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Sarazanmai
is a 2019 Japanese anime television series created by Kunihiko Ikuhara and jointly produced by MAPPA and Lapin Track. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April 11 to June 20, 2019 for eleven episodes, and follows three middle school students who are transformed into kappas in order to collect '' shirikodama'', mythical balls located in the anus that contains the physical manifestation of one's desires; Ikuhara broadly developed the series as a story about ''yōkai'' (supernatural monsters) for an adult audience. In English-language markets, ''Sarazanmai'' is syndicated by Crunchyroll, which simulcast the series during its original broadcast run; a dubbed version of the series was produced by Funimation. The series was praised by critics for the quality of its animation and its thematic richness, notably its focus on anti-capitalism and materialism, but was criticized for its compressed storytelling. ''Sarazanmai'' spawned a range of spin-off and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Seas Entertainment
Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California. It was originally dedicated to the publication of original English-language manga, but now publishes licensed manga and light novels from Japan, as well as select webcomics. The company is headed by Jason DeAngelis, who coined the term " world manga" with the October 2004 launch of the company's website. History In April 2005, Seven Seas became the first manga publisher to release downloadable manga content for the PlayStation Portable and, as a result, gained over 12,000 downloads in the first five days. Seven Seas followed the PlayStation Portable announcement with enlisting the platinum-selling Filipino group the J Brothers to create a theme song for its web OEL manga series ''Aoi House'' entitled "Itsumo Futaride". During Comic-Con 2005, Seven Seas Entertainment premiered the pilot of its ''No Man's Land'' flash anime series and later followed it with a flash animation music video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunihiko Ikuhara
, also known by the nickname Ikuni, is a Japanese director, writer, artist, and music producer. He has created and collaborated on several notable anime and manga series, including ''Sailor Moon'', ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', ''Penguindrum'', '' Yurikuma Arashi'', and '' Sarazanmai''. Early life Ikuhara was born on December 21, 1964 in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1985. Career Toei Animation and ''Sailor Moon'' (1986–1996) After graduating, Ikuhara began work at Toei Animation, where he served as assistant director to Junichi Sato on '' Maple Town Monogatari'', ''Akuma-kun'', ''Toushou!! Ramen-man'' and ''Mōretsu Atarō'', and episode director on '' Kingyo Chuuihou!''. Ikuhara's most famous work with Toei was on the TV anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon''. He served as director of many episodes over the course of the series' run, and took over the position of series director from Junichi Sato during the second season, ''Sailor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
is a Japanese animator, director, character designer and production designer. His work with directors Akiyuki Shinbo (and more broadly studio Shaft) and Kunihiko Ikuhara have gained noteworthy fame since the late 1990s and especially through the mid-2000s. Career Takeuchi was originally from sub-contracting animation studio Dragon Production, which he belonged to sometime during the mid-1980s. His tenure at the company was relatively short-lived as he transferred to Studio Lions, the in-between division to Studio Giants, soon thereafter; and eventually, he became a part of the larger Studio Giants entity. In the early 1990s, however, Takeuchi went freelance. Around 1994, he was offered a seat as a freelancer at Shaft and started to work on a number of their outsource works and eventually made his debut as an animation director on the studio's first original televised work, ''Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger'' (1995). In 1997, Takeuchi worked as the animation director for Shaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukari Hashimoto
is a Japanese composer and arranger. She has composed the music for a number of anime series, including ''Toradora!'', ''Omamori Himari'', ''Mayo Chiki!'', ''Kanamemo'', ''MM!'', ''Penguindrum'', ''Yurikuma Arashi'', '' Sankarea: Undying Love'', '' Golden Time'', ''If Her Flag Breaks'', ''Mr. Osomatsu'', '' March Comes in Like a Lion'', '' Sarazanmai'', and the closing theme ''"Kanashii Yokan"'' to '' Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase''. Collaborations with Yukari Tamura include arranging some tracks on the album '' Gin no Senritsu, Kioku no Mizuoto.''. She composed and arranged the music for the song ''"Cutie ♥ Cutie"'' on Yukari Tamura is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Amuleto (formerly Arts Vision and I'm Enterprise). She debuted as a voice actress in 1997, releasing her debut single "Yūki o Kudasai" on March 26, 1997. Her role as Nanoha Takamachi in th ...'s single '' Spiritual Garden'' and the track '' Princess Rose''. She also composed and arranged the music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noitamina
is a Japanese Block programming, programming block on Fuji TV devoted to anime, originally broadcast every Thursday late night/Friday morning from 00:45 to 1:15. It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. The block debuted in April 2005 as a half-hour block. All anime production under the block are joint-venue by Fuji TV, Dentsu and usually Sony Music Entertainment Japan or Aniplex. The timeslot was expanded from half an hour to a full hour in 2010, and airs Thursday nights/Friday morning 00:45 to 1:45 but returned to half an hour timeslot in 2015 due to 5 noitaminA-produced films to be shown in Japanese theaters in the same year. So far the only non-anime series aired on noitaminA was the live-action adaptation of ''Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture'' in 2010. On April 15, 2010, Fuji TV and Funimation announced an agreement that allows Funimation to simulcast series from the noitaminA block in North America with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAPPA (studio)
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including ''Terror in Resonance'', ''Yuri!!! on Ice'', ''In This Corner of the World'', '' Kakegurui'', '' Banana Fish'', ''Zombie Land Saga'', ''Dororo'' (in co-production with Tezuka Productions), ''Dorohedoro'', ''The God of High School'', ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season'', ''Chainsaw Man''. MAPPA is an acronym for Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association. Business History The studio was founded on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama, a co-founder and former producer of Madhouse, at the age of 70. Maruyama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produce Sunao Katabuchi's ''In This Corner of the World''. Due to financial difficulties at Madhouse, Maruyama and Katabuchi established MAPPA in the hopes of producing the film; however, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapin Track
is a Japanese animation studio based in Nishiogikubo, Tokyo. History Lapin Track was established on June 30, 2014 by former members of the animation studio Brain's Base is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff. Works Television series Original video animations Films See also * Shuka * Lapin Track * Platinum Vision is a anime, Japanese animation studio found .... Works Television series Original video animations Films References External links Official website {{Anime-org-stub Japanese companies established in 2014 Mass media companies established in 2014 Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo Suginami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumu Murase
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the agency VIMS. Biography Murase was born in the United States, but grew up in Aichi, Japan. He lived in Aichi until graduating from high school, after which he attended university in Kyoto Prefecture. Later, he moved to Tokyo. After showing an interest in theatre, Murase joined the Japan Narration Actors Institute with the aim of becoming a voice actor. In 2011, he made his debut as a voice actor in the role of a male student in the TV anime '' Persona 4: The Animation''. The following year, he played the first main character in the role of Shun Aonuma (14 years old) in '' From the New World''. In 2014, he starred in the role of Shoyo Hinata in ''Haikyu!!''. In 2016, Murase won the Seiyu Award for Best Male Rookie. Filmography Television animation Theatrical animation Original video animation (OVA) *''Haikyu!!'' (2014), Shoyo Hinata *'' Yarichin Bitch Club'' (2018), Kyōsuke Yaguchi Original net animation (ONA) *'' Sword Gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asakusa
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the location of the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as the . History The development of Asakusa as an entertainment district during the Edo period came about in part because of the neighboring district, Kuramae. Kuramae was a district of storehouses for rice, which was then used as payment for servants of the feudal government. The keepers () of these storage houses initially stored the rice for a small fee, but over the years began exchanging the rice for money or selling it to local shopkeepers at a margin. Through such trading, many came to have a considerable amount of disposable income and as result theaters and geisha houses began to spring up in nearby Asakusa. For most of the 20th century, Asakusa remained a major entertainment district in Tokyo. The or "Sixth District" was in particular famous as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-capitalism
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism or communism. Socialism Socialism advocates public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals, with an egalitarian method of compensation.''Newman, Michael''. (2005) ''Socialism: A Very Short Introduction'', Oxford University Press, # A theory or policy of social organisation which aims at or advocates the ownership and democratic control of the means of production, by workers or the community as a whole, and their administration or distribution in the interests of all. # Socialists argue for a worker cooperative/community economy, or the commanding heights of the economy, with democratic con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Materialism
Materialism can be described as either a personal attitude which attaches importance to acquiring and consuming material goods or as a logistical analysis of how physical resources are shaped into consumable products. The use of the term materialistic to describe a person's personality or a society tends to have a negative or critical connotation. Also called acquisitiveness, it is often associated with a value system which regards social status as being determined by affluence (see conspicuous consumption), as well as the belief that possessions can provide happiness. Environmentalism can be considered a competing orientation to materialism. "Success materialism" can be considered a pragmatic form of enlightened self-interest based on a prudent understanding of the character of market-oriented economy and society. The definition of materialism coincides with how and why resources to extract and create the material object are logistically formed. Definition Consumer researc ... [...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] |
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