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Lala Satalin Deviluke
is a fictional character of the manga series ''To Love Ru'', created by Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki. In the series, Lala is an alien princess from the planet Deviluke who, to avoid marrying one of her marriage candidates, decides to run away from home to Earth, where she pretends to be in love with the human boy Rito Yuki to prevent marriage, but falls in love with him after misinterpreting a statement made by Rito to another girl. In the anime adaptation, Lala is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in Japanese, and by Alexis Tipton in the English version. Regarded as one of the most popular characters in ''To Love Ru'', Lala has received mostly positive critical reception. Reviewers have complimented the character's personality and physical attractiveness, although her diminishing role in ''To Love Ru Darkness'' has been criticized. Characterization Design Lala is a highly attractive teenage girl with a curvaceous figure, long pink hair, and emerald green eyes. Her most distinguishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
To Love Ru
is a Japanese manga series written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from April 2006 to August 2009, and the chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It chronicles the life of high school student Rito Yuuki after he meets and accidentally gets engaged to the alien princess Lala Satalin Deviluke. The title, , is a pun on the English loan words ("trouble") and ("love"), referencing the harem aspect of the series. ''To Love Ru'' is noted for its fan service, with Hasemi and Yabuki admitting that they tested the boundaries of what would be allowed in a manga. A drama CD was released in February 2008, featuring an original story along with character songs. Following a 26-episode anime television series adaptation that aired in Japan in 2008, Xebec produced six original video animation episodes and a 12-episode second season, titled '' Motto To Love Ru'', betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spicy Food
Pungency ( ) is the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant. The term piquancy ( ) is sometimes applied to foods with a lower degree of pungency that are "agreeably stimulating to the palate". Piquant ingredients include chili peppers, wasabi, horseradish and mustard. The primary substances responsible for pungent taste are capsaicin, piperine (in peppers) and allyl isothiocyanate (in radishes, mustard and wasabi). Terminology In colloquial speech, the term "pungency" can refer to any strong, sharp smell or flavor. However, in scientific speech, it refers specifically to the "hot" or "spicy" quality of chili peppers. It is the preferred term by scientists as it eliminates the ambiguity arising from use of "hot", which can also refer to temperature, and "spicy", which can also refer to spices. For instance, a pumpkin pie can be both hot (out of the oven) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mayoi Neko Overrun!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Tomohiro Matsu. Twelve volumes were published by Shueisha between 2008 and 2012 under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. The first nine feature illustrations by Peco, with Yasu, Hekiru Hikawa, and Misato Mitsumi then illustrating one each. "Mayoi Neko" translates as "Stray Cats", referring to the name of the cafe around which the story develops, and alluding to the orphans and other "stray" characters who collect there. It is also the name of a school club for helping people in the story. The ''Mayoi Neko Overrun!'' novels have sold over two million copies. A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki was serialized in Shueisha's '' Jump SQ.'' and '' Jump SQ.19'' magazines from January 4 to October 4, 2010. An anime television series adaptation animated by AIC aired on Tokyo MX and BS11 from April 6 to June 29, 2010. Plot The story revolves around Takumi Tsuzuki, who spends his days with his childhood friend Fumino Serizawa at the cafe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Light Novel
A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbreviation of "''raito noberu''" is or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the ''bunkobon'' format (ISO 216, A6, ). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installments being published in three-to-nine-month intervals. Light novels are very commonly illustrated in a manga artstyle, and are often adapted into manga and anime. Whilst most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first Serial (literature), serialized monthly in anthology magazines or via the internet as Web fiction#Web novel, web novels before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Plots frequently involve roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
J-Stars Victory VS
is a crossover fighting video game that combines the universes of several ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga series, including former series and some that have been transferred to other magazines. It was released in Japan by Bandai Namco Entertainment on March 19, 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in celebration of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''s 45th anniversary. It was re-released for western territories as ''J-Stars Victory VS+'' for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita, with an additional Arcade Mode for the international release. It was released in Europe on June 26, 2015 and in North America on June 30, 2015. A follow-up game, '' Jump Force'', released on February 15, 2019 to tie in with the 50th anniversary of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Gameplay ''J-Stars Victory VS'' lets up to four players battle it out against one another using a gameplay and graphical style similar to those of ''Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle Royale''. Fighters can move and fight in al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marvelous Interactive
(MMV) was a multinational corporation that produced animation, music, video games and television series. MMV is known for its involvement in the ''Story of Seasons'' series. They merged with AQ Interactive in 2011 and became Marvelous AQL; the "AQL" was dropped later on. Local operations Locally, MMV was involved in a number of forms of entertainment, including the production of anime and music by their two subsidiaries Artland and Delfi Sound respectively. Artland is an animation studio that produced a number of popular manga and anime including the award-winning '' Mushishi'' and the hit shōnen ''Katekyō Hitman Reborn!'', and Delfi Sound is a recording studio that was involved in the production of a number of albums, radio dramas, and soundtracks since its establishment in 2005. MMV also produced a number of live television series, movies, and musical theatre productions, like the highly popular Prince of Tennis musical, '' Tenimyu''. Merge with AQ Interactive In 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ASCII Media Works
, formerly , is a Japanese Publishing, publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It originally formed on April 1, 2008, as a result of a Mergers and acquisitions, merger between ASCII Corporation and MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president and CEO of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the first president and CEO of ASCII Media Works. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. The company specializes in publishing of books, entertainment and computer magazines, manga, and video games. ASCII Media Works is known for their brand magazines and book imprints which include such well-known magazines as ''Dengeki Daioh'', and ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', along with the company's main light novel publishing imprint (trade name), imprint Dengeki Bunko. Most of the company caters to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
THEM Anime Reviews
THEM Anime Reviews, otherwise known as THEM or T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, is an anime review website that writes about current and past anime in any form, including OVAs and ONAs. The website offers reviews, editorial content and hosts forums. History THEM was founded in 1993 by Arizona State University Honors College students as a school club for fans of science fiction and fantasy. It became an anime review website, named THEM Online, in 1996, and Carlos Ross, who later became one of the editors in chief of the website, became a writer in 1999. By 2007, Ross would be part of Arizona State University's College of Liberal Arts & Science. In June 2000, the current domain name of the website was registered. At the time, the site was using ASU servers, which were later changed. In the first six years of the site, from 1996 to 2002, only one guest review was accepted and all "submissions from non-THEM members" were not accepted. At the time, Ross's wife, Christine (also known as Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Canon (fiction)
The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional universe, fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. Canonicity When there are multiple "official" works or original media, what material is canonical can be unclear. This is resolved either by explicitly excluding certain media from the status of canon (as in the case of ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars''); by assigning different levels of canonicity to different media; by considering different but licensed media treatments official and equally canonical to the series timeline within their own Continuity (fiction), continuities' universe, but not across them; or not resolved at all. There is also no consensus regarding who has the authority to decide what is or isn't canonical, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marriage Proposal
A marriage proposal is a custom or ritual, common in Western cultures, in which one member of a couple asks the other for their hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement, a mutual promise of later marriage. Norms and roles Gendered customs and roles In Western cultures, a proposal is traditionally made by a man to a woman, while genuflecting in front of her. The ritual often involves the formal asking of the question "Will you marry me, ...?" and the presentation of an engagement ring (often in a small velvet box), which he may place on her finger if she accepts. Before proposing, a man traditionally asks permission from the father of the woman he hopes to marry. In modern times it is often understood as a formality. The vast majority of proposals in the United States and Australia are made by men. In patriarchal societies proposals by women may not be taken seriously or treated as "real" proposals. Gender-egalitarian norms When asked whether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Climax (narrative)
The climax () or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given. The climax of a story is a literary element. Anticlimax An anticlimax is a disappointing event after events that were full of excitement. See also * Dramatic structure * Literary element * Climax as a rhetorical device References Plot (narrative) {{Lit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
