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Ultraman 80
is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show produced by Tsuburaya Productions which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System channel from April 2, 1980, to March 25, 1981, lasting a total of 50 episodes. After going off the air in 1981, the network still aired weekly reruns of the show. It was the ninth TV show in the Ultra Series and began a week after the conclusion of the anime series ''The Ultraman'', bringing the franchise back to its live-action roots. It would be the last Ultraman TV series for Japanese audiences during the following 16 years until the production of ''Ultraman Tiga''. Plot Following the end of the 1979-80 anime ''The Ultraman'', ''Ultraman 80'' returns to the setting of the main Showa continuity, taking place after 5 years of peace since the end of ''Ultraman Leo''. A new middle school teacher Takeshi Yamato is actually the disguised Ultra from the Land of Light, Ultraman 80, whose mission is to fight a new wave of monsters resulted from Minus Energy while stabilizing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System
formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called JRN (Japan Radio Network). TBS produced the game show ''Takeshi's Castle'' and has also broadcast the ''Ultra Series'' programs and '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan. TBS is a member of the Mitsui ''keiretsu'' and has substantial relations with The Mainichi Newspapers Co. despite the Mainichi's lack of shareholding. History * May 1951 - was founded in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. * December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz. * April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from Akasaka-Hitotsukicho, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster New Era
LNP Media Group owns and publishes '' LNP'', a daily newspaper based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and ''LancasterOnline'', its online affiliate with monthly readership of over one million. ''LNP'' traces its roots to ''The Lancaster Journal'', first published in 1794. LNP Media Group publishes three other local newspapers in Lancaster County: ''The Lititz Record Express'', ''The Ephrata Review'' and '' The Elizabethtown Advocate''. Additionally, LNP Media Group owns and publishes three specialty publications: ''Lancaster Farming'', ''La Voz Lancaster'' (formerly ''La Voz Hispana''), and ''Fly After 5'' (formerly ''Fly Magazine''). Specialty publications ''Lancaster Farming'' is a farm newspaper for the mid-Atlantic region with paid circulation of over sixty thousand. ''La Voz Lancaster'' is a bi-monthly publication covering the Hispanic community in Lancaster County. ''Fly After 5'' is a bi-monthly newspaper covering Lancaster County nightlife and entertainment. Steinman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Shout! Studios, Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. History Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records, as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution. After selling Rhino to Warner Bros., the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label. The company's first product was ''Red, White & Rock'', a joint release with PBS station WQED-TV that was produced with Warner Strategic Marketing. In August 2002, Retropolis acquired Biograph Records. Other early releases included blues and jazz CDs from the Biograph label ... [...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] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otowa Yurikago Kai
Otowa Yurikago Kai () is a Japanese children's choir, established in 1933. It is so named from Otowa-cho, a place name in Bunkyō, Tokyo, where it was born, Yurikago, a Japanese word for cradle, and Kai, meaning an association or group. It has played an important role in broadcasting and recording Japanese and overseas children's songs in Japan. From 1943 to 1951, it also was NHK Tokyo Children's Choir, attached to the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (JOAK) of the NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation radio network. They are also well known for doing several theme songs for anime and tokusatsu shows, going by the name ''Columbia Yurikago Kai'', so named because they had a deal with Nippon Columbia. In 1990, it appeared in an independent concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Notable members Members with participation at Zecchino d’Oro: *Yumiko Ashikawa 芦川祐美子 (La pioggia, 1997, most notable member) * Minori Nara 奈良実乃里 (Spunta la luna, 2000) * Shiori Kitada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talizman
Talizman were Japanese pop and rock band perhaps best known for performing the opening and closing songs of ''Ultraman 80'' and the 1984 OVA ''Locke the Superman''. They also did several songs for musicals such as the Japanese version of ''Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and f ...''. After the band broke up in 1981, Noboru Kimura, the vocalist of the band, operated under his stage name Harry Kimura, doing several anime and tokusatsu themes. Members * Noboru Kimura (vocals) * Starting Nobuo (guitar, vocals) * Tatsuki Satoshi Ishikawa (bass, vocals) * Kenzi Zyou Snake (keyboards, vocals) * Satoshi Ishii (drums) * Asano Takashi (guitar) Japanese new wave musical groups Japanese rock music groups {{Japan-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiro Suzuki
is a Japanese announcer and ''tarento''. He was born in Kamigamo Shrine of the Shinto shrine of bushi samurais. After being a Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) announcer he later became a free announcer. Suzuki is nicknamed . Nanjing Massacre denial Suzuki denied Nanjing Massacre. ''Daily News Online'' Filmography As a TBS announcer News, informal, and documentaries Music, quiz, variety programmes TV drama TV anime Non-genre RadioAs a free announcer Advertisements Books Discography Others References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsaku Yara
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Vi-Vo. His real name is , and his former stage name was . He is best known for his roles in ''Saint Seiya'' as Sagittarius Aiolos, ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' as Hiroshi Sakura, '' Wicked City'' as Renzaburō Taki, '' Snatcher'' as Gillian Seed, ''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' as Kiteretsu's Papa, the 1989 version of '' Sally, the Witch'' as Sally's Papa, ''Fang of the Sun Dougram'' as Jacky Zalshiev, and the ''Dr. Slump'' remake as Senbei Norimaki. He was also the first dubbing voice actor of Arnold Schwarzenegger in his early days. Filmography Television animation ;1970s *'' Tekkaman: The Space Knight'' (1975) (Guard) *'' Goliath the Super Fighter'' (1976) (Soldier) *''009 (1979)'' (1979) (Odin) *''Lupin the Third Part II'' (1979) (Terrorist) ;1980s *''Panzer World Galient'' (1984) (Jilmzen Ranvel) *'' Ginga Nagareboshi Gin'' (1986) (Great) *''Saint Seiya'' (1986) ( Phecda Gamma Thor, Sagittarius Aiolos) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakugo
is a form of ''yose'', which is itself a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on a raised platform, a . Using only a and a as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters. The difference between the characters is depicted only through change in pitch, tone, and a slight turn of the head. Lexical background Rakugo was originally known as . The oldest appearance of the kanji which refers specifically to this type of performance dates back to 1787, but at the time the characters themselves (落とし噺) were normally read as ''otoshibanashi'' (falling discourse). In the middle of the Meiji period (1868–1912) the expression ''rakugo'' first started being used, and it came into common usage only in the Shōwa period (1926–1989). Description The speaker is in the middle of the audience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guanyin
Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. She was first given the appellation of "Goddess of Mercy" or "Mercy Goddess" by Jesuit missionaries in China. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means " he One WhoPerceives the Sounds of the World." On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin's attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated. Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī. Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity" with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the ''Pumen chapter'' of ''Lotus Sutra'' and ''Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra''. Several large temples in East Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultraman Leo
is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 7th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Steve Krantz Productions, Ultraman Leo was aired between April 12, 1974, and March 28, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. Tatsumi Nikamoto was the in-suit actor of Ultraman Leo. Plot Ultraman Leo comes from Nebula L77 ( Leo constellation), and takes the human form of Gen Ootori. Ultraseven appears to fight a new foe, Alien Magma and his two "pets", the Red and Black Giras. Ultimately, Ultraseven is greatly overpowered and his leg is graphically broken by Black Giras. Ultraman Leo drives off the foes, but Ultraseven is confined to his human form because of his injuries and due to the Ultra Eye being damaged when he attempted to transform. Dan then maintains his role as Captain of MAC (Monster Attack Crew). Gen is a gymnastics teacher on the side and joins MAC to defend the Earth. Gen and Dan regularly train together, allowing Ultraman Leo to learn many moves in human form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
