Mitsuru Hongo
is a Japanese anime director of television and film. Hongo originally worked at Ajiado as an animator but moved to Shin-Ei Animation where he directed '' Crayon Shin-chan''. He left in 1996 and went on to direct ''Immortal Grand Prix'', ''Outlaw Star'', ''Reideen'', ''Shamanic Princess'', and ''The Candidate for Goddess''. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the feature film '' Sakura Wars: The Movie''. Hongo is a native of Tokyo but grew up in Niigata Prefecture. Filmography (as director) * ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' * '' Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin'' * ''Chimpui'' * '' Crayon Shin-chan'' * '' Deltora Quest'' * ''Gunma-chan'' * ''Immortal Grand Prix'' * ''Kasumin'' * ''Kyoro-chan'' * ''Mainichi Kaasan'' * '' Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On'' * ''Outlaw Star'' * ''Pilot Candidate'' * ''Reideen'' * '' Sakura Wars: The Movie'' * ''Shamanic Princess'' * ''Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!'' * ''Spirit of Wonder'' * '' Tenkai Knights'' * ''World Trigger , also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Film Directors
This article is a list of Japanese film directors. __NOTOC__ A * Yutaka Abe * Masao Adachi * Kyōko Aizome * Masatoshi Akihara * Keita Amemiya * Tetsurō Amino * Hiroshi Ando * Hideaki Anno * Shinji Aoyama * Tarō Araki * Genjiro Arato * Mari Asato D * Masanobu Deme * Nobuhiro Doi F * Kei Fujiwara * Kinji Fukasaku * Jun Fukuda * Yasuo Furuhata * Tomoyuki Furumaya G * Hideo Gosha * Heinosuke Gosho H * Sachi Hamano * Tsutomu Hanabusa * Susumu Hani * Masato Harada * Yasuharu Hasebe * Kazuhiko Hasegawa * Ryusuke Hamaguchi * Ryōsuke Hashiguchi * Kaizo Hayashi * Shinji Higuchi * Hideyuki Hirayama * Ryūichi Hiroki * Ishirō Honda I * Jun Ichikawa * Kon Ichikawa * Mako Idemitsu * George Iida * Takahiko Iimura * Toshiharu Ikeda * Kazuo Ikehiro * Yutaka Ikejima * Kaoru Ikeya * Kunihiko Ikuhara * Tadashi Imai * Shohei Imamura * Shinji Imaoka * Hiroshi Inagaki * Haruo Inoue * Umetsugu Inoue * Isshin Inudo * Minoru Inuzuka * Yu Irie * Katsuhito Ishii * S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anime Directors
An animation director is either the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or television, and animated segment for a live action film or television show, or the animator in charge of correcting layouts and drawings. The difference between the two is largely the difference between the western and eastern animation industries. Responsibilities Western production pipeline In western animation, such as Disney, the responsibilities of an animation director include directing the storyboards, character designs, background animation, and other technical aspects of a project's animation. Some animated film productions may split the duties between an animation director, who focuses on the creation of the animation, and a director who oversees all other aspects of the film. A supervising animator is commonly in charge of all aspects of the design and artwork for a single major character. The supervising animator oversees a group ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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World Trigger
, also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December 2018. Its chapters have been compiled by Shueisha into 25 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation produced by Toei Animation was aired on TV Asahi from October 2014 to April 2016. A second season aired from January to April 2021, and a third season aired from October 2021 to January 2022. Synopsis Setting In (280,000 inhabitants), a "gate" to a different world suddenly opens one day. Monsters called start appearing from the gate. Humans are overwhelmed at first when their weapons are found to be useless against Neighbors, until a mysterious organization appears that is able to repel the Neighbors' attacks. The organ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tenkai Knights
is a 2013 Canadian-Japanese anime series based on a toy line by Spin Master, produced by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Spin Master and TV Tokyo and animated by Bones. It was directed by Mitsuru Hongo, with Jin Kanada and Hiroshi Ōnogi handling series scripts, Toshihiro Kawamoto and Shigeru Fujita designing the characters, Takayuki Yanase and Fujirō designing the 3DCG characters and MONACA composing the music. The series officially aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2013 and in Canada on Teletoon on September 28, 2013. After a year, it premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations on April 5, 2014. In North America, the toys have been on sale since December 2013. Story Eons ago, a cube–like peaceful planet named Quarton is populated by shape–shifting living bricks called Tenkai. Quarton was ravaged by a war between two opposite factions: the Corekai Soldiers, led by the valiant and fearless Commander Beagle ("Beag"); and the Corrupted Army ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spirit Of Wonder
''Spirit of Wonder'' is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazines ''Morning'' and ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1986 to 1995. A single-episode original video animation (OVA) animated by Ajia-do Animation Works and released by Toshiba-EMI, ''Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring'', was released in 1992. Another five-episode OVA was produced and released by Bandai Visual from 2001 to 2004. Overview ''Spirit of Wonder'' consists of self-contained short stories, whose common factor is that they revolve around scientists developing absurd inventions, with plots involving treasure hunting, time travel or space travel. The stories are inspired by science fiction authors like H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Edmond Hamilton. The title was inspired by the '' Spirit of St. Louis'' aircraft, flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. The first nine chapters, which we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shiratori Reiko De Gozaimasu!
is a '' shōjo'' romantic comedy manga by Yumiko Suzuki. It was published by Kodansha in the magazine '' Mimi'' from 1988 to 1992 and collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was adapted as an anime OVA produced by Ajia-do that was released in 1990, an 11-episode live-action television series broadcast on Fuji TV in 1993, and a theatrical movie released in 1995. In 1989, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It is the story of Reiko Shiratori, a nouveau-riche girl from the countryside, who enters a Tokyo university to pursue ordinary college student Tetsuya Akimoto. Television dramas 1989 cast * Honami Suzuki as Reiko Shiratori * Makoto Nonomura as Tetsuya Akimoto 1993 cast * Yasuko Matsuyuki as Reiko Shiratori * Masato Hagiwara as Tetsuya Akimoto 2016 cast * Mayuko Kawakita as Reiko Shiratori * Masaru Mizuno as Tetsuya Akimoto Original video animation Cast * Maria Kawamura as Reiko Shiratori * Kenyu Horiuchi is a Japanese voice actor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pilot Candidate
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The series takes place in the distant future, where human beings live among space colonies and a single, inhabitable planet called Zion. The plot follows Zero Enna and his fellow candidates as they try to prove themselves worthy of piloting the "Ingrids", also called "Goddesses". These gigantic, humanoid weapons are humanity's only significant defense against a hostile, alien threat known as "Victim". ''The Candidate for Goddess'' was serialized in the monthly Wani Books magazine ''Comic Gum''. A total of 26 chapters were collected in five ''tankōbon'' (volumes) and released between 1997 and 2001. The manga was later translated into English and published in North America by Tokyopop and in Australian and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. ''The Candidate for Goddess'' was adapted into a 12-episode anime series directed by Mitsuru Hongo and produced by Xebec, which was a subsidiary of Production I.G. The adapt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ride On , the bus system in Montgomery County, Maryland
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Ride On may refer to: * ''Ride On'', a song by Jimmy McCarthy, covered among others by Christy Moore and Cruachan * ''Ride On'' (Christy Moore album), an album (and song) by Christy Moore * ''Ride On'' (Izzy Stradlin album), an album by Izzy Stradlin * ''Ride On'' (Texas Hippie Coalition album), an album (and song) by American red dirt metal music ensemble Texas Hippie Coalition *''Ride On'', an album by Albert Järvinen *" Ride On", an AC/DC song from the 1976 album ''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' *"Ride On, Baby", a song by Jagger/Richards *"Ride On", a song by Sacha Di Manolo *Ride On (bus) Ride On (formerly Ride-On) is the primary public transportation system in Montgomery County, Maryland. Managed by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Ride On serves Montgomery County as well as the community of Langley Park in Pri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mainichi Kaasan
is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara, based on her experiences as a housewife and mother. It was serialized on a weekly basis in the newspaper's morning edition from October 2002 to 26 June 2017. The manga was later collected into 14 volumes. It won several awards, including the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004, the Short Story Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2005, and the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011. was adapted into an anime television series directed by Mitsuru Hongo that aired on TV Tokyo from 1 April 2009 to 25 March 2012. Spanning 142 episodes, the anime was licensed in English under the title '': Mom's Life'' on Crunchyroll's video streaming website. was also adapted into a live-action film directed by Shōtarō Kobayashi, released in theaters in Japan on 5 February 2011. The film starred the real-life divorced couple Kyōko ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |