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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by AidaIro. It has been serialized in Square Enix's magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since 2014. It has been collected in eighteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of August 2022. The story follows Nene Yashiro, a first-year high school student fond of occult stories, ardently desires a boyfriend. For this, she tries to invoke Hanako-san from the toilet. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired from January to March 2020. A new anime project was announced, and was subsequently described as a "restart" of the series. As of August 2022, ''Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun'' had over 8 million copies in circulation. Plot Kamome Academy is famous for its rumors regarding its Seven Wonders and supernatural occurrences. Nene Yashiro, a first-year high-school student who loves the occult and wishes for a boyfriend, summons the Seventh and most famous Wonder, "Hanako-san of the Toilet" ... [...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] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun'ichi Toki
is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan who is affiliated with With Line. Biography Personal life Before he became a voice actor, he was training at a vocal school for aspiring voice actors. He trained at AMG (Amusement Media Gakuin) for about two years before he made his official debut and was signed to his current agency. Originally, he never intended to become a voice actor, he used to study in a regular university, but during the time he was in university he helped one of his upperclassmen with their acting troupe, he stepped in from time to time and realized that he found acting fun. Though he didn’t really enjoy doing it in front of people so that’s why he decided he wanted to become a voice actor instead because in that way he didn’t have to act in front of people. Though Toki aspired as a child to become a voice actor one day he never took it further until after he graduated from university. He enjoyed anime, manga, and games ever since a young age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omamori
are Japanese amulets commonly sold at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, dedicated to particular Shinto as well as Buddhist figures, and are said to provide various forms of luck and protection. Origin and usage The word means 'protection', with being the (honorific) form of the word. Originally made from paper or wood, modern amulets are small items usually kept inside a brocade bag and may contain a prayer, religious inscription of invocation. are available at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples with few exceptions and are available for sale, regardless of one's religious affiliation. are then made sacred through the use of ritual, and are said to contain (spiritual offshoots) in a Shinto context or (manifestations) in a Buddhist context. While are intended for temple tourists' personal use, they are mainly viewed as a donation to the temple or shrine the person is visiting. Visitors often give as a gift to another person as a physical form of well-wishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōya Chiba
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. Biography He started as a child actor at Sanno Production. In April 2014, he joined Sigma Seven E and he remained for six years until he was transferred to its main division on July 1, 2020. He was announced as a part of Kiramune's unit SparQlew on November 19, 2017. On August 18, 2021, it was announced Chiba tested positive for COVID-19. Filmography Anime ;2004 * ''Curry No Kuni No Koba-ru'', Koba-ru ;2011 * ''Shōwa Monogatari'', Kōhei Yamazaki ;2015 * '' Haikyu!! Second Season'', Kazuma Bobata, Tarō Onagawa * ''Seraph of the End'', Yūji ;2016 * ''Alderamin on the Sky'', Azan * ''All Out!!'', Kenji Gion * '' B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious'', Akane Fudo ;2017 * ''Classroom of the Elite'', Kiyotaka Ayanokōji * '' The Idolm@ster SideM'', Hayato Akiyama * ''Tsuki ga Kirei'', Kotarō Azumi ;2018 * '' Banana Fish'', Sing Soo-Ling * ''Cells at Work!'', B Cell * '' Iroduku: The World in Colors'', Yuito Aoi * ''Xuan Yuan Sword Lumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Radish
is a generic term for radish in Japanese language. For example, European radish is called in Japan. In the West, the word ''daikon'' sometimes refers to long white Asian radish varieties and sometimes Japanese radish varieties. When it is necessary to distinguish the usual Japanese form from others, it is sometimes known as Japanese radishRobert Bailey Thomas. The Old Farmer's Almanac.' p. 28. or . Image:Raphanus sativus var. sativus Radish ハツカダイコン廿日大根、二十日大根 DSCF6410.JPG, Varieties The most common variety in Japan (''aokubi-daikon'') produces an elongated root in the shape of a giant white carrot about long and in diameter. Most Chinese and Indian forms are roughly similar. The turnip-shaped giant white radish or Sakurajima radish is cultivated around Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magatama
are curved, comma-shaped beads that appeared in prehistoric Japan from the Final Jōmon period through the Kofun period, approximately 1000 BCE to the 6th century CE. The beads, also described as "jewels", were made of primitive stone and earthen materials in the early period, but by the end of the Kofun period were made almost exclusively of jade. originally served as decorative jewelry, but by the end of the Kofun period functioned as ceremonial and religious objects. Archaeological evidence suggests that were produced in specific areas of Japan and were widely dispersed throughout the Japanese archipelago to the Southern Koreanic kingdoms via trade routes. Jōmon period first appeared in Japan in the Final Jōmon period (1000–300 BCE), and in this period were made from relatively simple, naturally occurring materials, including clay, talc, slate, quartz, gneiss, jadeite, nephrite, and serpentinite. from the Jōmon period were irregularly shaped, lacked continuity in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorishiro
A in Shinto terminology is an object capable of attracting spirits called , thus giving them a physical space to occupy during religious ceremonies. are used during ceremonies to call the for worship. The word itself literally means "approach substitute". Once a actually houses a , it is called a . Ropes called decorated with paper streamers called often surround to make their sacredness manifest. Persons can play the same role as a , and in that case are called or . History and their history are intimately connected with the birth of Shinto shrines. Early Japanese culture did not have the notion of anthropomorphic deities, and felt the presence of spirits in nature and its phenomena.Tamura (2000:21) Mountains, forests, rain, wind, lightning and sometimes animals were thought to be charged with spiritual power, and the material manifestations of this power were worshiped as , entities closer in essence to the Polynesian mana. Village councils sought the advice of and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tia Ballard
Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986) is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in ''Sekirei'', Mizore Shirayuki in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Rin Ogata in '' Rideback'', Happy in ''Fairy Tail'', Eris in ''Cat Planet Cuties'', Nanami Momozono in ''Kamisama Kiss'', Kokomi Teruhashi in '' The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'', Zero Two in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Itsuki Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'' and Yashiro Nene in ''Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''. Biography Ballard was born and grew up in Paris, Texas. She developed an interest in voice acting when she attended a local anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown. While attending Paris Junior College, she was a participant in the Disney College Program, after which she changed her major to theatre. Ballard graduated in 2006 with an associate degree in theatre a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine ''Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime News N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akari Kitō
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. She debuted in 2014, acted her first main role in ''Time Bokan 24'', and has since received more major and leading roles. Her nickname is Akarin. She made her debut as a solo singer under Pony Canyon in October 2019. Biography At an early age, she became familiar with anime, games, and manga due to her father's influence. She was in the Light Music Club at her high school and chose to play the bass because she did not want to stand out, but little did she know that others would have had the same thought, so she instead took up the role of vocalist. She had always thought she would become an illustrator, but right before graduating from high school, she was told by her parents that they could not afford to pay for her university education and that instead, she would have to apply for a scholarship. Because she was from Aichi Prefecture which is four hours away from Tokyo, moving to Tokyo ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitodama
In Japanese folklore, Hitodama (Japanese ; meaning "human soul") are balls of fire that mainly float in the middle of the night.広辞苑 第五版 p.2255 「人魂」 They are said to be "souls of the dead that have separated from their bodies," which is where their name comes from. Summary Hitodama are mentioned in literature from ancient times. In the Man'yōshū, there is the following poem: They are frequently confused with onibi and kitsunebi, but since hitodama are considered to be the "appearance of souls that have left the body and fly through the air," they are strictly speaking a different general idea. Concerning their shape and nature, there are common features throughout Japan, but some differences could also be seen depending on the area. They fly crawling along at an elevation that is not very high. They have a color that is blue, orange, or red, and also have a tail, but it can either be short or long. There are also a few that have been seen during daytime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
