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Oshi No Ko
(stylized as''【Oshi No Ko】'') is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' since April 2020, with its chapters collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes as of October 2022. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo is set to premiere in April 2023. Premise Goro Amemiya, a gynecologist, is tasked with delivering the child of Ai Hoshino, a Japanese idol whom he admired. When he is met with this news, Goro is overjoyed, promising her a safe and healthy delivery. Ai's pregnancy was kept a secret from her fans, so she traveled from Tokyo to a countryside hospital, where Goro happens to be practicing, in the hopes that she can keep the birth private. The day they meet, Goro tells Ai about a patient of his who recently passed. She was a big fan of Ai's and had wondered what life would have been like if she was born as the child of a famous person. On AI's expected due dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Takahashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. She had a leading role in the anime series ''Seiyu's Life!'', where she became part of the musical unit Earphones. She voiced Futaba Ichinose in ''Seiyu's Life!'', Megumin in ''KonoSuba'', Emilia in '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', Takagi-san in ''Teasing Master Takagi-san'', Mash Kyrielight in ''Fate/Grand Order'', Mirai Asahina/Cure Miracle in ''Witchy PreCure!,'' Dan Kouzo in '' Bakugan: Battle Planet'', and Hu Tao in ''Genshin Impact''. She performed theme songs for the same series. She won the Best Female Newcomer at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Biography Takahashi was born in Saitama Prefecture. She watched ''Ojamajo Doremi'', '' Higurashi When They Cry'' and '' Soul Eater'' while in high school. She noticed that many male characters were voiced by female voice actors; as this fact interested her, she decided to pursue a career in voice acting. She joined her school's broadcasting club during her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kono Manga Ga Sugoi!
is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha since 2005 featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga. The rankings are compiled by surveying people in the manga and publishing industry. The series is part of Takarajimasha's other mook series, including ''Kono Eiga ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on film; ''Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on mystery novels; and ''Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...s. Publications * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2006 Men ver.'' (December 1, 2005, ) * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2006 Women ver.'' (December 1, 2005, ) * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2007 Men ver.'' (December 5, 2006, ) * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2007 Women ver.'' (December 5, 2006, ) * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takarajimasha
is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books. History The company was founded on September 22, 1971 as a consulting business of local government titled . Established by some Waseda University former revolutionary students, in May 1974 it started to publish its first magazine, ''Takarajima'', a Japanese subculture focused magazine, which was followed by ''Bessatsu Takarajima'' in March 1976. ''Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!'', a guide book magazine, was first published in December 1989, while fashion magazine ''Cutie'' was first published in September 1989. On April 1, 1993, its name changed to Takarajimasha. ''Smart'', ''Spring'', and ''Sweet'', all young-targeted fashion magazines, are published since October 1995, February 1996, and March 1999 respectively. Takarajimasha is also known for creating in 2005 the concept of "brand mook", a mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidive
Sentai Filmworks, LLC or just Sentai, is an American entertainment company owned by AMC Networks. Located in Houston, the company specializes in the dubbing and distribution of Japanese animation and Asian cinema. Its post-production arm is Sentai Studios. The company has its origins in A.D. Vision, which was founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. ADV collapsed due to low sales and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Ledford founded Sentai in 2008 and acquired the majority of ADV's titles. Sentai was then acquired by New York City-based AMC Networks in 2022 and became its subsidiary. Its offices are in the International District in Southwest Houston. History Origins In 1990, John Ledford, a native of Houston, started a Japanese video game and video console import business. He was introduced to anime when he watched ''My Neighbor Totoro'' at his friend's suggestion. His friend, Matt Greenfield, born in Sacramento, California, ran a loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime NYC
Anime NYC is an annual three-day anime convention held during November at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Programming The convention typically offers arcade games, an artist alley, concerts, manga library (Carolina Manga Library), masquerade, panels, screenings, vendors, and video and card games. Anime NYC offered 100 hours of programming in 2017. History Anime NYC's organizer LeftField Media was founded by the creators of New York Comic Con, and also run Washington DC's Awesome Con. New York was chosen for the event due to its lack of a large anime convention. The first Anime NYC took over a year to plan and used two halls in the convention center. In the convention's first year, they did not use the amount of space used by New York Comic Con. New York City declared an Anime NYC Weekend for the 2017 convention. Anime NYC added more floor space in 2018, with additional expansion planned in 2019. The convention also hosted Anisong World Matsuri at the Hamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editorial Ivrea
Editorial Ivrea is an Argentine manga and comics publisher that publishes in Argentina, Spain and Finland. They also published ''Lazer'', a magazine which was specialized in anime, comics, manga, series and other media. The magazine has an acid humor and has also organized parties in Argentina. On June 15, 2008, they started ''Lazer Royale'', in which they made Concourse for cosplayers, and ''Tokyo Weekend'' on July 27, 2008. Famous singers Nobuo Yamada and Ricardo Cruz also appeared during the event. During August 2009, Ivrea announced the end of ''Lazer''s publication due to copyright issues with Shueisha and Shogakukan regarding the use of images in the magazine. ''Editorial Ivrea'' was founded in 1997 in Argentina, and since then, they have released several comics. Initially, they published manga volumes of 200 pages and others of 100 pages, which are half of the ''tankōbon'' format. Later, they started releasing manwhua and Argentinian comics, including ''EL NEGRO BLANCO' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M&C!
m&c! Publishing or better known as m&c! (stands for Magazine & Comics; id, Majalah & Komik) is a publishing company in Indonesia. The company has its roots on Komik Majalah in the 1980s, which often published various comics from foreign publishers. In 2003, m&c! was established as a publishing company and is part of the Retail and Publishing Division of the Kompas Gramedia Group (KGG). m&c! headquartered in the Kompas Gramedia Palmerah building, located in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Today, m&c! alongside Elex Media Komputindo—which is also part of the KGG—are the two biggest publishers in the comic publishing industry in Indonesia. History m&c! has its roots in the 1980s, starting with Komik Majalah which published various comics from foreign publishers. Initially, Komik Majalah only published comics from Europe and Hong Kong. Some titles became popular, including the ''Nina'' series from the Netherlands and kung fu-themed comics, ''Tiger Wong'' from Hong Kong. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daewon C
Zen Master Daewon Moon Jae-hyeon (born January 23, 1936) is a Korean Zen master in South Korea. A disciple of Zen Master Jeongang, he received Dharma transmission from his teacher and thereby becoming the 78th patriarch in the Dharma Lineage of the Buddha in 1962. Activities Teaching activities After a period spent in isolation in 1988 he founded Moonzen and the Moonzen Zen Centers in order to widely spread the teaching he received from his master, Zen Master Jeongang. Zen Master Daewon educates and trains his disciples at Moonzen Zen Centers around the country. Interest in environment Faced with the many phenomena that accompany climate change, in 2009 Zen Master Daewon established the International Union to Prevent Desertification (IUPD). He is active in participating in the resolution of climate change. For example, through IUPD, Zen Master Daewon opened the measures to prevent the desertification at the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chingwin Publishing Group
Ching Win Publishing Co., Ltd. () is a Taiwanese Publishing Group famous for its large manga selection, established 1964 in Taipei. Though it was initially aimed as general publishing company, it changed its principle to mainly publishing manga, light novels and pop culture magazines during the 1990s. In addition to translating Japanese manga and light novels, it also supports local Taiwanese authors as well. Publications ; Manga Magazines * : Translated version of CoroCoro Comic (Shogakukan). But it also contents many manga from Shueisha and Kodansha along with some South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...n manhwa. * : Translated version of Shōnen Sunday (Shogakukan). Monthly. * : Translated version of Bessatsu Friend (Shogakukan). Monthly. * CHING WIN BOY ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first weekend of July, spanning the course of four days. Anime Expo is regularly hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center but has also been held in other cities such as Anaheim, San Jose, New York, and Tokyo. Anime Expo is currently the largest North American anime convention as of 2017. Events and programming Anime Expo features many events and activities during the convention for attendees to take part in such as guest panels, tabletop gaming, competitions, an arcade, and concerts. Top attractions include the Masquerade cosplay contest, Anime Music Video (AMV) competition, Battle of the Bands, and Charity Auction. Anime Expo hosts a multitude of industry Guests of Honor (GoH), including notable music artists who often hold large concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
