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Tatsuhiko Takimoto
is a Japanese author best known for his novel '' Welcome to the N.H.K.'' Career ''Welcome to the N.H.K.'' began as a single novel by Takimoto with a cover illustratation by Yoshitoshi ABe, which was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. The story was later adapted as a manga series, also written by Takimoto, with art by Kendi Oiwa. The manga began serialization on June 24, 2004 in the magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', also published by Kadokawa Shoten. The manga ended serialization in June 2007, with eight complete volumes released. The series was also adapted as a 24-episode anime television series, which aired in Japan between July 9, 2006 and December 17, 2006. Takimoto wrote two Afterwords published in various editions of his novel. In the first afterword, dated December 2001, he stated that he was a hikikomori and was still recovering: "the themes addressed in this story are not things of the past for me but currently active problems." In a second Afterword, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikikomori
, also known as acute social withdrawal, is total withdrawal from society and seeking extreme degrees of social isolation and confinement. ''Hikikomori'' refers to both the phenomenon in general and the recluses themselves. ''Hikikomori'' have been described as loners or "modern-day hermits". Estimates suggest that half a million Japanese youths have become social recluses, as well as more than half a million middle-aged individuals. Definition The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare defines ''hikikomori'' as a condition in which the affected individuals refuse to leave their parents' house, do not work or go to school and isolate themselves away from society and family in a single room for a period exceeding six months. The psychiatrist Tamaki Saitō defines ''hikikomori'' as "a state that has become a problem by the late twenties, that involves cooping oneself up in one's own home and not participating in society for six months or longer, but that does not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge
Negative may refer to: Science and mathematics * Negative number * Negative mass * Negative energy * Negative charge, one of the two types of electric charge * Negative (electrical polarity), in electric circuits * Negative result (other) * Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics Photography * Negative (photography), an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image * Original camera negative, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image * Paper negative, a negative image printed on paper used to create the final print of a photograph Linguistics * A negative answer, commonly expressed with the word ''no'' * A type of grammatical construction; see affirmative and negative *A double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. Music * Negative (Finnish band), a Finnish band established in 1997 * Negative (Serbian band), a Serbian band estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Japanese Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel (novel)
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the ''bunkobon'' format ( A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 3–9-month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime. While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Light novels developed from pulp magazines. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moo No Shōnen
A MOO (" MUD, object-oriented") is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time. The term MOO is used in two distinct, but related, senses. One is to refer to those programs descended from the original MOO server, and the other is to refer to any MUD that uses object-oriented techniques to organize its database of objects, particularly if it does so in a similar fashion to the original MOO or its derivatives. Most of this article refers to the original MOO and its direct descendants, but see non-descendant MOOs for a list of MOO-like systems. The original MOO server was authored by Stephen White, based on his experience from creating the programmable TinyMUCK system. There was additional later development and maintenance from LambdaMOO founder, and former Xerox PARC employee, Pavel Curtis. One of the most distinguishing features of a MOO is that its users can perform object-oriented programming within the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boku No Air
Boku may refer to: * Bōku, a board game * Boku (juice), a juice carton drink * Boku, Inc., a San Francisco, California-based mobile payments company * University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (''Universität für Bodenkultur Wien''; BOKU) * Shō Boku (1739–1794), king of Ryukyu * Boku, the former codename of Kodu, a child-oriented programming environment from Microsoft * A first-person Japanese pronoun 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 ..., with an implication of boyishness See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecco (novel)
Ecco or ECCO may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Ecco the Dolphin'' (series), a series of action-adventure science fiction video games ** ''Ecco the Dolphin'', a 1992 video game * Ecco (''Gotham''), a TV series character Organizations * ECCO, a Danish shoe manufacturer * Ecco Press, an imprint of the multinational publisher HarperCollins * Eighteenth Century Collections Online, a digital library of books published in the British Empire between 1701 and 1800 * ECCO, a cancer summit run by the European Cancer Organisation * European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations, a non-governmental professional organisation * East Calhoun Community Organization, in Minneapolis, Minnesota Other uses * '' Encyclopedia of Chinese Chess Openings'', a classification of all possible openings in Chinese Chess * Earth Coincidence Control Office, a concept of super intelligent entities described by John C. Lilly * Ecco Pro, personal information manager software See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chojin Keikaku
Domingo Edjang Moreno (born 28 April 1977), better known by his stage name El Chojin (pronounced as in Japanese , not with a Spanish ''J''), is a Spanish rapper and songwriter. He is the current Guinness World Record holder for most syllables rapped in one minute. Early life Chojin was born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, to a father from Equatorial Guinea and an Extremaduran (Spanish) mother. Career El Chojin takes his name from the Overfiend in the hentai anime ''Urotsukidōji''. During the first part of his rap career, he was a member of the WFN crew ("Wild for da Night"), so called after a Rampage/Busta Rhymes song of the same name. He was later part of the group 995 and with them released four albums. As a solo artist he has put out twelve LPs as of 2013, including ''Cuando Hay Obstáculos...'' and ''...Jamás Intentes Negarlo'' (the initials of those two titles spelling out C.H.O.J.I.N.). After his first five full-length solo records, in 2004 Chojin returned with a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayato Ichihara
is a Japanese actor who is best known for his roles in film and television, including the 2001 film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou''. In 2009 he was voted one of Oricon's "fresh Stars" of the year. In 2009 he was also voted the 4th most attractive male celebrity in a swimsuit. In 2011 in a poll by NTT DoCoMo Ichihara was voted as having the 7th best abs based on 1,720 votes. Filmography Movies *'' Ju-on 2'' (2000) - Naoki *''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' Riri Shushu no subete (2001) - Yuichi Hasumi *'' Yomigaeri'' (2002) - Katsunori Yamada *'' Onmyoji 2'' (2003) - Susa *''Worst by Chance ''(2003) - Hidenori Kaneshiro *''T.R.Y.'' (2003) *''The Angel's Egg'' (2006) - Ayuta Ipponyari *''Rainbow Song'' (2006) - Tomoya Kishida *''Check It Out, Yo! Chekeraccho!!'' (2006) - Toru Isaka *''700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police'' (2008) *''God's Puzzle'' (2008) *''Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge''(2008) - Yosuke Yamamoto *'' Rookies'' (2009) *''Box!'' (2010) *'' Saru Lock The Movie'' (2010) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Seki
(born 8 September 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her movies include ''Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go!'' (2005), ''Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge'' (2008) and ''Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Filmography TV dramas * Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (KTV, 2005) * Seishun Energy Mo Hitotsu no Sugar & Spice (Fuji TV, 2006) * Flight Panic (Fuji TV, 2007) *Life (Fuji TV, 2007) * Aiba Monogatari (Fuji TV, 2008) *Sunao ni Narenakute (Fuji TV, 2010) * Switched (Netflix, 2018) Movies *Koi wa Go Shichi Go! (2005) *8 gatsu no Kurisumasu (2005) *Warau Michael (2006) *Hachimitsu to Clover (2006) *Curling Love (2007) *Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2007) *Mirai Yosouzu (2007) *Houtai Club / Bandage Club (2007) *Ahiru Kamo no Coin Locker (2007) *Suteki na Yoru, Boku ni Kudasai (2007) *Twilight Syndrome: Dead Cruise (2008) *Dragonball Evolution (2009) * Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010) *Sword of Desperation is a 2010 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faust (magazine)
was a literary magazine published irregularly by Kodansha since 2003 promoted as a "Fighting Illustrated Novels Magazine." The magazine featured young writers and a style derived from light novels. The latest issue, Vol. 8, was published at the end of September 2011, and the magazine announced its dissolution with Vol. 9. Del Rey Manga released an English language edition in August 2008 and planned to publish at least two volumes total, with content culled from all issues of the Japanese magazine. Local language editions in South Korea and Taiwan have also been released. Overview Based on the prototype of the doujinshi published by Bungaku Flea Market, the first issue was launched as part of a project to develop a new magazine project to commemorate Kodansha's 100th anniversary (in 2009). The editor-in-chief was the project proposer, Katsushi Ōta (who was working in Kodansha's Literary Book Publishing Department No. 3 at the time of the first issue), and in the early stages th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
