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Sand Land
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from May to August 2000, and was collected into one ''tankōbon'' volume in November 2000 by Shueisha. ''Sand Land'' was serialized in North America by Viz Media in their English '' Shonen Jump'' magazine in 2003. It was later released in one graphic novel in December 2003. A CGI anime adaptation co-produced by Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and Anima will be released in 2023. Plot After enduring years of natural disaster and war, the world is left without its main supply of water; the river that provided water to the country dried up long ago. With the greedy king of the land's personal water supply becoming increasingly more expensive for the citizens of Sand Land to buy, the people begin robbing one another for water and money. Sheriff Rao, tired of the king's greed, approaches the demons of Sand Land for help in searching for a new water supply. Demon pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beelzebub
Beelzebub ( ; he, ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ'') or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name ''Beelzebub'' is associated with the Canaanite god Baal. In theological sources, predominantly Christian, Beelzebub is another name for Satan. He is known in demonology as one of the seven deadly demons or seven princes of Hell, Beelzebub representing gluttony. The '' Dictionnaire Infernal'' describes Beelzebub as a being capable of flying, known as the "Lord of the Flyers", or the "Lord of the Flies". Hebrew Scriptures The source for the name ''Beelzebub'' is in the Books of Kings (), written ''Ba'al-zəbûb'', referring to a deity worshipped by the Philistines. The title ''Baal'', meaning "Lord" in Ugaritic, was used in conjunction with a descriptive name of a specific god. Opinions differ on what the name means. In one understanding, ''Ba'al-zəbûb'' is translated liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnier Group
Bonnier AB (), also the Bonnier Group, is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family. Background The company was founded in 1804 by Gerhard Bonnier in Copenhagen, Denmark, when Bonnier published his first book, ''Underfulde og sandfærdige kriminalhistorier''. Gerhard's sons later moved to Sweden. The Bonnier book publishing companies in Sweden that are part of book publishing house Bonnierförlagen now include Albert Bonniers förlag, Wahlström & Widstrand, Forum, and Bonnier Carlsen, as well as other book publishers and imprints in Sweden. Bonnier Tidskrifter publishes magazines, including '' Veckans Affärer'', '' Damernas Värld'', '' Amelia'', ''Sköna Hem'', ''Teknikens Värld'', '' Resume'', nearly a dozen crossword magazines, and the tablet magazine ''C Mode''. Other subsidiaries include the film production companies SF Studios and Sonet Film; daily newspapers ''Dagens Nyheter'', ''Expressen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangatsu Manga (publisher)
Sangatsu Manga is a major manga publisher in Finland. It's a division of Tammi Publishers. In 2003 it became the first Finnish publisher to sell manga (Dragon Ball, respectably) in convenience stores and supermarkets, which triggered the current wave of manga publishing in Finland. Manga published by Sangatsu Manga * .hack//Legend of the Twilight * Astro Boy - Tetsuwan Atom * Attack on Titan * Bleach * Chi's Sweet Home * Dragon Ball * Dragon Ball Z ( Films comic) * Dream Kiss * Emma * Fullmetal Alchemist * Fruits Basket * Howl's Moving Castle ( Films comic) * Inspector Akane Tsunemori * Kajika * Naruto * My Hero Academia * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind * Neon Genesis Evangelion * One Piece * Sandland * Tales from Earthsea ( Films comic) * Tokyo Mew Mew * Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode * Trinity Blood * Your name * Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Editora
Conrad Editora (also known as Conrad) is a book publishing company in Brazil. Generally known as one of the most popular distributors of manga and manhwa in the Brazilian Portuguese language. Publishing history Manga * Absolute Boyfriend, by the name of ''Zettai Kareshi: O Namorado Perfeito'' * Adolf (2006 - 2007) * Bambi and Her Pink Gun, by the name of ''Bambi'' (2006) * Battle Royale (ongoing) * Blade of the Immortal, by the name of ''Blade - A Lâmina do Imortal'' (cancelled) * Buddha, by the name of ''Buda'' (2005) * Dr. Slump (cancelled) * Dragon Ball (later part as Dragon Ball Z) (completed) ** Definitive Edition (2005 - cancelled) * Fushigi Yūgi * Gon (2003 - ongoing) * MegaMan NT Warrior (cancelled) * Neon Genesis Evangelion (cancelled) * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, by the name of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Iron Maiden 2nd'' (2006 - cancelled) * One Piece (cancelled) * Paradise Kiss * Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu, by the name of ''Poké ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Klump
''Rasmus Klump'' (translates to ''Rasmus Lump'' or ''Erasmus Lump'') is a Danish comic strip series for children created in 1951 by the Danish wife-and-husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. The series was translated into a number of foreign languages, in some of which the title character Rasmus was renamed ''Petzi'', ''Pol'', ''Rasmus Nalle'' or other variations. The series tells the adventures of the bearcub Rasmus Klump and his friends: Pingo (a penguin), Pelle (a pelican), Pildskadden (a turtle), Skæg (a seal) and others. Always dressed in red dungarees with white polka dots, Rasmus Klump travels the world on board his boat ''Mary'', which he builds with his friends in the first episode. Style The comic strips do not make use of speech balloons but rather captions, whose humour, as well as the affectionately drawn pictures, contributed greatly to the popularity of the series. It can be classified as a text comic, although there is a parallel humor strip version of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banzai! (magazine)
''Banzai!'', officially stylized ''BANZAI!'', is a discontinued shōnen manga anthology that was published in Germany by Carlsen Verlag, from November 2001 to December 2005. It debuted in November 2001 as a German language adaptation of the popular Japanese manga anthology ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', published by Shueisha.. In addition to various series from ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', the magazine serialized some original German manga-influenced comics, including ''Crewman 3''. Issues also included educational articles to teach readers Japanese and columns with news updates on anime and manga series. Series published in the magazine were also published in tankōbon volumes under the ''Banzai! präsentiert'' and the highly popular series under the ''Best of Banzai!'' label. The name '' Banzai!'' came from the transliteration of 10,000 years, a traditional Japanese exclamation. ''Banzai!'' was the first German manga magazine aimed at boys. ''Banzai!'' initially circulated with 130,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen Verlag
Carlsen Verlag is a subsidiary of the homonymous Danish publishing house which in turn belongs to the Swedish media company Bonnier. The branch was founded on 25 April 1953 in Hamburg. The publisher's program focuses on books for children, i.e. '' Harry Potter'', '' Rugrats'', '' Naruto'', '' Twilight'', and '' The Adventures of Tintin''. By 2005 Carlsen Comics, the publisher's comic division, had grown to be one of the three biggest comic book publishers in Germany. Carlsen is one of the ten biggest publishers of children's books. History Carlsen was founded on April 25, 1953, by Per Hjald Carlsen in Hamburg as a subsidiary of Danish company Illustrationsforlaget/PIB. At first, it published work about the bears Petzi and his friend, which were already successful in various German newspapers. The first Pixi-Bücher were released in 10 x 10 cm format in 1954. The publisher began its comic program with the first collection from The Adventures of Tintin series. The pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Comics (Italy)
Star Comics is an Italian comic book publisher founded in December 1987 that publishes Italian editions of manga and Italian comics in Italy. Until the establishment of Marvel Italia (now an imprint of Panini Comics) in 1994, it also published Italian editions of many Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...'s comic books. Star Comics has twenty-eight publishing branches and as of 2007 has published a total of 316 manga series in Italy. Publishing Branches # Action # Amici # Anime comics # Dragon # Dragon Quest # Express # Fan # Ghost # Greatest # Gundam universe # Hot # Kappa extra # Kappa magazine # Kappa magazine speciale # KM Presenta # Must # Mitico # Neverland # Point break # Shot # Starlight # Storie di kappa # Techno # Turn over # Up # Up Speciale # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planeta DeAgostini
Editorial Planeta-DeAgostini is a Spanish- Italian publisher and a subsidiary of Grupo Planeta and De Agostini specializing in collectable books, sold periodically in pieces through newsstands (partworks). It has its headquarters in Barcelona. ." Planeta DeAgostini. Retrieved on 1 May 2011. "Dirección: Avenida Diagonal, nº 662-664 –08034- Barcelona." They distribute comics and under the name ''Planeta DeAgostini Comics''. It is a major shareholder in broadcaster |
Glénat (publisher) , a French publisher, specialising in comics and manga
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Glénat can refer to: * Glénat, Cantal, a commune in the Cantal ''département'', France * Glénat Editions Glénat Editions SA is a French publisher with its head office in Grenoble. Their products include comic albums and manga in France, Benelux, and in the past Spain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. The Benelux subsidiary, Glénat Benelux N.V., i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller. It is a Fortune 1000 company and the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. As of July 7, 2020, the company operates 614 retail stores across all 50 U.S. states. Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores. The company's headquarters are at 33 E. 17th Street on Union Square in New York City. After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry since the 1990s, Barnes & Noble stands alone as the United States' largest national bookstore chain. Previously, Barnes & Noble operated the chain of small B. Dalton Bookseller stores in malls until they announced the liquidation of the chain. The company was also one of the nation's largest manager of college textbook stores located on or near many college campuses when that division was spun off as a separate public company called Barnes & Noble Education in 2015. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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