this name in ''Sora no Manimani'', after being selected to portray Shirley by an audience vote at that spring's DreamParty Tokyo convention. In 2010, Kanemoto announced that she would be using her real name in her professional work. She made her first leading role in the anime series ''Sound of the Sky''. Kanemoto won the "Best Rookie Actress" award at the 5th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Anime Original net animation Films Original video animation *'' Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma'' (Erina Nakiri) * Baby Princess 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Takahashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. She had a leading role in the anime series ''Seiyu's Life!'', where she became part of the musical unit Earphones. She voiced Futaba Ichinose in ''Seiyu's Life!'', Megumin in ''KonoSuba'', Emilia in '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', Takagi-san in ''Teasing Master Takagi-san'', Mash Kyrielight in ''Fate/Grand Order'', Mirai Asahina/Cure Miracle in ''Witchy PreCure!,'' Dan Kouzo in '' Bakugan: Battle Planet'', and Hu Tao in ''Genshin Impact''. She performed theme songs for the same series. She won the Best Female Newcomer at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Biography Takahashi was born in Saitama Prefecture. She watched ''Ojamajo Doremi'', '' Higurashi When They Cry'' and '' Soul Eater'' while in high school. She noticed that many male characters were voiced by female voice actors; as this fact interested her, she decided to pursue a career in voice acting. She joined her school's broadcasting club during her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl
is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered around young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. The genre emerged in 1962 with ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', followed by ''Sally the Witch'' in 1966 produced by Toei Animation. A wave of similar anime produced by the studio in the 1970s led to being used as a common term for the genre. In the 1980s, the term was largely replaced by "magical girl", reflecting the new popularity of shows produced by other studios, including ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. In the 1990s, '' Sailor Moon'' introduced the concept of a "transforming heroine" who fights against forces of evil, a synthesis of elements from hero shows that became a staple for magical girl series that followed. The growth of late-night anime in the early 2000s led to a demographic shift for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayana Taketatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer.Doi, Hitoshi"Taketatsu Ayana" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011. Biography She attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyujo, a voice actor training school before becoming affiliated with then management company. She is now affiliated with Link Plan. Due to her sharp vocal tones, she often voices tsundere characters (although she has voiced other mysterious or flirtatious characters). Taketatsu formed a singing unit Petit Milady with fellow voice actress Aoi Yūki in 2013. Taketatsu left the talent agency Assemble Heart for the agency Link Plan on January 1, 2017. On her 30th birthday, she announced on Twitter that she married Yuki Kaji. On June 30, 2022, she and Kaji announced that they were expecting their first child together. On November 3, 2022, the couple announced that Taketatsu safely gave birth to their first child. Filmography Anime series Video games 2011 *'' The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech recognition, computer vision, translation between (natural) languages, as well as other mappings of inputs. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' of Oxford University Press defines artificial intelligence as: the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. AI applications include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google), recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon and Netflix), understanding human speech (such as Siri and Alexa), self-driving cars (e.g., Tesla), automated decision-making and competing at the highest level in strategic game systems (such as chess and Go). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miku Itō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Style Cube. Her major voice roles include Nanako Usami in ''Locodol'', Ann Akagi in ''Action Heroine Cheer Fruits'', Kokoro Tsurumaki in ''BanG Dream!'', Miku Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'', and Hougetsu Shimamura in '' Adachi and Shimamura''. She joined StylipS on April 28, 2013 along with Style Cube Kenshuusei client Moe Toyota. She is also a member of Pyxis with Toyota. Itō's hobbies and preferences are related to ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider''. Biography Itō belongs to Style Cube as a trainee and in 2012 she passed Style Cube's 1st Voice Actor Audition. In 2013, she joined the StylipS voice acting unit with Moe Toyota, a fellow trainee. In 2014, she debuted in a television anime as Nanako Usami in ''Locodol''. In May 2015, Itō formed a new unit Pyxis with Moe Toyota. In February 2016, she held her first one-man live performance, and in October 2016 she released her debut single "Awa to Berbane" f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), education (such as medical or military training) and business (such as virtual meetings). Other distinct types of VR-style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality, sometimes referred to as extended reality or XR, although definitions are currently changing due to the nascence of the industry. Currently, standard virtual reality systems use either virtual reality headsets or multi-projected environments to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that simulate a user's physical presence in a virtual environment. A person using virtual reality equipment is able to look around the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. The effect is commonly created by VR headsets consisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōta Ōsaka
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with Early Wing. Biography Ōsaka is the middle child of three siblings.ラジオCD『ノイタミナWEBラジオ おまとめ4』に収録。 He played on a baseball team in elementary school and on the softball team as pitcher in secondary school. He was involved with anime while attending junior high school, but had no particular dream on acting before entering high school. After graduating from a local technical high school, Ōsaka moved to Tokyo with a friend who also wanted to be a voice actor, and studied the basics of acting for two years at Nippon Kogakuin Hachioji College. After graduating, Ōsaka attended a voice actor training school, passed the additional audition for the agency Early Wing, and made his debut in 2010. In April 2012, Ōsaka voiced Yuki Sanada in ''Tsuritama''. Yukio Nagasaki, who saw his performance at the audition, said he thought that he could become the face of "a new gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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