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Yoiko Hoshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in fifteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. A twenty-episode anime television series animated by Pierrot was broadcast in Japan on TBS from November 1998 to March 1999. Plot Fūka Esumi has a full-grown body, standing tall at . Despite her appearance, Fūka is just an ordinary elementary school girl. When she moves in with her relatives and enrolls in the local school, her body draws the attention of teachers and students. Totally unaware of this, with a mentality of her own age, Fūka tries to get by her school life with just like her classmates. However, due to the contrast between her appearance and mind, her actions end up causing misunderstandings and troubles among people around her. Characters ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Ishimura
is a Japanese voice actress who works for 81 Produce. She was formerly credited as and . Notable filmography * Dante in Romeo's Blue Skies (1995) * Rumiya in Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1995) * Princess Fatora in El Hazard (1995) *Kenta in Brave Command Dagwon: The Boy With The Crystal Eyes (1996) *Martina Xoana Mel Navratilova in Slayers Next (1996) *Ryousuke Shiroyama, Kensuke Watanabe in You're Under Arrest (TV series) (1996) *Mimi in Buttobi CPU (1997) *Chisa Shinohara in Fancy Lala (1998) *Millienium Feria Nocturne in Lost Universe (1998) *Larry (young) in Silent Möbius (1998) *Sister Akane in St. Luminous Mission High School (1998) *Saeno Hiiragi in Seraphim Call (1999) *Kyoko-chan in Hamtaro (2000) *Eris Williamette in Gear Fighter Dendoh (2000) Unknown date *Raichi in ''Mirmo!'' *Sho Aizawa in Figure 17 *Tokuzo Sugiura in Chibi Maruko-chan *Dizzy in Bob the Builder *Kinako Monaka in Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto *Chisao Ohyama in Rockman.EXE series *Megumi Shinohara in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Franchises
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward. International operations In the United States Shogakukan, along with Shueisha, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States. Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005. Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (previously Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.) In March 2010 it was announced that Shogakukan would partner with the American comics publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Life In Anime And Manga
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Anime And Manga
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Series Based On Manga
is hand-drawn and 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, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and niche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Boy (manga)
''Golden Boy'' (stylized as ''GOLDEN BOY'') is a Japanese sex comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Super Jump'' from 1992 to 1997, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. It tells the story of Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old freeter "travelling student", who despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Kintaro is living freely, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt. Parts of the manga were adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995. In North America, it was first licensed by ADV Films in 1996. ADV's license to the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AnimeNation
AnimeNation was an American business that included RentAnime.com, a discussion forum, anime industry news, and a column called "Ask John." It was previously a retailer of anime and manga products until 2014 and an anime licensing and distribution company under the name AN Entertainment. AnimeNation AnimeNation was founded in 1995 by Gene Field in Clearwater, Florida. After the companies initial success, they opened a retail location. They considered licensing shows in 1998 including '' Berserk'' and ''Cyber Team in Akihabara'', but did not move forward until the company's stability improved. In 1999, the company built a 15,000 square foot facility in the Lynmar Commerce Park, Tampa, Florida. As of 2004, AnimeNation was one of the top two online anime specialty retailers in the United States. The site also features a regular column, "Ask John", where AN employee John Oppliger answers reader questions about anime. As of 2005, Oppliger wrote over 1,070 articles. The AnimeNation onl ... [...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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Sakaguchi
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known for his roles in '' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' as Üso Ewin, ''Gintama'' as Shinpachi Shimura, '' Clannad'' as Youhei Sunohara, '' Blood Blockade Battlefront ''as Leonardo Watch, '' Paprika'' as Kei Himuro, Atashinchi as Yuzuhiko Tachibana, Hyouka as Satoshi Fukube, ''Guilty Crown'' as Souta Tamadate, '' Persona 5'' as Yuki Mishima, ''Paranoia Agent'' as Lil' Slugger, '' Ragnarok The Animation'' as Roan, '' God Eater'' as Kōta Fujiki, and '' Fire Force'' as Viktor Licht. He was part of the voice actor unit E.M.U (Entertainment Music Unit) with fellow voice actors Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, Nobutoshi Hayashi and Ryōtarō Okiayu. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *'' Sailor Moon'' (Kyuusuke Sarashina, Neko) ;1993 *'' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Üso Ewin) *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' (Male Student) ;1994 *''Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' (Kiteretsu Kite (Young)) *'' Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
