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Ōta Shuppan
is a Japanese publishing company. With a number of controversial books that disturbed the Japanese society and its erotic manga comics, the company has established itself like a source of provocative "subculture" items. History Ohta Publishing was created in 1985, when it separated from the publishing department of Ohta Production, a talent agency specializing in stand-up comedians. (Founded as a , it has, , been converted to a kabushiki-gaisha, kabushiki gaisha.) Initially, from an outside perspective, Ohta Publishing did not seem like a serious company but rather a sort of toy company of Takeshi Kitano (who was an Ohta Production artist back then). It released books that were of interest to Kitano himself. In 1989, Ohta published the famous book ''The Age of M'' about serial child murderer Tsutomu Miyazaki and started establishing itself like a source of provocative "subculture" items. Around the same time, the bi-monthly magazine ''QuickJapan'' was founded. In 1993 Ohta rel ...
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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. , ''Dentsu, kabushiki gaisha Dentsū'', a style called , ''mae-kabu'') or as a suffix (e.g. , ''Toyota, Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha'', a style called , ''ato-kabu''). Many Japanese companies translate the phrase "" in their ...
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Tatami Galaxy
is a 2004 Japanese varsity novel written by Tomihiko Morimi and published by Ohta Publishing. Its first-person narrator is an unnamed upperclassman at Kyoto University reminiscing on the misadventures of his previous years of campus life, with each of the four chapters taking place in parallel universes in which he is enrolled in a different student society. A sequel, , was published in 2020, which combines the characters of ''The Tatami Galaxy'' with the plot of Makoto Ueda's play and film '' Summer Time Machine Blues''. English translations of both novels were published by HarperCollins in December 2022 and November 2023, respectively. ''The Tatami Galaxy'' was adapted into an 11-episode anime television series produced by Madhouse and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, which aired on Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina programming block in 2010. The adaptation was critically acclaimed, winning the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Animation Division and the 201 ...
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Don't Disturb Me And Him, Please
Don't, Dont, or DONT may refer to: Films * ''Don't'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent comedy film * ''Don't'' (1974 film), a 1974 film about the monarch butterfly * ''Don't'', a fake trailer from the film ''Grindhouse'' (2007) Songs * "Don't" (Billy Currington song) * "Don't" (Bryson Tiller song) *"Don't", by Dinosaur Jr. from their album '' Bug'', 1988 * "Don't" (Ed Sheeran song) * "Don't" (Elvis Presley song) * "Don't!", a song by Shania Twain * "Don't", by M2M from their album ''The Big Room'' * "Honey Don't, Carl Perkins song Surname Dont or Dohnt is a German language surname *Jakob Dont (1815–1888), Austrian composer *Jay Dohnt (born 1989), Australian Paralympics athlete Other uses * ''Don't'' (game show), a 2020 American game show with Adam Scott and Ryan Reynolds * DONT, Disturb Opponents' Notrump, a bridge bidding convention * "-dont" (actually "-odont"), a suffix meaning "tooth", used in taxonomy * Doctor Don't, the teenage kid version of Doctor Eggman, from New Yok ...
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The Devil Is So Cute
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ...
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La Croisade Des Innocents
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agenc ...
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Awajima Hyakkei
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. The series was serialized on Ohta Publishing's ''PocoPoco'' website from June 2011 to 2016, and it moved to the ''Ohta Web Comic'' website, where it was serialized from July 2016 to March 2024. It was compiled into five ''tankōbon'' volumes from April 2015 to May 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse is set to premiere in 2026. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Takako Shimura, ''Awajima Hyakkei'' was originally serialized on Ohta Publishing's ''PocoPoco'' website from June 7, 2011, to 2016. It later moved to the ''Ohta Web Comic'' website where it continued from July 29, 2016, to March 15, 2024. Its chapters were collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes from April 15, 2015, to May 13, 2024. Anime An anime adaptation was announced on May 9, 2024. It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Madhouse and directed by Morio Asaka, with series compositio ...
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Astro Kyūdan
Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (born Terence Wilson) (1957–2021), rapper and member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), a Japanese noise music project * ''Astro'' (album), a 2011 album by Chilean band Astro * "Astro", a song by The White Stripes from their 1999 debut ''The White Stripes'' * Astro (''The Jetsons''), a dog character in the cartoon ''The Jetsons'' * Astro Toilets, the main antagonists in the 2023 web series ''Skibidi Toilet'' People with the given name * Astro (rapper) (born 1996), American rapper and actor * Astro de Ogum (born 1957), Brazilian politician * Astro Teller (born 1970), British computer scientist Satellites * ASTRO (satellite), the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations vehicle, an American technology demonstration satellite * Project names of astronomy satellites by ISAS (now JA ...
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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 o ...
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