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Minami-ke
is a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, creator of ''Kyō no Go no Ni''. It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in March 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday life of three sisters: Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami. An anime series produced by Daume aired in 2007. Asread produced a second season in 2008 titled ''Minami-ke: Okawari'', a third season in 2009 titled ''Minami-ke: Okaeri'', and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2009 titled ''Minami-ke: Betsubara''. In 2012, Feel produced another OVA titled ''Minami-ke: Omatase'', followed by a fourth anime series in 2013 titled ''Minami-ke: Tadaima''. Plot A slice of life comedy about the day-to-day life of the Minami family, the story centers around the daily life of three sisters named Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki as they get into various kinds of shenanigans alongside their friends and classmates. Characters Minami sisters ; : :Haruka is the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel (animation Studio)
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2002. The studio is a subsidiary of Fun-Media, a Holdings company, who also owns animation studios Assez Finaud Fabric and Zexcs, which are also located in the same building as Feel. History Feel was established in Koganei, Tokyo on December 26, 2002 by ex-Studio Pierrot staff that specializes in the production of anime. To date, the studio have presented various well-known works, including '' Kissxsis'', ''Outbreak Company'', '' My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU'' seasons 2 and 3, ''Dagashi Kashi'', ''Tsuki ga Kirei'', and ''Hinamatsuri , also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a religious (Shinto) holiday in Japan, celebrated on 3March of each year. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005)"Hina Matsuri"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 313. Platforms covered with a red carpet–mater ...''. Productions Television series Original video animations Original net animation References External links Official website * {{Authority co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AT-X (company)
is a Japanese anime television network owned by AT-X, Inc. was founded on June 26, 2000 as a subsidiary of TV Tokyo Medianet, which is (in turn) owned by TV Tokyo. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo. AT-X network has been broadcasting anime via satellite, cable, and IPTV since December 24, 1997. AT-X broadcasts many '' Comic Gum'' anime adaptations. ''Ikki Tousen'', ''Ah My Buddha'' and ''Juden Chan'' were shown on this channel first, before they were rebroadcast on Tokyo MX. As a premium channel, AT-X is also known for showing uncensored versions of several anime like ''Juden Chan'', ''Ah My Buddha'', ''Girls Bravo'', ''Elfen Lied'', ''Mahoromatic'', ''High School DxD'' and ''Redo of Healer'', which would normally get censored on free-to-air television because of the large amounts of mature content. History * December 24, 1997 - AT-X begins broadcasting on DirecTV Channel 270. * November 30, 1998 - Bandai Chara Net TV (owned by Bandai, which AT-X aired through) closes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichiro Kawaguchi
is a Japanese animator and director born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He got his start at Ashi Productions and has worked as a key animator and animation director, as well as episode director for many projects. In recent years, he has worked as a sound director and screenwriter for some of the works. Initially, the OVA '' Pinky:St'' was supposed to be his first directorial work, but due to production delays, the TV series ''MÄR'' was aired before it, resulting in it being his first directorial work instead. He is a quick worker and often directs two or three projects at a time. He also does much of the storyboarding himself. He enjoys collecting figurines and character goods, and his work desk is crammed with toys. He got into the anime industry because he dreamed of working on plastic models and toyetic anime. Filmography TV series *''MÄR'' (2006–2007) - Director (eps 53-102) *''Moetan'' (2007) - Director *'' Getsumento Heiki Mina'' (2007) - Director *''Hayate the Combat Butler'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asread
stylized as asread. is a Japanese animation studio established in November 2003 by ex-Xebec A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth ... members. Television Works OVA/ONAs Notes References External links * * {{Japanese animation studios Japanese companies established in 2003 Mass media companies established in 2003 Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Satō
is a Japanese voice actress with hundreds of television and video game productions, many multi-year, and is active in film and as a singer as well. She won the Best Lead Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. Satō has been appearing since 2003, and as of 2016 was affiliated with a talent-management agency, the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (東京俳優生活協同組合, Tōkyō Haiyū Seikatsu Kyōdō Kumiai), also known as Haikyō (俳協). Biography Satō was born in Fukuoka, the capital of Fukuoka Prefecture. She received training at the Haikyō Voice Actors Studio, finishing in 2001 in the "19th gen" class, and joined the Haikyō cooperative the next year. Filmography Anime Film Video games Drama CD Dubbing Discography Singles Albums Personal life On New Year's Day 2017, Satō announced that she had been married since December 31. On January 27, 2022, Satō tested positive for COVID-19. As of 2022, Satō had qualifications in calli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koharu Sakuraba
is a Japanese manga artist. Sakuraba's best-known work is ''Minami-ke'', a slice-of-life comedy about three sisters, which has run in ''Young Magazine'' since 2004 and has been adapted into an anime that has run multiple seasons. Sakuraba's other works include ''Kyō no Go no Ni'' (Today in Class 5-2), which also had an anime run; and ''Sonna Mirai wa Uso de Aru'' (The Future Is a Lie). Works * ''Kyō no Go no Ni'' – serialized in ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'', 2002–2003; published by Kodansha for 1 volume. * ''Minami-ke'' – serialized in ''Young Magazine'', 2004–ongoing; published by Kodansha for 18 volumes. * – serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Holi ...'', 2009–2016; published by Kodansha for 6 volumes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyō No Go No Ni
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of ''Minami-ke''. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected together in a single ''tankōbon'' volume along with two extra chapters and published on November 11, 2003 by Kodansha. The main premise of ''Kyō no Go no Ni'' is the school life of the fifth year class 5-2 (age 11-12), focusing on an elementary-school boy named Ryōta Satō. In 2006, Shinkūkan produced a four-episode original video adaptation (OVA) directed by Makoto Sokuza. The OVAs contain a special audio track in which the female characters' voices are replaced by members of the idol unit Sweet Kiss and were released in two versions: original and special edit. Xebec produced a thirteen episode anime adaptation directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, unrelated to the OVAs. It first began airing on TV Tokyo between October 5, 2008 and December 28, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Ohta
is a male Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and animation director. Biography He worked on "Bit the Cupid" and "Hare Tokidoki Buta” at Group TAC before leaving the company in 1998 to start his own business. He has worked in animation and direction since about 2000, primarily for Madhouse productions (MADHOUSE Inc.). In 2003's "Narutaru," he worked as a character designer. In 2006's "'' Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love''" he made his directorial debut. He has since transitioned to directing, concentrating on Dome and Doga Kobo's anime. Since appointing Takashi Aoshima as his first director in 2006, he has also employed Takaharu Okuma as an assistant director or character designer and Yasuhiro Misawa as the composer for all of his productions. Work Process He starts by reading over the original story, regardless of the number of books. After reading, he decides how much he will animate the original story into animation before discussing the original work and anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989. The chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months. The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl on the cover and first few pages of each issue. Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, , a retitled makeover of their previous publication , which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence. Series in publication There are currently 30 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', ''Kenka Kagyō'' and '' Nande Koko ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daume
is a Japanese animation studio that was founded in 1986. Productions TV series * ''What's Michael?'' (1988-1989) * '' D4 Princess'' (1999) * ''Bubu Chacha'' (1999) * '' I Love Bubu Chacha!'' (2001) * ''Hanaukyo Maid Team'' series (2001–2004) * '' Please Teacher!'' (2002) * ''Please Twins!'' (2003) * ''DearS'' (2004) * '' Hanaukyō Maid Team: La Verite'' (2004) * ''Strawberry Marshmallow'' (2005) * ''Tona-Gura!'' (2006) * ''Crescent Love'' (2006) * ''Minami-ke'' (2007) * '' Shiki'' (2010) OVA * ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'' (1993, episodes 3–4, with Pierrot) * ''The Irresponsible Captain Tylor'' (1994, episode 1 only) * ''Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai'' (1996) * ''Debutante Detective Corps'' (1996) * ''Sorcerer on the Rocks'' (1999) * ''Hanaukyo Maid Team'' (2001) * '' Please Teacher: Secret Couple'' (2002) * '' Please Twins: The Summer Never Ends'' (2003) * '' Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san'' (2004) * '' Le Portrait de Petit Cossette'' (2004) * '' Strawberry Marshmallow: Epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in '' Gao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slice Of Life Story
Slice of life is a depiction of mundane experiences in art and entertainment. In theater, slice of life refers to naturalism, while in literary parlance it is a narrative technique in which a seemingly arbitrary sequence of events in a character's life is presented, often lacking plot development, conflict and exposition, as well as often having an open ending. Film and theater In theatrical parlance, the term ''slice of life'' refers to a naturalistic representation of real life, sometimes used as an adjective, as in "a play with 'slice of life' dialogues". The term originated between 1890 and 1895 as a calque from the French phrase ''tranche de vie'', credited to the French playwright Jean Jullien (1854–1919). Jullien introduced the term not long after a staging of his play ''The Serenade'', as noted by Wayne S. Turney in his essay "Notes on Naturalism in the Theatre": ''The Serenade'' was introduced by the Théâtre Libre in 1887. It is a prime example of ''rosserie'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |