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Anna Miller's
is a chain of restaurants in Hawaii and, formerly, Japan. The first branch opened in 1973 in Hawaii; most of its expansion since has been in Japan. The chain is also famous in Japan for their waitress uniforms. These consist of a white blouse; an orange or pink miniskirted Jumper dress, jumper-style dress, with the "waistline" cut beneath the breasts, in the manner of a bodice; a matching apron; and a heart-shaped name tag. In June 2022, parent corporation Imuraya announced that the last active Anna Miller's restaurant in Japan, located in Takanawa, would close on August 31, 2022. The restaurant, which opened in 1983, was the 11th of 25 restaurants in the chain. As a result of the closure, the restaurant in Hawaii now serves as the last Anna Miller’s location in the world. Cultural references *Yuka Takeuchi, the main character from the video game series ''Variable Geo'' (and its anime Spin-off (media), spin-off) wears waitress uniform from Anna Miller's during battle, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Takenouchi
is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama ''「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku)'' in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He also appeared in commercials. Filmography TV series * ''My First Job'' ( TBS, 1994), Sanshirō Sasaki * ''Tokyo University Love Story'' (TV Asahi, 1994), Kōichi Asakura * ''Heaven's Coins'' ( NTV, 1995) – Takumi Nagai * ''Love Still Hasn't Begun'' (Fuji TV, 1995) * '' Long Vacation'' (Fuji TV, 1996), Shinji Hayama * ''Heaven's Coins 2'' (NTV, 1996), Takumi Nagai * ''Wedding Story'' (TBS, 1997), Tsutomu Otaki * ''Beach Boys'' (Fuji TV, 1997), Kaito Suzuki * ''With Love'' (Fuji TV, 1998), Takashi Hasegawa * ''The Last Song'' (NTV, 1998), Itaru Noa * ''The World of Ice'' (Fuji TV, 1999), Eiki Hirokawa * ''Merry Christmas in Summer'' (TBS, 2000) * ''Shotgun Wedding'' (Fuji TV, 2001), Ryūnosuke Hirao * ''Toshiie and Matsu: Love Shines Through'' (NHK, 2002), Yoshiyuki Sawaki * ''Psycho Doctor'' (NTV, 2002), Kyōsuke Kai * ''Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Friends (manga)
is a ''yuri'' manga series by Milk Morinaga. It was serialized by Futabasha in the seinen manga magazine '' Comic High!'' from October 2006 to August 2010, and subsequently published as five bound volumes. The manga has been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. Plot The story revolves around the quiet and solitary Mari Kumakura, whose only noticeable quality is her top of the class grades. Enter the cute and friendly Akko Oohashi, whose goal is to get to know Mari and become best friends with her. With Akko's help, Mari becomes more confident and sociable, quickly transforming into one of the more fashionable girls in school. As the story progresses, she becomes good friends with Akko, Sugi and Tamami. The group has experiences with alcohol, boys, diets, fashion, friends and studies. However, as the plot develops, Mari, and later Akko, becomes aware of the deeper feelings she possesses for her best friend, feelings that eclipse friendship. Caught between ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your And My Secret
''Your and My Secret'', known in Japan as , is a manga series by Ai Morinaga. The series was first published in Enix's ''Monthly Stencil'' in January 2001, was later obtained by Mag Garden who published it in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' then ''Monthly Comic Avarus'' where it concluded its serialization in August 2011. The individual chapters were collected and released into eight tankōbon volumes by Mag Garden. A continuation of the manga, subtitled as , was serialized in Mag Garden's online magazine, Web Comic Beat's, between June 2012 and March 2013; it was later released in a single tankōbon volume. In Japan, ''Boku to Kanojo no Peke Mittsu'' has been adapted into three radio dramas and a live action film. ''Your and My Secret'' follows the effeminate Akira Uehara who switches bodies with the tomboy Nanako Momoi due to an accident. ADV Manga licensed ''Boku to Kanojo no Peke Mittsu'' and released it under the name ''Your and My Secret'' in 2004. Tokyopop later obtained the li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki-chan In Wonderland
is a comedy ''yuri'' manga written and illustrated by Clamp, an all-female manga artist team consisting of Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa. The story focuses on the eponymous protagonist, a Japanese high-school girl who finds herself pulled into various worlds populated by women who consider her appealing. ''Miyuki-chan in Wonderland'' appeared as a serial in the manga magazine ''Newtype'' from 1993 to 1995, based on the 1865 children's novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis Carroll. Kadokawa Shoten collected the seven chapters into one bound volume and published it in September 1995. While the concept of ''Miyuki-chan in Wonderland'' was initially imagined as the first chapter by writer Ohkawa, the team continued with it for the enjoyment it provided. An image album and an original video animation adaptation of the first two chapters were published in 1995. In 2002, Tokyopop announced that it had licensed ''Miyuki-chan in Wonder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MegaTokyo
is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since June 17, 2002. Fred Gallagher's news post announcing Caston's departure. Gallagher's style of writing and illustration is heavily influenced by Japanese manga. ''Megatokyo'' is freely available on its official website. The intended schedule for updates was for postings twice a week, but new comics are typically posted just once or twice a quarter on non-specific days. In 2011, updates began being delayed further due to the health issues of Sarah Gallagher (Seraphim), Gallagher's wife. ''Megatokyo'' was published in book-format by CMX (comics), CMX, although the first three volumes were published by Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse. For February 2005, sales of the comic's third printed volume were ranked third on BookScan's list of graphic novels sold in bookstores, then the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Carrot
is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games. The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain are called "1st", "2nd", etc. A maid café named "Pia Carrot" also opened in real life as a cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Japan. List of titles ;Game titles ;Animation titles # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' (1997–1998; 3 episode hentai OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2'' (1998–1999; 3 episode hentai OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 DX'' (1999–2000; 6 episode OVA) # ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!! -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-'' (Sayaka's Love Story) (2002; movie) ''Welcome to Pia Carrot'' The first game in the series is called ''Welcome to Pia Carrot!!'' and was initially released in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1. The game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustrations and a varying degree of interactivity. The format is more likely referred to as a visual novel game. Visual novels originated in and are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006. In Japanese, a distinction is often made between visual novels (NVL, from "novel"), which consist primarily of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (AVG or ADV, from "adventure"), which incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, as both visual novels and ADV-style adventure games are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels are rarely produced exclusively for dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cazador De La Bruja
is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of '' Noir'' and '' Madlax'' and the final installment of Bee Train's " girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007. A manga adaptation was serialized in the Champion RED Magazine beginning in March 2007, and the chapters were collected into one volume. The series was announced for North American release by Funimation on February 19, 2009. It was released in two complete season sets in early December 2009 and re-released as a complete set in March 2011. The series made its North American television debut on March 22, 2010, when it started airing on the Funimation Channel. Plot Taking place in Latin America, a fateful encounter between Ellis, a fugitive girl with amnesia, a troubled past, and supernatural powers, and Nadie, a feisty bounty hunter, leads to the two of them traveling to Mexico together in search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urd (Oh My Goddess!)
is a fictional character in the popular ''Oh My Goddess!'' manga and anime, voiced by Toma Yumi (冬馬由美). In the series, her character is only loosely based on the deity Urðr from Norse mythology. Visually, her character design shows influences from shoujo and Art Nouveau. Creation and conception Urd was one of a series of characters created by Kōsuke Fujishima, and is depicted as the older sister of Belldandy. Belldandy, Keiichi Morisato, Skuld (Urd and Belldandy's younger sister) and Urd make up the four major characters in ''Oh My Goddess!''. Urd first appeared in the manga in chapter 14, '' Sexy sister'', but she has also been depicted in a novel (''Ah! My Goddess: First End''), three anime series (''Oh My Goddess!'' ( OVA), '' Ah! My Goddess'' and ''The Adventures of Mini-Goddess'') and in '' Ah! My Goddess: The Movie''. Norse origins As with her fictional sisters, Belldandy and Skuld, Urd has her origins in Norse mythology. Urd is one of the three Norns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh My Goddess!
, or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 48 volumes. The series follows college sophomore Keiichi Morisato and the goddess Belldandy who moves in with him in a Buddhist temple; after Belldandy's sisters Urd and Skuld move in with them, they encounter gods, demons and other supernatural entities as Keiichi develops his relationship with Belldandy. The manga series has been licensed for English-language release by Dark Horse Comics. The series was adapted into an original video animation produced by Anime International Company (AIC), and an anime series which aired from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, AIC has developed two OVAs and a film, and OLM, Inc. has also developed an anime series as well. Companies have developed thousands of types of merchandise, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
