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Tatsuya Kato
is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including '' Future Diary'', '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'', ''Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'', ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and '' Free!''. He is currently represented by the music production company APDREAM. Biography Kato was born in Funabashi, Chiba. He graduated from the film scoring program at the Tokyo College of Music and majored in composition and conducting. While there, he studied composition and arrangement under Shigeaki Saegusa, Katsuhisa Hattori, Reijiro Koroku, and Kentaro Haneda. Works Anime * '' Spider Riders'' (2006) – with Fumitaka Anzai, Nobuhiko Nakayama, and Tomomasa Yoneda * '' Kämpfer'' (2009) * '' Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line'' (2009) * ''Needless'' (2009) * '' Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom'' (2009) – with Hikaru Nanase * '' The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (2010) * '' Demon King Daimao'' (2010) * ''Goulart Knights'' (2010) * '' Hyakka Ryōran Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funabashi, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after passing Kawaguchi, Hachioji and Chiba), and second largest in Chiba Prefecture. Geography Funabashi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture approximately 20 kilometers in either direction from the prefectural capital at Chiba and downtown Tokyo. The central area forms a flat diluvial upland of the Shimōsa Plateau. The city sits at an elevation of 20 to 30 meters above sea level, and is relatively flat. The highest point is 32.3 meters in Narashino 3-chome, and the lowest point is 0.2 meters in Minatomachi 1-chome. Funabashi is crossed by the Tone River, and the small Ebi River is located entirely within city limits. Funabashi formerly had wide, shallow beaches, but much of the coast has been industrialized and transformed by reclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free! (anime)
''Free!'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The series is loosely based on the light novel, , written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011 and was published in July 2013. The first season titled, ''Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club'' for international distribution, aired in Japan in 2013; and the second season titled, ''Free! - Eternal Summer'', aired in 2014. A third season of the anime series titled, ''Free! - Dive to the Future'', aired in 2018. Hiroko Utsumi directed the first two seasons, while season three was directed by Eisaku Kawanami. Prior to season three, several films depict events preceding, including and following the events of seasons one and two. The film ''High Speed! Free! Starting Days'', released in December 2015, and depicts events from volume two of the series' prequel light novel, ''High Speed!'' A film trilogy was released in 2017 with the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon King Daimao
, also known as ''Demon King Daimao'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Shōtarō Mizuki and illustrated by Souichi Itō, published by Hobby Japan under their HJ Bunko imprint. The first volume was published on February 1, 2008, and was completed with a total of 13 volumes available on March 29, 2014. A manga adaptation began monthly serialization in the September 2008 issue of Akita Shoten's magazine ''Champion Red'', and a 12-episode anime adaptation by Artland aired between April and June 2010 on Tokyo MX and other channels. Plot summary This story of "love, magic, and battles" revolves around Akuto Sai, a boy who aims to become part of his country's highest order of magicians and contribute to society as one of its clergy. On the day he's admitted into the Constant Magical Academy, his aptitude test predicts the following: "Future Occupation: Demon King." Thus begins his very severe and complicated school life in which he is resented by his studious female cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Qwaser Of Stigmata
is a Japanese manga series authored by Hiroyuki Yoshino featuring art by Kenetsu Satō. The series is notable for its violence, fan service, and the use of vital energy coming from women's breasts (referred to as ''Soma'') as a central plot device. The manga series was published in Japan in the manga magazine ''Champion Red'' from 2006 to 2016, and the chapters collected into 24 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 24-episode anime television series was produced with the same title as the manga series and broadcast in Japan on Biglobe in 2010. An OVA adaptation titled was also produced and released on DVD with the manga series volume 10. A 12-episode second season was produced with the title and was broadcast in Japan between April and June, 2011. Sentai Filmworks licensed both seasons and the OVA for digital distribution and home video release in North America, releasing English subtitled DVD sets in 2012 and 2013. Plot The story chronicles the school lives of Mafuyu Oribe and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikaru Nanase
is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance". Possible writings Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 光, "light" * 輝, "radiance" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is more common for girls named Hikaru to only have hiragana in their name without kanji. People with the name * , Japanese gravure idol and ''tarento'' * , Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue * , Japanese classical composer, pianist and conductor * , former Japanese soccer player * , Japanese general * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese electronic musician * , member of Hinoi Team and Love & Peace * , Japanese singer and member of the J-pop group Kalafina * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese footballer * , American chess Grandmaster * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese women's footballer * , Japanese J-pop singer and actress * , Japanese snowboarder * , Japanese adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem For The Phantom
''Phantom of Inferno'' (known in Japan as ''Phantom -PHANTOM OF INFERNO-'') is an adult visual novel game created by Nitroplus, directed and written by Gen Urobuchi, distributed in North America by Hirameki International (a subsidiary of the Japanese visual novel publisher Hirameki). It came out for PC in Japan in 2000 and was ported for DVD in 2001 and for PS2 in 2003. It was distributed in America as an AnimePlay DVD title in 2002. The story can take either a dark action/drama path or can turn into a romantic drama depending on the choice of the player. A remake for the Xbox 360 console was released in 2012 and ported on PC in 2013. Plot ''Phantom'' is an interactive (choose your own adventure) video game and its adaptations: a three-part OVA anime series, a 26-episode TV anime, and a three volume manga. Video game ''Phantom of Inferno'' details the life of a 15-year-old Japanese boy who is kidnapped after witnessing the killing of a reporter. The memories of his past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needless
''Needless'' (stylized as ''NEEDLESS'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kami Imai. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Ultra Jump'' from October 2003 to June 2013, with its chapters collected in sixteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired from July to December 2009. The anime was licensed for English release in North America by Sentai Filmworks. Synopsis This anime is set in the year 2130 (the beginning date remains unclear), 50 years after World War III. The war has left a crater where Tokyo once stood, a place now filled with contaminated rubble. This spot, known as "The Black Spot", has no electrical power (with the exception being the Simeon building) and is seen as a dark spherical patch from outer space and one of many Black Spots across Japan. The Black Spot eventually becomes populated by outcasts, some of whom, as a result of the contamination, gain various powers called "fragme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kämpfer
is a Japanese light novel series by Toshihiko Tsukiji, with illustrations by Senmu. The series contains 15 volumes, published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint between November 2006 and March 2010. The main series covers 12 volumes, while the remaining three are short story collections. A manga adaptation by Yu Tachibana started serialization in the April 2008 issue of ''Monthly Comic Alive''. A 12-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan between October and December 2009 on TBS, and concluded in 2011 with ''Kämpfer für die Liebe''. Plot Natsuru Senō attends a high school that separates boys from girls. He has a crush on school beauty Kaede Sakura, who has a peculiar collection of , stuffed animals styled in brutal ways of dying. One day, Natsuru discovers he has turned into a girl. His stuffed tiger named Harakiri Tora awakens and tells him that he has been chosen as a , a female fighter who must fight against other Kämpfer that are not part of their team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Riders
is a series of science fiction novels first published in December 2004, published by Newmarket Press written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti and Stephen D. Sullivan (books 2–3). The series was adapted into an anime series, produced by Bee Train and Cookie Jar Entertainment. It was the first show from the latter company that was placed under the control of their then-new action-adventure brand Coliseum. Three novels for the series included ''Shards of the Oracle'', ''Reign of the Soul Eater'' and ''Quest of the Earthen''. The series was broadcast on Teletoon, This TV, and used to be broadcast on Kids' WB. Koichi Mashimo co-directed the staff at Bee Train with Takaaki Ishiyama. Writer Yosuke Kuroda adapted the novels. Robert Pincombe and Shelly Hoffman wrote the English version. Plot Eleven-year-old Hunter Steel searches for the legendary inner world by following instructions in his grandfather's journal. He enters a pyramid where he finds a mysterious manacle that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
