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White Fox
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa. The studio's most successful productions include adaptations of ''Steins;Gate'', and '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', and '' Akame ga Kill!''. History The studio was founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa and other former staff members of OLM's Team Iwasa, which Iwasa lead. Their first production was the anime series ''Tears to Tiara''. Since then, White Fox has animated shows like ''Steins;Gate ''Steins;Gate'' is a 2009 science fiction visual novel game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the ''Science Adventure'' series, following ''Chaos;Head''. The story follows a group of students as they discover and develop ...'' and '' Re:Zero'' and '' Akame ga Kill!''. Works Television series OVA/ONAs Films Video games References External links * * * * {{Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo Japanese animation studios Japanese companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabushiki Gaisha
A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", " joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' in Japan refers to any joint-stock company regardless of country of origin or incorporation; however, outside Japan the term refers specifically to joint-stock companies incorporated in Japan. Usage in language In Latin script, ''kabushiki kaisha'', with a , is often used, but the original Japanese pronunciation is ''kabushiki gaisha'', with a , owing to rendaku. A ''kabushiki gaisha'' must include "" in its name (Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act). In a company name, "" can be used as a prefix (e.g. , '' kabushiki gaisha Dentsū'', a style called , ''mae-kabu'') or as a suffix (e.g. , '' Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha'', a style called , ''ato-kabu''). Many Japanese companies translate the phrase "" in their name as "Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katanagatari
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series is published by Kodansha under the ''Kodansha Box'' imprint. The story revolves around a ''katanagari'', or " sword hunt" for 12 weapons that were created by a single swordsmith. An anime adaptation by White Fox began airing on January 26, 2010, and consisted of 12 episodes. A single episode of the series was aired each month. NIS America have licensed the series and released the first part on a Blu-ray/ DVD combo set in July 2011. Part two was released on September 20, 2011. The anime series aired once more on Fuji TV's noitamina between April and November 2013 as the block's first rerun, with a new opening and a new ending song. Plot and setting ''Katanagatari'' is the story of Yasuri Shichika, a swordsman who fights without a sword, and Togame, an ambitious young strategist who seeks to collect 12 legendary swords for the shogunate. Shichika is the son of an exiled war hero and the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro (writer)
is a Japanese novelist, manga, visual novel writer and anime & movies screenwriter. He is also the chairman of Japanese visual novel studio Minato Soft. He is best known for being the creator of ''Akame ga Kill!'' and ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero''. Works Manga *''Akame ga Kill!'' (2010) *''Akame ga Kill! Zero'' (2013) *'' Hinowa ga Crush!'' (2017) *''Chained Soldier'' (2019) *''Hell’s Tormentor Kraken'' (2022) Visual novels *''Tsuyokiss'' (Writer; 2005) *''Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de'' (Co-writer with Makoto Kanata; 2007) *''Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!'' (Writer; 2009) **''Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! S'' (Writer; 2011) **''Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! A-set'' (Writer; 2018) *''Anekouji Naoko to Gin'iro no Shinigami'' (Co-writer with Ou Jackson; 2015) *''Kurogane Kaikitan -Sen'ya Ichiya-'' (Writer; 2015) *''Girls Beyond the Wasteland'' (Writer; 2016) *''Waga Himegimi ni Eikan o'' (Writer; 2021) Anime *''Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de'' (Series composition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is The Order A Rabbit?
, often abbreviated as , is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Koi. The series has been serialized in Hōbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Max'' magazine since March 2011 and the chapters collected into ten ''tankōbon'' volumes as of December 2021. An anime television series adaptation animated by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. A second season by White Fox and Kinema Citrus aired in Japan between October and December 2015. Two OVA films animated by production doA were released in November 2017 and September 2019. A third anime season by Encourage Films aired in Japan between October and December 2020. Plot In a small Continental European styled town in Japan, teenage Cocoa Hoto enters the cafe Rabbit House, assuming there are rabbits to be cuddled. What Cocoa actually finds is her high school boarding house, staffed by the owner's daughter, Chino Kafū, a small, precocious, and somewhat shy girl with an angora rabbit on top of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sonico The Animation
is a fictional character created by Tsuji Santa for the Japanese computer and video game software company Nitroplus, first appearing as a mascot for a Nitroplus-sponsored music festival in 2006. Nitroplus has since developed the character into a media franchise that includes music products, manga series, computer and video games, toy figurines and other merchandise. An anime television series by White Fox based on the character aired in Japan between January and March 2014. Characters Super Sonico Super Sonico is a fictional character created by Tsuji Santa of Nitroplus. Her debut appearance was on October 14, 2006 as the mascot for Nitroplus' annual live music festival event "Nitro Super Sonico", which took place at Shiba Park in Minato-KU. Nitroplus was initially focused on computer games based on visual novels, but every year since 2000 they have also held a music festival. Sonico appears in the various media as an eighteen-year-old college student. She is depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Is A Part-Timer!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by Oniku (written as 029). ASCII Media Works has published the series in Japan, while Yen Press has published the series in North America. The story is about Satan seeking to conquer the world of Ente Isla, but when confronted by the Hero Emilia, he is forced to retreat through a gate that transports him to modern day Tokyo, Japan. To survive and find a way to return to Ente Isla, Satan adopts the name Sadao Maou and gains part-time employment at a fast food restaurant called MgRonald's, a parody of McDonald's. There have been two manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works in ''Dengeki Daioh'' and ''Dengeki Maoh''. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by White Fox and directed by Naoto Hosoda aired from April to June 2013. A second season produced by 3Hz and directed by Daisuke Tsukushi aired from July to September 2022. A sequel is set to premiere in 2023. Plot The Demon Lord Satan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Order
''Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali'' is a 2006 book by anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing about Balinese culture. It focuses on the development of Balinese wet-rice agriculture over the last several hundred years, particularly the ''subak'' irrigation system. Lansing argues that the ''subak'' system came about through a process of self-organization characterized by complex interactions among the politics of local communities, growing conditions, the strict Balinese caste system and interacting religious structures. Reception In 2007, ''Perfect Order'' won the Julian Steward Book Award from the Anthropology and Environment section of the American Anthropological Association. It is considered a work of interest to ecologists, archaeologists, and those who study Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keitaro Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist. His major works include '' Jormugand'', a story about a female arms dealer, which ran from 2006 to 2012 in Shogakukan 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 H ...'s '' Monthly Sunday GX'' magazine, and was made into an anime series. In 2012, he started the manga series ''Destro 246'' which has charted in Oricon's best-sellers. Works References External links * * 1978 births Living people People from Isehara, Kanagawa Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese illustrators {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and '' ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jormungand (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keitaro Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from April 2006 to January 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series produced by White Fox was broadcast between April and June 2012. A second season titled ''Jormungand: Perfect Order'' aired from October to December 2012. The manga was licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media. Both seasons have been licensed by Funimation in North America and Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Plot The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, an international shipping corporation and illegal smuggling operation. As one of the company's unofficial weapon dealers, she sells weapons in a variety of countries while avoiding both local and international authorities. Traveling with her is a team of bodyguards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitroplus
Nitroplus Co., Ltd., currently styled as NITRO PLUS, formerly stylized as nitro+, and formerly known as "OKStyle", is a Japanese visual novel video game developer that has developed a number of visual novels, including eroge. They also have been collaborating with developer Type-Moon to create the light novel series ''Fate/Zero''. Their works usually have dark Theme (literature), themes such as zombies, reanimation of the dead, rape and murder. They also have a branch of the company called Nitro+chiral, which focuses on yaoi, Boys' Love visual novels. Writers aligned with the company, such as Gen Urobuchi, have also contributed to various manga, anime, novel, and television works. Super Sonico is the mascot of Nitroplus' annual music festival event, "Nitro Super Sonico", since 2006. Nitroplus has held their music festival every year since 2000. Originally Ouka Satsurikuin was Nitroplus' original mascot before Super Sonico had appeared. List of works *''Phantom of Inferno'' (Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mages (company)
, formerly , is a Japanese video game developer and record label for video game and anime music. It was formed on April 6, 2005 after Chiyomaru Shikura left Scitron to begin the company as its executive director, a position he still holds. The company is divided into two parts, 5pb. Games for the manufacturing of video games, and 5pb. Records for the record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the TYO Group until Shikura purchased the remaining rights from the TYO Group on April 15, 2009. Shikura co-owns 5pb. with AGOne, an affiliate of Dwango Japan. Staff members include scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi, artist Yukihiro Matsuo, and producer Tatsuya Matsuhara. In April 2011, a group of companies consisting of Arkray, Seed Project, Dwango Creative School, Animelo Summer Life, 5pb. Records, and 5pb. Games merged under the parent company Mages. Inc. led by executive director Chiyomaru Shikura. In July 2019, Mages was acquired by Shikura's concept studio Chiyomaru Studio, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
