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Amazarashi
Amazarashi (stylized as amazarashi) is a Japanese rock band from Aomori, currently signed to Sony Music Japan. Formed in 2007, its members are Hiromu Akita (lead vocals, guitar, songwriter) and Manami Toyokawa (keyboard). They have released six singles which have all reached the top 20 of the Oricon charts. Some of the group's most notable songs are "Sora ni Utaeba", the third opening of ''My Hero Academia,'' "Speed to Masatsu", the opening theme for the anime '' Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace,'' "Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku", the ending theme for '' Tokyo Ghoul √A,'' "Sayonara Gokko", the first ending theme for the 2019 anime ''Dororo'', and ''Kyōkaisen,'' the second opening theme for the 2021 anime Eighty-Six. Biography 2007–2009: Star Issue and あまざらし era 2007 * In January 2007, Star Issue was formed. The band's name was inspired by "a desire to transmit songs that have a ray of hope, just like periodic magazines and newspapers". * On January 26, an ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Ghoul √A
The second season of the ''Tokyo Ghoul'' anime television series, titled ''Tokyo Ghoul √A'', is produced by Pierrot, and directed by Shuhei Morita. The season aired from January to March 2015 on Tokyo MX, TVO, TVA, TVQ, MRO, BS Dlife and AT-X. The season roughly adapts the second half of the ''Tokyo Ghoul'' manga, although, ''√A'' does not directly adapt everything from the manga. Rather, it mixes in the manga's content with an anime original story composition credited towards the author Sui Ishida. The season follows Ken Kaneki after he joins Aogiri Tree, as the group begins their battle against the CCG, who are trying to exterminate the ghoul organization. The music is composed by Yutaka Yamada, who also produced the score for the first season. The opening theme for the season is by österreich, and the ending theme is by amazarashi. TC Entertainment released the series in Japan onto six volumes from March 27 to August 28, 2015. A complete set containing all t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dororo (2019 TV Series)
is a 2019 anime television series produced by Tezuka Productions and animated by MAPPA based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka, and is the second anime adaptation after the 1969 series. The adaptation departs from the source material in several ways, but follows the basic premise of the manga: a young '' ronin'', named Hyakkimaru, along with a young child, Dororo, must face multiple demons in Sengoku-era Japan who have stolen his various body parts in order to get them back. The main innovation was the new portrayal of Hyakkimaru, a weaker samurai than the one written by Tezuka with director Kazuhiro Furuhashi among other staff member conceiving the alternate of take of the young swordsman becoming a new person following his journey with Dororo in a similar manner to buddy films. The series is also present in English release through Sentai Filmworks and Amazon Prime. The series was well received by critics from anime who often listed it as one of the best anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven's Flower The Legend Of Arcana
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS from 14 January to 4 March 2011. The theme song of the series is ''Anomii'' by amazarashi. Cast * Umika Kawashima as Ai * Yoshiko Mita (born October 8, 1941) is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, t ... * Gō Ayano as Shion * Yūta Nakano as Naruki * Hirotarō Honda * Ryū Morimiya * Seika Taketomi * Kazuki Namioka * Hirofumi Araki * Tarō Suruga References External links * Japanese drama television series 2011 Japanese television series debuts 2011 Japanese television series endings TBS Television (Japan) dramas {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Entertainment
is a Japanese artist management and record company, which is a subsidiary of Tom Yoda's TY Limited Group and was founded on July 7, 2003. It is located at 4-6 Sarugakuchō, Ebisu-Ōmukai, Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya, Tokyo. It also co-owns Sistus Records with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Artists * TiA (Pony Canyon) * Jyukai (band) (UMJ/Geneon) ** Manami Watanabe (UMJ/Geneon) * Sachi Tainaka (UMJ/Geneon) * Younha (UMJ/Geneon) * Depapepe (SMEJ) * :ja:i-dep, I-dep * :ja:Yacht., Yacht. (SMEJ) * :ja:AMADORI, Amadori * :ja:岩瀬敬吾, Keigo Iwase * :ja:Jackson vibe, Jackson Vibe (Avex) * :ja:SOTTE BOSSE, Sotte Bosse (UMJ) * :ja:ナイス橋本, Nice Hashimoto (JVC) * :ja:MINJI, Minji (Dreamusic) * :ja:ライムライト (音楽グループ), Limelight (SMEJ) * Zentaro Watanabe (Toy's Factory) * :ja:cargo, Cargo * :ja:手裏剣ジェット, 手裏剣ジェット * :ja:タカチャ, Takachiya (SMEJ) ** Soundland * :ja:大森洋平, Youhei Oomori (SMEJ) * :ja:壱岐尾彩花, Ayaka Ikio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero Academia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a world where superpowers (called "Quirks") have become commonplace, the story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy who was born without a Quirk but still dreams of becoming a superhero himself. He is scouted by the world's greatest hero, All Might, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for superheroes in training. The manga spawned a media franchise, having inspired numerous spin-off manga, such as '' My Hero Academia: Smash!!'', '' My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'', and '' My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions''. The series has expanded into light novels, stage plays, and various types of merchandise and media, including numerous video games. It has also been adapted int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutsu, Aomori
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 53,804 in 28,553 households, and a population density of 62 persons per km2. The total area of the city is , making it the largest municipality in Aomori Prefecture in terms of area. Geography Mutsu occupies most of Shimokita Peninsula and is bordered by Mutsu Bay to the south and Tsugaru Strait to the north, and is the northernmost city on the island of Honshū. The volcanic Mount Osore, Osorezan Mountain Range extends across the western and central portion of the city, and includes a number of caldera lakes. Mount Hiuchidake, 781 meters above sea level, is on the north side, and Mount Osore is on the south side. At the center of Mount Osore is a caldera with a diameter of about 3 kilometers, inside which is a caldera lake called Lake Usori. Mount Kamabu (elevation 879 m) is located southeast of the caldera's outer rim, and is the highest point of Mount Osore. The Tanabe Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Art
Digital art, or the digital arts, is artistic work that uses Digital electronics, digital technology as part of the creative or presentational process. It can also refer to computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various names have been used to describe digital art, including computer art, electronic art, multimedia art, and new media art. Digital art includes pieces stored on physical media, such as with digital painting, and galleries on websites. This extenuates to the field known as Visual computing, Visual Computation. History In the early 1960s, John Whitney (animator), John Whitney developed the first computer-generated art using mathematical operations. In 1963, Ivan Sutherland invented the first user interactive computer-graphics interface known as Sketchpad. Between 1974 and 1977, Salvador Dalí created two big canvases of ''Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the portrait of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teru Teru Bōzu
A is a small traditional handmade doll hung outside doors and windows in Japan in hope of sunny weather. Made from tissue paper or cloth, ''teru teru bōzu'' charms are usually white, ghost-like figures with strings tied around their necks. The words meaning 'to shine' and referring to a Buddhist monk, the doll is said to represent a monk's bald head, which would shine during sunny weather. The doll therefore calls to a monk's magical powers to stop or prevent rain. Traditionally, if the weather does turn out well, a libation of holy sake is poured over them, and they are washed away in the river. In particular, ''teru teru bōzu'' charms are popular among Japanese children, who are introduced to the charms in kindergarten or daycare through a famous ''warabe uta'' (nursery rhyme) released in 1921. The song calls ''teru teru bōzu'' to bring back the sunny days, promising lots of sake if the wish is fulfilled, but decapitation if not. The nursery rhyme is usually sung by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions, each mora (linguistics), mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be a vowel such as /a/ (hiragana wikt:あ, あ); a consonant followed by a vowel such as /ka/ (wikt:か, か); or /N/ (wikt:ん, ん), a nasal stop, nasal sonorant which, depending on the context and dialect, sounds either like English ''m'', ''n'' or ''ng'' () when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French language, French, Portuguese language, Portuguese or Polish language, Polish. Because the characters of the kana do not represent single consonants (except in the case of the aforementioned ん), the kana are r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
