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Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 ''Watanabe Toshiyuki'') (born February 3, 1955, in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the award-winning anime series "Uchū Kyōdai" ("Space Brothers") from 2012 to 2014. He is the son of legendary tokusatsu and anime composer, Michiaki Watanabe. Notable film scores * ''Declaration of a Domineering Husband'' (1979) * ''Fine Snow'' (1983) * ''Jiro's Story'' (1987) * ''Golf Yoakemae'' (1987) * ''Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996) * ''Rebirth of Mothra II'' (1997) * ''Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998) * ''Milk White'' (2003) * ''Gege'' (2004) * ''Mazinger Z: Infinity'' (2017) * ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion, Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X'' (2019) Television scores * ''Bosco Adventure'' (1986-1987) * ''Metal Armor Dragonar'' (1987-1988) (with Kentarō Haneda) * ''Peter Pan: The Animated Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. It is the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million in 2020. In 1610, the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu to Nagoya. This period saw the renovation of Nagoya Castle. The arrival of the 20th century brought a convergence of economic factors that fueled rapid growth in Nagoya, during the Meiji Restoration, and became a major industrial hub for Japan. The traditional manufactures of timepieces, bicycles, and sewing machines were followed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosco Adventure
is an anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book " Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and were shown in many European countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, SFR Yugoslavia, Spain, Poland, Russia), America (Canada, Chile, Mexico, ...), and other parts of world like Arab World, Cameroon, Israel and South Korea. They were big success in France, Italy and Japan, but not very famous and was not commercialized in the UK or USA since they were never released in English. The Japanese DVDs were released on July 25, 2003 and the fully remastered Blu-ray discs on July 28, 2017. Plot The story is about a young elvish Princess Apricot (アプリコット ひめ) whose mission is to return to her home - Fountain land, occupied by evil forces of a monster called Scorpion (スコーピオン), before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenmue II
''Shenmue II'' is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. It was directed, produced and written by Yu Suzuki. Like the original Shenmue (video game), ''Shenmue'' (1999), ''Shenmue II'' consists of Open world, open-world environments, Beat 'em up, brawler battles and quick time events. It features a Persistent world, day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and various minigames. The player controls the teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he arrives in Hong Kong in 1987 in pursuit of his father's killer. His journey takes him to Kowloon and the mountains of Guilin, where he meets a girl who is part of his destiny. Some of ''Shenmue II'' was developed alongside the original ''Shenmue'', which was the List of most expensive video games to develop, most expensive video game ever developed at the time. An enhanced port was released for the Xbox (console), Xbox in 2002; the Dreamcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase The Express
, known in North America as ''Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn'', is a video game created by Sugar & Rockets for the PlayStation, and released in 2000. On March 16, 2000 Activision announced that they had acquired the North American publishing rights to ''Chase the Express''. The game was then renamed ''Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn'' for the North American market. Plot In Eastern Europe, a terrorist group known as the "Knights of the Apocalypse," led by ex-KGB agent Boris Zugoski, successfully breach and board the NATO armored train, Blue Harvest, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Among those on board is the French Ambassador, Pierre Simon, his wife Catherine, and daughter, Jane. Zugoski demands 20 billion US dollars and safe passage into France in exchange for the lives of the Simon family. The presence of a nuclear bomb on board the train also presents a great risk. A NATO team is killed in the initial attack, leaving Lieutenant Jack Morton as the sole survivor, dangling for his life on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenmue (video Game)
''Shenmue'' is a 1999 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. It follows the teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he sets out in revenge for the murder of his father in 1980s Yokosuka, Japan. The player explores an open world, fighting opponents in brawler battles and encountering quick time events. The environmental detail was considered unprecedented, with numerous interactive objects, a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules and various minigames. After developing several successful Sega arcade games, including ''Hang-On'' (1985), ''Out Run'' (1986) and ''Virtua Fighter'' (1993), director Yu Suzuki wanted to create a longer experience, and conceived ''Shenmue'' as a multi-part epic. In 1996, Sega AM2 began work on a role-playing game for the Sega Saturn set in the ''Virtua Fighter'' world. Development moved to the Dreamcast in 1997 and the ''Virtua Fighter'' connection was dropped. ''Shenmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion
is a Japanese toy franchise created by Takara Tomy, in association with the Japan Railways Group. It is a spin-off of the long-running Plarail model train franchise, with the toys first launched back at March 16, 2015. An anime adaptation by OLM aired in all JNN stations in Japan from January 2018 to June 2019. A new anime titled ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z'' aired from April 2021 to March 2022 on TV Tokyo. Plot ''Shinkalion THE ANIMATION'' Several incidents of monster attacks from a mysterious group named Kitoralsus appeared suddenly in Japan after the appearance of the mysterious Black Shinkansen. In response, a secret organization called Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute was established in order to investigate the Black Shinkansen and its relations to the attacks using Shinkalions, bullet trains that turn into giant robots. However one day, Hayato Hayasugi, a young grade schooler who is a big railfan due to his father being a staff in the Railway Museum, ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabukimono Keiji
is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time on NHK in 2015. Tatsuya Fuji played Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji. Kabukimono Keiji depicts the later life of Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji who was called Kabukimono. Plot Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji used to be a famous samurai but now he is spending half retired life at Mukuan(Keiji's fortified resistance) in Yonezawa. Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji secretly raised a child of Ishida Mitsunari as a child of himself but that was known to the Tokugawa shogunate. Tentoku was sent by Tokugawa shogunate as a spy to demolish Yonezawa han. Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji tries to protect his child (Child of Ishida Mitsunari) and Yonezawa han from Tokugawa shogunate. When his wife is shot and injured by assassins of Tokugawa shogunate, Keiji decides to go to Sunpu Castle, Sunpu castle to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu. Cast * Tatsuya Fuji as Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji * Shōhei Hino as Matakichi * Mariya Nishiuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Brothers (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chūya Koyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Morning'' since December 2007. A 99-episode anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from April 2012 to March 2014. The manga was also adapted into a live-action film that premiered in May 2012. An anime film, ''Space Brothers #0'', premiered in August 2014. In 2011, ''Space Brothers'' won the general category at both, the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award and the 35th Kodansha Manga Award. As of March 2022, the manga had 28 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. Story In the summer of 2006, Mutta Nanba and his younger brother, Hibito, witness what they believe to be a UFO, which flies off towards the Moon. Hibito decides he will go onto the Moon whilst Mutta decides he will aim for Mars. Nineteen years later, in the year 2025, Hibito has become a fully fledged JAXA astronaut assigned to go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majestic Prince (franchise)
is a science fiction multimedia project created by Japanese company FIELDS. A manga series, written by Rando Ayamine, illustrated by Hikaru Niijima and with original work/planning credited to Fields/Sotsu, began serialisation in 2011. Its anime television series, was developed by Doga Kobo and Orange, and was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from April 4, 2013 to September 19, 2013 and was streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll. The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and the Anime Network. with its dub home video release in 2014. In July 2016 the episodes were rebroadcast, with a new "25th episode" on September 29, 2016, with events leading to a feature film released in November. The manga series concluded in March 2019. Plot In the year 2110, humanity has expanded its frontier into space in its drive for new resources. Advances in genetic engineering research led to the establishment of the MJP (Military Junior Pre-Academy) project, which saw the creation of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
is the twenty-third entry of the long-running Japanese ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Its footage was used in the American television series, '' Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue''. It aired from February 21, 1999 to February 6, 2000, ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'' and was replaced by ''Mirai Sentai Timeranger''. It was announced by Shout! Factory on January 9, 2018, that ''GoGoFive'' was to be released with English subtitles on DVD in North America. It was released on April 24, 2018. This is the 8th Super Sentai Series to be released on Region 1 DVD in North America. In August 2018, Shout! streamed the series on their website. Synopsis Grandiene has been waiting for the moment she can manifest on Earth on the day when the planets are in the alignment of the Grand Cross, sending her children to make the preparations while making Earth into a realm of darkness for her. But Professor Mondo Tatsumi of the Tatsumi Disaster Prevention Research Center, while failing to convince his peers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Fighter Of Sun Fighbird
is a 1991 anime television series, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe. It is the second incarnation in the long-running " ''Brave''", (or ''Yūsha''), franchise. This series's title's English translation bears "Fighter" after "Brave" (therefore ''Brave'' "Fighter" ''of the Sun'') on the Japanese DVD box art. Story In 2010, an evil energy being who names himself Drias comes to Earth, joining forces with Dr. Jango, a wicked scientist, in secrecy to bring ruin to the world - the follows him to Earth and their members put their energy-formed spirits into either the special android vehicles built by Japan's scientist Hiroshi Amano (which have transformable bodies and were intended to be rescue units) or different service vehicles like an ambulance, a police car or a firefighter truck, all for the purpose of both concealing themselves from the eyes and ears of civilians and granting themselves matter-formed appearances for the feeling and touchin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three-Eyed One
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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