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Utsunomiko
, also written ''Utsu no Miko'', is a Japanese historical fantasy light novel series written by Keisuke Fujikawa (藤川桂介) and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata, which was later adapted into an anime of the same title. The story is set in the late Asuka Period to the Nara Period, and follows the trials of the title character Utsunomiko (usually shortened to Miko), the offspring of the kami of the north star. There are 52 ''Utsunomiko'' novels, the first published in 1984, and the last published in 1998. The ''Utsunomiko'' anime film premiered in 1989, followed by a second anime film and a 13-episode OVA starting in 1990. Introduction In the chaos of the Jinshin War of 672, a child with a small horn in his forehead was born. The child's mother condemned him as an oni and cast him away. An elderly shūgenja woman claimed the child and named him Utsunomiko, or 'Divine Child of the Heavens', telling Miko that his horn symbolizes the union of heaven and earth. Miko matured i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutsumi Inomata
is a Japanese illustrator and animator. Biography An anime fan, Inomata began working for Ashi Productions, working as an animator, key animation director and character designer on several anime television series. In 1982, she left the staff of Ashi Productions, and joined Kaname Productions, working as an animator, animation director and character designer on several of its series. In 1983, she also made her debut as a manga artist, with her work ''GB Bomber'' being featured in Tokuma Shoten's ''The Motion Comic''. Later, in 1984, she left Kaname Productions and continued her work as a freelance animator. Inomata is noted for her work as an animator, character designer and animation director on several anime titles, including ''Windaria'', '' Plawres Sanshirō'', ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'', and ''Brain Powerd''. Inomata is also a prolific novel illustrator, known for her vivid watercolor paintings which often center around young women with wide, jewel-like eyes. Many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukehiro Tomita
is a Japanese scenario writer. He is known for his work on '' Digimon Frontier'', ''Gall Force'', ''Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', ''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'', '' Sailor Moon'', ''Macross II'', '' B't X'' and ''Wedding Peach''. Screenwriting Anime television series * series head writer denoted in bold *''Ganso Tensai Bakabon'' (1977) *''Cho Super Car Gattaiger'' (1977-1978) *''Gekisou! Rubenkaiser'' (1977-1978) *''Majokko Tickle'' (1978) *'' Starzinger'' (1978-1979) *''Megaloman'' (1979) *''Invincible Robo Trider G7'' (1980) *''King Arthur'' (1980) *''Space Runaway Ideon'' (1980-1981) *''Fisherman Sanpei'' (1980-1982) *''Saikyo Robo Daioja'' (1981) *'' Dotakon'' (1981) *''GoShogun'' (1981) *''Galaxy Cyclone Braiger'' (1981) *''Dash Kappei'' (1982) *''Fang of the Sun Dougram'' (1982-1983) *''Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (1982-1983) *''Love Me, My Knight'' (1983) *''Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman'' (1983) *''Super Dimension Century Orguss'' (1983-1984) *''Aura Battler Dunbine'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Terada
is a Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and novelist. His more notable works include writing the first three games of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. He also worked on '' Batman: Dark Tomorrow'', created the concept for the Sega CD game ''Dark Wizard'', and was the series organizer and main script writer for the ''Kimagure Orange Road'' series among other things. Biography Kenji Terada was born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated in 1973 from Waseda University with a degree in European History. During his degree, Terada did illustrations for newspapers and magazines, worked on film sets, and did some work as an animator. In 1978, he became an assistant for artist Osamu Tezuka, and in 1980 he became a freelance writer and director for various projects, including writing the scripts for ''Baoh'', ''Dirty Pair'', and ''Kimagure Orange Road''. He also did some work for Square, writing the scripts for the first three ''Final Fantasy'' video games. He remained a script ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". Imperial Household Law governs the line of Succession to the Japanese throne, imperial succession. The emperor is sovereign immunity, immune from prosecution by the Supreme Court of Japan. He is also the head of the Shinto religion. In Japanese language, Japanese, the emperor is called , literally "Emperor of heaven or "Heavenly Sovereign". The Japanese Shinto religion holds him to be the direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The emperor is also the head of all national Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan, Japanese orders, decorations, medals, and awards. In English, the use of the term for the emperor was once common but is now considered obsolete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polaris
Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to ''Alpha Ursae Minoris'') and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, it is the brightest star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night. The position of the star lies less than 1° away from the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star. The stable position of the star in the Northern Sky makes it useful for navigation. As the closest Cepheid variable its distance is used as part of the cosmic distance ladder. The revised ''Hipparcos'' stellar parallax gives a distance to Polaris of about , while the successor mission ''Gaia'' gives a distance of about . Calculations by other methods vary widely. Although appearing to the naked eye as a single point of light, Polaris is a triple star system, composed of the primary, a yellow super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinshin War
The was a war of succession in Japan during the Asuka period of the Yamato state. It broke out in 672 following the death of Emperor Tenji. The name refers to the ''jinshin'' (壬申) or ninth year of the sixty-year Jikkan Jūnishi calendrical cycle, corresponding to the Western year 672. Tenji had originally designated his brother, Prince Ōama, as his successor, but later changed his mind in favor of his son, Prince Ōtomo. In the course of the violence that erupted as a result of factional rivalries, Ōtomo, having taken the throne as Emperor, took his own life after reigning for less than a year. His uncle Ōama then succeeded to the throne as the Emperor Tenmu. Background Emperor Tenji ascended to the throne and set up a capital at Ōmi-Ōtsu (currently Ōtsu city, Shiga Prefecture). He made his best efforts for the foundation of a strong country, mimicking the Tang Dynasty's bureaucracy fron China, importing the Tangs' political systems and consequently affecting Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oni (folklore)
An is a kind of ''yōkai'', demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. Oni are mostly known for their fierce and evil nature manifested in their propensity for murder and cannibalism. Notwithstanding their evil reputation, oni possess intriguingly complex aspects that cannot be brushed away simply as evil. They are typically portrayed as hulking figures with one or more horns growing out of their heads."Oni." ''Handbook of Japanese Mythology'', by Michael Ashkenazi, ABC-CLIO, 2003, pp. 230–233. Stereotypically, they are conceived of as red, blue, black, yellow, or white-colored, wearing loincloths of tiger pelt, and carrying iron kanabō clubs. They are creatures which instill fear and feelings of danger due to their grotesque outward appearance, their wild and sometimes strange behavior and their powers. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature, and theater and appear as stock villains in the well-known fairytales of ''Momotarō'' (''Peach Boy''), ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamabushi
are Japanese mountain ascetic hermits. They are generally part of the syncretic religion, which includes Tantric Buddhist, Shinto, and Japanese Taoist elements. Their origins can be traced back to the solitary Yama-bito and some (saints or holy persons) of the eighth and ninth centuries. According to author Frederik L. Schodt: Appearance of Yamabushi Yamabushi usually wear and bring the following cloths and items:(jaKotobanc Yamabushi/ref> * Yuigesa () * Kyahan () which guard both their feet. * Tokin () which is a small hat. * Shakujō (), a metal rod which they hold in hand. * Oi (tool) (), backpack. * Horagai () an instrument made of conch shell, which they blow. See also * Cunning folk * Mount Ōfuna * Shaolin Monastery * Yama-bito The term or sanjin, as understood in Japanese folklore, has come to be applied to a group, some scholars claim,Raja, 556. of ancient, marginalized people, dating back to some unknown date during the Jōmon period of the history of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shugendō
is a highly syncretic religion, a body of ascetic practices that originated in the Nara Period of Japan having evolved during the 7th century from an amalgamation of beliefs, philosophies, doctrines and ritual systems drawn from local folk-religious practices, Shinto mountain worship and Buddhism. The final purpose of ''Shugendō'' is for practitioners to find supernatural power and save themselves and the masses by conducting religious training while treading through steep mountain ranges. Practitioners are called or . The mountains where ''shugenja'' practiced were all over Japan, and include various mountains of the Ōmine mountain range such as Mount Hakkyō and Mount Ōmine. The ''Shugendō'' worldview includes a large pantheon of deities (which include Buddhist and Shinto figures). Some of the most important figures are the tantric Buddhist figures of Fudō Myōō and Dainichi Nyorai. Other key figures are , which are considered to be the manifestation of Buddhas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisuke Fujikawa
Keisuke (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese general *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *Keisuke Hoashi (born 1967), American actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese physician and biologist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese actor *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese-Korean racing driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter * Keisuke Makino (born 1969), Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Dwango Franchises
Kadokawa may refer to: *Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group **Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker **Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publishing side of Kadokawa with its brand companies **Kadokawa Light Novel Expo, an event held yearly by Kadokawa Corporation, dedicated to news for their various light novel series. **Kadokawa Pictures, the film production branch, at various times called Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc. and Kadokawa Shoten Pictures, Inc. **Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ..., a publishing house, or its subsidiaries. Currently a brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing * Genyoshi Kadokawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the spirits of venerated dead people. Many ''kami'' are considered the ancient ancestors of entire clans (some ancestors became ''kami'' upon their death if they were able to embody the values and virtues of ''kami'' in life). Traditionally, great leaders like the Emperor could be or became ''kami''. In Shinto, ''kami'' are not separate from nature, but are of nature, possessing positive and negative, and good and evil characteristics. They are manifestations of , the interconnecting energy of the universe, and are considered exemplary of what humanity should strive towards. ''Kami'' are believed to be "hidden" from this world, and inhabit a complementary existence that mirrors our own: . To be in harmony with the awe-inspiring aspects of nature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
