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Macross Frontier
is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the ''Macross'' universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008. ''Macross Frontier'' is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way. The story focuses on three young adults (a famed pop singer, a private military pilot, and a rising pop singer) and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin. Plot The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the ''Macross Frontier'', en route to the galactic center. This heavily populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the ''Macross Frontier'''s companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. ''Macross Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Fiction
Musical fiction is a genre of fiction in which music is paramount: both as subject matter, and through the rhythm and flow of the prose; that is, music is manifested through the language itself. Notable authors who have written novels of musical fiction include Don DeLillo (''Great Jones Street''), Tom Perotta (''The Wishbones''), Lewis Shiner (''Glimpses''), Roddy Doyle (''The Commitments''), Robert Dunn (''Pink Cadillac''), Nick Hornby (''High Fidelity''), Ibi Kaslik (''The Angel Riots''), Scott Spencer (''The Rich Man's Table''), Brian Paone (''Yours Truly, 2095''), and Randy Blazak (''The Mission of the Sacred Heart''). Description In her anthology The Best of Rock Fiction, editor June Skinner Sawyers writes, “Rock fiction has not received the proper respect it deserves, which is unfortunate given the caliber of writers who have captured its fleeting essence on the written page.” In the same anthology, Rolling Stone writer Anthony DeCurtis talks about “the edgy rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Platform Distribution
Disney Platform Distribution, Inc. (doing business as Disney Entertainment Distribution) is a business unit within Disney Entertainment that manages all third-party media sales efforts for distribution, affiliate marketing and affiliate-related business operations for all of the company's direct-to-consumer services and linear media networks; content sales agreements for Disney Entertainment and ESPN. The company was originally established in 1987 under the Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. name and later renamed ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group, Inc., Disney–ABC International Television, Inc. and Disney Media Distribution. On October 12, 2020, the company took its current name. Predecessors Buena Vista International Television Buena Vista International Television (BVIT) was the international television distribution arm of the original Walt Disney Television, and the international television arm of Buena Vista Television themselves. BVIT was establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Bit (studio)
, also known as or 8bit for short, is a Japanese animation studio established in September 2008 by former Satelight members. On June 8, 2020, it was announced that Eight Bit had entered a partnership with Bandai Namco to create multiple anime productions. Their first project will be ''The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.'' On November 1, 2021, Eight Bit opened a new studio in the Niigata Prefecture. On April 1, 2024, Eight Bit became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Filmworks. Works Television series Films Original video animations Original net animations Notes References External links * * {{Macross Eight Bit (studio), Japanese companies established in 2008 Animation studios in Tokyo Mass media companies established in 2008 Japanese animation studios Suginami Bandai Namco Filmworks 2024 mergers and acquisitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
is a light novel publishing imprint (trade name), imprint of the Japanese publishing company Kadokawa Shoten, a Division (business), division of Kadokawa Corporation. It was established in 1988 and is aimed at a male audience. Some light novels published under this imprint were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's light novel magazine ''The Sneaker'', which was published between 1993 and 2011. The Kadokawa Corporation website is currently undergoing emergency maintenance and remained unavailable due to the 2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico on June 8, 2024 from a group of hackers called BlackSuit. Published titles A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z References External links * {{in lang, ja Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, Kadokawa Corporation subsidiaries Book publishing company imprints 1988 establishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukyō Kodachi
is a Japanese novelist, manga artist, and screenwriter. He started out writing tabletop role-playing games, before debuting as a novelist in 2008 and a screenwriter in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, he worked on the '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' manga. Biography Kodachi grew up as the son of a physician, so he was interested in science from an early age. He started working by creating tabletop role-playing games. In 2008, Kodachi started writing professionally as a novelist with the novel adaptation of ''Macross Frontier''. In 2013, he started working as a screenwriter for various anime series with '' Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road''. Two years later in 2015, he assisted ''Naruto'' author Masashi Kishimoto with screenplays for '' Boruto: Naruto the Movie''. This would help him be granted the position of writer for the main series, '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', which premiered the next year. He held his position until the release of the 14th volume, when Kishimoto took over. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan that serves Kumamoto Prefecture. RKK was founded in 1953, commenced radio broadcast in October 1953, and television in April 1959. RKK is affiliated with the JNN (TV), JRN and NRN (radio). It is the only commercial broadcasting that provides both TV and radio services in Kumamoto prefecture. On December 1, 2006, RKK started broadcasting digital terrestrial television. History On January 4, 1953, Futo Izu, the then president of Kumamoto Nihon Shimbun, proposed the establishment of a radio station, which was unanimously agreed by those present. At 6:10 a.m. on October 1 of the same year, Kumamoto Prefecture’s first private radio station, Radio Kumamoto (ラジオ熊本), funded by Kumamoto Nihon Shimbun, officially started broadcasting. The first program broadcast was "Farm House Time". Radio Kumamoto achieved a profit of 510,000 yen in the first half year of broadcasting. At that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCC Broadcasting
is a Japanese broadcaster located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is an affiliate of JRN and NRN radio networks and JNN television network. The station can be found at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in eastern Yamaguchi prefecture, near the border of the Hiroshima prefecture, in its free tier, without carrying the prefecture's JNN affiliate. History Early history After the passage of the "Three Radio Laws" in 1950, plans to expand private broadcasting took place across Japan. Two companies, "Hiroshima Heiwa Broadcasting" and "Radio Hiroshima" applied for the establishment of private radio stations. Later on, the two companies merged upon recommendation by the Radio Supervisory Committee. On April 21, 1951, Hiroshima Broadcasting (the newly merged two companies) was granted a license and on February 25 the following year, they held the promoters' meeting and received funding from newspapers Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun. On August 8, 1952, after a general meeting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuoka Broadcasting System
is a Japanese broadcaster in Shizuoka. Its radio station is affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN) and National Radio Network (NRN), and its TV station is affiliated with JNN (Japan News Network). History After the establishment of the "Three Radio Laws" ( Radio Law, Broadcasting Law, and Radio Supervisory Committee Establishment Law) in 1950, private broadcasting companies began to appear across Japan.At its first meeting in March 1951, several companies, politicians, and financial institutions elected Shuntaro Katsuta (the then vice president of Shinano Mainichi Shimbun) as the president of Shinano Broadcasting.On October 18 of the same year, they obtained a preparatory broadcast license. In July 1951, then Shizuoka Shimbun president Mitsunosuke OishiColumn "Japanese newspaperman", conviction newspaper manager - contributing to the development of the Shizuoka Shimbun Mitsunosuke Oishi (Akihiko Sunohara, professor emeritus at Sophia University), Newspark (Japan New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tohoku Broadcasting Company
is a Japanese TV and radio network affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN), Japan Radio Network (JRN) and National Radio Network (NRN). Its headquarters are located in Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku region. History Tohoku Shimbun established "Kita Nippon Commercial Broadcasting Co., Ltd." in December 1947, which was the first attempt to establish a private radio station in northeastern Japan. However, the occupied government of the time didn't permit private broadcasters to begin operating, causing the plan to collapse. After the "Three Radio Laws" were passed in 1950, three companies in Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku Shinpo, Tohoku Broadcasting and Sendai Municipal Broadcasting, applied to establish private radio stations. The latter three companies were integrated into "Radio Sendai Co., Ltd.", and the company name was changed to Sendai Broadcasting on February 22, 1951, and a preliminary license was obtained on April 21. On December 10, Sendai Broadcasting officially registere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System
(formerly ) is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network TBS Television and radio network TBS Radio. It has a 28-affiliate television network called Japan News Network, as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called Japan Radio Network. TBS produced the game show '' Takeshi's Castle'' and has also broadcast the ''Ultra Series'' programs and '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan. TBS is a member of the Mitsui Group '' keiretsu'' and highly cooperating with the '' Mainichi Shimbun'' despite the latter's lack of shareholding. History * May 1951 - was founded in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. * December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz. * April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from Akasaka-Hitot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
