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Working!!
''Working!!'', released in English territories as ''Wagnaria!!'', is a Japanese Yonkoma, four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, which follows the activities of the unusual employees at one of the units of the Wagnaria family restaurant chain. The series was serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' seinen manga magazine between January 2005 and November 2014. Square Enix released three Radio drama in Japan, drama CDs between 2007 and 2009 with scripts written by Shōgo Mukai. An anime television series was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike, airing in three seasons in 2010, 2011, and 2015, respectively. In North America, the first two anime seasons are licensed by Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America while the third is licensed by Aniplex of America. The series is a spin-off of an earlier webcomic also titled ''Working!!'', later published in print form as ''Web-ban Working!!'', set in another Wagnaria restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-1 Pictures
is a Japanese animation studio founded by ex-Sunrise producer Mikihiro Iwata and it is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. History The studio was established by SMEJ's animation production division, Aniplex, on May 9, 2005, to animate its anime series and productions. In 2006, it co-produced the original production ''Zenmai Zamurai'', and in October of the same year, established a studio in Asagaya. In the following year, 2007, the studio produced its first series, ''Ōkiku Furikabutte''. Originally established to oversee the production of only a few of Aniplex's family-oriented series, the studio has since grown and expanded as a full-fledged studio involved in the production of a wide range of media and anime productions and other activities, which it has overseen. The studio has also expanded its international presence, participating in the noted international convention, Anime Expo 2007 (AX 2007), held in Long Beach, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Asumi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and a former member of the girl group Lisp. Career She worked for Voice & Heart until 2007 and has worked for 81 Produce since 2008. She won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 7th Seiyu Awards. Personal life On January 14, 2014, Asumi announced her marriage on her blog. In 2022 she announced the birth of her first child from her Twitter account. Filmography Anime television series ;2005 *'' Canvas 2: Nijiiro no Sketch'' – Waitress (ep 3), Choir member (ep 21) ;2007 * ''Hidamari Sketch'' – Yuno * ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' – Kiyal * ''Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica'' – Policewoman Kusunome (ep 11) * '' Bokurano'' – Kana Ushiro * ''Shugo Chara!'' – Ran * ''Prism Ark'' – Bridget ;2008 * ''Rosario + Vampire'' – Sumae Mizuno (ep 11) * ''Persona -trinity soul-'' – Megumi Kayano * ''Aria the Origination'' – Anzu (ep 4) * ''Sekirei'' – Yukari Sahashi * '' Rosario + Vampire Capu2'' – Sumae Mizuno * ''Toradora!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Fujita
is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She sang the ending theme to the anime '' Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'', "Kiseki no Kakera", (奇跡のかけら) along with Yuki Makishima and Yukako Yoshikawa as well as the opening songs for ''Working!!'' – ''Someone Else'', ''Coolish Walk'', ''Now!!!Gamble'' with Kana Asumi and Eri Kitamura. She is best known for voicing Akagi in ''Kantai Collection'', Ayano Sugiura in ''YuruYuri'' and Yukari Kotozume/Cure Macaron in ''Kirakira PreCure a la Mode'', as well as for sampling her voice for Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid, Hatsune Miku. Filmography Anime television series ;2005 * ''Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge'' (Maid) * '' Happy Seven ~The TV Manga~'' (Tomomi Sasaki) * ''Shuffle!'' – (A schoolgirl) * ''SPEED GRAPHER'' (Kozue Kokubunji) ;2006 * '' Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'' (Mina Yayoi) * '' Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet'' (Kinu Kanisawa) * ''Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle'' (Momo Katagiri, Rimu)(*) ;2007 * ''Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Fukuyama
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He played Lelouch Lamperouge in ''Code Geass'', Koro-sensei in '' Assassination Classroom'', Ichimatsu in ''Osomatsu-san'', Yuta Togashi in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Kraft Lawrence in ''Spice and Wolf'', Hero in ''Maoyu'', Kimihiro Watanuki in '' xxxHOLiC'', Joker in ''Persona 5'' and Riku Riku is both a masculine Finnish given name and a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer * Riku Hahl (born 1980), Finnish NHL hockey player *, Japanese footballer *Riku Heini (born 1990), Finnis ... in '' Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon''. Filmography TV animation Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Live-Action Drama/Film Anime films Video games The Japanese vocal tracks for these characters also appear in the Chinese and Korean versions of the game. Drama CDs Live-action films Dubbing Discography Jun Fukuyama Persona Show PONY CANYON Fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniplex Of America
Aniplex of America Inc. or Aniplex USA is the U.S. distribution enterprise of Aniplex, an anime and music production company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was established in March 2005 in Santa Monica, California, with the goal of reinforcing the parent company's licensing business in the North American market. They operate the English language version of the Aniplex+ store, and from 2013 to 2017 operated a streaming service called Aniplex Channel through their website. The company most of the time only directly releases its titles in the Americas, however, some of its titles have been released in other territories by other distributors, such as Anime Limited, Manga Entertainment, MVM Films, Madman Anime Group, and Siren Visual. Their home video sets are distributed in the North American market by Right Stuf Anime and their titles are usually streamed on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and Hidive, and occasionally streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takao Yoshioka
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After leaving Shin-Ei Animation, he debuted as a screenwriter with ''Happy Lesson''. Since ''Happy Lesson'', he has been in charge of screenwriting for many series, some of which are ''Elfen Lied'', ''Your Lie in April'', ''High School DxD'', ''Horimiya'', and '' The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments''. Biography The first series Yoshioka worked on was ''Elf-ban Kakyūsei''. He later worked at Shin-Ei Animation for some time, but later left and became a freelancer. After going freelance, the first series he was in charge of screenwriting was ''Happy Lesson''. Since ''Happy Lesson'', Yoshioka has been in charge of screenwriting for many other series. Works *''Happy Lesson'' (2001) (screenwriter) *''Ikki Tousen'' (2003) (screenwriter) *''Elfen Lied'' (2004) (screenwriter) *''Sekirei'' (2008) (screenwriter) *''Demon King Daimao'' (2010) (screenwriter) *'' Working!!''' (2011–2016) (screenwriter) *''Senran Kagura'' (2012) (screenwriter) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Ichi Software
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the ''Disgaea'' and ''Marl Kingdom'' series. Its mascot is the penguin-like ''Disgaea'' character Prinny. NIS America, a localization and global publishing branch of the company, was founded in 2003. It originally focused solely on the North American market until being expanded to include Europe and other regions in 2007 and has also published anime. History Nippon Ichi Software was founded in September 1991 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, as an entertainment software company. It was relocated and reincorporated on July 12, 1993. The company has made several acquisitions, mergers, and forming new subsidiaries. In the early 2010s, the company formed Nippon Ichi Software Asia Pte. Ltd and Nippon Ichi Software Vietnam Co., Ltd. In 2016, NIS merged with System Prisma Corporation and acquired developer FOG Inc. In 2012, the company was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Gangan
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', ''Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and '' Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete with other mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimasa Hiraike
is a Japanese storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director. He has collaborated with famed director Junichi Sato in series such as ''Aria'', ''Kaleido Star'', and ''Prétear''. Anime involved in *''Excel Saga'': Episode Director (7, 12, 17, 22, 25) *''Vandread'': Episode Director (5) *''Prétear'': Episode Director (4, 8) *'' Vandread: The Second Stage'': Storyboard (ep 6), Episode Director (1, 6, 8, 11), Assistant Director *''Saikano'': Storyboard (ep 7), Episode Director (2, 7) *''Kaleido Star'': Director (Season 2), Assistant Director *''SoltyRei'': Director, Storyboard (ep 1) *''Aria The Natural'': Storyboard (ep 15, 22), Episode Director (15, 22) *''Sketchbook ~full color'S~'': Director, Storyboard (ep 1, 6), Episode Director (13) *''Working!!'': Director, Series Composition, Storyboard (ep 1, 2) *''Amagami SS'': Director, Series Composition, Storyboard (1, 13), Episode Director (26) *''AKB0048'': Director, Storyboard (ep 1, 2, 5, 9) *''AKB0048 next stage'': Director, Storybo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaru Yokoyama
is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series. Biography Yokoyama was born in Nagano Prefecture. He started to take piano lessons at the age of three, taught by his aunt who is an alumna of Kunitachi College of Music, but became interested in music when he was in elementary school, after playing his own compositions. When he was in middle school, he began to compose music using a synthesizer that he bought and his computer, and had also briefly played in a band. Interested in computers, Yokoyama attended National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, studying electronic engineering for five years after graduating from middie school. Influenced by Joe Hisaishis music in Studio Ghiblis films that he watched when he was young and musician Tetsuya Komuro, Yokoyama decided to pursue a career in music and attended Kunitachi College of Music when he was nineteen, following his aunt encouragement. While in college, he met guitarist Hiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Drama In Japan
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well as ... [...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] |
