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Mitsurou Kubo
is the pen name of , a Japanese manga artist, writer, and radio personality. She is the co-creator of the 2016 anime series ''Yuri on Ice''. Biography Kubo was born on September 19, 1975 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. As a child she developed an interest in anime and manga after reading her brother's copies of the enthusiast magazine ''Newtype''. She reported reading forty manga magazines per month as a child, including ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', ''Ribon'', ''Nakayoshi'', and ''Hana to Yume''. By first grade Kubo had decided to pursue manga as a career, and by fourth grade was drawing amateur manga. She cites the manga series '' Asari-chan'' by Mayumi Muroyama and ''High School! Kimengumi'' by Motoei Shinzawa among her early influences. While in high school, Kubo exhibited her manga at a small local ''doujinshi'' convention. In her final year of high school she submitted an original manga work to a contest held by ''Nakayoshi'', and won the Silver Award. After graduating high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasebo, Nagasaki
is a Core cities of Japan, core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is also the second largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, Nagasaki. On 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 247,739 and a population density of 581 persons per km2 (1,505 persons per square mile). The total area is . The city includes a part of Saikai National Park. Located in the southern part of the city is the Dutch-styled theme park ''Huis Ten Bosch (theme park), Huis Ten Bosch''. The island of Ukujima is also administered as part of Sasebo city. History The area of present-day Sasebo was a small fishing village under the control of nearby Hirado Domain until shortly after the start of the Meiji period. Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, when surveying the coasts of northwestern Kyūshū for the site of a navy base, selected his location based on its protected, deep-water harbor, geographic proximity to China and Korea, and the presence of nearby Coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asari-chan
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' slice of life manga series by Mayumi Muroyama. It was adapted into an anime television series and an anime film. The TV series was produced by Toei Animation a subsidiary of Toei Company, and directed by Kazumi Fukushima. The anime follows Asari, a normal but stupid elementary school fourth-grade girl who does not get along with her family. Manga The manga was written by Mayumi Muroyama and serialized from the August 1978 issue to the March 2014 issue of Shogakukan's ''Shogaku Ninensei'' magazine. During its serialization it was also published in several other Shogakukan magazines, including ''CoroCoro Comic'', ''Pyonpyon'', ''Ciao'', ''Shogaku Ichinensei'', ''Shogaku Sannensei'', ''Shogaku Yonnensei'', and ''Shogaku Gonensei''. Anime The anime was produced by Toei Animation a subsidiary of Toei Company and directed by Kazumi Fukushima. It was first broadcast in Japan on 25 January 1982, with the final episode broadcast on 28 February 1983. It was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayo Yamamoto
is a Japanese anime director. She is known for directing the critically acclaimed anime series ''Michiko & Hatchin'', ''Yuri!!! on Ice'', and '' Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine''. After graduating from the College of Art and Design in Tokyo, she began work at Studio Madhouse, where she had her directing debut at age 25. ''Fujiko Mine'' was awarded the "New Face" award from the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012. Career Education and early work During her time at the College of Art and Design, Yamamoto focused her attention on animation, as she felt less interested in the other things she was being taught. Her student project was an animation about samurai using actor, and frequent Akira Kurosawa collaborator, Toshiro Mifune as an inspiration. While in the process of looking for a job after graduation, she showed this work to director Satoshi Kon. Enthusiastic about her potential, Kon intended to hire her to work on his second feature ''Millennium Actress'', but st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Natalie
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Taishō
The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of recognizing new and relatively unestablished manga, and to provide a platform to promote these works to new readers. To this end, the prize utilizes a judging criteria of recognizing manga one would "want to recommend to friends", rather than a strictly meritocratic evaluation of artistic excellence. The prize is presented by the Manga Taishō Executive Committee, a volunteer group of roughly one hundred "manga lovers from all walks of life", primarily bookstore workers who manage in-store manga sections. Individuals directly involved with the manga industry, such as manga artists, authors, book designers, and editors, are barred from sitting on the committee; this distinguishes the Manga Taishō from the majority of the other major manga i ... [...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] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world of technology and instant gratification. However, roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss (Japanese Magazine)
is a monthly Japanese ''josei'' manga magazine published by Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ..., with a circulation reported at 81,870 in 2015. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo. History and profile ''Kiss'' was first published in 1992 as a monthly magazine, and later switched to a bimonthly release until early 2013 when it switched back to a monthly publication. Serializations Current * (September 10, 2008) (issue 18, 2008) * ( Risa Ito) (1998) * (March 25, 2009) (issue 7, 2009) * ''My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku'' (2021) Past * * * * * * ''SatoShio'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiss (Magazine) 1992 establishments in Japan Monthly manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limited Series (comics)
In the field of comic books, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined before production, and it differs from a One-shot (comics), one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues. The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries (mini-series) and maxiseries (maxi-series), usually depending on the length and number of issues. In Dark Horse Comics' definition of a limited series, "this term primarily applies to a connected series of individual comic books. A limited series refers to a comic book series with a clear beginning, middle and end". Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics refer to limited series of two to eleven issues as miniseries and series of twelve issues or more as maxiseries, but other publishers alternate terms. Characteristics A limited series can "vary widely in length, but often run from three to ten issues. They can usually be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Friend
was a shōjo manga magazine formerly published by Kodansha, beginning in 1962. Kodansha used the knowledge gained from publishing magazines aimed at young girls, including ''Nakayoshi'' and '' Shōjo Club'', as well as the experience from publishing ''Weekly Shonen Magazine''. ''Shōjo Friend'' is considered the successor to ''Shōjo Club''. In 1963, Shueisha began publishing '' Margaret'', and the two magazines became fierce competitors. Shogakukan entered the market competition in 1968 with ''Shōjo Comic''. During this time, popular series such as '' Haikara-san ga Tōru'' (by Waki Yamato) and ''Seito Shokun!'' (by Yōko Shōji) were published in ''Shōjo Friend''. Despite the popularity of these series, the circulation began to decline and the magazine dropped from weekly to bi-monthly publication, and then finally to monthly publication. The final issue was released in September 1996, an event which surprised many people as ''Shōjo Friend'' had been ranked third, followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masashi Tanaka
Masashi Tanaka (田中 政志, born June 10, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist best known for '' Gon'', his silent manga starring a miniature dinosaur. He began publishing ''Gon'' in 1991. GON is possibly his most well known work, famous for being a silent comic throughout its entire run. Works Serials * * * * * * '' Gon'' (1992-2002, 7 volumes) Short stories * (1985) - Submission for the 8th Tetsuya Chiba Awards. English adaptation published by Dark Horse in issues 40 to 44 of '' Cheval Noir''. * (1986) - Submission for the 9th Tetsuya Chiba Awards. * ''CAESAR'' (1987) - Submission for the 10th Tetsuya Chiba Awards. * (1988) - Submission for the 11th Tetsuya Chiba Awards. * (1989) - Winner of the 12th Tetsuya Chiba Awards. English adaptation published by Dark Horse in issues 24, 25, and 26 of ''Cheval Noir'' in 1991 and 1992. References External links 1962 births Living people Manga artists from Shimane Prefecture People from Shimane Prefecture Osaka Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
