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Moshidora
, or , is a 2009 Japanese novel by Natsumi Iwasaki. It follows high school girl Minami Kawashima who manages her school's baseball team using Peter Drucker's ''Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices'' to rally her dispirited teammates. A 10-episode anime television series by Production I.G aired between April and May 2011. A live-action movie was released in Japan on June 4, 2011. Plot The story follows Minami Kawashima who, as a favor to her childhood friend, Yuki Miyata, takes over as manager for the Hodokubo High School Baseball team when Yuki is hospitalized with an illness. With no previous experience managing a team, Minami ends up picking up a copy of Peter Drucker's business management book, ''Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices'', and starts to manage the baseball team like one would manage a business, with the goal of reaching the nationals. Characters ; : :Minami is a high school kid who hates baseball, having had her dreams of becoming a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshidora (film)
, or for short, is a 2011 Japanese live-action film directed by Makoto Tanaka which was released in Japanese cinemas on 4 June 2011. It is based on the bestselling book of the same name and followed a preceding anime series also of the same name. Story The movie is about Minami Kawashima (played by Atsuko Maeda), a high school girl who becomes the manager of her school's baseball team in place of her hospitalized friend, Yuki Miyata (Haruna Kawaguchi). She tries to lead the team to the National High School Baseball Championship by learning strategies from the business book ''Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices'' by Peter Drucker, which she mistakenly bought. Cast * Atsuko Maeda as , the team assistant * Koji Seto as , the baseball team's ace pitcher * Minami Minegishi as , the team's scorekeeper * Sosuke Ikematsu as , the team's catcher * Haruna Kawaguchi as , Minami's childhood friend * Yo Oizumi as , the team's coach * Hiroshi Oizumi as the manager * Hiroki Suzuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsuko Maeda
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB." After graduating from AKB48 on August 27, 2012, Maeda has since then continued with a solo singing and acting career. Career AKB48 Maeda was born in Ichikawa, Chiba. At age 14, she became a member of AKB48's first group, Team A, which was composed of 24 girls and debuted on December 8, 2005. In 2009, Maeda won the first edition of AKB48's annual general elections, which are described as a popularity contest. As a result, she was the headlined performer for the group's 13th single, "Iiwake Maybe". The following year, she placed second overall, but still had a significant choreography position in the lineup for "Heavy Rotation". Later that year, AKB48 employed a rock-paper-scissors tournament to determine the top spot of AKB48's 19th major sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junichi Fujisaku
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist that mostly known for his work on the ''Blood'' franchise and '' Ghost in the Shell: Arise'' series, produced by Production I.G. Career Junichi Fujisaku started working at Production I.G in the late 1990s. He acted as a planning assistant when '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' anime film was in development. The film was released in 2000, and that same year, he chief directed, written and edited the video game adaptation of ''The Last Vampire''. A year later, Fujisaku wrote two novelizations based on the anime film. In 2005, Fujisaku directed and wrote the spin-off anime of ''Blood: The Last Vampire'', titled ''Blood+''. He created the series to expland the ''Blood'' universe that wasn't explored in ''The Last Vampire'' film. The anime ran for fifty episodes, and became its own franchise with two light novel adaptations, three manga adaptations, and two video games. That same year, Fujisaku co-wrote the screenplay for both '' xxxHolic: A Midsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Nakaya
is a Japanese voice actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is from Iwate. While with AKB48 she was a member of the subunit No Name. Her biggest role as a voice actress was as the title character Chitose Sakuraba in the anime series '' Chitose Get You!!''. Career Nakaya passed AKB48's generation 3 audition on December 3, 2006. She is one of 20 girls who passed from among 12.828 candidates. She was first on stage at AKB48 Theater as part of Team B on April 8, 2007. On August 23, 2009, a reshuffle was announced and Nakaya was transferred to Team A. On December 2, 2010, an audio book of Moshidora read by her received "Audio Book Award 2010". The audio book gets awarded based on consumer votes in FeBe! audio book website. She also provided voice in the anime series of Moshidora. Along with fellow member from Team K Miku Tanabe, Nakaya formed a unit called Baby Gamba. The unit released a single DVD under label Avex on September 14, 2011. Baby Gamba is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Hamana
is a Japanese animator and director known for directing ''The Prince of Tennis''. Career Upon graduating high school, Takayuki Hamana joined Ajia-do as an in-between animator for four years. Hamana left Ajia-do and joined I.G Tatsunoko, where he became a key animator for various project such as ''Blue Seed'' (1994) and '' Jin-Roh'' (2000). His experience in storyboarding and directing an episode of '' Crayon Shin-chan'' became the "starting point" for his path to become a director. He made his series directing debut in 2001 with ''The Prince of Tennis'' and his film directing debut with '' The Prince of Tennis: Futari no Samurai'' (2005). Works Television series *''Appleseed XIII'': Director *''Arte'': Director *'' Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors'': Key Animation (ep 10) *'' Idaten Jump'': Director *'' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'': Key Animation *'' Library War'': Director, Storyboard (ep 1), Episode Director (ep 1) *''Moshidora'': Director *'' Mushibugyo'': Director, Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management". Drucker's books and articles, both scholarly and popular, explored how humans are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society.Why Drucker Now? , Drucker Institute. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. His writings have predicted many of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Hanazawa
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several film and television credits since her debut in 1990. She won the Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, and won the Newtype Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress three times in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Hanazawa's voice roles include Nadeko Sengoku in ''Monogatari'', Anri Sonohara in '' Durarara!!'', Angel / Kanade Tachibana in ''Angel Beats!'', Kuroneko / Ruri Gokō in ''Oreimo'', Mayuri Shiina in '' Steins;Gate'', Akane Tsunemori in ''Psycho-Pass'', Kosaki Onodera in '' Nisekoi'', Marry Kozakura in ''Kagerou Project'', Kobato Hanato in ''Kobato'', Rize Kamishiro in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', Hinata Kawamoto in '' March Comes in Like a Lion'', Ichika Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'', Mitsuri Kanroji in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', and Atsuko Hakari in ''Blue Archive'' Hanazawa's debut single, , was released on April 25, 2012 under the Aniplex/ Sony Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimasa Hosoya
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. Biography After attending Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College and Mausu Promotion Actor Training Center, he joined Mausu Promotion. He is currently a freelancer. Among his many roles, he voiced Shichika Yasuri in ''Katanagatari'', Kuranosuke Shiraishi in ''The Prince of Tennis'', Kojou Akatsuki in '' Strike the Blood'', IV in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'', Reiner Braun in ''Attack on Titan'', Saburō Katō in '' Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199'', Junpei Hyūga in ''Kuroko's Basketball'', Sentarō Kawabuchi in ''Kids on the Slope'', Haruhiro in ''Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash'', Daryun in ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', Orga Itsuka in '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'', Akari Hizamaru in ''Terra Formars'', Doppo Kunikida in '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', Asahi Azumane in ''Haikyuu!!'', Fumikage Tokoyami in ''My Hero Academia'', Nagare Akiba in ''Ushio and Tora'', John H. Watson in ''The Empire of Corpses'', Aren Kuboyasu in '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuaki Takumi
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Aichi Prefecture. He is affiliated with Haikyō. He is best known for his voice role as Warrior on ''Goblin Slayer''. On April 9, 2021, Takumi announced he married voice actor Aki Nakajima. Filmography Anime television *''Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu'' (2008), Amateur photographer D *''Bleach'' (2009), Shinigami *''K-On!'' (2009), Garbage collection voice *'' Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia'' (2009), Ace Grit *''Kimi ni Todoke'' (2009), Shin Mikami *''Durarara!!'' (2010), Blue Square D, Boy *'' K-ON! Season 2'' (2010), Man *'' Shiki'' (2010), Masaki Tashiro, Tamotsu Mutō, Tsurumi *''Star Driver'' (2010), Classmate *''Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season'' (2011), Tomokazu Tsuruoka, Shin Mikami *''Hanasaku Iroha'' (2011), Student *''Sket Dance'' (2011), Delinquent C, Film Society member *''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' (2011), Fallguys Coyote, Taiichi (classmate) *''Moshidora'' (2011), Daisuke Niimi *''Ro-Kyu-Bu!'' (2011), Upperclassman *'' The Idolmaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōko Hikasa
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singing, singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. Biography Hikasa became interested in acting while watching ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. She attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice actor training school. She formed a pop music group Ro-Kyu-Bu!, with Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Rina Hidaka and Yui Ogura. It takes the name for each characters for the anime series ''Ro-Kyu-Bu!''. Their first single "Shoot!" was released on August 17, 2011 and was used as the opening theme for the series. The album ''Pure Elements'' was released on October 5, 2011. Hikasa has been married since 2015. On August 23, 2022, she tested positive for COVID-19. She took a PCR test and went into quarantine after she was told that she was a close contact with someone with COVID-19. She is currently being treated with guidance from the health center and medical institution. Filmography Television animation ;2007 *''Sketchbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenjiro Tsuda
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and film director. He works at ANDSTIR. Some of his roles as a voice actor include Seto Kaiba in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Sadahara Inui in ''Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama'', Kazama Chikage in ''Hakuoki'', Ryuga in ''Metal Fight Beyblade'', Mikoto Suoh and Gouki Zenjou in '' K-Project,'' Fire Emblem in '' Tiger & Bunny'', Hannes in ''Attack on Titan'', Nicolas Brown in ''Gangsta'', Doug Horbat in '' Juushinki Pandora'', Atomic Samurai in ''One-Punch Man'', Overhaul in ''My Hero Academia'', Matoba Kei in '' Cop Craft'', Lero Ro in ''Tower of God'', Shiori Ichinose in ''Tokunana'', Nino in ''ACCA'', Hakuto Kunai in '' Maou-sama, Retry!,'' Akihito Narihisago/Sakaido in ''ID:INVADED'''','' Tsuchigomori in ''Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun'', Manji in '' Mugen no Juunin'', Jigen/Isshiki Otsutsuki in '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Joker in ''Fire Force'', Kento Nanami in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Tatsu in ''The Way of the Househusband'', Dainsleif in ''Genshin I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Kakihara
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was affiliated with 81 Produce before he became a freelancer in June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014. Since 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai Visual and Lantis, where he debuted as a singer with his first mini album, ''Still on Journey''. His first single, " String of Pain", released on 6 February 2013, is the ending theme song to the anime '' Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' in which he also voices the main role of Shino Inuzuka. He has released two full albums, five mini albums, and six singles. His third single, "咲いちゃいな (Saichaina)", was released on 15 April 2015. Kakihara is well known for voicing roles as young boys with fiery personalities, like Natsu Dragneel from the anime ''Fairy Tail''. He's also particularly well-known for voice acting in otome games, such as voicing Shin from the PSP game series '' Amnesia'' and K1-B0 from Danganronpa V3: Killing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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