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Toriko
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It follows the adventures of Toriko, a Gourmet Hunter, as he searches for rare, diverse foods to complete a full-course meal. On his journey, he is accompanied by a timid chef who wants to improve his skills. ''Toriko'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 2008 to November 2016, with its chapters collected into 43 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A short film was created by Ufotable for the Jump Super Anime Tour 2009, with another created for the 2010 tour. The manga has also been adapted into an anime television series produced by Toei Animation, which was broadcast in Japan from April 2011 to March 2014. Additionally, Toei developed a 2011 animated 3D short film and a 2013 feature film. The manga series has been licensed for English release by Viz Media in North America and Madman Entertainment in Australasia. Madman also licensed the anime series in Australasia, while Funimation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
is a Japanese manga artist. He first gained success with his comedy series '' Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!'' (1997–2002), but is better known for ''Toriko'' which was serialized from 2008 to 2016 and has over 25 million copies in circulation. He ranked 14th on Nikkei Entertainment's list of the most successful manga artists between 2010 and 2011. Career Shimabukuro was born in Naha, Okinawa, and made his debut as a professional artist in 1996, in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. His first serial, '' Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!'' (1997–2002), earned him the Akatsuka Award for best new manga writer and the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. In 2002, he was arrested and convicted of violating child prostitution laws, including paying a 16-year-old girl ¥80,000 to have sex. As a result of the arrest, ''Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi!'' was cancelled by ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Shimabukuro was sentenced to two years in prison. However, the sentence was suspended for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ''Dragon Ball (TV series), Dragon Ball'', ''Saint Seiya'', ''Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon'', ''Slam Dunk (manga), Slam Dunk'', ''Digimon'', ''One Piece (TV series), One Piece'', ''Toriko'', ''World Trigger'', ''The Transformers (TV series), The Transformers'' (between 1984–1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions) and the ''Pretty Cure'' series. History The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Zenjirō Yamamoto in 1948 as . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was renamed , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998, the Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 104 ''tankōbon'' volumes . The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece" in order to become the next King of the Pirates. The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film produced by Production I.G, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Shonen Jump (American Magazine)
''Weekly Shonen Jump'' was a online magazine, digital ''shōnen manga, shōnen'' manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media, and the successor to their monthly print media, print anthology ''Shonen Jump (magazine), Shonen Jump''. It began serialization on January 30, 2012, as ''Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha'' (officially stylized as ''Weekly SHONEN JUMP αlpha'' or ''Weekly SHONEN JUMP Alpha''), with two free preview issues published in the buildup to its launch. Based on Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, popular Japanese magazine of the same name, ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' was an attempt to provide English-speaking readers with easily accessible, affordable, and officially licensed editions of the latest installments of popular ''Shōnen Jump'' manga soon after their publication in Japan, as an alternative to popular copyright infringement, bootleg scanlation services which were illegal and often poorly translated. It attempts to copy the Japanese magazine. The anthology l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saikyō Jump
is a Japanese monthly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. The magazine was started on December 3, 2010 with three completely original titles and seven spin-off (media), spin-off manga from series in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and ''V Jump''. Originally a quarterly magazine, ''Saikyō Jump'' became a monthly publication in December 2011, before switching to publishing once every 2 months with the November 2014 issue. It switched back to a monthly schedule with the September 2021 issue. The magazine's mascot was created by Eiichiro Oda. Shueisha estimated that the vast majority of ''Saikyō Jump'' readers are elementary school aged children; 58.5% being upper elementary school aged, and 28% being lower elementary school aged. Features Current series YouTube series Former series References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saikyo Jump 2010 establishments in Japan Bi-monthly manga magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 2010 Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discotek Media
Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, focused on distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. Formed in 2005, Discotek primarily focuses on licensing retro titles from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, a lot of them "license rescued" from other companies such as Funimation, Viz Media, ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Geneon, Manga Entertainment, etc. Their licenses include most of the ''Lupin the Third'' franchise (including the Hayao Miyazaki film ''The Castle of Cagliostro''), the first season of '' Digimon'', ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Sonic X'', '' Hajime no Ippo'', ''Urusei Yatsura'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', and ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', as well as OVAs such as ''Giant Robo'' and ''Gunbuster'' and films such as ''Memories'' and ''Project A-ko''. The company has also acquired several recent titles and has collaborated with streaming service Crunchyroll on several releases including ''KonoSuba'', ''Kem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States, with a 23% share of the market. In 2020, Viz Media saw a 70% growth in the U.S. market, in line with a 43% increase in overall manga sales in the United States the same year. Early history Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiichiro Oda
is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series ''One Piece'' (1997–present). With more than 516.5 million ''tankōbon'' copies in circulation worldwide, ''One Piece'' is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors. The series' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga. Early life Eiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975, in Kumamoto, Japan. He said that at the age of four he resolved to become a manga artist in order to avoid having to get a "real job". His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama and his series ''Dragon Ball''. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled ''Vicky the Viking''. He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga ''Kinnikuman''. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ufotable
is a Japanese animation studio founded in October 2000 by former staff of the TMS Entertainment subsidiary Telecom Animation Film and located in Suginami, Tokyo. A unique hallmark seen in many of their works (''Ninja Nonsense'', ''Futakoi Alternative'', ''Coyote Ragtime Show'', ''Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!'', ''Tales of Symphonia'', ''The Garden of Sinners'') is a claymation sequence. Other notable works from the studio include '' Fate/Zero'', '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', and ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''. Productions Anime television series OVAs/ONAs Anime films Video games Tax evasion scandal In March 2019, it was reported that a search was performed on Ufotable's offices due to alleged tax evasion. The next month, it was reported that Ufotable owed in taxes. In June 2020, both the studio and company founder and president Hikaru Kondo were charged with violating the Corporation Tax Act and Consumption Tax Act by failing to pay (about US$1.28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3D Film
3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of special glasses worn by viewers. They have existed in some form since 1915, but had been largely relegated to a niche in the motion picture industry because of the costly hardware and processes required to produce and display a 3D film, and the lack of a standardized format for all segments of the entertainment business. Nonetheless, 3D films were prominently featured in the 1950s in American cinema, and later experienced a worldwide resurgence in the 1980s and 1990s driven by IMAX high-end theaters and Disney-themed venues. 3D films became increasingly successful throughout the 2000s, peaking with the success of 3D presentations of ''Avatar'' in December 2009, after which 3D films again decreased in popularity. Certain directors have also taken more experimental approaches to 3D filmmaking, most notably celebrated auteur Jean-Luc Godard in his film ''Goodbye to Language''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji Television
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was dramatically expanded durin ..., Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned-and-operated station, Owned and operated by the it is the flagship (broadcasting), key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System. It is also known for its long-time slogan, ''"If it's not fun, it's not TV!"'' Fuji Television also operates three premium television stations, known as "Fuji TV One" ("Fuji TV 739"—sports/variety, including all Tokyo Yakult Swallows home games), "Fuji TV Two" ("Fuji TV 721"—drama/anime), and "Fuji TV Next" ("Fuji TV CSHD"—live premium shows) (called together as "Fuji TV OneTwoNext"), all available in High-definition television, ... [...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] |
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