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Crying Freeman
is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. ''Crying Freeman'' follows a Japanese assassin hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman reflexively sheds tears after every killing as a sign of regret. The manga was originally serialized by Shogakukan in its magazine '' Big Comic Spirits'' from 1986 to 1988. It was first published in North America by Viz Media in comic book form. Viz later republished the series in graphic novel form in two versions: an initial set and longer volumes that combined the initial volumes together, dubbed "Perfect Collections." From 2006 to 2007, the manga was republished by Dark Horse Comics in five volumes. The story was adapted into an anime OVA by Toei Animation, released from 1988 to 1994. ''Crying Freeman'' has also been adapted into three live-action films: tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muramasa
, commonly known as , was a famous swordsmith who founded the Muramasa school and lived during the Muromachi period (14th to 16th centuries) in Kuwana, Ise Province, Japan (current Kuwana, Mie).Fukunaga, 1993. vol. 5, pp. 166–167. In spite of their original reputation as fine blades favored by the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu and his vassals, the katana swords made by Muramasa gradually became a symbol of the anti- Tokugawa movement. Furthermore, in lore and popular culture from the 18th century, the swords have been regarded as . Work Style Much like his unique reputation, Muramasa is known for some fairly unusual features in his work. These attributes are often called by terms prefixed with "Muramasa". * —The first particular characteristic of his is the frequent use of a wave-shaped hamon. The of Muramasa is categorized as , that is, it forms randomized wave-like shapes. In particular, Muramasa's has very long, shallow valleys between a cluster of shapes. Furthermore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge facing upward. Since the Muromachi period, many old ''tachi'' were cut from the root and shortened, and the blade at the root was crushed and converted into a ''katana''. The specific term for ''katana'' in Japan is and the term ''katana'' (刀) often refers to single-edged swords from around the world. Etymology and loanwords The word ''katana'' first appears in Japanese in the ''Nihon Shoki'' of 720. The term is a compound of ''kata'' ("one side, one-sided") + ''na'' ("blade"),1995, (''w:Daijisen, Daijisen'') (in Japanese), w:Tōkyō, Tōkyō: w:Shogakukan, Shogakukan, , entry available onlinhere/span> in contrast to the double-sided ''Tsurugi (sword), tsurugi''. The ''katana'' belongs to the ''nihontō'' family of swords, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edie Mirman
Edie Mirman is an American voice actress. She's best known as the voice of Gatomon and Angewomon in the ''Digimon'' series. She revoiced hundreds of episodes of series work in the United States and abroad. Also for many animated characters including the voice of Fujiko Mine from '' Tales of the Wolf'', and also for both Miriya Parina Sterling and Nova Satori from ''Robotech''. She is credited alternately as Penny Sweet and Edie S. Mirman. She is the owner of Edie's Gourmet Looping, specializing in ADR/Looping for Film and Television. Wrote The Dibbledab Tale, It's a Girl Thing, Homer and Althea. Filmography Animation English dubbing * '' Bio Hunter'' - Additional Voices * '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'' - Luna * '' Crying Freeman'' - Emu Hino * '' Dragon Ball'' - Launch (Marilynn) (Harmony Gold dub) * '' Digimon Adventure'' - Salamon, Gatomon, Angewomon * ''Digimon Adventure 02'' - Salamon, Gatomon, Angewomon, Nefertimon, Silphymon (shared with Neil Kaplan) * '' El Hazar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edita Brychta
Edita Brychta (née Brychtová; born 6 September 1961) is a British actress of Czech descent. She has acted in various capacities including on stage, film, television, as well as voice acting in animated films, video games and audiobooks. Born in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czech Republic), Brychta studied in the United Kingdom and subsequently moved to live in the United States. Early life Brychta is the daughter of Czech artist (1928–2013). Brychta began acting as a young child in the Czech film Kinoautomat, the world's first interactive movie, which was presented at Expo 67 in Montreal. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Brychta immigrated to the United Kingdom with her parents and brother. At the age of 16, she joined London's National Theatre Youth Workshop and decided to pursue an acting career. Career She trained at LAMDA and was signed by Ken McReddie. In the UK, Brychta went on to play Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, Desd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. A 4th-degree black belt in Kajukenbo#Wun Hop Kuen Do, Wun Hop Kuen Do, he is known for his roles in Action film, action films, including as Louis Stevens in Only the Strong (film), ''Only the Strong'' (1993), the title role in ''Crying Freeman (film), Crying Freeman'' (1995), Mani in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001), for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, the antagonist Ling in ''Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), Sharish in ''Nomad (2005 film), Nomad'' (2005), and as the assassin Zero in ''John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'' (2019). On television, Dacascos is known for his portrayal of List of Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series) characters#Wo Fat, Wo Fat on ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020), and for serving as "The Chairman" of Food Network's ''Iron Chef America'' series since January 2005, a role he reprised in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bulen
Steve Bulen is an American voice actor. He has been doing voices for many animated films and television shows for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Hanna-Barbera as well several video games and anime titles such as ''Doomed Megalopolis'', ''Giant Robo (OVA), Giant Robo'', ''Outlaw Star'', ''Street Fighter II V'' and ''Rave Master''. He has also worked as looping director on several feature films and wrote several episodes of ''Bob in a Bottle'', ''Maya the Honey Bee, Maya the Bee'', ''Jungle Tales'', ''Bumpety Boo'', ''Pinocchio: The Series, Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'', ''The Littl' Bits'' and ''Samurai Pizza Cats''. He also goes under the names Steve Buelen, Steve Bulin, Stevie Beeline, and Scott Ponsov. Dubbing roles Animation dubbing *''3×3 Eyes'' - Steve Long, Hotel Manager *''8 Man, 8 Man After'' - Hazama Itsuro/8 Man *''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'' - Various *''Armitage III'' - Robot Salesman *''Armitage III, Armitage III Polymatrix'' - Various *''Babel II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Furukawa
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma. Career He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (''Sgt. Frog''), Kai Shiden (''Mobile Suit Gundam''), Shin (''Fist of the North Star''), Asuma Shinohara ('' Mobile Police Patlabor''), Piccolo (''Dragon Ball''), Ataru Moroboshi (''Urusei Yatsura''), Portgas D. Ace (''One Piece''), Jann Lee (''Dead or Alive'') and Misao Yamamura (''Detective Conan''). His debut voice role is a soldier in ''Brave Raideen''. Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from comedians like Ataru of ''Urusei Yatsura'' and Inumaru of '' Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!'', to calm, serious ones like Shin from ''Fist of the North Star'' and Piccolo of the ''Dragon Ball'' series. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice" and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of ' and Kento Tate of '' Future Robo Daltaniu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media (by request of the police) call them , while the yakuza call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ''yakuza'' is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization. The yakuza are known for their strict codes of conduct, their organized fiefdom nature, and several unconventional ritual practices such as '' yubitsume'', or amputation of the left little finger. Members are often portrayed as males with heavily tattooed bodies and wearing '' fundoshi'', sometimes with a kimono or, in more recent years, a Western-style "sharp" suit covering them. At their height, the yakuza maintained a large presence in the Japanese media, and they also operated internationally. In 1963, the number of yakuza members and quasi-members reached a peak of 184,100. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is also called a ''pottery'' (plural ''potteries''). The definition of ''pottery'', used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". End applications include tableware, ceramic art, decorative ware, toilet, sanitary ware, and in technology and industry such as Insulator (electricity), electrical insulators and laboratory ware. In art history and archaeology, especially of ancient and prehistoric periods, pottery often means only vessels, and sculpture, sculpted figurines of the same material are called terracottas. Pottery is one of the Timeline of historic inventions, oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic, Neolithic period, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crying Freeman (film)
''Crying Freeman'' is a 1995 action film, based on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami. It is directed and co-written by Christophe Gans in his solo directorial debut and stars Mark Dacascos in the title role, a brainwashed assassin for a Triad secret society, who sheds a tear for every victim he kills. Tchéky Karyo, Julie Condra, Byron Mann, Masaya Kato, Yoko Shimada, and Mako play supporting roles. The film was an international co-production between France, Canada, and Japan, and was filmed on location in British Columbia in October 1994. Despite being heavily promoted by Viz Media in ''Animerica'' magazine and reprints of the ''Crying Freeman'' graphic novel, the film was not released in the United States until November 2018 on Amazon Prime Video. Plot While painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, a young woman named Emu O'Hara witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
