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Mioko Fujiwara
is a Japanese manga series by Akira Kojima. It was serialized in Square Enix' ''Monthly Gangan WING'' manga magazine between January 2000 and July 2006, spanning a total of 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation, entitled , was animated by J.C.Staff, aired on TV Tokyo from January 10, 2005, to June 26, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes. Plot Shiratori Ryushi wants to become a children's picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-Sou (Narutaki Villa), in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. Narutaki-Sou is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn't fit in urban scenery. The complex is owned by his mother's cousin and the manager of the apartment is his second cousin, Aoba Kozue. They met each other when they were children, although Shiratori doesn't remember much of it. Kozue is in the second grade of a high school attached to Aoba Junior College. There are seven residents of Narutaki-Sou. The first, Chanohata Tamami, liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosplay
Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, and a broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage. Any entity that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject. Favorite sources include anime, cartoons, comic books, manga, television series, and video games. The term is composed of the two aforementioned counterparts – costume and role play. Cosplay grew out of the practice of fan costuming at science fiction conventions, beginning with Morojo's "futuristicostumes" created for the 1st World Science Fiction Convention held in New York City in 1939. The Japanese term was coined in 1984. A rapid growth in the number of people cosplaying as a hobby since the 1990s has made the phenomenon a significant asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resona Holdings
() is the holding company of , the fifth-largest banking group in Japan as of 2012. It is headquartered in the Kiba area of Koto, Tokyo. The main operating entities of the group are Resona Bank, a nationwide corporate and retail bank headquartered in Osaka, and Saitama Resona Bank, a smaller bank headquartered in Saitama City which primarily serves Saitama Prefecture. Most of these banks' operations are descended from Daiwa Bank and Asahi Bank, which merged in 2003. History Daiwa Bank Resona was formed as the Osaka Nomura Bank in 1918. This entity served as the financing arm of the Nomura ''zaibatsu'' founded by Tokushichi Nomura. Its securities brokerage operation separated in 1926 to form Nomura Securities, now Japan's largest securities company. The bank was renamed Nomura Bank in 1927 and became the main bank for the Osaka Prefecture government in 1929, immediately following the 1929 stock market crash. The Nomura ''zaibatsu'' was dissolved in the wake of World War II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyu Horiuchi
is a Japanese voice actor. In 2002 he founded his own voice acting management office, Kenyu Office. He is best known for dubbing over Brad Pitt (Horiuchi met Pitt at Japan's Premiere of '' Bullet Train''), Charlie Sheen, Ben Stiller, Ben Affleck, Ian Ziering, Brendan Fraser and John Stamos (especially for Jesse Katsopolis in the ABC sitcom ''Full House'') and many more. Filmography Television animation * 1983: ''Captain Tsubasa'' (Taki, Pierre) * 1983: ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'' (Rerela Jeda) * 1986: ''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' ( Mashymre Cello) * 1986: '' Transformers 2010'' (Springer) * 1987: ''Mister Ajikko'' (Chef Shimonaka) * 1989: '' Tenkū Senki Shurato'' (Ten-ō Hyūga) * 1990: ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'' (the narrator) * 1990: '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (Sanson) * 1992: ''Tekkaman Blade'' (Balzac Asimov) * 1993: ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Hangelg Ewin) * 1994: ''YuYu Hakusho'' (Hokushin) * 1996: ''After War Gundam X'' (Jamil Neate) * 1996: '' B't X'' (Metalface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventriloquism
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to "throw" one's voice. History Origins Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The name comes from the Latin for 'to speak from the stomach: (belly) and (speak). The Greeks called this gastromancy ( grc-gre, εγγαστριμυθία). The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist would then interpret the sounds, as they were thought to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell the future. One of the earliest recorded group of prophets to use this technique was the Pythia, the priestess at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyuu Horiuchi
is a Japanese voice actor. In 2002 he founded his own voice acting management office, Kenyu Office. He is best known for dubbing over Brad Pitt (Horiuchi met Pitt at Japan's Premiere of ''Bullet Train''), Charlie Sheen, Ben Stiller, Ben Affleck, Ian Ziering, Brendan Fraser and John Stamos (especially for Jesse Katsopolis in the ABC sitcom ''Full House'') and many more. Filmography Television animation * 1983: '' Captain Tsubasa'' (Taki, Pierre) * 1983: ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'' (Rerela Jeda) * 1986: ''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' ( Mashymre Cello) * 1986: '' Transformers 2010'' (Springer) * 1987: ''Mister Ajikko'' (Chef Shimonaka) * 1989: '' Tenkū Senki Shurato'' (Ten-ō Hyūga) * 1990: ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'' (the narrator) * 1990: '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (Sanson) * 1992: ''Tekkaman Blade'' (Balzac Asimov) * 1993: ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Hangelg Ewin) * 1994: ''YuYu Hakusho'' (Hokushin) * 1996: ''After War Gundam X'' (Jamil Neate) * 1996: '' B't X'' (Metalface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umi Tenjin
is a Japanese voice actress from Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Voice roles Anime TV ;1997 *'' Cojicoji'' (Harehare) ;1998 *'' Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy'' (Pinchy) *''Kocchi Muite! Miiko'' (Miiko Yamada) ;1999 *''Ojamajo Doremi'' series (Misaki Shibayama, various others) *''Digimon Adventure'' ( Koushiro Izumi) aka izzy *''Magic User's Club'' (Michiko Mikote, Rie) *''Hunter × Hunter'' (Ponzu, Zushi, Kortopi) ;2000 *''Digimon Adventure 02'' (Koushiro Izumi) ;2002 *''Digimon Frontier'' (Pandamon) *''Full Moon o Sagashite'' (Sora) ;2004 *''Battle B-Daman'' (Jinbee) ;2005 *''Mahoraba Heartful Days'' (Asami Kurosaki) ;2006 *''Digimon Savers'' (Pandamon) ;2010 *''Digimon Xros Wars'' (Pandamon) OVA ;2002 *'' Hunter × Hunter OVA'' (Kortopi) Movie ;2000 *''Digimon Adventure'' (Koushiro Izumi) ;2001 *''Digimon Adventure 02'' (Koushiro Izumi) Video games *''Summon Night'' (Akane) *''Digimon World'' (Main Character) External linksUmi Tenjinat Ryu's Seiyuu Info * * Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahoge
The following is a glossary of terms that are specific to anime and manga. Anime includes animated series, films and videos, while manga includes graphic novels, drawings and related artwork. ''Note: Japanese words that are used in general (e.g. ''oniisan'', ''kawaii'' and '' senpai'') are not included on this list, unless a description with a reference for notability can be provided that shows how they relate.'' Character traits * : Refers to any noticeable strand of hair which sticks in a different direction from the rest of an anime/manga character’s hair. * : Beautiful young woman. * : Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man: androgynous, effeminate or gender-ambiguous. In Japan, it refers to youth with such characteristics, while in Europe and the Americas, it has become a generic term for attractively androgynous males of all ages. * : typically used to describe early teens who have delusions of grandeur and have convinced themselves they have hid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Asano
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator who worked for Aoni Production, but now as of January, 2021 a Freelancer. Biography Asano was born on August 25, 1977 in Noshiro, Akita and studied at the Kokugakuin University Faculty of Literature. Asano announced via her blog that her dōjin manga series ''Seiyu's Life!'', with art by Kenjiro Hata, is receiving an anime television series adaptation. Filmography Television animation *''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001) – Saga *'' .hack//Sign'' (2002, Episode 28: "Unison") – BlackRose (Hayami Akira) *''Gravion'' (2002) – Kaori Stephanie *''Haibane Renmei'' (2002) – Shouta *''Rizelmine'' (2002) – Aoi *'' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' (2002) – Hiyono Yuizaki *''D.N.Angel'' (2003) – Risa Harada *''Ikki Tousen'' (2003) – Hakufu Sonsaku *''Popotan'' (2003) – Mai *''Gravion Zwei'' (2004) – Kaori Stephanie *''Uta∽Kata'' (2004) – Manatsu Kuroki *''Daphne in the Brilliant Blue'' (2004) – Gloria *''Yumeria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōko Shiraishi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kashiba, Nara. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Possessing a husky voice, Shiraishi voices young to teenage men as well as young girls and teenage women. However, in a break from tradition, one of her most famous roles is the brash and hot-headed Asuka Kazama, who is noted for speaking with a strong Osaka accent, which is one of Shiraishi's specialist skills. She was also formerly a member of the voice acting unit Drops, along with Ai Nonaka, Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, and Mariko Kōda. Shiraishi married on September 6, 2012, but divorced in 2013. Filmography Television animation *''GetBackers'' (2002), Ginji Amano (young) *''Air Master'' (2003), Waitress *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (2003), Remu *'' D.C.: Da Capo'' (2003), Mikkun *'' Mugen Senki Potorisu'' (2003), Yūma *''One Piece'' (2003), Akibi *''Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation'' (2003), Haruka's Wurmple/ Silcoon/ Beautifly; others *''Fafner of the Azure'' (2004), Rin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Demon
The evil demon, also known as Descartes' demon, malicious demon and evil genius, is an epistemological concept that features prominently in Cartesian philosophy. In the first of his 1641 ''Meditations on First Philosophy'', Descartes imagines that an evil demon, of "utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me." This evil demon is imagined to present a complete illusion of an external world, so that Descartes can say, "I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things." Some Cartesian scholars opine that the demon is also omnipotent, and thus capable of altering mathematics and the fundamentals of logic, though omnipotence of the evil demon would be contrary to Descartes' hypothesis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
