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Hal Film Maker
was a Japanese animation studio founded in August 1993 by former Toei Animation is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including '' Sally the Witch'', '' GeGeGe no Kitarō'', '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slu ... staff. Hal Film Maker's parent company, TYO Inc., merged its two anime studio subsidiaries— Yumeta Company and Hal Film Maker—on July 1, 2009. Yumeta Company absorbed Hal Film Maker and changed its name to TYO Animations before reverting to Yumeta Company on December 1, 2017. Works Television series Other works References External links * Japanese companies established in 1993 Mass media companies established in 1993 Mass media companies disestablished in 2009 Japanese animation studios Japanese companies disestablished in 2009 {{anime-org-stub ... [...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. , ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketchbook (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of ''Monthly Comic Blade'', the individual chapters were collected and published by Mag Garden until June 2019. Chapters also appeared in '' Comic Blade Masamune''. An anime television series adaptation, under the title ''Sketchbook ~full color's~'', aired in Japan between October 2 and December 25, 2007. The story revolves around a group of high school students, mostly female, in the art club at their high school. The main character is a young, shy and quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace. Plot ''Sketchbook'' begins with Sora Kajiwara joining the art club of her unnamed Fukuoka high school, and goes on to chronicle her subsequent experiences and those of her fellow club members. Characters Art club Freshmen ; : :The protagonist of the series, a girl with a playful spirit and an observant nature. Her undiminished, childlike and playful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Wizard!
is a Japanese contemporary fantasy role-playing game designed by Takeshi Kikuchi and FarEast Amusement Research (F.E.A.R.) released in 2002. In the modern-day earth campaign setting, player characters called ''Wizards'' (ウィザード) fight against the world enemy named ''Emulators'' (エミュレーター) and their lords ''Maō'' (魔王) and explore the dungeons built by ''Emulators''. The game's campaign session (played by F.E.A.R.'s staff and voice actors) logs named '' replays'' were published in non-RPG magazines such as ''E-LOGIN'' and ''Magi-Cu'', therefore, ''Night Wizard!'' fans are not limited to only RPG gamers. An anime television series adaptation animated by Hal Film Maker began airing in Japan in October 2007 and ended its run on December 25, 2007. ''Night Wizard!'' actively diversifies into other media contents including replays, drama CD, manga, computer games, and light novels and so on. Gameplay The game takes place in an alternate Earth in which the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pumpkin 3D
Pumpkin 3D is an animation studio based in France that specializes in Computer animation. Past work has included animation for the anime television series Oban Star-Racers and animated feature films, including Azur et Asmar and Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and .... References Information technology companies of France French animation studios {{animation-studio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sav! The World Productions
Sav! The World Productions is a French production company, mainly active in the field of animation, formed in 1998 by writer-director Savin Yeatman-Eiffel. Oban Star-Racers STW is mainly known to the general public for its award-winning hit series Ōban Star-Racers (26 half-hours), created, written and produced by STW founder Savin Yeatman-Eiffel and codirected by Yeatman-Eiffel and OSR art director Thomas Romain. The series was coproduced with Bandai Visual and Jetix Europe. It aired in more than 100 countries worldwide including ABC Family & Toon Disney (US), NHK BS1 & Disney Channel (Japan), France 3 (Fr.), ZDF and Super RTL (Germany), GMTV (UK), RAI2 (Italy) and Jetix/Disney XD. Nominated at the Bafta Awards, it also won an Anime Land Award and a Grand Entertainment Prize at Polymanga. Taku Iwasaki and Yoko Kanno composed respectively the BGM and the credit songs. With its strong visuals, story and themes, OSR has enjoyed a cult following since its release. OSR Blu-ray re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōban Star-Racers
''Ōban Star-Racers'' is an English-language French-Japanese anime television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel of Sav! The World Productions in association with multiple international companies. Originally produced as a short movie titled ''Molly, Star-Racer'', a television series was developed in cooperation with Jetix Europe, with animation production by Hal Film Maker and Pumpkin 3D, a large portion of which was done in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in more than 100 countries including Japan. In the US, the series aired on the Jetix blocks on ABC Family and Toon Disney between June and December 2006. In Canada, the series aired on Family Channel. For the 15th Anniversary of the series, a public event was held in Paris on December 4, 2021 and a Blu-ray Kickstarter campaign was launched in February 2022 to "release Oban in its original HD format" and "encourage the development of new Oban related projects", raising a total of €377,056 (approximatively 410,000 US dollars). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriko Ogiwara
(born April 22nd, 1959) is a Japanese fantasy writer. Biography Noriko Ogiwara was born in 1959. Having read C. S. Lewis' ''Chronicles of Narnia'' at a very early age, she decided to become a fantasy writer. Her first book, won her several awards for children's literature and was translated into English by Cathy Hirano as '' Dragon Sword and Wind Child''; the English version was out-of-print until it was re-released by Viz Media in October 2007. The two sequels, and , have only been published in Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor .... The re-issuing of ''Dragon Sword and Wind Child'' encouraged Viz to publish the next novel in the sequence, ''Hakuchou Iden'', as ''Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince'' in May 2011, also translated by Cathy Hirano. These three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Witch Of The West
is a series of fantasy novels by Noriko Ogiwara, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha. The series has been adapted into both a manga series and a thirteen episode anime television series subtitled ''Astraea Testament'' broadcast in Japan in 2006. The story revolves around a fifteen-year-old commoner who discovers that she is really a princess. The manga and novels were licensed for English language releases in North America by Tokyopop. After Tokyopop went out of business JManga began translating the manga and has progressed farther than TokyoPop did. Plot Firiel Dee is given her mother's necklace by her childhood friend, Rumpelstiltskin (Roux). The necklace was meant as a birthday gift from her remote father, the astrologer Gideon Dee. All fifteen-year-olds are welcome to attend a public ball at the royal Roland castle in honor of the Queen's Birthday, and Firiel decides to wear her new necklace to the celebration. When it is recognized as a missing talisman of the royal fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozue Amano
is a Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of ''Aria'', which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons, 2 movies and 2 OVAs. As of autumn 2010, Amano's work releases have been shifted from a monthly schedule to a seasonal one (every 3 months) owing to pregnancy and subsequent childcare. Works * (1995–1996, serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'', Enix); (2005 reprint by Mag Garden is a Japanese publishing company that focuses on manga-related publications and is also involved in the development of anime and live-action adaptations. It was founded on June 5, 2001, by Yoshihiro Hosaka along with former manga artists of Enix ...) * – ''Amano Kozue Tanpenshū 1'', a collection of short stories (1996, Enix); (2004 reprint by Mag Garden) * (1997–2001, serialized in '' Monthly GFantasy'', Enix) * – ''Amano Kozue Tanpenshu 2'', a collection of short stories (1999, Enix); (2004 reprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria (manga)
''Aria'' (stylized as ''ARIA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled ''Aqua'' (stylized as ''AQUA'') when it was published in Enix's ''Monthly Stencil'' magazine in 2001, and retitled when it was transferred to Mag Garden's '' Comic Blade'', where it continued serialization from 2002 to 2008. ''Aqua'' was collected in two ''tankōbon'' volumes, and ''Aria'' was collected in twelve volumes. Hal Film Maker has adapted the manga into several anime television series. A first season was broadcast in 2005, a second season in 2006, an OVA released September 2007, and a third season in 2008 that ended around the same time as the manga serialization. An OVA, titled ''Aria the Avvenire'', was released in the anime series' 10th anniversary Blu-ray box sets between December 2015 and June 2016. A film to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the anime series titled ''Aria the Crepuscolo'' premiered on 5 March 2021. A se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
