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K-On! (TV Series)
is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga ''K-On!'' written and illustrated by Kakifly. Produced by Kyoto Animation, it aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation (OVA) episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled ''K-On!!'' (with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011. An anime film adaptation was released in Japan in December 2011. Bandai Entertainment had licensed the first season until their closure in 2012. Sentai Filmworks has since re-licensed the first season, in addition to acquiring the rights to the second season and film, and is currently streaming at first on Anime Network Online then later Hidive. The main series focuses on four young Japanese high school girls who join their school's light music club to try to save it from being dissolved. However, they are the only four members of the club, one of which ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movic
is a Japanese company which specializes in the publication of trading cards, figures, CDs, and other general media related to the anime industry. Movic is a part of the Animate (retailer), Animate group. Anime involved in *''Oh My Goddess!, Ah! My Goddess: The Movie'': Production *''Ai City'': Production *''Ai Yori Aoshi'': Production *''Ai Yori Aoshi, Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~'': Production *''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'': Production *''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!'': Production *''Android Ana Maico 2010'': Production *''Anime Tenchou'': Concept Work *''Appleseed (OVA), Appleseed'': Production *''Araiso Private High School Student Council Executive Committee'': Planning, Production *''Blue Exorcist'': Production *''Battle Angel'': Production *''Blue Seed'': Production *''Blue Seed Beyond'': Production *''Bounty Dog'': Production *''Chobits'': Production Cooperation *''Clannad'': Production *''List of Clannad ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Lindley
Shelby Lindley (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress who has provided voices for the English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Her major voice roles include List of K-On! characters#Tsumugi Kotobuki, Tsumugi Kotobuki in ''K-On!'', Squid Girl#Chizuru Aizawa, Chizuru Aizawa in ''Squid Girl'' and List of Puella Magi Madoka Magica characters#Hitomi Shizuki, Hitomi Shizuki in ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica''. Filmography *BOLD indicates a lead role Anime Animation Film Video games References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindley, Shelby 1986 births Living people American video game actresses American voice actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Lee Morris
Cassandra Lee Morris (born April 19, 1982) is an American voice actress. After starting her career as a teenage program host for an educational video series called ''Real World Science'', she worked as a journalist in New York City and Los Angeles writing for local newspapers and programs as well as numerous fashion and style blogs such as About.com, David's Bridal and Patch.com. She got into voice-over starting with Alice and then Yubel in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' and has since worked on a number of animation, anime shows and audiobooks. Her major roles include Ritsu Tainaka in ''K-On!'', Suguha Kirigaya/Leafa in ''Sword Art Online'', Kento Tachibana in '' My Daemon'', Sue in ''Doraemon'', Aoi Fukasaku in ''Coppelion'', Kyubey in ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Taiga Aisaka in '' Toradora'' and Pelops II in '' Godzilla Singular Point''. In video games, she voices Fie Claussell and Alfin Reise Arnor in '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel'' series, Totooria "Totori" Helm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Vee
Cristina Danielle Valenzuela (born July 11, 1987), known professionally as Cristina Vee, or Cristina "Vee" Valenzuela, is an American voice actress. She provides voices for English dubs of anime, animation, and video games. Early life and education Vee was born on July 11, 1987. She is of Tepehuan, Spanish, and Lebanese descent. She grew up in Norwalk, CA, near Los Angeles and attended public schools there. One of her early interests was music, and Cristina participated in the Norwalk All City band while in middle school and high school. Due to her passion for acting and animation specifically, her classmates called her "Sailor Moon girl," and Vee would go on to co-found the first anime club at John Glenn High School. Cristina studied theatre arts and graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 2007 where she took classes with Professor Hugh O'Gorman, who supported her career goals. Vee has disclosed that she struggled with her poor mental health at some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Sheh
Stephanie Sheh (born April 10, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and producer who has worked for several major companies. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games, and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the ''Naruto'' franchise, Orihime Inoue in ''Bleach'', Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of ''Sailor Moon'', Lotte Jansson in ''Little Witch Academia'', Yui Hirasawa in ''K-On!'', Eureka in '' Eureka Seven'', Armor in ''X-Men'', Katana in '' DC Super Hero Girls'', Mikuru Asahina in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yui in ''Sword Art Online'', Illyasviel von Einzbern in ''Fate/stay night'', Mamimi Samejima in '' FLCL'', Blanca in '' White Snake'' and '' Green Snake'' and Mitsuha Miyamizu in '' Your Name''. Career Stephanie Sheh was born on April 10, 1977 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a family of Han Chinese descent; her mother is from China and her father is from Taiwan. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidive
Hidive (stylized in all caps) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service was launched in June 2017 after the dissolution of The Anime Network's online service, which survived after the liquidation of the former A.D. Vision's assets in 2009. History Early years Hidive, LLC, a new company not affiliated with Anime Network, was formed in 2017 and shortly after, it acquired Anime Network Online's assets and spun them off into the new streaming service following Anime Network Online's discontinuation. Former subscriptions from Anime Network Online were later moved to Hidive. It exclusively streams select licensed titles from Sentai and Section23, as well as a handful that was formerly held by A.D. Vision, including a small number of titles that were previously exclusive to the defunct streaming channel Anime Strike. On July 21, 2017, Hidive announced the service would start to offer selected anime titles with Spanish and Portuguese s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Network
Anime Network was an American video on demand (VOD) network dedicated to anime owned by AMC Networks. History The network was launched in North America in late 2002 and is marketed to multi system operators (MSOs) as both a free and subscription video on demand (VOD) programming service. Anime Network also provides online streaming of its anime for North America via its website with free full-length preview episodes for non-members, more episodes for members, and all online titles available for subscribers. In October 2007, Anime Network was launched on DirecTV On Demand, initially on channel 1801 at launch. As of the fall of 2015, it can now be found on channel 1889. The Anime Network ceased broadcast of its linear 24/7 network on January 1, 2008; it continues to support a VOD service and online player on itmain website On September 1, 2009, A.D. Vision had sold off the Anime Network to Valkyrie Media Partners LLC as part of the dissolution of the company and the reorgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandai Visual
was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and films that have been distributed and licensed by Bandai Visual have been released under the Emotion label. After the reorganization of Bandai Namco Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual headed the group's Visual and Music Content Strategic Business Unit. Its subsidiaries included the Emotion Music Company, Ltd. (whose logos also include the Moai from Easter Island), and Lantis music publishing labels. Until 2012, it was involved in the production and distribution of several anime titles, including those it has directly produced itself and anime series produced by the anime studio Sunrise, an alternate anime studio subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. In September 2017, Bandai Visual acquired the anime studio Actas. In February 2018, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclamation Mark
The exclamation mark (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or to show wikt:emphasis, emphasis. The exclamation mark often marks the end of a sentence, for example: "Watch out!". Similarly, a bare exclamation mark (with nothing before or after) is frequently used in warning signs. Additionally, the exclamation mark is commonly used in writing to make a character seem as though they are shouting, excited, or surprised. Other uses include: * In mathematics, it denotes the factorial operation. * Several computer languages use at the beginning of an expression (computer science), expression to denote logical negation. For example, means "the logical negation of A", also called "not A". This usage has spread to ordinary language (e.g., "!clue" means no-clue or clueless). * Some languages use ǃ, a symbol that looks like an exclamation mark, to denote a click consonant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An OVA series can run anywhere from a single episode to dozens of episodes in length. Many anime series first appeared as OVAs, and later grow to become televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
