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Sunrise (company)
is a Japanese entertainment company owned by Bandai Namco Holdings with its business focused on production, planning, and management of anime. It was founded in September 1972 by former Mushi Production staff as the animation studio branch of . In 1977, it gained independence from Shoeisha and Tohokushinsha and rebranded itself to In 1987, the studio rebranded to a name which would remain in use for over 35 years. In 1994, the company was acquired by toy and entertainment company Bandai and was integrated into Namco Bandai Holdings in 2005. In 2022, as part of a major group restructuring of the Bandai Namco Group, the company would merge with the home video division of Bandai Namco Arts and Bandai Namco Rights Marketing to form Bandai Namco Filmworks. As part of this restructuring, Sunrise would continue to operate as a division within the company with the changes taking effect on April 1, 2022. History According to an interview with Sunrise members, the studio was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogikubo, Tokyo
is a suburban, residential area of Tokyo in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Suginami ward, approximately 8 km west of Shinjuku. Ogikubo has the Ogikubo Station on the East Japan Railway Company, JR Chūō Line (Rapid), the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (terminus) and the Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line extension (which runs on the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks). The Japanese headquarters of American Express is located near the station. Households and Population The number of households and population as of March 1, 2024 (announced by Suginami Ward) are as follows.. Shopping The area's main shopping area mostly consists of three connected department stores; Seiyu Group, Seiyu, Town Seven and Lumine. Seiyu is a low-price department store owned by Walmart, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. selling food, clothes, home goods, etc. There are also various types of stores and restaurants in the area surrounding the train station. Relationship with the Ramen Ogikubo is commonly referred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chōdenji Robo Combattler V
''Combattler V'', full name , is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Toei Company and animated by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Soeisha (later renamed as Nippon Sunrise) that aired from 1976 to 1977. It is the first part of the ''#Robot Romance Trilogy, Robot Romance Trilogy'' of Mecha anime and manga, super robot series created by Saburo Yatsude and directed by Tadao Nagahama. The robot's name is a portmanteau of "combine", "combat", and "battle", and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is pronounced as the letter V, unlike in the spiritual successor, ''Voltes V'', where it is pronounced "five". The show follows the adventures and battles of the Battle Team, a group of young pilots, as they battle against the Campbell Empire from outer space. Story Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Romance Trilogy
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to evoke human form, but most robots are task-performing machines, designed with an emphasis on stark functionality, rather than expressive aesthetics. Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's ''Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility'' (ASIMO) and TOSY's ''TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot'' (TOPIO) to industrial robots, medical operating robots, patient assist robots, dog therapy robots, collectively programmed ''swarm'' robots, UAV drones such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and even microscopic nanorobots. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating movements, a robot may convey a sense of intelligence or thought of its own. Autonomous things are expected to proliferate in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majokko Tickle
, also known as ''Magical Girl Tickle'' or ''Tickle the Witch Girl'', is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier ''Cutie Honey'', ''Majokko Tickle'' is much similar in structure to Toei Animation's previous slate of magical girl series, with a younger demographic than the former. The anime television series was produced by Toei Company in association with Kaze Productions and Neomedia and animated by Nippon Sunrise. It consisted of 45 episodes and was aired across Japan on TV Asahi from March 6, 1978, to January 29, 1979. Story Chiko, a shy Japanese schoolgirl, receives a book as a gift from her father on her eleventh birthday. When Chiko opens the book, she releases Tickle (pronounced "Chikkuru" in Japanese, similarly to "Chiko"), a mischievous witch who was imprisoned inside the book for playing pranks on people. At first, Chiko doesn't believe Tickle is a witch, and tells her to prove it. Tickle delivers Chiko's scarf to her friend Miko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Company
, simply known as Toei Company or Toei, is a Japanese entertainment company. Headquartered in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, it is involved in film and television production, distribution, video game development, publishing, and ownership of 34 movie theaters. Toei also owns and operates studios in Tokyo and Kyoto and holds shares in several television companies. The company is renowned for its production of anime and live-action dramas known as ''tokusatsu'', which incorporate special visual effects. It is also known for producing period dramas. Toei is the majority shareholder of Toei Animation and is recognized for its franchises such as '' Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai''. Toei is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ 日本映画製作者連盟), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studios, alongside Kadokawa, Shochiku and Toho. History Toei is a pioneer in the use of "Henshin"/"character transformation" in live-acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Runaway Ideon
is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his signature work, '' Mobile Suit Gundam''. It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two feature films in 1982, and was later broadcast in Japan by the satellite TV network Animax from September 2006. Its mechanical designs were created by Yuichi Higuchi at Studio Submarine. The television series credited only the design studio, while Higuchi received full credit for the subsequent films. The characters were designed by Tomonori Kogawa. The series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for the second half of 1980. Plot summary Television series (prior to the ending) ''Space Runaway Ideon'' begins in 2300, far enough in the future that mankind has begun colonizing other planets. On the planet Solo in the Andromeda Galaxy, a group of archaeologists have come across the mysterious remains of the Ideon—three large armored tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crest Of The Stars
is a three-volume space opera science fiction novel written by Hiroyuki Morioka with cover illustrations by Toshihiro Ono. This was followed by a second, ongoing novel series, '' Banner of the Stars'' (a.k.a. ''Seikai no Senki'', currently six volumes) and a series of books collecting short stories set in the same universe known as . Beginning in 1999, the novels were adapted into anime and manga series, the first of which ran for 13 episodes on WOWOW. A recap movie, ''Crest of the Stars Special Edition'', was also released in 2000. Plot ''Crest of the Stars'' chronicles how Jinto met Lafiel and the events that followed before the war. When Jinto was a young boy, his world is invaded by the Abh empire. His father who was then president of the Hyde Star System, surrendered the system and earned for himself and his family a nobility within Abh society. Young Jinto is sent off to school in planet Delktou to learn the ways of Abh nobility and the story of Crest of the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomy
(trade name, trading as Takara Tomy in Asia and Tomy elsewhere) is a Japanese toy company. It was established in 1924 by Eiichirō Tomiyama as , became known for creating popular toys like the B-29 friction toy and luck-based game Pop-up Pirate. In 2006, Tomy merged with another toy manufacturer, Takara, and although the English company name remained the same, it became Takara Tomy in Asia. It has its headquarters in Katsushika, Tokyo. History and corporate name Before the merger The company was named Tomy as an abridgement of Tomiyama, which was the founder's surname. Starting as a manufacturer, Tomy had the largest product development team in the toy industry and plaudits for its technology. Nonetheless, by its third generation, president Mikitaro Tomiyama decided to streamline the company to be more competitive with wholesaler Bandai. Bandai developed its products more quickly, which was more appealing to television properties that required a fast turnaround. Despite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldran Series
The is a toy and Japanese anime franchise begun by toy company Tomy in Japan. Tomy struck a cooperative deal with the animation studio Sunrise (known for its mecha series, most notably Gundam is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ...) to develop the new franchise to sell their toys. Series overview * (April 1991–March 1992) * (April 1992–February 1993) * (March 1993–February 1994) * (2002, cancelled) ''Kanzen Shouri Daiteioh'' was planned to be made into a TV series, but instead only a pilot episode OVA and a manga based on the pilot was made. However, this series appears in '' Super Robot Wars NEO''. Series summaries and context Every year, whenever kinds of evil attempt world domination, the patron saint "Eldran" entrusts main robots and auxiliary robots t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Series
The is a Japanese toy and anime Media franchise, franchise originally produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Sunrise (now the primary division of Bandai Namco Filmworks), Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Nagoya TV, Victor Entertainment and Tokyu Agency, originally created by Takara (now Tomy, Takara Tomy). The franchise ran from 1990s to 2000s, producing eight official series and several side media including Original Video Animations (OVAs), toys, and several memorabilia in Japan. It was one of Sunrise's most notable productions in the 90s, and its run played a key role in the reintroduction of the Super Robot genre to the Japanese mainstream. As of 2022, the rights to the series were now owned by Bandai Namco Filmworks, following the 1993 acquisition of Sunrise, who produced and animated the series. History Background At the beginning of the series, the slogan for the franchise was "animation that does not appear in anime magazines", and the intended audience were aged 3 to 5 years ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashin Hero Wataru
is a mecha multimedia franchise originally created by Sunrise and Red Company. The first series aired on April 15, 1988, replacing the 17:00–17:30 timeslot used for '' Transformers: The Headmasters''. Sunrise credited "Hajime Yatate" for the storyline and Shūji Iuchi directed the series. The series uses elements from both Chinese and Japanese mythology, in terms of themes and settings. Story The story is about a 9-year-old boy named who is magically transported to a magical realm by a mystical dragon named Ryujinmaru (龍神丸, Dragon God Round) - this magical realm is known as , which he is supposed to save from an evil, magical and demonic ruler. The series incorporates many elements of contemporary RPG video games including dungeon levels and quests for magical objects. Soukaizan itself is represented as a series of tiered platforms each floating above the one beneath it in a rough shape of a pyramid. In order to progress to the next tier where he will meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
