Tetsuko No Tabi
is a Japanese nonfiction manga series authored by Hirohiko Yokomi and illustrated by Naoe Kikuchi. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' between 2001 and 2006. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation by Group TAC was broadcast in 2007. Overview ''Tetsuko no Tabi'' is a nonfiction series. It is inspired on the book ''Getting On and Off of JR’s 4600 Stations'' by Hirohiko Yokomi, published in 1998, which chronicles his experience visiting all of Japan rail's train stations. The editor in chief of Shogakukan's ''Monthly Ikki'', Hideki Egami, wanted to recapture Yokomi's experience in manga. Masahiko Ishikawa, Shogakukan's editor and a rail fan, recruited Naoe Kikuchi, a new manga artist who worked with Shogakukan on a number of shorts, and this would be her first serialized work. ''Tetsuko no Tabi'' is about Kikuchi herself, traveling with Yokomi and Ishikawa, illustrating a manga based on their experiences. Charac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Nobuyuki Hiyama
is a Japanese Voice acting, voice actor, Narration, narrator, and radio personality currently affiliated with Arts Vision. His vocal register is described as a Tenor#Lyric, metallic lyric tenor suitable to voice a mature variation of coming of age young men. Combined with an impactful execution on Battle cry, battle cries, he earned his reputation in voicing heroic protagonists commonly found in works of the mecha, Fighting game, fighting, and fantasy genres. Hiyama is recognized for his portrayal of Hiei from ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', by starring twice within the Brave Series franchise as Maito Senpuuji of ''The Brave Express Might Gaine'', and Gai Shishioh of the ''King of Braves GaoGaiGar''. He also played Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link in ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''. Biography Hiyama was born in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima at the Red Cross Hospital, and grew up enjoying casual amateur baseball with friends. His mother was of Japanese descent born in Taiwan Taiwan under Jap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Non-fiction Comics
Non-fiction comics, also known as graphic non-fiction, is non-fiction in the comics medium, embracing a variety of formats from comic strips to trade paperbacks. Comic strips and comic books Traditionally, comic strips have long offered factual material in this category, notably ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'', John Hix's ''Strange as It Seems'', Ralph Graczak's '' Our Own Oddities'', King Features' ''Heroes of American History'', Gordon Johnston's ''It Happened in Canada'', and others. ''Dick's Adventures in Dreamland'' was another attempt by King Features to teach history with comics. Clayton Knight created a strip about aviators, ''The Hall of Fame of the Air'' (1935–40), later collected in a book. ''Texas History Movies'', which began on October 5, 1926, in ''The Dallas Morning News'', received praise from educators, as did ''America's Best Buy: The Louisiana Purchase'', a 1953 daily strip in the ''New Orleans States'', distributed nationally by the Register and Tribune Syndi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Autobiographical Anime And Manga
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English periodical ''The Monthly Review'', when he suggested the word as a hybrid, but condemned it as "pedantic". However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809. Despite only being named early in the nineteenth century, first-person autobiographical writing originates in antiquity. Roy Pascal differentiates autobiography from the periodic self-reflective mode of journal or diary writing by noting that " utobiographyis a review of a life from a particular moment in time, while the diary, however reflective it may be, moves through a series of moments in time". Autobiography thus takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2001 Manga
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cable Television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broadcast television (also known as terrestrial television), in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves and received by a television antenna attached to the television; or satellite television, in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth, and received by a satellite dish antenna on the roof. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone services, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables. Analog television was standard in the 20th century, but since the 2000s, cable systems have been upgraded to digital cable operation. A "cable channel" (sometimes known as a "cable network") is a tele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tetsuharu Ōta
is a Japanese voice actor from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with 81 Produce. Filmography Anime ;2004 * '' Grandpa Danger'' (Gebe, Step Hasegawa) * '' Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon!'' (Yusuke Natsu, Koichi Sumita, Shirō (season 4)) ;2005 * ''Glass Mask'' (Itō, Matsumoto) * ''Hamtaro'' (Lion) * ''Hell Girl'' (Sasaki) * ''MÄR'' (Kollekio) * ''Starship Operators'' (Iriki Kanno) * '' Zoids Genesis'' (Gotoshi) ;2006 * ''Digimon Data Squad'' (Blossomon) * ''Gin Tama'' (Sagaru Yamazaki, Saotome, Ōnishi, Wakane) * ''Kirarin Revolution'' (Tomo Kamata) * ''Major'' (Yūichi Izumi, Noguchi) * ''Night Head Genesis'' (Yosuke Tsuzuki) * ''Utawarerumono'' (Chikinaro, Tamua) * '' Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin'' (Gary Kamata, Kaiser, Rashid) * ''Zenmai Zamurai'' (Torajiro) ;2007 * ''Baccano!'' (Jon Parnell, Vicky) * '' Deltora Quest'' (Fair, Zhang) * ''Gurren Lagann'' (Jamoroku) * ''Nagasarete Airantō'' (Etekichi, Fukurō, Kara-age, Pandaro) * ''Potemayo'' (Hajime Kaji) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tokuyoshi Kawashima
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce. Voice roles Anime television * '' Noir'' (2001) – Heinz * ''Kurau Phantom Memory'' (2004) – Mike * ''Madlax'' (2004) – Charlie * ''Monkey Turn'' (2004) – Kenji Hatano * '' Rockman.EXE Stream'' (2004) - Yuichiro Hikari * '' Emma - A Victorian Romance'' (2005) – Willam Jones * ''Gakuen Alice'' (2005) – Subaru Imai * ''Honey and Clover'' (2005) – Matsumoto Ippei (ep 12-13) * ''Naruto'' (2005) – Jibachi Kamizuru * '' Rockman.EXE Beast'' (2005) - Yuichiro Hikari, Zoano Numberman * '' D.Gray-man'' (2006) – Mark (ep 1) * '' Ghost Slayers Ayashi'' (2006) – Houzaburo Ogasawara * ''Hataraki Man'' (2006) – Furukawa (ep 8) * ''Saru Get You -On Air-'' (2006) – Ukki Blue * '' Rockman.EXE Beast+'' (2006) - Yuichiro Hikari, Zero One * ''El Cazador de la Bruja'' (2007) – Pedro * '' Oh! Edo Rocket'' (2007) – Akai Nishinosuke * '' Shooting Star Rockman - Wolf * ''Blade of the Immortal'' (2008) – Takayoshi Asano * ''M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ekiben
are a specific type of ''bento'' boxed meals, sold on trains and at train stations in Japan. They come with disposable chopsticks (when necessary) or spoons. ''Ekiben'' containers can be made from plastic, wood, or ceramic. Many train stations have become famous for their ''ekiben'' made from local food specialties ('' tokusanhin''). ''Ekiben'' were first sold in railway stations in the late 19th century, and developed at a time when meals on train were necessary during a long train journey. The popularity of ''ekiben'' reached a peak in the 1980s, but declined as air travel became more affordable and trains became faster. However, numerous types of ''ekiben'' can still be purchased at stands in the station, on the platform, or on the train itself, some of which may be presented in unique containers that can serve as souvenirs for the travelers. Despite the declining popularity in the 2000s, ''ekiben'' remains popular among travelers and gained popularity on the Shinkansen ev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Otaku USA Magazine
''Otaku USA'' is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective. The issues were accompanied by a DVD featuring three anime episodes but as of 2009 the DVD feature was dropped and the double sided poster feature of the Magazine was also dropped starting with the February 2010 issue. ''Otaku USA'' began publication in August 2007. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Patrick Macias. After the shutdown of ''Newtype USA'' in February 2008, ''Anime Insider'' in March 2009, '' Shonen Jump'' in April 2012, and the discontinuation of ''Protoculture Addicts'' since August 2008, ''Otaku USA'' is the only remaining anime news magazine published for the North American market. Its only remaining trans-Atlantic competitor is '' Neo'', a British-based title that cover similar topics and is sold in American stores. Content Each is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |