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Akito Futaki
Akito is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (1930–2020), Japanese nuclear physicist * (born 1992), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Akito Hirose (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player * Akito Y. Kawahara, American-Japanese entomologist, scientist, and nature education advocate *, Japanese footballer * (born 1987), Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game composer and sound director * (born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball pitcher *, Japanese footballer * (born 1988), Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese photographer * (born 1988), Japanese Nordic combined skier * Akito Willett (born 1988), Nevisian cricketer Fictional characters: *Akito Hayama, a main character in ''Kodomo no Omocha'' *Akito Himenokōji, main character in the light novel and anime series ''OniAi'' *Akito Hiyama, a character in the Vocaloid band, ICE MOUNTAIN *Akito Hyuga, the main character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akito Tsuda
is a Japanese photographer. Tsuda has published works focused on subjects in Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. His work has been exhibited in Japan, Italy, and the United States. He has been recognized for his work documenting the Latino residents of the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago in the early 1990s. Biography Tsuda was born in 1966 in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. In 1989, Tsuda left Japan for the United States on a work visa, and lived in Winnetka, Illinois for a short time. He then moved to the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago and studied photography at Columbia College Chicago. One of Tsuda's school projects at Columbia was to document his neighborhood, and his work depicted some of the streets between Halsted Street to Western Avenue and 16th Street to Cermak Road. These works were first made available in a self-published book called ''made me better than before'', which had limited circulation and promptly sold out. Tsuda created a second edition of the book called ''Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linn Products
Linn Products is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment. Founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1972, the company is best known as the manufacturer of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable. From 2007 Linn was one of the first audio manufacturers to introduce digital music streaming using the home network and Internet. This has become the focus of the company's strategy leading to audio systems to support digital music playback of 24bit/192 kHz studio master quality recordings using a digital stream over a home network. Linn Records was the first to sell DRM-free 24-bit studio master quality tracks downloaded over the internet. This network approach was extended in 2013 with the introduction of the Linn Exakt technology to retain the 24-bit lossless signal in the digital domain to the active crossover. In late 2014 Linn announced the integration of Tidal (service), TIDAL's lossless music streaming service into Linn DS digital players enabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Gear
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oh! great, serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from November 2002 to May 2012, with its chapters collected in 37 volumes. ''Air Gear'' revolves around the life of Itsuki Minami "Ikki or Crow", also known as "Baby Face", "Lil (and Little) Crow", and his friends. The story follows their use of Air Gear, an in-universe invention derived from inline skates. Initial sections of the plot carries out the introduction of characters that eventually join Ikki. As the story progresses, it focuses on their roles as Storm Riders and their quest to be on the top of the Trophaeum Tower, the pinnacle that all Storm Riders hope to reach. ''Air Gear'' was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series by Toei Animation, which aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2006. A three-episode original video animation (OVA), titled ''Air Gear: Break on the Sky'', produced by Satelight, was released fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martian Successor Nadesico
, sometimes referred to as simply , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and directed by Tatsuo Satō, with manga artist Kia Asamiya providing original character designs, Keiji Gotoh serving as chief animation director, Mika Akitaka being the main mechanical designer and Takayuki Hattori composing the music. A manga adaptation by Asamiya was published by Kadokawa Shoten from 1996 to 1999. The manga, licensed in North America by CPM Manga, has many significant changes from the anime. The series aired from October 1, 1996, to March 24, 1997, with a total of 26 episodes, and was replaced by the ''Pokémon'' anime in its timeslot. In 2005, Anime News Network reported that plans for ''Nadesico 2'' were scrapped, citing an entry on ''Stellvia'' director Tatsuo Sato's blog. Plot The series takes place in the year 2196. Earth is at war with a race of alien invaders called the "Jovian Lizards". A company called Nergal Heavy Industries designs a space battleship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakuman
is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for ''Death Note''. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 2008 to April 2012, with its 176 chapters collected into 20 volumes. The story follows talented artist Moritaka Mashiro and aspiring writer Akito Takagi (Bakuman), Akito Takagi, two ninth grade boys who wish to become manga artists, with Mashiro as the illustrator and Takagi as the writer. Some characters resemble real authors and editors of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', and many manga titles mentioned in ''Bakuman'' have actually been published in the magazine. It is the first manga released online by Shueisha in multiple languages before becoming available in print outside Japan. In 2009, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release in North America. Besides releasing the series in collected volumes, they also released it in their onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruits Basket
, sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from the name of a popular game played in Japanese elementary schools, which is alluded to in the series. ''Fruits Basket'' tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma, learns that 13 members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and are cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite gender who is not possessed by a spirit of the zodiac. As the series progresses, Tohru learns of the hardships and pain faced by the afflicted members of the Sohma family, and through her own generous and loving nature, helps heal their emotional wounds. As she learns more about Yuki, Kyo, and the rest of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorful Stage!
''Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!'' (originally released in Japan as ) is a rhythm game developed by Colorful Palette (a subsidiary of CyberAgent) with cooperation with, and published by, Sega. The game is a spin-off from Sega's '' Hatsune Miku: Project Diva'' series, featuring the 6 virtual singers of Crypton Future MediaHatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin and Len, Meiko, and Kaitoalongside the cast of 20 original human characters that are split into five themed units. Set in the real world where virtual singers only exist as fiction, the characters come across another dimension called "Sekai", where various "true feelings" are projected. The game was released for Android and iOS devices on September 30, 2020 in Japan. A Taiwanese server, published by Nuverse, was released on September 30, 2021. Sega released an English server of the game worldwide on December 7, 2021, with expansion to 5 countries in Southeast Asia on September 25, 2023. A Korean server was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akito The Exiled
Akito is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (1930–2020), Japanese nuclear physicist * (born 1992), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer * Akito Hirose (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player * Akito Y. Kawahara, American-Japanese entomologist, scientist, and nature education advocate *, Japanese footballer * (born 1987), Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game composer and sound director * (born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese baseball pitcher *, Japanese footballer * (born 1988), Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese photographer * (born 1988), Japanese Nordic combined skier * Akito Willett (born 1988), Nevisian cricketer Fictional characters: *Akito Hayama, a main character in ''Kodomo no Omocha'' *Akito Himenokōji, main character in the light novel and anime series ''OniAi'' *Akito Hiyama, a character in the Vocaloid band, ICE MOUNTAIN *Akito Hyuga, the main character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocaloid
is a singing Speech synthesis, voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The software was ultimately developed into the commercial product "Vocaloid" that was released in 2004. The software enables users to synthesize "singing" by typing in lyrics and melody and also "speech" by typing in the script of the required words. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice. Various voice banks have been released for use with the Vocaloid synthesizer technology. Each is sold as "a singer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OniAi
is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Suzuki, with illustrations by Gekka Urū. The series is published by Media Factory since December 2010 and ended on January 25, 2019 with a total of 12 volumes released. There are two manga adaptation series, both were serialized in Media Factory's '' Monthly Comic Alive'' magazine. It follows two siblings after the passing of their parents who were forced to live with separate families for six years and have finally reunited and started to live together. An anime television adaptation produced by Silver Link aired in Japan for 12 episodes from October 5 to December 21, 2012. The series is licensed for home video and streaming distribution in North America by Crunchyroll. Premise After six years of living apart due to the death of their parents, the Himenokōji twins, Akito and Akiko, are finally reunited when Akito desires to live as a member of the family once more. Although things are fine at first, Akiko begins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
