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Shindō (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Sasō. The story depicts a 13-year-old piano child prodigy, Uta Naruse, who helps 19-year-old Wao Kikuna, enter a Music school#Conservatory, conservatory to study the piano. Media The manga was serialized in Futabasha's ''seinen manga, seinen'' Manga#Magazines, manga magazine, ''Weekly Manga Action''. The individual chapters were collected into four ''tankōbon, bound volumes'', which Futabasha released from May 28, 1998 to August 28, 1998. Futabasha re-released the manga into three volumes, which were all released on December 19, 2003. The manga was adapted into a novel by Koji Hagiuda, which Futabasha released on March 15, 2007. Epic/Sony Records released a soundtrack CD on March 21, 2007. The novel was further adapted into a live action film, with Koji Hagiuda directing his own novel and screenplay written by Kousuke Mukai, which premiered in Japan on April 27, 2007. Riko Narumi was cast as Uta and Kenichi Matsuyama wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Sasō
is a Japanese manga artist and educator. He has won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and two Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan Media Arts Awards, the latter for his manga ''Shindō (manga), Shindō'' (1997–98) and ''Maestro (manga), Maestro'' (2003–07). Biography Sasō was born in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan, in 1961. He completed his secondary education at Ikeda Senior High School in Osaka, then attended the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University, graduating in 1984. That year he made his debut in manga with ''Shiroi shiroi natsu yanen'', which was published in ''seinen'' oriented ''Young Magazine'' in 1984. By the late 1990s he had finished such works as ''Busy Love'' (''Ai ga isogashii'') and (''Oretachi ni Asu wa Naissu''). Between 1997 and 1998 Sasō wrote ''Shindō (manga), Shindō'' (''The Prodigy''), which was published in ''Manga Action'' in four volumes. It follow Uta, a young musical prodigy who rejects her gifts in her grief over her father's disappearance. For thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VAP (company)
(initials of Video & Audio Project) is a Japanese entertainment company, headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Artists * Momoko Kikuchi * Omega Tribe, in its incarnations in the 80s and early 90s, including: ** Sugiyama Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe *** In addition, Sugiyama was the lead singer of Omega Tribe in the early-to-mid-80s and, upon the band's dissolution in 1985, was signed to VAP as a Solo act until 1990 and again from 2000 to 2010. ** 1986 Omega Tribe ** Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe * Coldrain (2008–2017) * Concerto Moon * Eastern Youth * Edge of Spirit * Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas (2010–2017) * Galneryus * Girls on the Run * Aya Hisakawa * Nightmare (Japanese band) (2006–2011) * Nobuyuki Hiyama * Last Alliance * Maximum the Hormone (2002–2018) * NoisyCell * Hajime Mizoguchi * Toshiyuki Morikawa * Yuji Ohno (LUPINTIC Label) * Ogre You Asshole * Pay Money to My Pain * Saber Tiger * Momok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Musical Drama Films
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futabasha Manga
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in , Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Futabasha is known for its Seinen manga, manga works, and its 1967 magazine Manga Action first conceived of the manga category, decades before the other major companies tested the market. __TOC__ List of magazines published by Futabasha *''Bravo Ski'' *''Comic Seed!'' *''Futabasha Web Magazine'' *''Manga Action ZERO'' *''Tōji Rō'' *''Getter Robot Saga'' *Monthly Action (ended) Manga * ''4koma Manga Kingdom'' * ''Bar Lemon Heart'' * ''Crayon Shin-chan'' * ''Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance'' * ''Kodomo no Jikan'' * ''Koizora'' * ''Lupin III'' * ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' * ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'' * ''My Brother's Husband'' * ''Old Boy (manga), Old Boy'' * ''Oruchuban Ebichu'' * ''Our Colors'' * ''Tsugumomo'' * ''Orange (manga), Orange'' References External links Futabasha's official website {{Authority control Futabasha, Book publishing companies in Tokyo Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners Of The Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Award For Excellence)
Winners Merchants International L.P. is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies. Its market niche is similar to the American chain TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls. History and format Winners was founded in 1982 by David Margolis in Toronto, Ontario. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, it merged with off-price department store owner TJX Companies. Winners offers brand-name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60% discount rate, and the stores generally do not carry the same merchandise for an entire season. The discounts are in large part due to the company buying excess or end-of-season merchandise from other stores, as well as its connections with TJ Maxx. The firm does not sell online. Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with HomeSense, a home accessory retailer, modelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Adapted Into Films
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: Action fiction, action, Adventure fiction, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, Detective fiction, detective, drama, Historical fiction, historical, Horror fiction, horror, Mystery fiction, mystery, Romance novel, romance, science fiction and fantasy, Erotic literature, erotica ( and ), Sports novel, sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Japanese Novels
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. 7 is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Evolution of the Arabic digit For early Brahmi numerals, 7 was written more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted (ᒉ). The western Arab peoples' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arab peoples developed the digit from a form that looked something like 6 to one that looked like an uppercase V. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke form consisting of a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', which was just marginally ahead of '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020. Evaluation of the year In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of '' Den of Geek'' said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music In Anime And Manga
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. While scholars agree that music is defined by a small number of specific elements, there is no consensus as to what these necessary elements are. Music is often characterized as a highly versatile medium for expressing human creativity. Diverse activities are involved in the creation of music, and are often divided into categories of composition, improvisation, and performance. Music may be performed using a wide variety of musical instruments, including the human voice. It can also be composed, sequenced, or otherwise produced to be indirectly played mechanically or electronically, such as via a music box, barrel organ, or digital audio workstation software on a computer. Music often plays a key r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Manga
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitomo Nara
is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). His most well-known and repeated subjects are "big-headed girls" with piercing eyes, who one Nara scholar describes as having "childlike expressions hatresonate with adult emotions, heirembodiment of kawaii (cuteness) carries a dark humor, and any explicit cultural references are intertwined with personal memories." Early life and education Nara grew up in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, about 300 miles north of where he lives now in Tochigi Prefecture. His exposure to Western music on the American military radio station Far East Network in Honshu influenced his artistic imagination at an early age. He would later provide cover art for bands including Shonen Knife, R.E.M., and Bloodthirsty Butchers. He received his B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan participate in the international community. In 1906, Zumoto was asked by Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi to lead the English-language newspaper '' The Seoul Press''. Zumoto closely tied the operations of the two newspapers, with subscriptions of ''The Seoul Press'' being sold in Japan by ''The Japan Times'', and vice versa for Korea. Both papers wrote critically of Korean culture and civilization, and advocated for Japan's colonial control over the peninsula in order to civilize the Koreans. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
