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Megami Tanjō
is a Japanese monthly magazine which focuses on bishōjo characters from anime and Japanese computer and console games, edited by IID and published by Gakken Plus. It is known for having many posters, pinups and large pictures among the articles. Overview ''Megami Magazine'' was originally released as an extra edition of the anime magazine "Animedia" by Gakken, Gakken Kenkyusha (later Gakken Holdings). As the anime magazine was discontinued, the publication began on July 28, 1999 for an independent ''Megami Magazine'' to fill the void with a focus on "Bishōjo game, gal games". Megami Magazine was originally released every odd month on the 28th before it was changed to every even month starting with the February 28, 2000 issue. This did not last long as the magazine was finally switched from a bi-monthly to a monthly basis release starting in November, 2000. During this time the focus of the magazine was shifted from "gal games" to "anime" due to a surge in popularity with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monogatari (series)
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often serve as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint (trade name), imprint. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix . Shaft (company), Shaft has animated the ''Monogatari'' series several times since 2009. The "first season" of the anime adaptation consists of 30 episodes, which were broadcast in Japan between July 2009 and December 2012. The second season consists of 28 episodes broadcast between July and December 2013, and the "final season" consists of 42 episodes broadcast between December 2014 and June 2019. A prequel anime film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
("A's" is pronounced as "Ace") is an anime television series produced by Seven Arcs. It is the second anime in the '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' franchise, following the previous series. The series aired in Japan between October 1, 2005, and December 25, 2005, and was licensed in North America by Geneon. A film adaptation, ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's'', was released in Japanese theaters on July 14, 2012. The series has also spawned a manga accompaniment and two video game adaptations for the PlayStation Portable. It was succeeded by '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS'' in 2007. Plot Six months following the events of the previous series, Nanoha Takamachi and Fate Testarossa have been exchanging video mails to tell each other of their situations on Earth and in the Time-Space Administration Bureau respectively. However, on the night Fate returns, Nanoha and her friends come into conflict with the Belkan Knights, Signum, Vita, Zafira, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga artist, which had been his dream since childhood. His manga have been critically acclaimed and have won numerous awards. Early life Born 1947 in Engaru, Hokkaidō, Yasuhiko started to draw manga in third grade of elementary school. In high school, he learned the basics of Marxism from a teacher and was inspired by it. At the time, the world's focus was on the Vietnam War, a proxy war between the capitalist United States and socialist Soviet Union. Yasuhiko said seeing a superpower such as the US burn down a small country naturally made him " anti-American". Additionally, he viewed Japan as complicit in the war by supporting the US through Yokota Air Base and Misawa Air Base, while claiming to have a pacifist constitution, someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
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, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), 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 in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecchi
is a slang term in the Japanese language for playfully sexual actions. As an adjective, it is used with the meaning of "sexy", "dirty" or "naughty"; as a verb, means "to have sex", and as a noun, it is used to describe someone of lascivious behavior. It is softer than the Japanese word ' ( from " Eros" or "erotic"), and does not imply perversion in the way ''hentai'' does. The word ''ecchi'' has been adopted by western fans of Japanese media to describe works with sexual overtones. In western culture, it has come to be used to refer to softcore or playful sexuality, as distinct from the word ''hentai'', which connotes perversion or fetishism.Sebastian Keller: ''Der Manga und seine Szene in Deutschland von den Anfängen in den 1980er Jahren bis zur Gegenwart: Manga- mehr als nur große Augen'', GRIN Verlag, 2008, , p. 127 Works described as ecchi by the western fans do not show sexual intercourse or genitalia, but sexual themes are referenced. ''Ecchi'' themes are a type of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel
A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbreviation of "''raito noberu''" is or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the ''bunkobon'' format (ISO 216, A6, ). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installments being published in three-to-nine-month intervals. Light novels are very commonly illustrated in a manga artstyle, and are often adapted into manga and anime. Whilst most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first Serial (literature), serialized monthly in anthology magazines or via the internet as Web fiction#Web novel, web novels before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Plots frequently involve roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bow Ditama
is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the '' Kissxsis'' series. His first major commercial work was in collaboration with writer Bunjūrō Nakayama as the illustrator of '' Mahoromatic''. He has been active since 1990, and started his career making hentai dōjinshi , also Romanization of Japanese, romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of exi .... His first work was the series ''I like, because I like'' in the hentai manga magazine ''Dolphin Comics'', starting in 1994. He has penned six hentai manga (one, ''Kibun Kibun'', being two volumes long and also adapted into an anime), and four general manga. He enjoys shōjo manga as well. Several of his series contain omorashi as a main element. List of works Hentai * ''I like, because I like'' (1995) Reprint: (2000) * ''Seina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yotsunoha
is a Japanese visual novel developed by , and was originally released in Japan as an erotic game on January 27, 2006, for Microsoft Windows. A PlayStation 2 version titled ''Yotsunoha: A Journey of Sincerity'', published by Gadget Soft with adult content removed, was released in 2008, and an English version for Windows was released by Sol Press in 2018. The story in ''Yotsunoha'' focuses on the appeal of the four female main characters. The gameplay follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction. ''Yotsunoha'' has since then spawned two spin-off titles, ''Osananajimi to no Kurashi Kata'' and ''Nono to Kuraso'', and has made several transitions to other media. A manga adaptation illustrated by Japanese artist Bow Ditama was first serialized in the '' Megami Magazine'' on January 30, 2008. It was followed by an original video animation series animated by Hal Film Maker. This was released on two single-episode DVDs on February 29, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simoun (TV Series)
is a Japanese anime television series created by Shō Aikawa, Yoshizaki Sasa and Gō Mihara. It ran for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo from April 3 to September 25, 2006. A manga adaptation was published in three issues of ''Comic Yuri Hime''. The manga shared the same characters and setting as the anime, but presented a different storyline. A second manga was serialized in Megami Magazine, with a radically different setting and a comic rather than serious and dramatic tone. There is also a two-volume light novel adaptation, which unlike the manga has a storyline close to that of the anime. In May 2007, ''Simoun'' was licensed for release in North America by Media Blasters. Plot Setting and themes ''Simoun'' takes place on the earth-like planet . The people of Daikūriku are all born female. The theocratic nation of Simulacrum has a monopoly on the helical motor technology and as a result grew to prosperity. The two nations Argentum and Plumbum wage war against it in an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers
is the third season of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. This season aired shortly after the promotional event "Lyrical Party III" on April 1, 2007. The series focuses more on team-based battles and bureaucracy rather than individual rivalry and school life, due to the change in character dynamics. The name ''StrikerS'' refers to an SS rank given to top mages, much like how ''A's'' refers to A rank mages. A special sound stage, under the name of ''StrikerS Sound stage X'' was released on October 29, 2008. A manga adaptation, which explored storylines outside of the anime series, ran in ''Megami Magazine'' from November 2006 to February 2008. Story Taking place ten years after the events of ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's'', Nanoha, Fate and Hayate have joined the Time-Space Administration Bureau and form the Lost Property Riot Force 6. Joining them are four new magical recruits, Subaru Nakajima, Teana Lanster, Erio Mondial and Caro. Together, they face up ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
is a Japanese anime television series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, with screenplay written by Masaki Tsuzuki and produced by Seven Arcs. It forms part of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. The Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations broadcast 13 episodes between October and December 2004. The series is a spin-off of the '' Triangle Heart'' series and its story follows a girl named Nanoha Takamachi who decides to help a young mage named Yūno to recover a set of 21 artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds". Masaki Tsuzuki adapted the series into a novel, which Megami Bunko published in August 2005. King Records has adapted several soundtracks and drama CDs from the series. A sequel to the anime series titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's'' produced by Seven Arcs premiered in Japan in October 2005, broadcast on Chiba TV. A film adaptation of the anime series, also by Seven Arcs, was released in theaters on January 23, 2010, accompanied by a manga se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
