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Studio Proteus
Studio Proteus is a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company, founded in 1986 by Toren Smith and based in San Francisco. Other staff included translators Dana Lewis, Alan Gleason, and Frederik Schodt, letterer Tom Orzechowski and translator/letterer Tomoko Saito. The company worked with many different publishers, including Viz Media, Innovation Publishing and Eclipse Comics, but its main outlets were Dark Horse for mainstream titles and Fantagraphics' imprint Eros Comix for adult (hentai) titles. History Early years (1986–1994) Smith first became interested in anime and manga after being introduced to it by James D. Hudnall in 1982. Smith had been involved in the comics business as a writer for several years, doing stories for Marvel's ''Epic'' magazine and Eclipse Comics. He felt that there was a market for Japanese comics (manga) in the United States, and with Hudnall, approached Eclipse Comics with the idea of obtaining rights to various titles includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics
a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartoonist, Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common means of image-making in comics. Photo comics is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, Political cartoon, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, and Bande dessinée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward. International operations In the United States Shogakukan, along with Shueisha, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States. Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005. Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (previously Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.) In March 2010 it was announced that Shogakuka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Ledoux
Trish is a feminine given name, often a contraction of Patricia. It may refer to: Persons * Trish Adudu (born 1969), British freelance journalist, television presenter and DJ * Trish Bartholomew (born 1986), Grenadian sprinter *Trish Bertram, British television host and voice-over artist *Trish Costello, American entrepreneur and businesswoman * Trish Crossin (born 1956), Australian politician * Trish Delaney-Brown, Australian singer and songwriter * Trish Deseine, Northern Ireland food and cookbook author *Trish Doan (1985–2017), Canadian musician, bass player for Kittie *Trish Draper (born 1959), Australian politician * Trish Flavel (born 1976), Australian Paralympic athlete * Trish Godman (1939–2019), Scottish politician * Trish Goff (born 1976), American model * Trish Johnson (born 1966), English professional golfer * Trish Karter, American entrepreneur and businesswoman * Trish Keenan (1968–2011), English musician, front woman of Broadcast * Trish Kissiar-Knight, Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AnimeCon
AnimeCon, held in San Jose, California in 1991, was the fourth anime convention created in the United States, the first convention to have major backing from the anime industry, the first anime-specific convention within the state of California (which spawned many similar conventions thereafter), and the first anime-specific convention in the US to break 1,000 attendees. It also formed the genesis of Anime Expo (currently the largest anime-specific convention in North America). Guests Guests included Jerry Beck, Colleen Doran, Geoff Everets, Carl Macek, Ken Macklin, Johji Manabe, Leiji Matsumoto, Luke Menichelli, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Robert Napton, John O'Donnell, Toshio Okada, Katsuhiro Otomo, David Riddick, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Toren Smith, Kenichi Sonoda, Rick Sternbach, Jeff Thompson, Adam Warren, Robert Woodhead, Trish Ledoux and Toshifumi Yoshida. Attendance Attendance was officially estimated at 2,000. Sponsors The convention was co-sponsored by Gainax, Cal-Animag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainax
Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; , Hepburn: ) was a Japanese anime studio famous for original productions such as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise'', '' Gunbuster'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'', '' FLCL'', '' Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'', '' Gurren Lagann'', and '' Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'', which have garnered critical acclaimThe studio's works garnered them '' Animage''s coveted Anime Grand Prix award over ten times since 1990. and commercial success. ''Evangelion'' has reportedly grossed over ¥150 billion, or approximately 1.2 billion. In a discussion at the 2006 Tekkoshocon, Matt Greenfield claimed that ''Evangelion'' had grossed over 2 billion; Takeda reiterated in 2002 that "It sold record numbers of laserdiscs in Japan, and the DVD is still selling well today", as well as for their association with award-winning anime director and studio co-founder Hideaki Anno. The company was headquartere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basic Black (CBC Program)
''Basic Black'' was a long-running radio on CBC Radio hosted by Arthur Black. It was an eclectic show that mixed quirky tunes, comedic informational segments, whimsical monologues, and often humorous interviews with people from all walks of life. The focus was often on people with unusual hobbies or interests; or who had devised strange inventions; or had offbeat stories to tell of things that had happened to them. The show started in 1983, and ended its run at the end of the spring 2002 broadcast season after a 19-year run. The show was initially broadcast from Thunder Bay but moved to Toronto after several seasons and finally to Vancouver after Black moved to British Columbia in 1995. Format ''Basic Black'' was a 90-minute show broadcast on Saturday mornings on the CBC national AM radio network (later known as CBC Radio One) from 10:00 to 11:35 (with a five-minute break at 11:00 for news and weather). Most programs were studio-based, but for some anniversary shows and other spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Sales
Direct selling is a business model that involves a party of people buying products from a parent organization and selling them directly to customers. It can take the form of either single-level marketing (in which a direct seller makes money purely from sales) and multi-level marketing (in which the direct seller may earn money from both direct sales to customers and by sponsoring new direct sellers and earning a commission from their efforts). According to the US Federal Trade Commission: "Direct selling is a blanket term that encompasses a variety of business forms premised on person-to-person selling in locations other than a retail establishment, such as social media platforms or the home of the salesperson or prospective customer." Modern direct selling includes sales made through the party plan, one-on-one demonstrations, and other personal contact arrangements as well as internet sales. Some sources have defined direct selling as "the direct personal presentation, dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3×3 Eyes
''3×3 Eyes'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazines ''Young Magazine Kaizokuban'' and ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1987 to 2002, spanning to a total of 40 volumes. The English language translation was published by Dark Horse Comics, but was discontinued after eight volumes in 2004. Two original video animation (OVA) adaptations were released in 1991 and 1995. The first consists of four episodes averaging to half-hour of runtime and the second consists of three averaging out to 45 minutes of runtime. In the United States, the first OVA was distributed by Streamline Pictures and the second was partially distributed by Orion Home Video shortly after the Japanese releases. Both OVAs were released in their entirety by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. The two OVAs were re-released in the United States by Pioneer Entertainment in 2001. There are also several ''3×3 Eyes'' companion books, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzo Takada
is the pseudonym of , a popular Japanese manga artist. He worked as an assistant for manga artist Fujihiko Hosono before starting his career as an original author. His first work appeared in November 1983 in ''Young Magazine'', and his first series ''Tokonatsu Bank'' started in that publication in January 1984 and ran until February 1985. Takada is better known for his supernatural manga '' 3×3 Eyes'' and '' Blue Seed'', and for the comedy-action manga '' All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku''. The anime versions of these series all star voice-actress Megumi Hayashibara. In 1993, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for ''3×3 Eyes''. Takada has also worked on character design and illustration for video games, including Enix was a Japanese multimedia publisher who handled and oversaw video games, manga, guidebooks, and merchandise. It was founded in 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as Eidansha Boshu Service Center, initially as a tabloid publisher and later attemptin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond E
Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' ( Gothic) and ''regin'' ( Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlanders (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Johji Manabe. The story follows the alien Kahm, crown princess of the interstellar Santovasku Empire, who invades Earth and meets and falls in love with human news photographer Tetsuya Wakatsuki. The couple and their allies soon find themselves caught in a war between Earth's military, the Santovasku invasion forces, and an ancient clan seeking vengeance on the Santovasku. ''Outlanders'' is largely a space opera series that combines aspects of science fantasy, romance, comedy, and fan service. ''Outlanders'' was created out of Manabe's desire to try his hand the space opera genre. He was driven by his penchant for illustrating attractive, sword-wielding girls and large, detailed spacecraft, as well as his interest in science fiction epics such as the original ''Star Wars'' Trilogy. ''Outlanders'' was Manabe's first serialized work and was featured in the Hakusensha manga magazine ''Monthly ComiComi'' between January 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johji Manabe
, also known as George Manabe, is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for '' Caravan Kidd'', '' Outlanders'', and '' Capricorn''. He is not to be confused with an animator of the same name (but written differently; 真鍋譲二) who worked mainly in the 1970s for Oh! Production, contributing to such works as '' A Dog of Flanders'', ''Genshi Shōnen Ryû'', ''3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'', '' Dokonjō Gaeru'', ''King Arthur'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', '' Lupin the 3rd: Season 1'', '' Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro'', '' Future Boy Conan'' (episodes 8–17), and others. Works Listed chronologically. *'' Outlanders'' (8 volumes, 1985–1987, Hakusensha) *'' Caravan Kidd'' (5 volumes, 1986–1989, Shogakukan) **'' The Key of Graciale'' (1 volume, April 1987, , Hakusensha) *'' Powerful Mazegohan'' (3 volumes, 1986–1989, Hakusensha) *'' Dora'' (1 volume, December 1987, , Shinshokan) *''Capricorn'' (5 volumes, 1988–1990, Shinshokan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
