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Mayu (given Name)
Mayu is a Japanese feminine given name. People with this name include: People Actresses *, Japanese actress *, Japanese pink film actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress, ex-member of idol group AKB48 Singers *, Japanese singer-songwriter based in the United States Sportspeople *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese artistic gymnast *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese taekwondo practitioner *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese women's footballer Visual artists *, Japanese photojournalist and photo media artist based in Australia *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist Fictional characters * Mayu Amakura, a character from the ''Fatal Frame'' series *Mayu Hasuda, a character from the film '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' *Mayu Kashiwada, a character from the anime ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' *Mayu Okada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Tsuruta
Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田 真由, born April 25, 1970 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan) is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of internal refugees at Kenya's Nakuru ASK grounds, as a goodwill ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development. While surveying the situation at the refugee camp, she spent time with several families and helped distribute food aid. Filmography Film * '' Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan'' (1993) * きけ、わだつみの声 Last Friends (''Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends'', 1995) * '' Sōrito Yobanaide'' (1997) * ''Owls' Castle'' (1999) * ''Mr. Rookie'' (2002) * ''Half a Confession'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * ''Katenkoru'' (2005) * ''Hotori no Sakuko'' (2013) * ''The Ravine of Goodbye'' (2013) * ''Destiny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Kanamori
is an artist working mostly in photography, documentary photography, and still photography video art, often using photographic projection and story telling with emphasis on performance using interviews and narration. Kanamori's earlier works deal with themes relating to subculture and minority groups, especially within Japan and Australia. Her later works deal with Australian and Japanese cross cultural and migrational issues, and her more recent works further these concerns by her attempt to spiritual connections with people and landscapes of both Australia and Japan. Photography In 1996 at Japan Foundation Sydney Gallery, Kanamori first exhibited her series of documentary photographs of Japanese subcultures, Unseen Faces of Japan: photographs taken during her previous thee years in Japan, whilst working for Australian publications, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald). Whilst working as a freelance photographer and writer based in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfen Lied
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Elfen Lied'' revolves around the interactions, views, emotions, and differences between human beings and the Diclonii, a mutant species similar to humans in build but distinguishable by two horns on their heads and "vectors", transparent telekinetically controlled arms that have the power to manipulate and cut objects within their reach. The series is centered on the teenage Diclonius girl "Lucy" who was rejected by human beings and subsequently wants revenge. The series' title is German for "Elves' Song" or more formally "song of the elves'" and takes its name from the song "Elfenlied", which is featured in the story. ''Elfen Lied'' involves themes of discrimination, social alienation, identity, prejudice, revenge, abuse, jealousy, regret, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 3 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 2 in the Vocaloid series. This version of the software is a much more expansive version, containing many new features, three new languages and many more vocals than past software versions combined. History Vocaloid 3 launched on October 21, 2011, along with several products in Japanese product, the first of its kind. Several studios are providing updates to allow Vocaloid 2 vocal libraries to come over to Vocaloid 3. With the launch of Vocaloid 3, a tool that was developed titled VocaListener, a software package that allows for realistic Vocaloid songs to be produced using human singing as a template, currently only supports Japanese vocals. It supports additional languages including Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. It is also able to use plug-ins for the software itself and switch between normal and "classic" mode for less realistic vocal results. Unlike previous versions, the vocal libraries and main editing softw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selector Infected WIXOSS
''WIXOSS'' is a Japanese multimedia franchise produced as a collaboration between Takara Tomy, J.C.Staff, and Warner Entertainment Japan. The franchise revolves around the eponymous trading card game and follows girls known as Selectors who battle against each other in order to have their wishes granted. The trading card game by Takara Tomy launched in Japan in April 2014 and will begin release in English by Tomy International in November 2021. An anime television series by J.C.Staff, titled ''selector infected WIXOSS'', aired in Japan between April and June 2014, with a second season, ''selector spread WIXOSS'', airing between October and December 2014. A compilation film, titled ''selector destructed WIXOSS'', was released on February 13, 2016. A sequel anime television series, titled ''Lostorage incited WIXOSS'', aired from October to December 2016, with its second season, ''Lostorage conflated WIXOSS'', airing from April to June 2018. Another anime television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodocha
, also known as ''Kodocha'' for short, is a Japanese manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J.C. Staff and released on December 16, 1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo, animated by Studio Gallop, and broadcast on TV Tokyo every Friday from April 5, 1996 to March 27, 1998. In 2002, the manga was published in North America in English by Tokyopop as ''Kodocha: Sana's Stage''. In 2006, Tokyopop lost the license to the manga, leaving it out of print. In 2005, the first half of the anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Funimation Entertainment and has been released on DVD. In 2012, Funimation announced that their Kodocha DVDs went out of print. In 2020, Discotek Media announced that they have rescue licensed the series for release on SD Blu-ray in 2021. Both the manga and anime have been well received by publications for different media for the character int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider 1 (film)
is a 2016 Japanese superhero film, produced to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series and is part of Toei's "Super Hero Year" project. It features a team-up between the main protagonist of ''Kamen Rider'' and the cast of ''Kamen Rider Ghost''. Plot Tokyo is under attack by the evil Shocker organization, which is intent on capturing a girl named Mayu Tachibana. However, their plans are thwarted by , a splinter group bent on conquering the global economy instead of just world domination. Takeru Tenkūji arrives on the scene and helps Mayu escape, but is overwhelmed by the Nova Shocker general Wolga before Takeshi Hongo appears and dispatches the Shocker Combatmen. Back at Daitenkū-ji, Takeru, Akari Tsukimura, and Onari learn of the history of Shocker, and Akari deduces that Mayu is from Jōnan University Affiliated High School based on her school uniform during the attack. To know more about Mayu, Takeru and Akari go undercover at the university as teachers. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpse Party
is an adventure game, adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker game development tool, software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April 22, 1996 for the PC-9801. It was followed by three remakes: ''Corpse Party: NewChapter'', which was released incomplete for mobile phones from October 3, 2006 to December 26, 2007, ''Corpse Party: Blood Covered'', which was released for Microsoft Windows from March 8, 2008 to July 28, 2011, and ''Corpse Party: Blood Covered ...Repeated Fear'', which was released for the PlayStation Portable on August 12, 2010, and iOS on February 9, 2012. The game was released in North America and Europe by Marvelous USA under the title ''Corpse Party''. Marvelous USA planned to release a localized version ''Corpse Party Blood Covered'' for PC in North America in 2015, but the title was delayed until 2016. A 3DS version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibility was extended to iOS and Android devices on December 16, 2011. The game is based on '' The Idolmaster'' franchise, and features a cast of new idol characters. In September 2015, a music video game developed by Cygames titled '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage'' was released on the Google Play Store and Apple Store in Japan. The original game is scheduled to end service on March 30, 2023 and will be succeeded by its spinoff game and adaptations. The story in ''Cinderella Girls'' follows the career of a producer in charge of leading and training prospective pop idols to stardom. Its gameplay follows a digital collectible card game format in which each idol is represented as a card, which the player may use to form a unit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the head writer of ''Glass Fleet'' and ''Kamen Rider Kabuto''. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on the character designs for ''Yes! PreCure 5''. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014. The series aired on All-Nippon News Network (ANN)'s TV Asahi network between February 5, 2012 and January 27, 2013, replacing '' Suite PreCure♪'' in its initial timeslot, and is succeeded by '' DokiDoki! PreCure''. A film was released in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2012. The series' main topic is fairy tales and happiness. A novel was released in 2016, which serves as a series epilogue taking place 10 years after the events of the anime. The series was adapted into English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futari Wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. The first season, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired between February 1, 2004 and January 30, 2005, in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous work Ashita no Nadja. It received an adapted English-dubbed version, which aired in Canada in March 2009. A second season, , or simply ''Max Heart'', aired in Japan between February 6, 2005, and January 29, 2006. It was then succeeded by ''Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star''. Two ''Max Heart'' movies were released on April 16, 2005, and December 10, 2005, respectively. The series' main motif is yin and yang. Plot ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' revolves around two girls, Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro, who encounter the Garden of Light's Mipple and Mepple, who give them the power to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem
A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually, but not necessarily, celebrated in the context of a funeral (when it is often called a Funeral Mass). Musical settings of the propers of the Requiem Mass are also called Requiems, and the term has subsequently been applied to other musical compositions associated with death, dying, and mourning, even when they lack religious or liturgical relevance. The term is also used for similar ceremonies outside the Roman Catholic Church, especially in Western Rite Orthodox Christianity, the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in certain Lutheran churches. A comparable service, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, exists in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches as well as some M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
