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Aria the Scarlet Ammo is a Japanese light novel series written by Chūgaku Akamatsu and illustrated by Kobuichi. As of June 2022, 37 main volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by Yoshino Koyoka started ser ...

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Dai-Shogun – Great Revolution is a mecha anime television series, directed by Takashi Watanabe and animated by J.C.Staff and A.C.G.T. It aired on April 9, 2014, on Tokyo MX and finished on June 26, 2014. The mecha design is by Makoto Ishiwata of Nitroplus. A 3D film re ...

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Demon King Daimao , also known as ''Demon King Daimao'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Shōtarō Mizuki and illustrated by Souichi Itō, published by Hobby Japan under their HJ Bunko imprint. The first volume was published on February 1, 2008, an ...

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Heavy Object is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryō Nagi. ASCII Media Works published the series in twenty volumes from 2009 to 2021 under their Dengeki Bunko label. It has received three manga adaptations. A ...

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How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom , also known as ''Re:CONSTRUCTION - The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki. The story follows Kazuya Souma, a humanities-student-turned-hero as he p ...

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Ikki Tousen , also known as ''Battle Vixens'' in North America, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Shiozaki. Loosely based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', the series revo ...

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Miracle Giants Dome-kun is a Japanese anime television series based on a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori. It ran for 49 episodes and was animated by Studio Gallop. Directed by Takashi Watanabe, the anime closely follows the adventures of Dome Shinjo, a 10-year-old boy ...

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New Fist of the North Star is a three-episode original video animation (OVA) series based on the ''Fist of the North Star'' franchise, directed by Takashi Watanabe and produced by OB Planning. The story was adapted from , a 1996 ''Hokuto no Ken'' novel written by Burons ...

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Rave Master ''Rave Master'', titled just ''Rave'' and, alternatively, ''The Groove Adventure Rave'' in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series follows Haru Glory, a teenager on a quest to find the five frag ...

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Space Pirate Mito ''Space Pirate Mito'' (宇宙海賊ミトの大冒険 ''Uchū Kaizoku Mito no Daibōken''), also known as ''Stellar Buster Mito'' in Japanese, is an anime series from 1999. It was produced in two seasons at 13 episodes each. Directed by Takash ...

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Taboo Tattoo is a Japanese action ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Shinjirō. It was serialized by Media Factory in its ''Monthly Comic Alive'' magazine between November 2009 and June 2017. The series was compiled into thirteen volumes b ...

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The Abashiri Family is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai that originally ran in the magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion''. Some of its characters returned with different names as part of other series, such as ''Cutie Honey'', ''UFO Robot Grendizer'' a ...

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1957 births Anime directors Fist of the North Star Full Metal Panic! Ikki Tousen Japanese animated film directors Living people Topcraft People from Sapporo Slayers {{Anime-bio-stub

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