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is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among young children in Japan. The series follows the adventures of Anpanman, a superhero with an anpan (a red bean paste filled pastry) for a head, who protects the world from an evil anthropomorphic germ named Baikinman. Heavily merchandised, the ''Anpanman'' characters appear on virtually every imaginable children's product in Japan, ranging from clothes and video games to toys and snack foods. The series spawned a short-lived spin-off show featuring one of the popular recurring characters on the show, Omusubiman. Anpanman overtook Hello Kitty as Japan's top-grossing character in 2002, and has remained the country's top-grossing character . ''Anpanman'' has sold over 80million books as of February 2019, and the franchise generated in tota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anpan (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series and the 112th ''Asadora'' series, following '' Omusubi''. This drama is inspired by Nobu Komatsu, the wife of Takashi Yanase, the creator of ''Anpanman'', but it is a fictional and original work. Mio Imada was chosen for the lead role of Nobu Asada from among 3365 auditionees. Plot Nobu Asada, who was deeply influenced by militaristic ideology, experienced the horrors of war, which completely changed her values. After the war, she and her husband, Takashi, pursued "a justice that never overturns." Takashi eventually created a masterpiece picture book. Cast Asada family * Mio Imada as Nobu Asada **Yuzuna Nagase as young Nobu * Ryo Kase as Yutaro Asada, Nobu's father *Noriko Eguchi as Hatako Asada, Nobu's mother * Yuumi Kawai as Ranko Asada, Nobu's sister **Sakura Yoshikawa as young Ranko * Nanoka Hara as Meiko Asada, Nobu's sister **Sae Nagatani as young Meiko * Kōtarō Yoshida as Kamaji Asada, Nobu's grandfather *Miyoko Asada as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anpan
is a Japanese sweet roll most commonly filled with red bean paste. Anpan can also be prepared with other fillings, including white beans (''shiro-an''), green beans (''uguisu-an''), sesame (''goma-an''), and chestnuts (''kuri-an''). History Anpan was first made in 1875, during the Meiji period, by (木村安兵衛 ''Kimura Yasubei''), a samurai who lost his job with the rise of the Imperial Japanese Army and the dissolution of the samurai as a social class. The Meiji era was a period in which Japan was becoming increasingly modernized, and many samurai who lost their jobs were given work that was totally new to them. The role of a baker was one such job. One day, while wandering around the area where many employed in new jobs worked, Kimura found a young man making bread, and decided to start his own bakery, named Bun'eidō (文英堂). In 1874, he moved to Ginza and renamed the bakery Kimuraya (木村屋), now Kimuraya Sohonten ( :ja:木村屋總本店). At that time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTS (band)
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material. Originally a hip hop group, they expanded their musical style to incorporate a wide range of genres, while their lyrics have focused on subjects including mental health, the troubles of school-age youth and coming of age, loss, the journey towards self-love, individualism, and the consequences of fame and recognition. Their discography and adjacent work has also referenced literature, philosophy and psychology, and includes an alternate universe storyline. BTS debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with the single album '' 2 Cool 4 Skool.'' BTS released their first Korean and Japanese-language studio albums, '' Dark & Wild'' and '' Wake Up'' respectively, in 2014. The group's second Korean studio album, '' Wings'' (2016), was their first to sell one million copie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tear
Tear, tears or tearing may refer to: * Tearing, the act of breaking apart a material by force * Tears, a clear liquid secreted by the tear gland in the eyes of land mammals Arts and entertainment Literature * "Tears", a poem by Edward Thomas * "Tears", a poem by Walt Whitman Music Performers * The Tears, an English rock band Albums * ''Tears'' (The Crocodiles album), 1980 * ''Tears'' (The Crüxshadows album), 2001 * ''Tears'' (Paul Bley album), 1983 * ''Tears'', by Fumiya Fujii, 1996 * ''Tears'', by Joseph Williams, 2007 * '' Love Yourself: Tear'', by BTS, 2018 Songs * "Tear", by Lotion from '' Full Isaac'', 1993 * "Tear", by Smashing Pumpkins from '' Adore'', 1998 * "Tear", by Red Hot Chili Peppers from '' By the Way'', 2002 * "Tears" (Clean Bandit song), 2016 * "Tears" (Fayray song), 2000 * "Tears" (1930 song), by Frank Capano, made famous by Ken Dodd, 1965 * "Tears" (Rush song), 1976 * Tears (Tyla song), 2024 * "Tears" (X Japan song), 1993 * "Tears", by Aly & A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (; an abbreviation of "Korean popular music") is a form of popular music originating in South Korea. It emerged in the 1990s as a form of youth subculture, with Korean musicians taking influence from Western Electronic dance music, dance music, hip-hop, Contemporary R&B, R&B and Rock music, rock. Today, K-pop commonly refers to the musical output of teen idol acts, chiefly girl groups and boy bands, who emphasize Visual communication, visual appeal and Performing arts, performance. As a Pop music, pop genre, K-pop is characterized by its Melody, melodic quality and cultural hybridity. K-pop can trace its origins to "rap dance", a fusion of hip-hop, techno and rock popularized by the group Seo Taiji and Boys, whose experimentation helped to modernize South Korea's contemporary music scene in the early 1990s. Their popularity with teenagers incentivized the music industry to focus on this demographic, with Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment developing the Korean idol system i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-Punch Man
is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, an independent superhero who, having trained to the point that he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. He sets out to find powerful opponents, while making allies of other heroes as well. One wrote the original webcomic manga version in early 2009. A digital manga remake, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha's '' Tonari no Young Jump'' website in June 2012. Its chapters are periodically compiled and published into individual volumes. , 33 volumes have been released. In North America, Viz Media licensed the remake manga for English language release and has serialized it in its '' Weekly Shonen Jump'' digital magazine. An anime adaptation produced by Madhouse was broadcast in Japan from October to December 2015. A second season, produced by J.C.Staff, was broadcast from April to July 2019. A third season, also by J.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central News Agency (Taiwan)
The Central News Agency (CNA) is the national news agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The CNA agency was founded , by the Kuomintang. Party member Hsiao Tung-tzu separated the CNA from Kuomintang headquarters in 1932. The agency's headquarters was originally located in Guangzhou in Guangdong province, but had to be relocated to Taipei in 1949, following the defeat of the Republic of China government in mainland China in the Chinese Civil War. Despite the corporatisation of the agency in 1973, it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's official agency. At the time, CNA journalists received preferential treatment on various occasions, mostly government-related press conferences. In August 2021, CNA oversaw the launch of the TaiwanPlus streaming platform. After democratization, on 1 July 1996, the agency became a non-profit organisation under a bill passed by the Legislative Yuan. As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Media Franchises
This is a list of media franchises that have grossed more than $2 billion. List See also * List of best-selling comic series ** List of best-selling manga ** List of best-selling light novels * List of best-selling video game franchises * Lists of multimedia franchises * Lists of highest-grossing films ** List of best-selling films in the United States ** List of films by box office admissions ** List of highest-grossing films ** List of highest-grossing animated films ** List of highest-grossing Japanese films ** List of highest-grossing non-English films Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Highest-grossing media franchises Mass media industry Lists of media franchises Economy-related lists of superlatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Kitty
, also known by her real name , is a fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio. Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as a British anthropomorphized white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth. According to her backstory, she lives in a London suburb with her family, and is close to her twin sister Mimmy, who is depicted with a yellow bow. Hello Kitty was created in 1974 and the first item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in 1975. Originally, Hello Kitty was only marketed towards pre-teenage girls, but beginning in the 1990s, the brand found commercial success among teenage and adult consumers as well. Hello Kitty's popularity also grew with the emergence of ''kawaii'' (cute) culture. The brand went into decline in Japan after the 1990s, but continued to grow in the international market. By 2010, the character was worth a year and ''The New York Times'' called her a "global marketing phenomenon". S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snack Food
A snack is a small portion of Human food, food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including Food packaging, packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home. Traditionally, snacks are prepared from a number of ingredients commonly available at home without a great deal of preparation. Often Lunch meat, cold cuts, fruits, leftovers, Nut (fruit), nuts, sandwiches, and Candy, sweets are used as snacks. With the spread of convenience stores, packaged snack foods became a significantly profitable business. Snack foods are typically designed to be portable, quick, and satisfying. Food processing, Processed snack foods, as one form of convenience food, are designed to be less perishable, more durable, and more portable than prepared foods. They often contain substantial amounts of Sugar substitute, sweeteners, preservatives, and appealing ingredients such as chocolate, peanuts, and specially d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
