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Madlax
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed ''Madlax'' and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. The story revolves around the two young women Margaret and Madlax, who seemingly have little in common and do not know of the other's existence at the beginning. Madlax is a legendary mercenary and assassin in the fictional civil war-torn country of Gazth-Sonika, who cannot remember her past or indeed her real name before twelve years ago, when the war started. The other main character is Margaret Burton, the sole heir of a wealthy aristocratic family in the peaceful European country Nafrece. Twelve years before the story begins, an airliner Margaret and her mother were on crashed over Gazth-Sonika, and its passengers, as well as Margaret's father who led th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrossea Doon
is a 26-episode anime television series that was produced in 2004 in television, 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. According to the composer of the series, Yuki Kajiura, the film director, director Kōichi Mashimo created a list of brief descriptions of every recurring character for her to base their respective musical themes upon. She refers to this list as "Mashimo Menu" and commented that the director's descriptions provide deeper insight into the characters. Main characters Margaret Burton , born on 14 July 1992, is a clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old girl who attends an elite college for aristocratic families' children in Nafrece. Her memories of her own life are limited to its last twelve years, the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses. Margaret is ultimately ''the'' central character of the story, as she is the person who has the ''Gift'', a mysterious ability to alter the reality. Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Burton (Madlax)
is a 26-episode anime television series that was produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. According to the composer of the series, Yuki Kajiura, the director Kōichi Mashimo created a list of brief descriptions of every recurring character for her to base their respective musical themes upon. She refers to this list as "Mashimo Menu" and commented that the director's descriptions provide deeper insight into the characters. Main characters Margaret Burton , born on 14 July 1992, is a clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old girl who attends an elite college for aristocratic families' children in Nafrece. Her memories of her own life are limited to its last twelve years, the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses. Margaret is ultimately ''the'' central character of the story, as she is the person who has the ''Gift'', a mysterious ability to alter the reality. Twelve years ago, she and the perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madlax (character)
is a 26-episode anime television series that was produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. According to the composer of the series, Yuki Kajiura, the director Kōichi Mashimo created a list of brief descriptions of every recurring character for her to base their respective musical themes upon. She refers to this list as "Mashimo Menu" and commented that the director's descriptions provide deeper insight into the characters. Main characters Margaret Burton , born on 14 July 1992, is a clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old girl who attends an elite college for aristocratic families' children in Nafrece. Her memories of her own life are limited to its last twelve years, the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses. Margaret is ultimately ''the'' central character of the story, as she is the person who has the ''Gift'', a mysterious ability to alter the reality. Twelve years ago, she and the perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Rene
is a 26-episode anime television series that was produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. According to the composer of the series, Yuki Kajiura, the director Kōichi Mashimo created a list of brief descriptions of every recurring character for her to base their respective musical themes upon. She refers to this list as "Mashimo Menu" and commented that the director's descriptions provide deeper insight into the characters. Main characters Margaret Burton , born on 14 July 1992, is a clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old girl who attends an elite college for aristocratic families' children in Nafrece. Her memories of her own life are limited to its last twelve years, the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses. Margaret is ultimately ''the'' central character of the story, as she is the person who has the ''Gift'', a mysterious ability to alter the reality. Twelve years ago, she and the perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Train
, commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with '' Noir'', '' .hack//Sign'', and '' Madlax'' (among other series) they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively ambiguous relationships. History The studio Bee Train was founded on June 5, 1997, by Kōichi Mashimo, who was previously a director at Tatsunoko Productions and the founder of Mashimo Jimusho, a small freelance staff working for other studios. Originally, Bee Train was a subsidiary of Production I.G along with Xebec but in February 2006, it ended its relationship and became independent. Koichi Mashimo's goal when he founded Bee Train was to create a "hospital for animators", an animation studio interested in nurturing young talents and artistic quality of production rather than in corporate strategies and profit. This studio-as-hospital approach was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōichi Mashimo
(born June 21, 1952) is a Japanese anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in a large number of the studio's works, for example, as a member of the art or sound department. Biography Kōichi Mashimo was born in Tokyo, Japan and from his early years showed interest in photography, under the influence of his father. Mashimo studied jurisprudence at Sophia University and during his fourth university year, he participated in the making of several television commercials. However, this was a rather disappointing experience, and on November 6, 1975, he applied for a position of Hiroshi Sasagawa's assistant director in Tatsunoko Production. The first anime series he worked on was '' Time Bokan'' (1975–76). In the mid-1980s, while still working for Tatsunoko, Mashimo survived a severe alpine skiing accident. During his stay in an intensive care unit, he came up with an idea of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noir (anime)
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created and written by Ryōe Tsukimura and produced by Victor Entertainment and Bee Train. The series was directed by Kōichi Mashimo, with Yoko Kikuchi (animator), Yoko Kikuchi, Minako Shiba and Satoko Miyachi in charge of character designs, Kenji Teraoka in charge of mechanical design, and Yuki Kajiura composing the music. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. The series follows the story of two young female assassination, assassins who embark together on a personal journey to seek answers about mysteries from their past. While they seem to be only vaguely related to each other at first, there are clues and hints given throughout the series that there is more than what meets their eyes. During the course of the series, they are lured into more and more traps by a secret organization named ''Les Soldats'' ("The Soldiers" in Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Kitayama
is a Japanese anime producer. Some of his major works include Yasuhiro Nightow's ''Trigun'' television series as well as Nightow's other series ''Gungrave''. He has worked on Shinichi Watanabe's adaptation of ''Excel Saga'' and the ''Geobreeders'' OVA series. He worked with Koichi Mashimo of Bee Train on producing what would later be known as the "girls with guns" series starting with '' Noir'' in 2001, then ''Madlax'' in 2004, and finally ''El Cazador de la Bruja'' in 2007. In 2010 he attended Anime Expo to watch the premiere of ''Trigun: Badlands Rumble''. Works ; Staffed in * ''Ninja Scroll'' (1993 film), Assistant producer * '' 801 T.T.S. Airbats'' (1994 OVA series), Producer * ''Trigun'' (1998 TV series), Producer * ''Geobreeders'' (1998 OVA series), Producer * ''Excel Saga'' (1999 TV series), Producer * ''Geobreeders 2'' (2000 OVA series), Producer * '' Noir'' (2001 TV series), Producer * '' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' (2002 TV series), Producer * ''Gungrave'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls With Guns
Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films and animation that portray a female protagonist engaged in shootouts. The genre typically involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action. Cinema The 1985 Hong Kong film '' Yes, Madam'', directed by Corey Yuen and starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, was described by Lisa Funnel as the first "girls with guns" film. Other films of the subgenre were produced until 1994, featuring the likes of Yukari Oshima, Moon Lee, and Cynthia Khan. In the early 2000s, films part of what has been called a "girls with guns revival" cycle were produced. They included ''Martial Angels'' (2001), ''The Wesley's Mysterious File'' (2002) and '' So Close'' (2002). Anime The "girls-with-guns" subgenre has also permeated the anime space. Some examples include ''Black Lagoon'', '' Bubblegum Crisis'', '' Dirty Pair'', '' Gunsmith Cats'', ''Gunslinger Girl'', '' Lycoris Recoil'', '' Noir'', ''Madlax'', and '' El Cazador''. Other examples of "girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls With Guns
Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films and animation that portray a female protagonist engaged in shootouts. The genre typically involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action. Cinema The 1985 Hong Kong film '' Yes, Madam'', directed by Corey Yuen and starring Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, was described by Lisa Funnel as the first "girls with guns" film. Other films of the subgenre were produced until 1994, featuring the likes of Yukari Oshima, Moon Lee, and Cynthia Khan. In the early 2000s, films part of what has been called a "girls with guns revival" cycle were produced. They included ''Martial Angels'' (2001), ''The Wesley's Mysterious File'' (2002) and '' So Close'' (2002). Anime The "girls-with-guns" subgenre has also permeated the anime space. Some examples include ''Black Lagoon'', '' Bubblegum Crisis'', '' Dirty Pair'', '' Gunsmith Cats'', ''Gunslinger Girl'', '' Lycoris Recoil'', '' Noir'', ''Madlax'', and '' El Cazador''. Other examples of "girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cazador De La Bruja
is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of '' Noir'' and '' Madlax'' and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007. A manga adaptation was serialized in the Champion RED Magazine beginning in March 2007, and the chapters were collected into one volume. The series was announced for North American release by Funimation on February 19, 2009. It was released in two complete season sets in early December 2009 and re-released as a complete set in March 2011. The series made its North American television debut on March 22, 2010, when it started airing on the Funimation Channel. Plot A fateful encounter between Ellis, a fugitive girl with amnesia, a troubled past, and supernatural powers, and Nadie, a feisty bounty hunter, leads to the two of them traveling south together in search of the key to unlocking Ellis's past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōsuke Kuroda
is a Japanese anime screenwriter from Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has his own studio enterprise, Studio Orphee. Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay and story composition of the anime series ''Excel Saga'', ''Please Teacher!'' and its sequel ''Please Twins!'', ''Honey and Clover'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event, held annually in Kobe. He has collaborated with fellow screenwriter and novelist Hideyuki Kurata on multiple series, including ''Goblin Slayer'', ''Hellsing Ultimate'', and ''Drifters''. Screenwriting A work in bold denotes Kuroda as its head writer. Anime television series * '' Tenchi Universe'' (1995) * ''Magical Project S'' (1996-1997) * '' Battle Athletes Victory'' (1997-1998) * '' Trigun'' (1998) * '' Android Announcer Maico 2010'' (1998) * ''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' (1999) * '' Infinite Ryvius'' (1999) * ''Excel Saga'' (1999) * '' Omish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
