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Sazae-san
is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The first ''Sazae-san'' strip run by the ''Asahi Shimbun'' was published on November 30, 1949. The manga dealt with everyday life and contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the series, with the final comic published on February 21, 1974. ''Sazae-san'' won the 8th Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1962. An anime television adaptation by TCJ (later renamed Eiken) began airing in Japan in October 1969 and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated television series. It has also been adapted into a radio show, theatrical plays and songs. Plot In the beginning, Sazae was more in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sazae-san Rocks
is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The first ''Sazae-san'' strip run by the ''Asahi Shimbun'' was published on November 30, 1949. The manga dealt with everyday life and contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the series, with the final comic published on February 21, 1974. ''Sazae-san'' won the 8th Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1962. An anime television adaptation by TCJ (later renamed Eiken) began airing in Japan in October 1969 and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated television series. It has also been adapted into a radio show, theatrical plays and songs. Plot In the beginning, Sazae was mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midori Katō
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator who is most famous for the role of Sazae Fuguta from the long-running family anime ''Sazae-san''. She is also known for voicing Yoshiko in ''Sally the Witch'' and Osomatsu Matsuno in ''Osomatsu-kun'' (1966). Biography Early life and career Midori Katō was born on 15 November 1939 in Tokyo Prefecture, which would later become Tokyo Metropolis four years after her birth, in the Empire of Japan.『週刊文春』2009年1月29日号、pp.134-138 She was educated at in Suginami ward and , the now-defunct school of the troupe.Profile at Kouenkai Info She originally wanted to be an actress in '''', but she was unable to perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machiko Hasegawa
was a Japanese manga artist and one of the first female manga artists. She started her own comic strip, ''Sazae-san'', in 1946. It reached national circulation via the ''Asahi Shimbun'' in 1949, and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974. All of her comics were printed in Japan in digest comics; by the mid-1990s, Hasegawa's estate had sold over 60 million copies in Japan alone. Life and career Machiko Hasegawa was born January 30, 1920, in Taku, Saga Prefecture. When she was 15, her father died and the family moved to Tokyo, where she took up drawing cartoons. She successfully published several in magazines and newspapers, such as , , , and a few that only ran for a short while. Her comics were the first to follow a consistent four-panel layout, which later became the standard. Hasegawa never married, instead living with her older sister Mariko. Both were art collectors, and their collection is housed in the Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum. The two started ... [...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] |
Hiroshi Masuoka (voice Actor)
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Minami, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He voiced the roles of Masuo Fuguta in ''Sazae-san'' and Jam Ojisan in ''Soreike! Anpanman''. He also voiced Kame-Sennin during the last episodes of ''Dragon Ball Z'' and all of ''Dragon Ball GT'', following Kōhei Miyauchi's death. He worked for the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society until his death in 2020. On August 5, 2019, it was announced that Masuoka had retired from his roles in ''Sazae-san'' and ''Soreike! Anpanman'', which would be taken over by Hideyuki Tanaka and Kōichi Yamadera respectively. Masuoka died on March 21, 2020 from rectal cancer. Filmography Television animation *''Ashita no Joe'' (1970) – Tarō *''Sazae-san'' (1979–2019) – Masuo Fuguta *''Touch'' (1985–1987) – Toshio Asakura *''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988–2019) – Jam Ojisan *''Ranma ½'' (1991) – Toramasa Kobayakawa Original video animation (OVA) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyoko Asō
was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her role as the first voice of Fune Isono from 1969 to 2015 in the longest-running Japanese anime series ''Sazae-san'', which first aired in 1969. She was the voice of Dr. Pinako Rockbell in both ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' anime adaptations. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie '' Aogeba Tōtoshi'', directed by Jun Ichikawa. On September 18, 2015, it was announced that Asō would step down from her role in ''Sazae-san''. She was replaced by Yorie Terauchi on October 5, 2015. On September 3, 2018, it was reported that Asō had died on August 25 from senility. Filmography Television animation * ''Gegege no Kitarō'' (1968) * '' Akane-chan'' (1968) * ''Sazae-san'' (1969), Fune Isono (first voice) *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971) Ferone's Nanny (eps 38–40) * ''Wandering Sun'' (1971) * '' Marvelous Melmo'' (1971), Melmo's aunt (first version) (eps 1, 21) * ''Kashi no Ki Mokku'' (1972) * ''Science Ninja Team Gatcham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazue Takahashi
, known by the stage name , was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Kazue was best known as the voice of Shoutarou Kaneda ("Jimmy Sparks") in ''Tetsujin 28-go'' ("Gigantor"). She debuted in 1949. Kazue was also known for roles in Kaiju Booska and Sazae-san. Kazue graduated from Kasei-Gakuin University. In February 1998, she came down with myelodysplastic syndrome and was transported to the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital. Three days after her 70th birthday, Kazue died in the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital annex. She presumably died from bone marrow cancer. In February 2010, she received a posthumous "Special Merit Award" from the 4th Seiyū Awards. Voice roles Anime *'' Andersen Stories'' as Evil Queen, Kirt * '' Akane-chan'' as Hidemaro * ''Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi'' as Pepe * '' Dokonjo Gaeru'' as Goro * '' Doraemon (1973)'' as Suneo's Mother * '' F'' as Sayuri * ''Gauche the Cellist as Child tanuki * '' Gegege no Kitaro'' * ''Giant Robo'' as Rudo * ''Tet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichirō Nagai
was a Japanese actor, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. Career Nagai played ''GeGeGe no Kitaro's'' Konaki Jijii, a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight and mass immensely and pinning them down between the 60s and 80s alongside Masako Nozawa and Keiko Toda (Kitaro), Isamu Tanonaka (Medama oyaji), Chikao Ohtsuka and Kei Tomiyama (Nezumi-Otoko), Nana Yamaguchi, Yuko Mita (Neko Musume), Yoko Ogushi, Keiko Yamamoto (Sunakake Baba), Yonehiko Kitagawa, Kenji Utsumi and Yusaku Yara (Nurikabe) and Jōji Yanami, Keaton Yamada and Kōsei Tomita (Ittan Momen). Nagai was cast as ''Sazae-san's'' character, Namihei Isono, Sazae's father and patriarch of the family in the longest running Anime in 1969 alongside co-stars Midori Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Tanaka
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo who is attached to Aoni Production. He is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles in ''One Piece'' (as Donquixote Doflamingo), '' Dokaben'' (as Tarou Yamada), ''Kinnikuman'' (as Terryman), '' Captain Tsubasa'' (as Roberto Hongo), ''Detective Conan'' (as Yūsaku Kudō), ''Touch'' (as Eijirō Kashiwaba), ''Saint Seiya'' (as Leo Aiolia, the narrator, and the first voice of Wolf Nachi) and narration, ''Metal Gear'' (as Hal Emmerich), '' F-Zero: GP Legend'' (as Captain Falcon), ''Slam Dunk'' (as Kiminobu Kogure) and the current voice actor of Zoffy in the ''Ultra Series''. Filmography Television animation ;1970s *'' Dokaben'' (1976) (Tarō Yamada) *''Future Boy Conan'' (1978) (Luke, Cheet) *''Wakakusa no Charlotte'' (1978) (Perkins) *''Mobile Suit Gundam'' (1979) (Woody Malden) ;1980s *''Ganbare Genki'' (1980) (Shuichi Okamura) *'' Tsurikichi Sanpei'' (1980) (Kenichi) *''Urusei Yatsura'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chafurin
, better known by his stage name is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with Office Osawa. After graduating from Toyo University is a university with several branches in Japan, including Hakusan, Asaka, Kawagoe, Itakura, and Akabane. Overview The predecessor to Toyo University was , which was founded at Rinsho-in Temple by Enryo Inoue in 1887. Inoue felt that the ..., he often plays middle-aged or older characters in anime. Filmography Television Films Video games Dubbing roles Dubbing References External links * * * Chafurinat Ryu's Seiyuu Infos * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chafurin 1961 births Living people Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Saitama Prefecture Toyo University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiken (studio)
is an anime studio in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. The company was formerly known as Television Corporation of Japan or TCJ before changing its name in 1969 to establish Eiken. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asatsu-DK. Works TCJ era * ''Sennin Buraku'' (1963, Fuji TV) * ''Tetsujin 28-go'' ("Gigantor" in North America) (1963, Fuji TV, planning by Dentsu) * ''8 Man'' ("The 8th Man" in North America) (1963, TBS) * ''Super Jetter'' (1965) * ''Space Boy Soran'' (1965, TBS) * ''Prince Planet'' (''Yūsei Shōnen Papii'') (1965) * '' Yūsei Kamen'' (1966) * '' Bōken Gabotenjima'' (1967) * ''Skyers 5'' (1967) * ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1967) * '' Sasuke'' (1968, TBS) * '' Ninpū Kamui Gaiden'' (1969, Fuji TV, planning by Zuiyo) * ''Sazae-san'' (1969–current, Fuji TV) * ''Kamui Gaiden'' (1969, film) * '' Dōbutsu-mura Monogatari'' (1970, NET) * '' Bakuhatsu Gorō'' (1970, TBS) * ''Norakuro'' (1970, Fuji TV) * '' Shin Skyers 5'' (1971, TBS) * '' Onbu Obake'' (1972, Yomiuri TV) E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyo Ōyama
, born , is a former Japanese actress, voice actress and singer affiliated with Actors Seven. She is best known for playing the title character in the long-running ''Doraemon'' anime series. She is also well known as the voice of Monokuma, the main villain from the ''Danganronpa'' video-game series. She played him in both the video games and in the anime series '' Danganronpa: The Animation''. It was reported on May 13, 2015, that Ōyama was living with dementia, putting any future work on hold. This notably prevented her from reprising her role as Monokuma in any further episodes of the anime series '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School''. Her ongoing role of Monokuma was taken over by Tarako , known under the professional name , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer.Doi, Hitoshi.Tarako. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 5, 2010. Her debut role was as a preschooler on ''Urusei Yatsura''. She is currently employed by the talent mana .... Filmography Anime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
