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Ao No Orchestra
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Akui. It has been serialized on Shogakukan's online platforms ''MangaONE'' and ''Ura Sunday'' since April 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nippon Animation premiered in April 2023. By December 2021, ''Ao no Orchestra'' had over 3.3 million copies in circulation. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the '' shōnen'' category. Plot Hajime Aono, a boy who loved to play his violin and one who used to win many prizes in violin competitions, had greatly admired his father a professional violinist. After a bittersweet divorce of his parents, caused by headlines of his father's scandalous affair, Aono swears to never touch the violin again. In his last year of middle school, Aono comes across an aspiring violinist Ritsko Akine, who loves to play in the infirmary. After meeting a few times, and Aono showing interest in her 'horrible' playing skills, he is set up to teach her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (some can have five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of AT&T's Otter Media, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Dallas, New York City, Melbourne, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konomi Kohara
is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is affiliated with Office Osawa. Biography Having been interested in anime since junior high, Kohara enrolled into Human Academy after graduating from high school to pursue her dream of becoming a voice actress. After a two-year stint as an actress from 2012 to 2014, she joined her current voice actress agency Office Osawa. She made her voice acting debut in 2016. Her first major breakthrough came in 2017 with the role of Akane Mizuno in ''Tsuki ga Kirei''. In 2019, she voiced Chika Fujiwara in '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.'' ''Chikatto Chika Chika♡'', her character's dance song she sang at the end of episode 3 became hugely popular, surpassing 20 million views on YouTube in just 18 months. In 2020, her web radio program ''Kohara Konomi no Kokoro Okinaku'' won the Best Comfort Radio award at the 6th Aniradi Awards. She often professes her love for the retail chain MUJI, having previously worked there as an employee. She has tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn (born November 27, 1979) is an American violinist. She has performed throughout the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors and as a recitalist. She is an avid supporter of contemporary classical music, and several composers have written works for her, including concerti by Edgar Meyer and Jennifer Higdon, partitas by Antón García Abril, two serenades for violin and orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara, and a violin and piano sonata by Lera Auerbach. Early life and education Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia, on November 27, 1979, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father, Steve Hahn, was a journalist and librarian; her paternal great-grandmother was from Bad Dürkheim in Germany. Her mother Anne was an accountant. A musically precocious child, Hahn began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki Program of Baltimore's Peabody Institute. She participated in a Suzuki class for a year. From 1985 to 1990 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōtarō Okiayu
is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Treize Khushrenada in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Hisashi Mitsui in ''Slam Dunk'', Meisuke Nueno in ''Hell Teacher Nūbē'', Kunimitsu Tezuka in '' The Prince of Tennis'', Byakuya Kuchiki in ''Bleach'', Zero in '' Mega Man X'', Yuu Matsuura in '' Marmalade Boy'', Shigure Sohma in '' Fruits Basket'', Dark in '' D.N. Angel'' and Toriko in '' Toriko''. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda. His range is A～E♯ and his dialect is Osakan. His older sister is an animator. Biography Okiayu was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1969, moved to Osaka Prefecture when he was in the third grade of elementary school due to his parents' work, and lived in Nankō Port Town in Suminoe-ku, Osaka. His father had worked at a movie company for a time before Okiayu was born, and he would sometimes get a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Dueñas (violinist)
María Dueñas Fernández (born Granada, 4 December 2002) is a Spanish violinist and composer. In 2021 she won the first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, in the senior category. She is considered the Spanish violinist with the greatest international profile, and one of the most promising musicians of her generation. In 2022 she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Biography María Dueñas Fernández was born in 2002 in Granada, in a family where there are no professional musicians, but who encouraged her musical training, as she attended concerts from an early age. Musical education She enrolled at the Ángel Barrios Conservatory in her native Granada when she was seven. At the age of 11, she won a scholarship from the Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, allowing her to study at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden. She then moved to Vienna to study with Boris Kuschnir, and enrolled at the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Enoki
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Atomic Monkey. Biography Enoki was born in Tokyo. He became interested in acting while in college. After watching '' Gurren Lagann'', he became a voice actor. He was a member of the Atomic Monkey Voice Actor & Acting Laboratory's third graduating class. His cousin is Chika Anzai. He is the Japanese dubbing voice actor of Tom Holland, who is known for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man. Filmography Anime series Original video animation Original net animation Anime films Video games ;2011 * '' Starry ☆ Sky ~ After Autumn ~'', Satochin ;2013 * '' Ozmafia!!'', Hansel * ''Majolica Familia'', Knight Angel Satsuel, Devil Staff Aja * '' Muv-Luv Alternative Chronicles 04'' ;2014 * '' Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life '' ;2015 * ''I-Chu'', Li Chaoyang * ''The Idolmaster SideM'', Rui Maita * '' OZMAFIA !! -vivace-'', Hansel * '' Granblue Fantasy'', Tomoi * '' Touken Ranbu'', Horikawa Kunihiro * ''Walpurgis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintarō Asanuma
is a Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor, narrator, copywriter and designer. He was affiliated with Office Osawa and currently attached under DANDELION. Biography Filmography Television animation ;2003 *'' Origami Warriors'' – Fuma Hanazuki ;2006 *''Ouran High School Host Club'' – male student B (ep 24) *'' xxxHOLiC'' – Student B (ep 24) *''Zegapain'' – Kyo Sogoru *''Kirarin Revolution'' – Subaru Tsukishima *''Mamotte! Lollipop'' – Will *''Kujibiki Unbalance'' – Mugio Rokuhara ;2007 *''Engage Planet Kiss Dum'' – Ueno (ep 9 and 10) *''Kamichama Karin'' – Kirio Karasuma *''Bokurano'' – Yosuke Kirie, Shinichi Kodaka (ep 4) *''Mushi-Uta'' – Daisuke Kusuriya *''Da Capo II'' – Yoshiyuki Sakurai *'' Shakugan no Shana Second'' – Chairman (ep 12) *'' Minami-ke'' – Sensei, Takeru-ojisan *'' Genshiken 2'' – Neko Kazamatsuri (ep 1) *''Ghost Hound'' – Michio Hoshino ;2008 *'' Minami-ke: Okawari'' – Takeru-ojisan *''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' – Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn (voice Actress)
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Arts Vision. She is known primarily for her performances in anime; some of her leading roles include Nozomi Kaminashi in '' Keijo!!!!!!!!'', Fuuka Akitsuki in '' Fuuka'', Ayano Yugiri in '' Engage Kiss'', and Miorine Rembran in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. Biography Lynn was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she is of mixed American and Japanese parentage. She became interested in acting while at nursery school. She had learned that her mother used to be part of bands, which influenced her interest in entertainment. Lynn watched '' Case Closed'' and ''InuYasha'', while in elementary school. While in middle school, she became aware of the . She later attended the school, after asking permission with her parents. She worked at the institute in her first year of high school; as she lived in Niigata Prefecture at that time, she would take the Shinkansen to Tokyo every Sunday for lessons. While attending high school, she became a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Furukawa
is a Japanese voice actor and singer previously affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment. He became a freelancer in September 2018. He joined the record label, Toy's Factory, in December 2018. He made his solo singer debut under Lantis in July 2018 with the song "miserable masquerade" produced by Satoru Kuwabara. He played Saitama in ''One-Punch Man,'' Banri Tada in '' Golden Time,'' Miyuki Shirogane in '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' and Shaddiq Zenelli in '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury''. Voice roles Anime television series ;2012 *'' Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb'', Yoshio ;2013 *''A Certain Scientific Railgun S'', Kenji Madarame *''Gaist Crusher'', Shiren Quartzheart *'' Golden Time'', Banri Tada *''Log Horizon'', Smoking Thunder *''Sunday Without God'', Menhim ;2014 *'' Aldnoah.Zero'', Shigō Kakei *''Haikyū!!'', Yūtarō Kindaichi *''Bladedance of Elementalers'', Kamito Kazehaya ;2015 *'' Aldnoah.Zero Part 2'', Shigō Kakei *'' Haikyū!! 2'', Yūtarō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimba Tsuchiya
is a Japanese actor and voice actor currently affliated with Trans World Japan. He debuted as an actor in 2005 and as a voice actor in 2016. Tsuchiya is best known for portraying Tsutomu Goshiki in '' Haikyū!!'' and Tatara Fujita in ''Welcome to the Ballroom''. As an actor, he is best known for his role of Toshio Saeki in the 2009 horror film, ''The Grudge 3''. He has two older sisters; Honoka, a model, and Tao Tsuchiya, also an actress. Filmography Anime ;2016 *'' Haikyū!!'' as Tsutomu Goshiki ;2017 *''The Dragon Dentist'' *''Welcome to the Ballroom'' as Tatara Fujita ;2018 *''Beatless'' as Student C, Soldier A *'' Sanrio Boys'' as Various roles *''Working Buddies!'' as Belugamine-senpai ;2019 *'' Midnight Occult Civil Servants'' as Tarobo *''O Maidens in Your Savage Season'' as Izumi Norimoto ;2021 *''Farewell, My Dear Cramer'' as Yasuaki Tani *''Backflip!!'' as Shōtarō Futaba *'' The Aquatope on White Sand'' as Kai Nakamura ;2022 *''Police in a Pod'' as Takeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
