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Musashi Gundoh
is a Japanese anime television series, based on an unused story by Monkey Punch. It premiered in Japan on the satellite station BS-i on April 9, 2006, and was also set to be broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network Animax from October 2006. It is also legally distributed over the Internet by GyaO from May 13, 2006. According to the producer, there were originally plans to broadcast the anime overseas, but they were scrapped due to poor reception of the anime. Produced on a low budget, the series has been infamous for poor animation, and has attracted a cult following for this reason. It uses uncropped live photos for backgrounds, and its sound effects are completely out of synch with the animation. It is also the directorial debut for animator Yūki Kinoshita, who previously worked as a technical animation director, storyboard artist and key animator. Overview ''Musashi Gundoh'' is set in a fictional feudal era of Japan, where the Toyotomi Shogunate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkey Punch
, known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when his manga strips were used in the school newspaper. After graduating, he moved to Tokyo to look for work and began going to a technical school for electronics, continuing to draw for fun. While working in a ''dōjinshi'' group with other artists, he was recruited by Futabasha and drew ''yonkoma''. He was an assistant to Naoki Tsuji on ''Zero-sen Hayato'' and ''Tiger Mask''. ''Lupin III'' made its debut on August 10, 1967, in the first issue of the magazine ''Weekly Manga Action''; the cover was also drawn by Monkey Punch. It went on to become an extremely popular and successful media franchise, spawning numerous manga, six animated television series, seven animated feature films, two live-action films, three OVAs, near-yearly television spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōichirō Tanaka (voice Actor)
is a male Japanese voice actor. He is from Yamanashi, Japan. Soichiro is famous for his role in Sonic X as Sam Speed. He is part of the voice-acting company Office Osawa. Notable voice roles *100% Pascal-sensei (Narration) *Cyborg 009 (young Dr. Gamo Whisky) *Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Shibasaki Run) *Devil Lady (Tawada) * Glass Fleet: La légende du vent de l'univers (John Fall) *Heat Guy J (Gena) *Musashi Gundoh (Priest Takuan) *Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat (Uncle) *Rave Master (Belial, La Grace, Tanchimo) * Rockman EXE (Shuuseki Ijuin, CosmoMan, FreezeMan) *Saiyuki (Ryokusho) *Samurai Deeper Kyo ( Haira) *Sonic X ( Sam Speed) *2 Stupid Dogs (Japanese dub) (Big Dog) Tokusatsu *Chouseishin Gransazer (ep. 1 Narration) *Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger is the twenty-eighth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei Company, Toei. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2004 Super Hero Time block with ''Kamen Rider Blade''. The action footage from the show was used for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rei Igarashi
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actress and voice actress who works for Rush Style. She is married to fellow voice actor Show Hayami, and is the mother of the Japanese voice actor Hideyuki Hayami. Filmography Anime *'' Brave of the Legend Da Garn'' (1992), Sakamoto Misuzu *''Macross 7'' (1994), Zomd *'' Urotsukidoji'' (1995), Mizuchi *''Bio Hunter'' (1995), Mary *'' Serial Experiments Lain'' (1998), Miho Iwakura *''Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (1998), Karla *''Tokimeki Memorial'' (1999), Mira Kagami *'' Eden's Bowy'' (1999), Enefia *''Inuyasha'' (2000), Mistress Centipede *''PaRappa the Rapper'' (2001), Teacher Hippo *'' Maou Dante'' (2002), Utsugi Tamiko *'' Lupin III: The Big Operation to Return The Treasures'' (2003), Misha *'' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' (2004), Precia Testarossa *''Saiyuki Reload and Reload Gunlock'' (2004), Kanzeon Bosatsu *'' Cossette no Shozo'' (2004), Sakadou Zenshinni *''Amatsuki'' (2008), Imayou *''Cobra t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanada Ten Braves
The are a legendary group of ninja that assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan; that is, the late Sengoku period and its immediate aftermath, also known as the Azuchi–Momoyama and the early Edo periods. The Sanada story first became well known through Sanada Sandaiki, a novel published in the late Edo period. Later Tatsukawa Bunko published two novels in the Taishō period ''Sarutobi Sasuke'' and ''The Sanada Ten Braves''. Ten Braves * (possibly modelled after ) * (possibly modelled after ) * (possibly modelled after ) * (possibly modelled after ) * * (possibly modelled after ) * (possibly modelled after ) * (possibly modelled after and/or ) * (possibly modelled after ///) * In popular culture Of the Ten, Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizō are the only two that appear frequently in popular depiction. Outside of works that specifically deal with the Ten Braves, appearance of all ten members is relatively rare, and even then some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarutobi Sasuke
is a ninja who appears in kōdan narrative art and fictional writings. The nickname is generally believed to have been concocted from Meiji to the Taishō period. Some argue he is based on real live personages, such as and . His family name, meaning "monkey jump", is written with two kanji; ''saru'' (猿) is the character for "monkey", and ''tobi'' (飛) is the character for "jump". He was known for his monkey-like agility and quickness, especially in trees. Many depictions portray him as having been orphaned and raised by a band of monkeys, therefore giving rise to the monkey-like abilities. He has been described as a superhero ninja, and caused a boom of ninjas in popular culture during the 1910s-1920s in Japan. In folklore Sasuke is commonly listed as the leader of the Sanada Ten Braves, a fictional group of ten ninja that supposedly assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura at the battles of Osaka Castle during the final phases of the Japanese civil war era, and he is by fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he also became known for #Journals and notes, his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology. Leonardo is widely regarded to have been a genius who epitomized the Renaissance humanism, Renaissance humanist ideal, and his List of works by Leonardo da Vinci, collective works comprise a contribution to later generations of artists matched only by that of his younger contemporary, Michelangelo. Born Legitimacy (family law), out of wedlock to a successful Civil law notary, notary and a lower-class woman in, or near, Vinci, Tuscany, Vinci, he was educated in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onmyōdō
is a system of natural science, astronomy, almanac, divination and Magic (supernatural), magic that developed independently in Japan based on the Chinese philosophies of yin and yang and Wuxing (Chinese philosophy), wuxing (five elements). The philosophy of yin and yang and wu xing was introduced to Japan at the beginning of the 6th century, and, influenced by Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, evolved into the earliest system of ''Onmyōdō'' around the late 7th century. In 701, the Taiho Code established the departments and posts of ''onmyōji'' who practiced ''Onmyōdō'' in the Imperial Court, and ''Onmyōdō'' was institutionalized. From around the 9th century during the Heian period, ''Onmyōdō'' interacted with Shinto and in Japan, and developed into a system unique to Japan. Abe no Seimei, who was active during Heian period, is the most famous ''onmyōji'' (''Onmyōdō'' practitioner) in Japanese history and has appeared in various Japanese literature in later years. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakuri Ningyō
are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, made from the 17th century to the 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in Japanese language, Japanese. It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings. The name is thought to come from the Japanese verb , which means "to pull, stretch, and move a thread". It is alternatively written in kanji as , , , , and archaically as . History One of the earliest recorded references in Japan to similar automata devices is found in the , which references a mechanism known as a south-pointing chariot appearing during the reign of Empress Kōgyoku, in 658 CE. were further developed in Japan after the introduction of European clock-making technology sometime in the early 17th century, during the Sengoku period. The gears and Camshaft, cams used in clock-making were used to create moving dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of The Bamboo Cutter
is a (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period, it is considered the oldest surviving work in the form. The story details the life of Kaguya-hime, a princess from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. After she grows, her beauty attracts five suitors seeking her hand in marriage, whom she turns away by challenging them each with an impossible task; she later attracts the affection of the Emperor of Japan. At the tale's end, Kaguya-hime reveals her celestial origins and returns to the Moon. The story is also known as , after its protagonist.Katagiri et al. 1994: 81. Background ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'' is considered the oldest surviving , though its exact date of composition is unknown. A poem in the , a 10th-century work that describes life in the imperial court, invokes the tale in reference to a moon-vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parallel Universe (fiction)
A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called a "multiverse". While the four terms are generally synonymous and can be used interchangeably in most cases, there is sometimes an additional connotation implied with the term "alternate universe/reality" that implies that the reality is a variant of our own, with some overlap with the similarly named alternate history. Fiction has long borrowed an idea of "another world" from mythology, myth, legend and religion. Heaven, Hell, Twelve Olympians, Olympus, and Valhalla are all "alternative universes" different from the familiar material realm. Plato reflected deeply on the parallel realities, resulting in Platonism, in which the upper reality is perfect while the lower earthly reality is an imperfect shadow of the heavenly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Castle
is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Layout The main tower of Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one square kilometre. It is built on two raised platforms of landfill supported by sheer walls of cut rock, using a technique called burdock piling, each overlooking a moat. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from attackers. The Main Tower is surrounded by a series of moats and defensive fortifications. The castle has 2 moats (an inner & outer). The inner castle moat lies within the castle grounds, and consists of 2 types: a wet (northern-easterly) and dry (south-westerly). Outer moat meanwhile surrounds the entire castle premise, denotes the castle's outer limits, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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