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Masami Kobushi
is a cover album by Masami Okui. Information *To commemorate her 10th anniversary since her debut in 1993, Masami Okui sang cover versions of 10 famous anime songs. *It was first released on 1 May 2003 as a limited release and became very rare after a while. 2 years later, the album was re-released to public. Track listing # #*Anime television series ''Cutie Honey'' opening theme #*Lyrics: Cloud Q #*Composition: Takeo Watanabe #*Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki #Give a reason #*Anime television series ''Slayers Next'' opening theme #*Lyrics: Satomi Arimori #*Composition: Hidetoshi Sato #*Arrangement: Tsutomu Ohira #Truth #*Anime television series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' ending theme #*Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi #*Composition: Riki Arai #*Arrangement: Hirama Akihiko #Love squall #*Anime television series ''Lupin III'' ending theme #*Lyrics: Sanaho Maki #*Composition: Yuji Ohno #*Arrangement: DRY # #*Anime television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' opening theme #*Lyrics: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masami Okui
is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She is especially well known for her songs from ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', ''Tales of Eternia'' The Animation, ''Slayers'', ''Sorcerer Hunters'', ''Di Gi Charat'', ''Magic User's Club'', '' Jungle de Ikou!'', ''Akihabara Dennou Gumi'', ''Ray the Animation'', ''He Is My Master'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters.'' She has performed material for more than 50 singles and 20 albums to date (including her work with JAM Project and Chihiro Yonekura). Okui hosts ''@Tunes'', an anime music news program, on the Japanese anime television network Animax. Biography Okui began her music career as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito in November 1989. Her first solo single "Dare Yori mo Zutto" was released in 1993, and was used as a theme song for the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saber Marionette J
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996 to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the ''Saber Marionette'' franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Productions and into six other languages by various companies. In between production, ''Saber Marionette J'' spun off into other media. A manga serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Dragon Age magazine ran from October 1996 to November 1999, and was collected into five volumes. A concurrent radio drama was broadcast and the show's original soundtrack was published by Kings Records. The show was also the basis for a PlayStation fighting game called ''Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers'', developed and published by Tom Create. Plot Otaru Mamiya is an 18-year-old day laborer living on his own in the fictional city state of Japoness. Employed as a fish peddler and running a morning's catch, he is hit by a car driven by Mitsurugi Hanagata, an acquainta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunichi Tokura
, is a Japanese composer and was the chair of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) from 12 August 2010 to 31 March 2016. Early life Tokura began playing the violin at age 4. He spent his elementary and high school years in Germany where he gained a basic music education. Education Tokura debuted as a composer while still a student at the Faculty of Law at Gakushuin University. He further studied composition, conducting as well as screening and studio production in the United States and the United Kingdom. Career Tokura served as a member of the Council for Cultural Affairs, a managing director for the Japan Composer's Association (JACOMPA), a director for the All Japan Authors and Composers’ Association and the Japan Composers & Arrangers Association, and an advisor to the Song Writer's Union of Japan. On 7 December 2017 it was announced that Tokura would conduct the closing theme to the ''68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' (''68th NHK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yū Aku
(occasionally credited as You Aku) (February 7, 1937 – August 1, 2007), was a Japanese lyricist, poet, and novelist. Early life Yū Aku was born as Hiroyuki Fukada (深田公之, Fukada Hiroyuki) in Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan. His parents both originated from the town of Kawaminami in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. His father worked as a police constable in Hyogo prefecture. His father's career necessitated moving every few years, resulting in Aku attending three separate junior high schools. Yū Aku graduated from Meiji University. Career Originally, Yū Aku desired to screenwrite for movies, specifically the up-and-coming Moonlight Mask series. Aku started his career in advertisement production, which provided the foundation for his work as a lyricist. Aku worked on commercial production from 1959 to 1966. In 1964, he also took up broadcast writing. After his 1966 retirement from advertising, he continued to work as a broadcast writer and also as a lyricist. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devilman
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to battle creatures hidden in human society, thus calling himself the "Devilman" in the process. The series was originally ordered by Toei Animation as a toned-down anime version of Nagai's previous manga series, ''Demon Lord Dante''. However, Nagai wrote a darker-toned manga in order to alert readers of the dangers of the wars based on how dark the narrative becomes with each of Akira's challenges. ''Devilman''s 39-episode anime series was developed by Toei Animation in 1972, while Nagai began the ''Devilman'' as a manga in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', barely a month before the anime series started. The manga was published between June 1972 and June 1973, while multiple publishers have released it in collected volumes (''tankōbon''). Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martian Successor Nadesico
, sometimes referred to as simply , is a Japanese anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Xebec and directed by Tatsuo Satō, with manga artist Kia Asamiya providing original character designs, Keiji Gotoh serving as chief animation director, Mika Akitaka being the main mechanical designer and Takayuki Hattori composing the music. A manga adaptation by Asamiya was published by Kadokawa Shoten from 1996 to 1999. The manga, licensed in North America by CPM Manga, has many significant changes from the anime. In 2005, Anime News Network reported that plans for ''Nadesico 2'' were scrapped, citing an entry on ''Stellvia'' director Tatsuo Sato's blog. Plot The series takes place in the year 2196. Earth is at war with a race of alien invaders called the "Jovian Lizards". A company called Nergal Heavy Industries designs a space battleship, the ''ND-001 Nadesico''. While the ship is powerful and its crew consists of the top civilian experts in their fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaman King
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga. The ''Shaman King'' manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between June 1998 and August 2004. The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2017, Kodansha acquired the rights to the series and re-launched it on 35 e-book volumes in 2018, also published in print since 2020. An anime television series produced by NAS and Xebec aired for 64 episodes on TV Tokyo from July 2001 to September 2002. A reboot anime television series adaptation, produced by Bridge, aired on TV Tokyo and other channels from April 2021 to April 2022. A sequel to the reboot has been announced. The manga has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death And Rebirth
Death and Rebirth may refer to: * Reincarnation, the philosophical or religious concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, can begin a new life in a new body * ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces'', 1949 work of comparative mythology by Joseph Campbell * Dying-and-rising god, a religious motif in which a god dies and is resurrected * Ego death Ego death is a "complete loss of subjective self-identity". The term is used in various intertwined contexts, with related meanings. Jungian psychology uses the synonymous term psychic death, referring to a fundamental transformation of the psych ..., a loss of subjective self-identity that may be a part of religious or psychedelic experience * '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth'', a 1997 Japanese animated science fiction film {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from May 1991 to September 1999, with its chapters collected in thirty-nine ''tankobon'' volumes. The series explores some folk religion themes such as possession, exorcism, shamanism, Yurei, and Yōkai. The series was adapted as a 45-episode anime television series by Toei Animation called ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' which ran on TV Asahi and the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from 1993–1994, covering most parts of the first nine volumes of the Manga (total 39 volumes). The anime lead to the release of a movie, which had been the only existence of Mikami in the United States (released by Manga Video). The TV series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks. In November 2013, Toei Animation released all of the episodes with English subtitles to YouTube. In 1993, ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen manga, ''shōn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Hayashibara
is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office. One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses since the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for her roles in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Love Hina'', ''Saber Marionette J'', ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'', ''Mashin Hero Wataru'', ''Ranma ½'', '' Cowboy Bebop'', ''Slayers'', ''Detective Conan'', ''Pokémon'', '' All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku'', ''Video Girl Ai'', and ''Shaman King'' where she also performs the opening themes for the 2001 series, Over Soul and Northern Lights, as well as the 2021 adaptations theme Soul Salvation. Biography Hayashibara was born on March 30, 1967, in Kita Tokyo, Japan. She studied at a Catholic school and at one point was bullied in fifth grade. She was an active club member and participated in the Badminton, Biology, Broadcasting, Drama and English clubs. She played the role of Alice in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neko Oikawa
(born February 10, 1960) is a Japanese lyricist who has written J-pop and anime theme songs over her career. Biography Neko Oikawa was born in Wakayama, Wakayama. She made her songwriting debut in 1985 with Kanako Wada's "Passing Through", which won the Mitsubishi Minica Mascot Song Contest. During her time with Fuji Pacific Music, Oikawa wrote songs for numerous Japanese idols; most notably the duo Wink. In 1989, her song "Samishii Nettaigyo" for Wink won the Grand Prix at the 31st Japan Record Awards and the 22nd All Japan Wired Broadcasting Awards. In 1994, her song "Tokyo" for Yashiki Takajin won the Yomiuri TV Best Award and Special Award at the All Japan Cable Broadcasting Awards. Oikawa's most well-known song outside Japan is "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", recorded by Yoko Takahashi for the 1995 anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. The song has been ranked by Joysound as the most popular song on karaoke. According to Oikawa, she receives between 1 and 1.5 yen for every ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
