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Yuzuru Tachikawa
is a Japanese anime director. Starting his career at Madhouse, he is known for directing the anime series ''Death Parade'', ''Mob Psycho 100'', and ''Deca-Dence''. Biography Tachikawa was born in Iruma District, Saitama on December 2, 1981. He graduated from the , and later joined Madhouse as an animation director. In 2007, Tachikawa made his directorial debut with the final episode of the anime series '' Kiba''. He later became a freelancer. In 2012, he directed the original video animation '' Arata-naru Sekai''. The following year, Tachikawa worked with Madhouse on the anime film ''Death Billiards'' as part of the Anime Mirai program. The film later inspired an anime series titled ''Death Parade'', with Tachikawa returning to direct. In 2014, he served as an assistant director for ''Terror in Resonance''. Tachikawa directed the anime adaptation of ''Mob Psycho 100'' from 2016 to 2022. The series received multiple accolades at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, winning Best Fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iruma District, Saitama
is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In the 2005 census reports, the district has an estimated population of 89,552. The total area is 89.77 km2. The district consists of three towns: * Miyoshi * Moroyama * Ogose District timeline *April 9, 1972: The town of Fukuoka gains city status and is renamed Kamifukuoka. *April 10, 1972: The town of Fujimi gains city status. *September 1, 1976: The town of Sakado gains city status. *September 1, 1991: The town of Tsurugashima gains city status. *October 1, 1991: The town of Hidaka gains city status. *January 1, 2005: The village of Naguri merges with the city of Hannō. *October 1, 2005: The town of Ōi merges with the city of Kamifukuoka was a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. ... to create the new city of Fuj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygon (website)
''Polygon'' is an American entertainment website that publishes blogs, reviews, guides, videos, and news primarily covering video games, as well as movies, comics, television and books. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, ''Polygon'' sought to distinguish itself from competitors by focusing on the stories of the people behind the games instead of the games themselves. It also produced long-form magazine-style feature articles, invested in video content, and chose to let their review scores be updated as the game changed. The site was built over the course of ten months, and its 16-person founding staff included the editors-in-chief of the gaming sites ''Joystiq'', '' Kotaku'' and '' The Escapist''. Its design was built to HTML5 responsive standards with a pink color scheme, and its advertisements focused on direct sponsorship of specific kinds of content. Vox Media produced a documentary series on the founding of the site. History The gaming blog ''Poly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Giant (manga)
''Blue Giant'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese jazz-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Ishizuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic'' from May 2013 to August 2016, with its chapters compiled in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sequel, titled ''Blue Giant Supreme'' was serialized in ''Big Comic'' from September 2016 to April 2020, with its chapters compiled in ten ''tankōbon''. A third series, titled ''Blue Giant Explorer'', began in ''Big Comic'' in May 2020. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment, which is publishing it in a two-in-one omnibus edition, and the first volume was released in November 2020. An anime film adaptation by NUT opened in Japan in February 2023. By August 2020, the manga had over 5.8 million copies in circulation. In 2017, ''Blue Giant'' won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category and the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Award. Synopsis Dai Miya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero The Enforcer
''Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer'', known as in Japan, is a 2018 Japanese anime film directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa and written by Takeharu Sakurai. It was the twenty-second installment of the ''Case Closed'' film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2017 film '' Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter''. The film was released on April 13, 2018 and has grossed over worldwide. It is the second highest-grossing ''Case Closed'' film of all time. Plot Located in Tokyo Bay, the newly built integrated resort and convention center "Edge of Ocean" is going to host an upcoming Summit Meeting. Prior to the Summit, an explosion went off at one of the buildings, killing and injuring many Public Security Bureau personnel performing inspection there, including Amuro Tōru and Kazami Yūya. A preliminary investigation found the fingerprint which matches the Mori Kogoro's, and with other evidence purportedly located inside Kogoro's computer, Kogoro is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Verse
is a 2010 Japanese animated film directed by Noriyuki Abe. It is the fourth animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series ''Bleach''. In the film, Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends traverse through the world of Hell in order to save his younger sister, Yuzu. The film's theme song is "Save the One, Save the All", performed by T.M.Revolution and its screenplay was written by Natsuko Takahashi and Ookubo Masahiro, with Tite Kubo, author of the manga, overseeing the production. The film was released in Japanese theatres on December 4, 2010 and in the United States dubbed in November. A prologue for the film, titled ''Theatre Opening Commemoration! Hell Chapter: Prologue'', was included in season 14 of the animation series and included in the regular TV Tokyo schedule, which aired on November 30, 2010. A promotional manga chapter, titled ''Imaginary Number 01: The Unforgivens'', was published showing Shuren confronting Szayel Aporro Granz and Aaroniero Arruruerie in Hell. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inuyashiki
is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from January 2014 to July 2017, with its chapters compiled in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story follows two people, who via a mysterious event, are endowed with super abilities, but the way they choose to use these abilities is completely different. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA aired on Fuji TV's late night programming block Noitamina from October to December 2017. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in April 2018. Plot Inuyashiki Ichiro is an older, friendless man with an uncaring family. One fateful evening in a nearly empty public park, he is struck by an explosion of extraterrestrial origin, and his body is replaced by an incredibly powerful, but still outwardly human, mechanical body. He quickly realizes the extent of his body's powers, and after saving a homeless man being beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saga Of Tanya The Evil
''The Saga of Tanya the Evil'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. It began serialization online in 2010, on the user-generated novel publishing website Arcadia. Enterbrain acquired the series and since then has published twelve volumes since October 2013. A manga adaptation with art by Chika Tōjō began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comp Ace'' magazine from April 2016. An anime television series adaptation by NUT was broadcast on Japanese television from January to March 2017, and was licensed by Funimation and Crunchyroll) and Medialink. '' Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie'', a theatrical film taking place after the events of the anime series, was released in Japan in February 2019. A second season has been announced. Plot In 2013 of modern-era Tokyo, an unnamed atheist Japanese salaryman, in the moment of being murdered by a disgruntled subordinate whom he had fired due to poor perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Art Online
is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the then-near future and focuses on protagonists Kirito (Sword Art Online), Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna (Sword Art Online), Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virtual reality Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, MMORPG worlds. Kawahara originally wrote the series as a web novel on his website from 2002 to 2008. The light novels began publication on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 10, 2009, with a spin-off series launching in October 2012. The series has spawned twelve manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. The novels and the manga adaptations have been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, known simply as ''Sword Art Online (2012 TV series), Sword Art Online'', aired in Japan between July and December 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
is a Japanese anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment. Part of the ''Lupin III'' franchise, it is the fourth anime television adaptation of the ''Lupin III'' manga series created by Monkey Punch. Directed by Sayo Yamamoto, it aired on Nippon TV from April to June 2012. It focuses on the franchise's heroine, Fujiko Mine, as she undergoes various missions and encounters the rest of the ''Lupin III'' cast for the first time. Unlike the franchise's previous three televised anime, ''The Woman Called Fujiko Mine'' is more sexually oriented in order to capture the "sensuality" present in the original manga, as well as darker and more serious. It is also the only installment in the franchise to be directed by a woman and the first in which Lupin III is not the protagonist. VAP released the anime on home video in four-disc DVD and Blu-ray box sets in September 2012. Funimation simulcasted the series, with English subtitles, on their website and Nico Nico for Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleach (TV Series)
''Bleach'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series based on Tite Kubo , known professionally as , is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He is best known for his manga series '' Bleach'' (2001–2016), which had over 130 million copies in circulation as of 2022. Biography Kubo was born on June 26, 197 ...'s original manga series of the same name. It was produced by Pierrot (company), Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2012, spanning 366 episodes. The story follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a List of Soul Reapers in Bleach, Soul Reaper—a death personification similar to the Death (personification), Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife. In addition to adapting the manga series it is ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
