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Heavenly Delusion
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' since January 2018 and its chapters have been collected in 11 volumes as of October 2024. The manga has two narratives; in one narrative, the characters Maru (Heavenly Delusion), Maru and Kiruko travel across a post-apocalyptic world to reach an area called "Heaven"; in the other, a group of children live in a school their superiors call "Heaven". The series was inspired by a manga Ishiguro read in university; he intended to make ''Heavenly Delusion'' different from his previous work, ''And Yet the Town Moves'', portraying a proper dynamic between the two leads and the evil they face. ''Heavenly Delusion'' has themes of gender and natural disasters, which were inspired by Ishiguro's personal feelings. An anime Heavenly Delusion (TV series), television series adaptation produced by Production I.G aired from April to ... [...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] |
Japan Expo Awards
The Japan Expo Awards are an award ceremony created in 2006 for the Japan Expo convention. They reward the best productions in the worlds of manga and anime, awarded by a jury of professionals and separate public prizes. Previously, they also rewarded the best productions in the worlds of Asian films, video games and J-Music, based on the average of the votes of a jury of professionals and the public. After a stop of the awards in 2013, the Japan Expo Awards are back in 2016 with a new formula. Awards 2006 Manga Category Winners * Shōnen Award: ''Naruto'' by Masashi Kishimoto (Kana) * Shōjo Award: ''Fruits Basket'' by Natsuki Takaya ( Akata/ Delcourt) * Seinen Award: '' Monster'' by Naoki Urasawa (Kana) * Moriawase Award: '' Vagabond'' by Takehiko Inoue (Tonkam) * Drawing Award: '' Bleach'' by Tite Kubo ( Glénat Éditions) * Scenario Award: '' Monster'' by Naoki Urasawa (Kana) * Adaptation Award: ''One Piece'' by Eiichirō Oda ( Glénat Éditions) * Manufacturing Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenshi Yonezu
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and illustrator. He started releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name in 2009. In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. He has sold at least 4.2 million physical copies and over 7 million digital copies in Japan. His 2022 single "Kick Back (song), Kick Back" is his most successful single to date outside Japan, debuting on international charts including Lists of UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts number ones, UK Rock & Metal Singles and US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA for 500,000 sold copies in the United States, becoming the first song with Japanese lyrics to achieve it. Biography Early musical career Born in Tokushima, Yonezu found it difficult to communicate with other people, especially his father. Yonezu typically felt that his mother understood him. He was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at the age of 20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armored Trooper Votoms
is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. Following directly in the footsteps of Takahashi's previous series, '' Fang of the Sun Dougram'', ''VOTOMS'' continued the trend towards hard science in the mecha anime subgenre. The series was supplemented by numerous original video animation releases and also inspired several spin-off works whose media ranges from serialized light novels to video games. The TV anime was originally licensed by the now-defunct Central Park Media, which released the series on DVD and VHS. Currently, it is licensed by Maiden Japan, a unit of Section23 Films, which has also released all OVAs other than ''Leechers Army Merowlink''. Plot In the Astragius Galaxy, the Gilgamesh and Balarant nations had until recently been locked in a century-old galactic war whose cause was long ago forgotten. Now, the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujiko Fujio
was a manga writing duo formed by Japanese manga artists and . They debuted in 1951 as a duo under their real names. The Fujiko Fujio name was used for their respective works from 1953 until 1987, when Fujimoto was too ill to work consistently. The pair was best known for their popular children's manga series, including '' Obake no Q-Tarō'', '' Ninja Hattori-kun'', '' Kaibutsu-kun'', '' Perman'', '' Kiteretsu Daihyakka'' and ''Doraemon''. Some of their influences include Osamu Tezuka as well as international cartoons and comic books. Both artists base their writing style on a mix of morals with a subversive and wry sense of humor; their styles would evolve to the point of diversion, where Fujimoto focused on speculative science fiction in addition to children's works, while Abiko leaned towards the surreal and black comedy. Their work received critical acclaim and on Fujimoto's part, universal recognition, with Doraemon being officially recognized as a cultural icon o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambrian
The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordovician Period 486.85 Ma. Most of the continents lay in the southern hemisphere surrounded by the vast Panthalassa Ocean. The assembly of Gondwana during the Ediacaran and early Cambrian led to the development of new convergent plate boundaries and continental-margin arc magmatism along its margins that helped drive up global temperatures. Laurentia lay across the equator, separated from Gondwana by the opening Iapetus Ocean. The Cambrian marked a profound change in life on Earth; prior to the Period, the majority of living organisms were small, unicellular and poorly preserved. Complex, multicellular organisms gradually became more common during the Ediacaran, but it was not until the Cambrian that fossil diversity seems to rapidly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of both adolescent boys and young men. It is, along with Shōjo manga, manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adults and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary demographic categories of manga and, by extension, of Anime, Japanese anime. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines that often almost exclusively target the demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at the turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Natalie
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered opti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira (manga)
is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Young Magazine'' from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six volumes. It was initially published in the United States by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint, becoming one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety into English. It is currently published by Kodansha Comics in North America. Considered a watershed title for the medium, the manga is also famous for spawning the seminal 1988 cyberpunk anime film adaptation of the same name and the greater franchise. Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than three decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of Espers, and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Comic Ryū
is a Japanese monthly ''seinen'' manga and anime magazine published by Tokuma Shoten. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of ''Animage'', beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication. On November 19, 2006, the magazine began to be published again, with the first new issue coming with a DVD of the exclusive OVA '' Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' directed by world famous director Mamoru Oshii. On June 19, 2018, the magazine ceased printing and became an online magazine. Oshii's manga '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' was serialized in ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' in 2006 and 2007. The follow-up of 1990s famous ''Bio Diver Xenon'' (重機甲兵ゼノン) by Masaomi Kanzaki, ''Xenon -199X R-'', was also serialized in the magazine. Most famous published series was probably ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' by Yoshiki Tanaka and Katsumi Michihara though. ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' was launched as an "over 30-years-old readers recommen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to machine perception, perceive their environment and use machine learning, learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. High-profile applications of AI include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google Search); recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon (company), Amazon, and Netflix); virtual assistants (e.g., Google Assistant, Siri, and Amazon Alexa, Alexa); autonomous vehicles (e.g., Waymo); Generative artificial intelligence, generative and Computational creativity, creative tools (e.g., ChatGPT and AI art); and Superintelligence, superhuman play and analysis in strategy games (e.g., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
