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Modern Magic Made Simple
is a Japanese light novel series by, and the debut work of, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, with illustrations by Miki Miyashita. As of March 25, 2009, six volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. A new edition of the first light novel was released on April 25, 2008. A manga adaptation started serialization in the '' shōnen'' magazine ''Jump Square'' on August 4, 2008. An anime adaptation was announced in October 2008. A 12-episode anime adaptation began airing in Japan on the networks BS11, AT-X, and Bandai Channel between July and September 2009. Plot summary The protagonist, Koyomi Morishita, is a short, clumsy, female high school freshman who is mercilessly teased except by her good friend Yumiko. Seeing a flyer about a school for magicians, Koyomi takes the enrollment exam and becomes a student of Misa Anehara, a powerful master magician. Modern magic is accomplished with the aid of computers by writing special programs for them. As magic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy light novels. He is best known for his novel ''All You Need Is Kill'', which formed the basis of the film ''Edge of Tomorrow'', starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Life and career Sakurazaka originally began in a career in IT. He made his literary debut in 2002 at the second Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award with ''Mahō tsukai no netto'' (), which was later published in December 2003 under the name ''Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō''. This work has subsequently been expanded into a series of light novels and has been made into an anime. In 2004 he was presented the S-F Magazine Readers Award's best short story award for "The Saitama Chain Saw Massacre". His 2004 novel ''All You Need Is Kill'' received high praise from other authors in Japan and has been published in English by Viz Media. Sakurazaka has an interest in computers and video games. He is knowledgeable about computer culture, can program in Perl, is able to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines that exclusively target the demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at the turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of manga is primarily on action, adventure, and the fighting of monsters or other forces of evil. Though action narratives dominate the category, there is de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Manga
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Misato
is a female Japanese J-pop singer from Saitama, Japan. Most of her songs are theme songs for anime and video games. She made her debut in 2004 with her first single Kimi ga Sora Datta (君が空だった), which was featured as the ending theme of the anime Mai-HiME. To date she has released sixteen singles, and in addition has been featured in several compilation albums. She's currently under both SOLID VOX and Lantis recording labels. Discography Singles #, released November 26, 2004 #Silent wing, released July 6, 2005 #UNLIMITED FIRE, released August 24, 2005 #, released November 23, 2005 #, released February 6, 2006 #, released April 26, 2006 #, released August 9, 2006 #, released January 24, 2007 #BLOOD QUEEN, released May 9, 2007 #disarm dreamer, released October 24, 2007 #sad rain, released May 14, 2008 #Life and Proud, released February 4, 2009 #Made in WONDER, released August 5, 2009 #Scarlet Bomb!, released October 21, 2009 #Wild Succession, released November 25, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Aso
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Natsuko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *夏子, "summer, child" *懐子, "reminiscence, yearn, child" *捺子, "press, print, affix a seal, stamp, child" *奈津子 "Nara, harbor, child" *菜津子 "vegetables, harbor, child" *那津子 "what, harbor, child" The name can also be written in hiragana なつこ, or katakana ナツコ. People ;with the given name Natsuko * Natsuko Aso (麻生 夏子), Japanese actress and J-pop actress * Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子), women's professional shogi player * Natsuko Hara (原 菜摘子), Japanese football midfielder who plays for NTV Beleza in the L. League *, Japanese concubine * Natsuko Higuchi (樋口 夏子), a Japanese author during the Meiji period and Japan´s first prominent woman writer of modern times * Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子, born 1978), a Japanese voice actress *, Japanese swimmer * Natsuko Sone (曽根 菜津子), a Japanese c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Minako Kotobuki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She played Tsumugi Kotobuki in the anime series ''K-On!'' about a high school girl band. The show launched her music career as she performed the opening and ending themes, and joined three other voice actresses as the music group Sphere. Acting career At the age of three years, Kotobuki, along with her parents, was caught up in the Great Hanshin earthquake. Not long after having seen a 1997 Japanese film entitled ''Chikyuu ga Ugoita Hi'' ("The Day the Earth Moved"), all of these events inspired Kotobuki to pursue her career as a voice actress. Kotobuki played Tsumugi Kotobuki in ''K-On!'', Karina Lyle/Blue Rose in '' Tiger & Bunny'', Rikka Hishikawa/Cure Diamond in '' DokiDoki! PreCure'', Mitsuko Kongō in ''A Certain Magical Index'' and ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Yūko Nishi in '' A Channel'', Lana and Cia from ''Hyrule Warriors'', and Natsumi Aizawa in ''Natsuiro Kiseki'', Touko Nanami in '' Bloom Into You'', Asuka Tanaka in ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabatame Hitomi
is a Japanese actress and singer who is affiliated with Ken Production. She sang the opening themes for ''Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu'' under the name "Miran Himemiya and Chocolate Rockers". Filmography Anime ;2003 *''Maburaho'' (Yūna Miyama) ;2004 *''Maria Watches Over Us'' (Eriko Torii) *''Daphne in the Brilliant Blue'' (May) *''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' (Yumiko Nakagawa) *'' Mirmo Zibang!'' (Cameri) *''Gantz'' (Kei Kishimoto) *''Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps'' (Eriko Torii) *''Ninja Nonsense'' (Kunoichi) *''Elfen Lied'' (Shirakawa, Kouta (young)) *''School Rumble'' (Mikoto Suou) *''Uta∽Kata'' (Izumi Tachibana) *'' Rockman.EXE Stream'' (Route) *''Zoids Fuzors'' (Betty) *''Desert Punk'' (Mariko) *''Tactics'' (Shino) *''Bleach'' (Young Kariya Jin, Misato Ochi, Nanao Ise, Ryō Kunieda) ;2005 *''Pani Poni Dash!'' (Misao Nanjo) *''Trinity Blood'' (Kate Scott) *''Starship Operators'' (Dita Mirkob) *''Ultimate Girls'' (Vivienne Ohtori) *''Glass Mask'' (Cordelia) *''Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Tomatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n. She received the Rookie of the Year award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and the Synergy Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Tomatsu voiced Asuna Yuuki in ''Sword Art Online'', Zero Two in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Lala Satalin Deviluke in ''To LOVE-Ru'', Kyoko Hori in ''Horimiya'', Morgiana in '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' and Naruko "Anaru" Anjo in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day''. Tomatsu began a singing career in 2008, performing the song "Naissance" which was used as the ending theme to the television drama series ''Here Is Greenwood''. Her second single "Motto Hade ni Ne" was used as the opening theme to '' Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens''. In 2009, she became part of the music unit Sphere, alongside Aki Toyosaki, Minako Kotobuki and Ayahi Takagaki. She released her first album ''Rainbow Road'' in 2010, and two compilation albums in 2016. Career Acting Tomatsu was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi. Her voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Nonaka
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit Drops, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi. In high school in Fukuoka, she was head of the drama club and her ambition was to play male roles in the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue. Personal life and career Nonaka's initial interest in voice acting started after watching ''YuYu Hakusho''. While self-proclaiming that she really would have preferred an acting career, but due to her height, as well as her interest in anime, she ultimately pursued voice acting after high school and graduated from the 21st batch of students from the Tokyo branch of Aoni's Seiyū Coaching School. In December 2009, she announced both on her blog and web radio, episode 30, that she has passed and acquired level 2 certification in aromatherapy. This was again announced while Nonaka was featured in the January 25, 2010 broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
