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Tasogare Otome × Amnesia
, stylized as ''Dusk maiden of Amnesia'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the duo Maybe. It was published by Square Enix and serialized in the ''Monthly Gangan Joker'' magazine from April 2009 to June 2013, with its chapters collected in ten volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired between April and June 2012. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America. Synopsis Setting The story takes place at Seikyou Private Academy: an extremely old school with several buildings, each built at different points in history without care for the existing architecture. Many of them overlap and mix with each other, resulting in an unintentional maze-like structure, within which the untrained can easily lose their way. The School was built over an old shrine, which is where Yuuko died. Since her body and regrets are tied to the school, she is unable to leave the school grounds even if she wanted to. In the series, a 'Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Yonaga
is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Ken Production. He is best known for his roles as Nagisa Hazuki in '' Free!'' and Sangaku Manami in '' Yowamushi Pedal''. He is married to fellow voice actress Yuka Nishigaki. Biography Yonaga was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Ushiku, Ibaraki. He has an older sister who is six years older than him and a younger sister who is four years younger than him. When he was in the fifth grade, his voice hardly changed. When he talked to his homeroom teacher, who knew that he liked singing, acting, and recitation, he was told about the profession of voice acting, which led him to become a voice actor. He has been a member of a drama club since his second year of high school. After graduating from the voice actor vocal course at the vocational school Tokyo Media Academy (now the voice actor training course at Tokyo Seiyu Academy), he entered School Duo, a voice actor training school attached to Ken Production, as a 6th year s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, dramatised, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatised works of fiction, as well as Play (theatre), plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s, radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Up!
is a Japanese manga service. Originally launched in January 2017, the service hosts manga series published by Square Enix. The service also serializes original works, many of which are derived from other media. In July 2022, the website launched internationally in English. History The service originally launched in Japan on January 7, 2017, with an Android and iOS app and website. An English-language version of the service was launched on July 25, 2022. It featured mostly titles published by Square Enix's manga publishing division, along with series from other publishers that were published by Square Enix in Japan and series that had not been published in English at the time. Serializations In addition to previously published works, the service also serializes works. Many of these works are adaptations of other media, such as video games, multimedia franchises, and light novels. ''Manga Up! Global'' titles *''404 Demons'' *''The 6-Year-Old Sage Wants to Hide in the Shadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and genre-based anthologies.Chris Baldrick''The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms'' 3rd. ed (2008) Complete collections of works are often called " complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its anthologized poets to a flower. That ''Garland'' by Meléagros of Gadara formed the kernel for what has become known as the Greek Anthology. '' Florilegium'', a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangan Powered
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', '' Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and ''Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-shot (comics)
In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a Limited series (comics), limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.Albert, Aaron"One Shot Definition" About Entertainment. Retrieved July 8, 2016. One-shots date back to the early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published Comic book, comic books, parts of Comic magazine, comic magazines/Anthology, anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, films, video games or television shows. Overview In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called , a term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot. Many popular manga series bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Boone
Jessica Boone is an American film, television, theatre, and voice actress. Her earlier career while she lived in Houston involved work primarily for ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Seraphim Digital. She has since focused more on theatre work, including both Shakespeare and musical theatre. Career Boone has been a leading player with the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and is co-CEO and an associate artist for Prague Shakespeare Company, the Czech Republic's professional English-language theatre, where her roles have included Rosalind, Juliet, Helena, Regan, Ophelia, Innogen, and Lady Macbeth. Boone is also an accomplished voice actress, known throughout the anime world for her work voicing hundreds of characters in Japanese animated series such as Mimmy in ''Hello Kitty'', Misaki Suzuhara in ''Angelic Layer'', Chiyo Mihama in ''Azumanga Daioh'', Fuki in ''Mushishi'' from Episode 19, and Sheele in ''Akame ga Kill''. Her film and TV work includes feature films ''U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Kitamura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She was previously affiliated with Early Wing, but is now a freelancer. She is known for voicing prominent roles in anime and games such as Sayaka Miki in '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', Saya Otonashi in '' Blood+'', Keqing in '' Genshin Impact'', Shizuku in '' New Game!'', Darjeeling in '' Girls und Panzer'', Uni/Black Sister in '' Hyperdimension Neptunia'', Ranko Honjō in '' My First Girlfriend Is a Gal'', Yuka Mochida in '' Corpse Party'', Bea in '' Pokémon: Twilight Wings'', and Miki Aono/Cure Berry in '' Fresh Pretty Cure!''. In addition, she provided the voice for the Vocaloid voicebank CUL. She is known to be an amateur manga artist in Japan in her spare time. Filmography Television animation Original video animation (OVA) *'' Aruvu Rezuru: Kikaijikake no Yōseitachi'' – Shiki Mikage *'' Durarara!!'' – Mairu Orihara *'' Fairy Tail: Welcome to Fairy Hills!!'' – Cana Alberona, Aquarius *''ICE'' – Mint *''Indian Summer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Hernandez (nee Karbowski ; born June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series. Karbowski was born in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston and since 2004, she has voiced Mikoto Misaka in '' A Certain Magical Index'' and '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Migi in '' Parasyte'', Rimuru Tempest in '' That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'', Lute in '' Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On'', Sanae Dekomori in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Yuki Takeya in '' School-Live!'', Nanachi in '' Made in Abyss'', Zircon in '' Land of the Lustrous'', Mikan Yuuki in ''To Love Ru'', Wendy Marvell in '' Fairy Tail'', Yamada in '' B Gata H Kei'', Camie Utushimi in ''My Hero Academia'', and Saori Arisugawa in '' Tribe Nine''. In addition to her voice acting career, Karbowski has starred in numerous films such as ''Puncture'' and ''The Starving Games''. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misato Fukuen
is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with StarCrew. Her real name is . She has also performed activities as a singer under the name of MIRI. Filmography TV anime Original net animation Original video animation *'' To Love Ru'' – Golden Darkness *'' To Love Ru Darkness'' – Golden Darkness *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin'' – Fraw Bow Theatrical animation Tokusatsu *'' Ultraman Z'' (2020) – Kanegon *'' Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger'' (2021) – Secchan *'' Kamen Rider Gotchard'' (2023) – Hopper1 Video games *'' Rosario + Vampire: Tanabata's Miss Yokai Academy'' () – Kurumu Kurono *'' Street Fighter IV'' () – Sakura Kasugano *'' Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' () – Reimi Saionji *'' Rosario + Vampire Capu2: The Rhapsody of Love and Dreams'' () – Kurumu Kurono *'' Tokimeki Memorial 4'' () – Miyako Okura *'' Super Street Fighter IV'' () – Sakura Kasugano *'' Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'' () – Sakura Kasugano *'' Super Street Fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Neves
Emily Neves is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer known for her work on English adaptations of Japanese anime shows and films. Some of her major voice roles include Kotomi Ichinose in '' Clannad'', Kanade "Angel" Tachibana in '' Angel Beats'', Minene Uryu in '' Future Diary'', Yuko Kanoe in '' Dusk Maiden of Amnesia'', Chelsea in '' Akame ga Kill!'', Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi in '' Cross Ange'', Toriko Nishina in '' Otherside Picnic'', Ayase Shinomiya in ''Guilty Crown'', Sheffield from '' Azur Lane'', Umaru Doma from '' Himouto! Umaru-chan'' and Lammis in '' Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon''. Biography In 2005, she was a contestant for the fourth season of American Idol at the Las Vegas auditions, where she advanced to the Hollywood round and was eliminated. She was a resident actress at the Alley Theatre in Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
