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Nanako Kikuchi
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Nanako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *奈々子, " Nara, ''repeat previous kanji'', child" *菜々子, "greens, ''repeat previous kanji'', child" *奈那子, "apple tree, unknown, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *, Japanese racewalker * Nanako Matsushima (菜々子, born 1973), Japanese actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese Professor Emeritus *, Japanese professional footballer * Nanako Takushi (奈々子, born 1976), Japanese J-pop singer *, Japanese basketball player *Nanako Inoue (井上 奈々子, born 1983), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese shogi player Fictional characters Given name * Nanako Dojima, a character in the video game '' Persona 4'' *Nanako Hasegawa, a character in the manga and live-action series ''Haruka 17'' *Nanako Itagaki, a character in the manga and anime series '' Fighting Spirit'' *Nanako Kanazawa, a character in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanako Dojima
is a fictional character in the 2008 PlayStation 2 video game ''Persona 4'' by Atlus. She is initially shy to player-character and cousin Yu Narukami, but eventually grows more comfortable. She struggles through the game with loneliness, the loss of her mother, and concern over her father Ryotaro Dojima, who is often absent due to his job as a detective. She appears as a playable character in '' Persona 4: Dancing All Night'', where designers made a point to try to avoid her dancing style seem too adult. She has been well-received and is regarded as one of the best characters in ''Persona 4''. Multiple critics held her as an example of a quality child character in video games. Concept and creation Nanako Dojima was created for ''Persona 4''. She is the young cousin of Yu Narukami, and Ryotaro Dojima's only daughter. Nanako is a guileless girl, and is usually left at home due to her father's work. Nanako is capable of taking care of herself. She is voiced by Akemi Kanda in Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Nurse Nanako
is an anime OVA series released in Japan. There were 6 episodes. It was released between July 2000 and January 2001 on 3 DVDs in the United States through Geneon, each containing 2 episodes per volume. The series details the life and history of Nanako Shichigusa, a 16-year-old who works as a maid (not nurse as the title might imply) in the hospital of Dr. Kyogi Ogami, the male lead. Nanako is a classic ditzy slapstick protagonist who tends to accidentally break things and do everything wrong. Ogami treats her frequently in a cruel or heartless manner—threatening her, yelling at her and even subjecting her to physical abuse—yet at the climax of every episode he comes through to rescue her from whatever predicament she got herself into. Much of the series revolves around the relationship between Nanako and Ogami—his mean veneer, her faith in him, and how he alternates between the evil mad scientist archetype and the knight in shining armor archetype. As the series progre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your And My Secret
''Your and My Secret'', known in Japan as , is a manga series by Ai Morinaga. The series was first published in Enix's ''Monthly Stencil'' in January 2001, was later obtained by Mag Garden who published it in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' then '' Monthly Comic Avarus'' where it concluded its serialization in August 2011. The individual chapters were collected and released into eight tankōbon volumes by Mag Garden. A continuation of the manga, subtitled as , was serialized in Mag Garden's online magazine, Web Comic Beat's, between June 2012 and March 2013; it was later released in a single tankōbon volume. In Japan, ''Boku to Kanojo no Peke Mittsu'' has been adapted into three radio dramas and a live action film. ''Your and My Secret'' follows the effeminate Akira Uehara who switches bodies with the tomboy Nanako Momoi due to an accident. ADV Manga licensed ''Boku to Kanojo no Peke Mittsu'' and released it under the name ''Your and My Secret'' in 2004. Tokyopop later obtained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Teacher Onizuka
''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2002, with its chapters compiled into twenty-five ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. It is a continuation of Fujisawa's earlier manga series ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' and ''Bad Company'', both of which focus on the life of Onizuka before becoming a teacher. Due to the popularity of the manga, several adaptations of ''GTO'' were created, including a twelve-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998; a live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and released in December 1999; and a 43-episode anime television series produced by Pierrot, which aired in Japan on Fuji TV from J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oniisama E
is a Japanese manga series by Riyoko Ikeda. It was adapted into an anime series that aired on the channel NHK-BS2 from July 14, 1991 to May 31, 1992. The series originally started out as a manga in the early to mid-1970s. The story is about a 16-year-old girl, , who attends a prestigious academy and deals with life as a high school student via writing letters to her "brother". The manga has never been officially released in English, though it has been translated into French, Italian and Polish. The series spans 39 anime episodes and three manga volumes, ending when Nanako is eighteen. Plot Nanako Misonoo is a young high school freshman at the exclusive girls' school Seiran Academy. When she begins her first year at this school, she falls into a world of female rivalry, love, chaos, and heartbreak. She narrates the story of the series in a chain of letters to a young man named Takehiko Henmi, who she calls "Oniisama" (Brother). In reality, Takehiko was her teacher at the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of Tennis
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for English release in North America. A 178-episode anime television series adaptation animated by Trans Arts, co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2001 to March 2005. A sequel of three original video animation (OVA) series, totaling 26 episodes, were released from March 2006 to January 2009. In North America, the anime series was first licensed by Viz Media and later by Funimation. ''The Prince of Tennis'' developed into a media franchise, including a long-running radio show, numerous video games, well over 250 soundtracks and CDs, and other merchandise. Since 2003, more than fifteen stage musicals adaptations have been produced. An anime film premiered in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanako Meino
''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various tennis teams for the schools portrayed in the series, their coaches, and various family members and supporters. The main character of the series is Ryoma Echizen, a 12-year-old tennis prodigy who joins the Seishun Academy tennis team. The main cast is rounded out with the other eight regular players for Seishun, all of whom have various special abilities at playing tennis. Beyond them, there are many rival schools whose players reappear during the course of the series. Protagonists The protagonists of the series all attend , or for short. The school is famous for its talented tennis club in which the series' leading protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, is enrolled in the school by his father, Nanjiro Echizen, a former professional tennis player a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Star (manga)
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series by Kagami Yoshimizu. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comptiq'' magazine since December 2003. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as '' Shōnen Ace'' and others. It has no ongoing plot and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters. An audio drama CD based on the series was released in August 2005, and the series spawned four video games released between 2005 and 2009. A 24-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired between April 8 and September 16, 2007. The anime was licensed in North America by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Bandai Entertainment; six DVDs have been released between May 2008 and March 2009. An original video animation (OVA) episode was released on September 26, 2008 accompanied by a drama CD. Bandai Entertainment released the OVA in an English-sub only version on August 4, 2009. The anime is currently licensed by Funimation, now known as Cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lucky Star Characters
This is a list of characters from the Japanese manga, video game, and anime series '' Lucky Star''. Main characters Konata Izumi ; : (old drama CD, NDS video game), Aya Hirano (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD), Wendee Lee (English) :Konata is the leader of the ''Lucky Star'' crew, and the main protagonist of the series. She is the shortest of the main characters. Nicknamed , she is an eccentric but friendly and outgoing tomboy, with a mischievous yet good-natured sense of humor. She is smart, but doesn't apply herself to studying,''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 16. thus her grades are a bit variable. However, she is an expert at pulling "all-nighters".''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 2. In contrast to her studying habits, she loves playing video games. This can be seen in the OVA for the series, it is revealed that the MMORPG she plays with Nanako Kuroi is "Tower of Druaga: Recovery of Babylim".''Lucky Star'' anime, episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahoraba
is a Japanese manga series by Akira Kojima. It was serialized in Square Enix' ''Monthly Gangan WING'' manga magazine between January 2000 and July 2006, spanning a total of 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation, entitled , was animated by J.C.Staff, aired on TV Tokyo from January 10, 2005, to June 26, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes. Plot Shiratori Ryushi wants to become a children's picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-Sou (Narutaki Villa), in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. Narutaki-Sou is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn't fit in urban scenery. The complex is owned by his mother's cousin and the manager of the apartment is his second cousin, Aoba Kozue. They met each other when they were children, although Shiratori doesn't remember much of it. Kozue is in the second grade of a high school attached to Aoba Junior College. There are seven residents of Narutaki-Sou. The first, Chanohata Tamami, liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
