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Dengeki Comic Gao!
, also known as ''Dengeki Gao!'' was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine that primarily contained manga and information about series featuring bishōjo characters. It was published from December 1992 to February 2008 by MediaWorks. The ''Gao'' in the magazine's title is a childish form of the sound ''Grr''. Many manga serialized in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' were adapted from light novels published under MediaWorks' ''Dengeki Bunko'' label. The magazine was sold every month on the twenty-seventh. When ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' was first published, many of the manga that ran in the magazine had transferred from Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comic Comp'' magazine, though many of the titles were slightly altered. This caused the readers of ''Comic Comp'' to become interested in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' and in October 1994, ''Comic Comp'' ceased publication. Gradually, it became apparent that MediaWorks' similar manga magazine '' Dengeki Daioh'' was much more popular, and in response, ''Dengeki Comic Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
''Gurren Lagann'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima. ''Gurren Lagann'' takes place in a fictional future where the Spiral King, Lordgenome, rules Earth and forces mankind to live in isolated subterranean villages. The plot focuses on two teenagers, Simon and Kamina, who live in a subterranean village and wish to go to the surface. Using a mecha known as Lagann, they reach the surface and start fighting alongside other humans against Lordgenome's forces before fighting the forces of their true enemy. In North America, although initially announced to be licensed by ADV Films in 2007, the license was transferred to Bandai Entertainment in 2008 and then to Aniplex of America in 2013. In the United Kingdom, it was licensed by Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dokkoida?!
''Dokkoida?!'', known in Japan as , is a comedic Japanese light novel series about a boy, , who is hired by a preteen space alien girl, Tanpopo, to try out an experimental new suit developed by the intergalactic toy company that she works for. Suzuo agrees to work for her since he is unemployed and needs the job to pay the rent. The suit gives him super powers, with which he fights bad guys and people from rival intergalactic toy companies and organizations. The novels were written by Taro Achi, with illustrations by Yu Yagami. The novels were adapted into a three-volume manga series with the same name, by the same authors and published by Dengeki Bunko, and an anime series, directed by Hitoyuki Matsui and Takuya Nonaka, produced by Ufotable, and aired by Mainichi Broadcasting System. The ''Dokkoida'' anime was licensed by Geneon Entertainment for Region 1 distribution, and the manga adaptation was licensed by DC Comics under the CMX imprint; the original light novel serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DearS
is an ecchi shōnen Japanese manga series co-written and illustrated by Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, credited under their pen name Peach-Pit. It was serialized monthly by MediaWorks in their magazines '' Dengeki Comic Gao!'' from October 2001 to September 2005 and '' Dengeki Maoh'' from October to November 2005 and was later published into ten volumes by the company. The manga was licensed and translated into English by Tokyopop. A 13-episode anime was adapted by MSJ and a PlayStation 2 video game was produced by MediaWorks. Plot Exactly one year prior to the beginning of ''DearS'', humanity made unprecedented contact with extraterrestrial life. Forced to crash land into Tokyo Bay when, en route to their home planet of Thanatos, their spacecraft breaks down, 150 humanoid aliens are naturalized into Japanese society and affectionately nicknamed "DearS"; a portmanteau of the words "Dear" and "Friends". The crashed aliens consist entirely of individuals from a genetically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Edge
is a horror manga series created by Yu Aikawa. It focuses on a teenage boy, Kuro Takagi, and the people surrounding him. The story starts shortly after his mother's death. Plot Characters * Kuro Takagi - The hero of this horror manga, he's afraid of the dark. His mother attempts to tell him of something while on her deathbed but dies first. While his relatives debate where he is to stay he is approached and invited to his father's school, leading Kuro to an academy that teaches folklore and dark arts history in place of math and other academics. Later on he gains a spirit creature named Pochi. * "Lady" Mao Toyama - Kuro's (unbeknownst to him) long lost sister. Being highly spiritually aware, she is able to summon a butterfly-alien familiar named "Neferti," and can transform her into a sword. Craves attention from her father, who has decided to focus on her brother Kuro instead. She is thus filled with contempt for Kuro. * Kuro and Mao's father - The unnamed headmaster of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosplay Koromo-chan
DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California, Fremont, California. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the publishing business after taking over most of ComicsOne's manga and manhua titles. DrMaster's Publications Inc. went out of business around 2009 and its offices in Fremont are gone. The building was later occupied by Sunesys Telecommunications. Manga * ''888 (manga), 888'' * ''Freaks (manga), Freaks'' * ''Cosplay Koromo-chan'' * ''Dark Edge'' * ''High School Girls'' * ''Hinadori Girl'' * ''Imperfect Hero'' * ''Indian Summer (manga), Indian Summer'' * ''Infinite Ryvius'' * ''Iron Wok Jan'' * ''Maniac Road'' * ''Metro Survive'' * ''Pretty Maniacs'' * ''Premature Priest'' * ''Red Prowling Devil'' * ''Junk Force (manga), Junk Force'' *''Junk: Record of the Last Hero'' * ''Onegai Twins'' * ''Tori Koro'' * ''Stellvia'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burst Angel
is a Japanese anime television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo. It was produced by the Gonzo animation studio. ''Burst Angel'' takes place in the near future, after a rise in criminal activity forced the Japanese government to allow citizens to possess firearms and establish the Recently Armed Police of Tokyo (RAPT). The series follows a band of four mercenaries, named Jo, Meg, Sei, and Amy. It was broadcast for 24-episodes on TV Asahi from April to September 2004. An original video animation (OVA), titled ''Burst Angel: Infinity'', was released in 2007. Plot In the near future, due to an unusual rise in criminal activity, it has become legal to possess firearms in Japan so lawful citizens can protect themselves. At the same time, the government established the Recently Armed Police of Tokyo, whose methods are exterminating criminals rather than arresting them. The story opens with Kyohei Tachibana, a male college student at a culinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Drop
is a Japanese science fiction Yuri (genre), yuri manga created by Akihito Yoshitomi. It comprises five chapters that were serialized in the shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' from June 2004 to December 2005, and later collected into a single Tankōbon, volume. In 2007, Yoshitomi began to work on a new ''Blue Drop'' manga, titled , which was serialized in the manga magazine ''Champion Red'' between February 19, 2007, and January 19, 2008, with its 14 chapters later compiled into 2 volumes. Each volume contained a chapter of another series called where Kasagi is a member of an alien race of females called the Arume. She spends her time playing matchmaker for unsuspecting, cute human girls. The third and fourth chapters were not released until 2008. A ''Blue Drop'' anime series directed by Masahiko Ohkura and produced by Asahi Production and BeSTACK aired in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007, under the title . The first DVD release on December 26, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Student Council
is a Japanese anime television series conceived by Konami and animated by J.C.Staff which originally aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2005. A PS2 dating sim game of the same name based on the anime was also made by Konami. The North American DVD was released by ADV Films in 2007. Plot The story follows Rino Rando, who has been on her own since the death of her mother, Chieri, as she transfers to Miyagami Private Academy with the recommendation of her mysterious pen pal, Mr. Poppit. Shortly after her arrival, Rino surprisingly becomes a member of elite group of girls called the Best Student Council. Rino learns that Kanade Jinguji founded Miyagami Private Academy as a place where students can live free from restrictions and that the Best Student Council was formed to ensure that freedom. Best Student Council Members receive free tuition, room and board. The story takes place at Miyagami Private Academy, a mysterious all-girl high school, its student council, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baccano!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, told from multiple Narrative mode, points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States across time most notably the Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition era. Its characters includes Alchemy, alchemists, thieves, thugs, American mafia, Mafiosi and Camorra, Camorristi, who are, at first, unconnected to one another. After an Elixir of life, immortality elixir is recreated in 1930 Manhattan, the characters begin to cross paths, setting off events that spiral further and further out of control. The first novel was released in February 2003 under ASCII Media Works' (formerly MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks) Dengeki Bunko imprint (trade name), imprint, twenty-two novels have so far been released. The novels were adapted into a sixteen episode anime television series directed by Takahiro Omori and produced by Brain's Base and Aniplex. The first thirteen e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison (novel Series)
is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. There are three ''Allison'' novels, with the third split into two volumes, published by MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks under their ''Dengeki Bunko'' label. The first novel was released on March 10, 2002, and the last novel was published on May 10, 2004. There is a follow-up series of light novels called ''Lillia and Treize'' which were released between March 2005 and April 2007. There is also an ''Allison'' sound novel for the Nintendo DS which was released on December 7, 2006. A manga adaptation by Hiroki Haruse started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' on July 27, 2007, also published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' on January 27, 2008, but continued serialization in MediaWorks' seinen manga magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' from March 21 to December 27, 2008. It was compiled in two volumes. An anime adapta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
