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Magical Taruruto-kun
is a Japanese manga series by Tatsuya Egawa, published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1988 to 1992, spanning a 21-volume collected edition. It was adapted into an anime television series that lasted 87 episodes and three feature films from 1991 through 1992. Plot In Tokyo, there lived an outcast fifth grader (now sixth grader a year later) named Honmaru Edojo (voiced by Minami Takayama) who is a naughty youngster who is one of the most trodden-upon losers in his class, until the time he meets Magical Taruruto (voiced by Tarako). Taruruuto's powers help him deal with all his hardships, such as girls, bullies, and numerous other challenges. At the end of the series, Honmaru graduates from Nanno Elementary and enters middle school along with his only crush Iona Kawai. Anime The ''Magical Taruruto'' TV series started on September 2, 1990, and ended on May 10, 1992. There are a total of 87 episodes. The series was produced by Toei, Asahi Broadcasting Corporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Egawa
is a Japanese mangaka, manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his ''Golden Boy (manga), Golden Boy'' manga series, which debuted in 1992. Egawa is known for his drawings of over-the-top facial expressions always crediting the staff of his creations, even on the covers (crediting the works to "Egawa and his assistants"). Kōsuke Fujishima, who is known as the creator of ''Oh My Goddess! (manga), Oh My Goddess'', was once one of Egawa's assistants. Early life Egawa was born in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He has a degree in mathematics and taught junior high mathematics for five months before transitioning into the manga industry. Career Egawa moved to Tokyo to work under manga artist Hiroshi Motomiya for four months in 1983. His big break came when his story "Don't Give Up" won Weekly Morning, Comic Morning's open contest. His first serialized series was ''Be Free!'' for Comic Morning, where he was recommended by Hiroshi. Egawa has cited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in American test markets on October 18, 1985, before becoming widely available in North America and other countries. After developing a series of successful arcade games in the early 1980s, Nintendo planned to create a home video game console. Rejecting more complex proposals, the Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi called for a simple, cheap console that ran games stored on cartridges. The controller design was reused from Nintendo's portable Game & Watch games. Nintendo released several add-ons, such as a light gun for shooting games. The NES was one of the best-selling consoles of its time and helped revitalize the US game industry following the video game crash of 1983. It introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Manga
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian Bicentenary, Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet Union, Soviet troops begin their Soviet-Afghan War, withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the 1989, next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
