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SKY Perfect Wellthink
is a Japanese content production and development enterprise, owned by SKY Perfect Communications, established on July 29, 2004. It is involved in the production, development and distribution of several feature films, anime series, television programs and numerous other media. It is presided by Jun'ichi Watanabe, and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Productions Anime *''Witchblade'' *''Kamisama Kazoku'' *''Gyagu Manga Biyori'' *''Ginga Densetsu Weed'' *''Jigoku Shōjo'' *''Jyu Oh Sei'' *''Bokura ga Ita'' *''Mamotte! Lollipop'' *''Mushishi'' *''Hataraki Man'' *''Nodame Cantabile'' *''Blue Dragon'' *'' Deltora Quest'' *'' Re-Born'' *'' Terra e...'' *''Damekko Dōbutsu'' *''Romeo x Juliet'' Films * ''Hang Ryū Cinema Festival'' * ''Ichiban Kirei na Mizu'' * ''Koala Kachō'' * ''Kōshōnin: Mashita Masayoshi'' (a.k.a. ''The Negotiator'') * ''Kokkuri-san'' * '' Saishū Heiki Kanojo'' * ''Tenshi no Tamago'' * ''Tokyo Friends the Movie'' * '' Transamerica'' * ''Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SKY Perfect
is a direct broadcast satellite Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ... (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. SKY PerfecTV! is also a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service. While SKY PerfecTV! Premium Service use DVB-S and DVB-S2, SKY PerfecTV! Basic Service use ISDB-S. See also * References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sky PerfecTV! Direct broadcast satellite services Television networks in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1994 Entertainment companies of Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Kyūdan
Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), a Japanese noise music project * ''Astro'' (album), a 2011 album by Chilean band Astro * "Astro", a song by The White Stripes from their 1999 debut ''The White Stripes'' * Astro (''The Jetsons''), a dog character in the cartoon ''The Jetsons'' People with the given name * Astro (rapper) (born 1996), American actor * Astro de Ogum (born 1957), Brazilian politician * Astro Teller (born 1970), British computer scientist Satellites * ASTRO (satellite), the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations vehicle, an American technology demonstration satellite * Project names of astronomy satellites by ISAS (now JAXA) **ASTRO-A or Hinotori (satellite), a solar X-ray astronomy satellite **ASTRO-B or Tenma, an X-ray astronomy satellite **ASTRO-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Kind Of Wonderful (film)
''Some Kind of Wonderful'' is a 1987 American romantic drama film directed by Howard Deutch and starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson. It is one of several successful teen dramas written by John Hughes in the 1980s. Plot The film is set against the strict social hierarchy of an American public high school in the San Fernando Valley. Blue-collar mechanic and aspiring artist Keith Nelson is best friends with tomboy drummer Watts. Keith's father is obsessed with sending him to college for business, as he would be the first in their family to go. Keith is enamored with Amanda Jones, one of the most popular girls in school, and he spends much of his time drawing her. She is dating Hardy Jenns, a spoiled and selfish boy from a wealthy neighborhood. However, Amanda herself is not wealthy: she lives in the same working-class district as Watts and Keith, and she borrows her fashionable clothes from her friends. Hardy treats Amanda as his "property" while also fool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassie
Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a full-length novel called ''Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fictional female collie of the same name, featured in the British writer Elizabeth Gaskell's 1859 short story "The Half Brothers". In "The Half Brothers", Lassie is loved only by her young master and guides the adults back to where two boys are lost in a snowstorm. Published in 1940, Knight's novel was filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943 as ''Lassie Come Home'', with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six other MGM feature films through 1951. Pal's owner and trainer, Rudd Weatherwax, then acquired the Lassie name and trademark from MGM and appeared with Pal (as "Lassie") at rodeos, fairs, and similar events across America in the early 1950s. In 1954, the long-running Emmy-winning television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36 Quai Des Orfèvres (film)
''36 Quai des Orfèvres'' (also known as ''The 36'') is a 2004 French film directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu. The title derives from the original address of the Judicial Police headquarters, part of the larger Palais de Justice of Paris on the Île de la Cité. The film takes place in Paris, where two cops (Auteuil and Depardieu) are competing for the vacant seat of chief of the Paris Criminal police while involved in a search for a gang of violent thieves. The film is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years in the French police. The story is loosely inspired from real events which occurred during the 1980s in France (see the gang des postiches arrest). The film was nominated for eight César Awards. The movie was remade in South Korea in 2019 as '' The Beast''. Plot Two Prefecture of Police officers: Léo Vrinks (Daniel Auteuil), head of the BRI and Denis Klein (Gérard Depardieu), head of the BRB, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niji No Megami
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Naoto Kumazawa and produced by Shunji Iwai (who also co-wrote the screenplay under pseudonym Aminosan). Kumazawa had worked with Iwai before, having directed the making-of documentary for ''Swallowtail Butterfly''. Plot Tomoya Kishida (Hayato Ichihara) is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato (Juri Ueno). This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. The movie moves through their times together. They initially meet while Kishida is stalking Aoi's friend. Initially repelled by the awkward Kishida, Aoi uses Kishida in a student film. They make the film together, and Aoi is forced to step in as the lead, whereupon she kisses Kishida. They eventually spend a lot of time together and start to get close, until Aoi decides to go overseas. Kish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Tennis
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for English release in North America. A 178-episode anime television series adaptation animated by Trans Arts, co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2001 to March 2005. A sequel of three original video animation (OVA) series, totaling 26 episodes, were released from March 2006 to January 2009. In North America, the anime series was first licensed by Viz Media and later by Funimation. ''The Prince of Tennis'' developed into a media franchise, including a long-running radio show, numerous video games, well over 250 soundtracks and CDs, and other merchandise. Since 2003, more than fifteen stage musicals adaptations have been produced. An anime film premiered in Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Story
is a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001, before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten in''Brave Story'' has spawned into a substantial media franchise. The novel was adapted into a manga by Yoichiro Ono and Miyabe herself, who wrote the new story for the manga, which was serialised in Shinchosha's ''Weekly Comic Bunch''. Shinchosha collected the chapters of ''Brave Story'' in twenty ''tankōbon'' volumes and released them between April 2004 and May 2008. In the manga version Wataru is slightly older and already in high school. In 2006 the novel was re-released in two new editions, a three-volume softcover version of the earlier hardcover release intended for mature readers and a light novel version marketed for younger readers. These were intended to create interest in the animated film adaption by Gonzo released in Japan by Warner Bros. in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Jack (manga)
is an episodic Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. ''Black Jack'' consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. Black Jack has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Satoshi Kuwahara and Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two films. ''Black Jack'' is Tezuka's second most famous manga, after ''Astro Boy''. In 1977, it won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. About.com's Deb Aoki lists ''Black Jack'' as the best "re-issue of previously released material" of 2008. Osamu Dezaki's anime film adaptation, ''Black Jack: The Movie'', won Best Animation Film at the 1996 Mainichi Film Awards. It has since then became Tezuka's second best selling manga with 45.64 million copies in circulation only in Japan. Plot Most of the stories involve Black Jack doing some good deed, for whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transamerica (film)
''Transamerica'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Duncan Tucker, and starring Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers. Released by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company, the film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2005, and to theaters in the United States on December 2, 2005. The screenplay, inspired in part by conversations between Tucker and his then roommate Katherine Connella, tells the story of Bree (Huffman), a trans woman, who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Zegers). The film was recognized with positive reviews and won multiple awards, including Huffman winning a Golden Globe and a nomination for an Academy Award. Plot One week before her vaginoplasty, a trans woman named Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne receives an unexpected phone call from a young man named Toby Wilkins, a 17-year-old jailed in New York City. He asks for Stanley Schupak (Bree's deadname), claiming to be her son. Bree was previously unawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saikano
, also known as ''She, the Ultimate Weapon'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 1999 to October 2001, with its chapters collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation by Gonzo aired from July to September 2002. A two-episode side-story original video animation (OVA) by Studio Fantasia was released in 2005. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in January 2006. Both the manga and the anime series were licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The anime was later licensed in 2014 by Sentai Filmworks and released under the title ''She, the Ultimate Weapon''. Plot The story begins with Shuji, a high school student in a Hokkaidō coastal city, walking up to an observatory and reminiscing about his girlfriend, Chise; there he finds her exchange diaries that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
