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Maoyu
, also known as ''Maoyu'', or ''Archenemy and Hero'' in English, is a Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno that was initially posted in a play format on the textboard 2channel in 2009. Enterbrain published five main novels in the series, in addition to three side-story novels between 2010 and 2012, selling over 450,000 copies in total. It has received several manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime adaptation by Arms aired in Japan from January 5 to March 30, 2013. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who join forces to bring peace and prosperity to their war-torn world. Plot The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans' greatest warrior, the , invades the castle of the , intent on vanquishing the leader of the Demons. Inside, the Hero discovers that the Demon King is in fact a Demon Queen; and instead of battling him, the Demon Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamare Touno
, real name is a Japanese author of light novels and manga. He has written the series ''Log Horizon'' and ''Maoyū Maō Yūsha'', both series have been adapted into anime. He is also the author of a manga series titled . In 2015, Tōno was charged with tax evasion Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to reduce the taxp ... for reportedly violating the Corporate Tax Law. Reports claim that Tōno: "allegedly failed to file 120 million yen (around US$996,438) in royalties from the printed versions of his MAOYU and Log Horizon novels for his income tax report in a three-year period ending the previous year. According to the prosecutor's office, Touno owes the Japanese government 30 million yen (around US$249,114) in taxes." Some time after, the author apologized to his fans and stated in his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arms (company)
was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and active from 1996 to 2020. History The studio was formed on November 18, 1996 from a merger between Dandelion (founded in 1992) and Triple X (founded in 1993). After the merger, the studio continued to credit some of its work under the old names and until 2002, and did some minor work under the name Garyū Studio in the early 2000s. The animator and character designer Rin Shin is the chief animation director for several productions by Arms which tend to have an above-average amount of fan service, for example the ''Ikki Tousen'' and ''Queen's Blade'' series. She also developed the character designs for '' I"s Pure''. After its founding, ARMS was, at first, a producer of hentai (most notably its productions with Green Bunny Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Press
Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published ''Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press has published original series, most notably a manga adaptation of James Patterson's ''Maximum Ride'' and Svetlana Chmakova's '' Nightschool''. History Yen Press was founded in 2006 by former Borders Group buyer Kurt Hassler and DC Comics VP Rich Johnson. In July 2007, it was announced that Yen Press was to absorb ICEkunion, a Korean publisher that had been publishing manhwa in the United States. While the manga titles bearing ICEkunion's label would be continued to be sold in stores, subsequent printings would bear the Yen Press logo. Hassler assured fans, "We plan to pick up all the existing CEkuniontitles...We're going to continue everything, so fans shouldn't worry. None of these series are going to fall into a void." The first issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magi-Cu
was a Japanese manga magazine published by Enterbrain and was sold monthly on the twenty-fifth. The name comes from the phrase ''Magical Cute''. The magazine was first published on April 27, 2001, under the title ''Magi-Cu Premium''. It kept that title for three years until 2004, when it was changed to simply ''Magi-Cu''. In June 2007, Magi-Cu published its last issue at volume forty. Magazine content Reader participations games *''Bottle Fairy'' *'' Duel Dolls'' *'' Full Throttle Halation!: Hoshi ni Negai wo'' *'' Heart Mark!'' *'' Koromo Yūgi'' *''Lovely Idol'' *'' Neko no Sakaue'' *'' Otsukai Blade: Kuro Kishi Monogatari'' *'' Rune Princess'' *'' Town Memory'' *'' Tsungri! Hontō wa Tsundere na Grimm Dōwa'' *'' World's end'' Manga *'' 5 Kai Bishōjo Kaden Uriba de Gozaimasu'' *'' Bad! Daddy'' *''Food Girls'' *'' Maoyuu 4-Koma - Muitemasen yo, Maou-sama!'' *''Magi Kyūdō'' *'' Kirin Chō Bōei Gumi'' *''Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru'' *''Petopeto-san'' *'' Sukusuku Suisui'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naruhisa Arakawa
is a Japanese screenwriter who primarily works on anime and tokusatsu Japanese television drama, dramas. He first served as a series' main writer for ''Blue Seed'' anime and the Kamen Rider Series revival ''Kamen Rider Kuuga''. Arakawa was the main series writer for the Super Sentai anniversary series ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' where he is also credited as a lyricist for the ending theme with Shoko Fujibayashi. He also wrote the lyrics to "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!", the first ending theme of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Anime Television series * series head writer denoted in bold * ''Doteraman'' (1986-1987) * ''High School! Kimengumi'' (1987) * ''Dragon Ball (TV series), Dragon Ball'' (1987) * ''Tsuide ni Tonchinkan'' (1988) * ''Gaki Deka'' (1989) * ''Idol Densetsu Eriko'' (1989-1990) * ''Madö King Granzört'' (1989-1990) * ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'' (1990) * ''Mitsume ga Tōru'' (1990-1991) * ''Magical Angel Sweet Mint'' (1990-1991) * ''Jankenman'' (1991-1992) *''Blue Seed'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeo Takahashi
is a Japanese animator, animation director, and storyboard artist. Filmography Director Television series OVAs Films Other Television series OVAs/ONAs Films Adult Anime Notes References External links *Takeo Takahashi animeat Media Arts Database Anime directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Anime-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime On Demand
Anime on Demand was a German video on demand service that specialised in the streaming of anime within German-speaking markets. Before the service's closure on 8 December 2021, Anime on Demand was owned by the Crunchyroll EMEA division of Crunchyroll, a subsidiary of Funimation. History Anime on Demand was founded in 2007 by anime distributor AV Visionen as a subsidiary, and was the first legal anime streaming service in German-speaking countries. Following the acquisition of AV Visionen by Viz Media Europe in 2009, Anime on Demand was merged into AV Visionen as a division, dissolving Anime on Demand GmbH. In April 2011, Viz Media Europe subsidiary Kazé launched the Anime on Demand in the United Kingdom and Ireland, in collaboration with British anime distributors Manga Entertainment, Beez Entertainment and MVM Entertainment. Initially hosted by Anime News Network, Version 1.0 of the site, hosted by Viz Media Europe, launched as an open beta in December 2011. In December 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toi8
Toi8 (born October 8, 1976) is a Japanese artist. He is most known for working on various anime such as ''.hack//The Movie'', ''Maoyuu Maou Yuusha'', and several video games where he has served as character designer, including ''Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE'' and ''I Am Setsuna''. He is also the illustrator of the ''My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer'' series of light novels. Biography Toi8 was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan on October 8, 1976. He graduated from Yoyogi Animation College. Although he worked as a hentai illustrator for about two years, he quit his company in about a year. Since he became fascinated with his original drawings, he became a freelance illustrator. He debuted as an illustrator at "Fancy Tokyo Hundred Scenery" published in 2002. His origin of his pen name is from his birthday: October 8. Prior to that, he used the pseudonym "Q8". References External links * * {{Authority control 1976 births Japanese illustrators Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2channel
, also known as 2ch, Channel 2, and sometimes retrospectively as 2ch.net, was an anonymous Japanese textboard founded in 1999 by Hiroyuki Nishimura. Described in 2007 as "Japan's most popular online community", the site had a level of influence comparable to that of traditional mass media such as television, radio, and magazines. At the time, the site drew an annual revenue of around (about US$1 million), and was the largest of its kind in the world, with around ten million visitors and 2.5 million posts made per day. The site was hosted and had its domain registration provided by Jim Watkins, based in San Francisco, California. In 2009, ownership of the site was transferred to Singapore-based Packet Monster Inc., under which Nishimura remained in control. In February 2014, Watkins seized the 2ch.net domain, taking full control over the website and assuming the role of site administrator. This has resulted in two textboards claiming to be the legitimate 2channel: 2ch. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the '' bunkobon'' format ( A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 3–9-month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime. While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Light novels developed from pulp magazines. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Kanagawa
(tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves. The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations. History Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture. Therefore, prefectures in the Kanto region became involved in opening TV stations covering solely their prefectures.In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures. Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station. Programming As an independent station, tvk's programming consists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
