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Yasu (illustrator)
is a Japanese illustrator from Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, though now lives in Tokyo. As of 2007, Yasu is a freelance illustrator. Works ;Light novels *''Koe de Bakasete yo Baby'' *''Oto × Maho'' *''Phantom'' *''Reverse Brad'' *''Toradora!'' *'' Watashitachi no Tamura-kun'' *''Yūkyū Tenbōdai no Kai'' *'' Mayoi Neko Overrun!'' (vol.10) ;Game character design *''Chaos Wars'' *'' Lisa to Isshoni Tairikuōdan!: A-Train de Ikō'' *''Spectral Glories'' *'' The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (assistant) ;Manga *''Itsukasei Metsubō Syndrome'' *''Dōbutsu no Meido-san'' *''Joshiraku'' (story by Kōji Kumeta is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous works are '' Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club'', '' Katteni Kaizō'', ''Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'', and '' Joshiraku''. The bulk of Kumeta's work was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'', until the abru ...) *''Hokkenshitsu'' *'' Mangirl!'' (character design) *''Nankuru Neesan'' (story by Kōji Kumeta) ;Anime character design *'' Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the north, Ehime Prefecture to the west, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southwest. Tokushima is the capital and largest city of Tokushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Anan, Naruto, and Yoshinogawa. Tokushima Prefecture is located on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Wakayama Prefecture on the Kii Peninsula of the island of Honshu. Tokushima Prefecture is connected to Awaji Island across the Naruto Strait by the Ōnaruto Bridge as part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, connecting the prefecture to the city of Kobe and the San'yō Expressway on Honshu. History Until the Meiji Restoration, Tokushima Prefecture was known as Awa Province. Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toradora!
is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Three volumes of a spin-off light novel series were also created, aptly titled ''Toradora Spin-off!''. A manga adaptation by Zekkyō started serialization in the September 2007 issue of the shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'', published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' with the March 2008 issue, but continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' with the May 2008 issue. The title ''Toradora!'' is derived from the names of the two main characters Taiga Aisaka and Ryūji Takasu. Taiga's name is almost homophonic with from English ''tiger'' (the final ''a'' is more lengthened in the English loanword), which is synonymous with the native Japanese word . Inversely, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watashitachi No Tamura-kun
is a two-volume Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu (illustrator), Yasu. The first volume was released on June 10, 2005 and the second followed on September 10, 2005, both published by MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Sachi Kurafuji was serialized in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' between May 2006 and February 2008. A radio drama was also produced based on the series, and a two-disc compilation of the drama was released on April 30, 2007. Plot ''Watashitachi no Tamura-kuns main story revolves around the title character Yukisada Tamura, who is in his third year of junior-high school when the story begins. Yukisada becomes captivated by a strange and beautiful girl named Komaki Matsuzawa, who says that she was born on another planet and that she is trying to go back. Eventually, Yukisada confesses his feelings for Komaki to her, but before matters can progress, Komaki's grandmother dies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayoi Neko Overrun!
is a Japanese light novel series by Tomohiro Matsu, with illustrations by Peco. Twelve volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. "Mayoi Neko" translates as "Stray Cats", referring the name of the cafe around which the story develops, and alluding to the orphans and other "stray" characters who collect there. It is also the name of a school club for helping people in the story. A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki was serialized in Shueisha’s ''Jump Square'' magazine from January 4 to October 4, 2010. In this adaptation, many characters from Yabuki's previous manga, ''To Love Ru'', make cameo appearances. An anime television series adaptation animated by AIC aired in Japan from April 6 to June 29, 2010. Plot The story revolves around Takumi Tsuzuki, who spends his days with his childhood friend Fumino Serizawa at the cafe Stray Cats, and with his friends, in the Umenomori Academy. One day, his older stepsister Otome brings home a strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos Wars
is a tactical role-playing video game released by Idea Factory for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on September 21, 2006. Promotional art for the game is by Kinu Nishimura. The game's opening theme "Shūtan no Ou to Isekai no Kishi ~The Endia & The Knights~" was done by Sound Horizon. In North America, the game was released on June 3, 2008 as a GameStop exclusive. ''Chaos Wars'' is a crossover between several companies' role-playing video game series, including Aruze's ''Shadow Hearts'', Atlus's '' Growlanser'', Idea Factory's '' Blazing Souls'', '' Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires'', and RED Entertainment's ''Gungrave'' and ''Code of the Samurai''. ''Chaos Wars'' has become a cult classic because of the poor voice acting in the English localization of the game. Story Hyoma, the protagonist, has a dream of another world over a pillar of light coming from his family shrine that has been missing since his ancestor's time. The next day, he decides to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-Train De Ikō
is a series of business simulation video games developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan. The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was ''Take the A-Train II'', published in 1988 by the Seika Corporation under the title ''Railroad Empire''. However, the most well known U.S. release is ''Take the A-Train III'', published in 1992 by Maxis as simply ''A-Train''. __TOC__ A-Train The first iteration of the A-Train series was released in December 1985 for the FM-7, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, X1 Turbo, MZ-2500, Famicom and MSX2. A Windows 95/ 98 port followed in April 2000. A-Train II The second iteration of the A-Train series was released in July 1988 for the NEC PC-9801 and Sharp X68000. In the US, it was released under the name ''Railroad Empire''. A-Train III ''Take the A-Train III'' (known internationally as ''A-Train'') is the third game in the A-Train series. It was originally developed and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruhi Suzumiya (franchise)
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed by 11 additional novel volumes, an anime television series adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation, four manga series, an animated The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, film, two original net animation series and several List of Haruhi Suzumiya video games, video games. After the anime adaptation airing in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received offers for licensing the novels and their adaptations. The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, for young readers by Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Shoten, Kadokawa Pictures USA division which then sub-licensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshiraku
is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu, telling the everyday lives of five young female rakugo comedians. It was serialised in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from September 2009 to September 2013 and the chapters compiled into six ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired in Japan between July and September 2012, with an original video animation episode released in February 2013. Characters All of the girls' surnames end with the character , which is often used in stage names for performers. ; : (Anime), Kana Asumi (CD) :The substantial protagonist of the manga, who has long red hair. She behaves like Edokko and speaks in a masculine tone of Edo speech, but she is actually from Tokushima Prefecture. Despite her good looks, the way she talks and her flat chest tend to lead the others into suspecting her as a boy cross-dressing as a girl. She acts as a ''tsukkomi'' and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Kumeta
is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous works are '' Go!! Southern Ice Hockey Club'', '' Katteni Kaizō'', ''Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'', and ''Joshiraku''. The bulk of Kumeta's work was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'', until the abrupt cancellation of ''Katteni Kaizō'', which resulted in him transferring from Shogakukan to Kodansha. As of 2014, he has gone freelance. His most recent serializations were ''Studio Pulp'' for ''Rakuen Le Paradis'' of Hakusensha and ''Kakushigoto'' in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'', both of which concluded their run in 2020. ''Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'' was his first work to be adapted into an anime and was awarded the 31st Kodansha Manga Award in the '' shōnen'' category. Works Manga * * * * * * *, story * * * *, story * Anime *, original character design Assistants *Kenjiro Hata is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' series. He likes to collect anime related items, like figurines, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangirl!
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Kagari Tamaoka. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's ''Comic Earth Star'' magazine between the April 2011 and July 2013 issues. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired between January and March 2013 in Japan. Media Manga Originally titled , ''Mangirl!'' is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kagari Tamaoka, with original character designs by Yasu. It was serialized in Earth Star Entertainment's ''Comic Earth Star'' magazine between the April 2011 and July 2013 issues. Three ''tankōbon'' volumes were released between May 12, 2012 and March 12, 2013. Internet radio show An Internet radio show to promote the manga titled aired 18 episodes between August 16 and December 13, 2010. An additional special episode was broadcast on March 11, 2011. It was hosted by Mai Nakahara, Kana Ueda, Saori Hayami and Sayuri Yahagi. The show was streamed online every M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayate The Combat Butler
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to June 2017. Viz Media publishes an English edition in North America. The manga is about a boy who starts a new job as a butler and the events he experiences with his employer. The style of the manga has a comedic gag with a slight harem feel and constantly breaks the fourth wall. The series includes numerous references to other anime, manga, video games, and popular culture. A 52-episode anime adaptation of the manga by SynergySP aired between April 2007 and March 2008 on TV Tokyo. A second, 25-episode anime season by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2009. Bandai Entertainment licensed the first anime series in 2008, but the series went out of print in 2012. An anime film adaption produced by Manglobe was released in August 2011. A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
