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Sketchbook (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of ''Monthly Comic Blade'', the individual chapters were collected and published by Mag Garden until June 2019. Chapters also appeared in '' Comic Blade Masamune''. An anime television series adaptation, under the title ''Sketchbook ~full color's~'', aired in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007. The story revolves around a group of high school students, mostly female, in the art club at their high school. The main character is a young, shy and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace. Plot ''Sketchbook'' begins with Sora Kajiwara joining the art club of her unnamed Fukuoka high school, and goes on to chronicle her subsequent experiences and those of her fellow club members. Characters Art club Freshmen ; : :The protagonist of the series, a girl with a playful spirit and an observant nature. Her undiminished, childlike and playf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Hanazawa
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several film and television credits since her debut in 1990. She won the Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, and won the Newtype Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress three times in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Hanazawa's voice roles include Nadeko Sengoku in '' Monogatari'', Anri Sonohara in ''Durarara!!'', Angel / Kanade Tachibana in '' Angel Beats!'', Kuroneko / Ruri Gokō in '' Oreimo'', Mayuri Shiina in ''Steins;Gate'', Akane Tsunemori in '' Psycho-Pass'', Kosaki Onodera in ''Nisekoi'', Marry Kozakura in ''Kagerou Project'', Kobato Hanato in '' Kobato'', Rize Kamishiro in '' Tokyo Ghoul'', Hinata Kawamoto in '' March Comes in Like a Lion'', Ichika Nakano in '' The Quintessential Quintuplets'', Mitsuri Kanroji in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', and Atsuko Hakari in ''Blue Archive'' Hanazawa's debut single, , was released on April 25, 2012 under the Aniplex/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Wall
The fourth wall is a performance convention in which an invisible, imaginary wall separates actors from the audience. While the audience can see through this ''wall'', the convention assumes the actors act as if they cannot. From the 16th century onward, the rise of illusionism in staging practices, which culminated in the realism and naturalism of the theatre of the 19th century, led to the development of the fourth wall concept. The metaphor suggests a relationship to the mise-en-scène behind a proscenium arch. When a scene is set indoors and three of the walls of its room are presented onstage, in what is known as a box set, the fourth of them would run along the line (technically called the proscenium) dividing the room from the auditorium. The ''fourth wall'', though, is a theatrical convention, rather than of set design. The actors ignore the audience, focus their attention exclusively on the dramatic world, and remain absorbed in its fiction, in a state that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoe Ōmi
is a Japanese singer and voice actress. She received training from the and RAMS Professional Education. She made her debut as a voice actress in the anime television series ''School Rumble''. Discography Albums Singles Other singles * "Otomegokoro Mugen" (2008) on ''Tribute to Masami Okui Buddy'' album Filmography Anime Video games Audio dramas Dubbing References External links * (archive) 1982 births Japanese voice actresses Living people Anime musicians Musicians from Saitama Prefecture {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Shimono
is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. His notable roles include Ayato Kamina in '' RahXephon'', Akihisa Yoshii in '' Baka and Test'', Haruka Kasugano in ''Yosuga no Sora'', Keima Katsuragi in '' The World God Only Knows'', Syo Kurusu in '' Uta no Prince-sama'' series, Nai in '' Karneval'', Hanzō Urushihara in '' The Devil Is a Part-Timer!'', Connie Springer in '' Attack on Titan'', Norifumi Kawakami in ''Ace of Diamond'', Dabi in ''My Hero Academia'', Rex in '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', Zenitsu Agatsuma in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Nacht Faust in '' Black Clover'', Ryunosuke Naruhodo in '' The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures,'' Rindou Haitani in '' Tokyo Revengers,'' and adult Kozuki Momonosuke in ''One Piece''. Personal life On July 2, 2021, it was announced that Shimono had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment. On July 12, 2021, it was announced Shimono has recovered and would return to resume activities. In an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinister
Sinister commonly refers to: * Evil * Ominous Sinister may also refer to: Left side * Sinister, Latin for the direction " left" * Sinister, in heraldry, is the bearer's true left side (viewers' right side) of an escutcheon or coat of arms; see dexter and sinister ** Baton sinister, diminutive of the bend sinister ** Bend sinister, heraldic charge in heraldry, sometimes used to imply ancestral illegitimacy; see bend (heraldry) * Sinister hand, left- handedness People * Sinister, a stagename of bassist Derrick Tribbett's Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Mister Sinister, Marvel Comics supervillain * Simon Bar Sinister, villain on the ''Underdog'' cartoon show * Sinister Six, Marvel Comics supervillain group * Sinister Twelve, Marvel Comics supervillain group Films * ''Sinister'' (film), a 2012 horror film starring Ethan Hawke * ''Sinister 2'', a 2015 supernatural horror film starring James Ransone Literature * ''Bend Sinister (novel)'', novel by Vladimir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Saitō
is a Japanese voice actress from Takarazuka, Hyōgo. Her major voice roles include Solty Revant in ''SoltyRei'', Perry in '' Amuri in Star Ocean'', Melancholy in '' Phi Brain: Puzzle of God'', Choko in ''Chocotto Sister'', and Nazuna Takanashi in ''Working!!''. Biography Filmography Anime Anime films Drama CD Video games References External links * * (archive) * * 1982 births Living people People from Takarazuka, Hyōgo Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses {{Japan-voice-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji. Katakana and hiragana are both kana systems. With one or two minor exceptions, each syllable (strictly mora) in the Japanese language is represented by one character or ''kana'' in each system. Each kana represents either a vowel such as "''a''" (katakana ア); a consonant followed by a vowel such as "''ka''" (katakana カ); or "''n''" (katakana ン), a nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds either like English ''m'', ''n'' or ''ng'' () or like the nasal vowels of Portuguese or Galician. In contrast to the hiragana syllabary, which is used for Japanese words not covered by kanji and for grammatical inflections, the katakana syllabary usage is comparable to italics i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Gotō
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was contracted to Production Baobab and is now signed to Axlone. In direct contrast to her cute-and-vulnerable moé typecasting, Yūko in real life is a devotee of biker culture who dresses and acts as such when not working, right down to her motorcycle. This is parodied in the 23rd episode of Lucky Star, in which she appears as a masculine Bōsōzoku-styled character of herself called Gotouza, a nickname given to her by fellow voice actor Tomokazu Sugita. She is also a fluent English speaker. In 2012, she announced that she is suffering from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus. TSUBUYAKI (Goto's official blog), 9 July 2012 She is currently performing voice actor activity, while frequently going to the hospital, but recovered on Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Types In Japanese Culture
The blood type personality theory is a pseudoscientific belief prevalent in Japan and South Korea, which states that a person's blood group system is predictive of a person's personality, temperament, and compatibility with others. The theory is generally considered a superstition by the scientific community. One of the reasons Japan developed the blood type personality indicator theory was in reaction to a claim from German scientist Emil von Dungern, that Blood type B people were inferior. The popular belief originates with publications by Masahiko Nomi in the 1970s. Although some medical hypotheses have been proposed in support of blood type personality theory, the scientific community generally dismisses blood type personality theories as superstition or pseudoscience because of lack of evidence or testable criteria. Although research into the causal link between blood type and personality is limited, the majority of modern studies do not demonstrate any statistically si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Makino
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' where she voices Sakura and some of the theme songs for the ''Aria'' anime series. She is associated with Amuse, Inc. One of her earliest voice acting performances was the character "Sister" in a short-anime movie ''Bavel no Hon'' when she was 10.Nakagami, Yoshikatsu; Yoshida, Moichi; Onitsuka, Kanako; Nishimoto, Keiko. "Voice Actress Spotlight: Yui Makino". ''Newtype USA''. 5 (12) pp. 110–111. December 2006. . She married singer Yutaro Miura in 2020. Musical history Makino took up piano at the age of four. The film director Shunji Iwai discovered her talent for playing the piano when she was seven years old and from the age of 8 to 17. She played piano solos for three of his films: ''Love Letter'', ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' and '' Hana and Alice''. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music as a piano major with the top score in her se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraggle Rock
''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Henson. An international co-production of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, ''Fraggle Rock'' was co-produced by British television company Television South (TVS), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), U.S. pay television service Home Box Office (HBO), and Henson Associates. Unlike ''Sesame Street'', which had been created for a single market and only later adapted for international markets, ''Fraggle Rock'' was intended from the start to be an international production, and the entire show was constructed with this in mind. At least four different versions of the human "wraparound" segments were produced separately to air in different countries. Following the success of the ''Fraggle Rock: Rock On!'' shorts which aired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
