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RahXephon
is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His life as a student and artist in Tokyo is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious stalker, strange planes invading the city and strange machines fighting back. The series was animated by Bones and it aired on Fuji TV for twenty-six episodes from January to September 2002. It was produced by Fuji TV, Bones, Media Factory and Victor Entertainment. The series received critical acclaim and was subsequently translated, released on the DVD and aired in several other countries, including the United States. A 2003 movie adaptation '' RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio'' was directed by Tomoki Kyoda, with plot changes and new scenes. The series was also spun into novels, an extra OVA episode, an audio drama, a video game, illustration books and an alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiko Hashimoto (musician)
is a jazz pianist, composer and singer. She has also acted in television and film. Hashimoto was born in Kobe, grew up in Tokyo and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae, where she graduated in 1975. Ichiko sometimes performs with her sister . Discography Albums * ''Colored Music'' (1981)** * ''Ichiko'' (1984) * ''Beauty'' (1985)* * ''VIVANT'' (1986)* * ''MOOD MUSIC'' (1987)* * ''High Excentrique'' (1988)* * ''High Excentrique Piano Music'' (1988)* * ''D.M.'' (1989)* * ''Je m'aime'' (1990)* * ' (1992) * ' (1994) * ' (1997) * ''najanaja'' (1998) * '' original soundtrack'' (1999) * ''Miles Away'' (Tokuma Japan, 1999) – tribute to Miles Davis * ''Phantasmagoria'' (Tokuma Japan, 2000) * ''Miles Blend'' (Tokuma Japan, 2001) – tribute to Miles Davis * '' RahXephon O.S.T. 1'' (2002) * '' RahXephon O.S.T. 2'' (2002) * '' RahXephon O.S.T. 3'' (2002) * ''Turned Perspective 1994-2001'' (2002) * '' RahXephon Pluralitas Concentio O.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones (studio)
Bones Inc. (stylized in lowercase; ja, 株式会社 ボンズ, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese animation studio. It has produced numerous series, including '' RahXephon'', '' No. 6'', '' Wolf's Rain'', '' Scrapped Princess'', '' Eureka Seven'', '' Angelic Layer'', ''Darker than Black'', '' Soul Eater'', '' Ouran High School Host Club'', both the 2003 and 2009 adaptations of '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Star Driver'', '' Gosick'', '' Mob Psycho 100'', '' Space Dandy, Noragami'', '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', and ''My Hero Academia''. Its headquarters are located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo. History Bones was founded by Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in October 1998. One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on '' Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door'', a feature film based on the '' Cowboy Bebop'' anime series. In 2007, the studio suffered the loss of co-founder Hiroshi Ōsaka, well known for his works as character designer on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Izubuchi
is a Japanese anime designer, screenwriter and director. Izubuchi is credited for designing costumes, characters and creatures, but most of his designs are mechanical (both robots and other vehicles). He created and directed the ''RahXephon'' series and also created a manga story called '' Rune Masquer''. Among Izubuchi's design credits are the mecha from '' Panzer World Galient'' as well as some ''Gundam'' and ''Patlabor'' shows. He also created the Protect-Gear armor used in the Kerberos saga ('' Jin-Roh'', etc.). The ADV Films promotional materials for ''RahXephon'' and some reviews ''Gasaraki'' is an Izubuchi credit, but although he did mecha design on that show he was not responsible for writing or directing. Izubuchi designed the costume for one of the characters of the ''Cutie Honey'' live action movie (2004), directed by Hideaki Anno of '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' fame; earlier, Anno and Izubuchi (called "Bu-chan" by Anno) both had their mecha designs appear on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Iso
is a Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter. He began his career as an animator in the mid-1980s and worked as a freelance artist through Neomedia, Studio Zaendo, and Studio Ghibli. Iso is known for his offbeat key animation in the prologue of '' Gundam 0080'', large portions of Asuka's battle in '' The End of Evangelion'' and the first half of the tank battle in '' Ghost in the Shell''. Career Iso has worked on '' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' and '' Gundam ZZ'' since 1985 as a key animator and in-betweener. This led him to secretly work in the 1988 film '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' under the pseudonym Mikio Odagawa without telling Zaendo, where he was at the time. He was then asked by Sunrise, an animation studio, to act as an intermediary for job offers to the company, and worked under his real name as a job through the company. Sunrise also hired him as an animation director, so he worked under that pseudonym. The battle scene at the beginning of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Ōnogi
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist focusing on anime productions. Ōnogi attended Keio University in the same years as ''Macross'' character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto and creator Shōji Kawamori, both of whom he would first collaborate with in ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross''. Filmography * ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (1982), Scenario * '' The Super Dimension Century Orguss'' (1983), Script * ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim'' (1984), Script * ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (1985), Script * '' Hey! Bunbuu'' (1985), Script * ''AD Police'' (1999), Script (ep 2, 5), Sci-Fi Adviser * '' Earth Girl Arjuna'' (2001), Series Composition, Script * '' The Daichis - Earth Defence Family'' (2001), Script (ep 0, 8, 11) * ''The Siamese - First Mission'' (2001), Scenario * '' Magical Witchland'' (2001), 2D Script Writer * ''RahXephon'' (2002), Screenplay (ep 14, 21–22, 26) * '' Heat Guy J'' (2002), Screenplay (ep 2, 6, 8, 11, 12) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' (2002), Scenario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeaki Momose
is a Japanese manga artist best known for his series, ''Miami Guns''. Momose is also known for adapting ''RahXephon'' into a manga. Works These Japanese comics have been drawn by Takeaki Momose: * ''Miami Guns'' * ''RahXephon'' (loosely based on a story by Yutaka Izubuchi/BONES) * ''Magikano is a Japanese manga series by Takeaki Momose, which was later adapted into an anime series, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Hideki Mitsui. The anime series was also broadcast by Animax, who adapted and dubbed the series into English f ...'' * ''Kami Sen'' * ''Nisemono Tenshi'' * ''Matome x Saito!'' External links * 1970 births Living people Manga artists {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Minami
is a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones. Career A graduate of the Osaka University of Arts's department of arts, Minami began his career with noted anime studio Sunrise as one of its producers. Later, in 1998, he co-founded Bones together with animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto. He was classmates in university with Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga and manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He is portrayed by actor Kaname Endo in the 2014 television drama '' Aoi Honō'' based on Shimamoto's autobiographical manga. Works *''City Hunter 2'' *'' Musha Kishi Commando: SD Gundam Kinkyū Shutsugeki'' *''SD Command Senki'' *'' SD Sengokuden: Tenka Taiha-hen'' *'' Shippu! Iron Leaguer'' *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' *'' Vision of Escaflowne''* *'' Welcome to Pia Carrot!! Gekijōban ~Sayaka no Koi Monogatari~'' *'' RahXephon: Tagen Hensōkyoku'' *''Fullmetal Alchemist'' *''Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi'' *'' Sword of the Stranger'' *''Heroman ''Heroman'' (stylized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MF Bunko J
is a publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Media Factory. It was established in July 2002 and is a light novel label that is aimed at young adult males with a focus on visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...-style plots and harem romantic comedies. Light novels published under MF Bunko J 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z References External links * {{in lang, ja 2002 establishments in Japan Book publishing company imprints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DrMaster
DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the publishing business after taking over most of ComicsOne's manga and manhua titles. DrMaster's Publications Inc. went out of business around 2009 and its offices in Fremont are gone. The building was later occupied by Sunesys Telecommunications. Manga * '' 888'' * '' Freaks'' * '' Cosplay Koromo-chan'' * '' Dark Edge'' * ''High School Girls'' * '' Hinadori Girl'' * '' Imperfect Hero'' * ''Indian Summer'' * ''Infinite Ryvius'' * ''Iron Wok Jan'' * '' Maniac Road'' * ''Pretty Maniacs'' * ''Premature Priest'' * ''Red Prowling Devil'' * ''Junk Force'' *'' Junk: Record of the Last Hero'' * ''Onegai Twins'' * ''Tori Koro'' * ''Stellvia'' * ''Stray Little Devil'' * ''Tsukihime'': Lunar Legend Manhua * '' Chronicles of the Vampire Hunter: Claws of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |