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Hen (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. There are two separate series of ''Hen'', but they share the same setting, and characters from the first series appear in the second. They both were serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump''. Plot Suzuki and Satō *(変) Suzuki and Satō: The first series, 13 volumes—Ichirō Suzuki, a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy, Yūki Sato, convinced his bishōnen love is a girl trapped in a boy's body. The first three volumes of this series collect Oku's early short stories, including prototype versions of both Hen series. Chizuru and Azumi *(HEN) Chizuru and Azumi: The second series, 8 volumes—Sexy student Chizuru Yoshida, to her utmost horror, falls in love with another girl, the innocent Azumi Yamada. A prototype version of this story was published in 変(Hen)#2. Characters ; : , Live-action: Asami Jō : A beautiful and perfect high school student w ...
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Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ...
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Limerence
Limerence is a state of mind which results from romantic or non-romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts and/or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated. Limerence can also be defined as an involuntary state of intense desire. Definition Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined the term "limerence" for her 1979 book, ''Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love'', to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the mid-1960s, when she interviewed over 500 people on the topic of love. Limerence, which is not exclusively sexual, has been defined in terms of its potentially inspirational effects and relation to attachment theory. It has been described as being "an involuntary potentially inspiring state of adoration and attachment to a limerent object (LO) involving intrusive and obsessiv ...
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Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The Nati ...
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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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Chris Orbach
Christopher Ben Orbach (born November 11, 1968) is an American actor who is the younger son of late ''Law & Order'' star Jerry Orbach and his first wife, Marta Curro. Early life Orbach graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in New York City in 1986, studied acting briefly at SUNY Purchase, and went on to get a BFA in film and television production from New York University. Career Music A self-taught musician, he sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards. He has recorded two albums of original songs, ''Safely Through the Night'' (2004) and ''Secession'' (2009). The latter was co-produced by Grammy Award-winning engineer Troy Halderson. Voice acting A long-established voice-over artist, he done commercial work for companies like L'Oreal, Ethan Allen, Delphi, Wrangler, Astrazeneca, and Kodak. He has also done animation, promo, narration, public service, imaging, and education voice-over at all levels in media since 1998. He is represent for voice-overs by Access Tale ...
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Akira Ishida
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. For his portrayal of Saki Abdusha in '' You're Under Arrest'', Makoto Kurumizawa in ''BOYS BE'', Setsuna Aoki in ''Sakura Wars'', and Athrun Zala in ''Gundam SEED'' & ''Gundam Seed Destiny'', he was chosen as the most popular voice actor in the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 2004, and won the Best Supporting Character (male) award at the 1st Seiyu Awards in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Cho Hakkai in Saiyuki, Katsura Kotarou in ''Gin Tama'' and Gaara in ''Naruto''. Filmography Animation Puppet Theatrical animation Video games Tokusatsu Audio drama Dubbing roles References External links Official agency profile * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishida, Akira 1967 births Living people Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Aichi Prefecture Mausu Promotion voice actors Nihon