The Ping Pong Club
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Furuya. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1993 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is about the dysfunctional members of a middle school ping-pong club. ''The Ping Pong Club'' was adapted by Grouper Productions into a 26-episode anime television series. It was licensed in North America by Central Park Media. As of September 2010, ''The Ping Pong Club'' had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 1996, the manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category. Plot The story follows the adventures of a somewhat unusual ping-pong club: the players are indeed more focused "on panties" and obscene jokes than on the game. The arrival of Iwashita, the new head of the club, makes it possible to change things, the latter somehow managing to interest his undisciplined ... [...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]   |
|
Takumi Yamazaki
Takumi Yamazaki ( ja, 山崎 たくみ, Yamazaki Takumi, born Isao Yamazaki ja, 山崎 功, Yamazaki Isao, April 14, 1964 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor best known for voicing Torippii the anthropomorphic green parrot in the Shimajiro TV series and in the Shimajiro film series.Doi, Hitoshi"Yamazaki Takumi" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011. Filmography Television animation 1990s *''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō'' (1993–present) - Torippii (Flappie) *''Nintama Rantarō'' (1993) – Saburou Hachiya, Shuusaku Komatsuda *''Brave Police J-Decker'' (1994) – Power Joe, Masaya Kashiwazaki *''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1994) – Ferio *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (1994) – George de Sand *''Ping-Pong Club'' (1995) – Izawa *''After War Gundam X'' (1996) – Roybea Loy *''Detective Conan'' (1996) – Announcer *''Flame of Recca'' (1997) – Hanemaru *'' Slayers TRY'' (1997) – Jillas Jillos Jilles *''Devil Lady'' (1998) – Kiyoshi Maeda *'' Night ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
1995 Anime Television Series Debuts
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlanti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
1993 Manga
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 Dissolu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
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]   |
|
TBS Television (Japan)
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
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]   |
|
Kayzie Rogers
Kayzie Rogers is a retired American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, commercials, and video games and is known in voicing the characters in the '' Pokémon'' universe. She has appeared in titles for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, and TAJ Productions. Career Rogers has worked extensively for the ''Pokémon'' anime franchise. She has also voiced many characters, including Jessie's Wobbuffet, a role that she had voiced for 16 years, from 2001 to 2017. Rogers retired from acting in 2017. Her role of Wobbuffet is subsequently replaced by Erica Schroeder. Filmography Anime *'' Gall Force: Enternal Story'' - Rumy *'' Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' – Tuff, Lady Like, Hana (Mrs. Mayor), Honey, Vee, Princess Rona *'' Magical DoReMi'' – Todd, Miss Shannon *''Now and Then, Here and There'' – Sara Ringwalt *''One Piece'' (4Kids Entertainment edit) – Koby, Alvida, Miss Groundhog Day *''Ping Pong Club'' – Kamiya, Softball ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Sharon Becker
Sharon Becker is a New York-based make-up artist and a former voice actress. Arguably her most notable roles are Reiko Mikami in ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' and Anthy Himemiya in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. She frequently worked with Central Park Media from 1997 to 2004. Filmography Voice roles *''Adolescence of Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya *''Adventure Kid'' - Michiyo *'' Alien from the Darkness'' - Annie *''Alien Nine'' - Additional Voices *''Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' - Alka *''Art of Fighting'' - King *''Big Wars'' - Lieutenant Darsa Keligan *''Cybernetics Guardian'' - Leyla *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Movie'' - Reiko Mikami *'' Guardian of Darkness'' - Motoko *''Legend of Himiko'' - Fujina *''Ping-Pong Club'' - Kyoko *''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya, Shadow Girl B *''Slayers Next'' - Mazenda, Miwan (Ep. 17), Queen of Femille (Ep. 17) *''Strange Love'' - Yoshida Chizuru *''Wrath of the Ninja Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involvin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Body Odor
Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies). Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various diseases and physiological conditions. Though body odor has played an important role (and continues to do so in many life forms) in early humankind, it is generally considered to be an unpleasant odor amongst many human cultures. Causes In humans, the formation of body odors is caused by factors such as diet, sex, health, and medication, but the major contribution comes from bacterial activity on skin gland secretions. Humans have three types of sweat glands: eccrine sweat glands, apocrine sweat glands and sebaceous glands. Eccrine sweat glands are present from birth, while the latter two become activated during puberty. Among the different types of human skin glands, body odor is primarily the result of the apocrine sweat glands, which secret ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Dan Green (voice Actor)
James Hadley Snyder (born February 16, 1970), known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', the anime series version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances. Early life Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Career Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', Trudge in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', and Knuckles the Echidna in ''Sonic X'' and the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games (2005–2010). He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of ''Kurokami: The Animation'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'', and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City. Personal life Green married singer and voice actress Michal Lura Friedman, bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Yasuhiro Takato
Yasuhiro Takato ( ja, 高戸 靖広, Takato Yasuhiro, born January 23, 1968 in Okayama) is a Japanese voice actor who works for Aoni Production. Filmography Television animation *''Sailor Moon'' (1992) - Artemis *''Ping-Pong Club'' (1995) - Tanaka *''Digimon Adventure'' (1999) - Elecmon *''Hunter × Hunter'' (1999) - Shalnark *''One Piece'' (1999) - Buffalo / Butchie / Mr. 9 / Satori / Hotori / Kotori / Wanze / Aobire / Peterman / Bepo / Zepo *''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (2002) - Kuzzey Buskirk / Romero Pal *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (2003) - Mesopotamion Guy / Haou *''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (2003) - Gluttony *''Zatch Bell!'' (2003) - Byonko *'' Xenosaga: The Animation'' (2005) - Hammer *''Kamisama Kazoku'' (2006) - Suguru *''Desert Punk'' (2007) - Haruo Kawaguchi *''Dragon Ball Kai'' (2009) - Gurd / Yamu *'' Hetalia: Axis Powers'' (2009) - Russia *''Digimon Xros Wars'' (2010) - IceDevimon *''Toriko'' (2011) - Cumin *''Meganebu'' (2013) - Kugishima Sachie *''World Trigger'' (2014) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |