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Moyashimon
''Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series by Masayuki Ishikawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine ''Evening'' from July 2004 to June 2013 and moved to the magazine ''Monthly Morning Two'', where it concluded in January 2014. The series follows Tadayasu Sawaki, a first-year college student at an agricultural university, who has a unique ability to see and communicate with microorganisms. Del Rey Manga licensed the manga, but only released two volumes in English in North America. An 11-episode anime television series adaptation, animated by Shirogumi and Telecom Animation Film, aired between October and December 2007 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. An 11-episode live action adaptation was aired on Noitamina between July and September 2010. An 11-episode animated second season titled ''Moyasimon Returns'' aired from July to September 2012. The manga, anime, and live action version have all been generally well rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noitamina
is a Japanese programming block on Fuji Television devoted to anime, originally broadcast every Thursday late night/Friday morning from 0:45 to 1:15 JST. It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. The block debuted in April 2005 as a half-hour block. All anime production under the block are joint-venue by Fuji TV, Dentsu and usually Sony Music Entertainment Japan or its subsidiary Aniplex. The timeslot was expanded from a half hour to a full hour in 2010, and airs Thursday nights/Friday morning on 0:45 to 1:45 JST, but returned to half an hour timeslot in 2015 due to 5 Noitamina-produced films to be shown in Japanese theaters in the same year. The only non-anime series aired on Noitamina was the live-action adaptation of '' Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture'' in 2010. On April 15, 2010, Fuji TV and Funimation announced an agreement that allows Funimation to simulcast series from the Noitamina block in North A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirogumi
is a company centralized in the production of animated series and feature films, as well as the making and adjusting of visual effects. It is also a member of The Association of Japanese Animations. History In 1973, Tatsuo Shimamura established . To expand business, the studio was disbanded and found the company known today. The company owns computer graphics and VFX technology, so they produced many original live-action films like '' Juvenile'' and '' Returner''. They made the first anime production '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' in 2007. Apart from the headquarters in Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, the company has a sub-studio based in Chōfu, Tokyo. Like the mainstream, they also have various sub-studios in Tokyo. In order to develop human resources, they cooperate with , establishing the in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku , officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Ishikawa
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for ''Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' and ''Maria the Virgin Witch''; both of which were adapted into anime television series. Career He made his debut as a manga artist in 1997 with the short story ''Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V'' in the magazine ''Bessatsu Young Magazine''. In 1999 he won the Tetsuya Chiba Award for the short story ''Kami no Sumu Yama'', which was later collected in the collection ''Hitokiri Ryōma''. His commercial and critical breakthrough came in 2004 with the series ''Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'', which was serialized in the magazine ''Evening (magazine), Evening''. The series won him the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, both in 2008, as well as the Seiun Award in 2015. Since 2015 he works on the series ''Madowanai Hoshi'' for the magazine ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', set in a world devastated by climate change, in which humanity is forced to live in a dome. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Sakaguchi
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known for his roles in '' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' as Üso Ewin, '' Gintama'' as Shinpachi Shimura, ''Clannad'' as Youhei Sunohara, '' Blood Blockade Battlefront ''as Leonardo Watch, ''Paprika'' as Kei Himuro, Atashinchi as Yuzuhiko Tachibana, Hyouka as Satoshi Fukube, ''Guilty Crown'' as Souta Tamadate, '' Persona 5'' as Yuki Mishima, '' Paranoia Agent'' as Lil' Slugger, ''Ragnarok The Animation'' as Roan, ''God Eater'' as Kōta Fujiki, and '' Fire Force'' as Viktor Licht. He was part of the voice actor unit E.M.U (Entertainment Music Unit) with fellow voice actors Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, Nobutoshi Hayashi, and Ryōtarō Okiayu. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *''Sailor Moon'' (Neko) ;1993 *'' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Üso Ewin) *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' (Male Student) ;1994 *'' Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' (Kiteretsu Kite (Young)) *'' Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai'' (Toramaru) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomomichi Nishimura
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who works for Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of the Narrator of ''YuYu Hakusho'', Tsuchikage Ohnoki (''Naruto''), Mitsuyoshi Anzai (''Slam Dunk''), Shibaraku Tsurugibe ('' Mashin Hero Wataru''), and Jamitov Hymem ('' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''). In video games, he is best known as the voice of Akuma/Gouki and M. Bison/Vega (''Street Fighter''). Filmography Television animation ;1970s * '' Lupin the Third Part II'' (1978) (Onabess' Aide) (ep. 42) ;1980s * ''Urusei Yatsura'' (1981–1986) ( Principal) * ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' (1984-1985) (Giwaza Lowau) * '' Uchuusen Sagittarius'' (1986) (Gorian) * '' Transformers: Headmasters'' (1987–1988) ( Cyclonus) * '' Transformers: Victory'' (1989) (Deathcobra) (ep. 19) ;1990s * '' Future GPX Cyber Formula'' (1991) (Pitalia Lope) * ''Sailor Moon'' (1992–1995) ( Rei's Grandfather) * ''YuYu Hakusho'' (1992–1994) (Jorge Saotome/Blue Ogre, Narrator) * ''Slam Dunk'' (1994–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Satō
is a Japanese composer. He has provided the music for several popular anime series and films, including the first five ''Pretty Cure'' series, '' X'', ''Eureka Seven'', ''Sword of the Stranger'', ''Assassination Classroom'', and '' Blood-C''. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in 1993. At the 29th Japan Academy Prize in 2006, he won the Best Music prize for his work on the film '' Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (Always Sunset on Third Street)''. He also composed music for anime films such as '' Pretty Cure All Stars DX'' trilogy, '' Stand By Me Doraemon''. In live-action dramas, he provided music and soundtracks for TV dramas ''Good Luck!!'' '' Water Boys'', '' H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi'' and '' Ryōmaden''. He provided the music for the ''Space Battleship Yamato'' film, as well as the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' and '' Parasyte'' live-action film series. For the 38th Japan Academy Prize in 2015, he was nominated in the Best Score category for his work in ''The Eternal Zero''. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha Manga Award
is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977. Categories The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was named . The second version lasted until 1976. The company decided to create multiple categories thereafter. The award once was given out in four categories: , , children A child () is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking ..., and general. The award was formalized into the present ceremony with initially offering categories only for and in 1977. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category award was in 2003. The children's category was merged into the and categories starting in 2015. Each winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current prizes categories *Grand Prize – for the excellent work during the year *Creative Award – for the creator with innovative or epoch-making expression and fresh talent *Short story Award – for the excellent work or creator of the short story *Special Award – for the person or group who contributed to extend the culture of manga Prizes winners 1997 *Grand Prize: Fujiko F. Fujio for ''Doraemon'' *Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for '' A Cruel God Reigns'' *Special Award: for the foundation and management of ''Modern Manga Library'' 1998 *Grand Prize: Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy ''Bocchan No Jidai'' (Times of " Botchan") *Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki for '' Naniwa Kin'yūdō'' (The way of the Ōsaka l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecom Animation Film
is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 19, 1975. The studio is a subsidiary of TMS Entertainment and is located in the parent company's headquarters building. Telecom Animation Film is a well-established studio known for its production cooperation on films produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, including the Japan-US co-production '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', Hayao Miyazaki's '' Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro'', and Isao Takahata's ''Jarinko Chie''. It is known in the industry as a prestigious studio, and has had many famous creators on its roster in the past, including Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yasuo Ōtsuka, who was their former tutor and animation director on their works, Kazuhide Tomonaga, who worked on the car chase scene in ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', Nizo Yamamoto, art director at Studio Ghibli, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, character designer for ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. The studio has in-house staff of keyframes, inbetweenings, backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Afternoon
is a Japanese monthly manga anthology published by Kodansha under the ''Afternoon'' line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of January 25, 1986. ''Afternoon'' has spawned many successful manga series such as '' Oh My Goddess!'', '' Genshiken'', '' Blade of the Immortal'' and '' Big Windup!''. It is part of Kodansha's "1day" series, which also includes the magazines ''Morning'' and ''Evening''. A spin-off magazine, named '' good! Afternoon'', started publishing on November 7, 2008. History The magazine was founded as a sister to ''Morning'' by the same publisher. According to Frederik L. Schodt, stories that did not convince the editors of ''Morning'' would often land in ''Afternoon''. Many of the artists working for the magazine used to publish amateur and were influenced by amateur manga. Sharon Kinsella claims that around half of all series featured in Afternoon between 1994 and 1997 were inspired by aesthetics. She lists ''Discommunication'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Takahashi
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After learning about the profession of screenwriting in middle school, in university she entered a contest. Although her entry did not fit the theme of the contest, the examiners liked it so much that they gave her a position working on television dramas. Using contacts she made while working on dramas, she was given opportunities to start working on various anime series. Some of the more popular series she has worked on include ''Bleach'', '' Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'', '' Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan'', and ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer''. Biography Takahashi first learned about screenwriting when she was just entering middle school. Takahashi herself was a fan of drama and anime series and learned how to do screenwriting through them. Later in middle school, she read a book by a scriptwriter whom she admired, which inspired her to become one herself. While she was attending university, Takahashi submitted a scenario in a writing con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Rey Manga
Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint (trade name), imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. History Del Rey Manga was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. Some of the Del Rey titles, such as ''Tsubasa Chronicle'' and ''xxxHolic'', are published in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. Tricia Narwani, the editor of Del Rey, stated that "Del Rey finds most of its talent through conventions and existing professional contacts". In October 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha, Kodansha USA, will take over publishing over all Del Rey Manga titles as well as their own manga, starting on December 1. Random House will act as the sales and marketing distributor. Titles Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles: * ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' (''Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED'') - by Masatsugu Iwas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
