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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)
''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', also known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series. It is a spin-off and sequel to the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime series, which itself is based on the original manga series of the same title by Kazuki Takahashi. It was broadcast for 180 episodes on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2008. ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' follows the exploits of Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese versions) and his companions as he attends Duel Academia (Duel Academy in the 4Kids version). The series was released in English in North America by 4Kids Entertainment. A manga adaptation by Naoyuki Kageyama was serialized in Shueisha's magazine ''V Jump'' from December 2005 to March 2011, with its chapters collected in nine volumes. The series was followed by ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' in 2008. Plot Taking place several years after the events of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' follows a new generation of duelists including a young boy named Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki) wh ... [...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] |
TVNZ 2
TVNZ 2 () is the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister channel, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consists of dramas, comedies, and reality TV shows. A small number are produced in New Zealand which are either of a comedic, soap opera or reality nature, with rest of the line-up taken from international catalogues. TVNZ 2 is New Zealand's second-oldest television channel, formed in 1975 following the break-up of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation into Radio New Zealand, Television One and Television Two. It began broadcasting on 30 June 1975, and for most of the 1970s was known as South Pacific Television. In 1980, it became a part of TVNZ when South Pacific Television and Television One merged, and reverted to the name TV2. The channel was renamed TVNZ 2 in October 2016. The channel is broadcast on the government owned Kordia terrestrial network as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC. In 2005, Viz and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current Viz Media, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States in the bookstore market, with a 23% share of the market. History Founding Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. He also became interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Manga magazines published by Shueisha include the '' Jump'' magazine line, which includes shonen magazines ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', '' Jump SQ'', and '' V Jump'', and seinen magazines ''Weekly Young Jump'', '' Grand Jump'' and '' Ultra Jump'', and the online magazine ''Shōnen Jump+''. They also publish other magazines, including '' Non-no''. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in North America. History In 1925, Shueisha was created by major publishing company Shogakukan (founded in 1922). became the first novel published by Shueisha in collaboration with Shogakukan—the temporary home of Shueisha. In 1927, two nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SABC 2
SABC 2 is a South African free-to-air television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The channel was createdin its current form on 4 February 1996, due to the restructuring of the three national SABC networks. As of March 2024, SABC 2 broadcasts programming only in South African English, English, Venda language, Venda, Tsonga language, Tsonga, Sotho language, Sotho, Sepedi & Tswana language, Setswana. In August 2018, the channel started broadcasting in high definition. History SABC TV South Africa was already served by some closed-circuit systems in hotels before SABC-TV started. SABC began airing test cards in early 1975 on its transmitters and started trialling its first television service on 5 May 1975 in South Africa's largest cities, and officially launched its first television channel on 6 January 1976 under the name SABC Television/SAUK-Televisie. The launch of SABC-TV caused South Africa to become the last country in the industrialised wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabillion
Kabillion is a children's video on demand channel owned by Splash Entertainment. Launched on January 7, 2007, Kabillion is available both as a free VOD channel currently available on Xfinity, Spectrum, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Verizon Fios, Frontier FiberOptic and Optimum West digital cable systems across the United States, and as an OTT Network available on Sling TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. The service is divided into two distinct services, ''Kabillion'', which features general audience programming, and ''Kabillion Girls Rule'', which mainly features programming for both young girls and preschoolers. Both of these services carry productions from Splash Entertainment's catalog (some of which were formerly part of MoonScoop). However, they also carry a variety of licensed titles from other outside production companies. Among these outside productions, the Mexican-animated show '' El Chavo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonzai
Toonzai (formerly known as The CW4Kids from May 24, 2008 to August 7, 2010, or stylized as TOONZAi) was an American Saturday morning cartoon children's television block that aired on The CW from May 24, 2008 to August 18, 2012. The block was created as a result of a four-year agreement between 4Kids Entertainment and The CW. The original name for the block from May 24, 2008 to August 7, 2010, The CW4Kids (stylized as THE CW4K!DS), was retained as a sub-brand through the end of the block's run in order to fulfill branding obligations per 4Kids Entertainment's contract to lease The CW's Saturday morning time slots. The name is a portmanteau of "toon" and the Japanese term banzai, reflecting the majority of anime programming on the block. The block was replaced by Saban Brands' program block Vortexx, which debuted on August 25, 2012. On April 11, 2013, the Toonzai website redirected to the Vortexx website. Vortexx closed on September 27, 2014, and was replaced by Litton's One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The CW
The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership interest. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names of its two founding co-owners CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Nexstar acquired a 75% controlling stake in the network on October 3, 2022, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery ( CBS Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Television's respective parent companies) each retaining a 12.5% ownership stake. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006 as the successor to UPN and the WB, which had respectively shut down on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18, 2006 and September 19, 2006 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW marked its formal launch date on September 20, 2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of '' Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4Kids TV
4Kids TV (often stylized as 4K!DSTV and formerly known as FoxBox from September 14, 2002 to January 15, 2005) was an American television programming block and Internet-based video on demand children's network operated by 4Kids Entertainment. It originated as a weekly block on Saturday mornings on the Fox network, which was created out of a four-year agreement reached on January 22, 2002, between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease the five-hour Saturday morning time slot occupied by the network's existing children's program block, Fox Kids. It was targeted at children aged 7–11. The 4Kids TV block was part of the Fox network schedule, although it was syndicated to other broadcast television stations in certain markets where a Fox affiliate declined to air it. History The block aired a preview special on September 1, 2002, and was formally launched on September 14, 2002, under the name FoxBox, a joint venture between News Corporation and 4Kids Entertainment, replacing Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an Television in the United States, American commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast television broadcaster, television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fox Corporation's corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the NBC, National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network; it was also the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on October 1, 1992. Founded by Betty Cohen (who was also appointed by Ted Turner as the first president of the network), the channel primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's television series, children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pacific Time Zone, PT daily, though the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, while its early morning block Cartoonito (American programming block), Cartoonito is aimed at preschool-aged children, and evening block Adult Swim targets teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 34. , Cartoon Network is available to approximately 66 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Max
Pop Max (previously Kix! and then Kix) was a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. As of June 2014, it broadcast cartoons, sci-fi, action and adventure series and anime on Sky and on Freeview. Its target audience was 6 to 15-year-olds. History At 6am on 19 May 2008, Pop +1 ceased broadcast and was directly replaced on-air with Kix. Kix was the fourth dedicated kids' channel to be launched by CSC: its three sister channels are Pop which was launched on 29 May 2003, and shows cartoons and pop music videos for a mixed audience; Tiny Pop, which was launched in 26 July 2004, and shows cartoons for young children and pre-schoolers; and Pop Girl, a defunct channel launched on 6 August 2007. In August 2008, Kix! launched onto Freesat. The exclamation mark in its name was dropped in May 2013, though remained in some branding such as Sky's programme guide until the next year. Kix has broadcast on Freevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
