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Nobuaki Nakanishi
is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director. Filmography *'' Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari 2'': Director *'' Bomberman Bidaman Bakugaiden'': Series director *''Cardcaptor Sakura'': Storyboard and episode director *''Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!'': Director *'' Duel Masters (movie)'': Unit director *''Kaikan Phrase'': Storyboard and episode director *'' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'': Director, storyboard, episode director *''Koihime Musō'': Director *''Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer'': Director *''Magical Circle Guru Guru'': Storyboard *''Mangirl!'': Director *''Sumomomo Momomo'': Director *''The Bush Baby'': Storyboard, Episode director *''The Daichis - Earth Defence Family is an anime television series created and written by Shōji Kawamori. The series premiered in Japan on WOWOW between January 9, 2001 and March 29, 2001, spanning a total of 13 episodes. It centers on a dysfunctional family tasked with defendi ...'': Episode director References External links * An ... [...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] |
Lucifer And The Biscuit Hammer
''Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from April 2005 to August 2010, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment published the series in North America. An anime television series adaptation by NAZ aired from July to December 2022 on the Animeism programming block. Plot Yuuhi Amamiya is a young, misanthropic college student who one day wakes up to find a lizard on his bed. The lizard explains that Yuuhi has been chosen as a Beast Knight, a magical warrior destined to help a princess defeat a mage seeking to destroy the world with a giant mallet floating in space called the Biscuit Hammer. While Yuuhi initially is not interested in getting involved, he changes his mind when he meets the princess, Samidare Asahina, who tells him her intent to defeat the mage and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Directors
An animation director is either the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or television, and animated segment for a live action film or television show, or the animator in charge of correcting layouts and drawings. The difference between the two is largely the difference between the western and eastern animation industries. Responsibilities Western production pipeline In western animation, such as Disney, the responsibilities of an animation director include directing the storyboards, character designs, background animation, and other technical aspects of a project's animation. Some animated film productions may split the duties between an animation director, who focuses on the creation of the animation, and a director who oversees all other aspects of the film. A supervising animator is commonly in charge of all aspects of the design and artwork for a single major character. The supervising animator oversees a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daichis - Earth Defence Family
is an anime television series created and written by Shōji Kawamori. The series premiered in Japan on WOWOW between January 9, 2001 and March 29, 2001, spanning a total of 13 episodes. It centers on a dysfunctional family tasked with defending the Earth from alien invaders. The series was aired by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia under the title ''The Family's Defensive Alliance''. It was released on DVD in North America by Geneon under the title ''The Daichis: Earth Defence Family'', but was not broadcast across the region. Plot The opening scenes of the anime show the Daichis in a furious argument over a divorce petition. Suddenly a bright flash of light blinds them completely and they are shown their future roles to be played as defenders of the earth. Reluctant at first, they are forced to accept the responsibility, as refusal means a court-martial from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bush Baby
, shortened as ''The Bush Baby'', is the title of a 1992 anime series consisting of forty 25-minute episodes. It is based on the novel '' The Bushbabies'' (1965) by Canadian author William Stevenson. The series is part of Fuji Television and Nippon Animation's ''World Masterpiece Theater'', which consists of anime television series adaptations of classic children's books. It has also been broadcast internationally on networks such as TVO / Access Alberta (Canada), France 3 (France), Antena 3 (Spain), Italia 1 (Italy), Tele 5 / tm3 (Germany), ORF1 (Austria), ABS-CBN / GMA 7 / Quality TeleVision (Philippines), Various Arab Networks (Arab World), and RTM2 (Malaysia). The English dub for the series was handled by TVOntario from 1993-1995. Adventure anime and manga Television series set in the 1960s Summary In 1964, a thirteen-year-old British girl named Jackie Rhodes living in Kenya travels the savannah in the area of Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya, where her father is an An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumomomo Momomo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Square Enix's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' (first named ''Gangan YG'') from January 2004 to February 2009, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story centers on a young girl, a strong martial arts, martial artist, who wants to marry and bear a child with a boy that she believes to be a strong fighter. A twenty-two episode anime television series adaptation by Studio Hibari was broadcast on TV Asahi from October 2006 to March 2007, with two additional original video animation (OVA) episodes released in August 2007. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Yen Press. Plot Kōshi Inuzuka is a normal high school student aspiring to become a prosecutor after graduating. One day, a strange girl named Momoko Kuzuryū approaches him, revealing that they are betrothed and expected to produce a strong child together, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangirl!
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Kagari Tamaoka. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's ''Comic Earth Star'' magazine between the April 2011 and July 2013 issues. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired between January and March 2013 in Japan. Media Manga Originally titled , ''Mangirl!'' is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kagari Tamaoka, with original character designs by Yasu. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's ''Comic Earth Star'' magazine between the April 2011 and July 2013 issues. Three ''tankōbon'' volumes were released between May 12, 2012 and March 12, 2013. Internet radio show An Internet radio show to promote the manga titled aired 18 episodes between August 16 and December 13, 2010. An additional special episode was broadcast on March 11, 2011. It was hosted by Mai Nakahara, Kana Ueda, Saori Hayami and Sayuri Yahagi. The show was streamed online every M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Circle Guru Guru
''Magical Circle Guru Guru'' ( ja, 魔法陣グルグル, Mahōjin Guru Guru) is a Japanese manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime series on October 13, 1994. A second manga series was serialized in ''Gangan Online'' in 2012. ''Mahōjin Guru Guru'' is a light series aimed at older children. It contains occasional toilet gags and some innuendo. It also is a parody of early role-playing video games (RPGs), particularly turn-based games, such as those in the Dragon Quest series. The narrator speaks in place of the dialogue in such games, and this is one of the comedy elements of the show. Information boxes are often displayed on screen with accompanying narration in the traditional RPG style. The overall goal of the main characters, Nike and Kukuri, is to defeat Giri, the ruler of the darkness. Since the anime is based on an RPG, several side quests need to be completed before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koihime Musō
is a series of Japanese adult visual novels and strategy video games primarily developed and published by BaseSon for the Windows and is based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' by Luo Guanzhong. The first game was developed by BaseSon, and was first released on January 26, 2007, for Windows as two DVD-ROMs, followed by a re-release on April 11, 2008, containing an extra CD-ROM. ''Koihime Musō: Doki Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi'' has made several transitions to other media. A manga adaptation by Japanese illustrator Yayoi Hizuki was first serialized in the Japanese magazine '' Dengeki G's Festival! Comic'' on April 26, 2008. An anime adaptation produced by Doga Kobo began broadcasting on July 8, 2008, and has since released two additional seasons. Premise The game is set in ancient China during and after the fall of the Han dynasty with some major differences, most notably; Most of the male characters in the novel have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai No Wakakusa Monogatari 2
''Little Women II: Jo's Boys'', also known as is a 1993 Japanese animated television series based on Louisa May Alcott's ''Little Men'', produced by Nippon Animation. The title is taken from ''Jo's Boys'', the title of the sequel to ''Little Men'', on which the series is also partially based. The series is the sequel to the studio's 1987 ''Tales of Little Women'', an adaptation of Alcott's novel of the same name. Plot Josephine March has grown into womanhood about ten years since ''Tales of Little Women'' and is now married to the German Professor, Friedrich Bhaer. In the Plumfield farm-house that Aunt March had left her, Jo Bhaer has established a new school for her two sons, Robby and Teddy, nephews (Franz, Emil, Demi-John), niece (Daisy) and a gang of orphaned children, including Annie "Nan" Harding and a rough, street-wise adolescent named Dan. With the experience of a model childhood and a faithful and caring husband, Jo guides her pupils in their young lives; with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Meets Girl
is a Japanese ''yuri'' manga series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura. The manga was originally serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' between the July 2004 and May 2007 issues, and later published in five bound volumes by MediaWorks from January 2005 to May 2007. The story focuses on Hazumu Osaragi, a normal, albeit effeminate high school boy who is killed when an alien spaceship crash lands on him, only to be restored to health as a girl. This results in a same-sex love triangle that Hazumu finds herself in with two of her best female friends. A single light novel written by Mako Komao and illustrated by the manga's artist was published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint in January 2006. The manga series was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series plus a single original video animation (OVA) sequel by Studio Hibari. The anime aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between January and March 2006; the OVA was released in October 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaikan Phrase
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Shinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in ''Shōjo Comic'' between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, and as a series of novels. The series tells the story of Aine Yukimura, a high school student who becomes the lyricist for a Japanese rock band, and her relationship with the band's lead singer, Sakuya Ookochi. To promote the anime, a real-life band was formed: Λucifer, the band the story focuses on. The rival band, e.MU, seems to have been active before the manga was created. Both bands continued after the anime ended before disbanding. In the series, Λucifer's original name is Lucifer, changed to Λucifer (using the Greek letter lambda) when the band decides to go international. For the purposes of the article this second name, Λucifer, is used. Japanese names are given in Western order, with family name last. Plot Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
