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Ichijinsha
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Ichijinsha is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a company and moved from merely editing to now being a publishing company. In December 2001, a company was formed named Issaisha which started the shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company, in October 2016, Ichijinsha was acquired by Kodansha and became its wholly owned subsidiary. Febri Comic Rex Monthly Comic Zero Sum Comic Yuri Hime Manga 4-koma Palette The four-panel comic strip magazine Manga 4koma Palette started as an edition of Comic Rex
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Australasia
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Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. Charles de Brosses coined the term in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes and he derived it from the Latin for south of Asia and differentiated the area from Polynesia and the southeast Pacific. The bulk of Australasia sits on the Indo-Australian Plate, together with India, physiographically, Australasia includes New Zealand, Australia, and Melanesia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands north and east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. The designation is applied to all the lands and islands of the Pacific Ocean lying between the equator and latitude 47° south. Most of Australasia lies on the portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, flanked by the Indian Ocean to the west. Sometimes the term encompasses the island of New Guinea. Many organisations whose names include the prefix Australasian Society of, limit their scope of operation to just Australia and New Zealand. In the past, Australasia has been used as a name for combined Australia/New Zealand sporting teams, examples include tennis between 1905 and 1915, when New Zealand and Australia combined to compete in the Davis Cup international tournament, and at the Olympic Games of 1908 and 1912. From an ecological perspective the Australasia ecozone forms a region with a common geologic and evolutionary history. In this context, Australasia is limited to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Wallace Line marks the biological divide from the Indomalaya ecozone of tropical Asia – Borneo and Bali lie on the western, Asian side. These three land masses have been separated from other continents, and from one another, for millions of years, all of Australasia shares the Antarctic flora, although the northern, tropical islands also share many plants with Southeast Asia. Mainland Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania are separated from one another by shallow continental shelves and they share a similar fauna which includes marsupial and monotreme mammals and ratite birds. Eucalypts are the predominant trees in much of Australia and New Guinea, New Zealand has no extant native land mammals aside from bats, but also had ratite birds, including the kiwi and the extinct moa. Media related to Australasia at Wikimedia Commons
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Madman Entertainment
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Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes Australian and foreign films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Madman is one of the entertainment companies in Australia. It employs approx 100 people and has a turnover of around A$50 million. Its headquarters is in Richmond, Victoria, Madman has secured the local release rights to popular titles including Sailor Moon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Steins, Gate and almost all of Studio Ghiblis catalogue. In addition to DVD sales, Madman manages the theatrical release of some of their titles, according to market research, Madman accounts for 97% of the total anime home media market in Australia. Later on in 1997, Madman started to distribute anime from ADV Films along with Siren Entertainment, in 2001 Madman Entertainment bought Sirens distribution equipment and established The AV Channel, allowing Madman to distribute their own titles. As of 2008, only some of Manga Entertainment Australias titles from the 1990s have been distributed by Madman, some of their DVD releases have been jointly mastered with Britains MVM Films or Revelation Films to save costs, and are therefore dual-region. A few DVD titles from Madman, such as the Oh My Goddess, oVAs, are all-region or multi-region DVDs in the NTSC format, imported from the US and repackaged for sale in Australia and New Zealand. Madman & Manga UK also work together on PAL DVD & Region B Blu-ray masters and video transfers, a growing selection of manga titles translated by Tokyopop in the United States and Chuang Yi in Singapore are being imported and distributed through Madman Entertainment. In February 2008, Madman announced that they would also be distributing manga titles from Viz Media, Madman currently distributes manga from Viz Media, Dark Horse Comics, Tokyopop, and recently from Yen Press with the 2012 release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Madman launched in 1996 solely as a distribution company, but has since expanded. Madman also has a distribution arm called Madman Cinema. In addition, the company distributes original series produced by Australias Special Broadcasting Service on DVD, at the 2008 Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Madman announced plans to explore new distribution methods. The company now offers streaming of selected anime episodes, beginning with the first episode of School Rumble. Madman now has a sub-page, Madman Scereening Room, dedicated to video streaming, Madman has also begun releasing Blu-ray Disc titles, starting with The Transformers, The Movie in June 2009. On 1 June 2009, Madman Entertainment released an English adaption of Tamagotchi, The Movie, Madman also intended to dub the films sequel, Tamagotchi, Happiest Story in the Universe. But the dub was cancelled for unknown reasons, in April 2008, the company announced a collaboration with British company Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make at least two films together over the three years, starting with Tyrannosaur
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Northern America
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Northern America is the northernmost subcontinent of North America. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America, consisting of Mexico, the Caribbean, the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions, Northern America consists of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, maps using the term Northern America date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain. The Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America in 1813 applied to Mexico, Central America Middle America Americas Anglo-America
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Viz Media
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VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese-American manga, anime, and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC, in 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions. Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, moved to California in 1975, after living in the mountains 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. His idea came to fruition after he met Masahiro Ohga, then managing director of Shogakukan, in 1985, Shogakukan provided Horibuchi with $200,000 in startup capital, which Horibuichi used in 1986 to found VIZ Communications. VIZ Communications released its first titles in 1987, which included Legend of Kamui, to counteract this problem, VIZ expanded into the general publishing business and began publishing various art related books in 1992. Into these titles, Horibuchi began publishing manga, calling them graphic novels so they would be carried by mainstream bookstores, the plan worked and after several years, leading booksellers began to have dedicated shelves for manga titles. Sales also picked up when VIZ Communications acquired the license for the comedy series Ranma ½, the company continued to see success when it expanded into the anime distribution market, began publishing Shonen Jump, an English adaptation of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. It also acquired another huge selling title, InuYasha, in the late 1990s, VIZ began making the push to move into the European and South American markets. When Shueisha became a joint owner of Viz Media in 2002, Shueisha also permitted Seven Seas Entertainment to license Hayate X Blade, and permitted Tokyopop to license Kodocha, Marmalade Boy and Digimon Next. In March 2010, Shogakukan began a partnership with Fantagraphics Books to issue a line of manga to be edited by Matt Thorn, in 2003, possibly in response to Shogakukan and Shueishas co-ownership of VIZ, Japanese publisher Kodansha formed a co-venture with Del Rey. In 2004, VIZ Communications was merged with ShoPro Entertainment, funding company Shogakukans American distribution division, Horibuchi became the new companys chairman. In 2005, Horibuchi started a division, Viz Pictures, for releasing selected live-action films in the US to theaters. On December 17,2008, Viz Media announced that starting on April 1,2009, Viz President and CEO Hidemi Fukuhara stated that he believes the partnership will help the company grow its anime holdings more effectively. On February 20,2009, Viz Media laid off a number of employees in order to help be more streamlined to face the current economic climate. On May 11,2010, VIZ Media again laid off a number of workers,60 this time and this time they released a press release claiming that none of their current product lines would be affected. In contrast to similar TV and film ratings, Viz also has set up certain manga ratings for their products based on their content, a, Suitable for readers of all ages. Such titles may contain little or no objectionable content, some, however, may contain mild language and fantasy violence but no swearing or nudity. May be suitable for early teens and older, such titles may contain violence, blood, use of strong language, suggestive themes or situations, crude humor, alcohol and/tobacco use, which some people may find inappropriate
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Studio Deen
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Studio Deen Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that produces anime. Three years after Sunrise was founded in 1972, Studio Deen was established by Sunrises members in 1975, amdriver Tactics Zipang Kyo Kara Maoh. Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira Hiiro no Kakera Sankarea, Undying Love Kore wa Zombie Desu ka. of the Dead Hakkenden, hetalia, The Beautiful World Rozen Maiden, Zurückspulen Gifuu Doudou. Reikenzan, Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage Super Lovers Havent You Heard, im Sakamoto Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō First Love Monster Why We Live, The Priest Rennyo and the Yoshizaki Fire Ao Oni, The Blue Monster Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo. 2 Reikenzan, Eichi e no Shikaku Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, Sukeroku Anew Arc Super Lovers 2 Ao Oni, mojako, Animation Assistance Neon Genesis Evangelion, Secondary Animation Noein - Mou Hitori no Kimi e, In-Between Animation Onegai Teacher. Official Fanbook, Cooperation Ranma ½, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China, Animation Assistance Ranma ½, Nihao My Concubine, In-Between Assistance Urusei Yatsura, Lum The Forever, Assistance Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al
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Manga
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Manga are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art, the term manga in Japan is a word used to refer to both comics and cartooning. Manga as a term used outside Japan refers to comics published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages read manga, many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing a ¥406 billion market in Japan in 2007. Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience, in Europe and the Middle East the market was worth $250 million in 2012. In 2008, in the U. S. and Canada, the market was valued at $175 million, the markets in France. Manga stories are printed in black-and-white, although some full-color manga exist. In Japan, manga are usually serialized in manga magazines, often containing many stories. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, a manga artist typically works with a few assistants in a small studio and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company. If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run, sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films. Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. The word manga comes from the Japanese word 漫画, composed of the two kanji 漫 meaning whimsical or impromptu and 画 meaning pictures, rakuten Kitazawa first used the word manga in the modern sense. In Japanese, manga refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, among English speakers, manga has the stricter meaning of Japanese comics, in parallel to the usage of anime in and outside Japan. The term ani-manga is used to describe comics produced from animation cels, writers on manga history have described two broad and complementary processes shaping modern manga. One view emphasizes events occurring during and after the U. S, occupation of Japan, and stresses U. S. cultural influences, including U. S. comics and images and themes from U. S. television, film, and cartoons. Regardless of its source, an explosion of artistic creativity certainly occurred in the period, involving manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy quickly became popular in Japan and elsewhere
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Anime
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Anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the pronunciation of animation in Japanese, where this term references all animation. Arguably, the abstract approach to the words meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as a Japanese animation product, some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of orientalism. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has continued to increase steadily. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media and it is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. Anime is an art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted over time in response to emergent technologies. It consists of an ideal story-telling mechanism, combining art, characterization, cinematography. The production of anime focuses less on the animation of movement and more on the realism of settings as well as the use of effects, including panning, zooming. Being hand-drawn, anime is separated from reality by a gap of fiction that provides an ideal path for escapism that audiences can immerse themselves into with relative ease. Diverse art styles are used and character proportions and features can be quite varied, the anime industry consists of over 430 production studios, including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax, and Toei Animation. Despite comprising only a fraction of Japans domestic film market, anime makes up a majority of Japanese DVD sales and it has also seen international success after the rise of English-dubbed programming. This rise in popularity has resulted in non-Japanese productions using the anime art style. Anime is an art form, specifically animation, that all genres found in cinema. In Japanese, the term refers to all forms of animation from around the world. In English, anime is more used to denote a Japanese-style animated film or television entertainment or as a style of animation created in Japan. The etymology of the anime is disputed. The English term animation is written in Japanese katakana as アニメーション and is アニメ in its shortened form, in English, anime—when used as a common noun—normally functions as a mass noun
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Chibi (term)
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Chibi is a Japanese slang word meaning short person or small person - it originally derived from Chicchanabito or Chicchana no Hito, although is used at times for children. The word has gained currency among fans of manga and anime and it means someone or some animal that is smaller in stature compared to the majority. It can be translated as little, but is not used the way as chiisana. It is often used at OVAs, ONAs and manga, such as the Chibi Maruko-chan series, q-version list of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters
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Fantasy
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Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Most fantasy uses magic or other elements as a main plot element, theme. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds, in popular culture, the fantasy genre is predominantly of the medievalist form. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy works by many writers, artists, filmmakers. Fantasy is studied in a number of disciplines including English and other studies, cultural studies, comparative literature, history. The identifying trait of fantasy is the reliance on imagination to create narrative elements that do not have to rely on history or nature to be coherent. This differs from realistic fiction in that whereas realistic fiction has to attend to the history and natural laws of reality, an author applies his or her imagination to come up with characters, plots, and settings that are impossible in reality. Fantasy has often compared with science fiction and horror because they are the major categories of speculative fiction. Fantasy is distinguished from science fiction by the plausibility of the narrative elements, a science fiction narrative is unlikely, though seeming possible through logical scientific and/or technological extrapolation, whereas fantasy narratives do not need to be scientifically possible. The imagined elements of fantasy do not need an explanation to be narratively functional. Authors have to rely on the suspension of disbelief, an acceptance of the unbelievable or impossible for the sake of enjoyment. Despite both genres heavy reliance on the supernatural, fantasy and horror are distinguishable, horror primarily evokes fear through the protagonists weaknesses or inability to deal with the antagonists. Beginning perhaps with the earliest written documents, mythic and other elements that would come to define fantasy. MacDonald was an influence on both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. The other major fantasy author of this era was William Morris, lord Dunsany established the genres popularity in both the novel and the short story form. Many popular mainstream authors also began to write fantasy at this time, including H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Indeed, juvenile fantasy was considered more acceptable than fantasy intended for adults, nathaniel Hawthorne wrote fantasy in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, intended for children, though works for adults only verged on fantasy. Political and social trends can affect a societys reception towards fantasy, in the early 20th century, the New Culture Movements enthusiasm for Westernization and science in China compelled them to condemn the fantastical shenmo genre of traditional Chinese literature
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Daisuke Namikawa
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Despite his wide range of voice casting, he is usually cast as young, kind heroes such as Mikage in 07-Ghost, Fay D. He is the official Japanese dub-over voice artist for American actor Elijah Wood and he has also dubbed over some roles that were performed by other fellow actors such as, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tony Jaa, Edward Furlong and Kevin Zegers in Japanese. He made his debut for Wonderful World, a live-action film that opened in Japan in early summer of 2010. He won for Best Actor in supporting roles in the 4th Seiyu Awards,1993 Nintama Rantarou as Takamaru Saito 1996 Detective Conan as Shiro Ogata 1997 Kero Kero Chime as Aoi 1998 Yu-Gi-Oh. as Hayama 1999 Arc the Lad as Elk 2000 Saiyuki Reload as Kami-sama Yu-Gi-Oh. Flourite Tsubasa, Spring Thunder as Fai D. Flourite Yondemasu yo, the Prince of Tennis, Tennis no Ouji-sama Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen. Mariachi Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka, Yumihari no Serenade, Ōgai Mori Digimon Adventure tri, kenny Super Robot Wars Z as Katz Kobayashi Super Smash Bros. as Chōtarō Ōtori 2010. as Riddhe Marcenas One Piece, Gigant Battle. Kardia Daiseidou as Mystogan and Jellal Fernandes Gachitora. for Nintendo 3DS, dolittle 2 – Eric Wilson dot the i – Kit Winter Dude, Wheres My Car. – Jesse E. T. Archer Mac and Me – Eric The Magnificent Seven -Chico Mr. & Mrs
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Chiba Television Broadcasting
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It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations. It is often involved in UHF anime production committee projects chairing other stations, most anime broadcasts are what are considered seinen anime. Analog, JOCL-TV Funabashi ch46 and other relay stations, Digital, JOCL-DTV Funabashi ch30, Chōshi ch30, and other stations. January 28,1970, It was founded, may 1,1971, Broadcast officially began. April 4,2006, Digital broadcast officially began
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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Anime News Network
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Additionally, it sometimes features similar happenings throughout the world. Founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, the claims to be the leading English-language source for news and information about anime. The site operated, until 2008 the magazine Protoculture Addicts, the website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, current CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the editorial staff. In January 2007, ANN launched a version for Australian audiences. On July 4,2008, ANN launched its platform with a library of anime trailers as well as its own news show ANNtv. In the fall of 2004, the staff at ANN became formally involved with the anime magazine Protoculture Addicts. On September 7,2004, the Sci Fi Channel online newsletter Sci Fi Weekly named the site the Web Site of the Week. The website maintains a listing of anime and manga titles, as well as people and companies involved in the production of those titles, staff members of ANN also publish their own blogs hosted on the site. ANN also hosts forums, and includes threads to accompany each news item for purposes of discussion, anime News Network hosts an IRC channel on the WorldIRC network, #animenewsnetwork
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Simon & Schuster
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Simon & Schuster, Inc. a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster publishes 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints, in 1924, Richard Simons aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of New York World crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity, at the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled US$8,000 to start a company to publish crossword puzzles, fad publishing became the business model for the new publishing house, which set out to exploit current fads and trends and publish books with commercial appeal. Instead of signing authors with a manuscript, they came up with their own ideas. In the 1930, the moved to what was known as Publishers Row on Park Avenue in Manhattan. In 1939, with Robert Fair de Graff, Simon & Schuster founded Pocket Books, in 1942, Simon & Schuster, or Essandess as it is called in the initial announcement, launched the Little Golden Books series in cooperation with the Artists and Writers Guild. Simon & Schusters partner in the venture was the Western Printing and Lithographing Company, Western Printing bought out Simon & Schusters interest in 1958. In 1944, Marshall Field III, owner of the Chicago Sun, purchased Simon & Schuster, following Fields death in 1957, his heirs sold the company back to Richard Simon and Max Schuster, while Leon Shimkin and James Jacobson acquired Pocket Books. In the 1950s and 1960s, many publishers including Simon & Schuster turned toward educational publishing due to the boom market. Pocket Books focused on paperbacks for the market instead of textbooks. By 1964 it had published over 200 titles and was expected to put out another 400 by the end of that year, Books published under the imprint included classic reprints such as Lorna Doone, Ivanhoe, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Robinson Crusoe. In 1966, Max Schuster retired and sold his half of Simon & Schuster to Leon Shimkin, Shimkin then merged Simon & Schuster with Pocket Books under the name of Simon & Schuster. Among his many bestsellers was Joseph Hellers Catch-22, in 1976, Gulf+Western headed by Charles Bluhdorn acquired S&S, which was grossing about US$50 million a year for $11 million, most of it in Gulf+Western stock. After the death of Bluhdorn in 1983, Simon & Schuster made the decision to diversify, bluhdorns successor Martin Davis told The New York Times, Society was undergoing dramatic changes, so that there was a greater need for textbooks, maps and educational information. We saw the opportunity to diversify into areas, which are more stable. In 1984, CEO Richard E. Snyder acquired Esquire Corporation, buying everything, Prentice Hall was brought into the company fold in 1985 for over $700 million and Martin Davis said that Prentice Hall became the road map for remodeling the company and a catalyst for change. This acquisition was followed by Silver Burdett in 1986, mapmaker Gousha in 1987, part of the acquisition included educational publisher Allyn & Bacon which according to Michael Korda became the nucleus of S&Ss educational and informational business
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Agency for Cultural Affairs
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture, as of April 2016, it is led by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Ryohei Miyata. The agencys budget for FY2015 rose to ￥103.8 billion, the Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, arts copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions. Special prizes are offered to young artists and established practitioners. The agency funds national museums of art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo. The agency also supports the Japan Art Academy, which honors eminent persons of arts and letters, appointing them to membership, awards are made in the presence of the Emperor, who personally bestows the highest accolade, the Order of Culture. In 1989, for the first time two women — a writer and a costume designer — were nominated for the Order of Cultural Merit, the Cultural Properties Protection Division originally was established to oversee restorations after World War II. In addition, about 13,500 items had the designation of Important Cultural Properties, with fine arts and crafts accounting for the largest share. The government protects buried properties, of which some 300,000 had been identified, during the 1980s, many important prehistoric and historic sites were investigated by the archaeological institutes that the agency funded, resulting in about 2,000 excavations in 1989. The wealth of material unearthed shed new light on the period of the formation of the Japanese state. A1975 amendment to the Cultural Properties Protection Act of 1897 enabled the Agency for Cultural Affairs to designate traditional areas and buildings in urban centers for preservation. From time to time, various endangered traditional artistic skills are added to the agencys preservation roster, one of the most important roles of the Cultural Properties Protection Division is to preserve the traditional arts and crafts and performing arts through their living exemplars. Individual artists and groups, such as a troupe or a pottery village, are designated as mukei bunkazai in recognition of their skill. Major exponents of the arts have been designated as ningen kokuho. Each was provided an annual pension of ￥2 million and financial aid for training disciples. During the 1980s, the National Noh Theatre and the National Bunraku Theater were constructed by the government, the ministry is based in the Chiyoda Ward of Tokyo. loc. gov/frd/cs/. Agency for Cultural Affairs website Cultural Properties for Future Generations
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Urusei Yatsura
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Urusei Yatsura is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1978 to 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were published in 34 tankōbon volumes and it is the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien Lum, who believes she is Atarus wife after he accidentally proposes to her. The series makes use of Japanese mythology, culture and puns. The series was adapted into an anime TV series produced by Kitty Films, eleven OVAs and six theatrical movies followed, and the series was released on VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc in Japan. The manga series was republished in different formats in Japan, Viz Media licensed the series for English publication in North America under the names Lum and The Return of Lum, but dropped the series after nine volumes were released. The television series, OVAs, and five of the films were released in North America with English subtitles and they provided extensive notes on the series to allow people to understand the many cultural references and jokes in the series that would not normally be understood by non-Japanese. The remaining film, Beautiful Dreamer, was released bilingually by Central Park Media, five of the movies, as well as the OVAs, are available from MVM Films in the United Kingdom. The series was released on television in Southeast Asia as Lamu the Invader Girl, the series received positive reception in and out of Japan from fans and critics alike. In 1980, the received the Shogakukan Manga Award. The television series is credited with introducing the format of using pop songs as opening and closing themes in anime, in 2008, the first new episode in 17 years was shown at the Rumiko Takahashi exhibition Its a Rumic World. An alien race known as the Oni arrive on Earth to invade the planet, instead of taking over the planet by force, the Oni give humans a chance to fight for the rights to the planet by taking part in a competition. The competition is a variant of the game of tag, in which the player must touch the horns on the head of the Oni player within one week. Despite his initial reluctance to part in the competition, Ataru becomes interested in the game when he meets Lum. When the competition begins, Lum surprises everyone by flying away, before the last day of the competition, Atarus girlfriend Shinobu Miyake encourages Ataru by pledging to marry him if he wins. On the final day of the competition, Ataru wins the game by stealing Lums bikini top, in celebrating his victory, Ataru expresses his joy at being able to get married, however, Lum misinterprets this as a proposal from Ataru and accepts on live television. Despite the misunderstanding, Lum falls in love with Ataru and moves into his house, despite Atarus lack of interest in Lum and attempts to rekindle his relationship with Shinobu, Lum frequently interferes and Shinobu loses interest in Ataru. Still, Atarus flirtatious nature persists despite Lums attention, Lum attempts to stop him from flirting, which results in Ataru receiving powerful electric shock attacks from Lum as punishment. Two characteristics of Ataru are particularly strong, his pervertedness and his bad luck that draws to him all weirdos of the planet, later Lum begins attending the same school as Ataru despite his objections
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Maison Ikkoku
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Maison Ikkoku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from November 1980 to April 1987, Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo. The story focuses primarily on the developing relationships between Yusaku Godai, a poor student down on his luck, and Kyoko Otonashi, a young. The manga was adapted into a television anime series created by Studio Deen that ran on Fuji TV from March 26,1986 to March 2,1988. A Final Chapter movie, three OVAs, and a special were also produced, with a live-action movie made by Toei in 1986. A live-action TV special aired in May 2007 on TV Asahi, both the manga and anime have been released in North America by Viz Media. Maison Ikkoku has been critically and commercially successful, with over 25 million copies in circulation. The story mainly takes place at Maison Ikkoku, a worn and aging boarding house in a town called Clock Hill, where 20-year-old college applicant Yusaku Godai lives. Though honest and good-natured, he is weak-willed and often taken advantage of by the offbeat and mischievous tenants who live with him, Yotsuya, Akemi Roppongi and Hanae Ichinose. As he is about to move out, he is stopped at the door by the beautiful Kyoko Otonashi, Godai immediately falls in love with her and decides to stay. Godai and the other tenants find out that despite her age, Kyoko is a widow who had married her high school teacher. Godai empathizes with Kyoko and endeavors to free her from her sadness and he manages to work up enough courage to confess his love to her, and it begins to look as if a relationship between them might appear. However, Kyoko meets the rich, handsome and charming tennis coach Shun Mitaka at her tennis club, Mitaka quickly declares his intention to court Kyoko and states that he is very patient, and can wait until her heart is ready. Godai, not willing to give up, continues to chase Kyoko, but through a series of misunderstandings, he is seen by Kyoko and Mitaka walking with the cute and innocent Kozue Nanao. For the rest of the series, Kozue is mistakenly perceived as being Godais girlfriend, angered by this, Kyoko begins to openly date Mitaka. Despite the misunderstandings, Kyoko and Godai clearly have feelings for each other, Godai eventually manages to get into college and, with the help of Kyokos family, he begins student-teaching at Kyokos old high school. Almost mirroring Kyokos meeting of her husband, Godai catches the attention of precocious and brazen student Ibuki Yagami and her outspoken approach stands in stark contrast to Kyoko, which helps Kyoko come face to face with her feelings for Godai. Meanwhile, Mitakas endeavors have been hindered by his phobia of dogs and he eventually overcomes his phobia but, when he is about to propose to Kyoko, his family begins to goad him into a marriage with the pure and innocent Asuna Kujo
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Zenki
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Zenki is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996, Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime, long long ago, Ozunu Enno, the great Bodhisattva of Japan, controlled the Demon Gods to defeat the Demon Goddess Karuma. After Karumas defeat, he sealed one of his Demon Gods, Zenki. Centuries later, his descendant, a school girl named Chiaki Enno is able to free Zenki. Zenki reawakens because the seeds of Karuma start appearing and turning people into monsters, Zenki Zenki is among Enno Ozunus most powerful warriors, the Demon God of Crimson Thunder Light in the Dark whose power mainly sources from Thunder and Fire. In the early episodes, Chiaki needed to use the bracelet to transform Zenki into his true form - a giant defiant Demon Lord, Zenki is undoubtedly powerful, yet rebellious. He can be reckless and naive, takes no ones order. In some cases, however, Zenkis anger allows him to transform into his true self, with the help of the bracelet and Goki, Zenkis most faithful comrade, Chiaki is able to transform him into the Ultimate Demon Warrior. The bracelet is no longer necessary when Chiaki attains higher power in the episode of the Anime, after the bracelet is severely damaged. Zenki loves eating the Karuma Seeds, calling them delicious and he also likes bananas when theres no seeds around. Chiaki Enno Chiaki Enno is a highschool girl, living in a shrine with her grandmother Saki. Chiaki takes care of the shrine, often wears a priestess outfit and she is the direct descendant of Ozunu Enno, the great Bodhisattva who had the power to harness the Demon Gods and fought against evil. Chiaki is also able to turn Zenki into his true Demon God form, casting powerful spells and she also managed to summon a small fluffy lovely Guardian Spirit, Lulupapa, who is the mascot of the team. Her parents are working abroad and hence do not appear in the Anime, Chiaki is kind, honest and has a good heart. She believes in people and wants to protect them, Chiaki has three dear friends at school. She gets along well with Akira/Goki but often quarrels with Zenki as though he were her little brother, mostly because he is disobedient. The bond between the trio becomes powerful and indestructible in later chapters when they face the evil together, goki/Akira Gotou Goki is among Enno Ozunus most powerful warriors, the Demon God of Azure Light, of Protection and Revival
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You're Under Arrest (manga)
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Youre Under Arrest is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima and was serialized in Kodanshas Afternoon magazine from 1986 through 1992. It centers on a police station in Sumida, Tokyo as its officers tackle everyday criminals while keeping people safe. It mixes both drama and action with some comedy and humor, the chapters of Youre Under Arrest have been collected in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The manga has been adapted into three seasons, three OVA series and a film, all animated by Studio Deen. The series also spawned a live-action drama special starring Misaki Ito, since its release, Youre Under Arrest has received positive reviews from critics. The series is episodic, and much of it focuses on the interaction between the main characters and the humorous supporting cast. The majority of the series place in the Greater Tokyo Area. However, the site where the Bokuto Police Station is supposed to be does not exist in the Sumida Ward, in reality, the Bokuto Hospital takes its place. The series also reflects the human side of Bokuto Stations various police officers in their field of work, the English version of the manga was published by Dark Horse Comics, which only contained selected episodes from volumes 6 and 7. The final frame of the last Japanese volume refers to a Youre Under Arrest 2, an animated television series subsequently aired in Japan on TBS between 1996 and 1997, spanning a total of 49 episodes. It was also broadcast on Rai in Italy, NTV7 in Malaysia, Hero TV in the Philippines and TTV,20 7-minute Mini specials and one full length episode was created and broadcast on TBS in 1999. A26 episode sequel to the series aired on TBS in 2001. A third animated series, Youre Under Arrest, Full Throttle. Animated by Studio Deen and produced by Bandai Visual, the featured character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and music by Kow Otani. The first two series were aired with English subtitles on AXN Asias networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. AnimEigo licensed the initial OVA series, the first television series, ADV Films subsequently released the 1999 mini TV episodes that comprised the rest of Youre Under Arrest. Mini-Specials as well as the movie, the 2001 TV series, the 2002 OVA TV special and Full Throttle are licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by the new company Section23 Films. Like the US, each of the series were licensed by different companies in France
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Violinist of Hameln
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Violinist of Hameln is a fantasy adventure manga created by Michiaki Watanabe. Its premise is that a group of adventurers are traveling north to the Northern Capital to prevent a catastrophe, in this world, music has magical qualities. The manga and the anime are very different, the anime has a darker tone, whereas the manga, at least initially, tends toward a lighter, more comedic tone. No official English translations exist to date for the manga or its adaptations, ganGan Comics ran the manga for approximately ten years and 37 volumes were published. The manga combines a serious story with an irreverent tone, characters frequently shift between heroic and pathetic as the situation warrants, the manga also contains a myriad of unconventional running gags, such as Hamels repeated attempts to force other members of the party into costume. Each chapter is referred to as a movement, the setting resembles a medieval Europe judging by the architecture, the way people are dressed, and the local environment shown in the background. The world in which the story takes place is like a universe in which, chronologically. The world they live in is referred to as Europe, however, most countries and characters are named after musical themes, be they instruments, tones, beats, etc. There is presence of fantasy and science fiction elements. The world they live in is dominated by two races, the human race and the mazoku race. The mazoku are demonic creatures that once ruled their world, until they were all sealed away into a box by a heroic angel 500 years ago. An age of prosperity and peace arose and human civilization blossomed, cities were built and nations were created. Science advanced in some, while became the source of power for others. In a desperate attempt to save humanity, the Demon King Chestra, Pandoras two children, who were fathered by Chestra as part of the deception used to trick her, were separated as infants, one was taken by the mazoku, the other remained with her mother. All the demons who were released then headed north, and occupied the northern-most continent and called it their capital, now humans fight a never-ending war against the demons in order to survive. The plot for the manga revolves around the hero Hamel who travels northbound towards the continent of demons in order to avert a great disaster. Using his magical oversized violin, he plays music that would force his enemies to repent for their sins, the so-called Hamel is instead a selfish, cowardly, heartless, and immoral fiend that seeks to take advantage of those around him, and extort from those he saves. After saving the village of Staccato from nearby demons, he decides to abduct an orphaned girl named Flute as payment for his services
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Rurouni Kenshin
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Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan and follows an assassin from the Bakumatsu. After his work against the bakufu, Hitokiri Battosai disappears to become Himura Kenshin, the manga revolves around themes of atonement, peace, and romance. The manga initially appeared in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 25,1994, the complete work consists of 28 tankōbon volumes, while years later it was reprinted into twenty-two kanzenban volumes. Studio Gallop, Studio Deen and SPE Visual Works adapted the manga into a series which aired in Japan from January 10,1996 to September 8,1998. Besides an animated film, two series of original video animations were also produced. The first adapted stories from the manga that were not featured in the anime, several art and guidebooks for Rurouni Kenshin have been published and writer Kaoru Shizuka has authored three official light novels which were published by Shueisha. Many video games have also released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2. A successful live-action theatrical film adaptation was released in 2012, with limited international screenings, the manga, as well as the first light novel and first guidebook, has received a complete North American release by Viz Media. Rurouni Kenshin is subtitled Wandering Samurai in some English releases, the TV series was later licensed in North America and released on DVD by Media Blasters. The first two aired on the United States Cartoon Network as part of the Toonami block, while the third season was only featured on DVD. The Rurouni Kenshin manga has over 70 million copies in circulation as of 2014, the series has received praise and criticism from various publications for manga, anime and other media, with both having received good response on the characters designs and historical setting. Kenshin decides to help her and defeats the fake Battōsai, after discovering that Kenshin is the real infamous assassin, Kaoru offers him a place to stay at her dojo noting that he is peace-loving and not cold-hearted, as his reputation implies. However, he deals with his fair share of enemies, new and old, including the former leader of the Oniwabanshū, Shinomori Aoshi. Feeling that his friends may be attacked by Shishios faction, Kenshin goes to meet Shishio alone in order to defeat him. However, many of his friends, including a young Oniwabanshū named Makimachi Misao and he finally accepts his friends help and defeats Shishio in a close fight, Shishio dies being engulfed in flames due to the rise in his body temperature caused by his severe burns. When Kenshin and his friends return to Tokyo, he finds Yukishiro Enishi, at this point it is revealed that, during the Bakumatsu, Kenshin had been married to a woman named Yukishiro Tomoe. She had initially wanted to avenge the death of her fiancé whom Kenshin had killed and it is then discovered that Tomoe was part of a group of assassins that wanted to kill Kenshin, and Tomoe is betrayed by them and captured to use as bait
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Eat-Man
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Eat-Man is a Japanese manga series created by Akihito Yoshitomi in 1996 which was serialized by MediaWorks monthly in 19 volumes until 2002 manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao. In 1997 Studio Deen adapted the manga into a 12 episode anime series which was broadcast in Japan from January 9 to March 27,1997 on TV Tokyo. A sequel, Eat-Man 98, was animated by Studio Deen. Both anime series are licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment, eat-Mans world is a mix of high tech futurist and fairy tale styles. The episodes take place in various worlds and in undefined times, Bolt Crank is the best explorer in the world. Explorer in the manga is a kind of mercenary, although mercenaries in the manga do any job, even assassinations, the explorers were employees with principles. Bolt has a power, the ability to eat anything inorganic. The item usually comes out from his arms and hands, but sometimes can be created in other areas, like his head, chest. In the manga, it was implied that inside Bolts body was actually a void of space, objects that he has consumed float around in a seemingly endless space, much like the inside of Doraemons fourth-dimensional pocket. He is a man of few words and doesnt show his feelings, always acting cool, his cynical personality and his always get the job done attitude can make him seem like a very cold and dark character. But in the end, he finds a way to do the right thing. He never appears to look back at the past, never regretting it, although Bolts past remained a mystery in all the series, some stories gave clues about his past, including some characters that appeared in various episodes. In the end of the manga series revealed a lot about who and what Bolt is, here are some hints in the series, Bolt never ages, but the end of the manga series revealed that he is biological immortal. There is an identical to Bolt called Leon. His creations include a woman with human feelings who loved him. It is implied that Bolt is his clone, or he is a clone from Bolt, Bolts job there remained unexplained, suggesting he was just another test subject. The series suggests he had created before the beginning of mankind. The adventures in Eat-Man are usually unrelated, however, a few characters are recurring, especially in later volumes
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Haunted Junction
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Haunted Junction is a comedy anime and manga series created by Nemu Mukudori. The manga was serialized in the manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao. by MediaWorks from 1996 to 2001. The anime, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Deen, aired between 2 April 1997 and 25 June 1997 and this series explores some themes of folk religion such as possession, exorcism, shamanism, yurei, and yokai. In the final episode, some more existential themes are explored, Haruto Houjou Voiced by, Katsuaki Arima The son of a Christian minister and president of Saitō High Schools Holy Student Council. He has curly hair and as the series progresses, he grows it long. Though he has no powers aside of seeing ghosts, Haruto is entrusted with the seven badges of the school spirits. He hates his job and dealing with ghosts, but his attempts to resign or transfer schools are constantly sabotaged by the Chairman and his dream is to spend one day attending classes, though his fellow student council members enjoy slacking off. With the exception of Episode 6, every episode ends with him saying Oh my God, Kazumi Ryudo Voiced by, Shinnosuke Furumoto The son of a Buddhist monk. His body is seen as ideal for ghosts and he is possessed by the ghosts of people, animals. He is incredibly amorous of females, particularly the Toilet Hanako of the school, in the manga, this obsession is a family trait shared by his grandfather Taro Ryudo, owner of the shrine where Kazumi lives. Mutsuki Asahina Voiced by, Yukie Nakama The tomboyish, strongwilled daughter of the proprietors of a Shinto shrine, redhaired, pretty, and rather curvy, she is a master of exorcism. She has an aggressive shotacon tendence, an attraction to young boys and she can use her prayer stick as a weapon, and frequently expels spirits out of Kazumi using her Asahina Special exorcism attack. Shingo Oumi Shingo makes his first appearance in Volume 2 of the series during the introduction of the Blue Hanten. Shingo is a much more easy-going, laid back, fellow of the group that usually lightens the mood with a more style of teasing. As such, he is found helping out and tagging along on all of the adventures and mysteries that follow soon after. Shingo uses Tarot cards to predict the future and uses a knowledge of folklore. Nino Voiced by, Yuri Shiratori A boy spirit found in a statue of Ninomiya Sontoku and he is very intelligent and he takes rule books as comedy books. Mutsuki adores him and he is the frequent target of her shotacon antics, red Mantle Voiced by, Ryōtarō Okiayu A male spirit who wears a red cape and a white eye mask
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Ehrgeiz (anime)
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Ehrgeiz (ネクスト戦記EHRGEIZ, Nekusuto senki EHRGEIZ, is an original 1997 Japanese anime from et, with animation by Studio Deen, and produced by d-rights and BeStack. The title is a mix of Japanese and German, the North American release by Bandai Entertainment used only the German Ehrgeiz which, when translated into English, means Ambition. The show originally aired on Tokyo TV, however, Ehrgeiz eventually ran on the Cable/Satellite channel AT-X in 1999, Earth started space colonization by creating the Next Colonies. Next later rebelled, and created the Next Government, the rebellion became a war, and the multi-purpose Metal Vehicles, MVs for short, were changed for battle purposes. Meanwhile, Terra, an Earth Rebellion force, started creating more trouble for Earth, now, a mysterious MV-like being, S. A. C, is loose, and Next wants it so that they can win the war. Terras psychic leader, Hal, has been sensing S, the future of these three groups will be up to a bunch of outlaws who live on the abandoned Next 7 colony, though no one knows that yet. Jay Striker Voiced by, Mitsuo Iwata The Hero of the story and he was once a member of the Next forces, as an MV pilot. Camel Voiced by, Joji Nakata A cool businessman type, balzak Voiced by, Osamu Osaka A former Next forces soldier. Ken Voiced by, Urara Takano Annes brother and his parents were killed in the battle of Next 7 Anne Voiced by, Ikue Otani Kens sister. Her parents were killed in the battle of Next 7 Gord Voiced by, formerly an MV pilot for Earths military. Roddy Voiced by, Hiyama Nobuyuki Characterized by his pouty lips, also a former MV pilot for Earths military. Akane Aoi Voiced by, Miyuki Ichijou Captain of the Next forces, arnold Voiced by, Yusaku Yara A Next forces cyborg. S. A. C. was developed to capture his bodily tissues, Hal Voiced by, Nozomu Sasaki The leader of the Revolutionary Organization TERRA on Earth. Galbraith Voiced by, Genda Tesshō Hals bodyguard, carl Voiced by, Mitsuaki Hoshino Akanes subordinate. Killed in action as soon as he is introduced and this is how all piloted robots are referred to in the series. S S. A. C. is mounted in an unmanned, stands for System of Absolutely Conscience. In 1999, AnimeVillage. com began releasing Subtitled VHS volumes, the first two volumes released in November and December of that year, and the final four volumes released between January and March 2000. Opening theme Dream Jack by HUMMING BIRD Episodes 1-12 Ending theme One Voice for Ehrgeiz by Mariko Fukui Episodes 1-12 Japanese Ehrgeiz DMM. com page allcinema. com Ehrgeiz page, English Official d-rights Site Ehrgeiz at Anime News Networks encyclopedia
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Super Radical Gag Family
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Super Radical Gag Family is a Japanese comedy manga series by Hamaoka Kenji. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System in 1998, a second anime aired from July 6 to December 21,2014. Baruma-sans Story Forever Run, Sujata Adventure Family 〜Beyond Gyotoku City〜 Urayasu Meyers Bitter, squid Man Maruki Figure My Holiday Im Really Sorry Sure You Want to Piggyback. New Homeless Miao Sweet Claw Teru Wonderful, Japanese, Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku at Anime News Networks encyclopedia Maido. Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku at Anime News Networks encyclopedia Maido, Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku at Anime News Networks encyclopedia
