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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (film Series)
is a series of Japanese anime films produced by Aniplex and Shaft based on the titular 2011 anime television series. The first two films, ''Beginnings'' and ''Eternal'', were released in October 2012 and serve as a recap of the television series with redone voice acting and newly animated footage. The third film, ''Rebellion'', is an all-new original work, and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in October 2013. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hanokage was released by Houbunsha between November 2013 and January 2014. The films are distributed in North America by Aniplex of America. The third film, ''Rebellion'', was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year and won the Best Theatrical Film Award at the 19th Animation Kobe Awards. A sequel film to ''Rebellion'', titled ''Walpurgisnacht: Rising'', is set to premiere in 2025. Plot In ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', certain creatures can grant a chosen girl any wish they may desire. In exchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homura Akemi
is a fictional character and one of two main protagonists from the 2011 anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica''. A mysterious magical girl who first appears as a vision in one of Madoka Kaname's nightmares, Homura tries her best to prevent Madoka from making a contract with the messenger of magic, Kyubey. As the story progresses, it is revealed that Homura is a time traveler and has seen Madoka die countless times whenever she makes a contract with Kyubey. Homura becomes the sole main protagonist of the 2013 sequel film '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion'', where she fights with her fellow magical girls against surreal monsters called Nightmares, but after some time, she realizes something is wrong with her memories and then tries to investigate. Homura has appeared in most ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' related media, including manga, novel adaptations of the series and video games. Writer Gen Urobuchi created Homura to contrast with the series' titular chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Press
Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published ''Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press has published original series, most notably a manga adaptation of James Patterson's ''Maximum Ride'' and Svetlana Chmakova's '' Nightschool''. History Yen Press was founded in 2006 by former Borders Group buyer Kurt Hassler and DC Comics VP Rich Johnson. In July 2007, it was announced that Yen Press was to absorb ICEkunion, a Korean publisher that had been publishing manhwa in the United States. While the manga titles bearing ICEkunion's label would be continued to be sold in stores, subsequent printings would bear the Yen Press logo. Hassler assured fans, "We plan to pick up all the existing CEkuniontitles...We're going to continue everything, so fans shouldn't worry. None of these series are going to fall into a void." The first issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyubey
is the main antagonist of the 2011 anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' and its 2013 sequel '' The Rebellion Story''. They are a "messenger of magic" that can grant any wish to a certain girl, on the condition that she become a magical girl and fight against witches. It is later revealed that their true identity is ''Incubator''. Kyubey is considered the main villain of the ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' series, as they tricked Madoka Kaname and the other protagonists in order to turn them into magical girls and, later on, into witches. Kyubey's true goal is countering entropy and staving off the heat death of the universe. Creation and design Kyubey was created and designed by writer Gen Urobuchi. As one of the primary villains in the series, producer Atsuhiro Iwakami stated that "the mash-up of cuteness and darkness is the central theme to ''Madoka'', and Kyubey is an epitome of that theme." A central goal in Urobuchi's writing was to highlight the moral and ethical dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Miki
is a fictional character from the 2011 anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica''. A girl with a strong sense of justice and a classical music fan, Sayaka is the childhood and best friend of one of the series' protagonists, Madoka Kaname. She highly respects and admires her upperclassman Mami Tomoe, an experienced magical girl that fights for justice, and aspires to be like her. Sayaka makes a contract with the messenger of magic, Kyubey, and becomes a magical girl to heal the arms of Kyōsuke Kamijo, a boy she has been infatuated with since childhood. Sayaka has appeared in several ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' media, including manga, a novel adaptation of the series, and video games. Writer Gen Urobuchi stated that he had created Sayaka based on an "Urobuchi character". He referred to her as his favorite character in the series and said her story was the most enjoyable to write. She was designed by Ume Aoki; due to the character's tomboyish personality, Aoki wanted to expr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoka Kaname
is the title character and one of two main protagonists of the 2011 anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', alongside Homura Akemi. Madoka is a kind and gentle 14-year-old girl who initially lives a normal and happy life, but is then faced with the decision of becoming a magical girl. She aspires to become a magical girl after witnessing her senior classmate Mami Tomoe fighting against surreal monsters known as ''witches'' in order to protect people. In '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion'', where she is the deuterangonist, Madoka appears as a magical girl and fights with her friends against new monsters known as ''nightmares''. She appears in most ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' related-media, including manga, novels and video games. In developing the character, writer Gen Urobuchi imagined the series' protagonist as being a girl with a "cheerful and idealistic" personality, in contrast to his usual writing style. Madoka was designed by Ume Aoki, who used the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl
is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered around young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. The genre emerged in 1962 with ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', followed by ''Sally the Witch'' in 1966 produced by Toei Animation. A wave of similar anime produced by the studio in the 1970s led to being used as a common term for the genre. In the 1980s, the term was largely replaced by "magical girl", reflecting the new popularity of shows produced by other studios, including ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. In the 1990s, '' Sailor Moon'' introduced the concept of a "transforming heroine" who fights against forces of evil, a synthesis of elements from hero shows that became a staple for magical girl series that followed. The growth of late-night anime in the early 2000s led to a demographic shift for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation Kobe
The was an event established by Kobe in 1996 to promote anime and other visual media. The were given annually until 2015 by Kobe and the Organising Committee to creators and creations. Event Animation Kobe has been held annually in Kobe since 1996. In addition to the awards ceremony, the event holds screenings of the prize winners and talk shows. The 11th event, in 2006, was carried live on the official website. The awards event was closed in 2015. Major staff ; Chairman of the Committee * Yasuki Hamano, 1996–2005 * Akira Kamiya, 2006–2015 ; Chairman of the examination The examination is done mainly by a panel of chief editors of the magazines covering anime, such as ''Newtype'', '' Animedia'' and ''Animage''. Usually, one of the city employees sent by Kobe City also participates.Judges at the 3rd event (1998) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Academy Prize For Animation Of The Year
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniplex Of America
Aniplex of America Inc. or Aniplex USA is the U.S. distribution enterprise of Aniplex, an anime and music production company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was established in March 2005 in Santa Monica, California, with the goal of reinforcing the parent company's licensing business in the North American market. They operate the English language version of the Aniplex+ store, and from 2013 to 2017 operated a streaming service called Aniplex Channel through their website. The company most of the time only directly releases its titles in the Americas, however, some of its titles have been released in other territories by other distributors, such as Anime Limited, Manga Entertainment, MVM Films, Madman Anime Group, and Siren Visual. Their home video sets are distributed in the North American market by Right Stuf Anime and their titles are usually streamed on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and Hidive, and occasionally streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded in 1923 by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games and is one of the "Big Five" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, the Warner Animation Group, Castle Rock Entertainment, and DC Studios. Among its other assets, stands the television production company Warner Bros. Television Studios. Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character created by Tex Avery, Ben Hardaway, Chuck Jones, Bob Givens and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
