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Shonan Junai Gumi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1990 to October 1996, compiled in 31 ''tankōbon'' volumes, and has been re-released in a deluxe edition of 15 volumes, from May to December 2005. The story follows the youth of Eikichi Onizuka and his best friend Ryuuji Danma while they are still in high school but have already formed their shock duo the Oni-Baku Combi. Multiple adaptations were established during the series’ run, such as a five-episode anime OVA series released on VHS from 1994 to 1997, a Japanese television drama, and several live action movies. The deluxe edition of the manga has been licensed for North America by Tokyopop, which retitled it ''GTO: The Early Years'', although the editions retain ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' as a subtitle. The first volume was released in June 2006. The Tokyopop editions ended with volume 10. Publisher Vertical Inc continued and conclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a production of 400 million by the end of 2019, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. In 2015, Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft, power generators, and other products. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki
Yamaguchi may refer to: People *Yamaguchi (surname), the 14th most popular Japanese surname. Places *Yamaguchi Prefecture, the westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan **Yamaguchi (city), capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture ***Yamaguchi Station (Yamaguchi), a JR West railway station, located in the center of Yamaguchi-shi ***Shin-Yamaguchi Station, a railway station in Yamaguchi-shi (Sanyō Shinkansen line) *Yamaguchi, Nagano, a village in Nagano Prefecture Fiction *Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, the character played by Yukie Nakama in ''Gokusen'', a Japanese TV show *Yamaguchi-sensei, a doctor in the manga/anime series '' Fighting Spirit'' *U.S.S. ''Yamaguchi'', an ''Ambassador Class'' Federation starship in the ''Star Trek'' franchise *Yamaguchi Digital Pets, a fictional digital pets company mentioned in ''Fanboy & Chum Chum'' *Yamaguchi Tadashi, a member of the Karasuno volleyball club in the manga/anime series ''Haikyu!!'' People * Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyuki Hori
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and younger brother of fellow voice actor Yukitoshi Hori and works at Aoni Production. He is most known for his roles in ''Saint Seiya'' (as Phoenix Ikki), ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (as Momotaro Tsurugi), ''Kinnikuman'' (as Warsman), ''Dragon Ball Z'' (as Captain Ginyu), ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (as Kyoji Kasshu / Schwarz Bruder), the '' Dead or Alive'' series and ''Ninja Gaiden'' (as Ryu Hayabusa), and ''One Piece'' (as Bartholomew Kuma). Career Along with Akira Kamiya and Hideyuki Tanaka, he was one of the most frequently used voice actors from the 80s~90s, having appeared in ''Saint Seiya'' (in which he co-starred with his brother Yukitoshi), ''Kinnikuman'', '' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'', ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku'', and several others. As an actor, he performed in NHK's Taiga drama ''"Tokugawa Ieyasu"'' as Yuki Hideyasu. Filmography Television drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
(or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Chūō, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is also active in the production of industrial robots, gas turbines, pumps, boilers and other industrial products. The company is named after its founder, Kawasaki Shōzō, Shōzō Kawasaki. KHI is known as one of the three major heavy industrial manufacturers of Japan, alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation, IHI. Prior to the World War II, Second World War, KHI was part of the Kobe Kawasaki ''zaibatsu'', which included JFE Holdings, Kawasaki Steel and K Line, Kawasaki Kisen. After the conflict, KHI became part of the DKB Group (''keiretsu''). History Kawasaki Shōzō, Shōzō Kawasaki, born in 1836, was involved with the marine indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Company (manga)
is a one volume prequel manga to the series ''Shonan Junai Gumi''. It was written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa shortly before starting work on ''Great Teacher Onizuka''. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from June to July 1996 and the collected volume was published in 1997 by Kodansha. Synopsis ''Bad Company'' is made up of two parts, each dedicated in part to how Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma meet and get their motorcycles. Part I The story is told from Ryuji's point of view, it begins when Ryuji is trying to avoid attending class at his new school and by chance witnesses the end of a fight that Onizuka has just won. Haunted by the demonic expression on his eyes while his face is covered in blood, he becomes obsessed with seeing it again, sure that one day they will have a fight from which only one of them will survive. To his surprise, he discovers that not only he is in the same school as Onizuka but in the same class as well. Wantin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Miyashita
Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese long jumper *Naoki Bandou, voice actor *Naoki Harada (原田直樹, born 1991), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Naoki Hattori (born 1966), race car driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese journalist, historian, social critic and biographer *, Japanese mixed martial artist * Naoki Izumiya (born 1951), president and CEO of Asahi Breweries *Naoki Kawamata (born 1985), Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese dancer and actor *Naoki Kodaka, Japanese composer *Naoki Maeda (other), multiple people *, Japanese novelist and comedian *, Japanese baseball player *Naoki Matsuda (1977-2011), soccer player * Naoki Matsudo (born 1973), motorbike racer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *Naoki Nakagawa, tennis player *, Japanese television personality *Naoki Sanjugo, novelist * , Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and YouTuber *, Japanese composer *, Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issei Futamata
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Misawa, Aomori. He is best known for the roles of Skullomania (''Street Fighter EX'' and ''Fighting EX Layer''), Yusaku Godai (''Maison Ikkoku''), Chibi (''Urusei Yatsura''), Kiyoshi Shusse (''High School! Kimengumi''), Kinkotsuman (''Kinnikuman''), and Saburou (''Sazae-san''). His wife is fellow voice actress . Biography After graduating from high school, he worked for about a year in Tokyo to buy a motorcycle. He then finished work after "achieving his purpose". After attending a vocational school for DJs, he made his voice actor debut. Futamata is a regular voice actor on Rumiko Takahashi's work. He voiced Yusaku Godai in ''Maison Ikkoku'', Chibi in ''Urusei Yatsura'', Hikaru Gosunkugi in ''Ranma ½'' and Tesso in ''Inuyasha''. In 2013, he married voice actress Tomoka Kiriyama. On July 3, 2014, their first child was born. Filmography Television animation ;1970s *''Future Boy Conan'' (1978) (Monte) *''Haikara-san ga Tōru'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bōsōzoku
is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles. The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s. Popularity climbed throughout the 1980s and 1990s, peaking at an estimated 42,510 members in 1982. Their numbers dropped dramatically in the 2000s, with fewer than 7,297 members in 2012. style traditionally involves boilersuits similar to those of manual laborers or leather military jackets with baggy pants, and tall boots. This uniform became known as the and is often adorned with kanji slogans. Typical accessories to this uniform are , surgical masks, and patches displaying the Rising Sun Flag. members are known for taking a Japanese road bike and adding modifications such as over-sized fairings, lifted handle bars shifted inwards, large seat backs, extravagant paint jobs, and modified mufflers. styles take inspiration from choppers, greasers, and Teddy boys. History first started as groups of returning World War II veterans. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Manga
The following is a list of the best-selling Japanese manga series to date in terms of the number of collected ''tankōbon'' volumes sold. All series in this list have at least 20 million copies in circulation. This list is limited to Japanese manga and does not include manhwa, manhua or original English-language manga. The series are listed according to the highest circulation (copies in print) estimate of their collected ''tankōbon'' volumes as reported in reliable sources unless indicated otherwise. As for the series with the same total number of circulation or sales, they are arranged in alphabetical order. Note that most manga series are first sold as part of manga magazines, where most manga series are first serialized, before being sold separately as individual collected ''tankōbon'' volumes. This list only includes the number of collected ''tankōbon'' volumes sold. For sales of manga magazines which includes these series, see ''List of Japanese manga magazines by circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
