(initials of Video & Audio Project) is a Japanese
entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...
company, headquartered in
. It is a subsidiary of
Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.
Artists
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Kikuchi Momoko
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Sugiyama Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
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Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe
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1986 Omega Tribe
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Coldrain
are a Japanese rock band from Nagoya, Japan, who were formed in 2007. The band combines melodic singing with screams typical of the post-hardcore genre. Although the band is Japanese, all of their songs are written in English. The lineup consi ...
(2008–2017)
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Concerto Moon
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Eastern Youth
Eastern Youth is a Japanese punk rock trio formed in 1989 in Hokkaidō. Their sound blends many different styles, and is especially complex for a three-piece band. Their lyrics express the helplessness of Japanese youths. Their influences includ ...
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Edge of Spirit
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Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas ''( sic)'' (フィアー·アンド·ロージング·イン·ラスベガス) is a Japanese electronicore band from Kobe that was formed in summer 2008. The band currently consists of vocalist So, keyboardist Mi ...
(2010–2017)
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Galneryus
is a Japanese power metal band, formed in Osaka in 2001 by guitarist Syu and vocalist Yama-B.[Artist.cdjou ...](_blank)
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Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run (also referred to as Girls on the Run International), a national non-profit organization, designs programming that strengthens third- to eighth grade girls’ social, emotional, physical and behavioral skills to successfully navig ...
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Aya Hisakawa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In addition to releasing various solo CDs, Hisakawa is well known for her voice roles in anime and video games. Some of her major roles are Retsu Unohana in ''Bleach'', Sailor Mercury in ''Sailor Moon'', Sk ...
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Nightmare (Japanese band)
is a Japanese visual kei rock band from Sendai. Formed on January 1, 2000, it has consisted of Yomi (lead vocals), Sakito (lead guitar and backing vocals), Hitsugi ( rhythm guitar), Ni~ya (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Ruka (drums and pe ...
(2006–2011)
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Nobuyuki Hiyama
is a Japanese Voice acting, voice actor, Narration, narrator, and radio personality currently affiliated with Arts Vision.
His vocal register is described as a Tenor#Lyric, metallic lyric tenor suitable to voice a mature variation of coming of a ...
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Last Alliance
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Maximum the Hormone
is a Japanese heavy metal band from Hachiōji, Tokyo. Their lineup has consisted of vocalist Daisuke-han, drummer Nao, guitarist Maximum the Ryo-kun, and bassist Ue-chan since 1999. Each member alternates singing lead vocals, often within ...
(2002–2018)
* NoisyCell
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Hajime Mizoguchi
is a Japanese cellist and composer.
Mizoguchi started playing piano at the age of 3, and the cello at the age of 11. From 1978–1985 he attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he majored in violoncello.
In 1986, ...
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Toshiyuki Morikawa
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011. His name is also sometimes mistranslated as Tomoyuki Morikawa. In 2003, he and Fumihiko Tachiki formed the band "2Hearts", ...
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Yuji Ohno
is a Japanese jazz musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly ''Lupin III'', and most famously the 1977 series '' Lupin III Part II'' and the feature film ''The Castle of Cagliostro''.
Ea ...
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Ogre You Asshole
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Pay Money to My Pain
Pay Money to My Pain (stylized as Pay money To my Pain and abbreviated as P.T.P.) was a Japanese alternative rock/metal band. All of the band's lyrics are in English.
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Saber Tiger
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Momoko Sakura
(8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018) was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She was best known as the creator of the long-running manga ''Chibi Maruko-chan''.
Biography
Miki Miura, was born 8 May 1965. She rev ...
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Sendai Kamotsu
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S.E.S.
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Yuri Shiratori Yuri may refer to:
People and fictional characters
Given name
*Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc.
*Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...
* Suzume
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White Ash
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Zwei
Zwei (German: "two") may refer to:
* Zwei (band), a Japanese duo band
* ZWEI, a text editor
* '' Zwei: The Arges Adventure'', 2001 video game
* '' Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection'', 2008 video game
* Zwei, a team in ''Infinite Ryvius'' anime serie ...
(2004–2007)
Japanese television, drama, and anime on DVD/video
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Akagi''
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Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
is a Japanese anime film that premiered on the Nippon Television network on August 19, 1984. It was written by Osamu Tezuka as a critique of the Japanese government's approval of recombinant DNA research that year. The film was streamed by A ...
'' (produced for
Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...
)
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Berserk''
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Death Note''
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Dōbutsu no Mori
is a social simulation game, social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who l ...
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Elfen Lied
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Elfen ...
'' (AT-X)
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Future GPX Cyber Formula
is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu-DK, VAP and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon TV and was later followed by four OVA series respectively ...
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Hajime no Ippo
is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tankōb ...
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''Hunter × Hunter'' (2011 series)
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Kaiba
is a Japanese science fiction anime television series created, written, and directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Madhouse. It was broadcast for twelve episodes on WOWOW from April to July 2008. It is licensed in North America by Dis ...
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Kaiji''
* ''Kōryū no Mimi''
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Let's Go! Anpanman''
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Lupin the Third
, also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène ...
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Maho no Tenshi Creamy Mami''
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Mamawa Shogaku Yonensei''
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Master Keaton
is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa, and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in '' Big Comic Original'' from 1988 to 1994, with the 144 chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan.
An ...
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Mirmo!
is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in ''Ciao'' magazine from July 2001 through December 2005. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded in the 2003 Kodansha Manga ...
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TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
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Monkey
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Monster''
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My Love Story!!
, is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Bessatsu Margaret'' magazine from October 2011 to July 2016. Viz Media published the series in Englis ...
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Nana
Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
* Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
* Nana ( ...
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Neuro: Supernatural Detective''
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Red Baron
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...
'' (1994-95 VHS release only; recent Blu-Ray releases were licensed to
Warner Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros.
It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video ...
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Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas''
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Stairway to Heaven'' (made by Yomiuri TV)
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Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!''
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Tenchi Muyo!
is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise. The original series began with a six-episode OVA called created by Masaki Kajishima and directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and released in Japan on September 25, 1992. The series was relea ...
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OVA
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...
of Japanese television)
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Urahara
''Urahara'' is an anime television series based on the webcomic ''PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team!'', which is written by Patrick Macias and illustrated by Mugi Tanaka. The anime adaptation was co-produced by EMT Squared and Shirogumi and aired f ...
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The Water Margin
''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''.
The story, which is ...
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Winter Sonata
''Winter Sonata'' () is a 2002 South Korean television drama series, starring Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo. It is the second part of the season-themed tetralogy '' Endless Love'' drama series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. Filming primarily took pl ...
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NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
in licensed by
KBS)
Core members
Broadcaster of Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System
Nippon Television Network Business Company
Yomiuri Shimbun Partnership Company
* Radio Kansai
Video games
See also
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Toy's Factory
is a Japanese record label founded in the late 1980s as a subsidiary of the entertainment company VAP, based in Japan. On May 30, 1990, it was established as an independent company.
Toy's Factory, as of the first half of 2012, is the four ...
(a spin-off company from VAP)
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Entertainment companies established in 1981
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IFPI members
Japanese companies established in 1981
Japanese record labels
Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Mitsubishi companies
Nippon TV