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Real Girl (manga)
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mao Nanami. The series was serialized in Kodansha's ''Dessert'' between July 2011 and May 2016, with the series later being compiled into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes released between December 2011 and August 2016. The series is currently published digitally in English by Kodansha Comics. An anime television series adaptation directed by Takashi Naoya and animated by Hoods Entertainment aired from April 4 to June 20, 2018 on AnichU programming block. A second season aired from January 8 to March 26, 2019. Plot High-school student Hikari Tsutsui is unpopular with classmates for his ''otaku'' behavior. One day, he is assigned to pool cleaning duty for being late and is paired with the beautiful but unreputable troublemaker Iroha Igarashi. When Iroha asks if he would like to be in a relationship with her, Hikari agrees. However, there is a catch: Iroha will be moving in six months because of her father's work and she will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Kelly
Christina Marie Kelly (born November 13, 1991) is an American voice actress who provides voices for English dubs of anime for Sentai Filmworks and Funimation. Biography Kelly was born in Newport Beach, California on November 13, 1991. She attended the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance, where she has appeared in shows such as ''The Miser'', ''Blood Wedding'', ''Ring Round the Moon'', and '' Zombie Prom: The Musical''. She graduated with a BFA in acting in 2015. In 2015, Kelly began voice acting with Sentai Filmworks while still attending the University of Houston. Her first lead role was Satone Shichimiya in the hit series '' Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''. She had only been voice acting for four months when she landed the lead role of Mine in the action anime ''Akame ga Kill!'', which would appear on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. She was also the voice of Koko Kaga in the romantic-comedy, '' Golden Time''. Her talent became noted by dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VAP (company)
(initials of Video & Audio Project) is a Japanese entertainment company, headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Artists * Kikuchi Momoko * Sugiyama Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe * Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe * 1986 Omega Tribe * Coldrain (2008–2017) * Concerto Moon * Eastern Youth * Edge of Spirit * Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas (2010–2017) * Galneryus * Girls on the Run * Aya Hisakawa * Nightmare (Japanese band) (2006–2011) * Nobuyuki Hiyama * Last Alliance * Maximum the Hormone (2002–2018) * NoisyCell * Hajime Mizoguchi * Toshiyuki Morikawa * Yuji Ohno * Ogre You Asshole * Pay Money to My Pain * Saber Tiger * Momoko Sakura * Sendai Kamotsu * S.E.S. * Yuri Shiratori * Suzume * White Ash * Zwei (2004–2007) Japanese television, drama, and anime on DVD/video * '' Akagi'' * ''Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature'' (produced for Nippon TV) * '' Berserk'' * '' Death Note'' * ''Dōbutsu no Mori'' * ''Elfen Lied'' (AT-X) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Haag
Hilary Haag () is an American voice actress who is known for her work for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Haag has been involved in several lead roles in anime series, including Nene Romanova in ''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'', Teletha Testarossa in the ''Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic series'', Seth Nightroad in ''Trinity Blood'', Rebecca Miyamoto in ''Pani Poni Dash!'', Rosette Christopher in ''Chrono Crusade'', and Chloe in ''Noir (anime), Noir''. She attended Lamar Consolidated High School and later studied English Rhetoric at Texas A&M University. Haag resided in Los Angeles for almost 2 years after she graduated from Texas A&M University, but moved back to Houston where she grew up. Because of her distinctive natural child-like voice, she is often given the roles of younger female characters. Filmography Anime Film References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haag, Hilary American voice actresses Living people People from Baytown, Texas Texas A&M Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Kanda
was a Japanese actress and singer. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda. Early life Kanda was born in Chiyoda, Tokyo. She was the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and Seiko Matsuda. Her paternal grandmother Teruko Asahi (1924–2001) was a former actress. Career In 1999, while a student at a Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in ''Bean Cake'', a short film that won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She was quite active as an actress in movies and mostly on stage since her debut. She also wrote some lyrics for her mother Seiko Matsuda's songs. Kanda made her ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' debut in December 2011 singing "Ue o Muite Arukō" alongside her mother, Seiko Matsuda. In July 2012, Kanda debuted as a voice actress on TV animation ''Good Luck Girl!'', which led her to be cast as Anna in the Japanese language dub of Disney's animated film '' Frozen''. She won the Best Lead Actress award for the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moka Kamishiraishi
is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model. As a singer, her stage name is Adieu (stylized in all lowercase). She is the younger sister of actress and singer Mone Kamishiraishi. Kamishiraishi entered the entertainment industry after winning the Toho Cinderella Audition in 2011 and is represented by Toho Entertainment. She made her acting debut in 2012, and has since appeared in films such as '' Haruta & Chika'' (2017) and '' A Forest of Wool and Steel'' (2018), for which she won a Newcomer of the Year award at the 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize. She has also done voice acting, such as in '' Mirai'' (2018) and '' Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle'' (2020), and appeared in television dramas, including the NHK taiga drama '' Idaten'' (2019) and '' The Files of Young Kindaichi'' (2022). She released her first music single in 2015, and made her full music debut as Adieu in 2019 under the Sony Music Records label. Early life Kamishiraishi was born and raised in Kago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reina Ueda
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Toyama Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Beginning her career as a voice actress in 2012, her first main role was Naru Sekiya, the protagonist of the 2014 anime series '' Hanayamata''. She is also known for her roles as Mira Yurisaki in ''Dimension W'', Hane Sakura in ''Bakuon!!'', Mallow in '' Pokémon: Sun & Moon'', Shiori Shinomiya in '' Sakura Quest'', and Akane Shinjō in '' SSSS.Gridman''. She was one of the recipients of the Best New Actress Award in the 9th Seiyu Awards in 2015. She released a mini-album in 2016, and her first solo single in 2018. Biography Ueda was born in Toyama Prefecture on January 17, 1994. From an early age, she had an interest in performing, joining her school's theater club in elementary. While a member of her junior high school's theater club, she became interested in becoming a voice actress after interacting with a club member who wanted to pursue that profession. She decided to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolicon
In Japanese popular culture, is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English phrase "Lolita complex", also refers to desire and affection for such characters (, "loli"), and fans of such characters and works. Associated with unrealistic and stylized imagery within manga, anime, and video games, ''lolicon'' in ''otaku'' (manga/anime fan) culture is understood as distinct from desires for realistic depictions of girls, or real girls as such, and is associated with the concept of '' moe'', or feelings of affection and love for fictional characters as such (often cute characters in manga and anime). The phrase "Lolita complex", derived from the novel ''Lolita'', entered use in Japan in the 1970s, when sexual imagery of the ''shōjo'' (idealized young girl) was expanding in the country's media. During the "''lolicon'' boom" in adult manga of the early 1980s, the term was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gibbs
Adam Gibbs is an American voice actor who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series. He is known for his lead roles of Hotaro Oreki from ''Hyouka'', Masaya Hinata from '' Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue'', Shinichi Izumi from ''Parasyte'', Hachiman Hikigaya from the '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'' series, Seiya Kanie from ''Amagi Brilliant Park'', Taichi Mashima from ''Chihayafuru'', Kei Kuramoto from '' Flying Witch'', Hiromi Nase from ''Beyond the Boundary'' series, Fumiya Tomozaki in '' Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki'', and Nice from ''Hamatora''. Biography Gibbs is associated with Sentai Filmworks and Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes .... He also acts at Theatre Under the Stars, Classical Theatre Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuma Terashima
is a Japanese voice actor and singer born in Ishikawa, Japan. Terashima graduated from Tokyo Announce Gakuin, voice training school. He had initially belonged to Holypeak until December 2008, and then to Production Baobab up until September 2011 when he switched to Axlone, Toshiyuki Morikawa's own agency. He is married to voice actress Satomi Satō. On December 30, 2021, Terashima and Satō announced the birth of their first child. Filmography Anime ;2005 *''Genesis of Aquarion'': Apollo/Apollonius ;2006 *'' Kiba'': Gitora *'' Princess Princess'': Harue Wataru ;2007 *'' Bleach'': Ruri'iro Kujaku *''Hidamari Sketch'': Mashiko *''Saint Beast'': Saki *''Sisters of Wellber'': Jin *'' Terra e...'': Tachyon, Alfred and Sean *''Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'': Kino Kuniya ;2008 *''Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'': Kino Kuniya *''Magician's Academy'': Sakuma Eitarou *''One Outs'': Kawanaka Junichi *''Shigofumi'': Nojima Kaname ;2009 *''Chrome Shelled Regios'': Lyia Heia Salinvan *''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami Tsuda
is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Early life and career Since she was eight years old, Minami Tsuda was fascinated with voice acting as she was influenced by her sister and grew from watching '' Sailor Moon'' and '' Pokémon''. At the age of 10, she joined a choir, where she met actress and singer Eri Itō as her instructor for the next eight years. After graduating from high school, Tsuda quit the choir and attended Aoni Juku, the voice acting school of the talent agency Aoni Production, in Tokyo upon the recommendation of voice actress Michie Tomizawa. Tsuda's first voice role was recorded incoming voices on mobile phones. In 2009, she took the role of Shige in ''Nintama Rantarō Musical'', a musical theater performance based on the anime series of the same name. Filmography Anime TV series Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Anime films Video games Dubbing Animated TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shouta Aoi
, is a Japanese singer and actor. Under the stage name Showta (stylized as "SHOWTA."), he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, ''Eve'', in 2008. In 2009, he left his agency and briefly released music independently under the pseudonym . After making his acting debut as Saki Hanajima in the ''Fruits Basket'' musical in 2009, Aoi has been involved in multiple musical theatre productions, including Sakuya Shiomi in '' Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade''. In 2011, he began voice acting and gained media attention after voicing Ai Mikaze from ''Uta no Prince-sama''. Since then, he has been recognized for roles such as Hideaki Tojo from ''Ace of Diamond'', Monet Tsukushi in the '' Magic-kyun! Renaissance'' series, Rui Minazuki from the '' Tsukiuta'' series, Louis Kisaragi from ''King of Prism'' series, and Licht von Glanzreich from ''The Royal Tutor''. In 2013, Aoi relaunched his singing career under his new stage name with the extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
