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Muromi-san
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiji Najima. It was adapted into an anime television series. Plot Takurō Mukōjima is a boy angler. He lands a ningyo (Japanese mermaid In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes asso ...) by the name of Muromi-Japanese honorifics#San, san and develops rapport with both her and her friends. The series title in English is ''Muromi-san and the Legendary Beasts''. Muromi physically appears as a 16-year-old, however in reality, she is an ancient legendary creature. Muromi and her sisters are both guardians of the Earth and much older than they appear. "Takkun", as Muromi calls him, is a high school student who does not have a lot of motivation or care for all the attention Muromi gives him, yet he still ends up getting involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Nakahara
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singer associated with I'm Enterprise. She played Rena Ryūgū in ''Higurashi When They Cry'', Nagisa Furukawa in ''Clannad (visual novel), Clannad'', Seele Vollerei in ''Honkai Impact 3rd'', and Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, Akagi in ''Azur Lane''. She performed theme songs for each series, some of which have charted on Oricon. Filmography Television Film Video games Dubbing Other Drama CDs Discography Studio albums Singles References External links I'm Enterprise profile!--The equals sign in the URL should not be encoded.--> * Mai Nakahara at Oricon * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakahara, Mai 1981 births Living people Anime singers I'm Enterprise voice actors Japanese radio personalities Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese women pop singers Voice actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukari Tamura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Amuleto (formerly Arts Vision and I'm Enterprise). She debuted as a voice actress in 1997, releasing her debut single "Yūki o Kudasai" on March 26, 1997. Her role as Nanoha Takamachi in the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series contributed to a rise in her popularity, as several of her singles ("Little Wish: Lyrical Step", " Spiritual Garden", "Hoshizora no Spica", "Beautiful Amulet") were used as the ending themes for the franchise's anime adaptations. Besides ''Nanoha'', she voices the title characters Haruka Minazuki / Red Angel in ''Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel'', Ringo Kinoshita in ''No-Rin'', Yamada in '' B Gata H Kei'' and Kaoru Tsunashi in ''I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying''. Other major voice roles in anime include Ruru/Ruru Amour/Cure Amour in '' Hugtto! PreCure'', Elizabeth Midford in '' Black Butler'', Jibril in ''No Game No Life'', Finis in '' Lost Song'' Michiru in ''Air'', Kanako Kurusu in ''Orei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. He debuted in 1997 and has worked on numerous series since, including ''Black Clover'', ''That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'', and ''By the Grace of the Gods''. Fudeyasu usually spells his name with kanji. However, he will also credit his name in hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ... on some occasions. Works TV series Films Web series References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fudeyasu, Kazuyuki Anime screenwriters Japanese screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsunoko Production
and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko's headquarters are in Musashino, Tokyo. History The studio was founded in October 1962 by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida and his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu (better known by his pen name "Ippei Kuri"). The studio's first production was the 1965 TV series ''Space Ace''. Since then many figures in the anime industry have worked with Tatsunoko, including Mizuho Nishikubo, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Koichi Mashimo, Katsuhisa Yamada, Hideaki Anno (Tatsunoko provided animation work on the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' TV series), and Kazuo Yamazaki. Sasagawa is notable for bringing his fondness for comedy animation to the forefront in Tatsunoko series such as the ''Time Bokan'' (1975) franchise. The company later licensed ''Macross'' to Harmony Gold, who then produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Mizushima
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is currently affiliated with Axlone. When voicing adult games, he is known as . Biography Mizushima is a former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official. He entered the JGSDF Youth Technical School, a boarding school for boys, as a member of the 38th class of JGSDF students, and graduated in 1994. He has been a member of Production Baobab since around 2000, and left at the end of May 2011 to become a member of Axlone in June 2011. In 2012, he became an instructor at Axl Zero, a training school directly under the Axlone office. In 2014, he announced the start of his music career under the name TAKA, and made his debut as a singer with his first mini-album "Reflection" in March of the same year. Filmography Anime television ;2002 * ''Shrine of the Morning Mist'' – Tadahiro Amatsu * ''Crush Gear Turbo'' – Rudolf Steiner * ''Forza! Hidemaru'' – Golbo * '' G-On Riders'' – Bankara, Man (C) * ''Witch Hunter Robin'' – Witch, Security ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitomi Harada
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Ube, Yamaguchi. Career She was scouted as a singer and began singing in the TWOFIVE production company. After that, she joined the talent agency Production Baobab to work as a voice actress. After transferring to Baobab, she mainly worked as a voice actress for dubbing, games, and Disney-related work, but began auditioning for animation around 2009, being her first leading role Mizuki Himeji in the anime series ''Baka and Test''. It was announced on her official blog that she stopped working for Production Baobab on September 10, 2016. On January 6, 2020, Harada announced that she had joined Kikuko Inoue’s own agency, Office Anemone. Filmography Anime ;2007 * '' Kimikiss Pure Rouge'' as Manami Hiba ;2008 * ''Bleach'' as Menoly Mallia ;2009 * ''Sasameki Koto'' as Tomoe Hachisuka ;2010 * ''Amagami SS'' as Manaka Hiba, Mika Makihara * ''Baka to Test to Shōkanjū'' as Mizuki Himeji * ''Hidamari Sketch'' as Nori * '' Hidama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Nonaka
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit Drops, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi. In high school in Fukuoka, she was head of the drama club and her ambition was to play male roles in the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue. Personal life and career Nonaka's initial interest in voice acting started after watching ''YuYu Hakusho''. While self-proclaiming that she really would have preferred an acting career, but due to her height, as well as her interest in anime, she ultimately pursued voice acting after high school and graduated from the 21st batch of students from the Tokyo branch of Aoni's Seiyū Coaching School. In December 2009, she announced both on her blog and web radio, episode 30, that she has passed and acquired level 2 certification in aromatherapy. This was again announced while Nonaka was featured in the January 25, 2010 broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningyo
as the name suggests, is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature. Though often translated as "mermaid", the term is technically not gender-specific and may include the " mermen". The literal translation "human-fish" has also been applied. Overview The earliest records of the ''ningyo'' attested in written Japanese sources are freshwater beings allegedly captured in the 7th century ( §Asuka period), documented later in the '' Nihon Shoki''. But subsequent examples are usually seawater beings. In later medieval times ( §Kamakura period)), it was held to be a sign of ill omen, and its beaching ( §Omens in Michinoku) was blamed for subsequent bloody battles or calamity. The notion that eating its flesh imparts longevity is attached to the legend of the ('eight hundred ear oldBuddhist priestess', cf. §Yao Bikuni) During the Edo period, the ''ningyo'' was made the subject of burlesque ''gesaku'' novels (cf. § ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumire Uesaka
is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with Voice Kit. She won the Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards. She made her singing debut in April 2013 under King Records. Life and career Uesaka became a regular on the web radio program ''Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko'' in September 2009. She entered the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University in April 2010. She majored in the Russian language and announced that she had graduated on March 27, 2014. Uesaka joined Space Craft Entertainment in April 2011. Since October 2011, she has been the radio personality on the web radio program ''A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!!''. Uesaka starred in a leading role for the anime series '' Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!''. She is known as a Russophile who has great interest in Russian culture as well as the former Soviet Union. Since hearing the State Anthem of the USSR in her first year of high school, she immersed herself in Russian studies. One of her voice-acting jobs was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Honorifics
The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called , which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns. Honorific suffixes also indicated the speaker's level and referred an individual's relationship and are often used alongside other components of Japanese honorific speech.Reischauer, Edwin O. (2002). Encyclopedia of Japan. Tōkyō: NetAdvance Inc. Honorific suffixes are generally used when referring to the person one is talking to or unrelated people and are not used when referring to oneself. The omission of suffixes implies a high degree of intimacy or close friendship. Usage Although honorifics are not essential to the grammar of Japanese, they are a fundamental part of its sociolinguistics, and their proper use is deemed essential to proficient and appropriate speech. The use of honorifics is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakata Dialect
is a Japanese dialect spoken in Fukuoka city. Hakata dialect originated in Hakata commercial district, while a related was spoken in the central district. Hakata dialect has spread throughout the city and its suburbs. Most Japanese regard Hakata dialect as the dialect typical of Fukuoka Prefecture, so it is sometimes called . Hakata dialect is being increasingly spoken in television interviews in Fukuoka, where previously standard Japanese was expected. Grammar The basic grammar of Hakata dialect is similar to other Hichiku dialects such as Saga dialect, Nagasaki dialect, and Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ... dialect. For example, Hakata dialect uses ''to'' or ''tto'' as a question, e.g., "What are you doing?", realized in standard Japanese as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
