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Whistle!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 1998 to October 2002. The series was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series broadcast exclusively by Animax across Japan and South Korea. In North America, the series was licensed for English language release by Viz Media. A sequel, titled ''Whistle! W'', ran in Shogakukan's ''Ura Sunday'' and ''MangaONE'' web platforms from September 2016 to April 2021. Plot ''Whistle!'' is about a middle school boy named Shō Kazamatsuri. He transfers from Musashinomori School to Sakura Jōsui Junior High School for better hopes to make the soccer team, since he never got a game at his old school due to his small stature. Yūko Katori, his teacher, introduces him as a former star of the famed Musashinomori team, causing his classmates to be wrongly ecstatic. Right after that, one of the players, Tatsuya Mizuno, reveals that he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Higuchi
is a Japanese manga artist best known for her work on ''Whistle!''. Often she is mistaken for a man, namely because Daisuke is a name usually attributed to men. Her self-portrait in Whistle! took the form of a crow. History Born in Gunma prefecture, she was recognized in the world of manga by being honored at the 43rd Osamu Tezuka awards in 1992 with third prize.Seen in the first page of every Whistle! manga volume released in North America by VIZ Media. In the same year, she became the author of a romance/action story called Itaru. In 1998, she became known in Japan for her soccer manga Whistle! and was said to be influenced after she went to France to attend the 1998 World Cup tournament. With the success of Whistle!, she went to personally direct the creation of the animated series. She currently lives in Tokyo. Works Manga * 1992 - ''Itaru'' - short story * 1992 - ''Singing Flame'' - short story * 1994 - ''X-Connection'' - short story * 1997 - ''Break Free!'' - short stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minako Komukai
is a Japanese gravure model, actress, erotic dancer and AV idol. Life and career Early career After dropping out of school, at age 15 Komukai began her career as a "gravure model" and a swimsuit model. In 2001 she had a guest-star role as a schoolgirl in the Nippon Television comedy . For her appearances as a gravure idol and on television, she was selected as a "Fuji Television Visual Queen" for 2001. The next year she starred in the anime series , voicing the part of the boy hero Sho Kazamatsuri, broadcast in 2002 in 39 episodes on the Animax TV network. In 2003 Komukai starred in her first movie, the horror film directed by Atsushi Shimizu and released to theaters on July 19, 2003. Komukai was cast as Princess Freezia in the Toei's August 2003 theatrical release of ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger Deluxe: Abare Summer Is Freezing Cold!'', part of the long-running Super Sentai series. She returned to TV work starring as high school girl Rion Kano in the TV Tokyo romantic superna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshihiko Sahashi
is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series (including OVAs, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals. His works include the original soundtracks for '' Zipang'', ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', ''Gunslinger Girl'', ''Black Blood Brothers'', ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'', ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'', ''Kamen Rider Agito'', ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'', ''Kamen Rider Den-O'', ''Full Metal Panic!'', ''Hunter × Hunter'', '' Simoun'', ''Reborn!'' and composed all three Saint Seiya anime series. Together with the London Symphony Orchestra, two symphonic albums have been released, each arranging his compositions from ''Gundam SEED'' and ''Gundam SEED Destiny''. For the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise's 30th anniversary, he again collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra for another symphonic music al ... [...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] |
Hiroshi Fukutomi
is an anime director born July 25, 1950, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. After leaving Tokyo Designer Gakuin in the middle of his studies, he joined A Production (then known as Shin'ei Dōga). In 1982, with some of the staff producing ''Kaibutsu-kun'' (including Yoshinobu Sanada, Toshiyuki Honda, and Makoto Moriwaki), Fukutomi founded , now known as Studio Comet. Projects as director Listed alphabetically. *''Art of Fighting'' *''Battle Angel (OVA)'' *''Captain Tsubasa J'' *'' Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur'' *'' Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf'' *'' Flint the Time Detective'' *''Galactic Patrol Lensman'' *''Highschool! Kimen-gumi'' *''Kaibutsu-kun'' (2nd series) *'' Locke the Superman Witch Era'' *''The Marshmallow Times'' *'' Old Master Q and his Little Water Margin Tale'' *'' Suzuka'' * ''Those Who Hunt Elves 2'' *''Whistle! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun'ichi Yukimuro
Shun'ichi Yukimuro (雪室 俊一 ''Yukimuro Shun'ichi'', born January 11, 1941, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a veteran screenwriter for anime television series. Yukimuro has had a career spanning four decades and written over 3,000 anime television series scenarios, including episodes of many classic series produced by the Toei Animation studio. After attending a school for screenwriters, Yukimuro won an award for a television drama titled ''Chikagorono Wakai Yatsu''. He soon began to focus on writing for anime television series; his first was ''Yokocho Seigitai (Justice Guardian)'' in 1964. Among the anime series for which Yukimuro wrote scenarios include ''Kimba the White Lion'', '' Sally, the Witch'', '' Gegege no Kitaro'', ''Sazae-san'', ''Tomorrow's Joe'', ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', ''Babel II'', ''Majokko Megu-chan'', ''Dr. Slump'', ''Honey Honey'', ''The Kabocha Wine'', ''Dragon Ball'', ''The Adventures of Pepero'', and ''Azuki-chan''. Yukimuro was the creator of the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Comet
is an animation studio with its headquarters in Toyotamanaka, Nerima, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., Japan. It was established on January 21, 1986. ." Studio Comet. Retrieved on March 15, 2012. "〒176-0013 東京都練馬区豊玉中3-1-3" [Baidu] |
Animax (TV Network)
, stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese animation satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed other cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and the noted animation studios Bandai Namco Filmworks,Sunrise official website - corporate outline'' - Sunrise, official corporate outline, ''About Us'' section. Toei Animation,Toei Animation official website - history section'', Toei Animation official website. Toei Animation official website - English section - History'' Toei Animation official website. TMS Entertainment and production company Nihon Ad Systems.Animax's official website - Official Partners ... [...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] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Manga
is a genre of Japanese manga and anime that focuses on stories involving sports and other athletic and competitive pursuits. Though Japanese animated works depicting sports were released as early as the 1920s, sports manga did not emerge as a discrete category until the early 1950s. The genre achieved prominence in the context of the occupation of Japan, post-war occupation of Japan, and gained significant visibility during and subsequent to the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Noted as among the most popular genres of manga and anime, sports manga is credited with introducing new sports to Japan, and popularizing existing sports. Characteristics Narrative The core element of a sports manga series is a depiction of a specific sport. The genre is inclusive of a breadth of sports that are both Japanese and non-Japanese in origin, including sports with mainstream popularity (e.g. baseball, association football, boxing, cycle sport, cycling), comparably niche and esoteric sports (e.g. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
