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Shōnen Book
was a manga magazine by Shueisha, which debuted March 1958 and ended in April 1969. ''Shōnen Book'' was originally a spin-off of Shueisha's . ''Shōnen Book'' is famously known in Japan for being the predecessor to the company's famous ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine. The ''Shōnen Book'' tankōbon manga volumes are published under the manga imprint. ''Shōnen Book'' was a part of Shueisha's former leading magazine line, ''Book'', now ''Jump''. ''Shōnen Book'' was created in 1958 as a male version of the short lived ''Shōjo Book''. ''Omoshiro Book'' became an offshoot of the magazine, and eventually faded away in the middle of the ''Shōnen Book'' timeline. ''Shōnen Book'' also served as a root to many other magazines published by Shueisha. History Shueisha was just getting into the business of making manga magazines, creating the magazine ''Omoshiro Book'' in 1949 and the Shōjo magazine ''Shōjo Book'' in 1951. The success of ''Shōjo Book'', led to the publication of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obake No Q-tarō
is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. FujioThe series was written under "Fujiko Fujio" initially. When Fujiko F. Fujio and Fujiko A. Fujio decided to separate, Fujiko F. Fujio took over this series. about the titular ''obake'', Q-Taro, who lives with the Ōhara family. Q-Tarō, also known as "Q-chan" or "Oba-Q", is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs. The story is usually focused on the antics of Q-Tarō and his friends. The manga was drawn in 1964–1966 by the duo Fujiko Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko) and in 1971–1974 by just Hiroshi Fujimoto (as Fujiko F. Fujio). An English manga volume was published in Japan as ''Q the Spook''. There are three anime series adaptations of ''Obake no Q-Tarō''. The first was shown on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in black and white, and ran from 1965 to 1967. The second series, produced in color, ran from 1971 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Manga Publishing
Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise in the English language. Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a digital publishing site for manga and light novels, that publishes books and e-book editions of works from other publishers. The non-publishing division includes Pop Japan Travel (a tour service) and several e-retail sites for books and for import products, including Akadot Retail and Yaoi Club. Since 2011, Digital Manga has utilized Kickstarter for funds. The first Kickstarter project was to reprint Osamu Tezuka's titles, and the most successful project to be funded was to print the Finder series by Yamane Ayano. Subdivisions Digital Manga Publishing The company has co-published manga with publishing house Dark Horse Comics, including ''Berserk'', ''Hellsing'', '' The Ring'', and ''Trigun''. Imprints * The DMP Books imprint is used for general-audience manga. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildstorm Productions
Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999. Until it was shut down in 2010, the Wildstorm imprint remained editorially separate from DC Comics, with its main studio located in California. The imprint took its name from the combining of the titles of the Jim Lee comic series '' WildC.A.T.S.'' and '' Stormwatch''. Its main fictional universe, the Wildstorm Universe, featured costumed heroes. Wildstorm maintained a number of its core titles from its early period, and continued to publish material expanding its core universe. Its main titles included ''WildC.A.T.S'', ''Stormwatch'', ''Gen¹³'', '' Wetworks'', and '' The Authority''; it also produced single-character-oriented series like '' Deathblow'' and '' Midnighter'', and publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''Fables'' and many titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NOW Comics
NOW Comics was a comic book publisher founded in late 1985 by Tony C. Caputo as a sole-proprietorship. During the four years after its founding, NOW grew from a one-man operation to operating in 12 countries, and published almost 1,000 comic books. The company was headquartered in the Chicago Loop in Chicago, Illinois. Most NOW titles were the results of licensing arrangements with such companies as Columbia (Sony) Pictures, Broadway Video, ELP Communications, CBS Entertainment, Inc., Speed Racer Enterprises, and Leisure Concepts, resulting in titles like ''Vector'', '' Mr. T & The T-Force'', ''Speed Racer'', ''The Original Astro Boy'', ''Alias'', '' Terminator: The Burning Earth'', ''The Real Ghostbusters'' and ''Ghostbusters II'', '' Fright Night'', '' Married... with Children'', and ''The Green Hornet''. History NOW Comics started in late 1985 as a sole-proprietorship, with the first publications shipping in May 1986. It became Caputo Publishing, Inc. in 1987. In a four- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikki Kajiwara
, known by the pen names and , was a Japanese author, manga writer, and film producer. He is known for the work about sports and martial arts, with images of heroic young men with the occasional fine details as he moves from one topic to another. He considered '' Tiger Mask'' and '' Star of the Giants'' to be his life's work. Biography The son of an illustrator and editor, Takamori was a notorious juvenile delinquent with an interest on fighting. After World War II, his family moved to Tokyo, where he jumped schools until landing a job as a novelist at 17. He adopted the pen names Ikki Kajiwara and Asao Takamori, since he was writing for a rival magazine at the time.Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy Helen. (2006). ''The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition''. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. . He was married to Pai Bing-bing and fathered a daughter, Pai Hsiao-yen, who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in 1997. Works Manga All listings are as Ikki Kajiwara unles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noboru Kawasaki
is a Japanese manga artist. He is most famous for illustrating the series '' Star of the Giants''. He won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1969 for '' Animal 1'' and ''Inakappe Taishō'' as well as the eighth Kodansha Children's Manga Award for ''Star of the Giants'' in 1967 and its successor Kodansha Manga Award in '' shōnen'' category for ''Football Hawk'' in 1978. He is also the creator of '' The Song of Tentomushi'', '' Skyers 5'' and '' Kōya no Shōnen Isamu''. Works * ''Ame ni mo Makezu'' (4 volumes, 1983) * ''Animal 1'' (4 volumes, 1968) * ''Captain Gorou'' (1 volume, 1968) * ''Daimakujira'' (1 volume, 1968) * ''Doudou Yarou'' (1 volume, 1970) * ''Football Hawk'' (10 volumes, 1977) * ''Fukidamari'' (1 volume, 1976) * ''Honoo no Michi'' (1 volume, 1987) * ''Inakappe Taishō is Japanese manga series by Noboru Kawasaki and serialized by Shogakukan in '' Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi''. The manga series won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award. An anime adaptation was cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Nagai
, better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as ''Cutie Honey'', ''Devilman'' and ''Mazinger Z''. He is credited with creating the super robot genre and for designing the first mecha robots piloted by a user from within a cockpit with ''Mazinger Z'',Mark Gilson, "A Brief History of Japanese Robophilia", ''Leonardo'' 31 (5), pp. 367–369 68 and for pioneering the magical girl genre with ''Cutie Honey'', the post-apocalyptic manga/anime genre with ''Violence Jack'', and the ecchi genre with ''Harenchi Gakuen''. In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. He has been a member of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee since 2009. Life Early life Go Nagai was born on September 6, 1945—in the Ishikawa Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujio Akatsuka
was a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the Gag Manga King. His name at birth is 赤塚 藤雄, whose Japanese pronunciation is the same as 赤塚 不二夫. He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military police officer. After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture. When he was 19, he moved to Tokyo. While working at a chemical factory, he drew many manga. After that, Tokiwa-so accepted him. He started his career as a shōjo artist, but in 1958, his ''Nama-chan'' (ナマちゃん) became a hit, so he became a specialist in comic manga. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1964 for '' Osomatsu-kun'' and the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1971 for '' Tensai Bakabon''. He is said to have been influenced by Buster Keaton and ''MAD'' magazine. In 1965, Akatsuka established his own company "Fujio Productions Ltd.". In 2000, he drew manga in braille for the blind. Many of his manga featured supporting characters who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novels
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the '' bunkobon'' format ( A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 3–9-month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime. While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Light novels developed from pulp magazines. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
