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Mami Kawada
is a former Japanese pop singer and lyricist who was signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and also a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for ''eroge'' (erotic games) and anime. Born and raised in Sapporo, Japan, Kawada made her musical debut in 2001 after being discovered by her music teacher Eiko Shimamiya with the release of the song "Kaze to Kimi o Daite". She released her first single, a split-single with musician Kotoko (musician), Kotoko, in 2002, and her first solo single was released in 2005. Her first album, Seed (Mami Kawada album), ''Seed'', was released in 2006. She first performed overseas in Taiwan in 2007 and later appeared at the Bangkok Comic Con in Thailand in 2014. Kawada's songs have been featured as theme music for various anime shows such as the ''Shakugan no Shana'' and ''A Certain Magical Index'' series. She has performed theme songs for various eroge such as ''Love, Election and Chocolate'' and ''Aokana: Four Rhythm A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city in Japan. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. Sapporo lies in the southwest of Hokkaido, within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, which is a tributary stream of the Ishikari. It is considered the cultural, economic, and political center of Hokkaido. As with most of Hokkaido, the Sapporo area was settled by the indigenous Ainu people, beginning over 15,000 years ago. Starting in the late 19th century, Sapporo saw increasing settlement by Yamato migrants. Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan after the 1964 Summer Olympics. Sapporo is currently bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The Sapporo Dome host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Twins!
is an anime television series scripted by Yōsuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together who are unsure which two of them are related to each other due to a reference from an old photograph. The ''Please Twins!'' anime series is a spin-off sequel to '' Please Teacher!''. It first aired in Japan on the WOWOW satellite television network on July 15, 2003 and finished with a total of 12 episodes plus a later OVA episode released on DVD. The series was later adapted into a light novel in 2004, which spanned a total of two volumes and, soon after, into a short one-''tankōbon'' manga version (authored by Akikan), which was serialized in MediaWorks's ''Dengeki Daioh'' magazine in September 2005. Plot ''Please Twins!'' is a story about three high-school students: Maiku Kamishiro, Karen Onodera, and Miina Miyafuji. The three were drawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint (song)
"Joint", stylized as "JOINT", is the fifth maxi single by Japanese J-pop artist Mami Kawada, with both its A-side and B-side featured in her 2008 '' Savia'' album. It contains four tracks in both regular and instrumental versions and spans 17:40. Both its A-side and B-side tracks are featured as opening and ending themes for the second season of the anime series ''Shakugan no Shana''. Geneon Entertainment released the single on October 31, 2007 in both a regular CD release and a limited CD and DVD that featured the music video for the track "Joint" bearing the catalog numbers GNCA-86 and GNCA-85 respectively. Context Two years prior, Mami Kawada had written the single "Hishoku no Sora" (2005), her second most successful single, title track of which was featured as the opening theme to the first season of the anime adaptation of the light novel series ''Shakugan no Shana''. In 2007, Kawada was pleased to be asked once more to write theme music for the upcoming second season of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneon
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan (manga by Hiromu Arakawa), The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', ''Danganronpa: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get My Way!
"Get my way!" is the fourth single from J-pop singer Mami Kawada under Geneon Entertainment. The title track was used as the second outro theme for the anime series ''Hayate no Gotoku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to Jun ...''. The single reached #27 on the Oricon charts selling roughly 7,253 copies making this as Kawada's least successful single to date. The single comes in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCA-0069) and a regular CD only edition (GNCA-0070). The DVD contains the promotional video for Get my way!. Track listing #Get my way! - 2:56 #:Composition by: Kazuya Takase #:Arrangement by: Kazuya Takase, Takeshi Ozaki #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada # - 4:21 #:Composition by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Arrangement by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada #Get my way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayate The Combat Butler
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to June 2017. Viz Media publishes an English edition in North America. The manga is about a boy who starts a new job as a butler and the events he experiences with his employer. The style of the manga has a comedic gag with a slight harem feel and constantly breaks the fourth wall. The series includes numerous references to other anime, manga, video games, and popular culture. A 52-episode anime adaptation of the manga by SynergySP aired between April 2007 and March 2008 on TV Tokyo. A second, 25-episode anime season by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2009. Bandai Entertainment licensed the first anime series in 2008, but the series went out of print in 2012. An anime film adaption produced by Manglobe was released in August 2011. A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Utatsuki
is a J-pop singer who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the music production group I've Sound based in Sapporo, Japan. She has performed several songs for eroge together with the other I've Sound members. In August 2007, she released her first maxi single under Geneon Universal Entertainment titled " Shining Stars Bless," which was used as the opening theme for the anime Nanatsuiro Drops is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by UNiSONSHIFT and released on April 21, 2006 for Windows. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. A light novel, written by Tamaki Ichikawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, .... In 2013, it was announced that Utatsuki will leave I've Sound after the release of her album ''Going On'' on March 20, 2013. Discography Singles Mini-albums Songs in I've Solo * ''Senecio'' ( Stokesia) (released July 25, 2002) * ''Sway'' (released December 28, 2002) * ''Kienai Omoi'' (消えない想い) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mell
Mell (stylized as MELL) is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to several anime soundtracks including ''Black Lagoon'', ''Hayate the Combat Butler'', '' Rideback'', ''Shakugan no Shana'', and ''Sky Girls''. After battling an unknown illness over a prolonged period, Mell left I've Sound after the release of her compilation album ''Entrust: The Name of Mell'' on March 20, 2013. Discography Albums Singles DVDs ;Mell First Live Tour 2008 Scope DVD :Released on April 29, 2009 # Under Superstition # Way beyond there # Kill # No vain # On my own # Permit # Proof # Kicks! # Scope # Red fraction # The first finale in me # Egen # Virgin's high! # Song list I've solo works * (February 5, 1999) * "Fall in Love" (September 24, 1999) * (October 16, 1999) * "Repeat" (October 16, 1999) * "Fly to the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akai Namida / Beehive
is Mami Kawada's third maxi single and it was released on May 9, 2007. Akai Namida was used as an insert song for the movie of Shakugan no Shana , also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 26 novels from November 2002 to November 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The .... This single reached #21 spot on the Oricon charts and has a total sales of 10,160 copies. It stayed in the weekly charts for four weeks. The single will come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCA-0053) and a regular CD only edition (GNCA-0054). The DVD will contain the promotional video for Beehive. Track listing # - 4:19 #:Composition by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Arrangement by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada #Beehive - 4:18 #:Composition by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa #:Arrangement by: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki #:Lyrics: Mami Kawada # - 4:19 #Beehive (instrumental) - 4:16 Charts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldr Force
Baldr (also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, Baldr (Old Norse: ) is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and Váli. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as , and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym ('hero' or 'prince'). During the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story. Compiled in Iceland during the 13th century, but based on older Old Norse poetry, the ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'' contain numerous references to the death of Baldr as both a great tragedy to the Æsir and a harbinger of Ragnarök. According to ''Gylfaginning'', a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti. Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, Hringhorni, and there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneon Universal Entertainment
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', '' Danganronpa: The Animation'', ''Golden Kamuy'', and ''Seraph of the End'' among many others. Their North American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
