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Mitsuo Iso
is a Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter. He began his career as an animator in the mid-1980s and worked as a freelance artist through Neomedia, Studio Zaendo, and Studio Ghibli. Iso is known for his offbeat key animation in the prologue of '' Gundam 0080'', large portions of Asuka's battle in ''The End of Evangelion'' and the first half of the tank battle in ''Ghost in the Shell''. Career Iso has worked on ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' and ''Gundam ZZ'' since 1985 as a key animator and in-betweener. This led him to secretly work in the 1988 film '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' under the pseudonym Mikio Odagawa without telling Zaendo, where he was at the time. He was then asked by Sunrise, an animation studio, to act as an intermediary for job offers to the company, and worked under his real name as a job through the company. Sunrise also hired him as an animation director, so he worked under that pseudonym. The battle scene at the beginning of the 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aichi
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Shizuoka Prefecture to the east. Overview Nagoya is the capital and largest city of Aichi Prefecture, and the fourth-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Toyota, Okazaki, and Ichinomiya. Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya form the core of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, the third-largest metropolitan area in Japan and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Aichi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and forms part of the Tōkai region, a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region. Aichi Prefecture is home to the Toyota Motor Corporation. Aichi Prefecture had many locations with the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, The Chubu Centrair Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise (company)
, previously and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 1972 and is based in Ogikubo, Tokyo. Its former names were also Soeisha, Nippon Sunrise and Sunrise Studio. Its primary division, , is renowned for critically praised and popular original anime series such as ''Gundam'', '' Cowboy Bebop'', ''Space Runaway Ideon'', ''Armored Trooper Votoms'', ''Magic God Hero Legend Wataru'', ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'', ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'', ''Crush Gear Turbo'', ''The Vision of Escaflowne'', ''Love Live!'', ''Witch Hunter Robin'', ''My-HiME'', ''My-Otome'', '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'', '' Tiger & Bunny'', and '' Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon'', as well as its numerous adaptations of acclaimed light novels including ''Crest of the Stars'', ''Dirty Pair'', ''Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere'' and ''Accel World'', and manga such as ''City Hunter'', ''Inuyasha'', ''Outlaw Star'', ''Yakitate!! Japan'', ''Planetes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion'' is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm, particularly in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy who is recruited by his father Gendo to the shadowy organization Nerv to pilot a giant bio-machine mecha named " Evangelion" into combat against beings known as "Angels". The series explores the experiences and emotions of Evangelion pilots and members of Nerv as they try to prevent Angels from causing more cataclysms. In the process, they are called upon to understand the ultimate causes of events and the motives for human action. The series has been described as a deconstruction of the mecha genre and it features archetypal imagery derived from Shinto cosmology as well as Jewish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
is a Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter. Kitakubo began work in the anime industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' television series. He debuted as a director with the ''Cream Lemon'' episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including ''Black Magic M-66'' with Masamune Shirow and '' Akira'' with Katsuhiro Otomo. Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from ''Robot Carnival'', the original video animation (OVA) series '' Golden Boy'', and the films ''Roujin Z'' and '' Blood: The Last Vampire''. In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film. ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' also won grand prize at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of '' Akira'', in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005, promoted to ''Officier'' of the order in 2014, became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013. Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award. Otomo is married to Yoko Otomo. Together they have one child, a son named Shohei Otomo, who is also an artist. Early life Katsuhiro Otomo was born in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture and grew up in Tome District. He said that living in the very rural Tōhoku region left him with nothing to do as a child, so h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roujin Z
is a 1991 Japanese animated science fiction action thriller film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Katsuhiro Otomo. The animation for ''Roujin Z'' was produced by A.P.P.P. in association with other companies including Movic, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Aniplex and TV Asahi. Plot ''Roujin Z'' is set in early 21st-century Japan. A group of scientists and hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic features. The Z-001 takes complete care of the patient: it can dispense food and medicine, remove excretory waste, bathe and exercise the patient lying within its frame. The bed is driven by its own built-in nuclear power reactor—and in the event of an atomic meltdown, the bed (including the patient lying within) would become automatically sealed in concrete. The first patient to be "volunteered" to test the bed is an 87-year-old dying widower named Kijuro Takazawa. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Waves (film)
''Ocean Waves'', known in Japan as , is a 1993 Japanese anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990–1992 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten and the Nippon Television Network, ''Ocean Waves'' first aired on May 5, 1993 on Nippon TV. The film is set in the city of Kōchi, and follows a love triangle that develops between two good friends and a new girl who transfers to their high school from Tokyo. ''Ocean Waves'' was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. However, it ended up going both over budget and over schedule. In 1995, a sequel to the novel, ''I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love'', was published. In the same year, a TV drama was produced mainly based on this work starring Shinji Takeda and Hitomi Satō. Plot In Kōchi, Taku Morisaki receives a call from his friend, Yutaka Matsuno, asking to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porco Rosso
is a 1992 Anime, Japanese animated Adventure film, adventure-fantasy film, fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on ''Hikōtei Jidai'' ("The Age of the Flying Boat"), a three-part 1989 watercolor manga by Miyazaki. It stars the voices of Shūichirō Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Japan Airlines and the Nippon Television Network, it was produced by Toshio Suzuki (producer), Toshio Suzuki and distributed by Toho. Its score is by Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. The plot revolves around an Italian World War I ex-fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. However, an unusual curse has transformed him into an anthropomorphic pig. Once called Marco Pagot (Marco Rossolini in the American version), he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian language, Italian for "Red Pig" or "Red Pork". A first English-dubbed version was made fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Yesterday (1991 Film)
is a 1991 Japanese animated drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, based on the 1982 manga of the same title by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho. It was released on July 20, 1991. The ending theme song is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom's composition " The Rose". ''Only Yesterday'' explores a genre traditionally thought to be outside the realm of animated subjects: a realistic drama written for adults, particularly women. The film was a surprise box office success, attracting a large adult audience and becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film of 1991 in the country. It has also been well received by critics outside of Japan—it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, GKIDS released the film for the first time in an English-language format on February 26, 2016, featuring the voices of Daisy Ridley, Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It is best known for its animated feature films, and has also produced several short subjects, television commercials, and two television films. Its mascot and most recognizable symbol is a character named Totoro, a giant spirit inspired by raccoon dogs (''tanuki'') and cats from the 1988 anime film ''My Neighbor Totoro''. Among the studio's highest-grossing films are ''Spirited Away'' (2001), ''Howl's Moving Castle'' (2004) and ''Ponyo'' (2008). The studio was founded on June 15, 1985, by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, after the successful performance of Topcraft's ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (1984). It has also collaborated with video game studios on the visual development of several games. Five of the studio's films are among the ten hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In The Pocket
is a six episode 1989 Japanese science fiction original video animation series. It is the first OVA series in the Gundam franchise. It was directed by , written by Hiroyuki Yamaga with character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto. As suggested by its subtitle, "''War in the Pocket''," it is a small, personal story; a side story focusing on the experiences of an eleven-year-old boy during the One Year War and his learning of the real meaning of war. A significant departure for the ''Gundam'' franchise at the time, ''Gundam 0080'' has received wide acclaim from critics. Plot ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket'' is a side story to the main ''Gundam'' franchise continuity. The ''Gundam'' series is set in a fictional calendar era known as "Universal Century" and it establishes that there is a so-called "One Year War" between the Earth Federation and Principality of Zeon—the setting for the original series—, and ''War in the Pocket'' is set in the last days of the war. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
