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Ao No Orchestra
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ' website and ' app since April 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nippon Animation aired from April to October 2023. A second season is set to premiere in Q4 2025. By December 2021, ''Ao no Orchestra'' had over 3.3 million copies in circulation. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the category. Plot Hajime Aono, a boy who loved to play his violin and one who used to win many prizes in violin competitions, had greatly admired his father a professional violinist. After a bittersweet divorce of his parents, caused by headlines of his father's scandalous affair, Aono swears to never touch the violin again. In his last year of middle school, Aono comes across an aspiring violinist Ritsko Akine, who loves to play in the infirmary. After meeting a few times, and Aono showing interest in her 'horrible' playing skills, he is set up to teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Fukushima
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with Arts Vision. He is most well known for his role as Kazuma Sato in the anime/light novel series '' Konosuba'', as well as for his role as Shoukichi Naruko in '' Yowamushi Pedal''. He has been acting since the 1990s. Personal life He is the eldest of three brothers. He also works as a lecturer at '' Nihon Narēshon Engi Kenkyūjo.'' His first appearance in Niconico live broadcast (for '' Kotoura-san'') have created a huge impact on the Japanese audience, due to the way he acted freely (he was often compared to a comedian by the Japanese audience) during the broadcast, which was completely opposite to the image of the character he voiced previously – Jin Muso from '' Aquarion Evol.'' But according to other voice actors (such as Kana Hanazawa is a Japanese actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several film and television credits since her debut in 2003. She won the Seiyu Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Maeda
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kitakyushu who is affiliated with Amuse. She began her activities in 2016 after passing an audition, and played her first main role as Mari Tachibana in the anime television series '' Back Street Girls'' in 2018. She is also known for her roles as Aria Futaba in '' Aikatsu Stars!'', Yomi Takeda in '' Tamayomi'', Shizuku Ōsaka in '' Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'', and Lilysa Amano in '' 2.5 Dimensional Seduction''. Biography Maeda was born in Kitakyushu on April 25, 1996. (Maeda's agency profile) As a child she was interested in fantasy, and she would write stories while she was in elementary school. During her high school years, she had an interest in music, and was a member of a band that covered songs by LiSA, Chatmonchy, and other artists. (Japanese online magazine) Her interest in voice acting began when she read the manga '' Voice Over! Seiyu Academy''; she was also influenced by her enjoyment of plays from an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian cinema, East Asian media, including Anime, Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo. Launched in mid-2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, the service has over 120million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia, and from 2016 to 2018, the service partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021. Crunchyroll is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konomi Kohara
is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting. She is affiliated with Office Osawa. Biography Having been interested in anime since junior high, Kohara enrolled into Human Academy after graduating from high school to pursue her dream of becoming a voice actress. After a two-year stint as an actress from 2012 to 2014, she joined Office Osawa. She made her voice acting debut in 2016. Her first major breakthrough came in 2017 with the role of Akane Mizuno in ''Tsuki ga Kirei''. In 2019, she voiced Chika Fujiwara in '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.'' ''Chikatto Chika Chika♡'', her character's dance song she sang at the end of episode 3 became hugely popular, surpassing 20 million views on YouTube in just 18 months. In 2020, her web radio program ''Kohara Konomi no Kokoro Okinaku'' won the Best Comfort Radio award at the 6th AniRadi Awards. She often professes her love for the retail chain MUJI, having previously worked there as an employee. She has two pastel calico cats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn (born November 27, 1979) is an American violinist. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she has performed throughout the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors, and as a recitalist. She is an avid supporter of contemporary classical music, and several composers have written works for her, including concerti by Edgar Meyer and Jennifer Higdon, partitas by Antón García Abril, two serenades for violin and orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara, and a violin and piano sonata by Lera Auerbach. Early life and education Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia, on November 27, 1979, and grew up in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. Her father, Steve Hahn, was a journalist and librarian; her paternal great-grandmother was from Bad Dürkheim in Germany. Her mother, Anne, was an accountant. A musically precocious child, Hahn began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki Program of Baltimore's Peabody Institute. She studied using the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōtarō Okiayu
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Byakuya Kuchiki in ''Bleach'', Treize Khushrenada in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Hisashi Mitsui in ''Slam Dunk'', Meisuke Nueno in '' Hell Teacher Nūbē'', Kunimitsu Tezuka in ''The Prince of Tennis'', Alucard in '' Castlevania'', Zero in ''Mega Man X'', Yuu Matsuura in ''Marmalade Boy'', Shigure Sohma in ''Fruits Basket'', Dark in '' D.N. Angel,'' Toriko in '' Toriko'' and Kokushibo in '' Demon Slayer''. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda. His range is A～E♯ and his dialect is Osakan. His older sister is an animator. He is the official voice-over dub for Scott Foley, Taylor Kitsch, Lin Gengxin and Stephen Fung. Biography Okiayu was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1969, moved to Osaka Prefecture when he was in the third grade of elementary school due to his parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Dueñas (violinist)
María Dueñas Fernández (born 4 December 2002), is a Spanish violinist and composer. In 2021 she won the first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, in the Senior Division. She is considered the Spanish violinist with the greatest international profile, and one of the most promising musicians of her generation. In 2022 she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Early life and education María Dueñas Fernández was born in 2002 in Granada, Spain, in a family in which there are no professional musicians, but who encouraged her musical training, as she attended concerts from an early age. She started playing violin at age seven and enrolled at the Ángel Barrios Conservatory in her native Granada a year later. At the age of 11, she won a scholarship from the Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, allowing her to study at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden. On the recommendation of violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov, she then moved to Vienna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Enoki
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Atomic Monkey. Biography Enoki was born in Tokyo. He became interested in acting while in college. After watching ''Gurren Lagann'', he became a voice actor. He was a member of the Atomic Monkey Voice Actor & Acting Laboratory's third graduating class. His cousin is Chika Anzai. He is the Japanese dubbing voice actor of Tom Holland, who is known for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man. Filmography Anime series Original video animation Original net animation Anime films Video games ;2011 * '' Starry ☆ Sky ~ After Autumn ~'', Satochin ;2013 * '' Ozmafia!!'', Hansel * ''Majolica Familia'', Knight Angel Satsuel, Devil Staff Aja * '' Muv-Luv Alternative Chronicles 04'' ;2014 * '' Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life '' ;2015 * '' I-Chu'', Li Chaoyang * '' The Idolmaster SideM'', Rui Maita * '' OZMAFIA !! -vivace-'', Hansel * ''Granblue Fantasy'', Tomoi * '' Touken Ranbu'', Horikawa Kunihiro * ''Walpurgis no Ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintarō Asanuma
is a Japanese screenwriter, director, actor, voice actor, copywriter and designer. He was affiliated with Office Osawa and currently attached under DANDELION. Biography Filmography Television animation ;2006 *''Ouran High School Host Club'' – male student B (ep 24) *''xxxHOLiC'' – Student B (ep 24) *'' Zegapain'' – Kyo Sogoru *''Kirarin Revolution'' – Subaru Tsukishima *'' Mamotte! Lollipop'' – Will *''Kujibiki Unbalance'' – Mugio Rokuhara ;2007 *'' Engage Planet Kiss Dum'' – Ueno (ep 9 and 10) *'' Kamichama Karin'' – Kirio Karasuma *'' Bokurano'' – Yosuke Kirie, Shinichi Kodaka (ep 4) *'' Mushi-Uta'' – Daisuke Kusuriya *''Da Capo II'' – Yoshiyuki Sakurai *'' Shakugan no Shana Second'' – Chairman (ep 12) *'' Minami-ke'' – Sensei, Takeru-ojisan *'' Genshiken 2'' – Neko Kazamatsuri (ep 1) *'' Ghost Hound'' – Michio Hoshino ;2008 *'' Minami-ke: Okawari'' – Takeru-ojisan *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' – Crow Hogan *'' Da Capo II Second Season'' – Yoshiyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn (voice Actress)
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Arts Vision. She is known primarily for her performances in anime. She voiced Nozomi Kaminashi in '' Keijo'', Fuuka Akitsuki in '' Fuuka'', Ayano Yugiri in '' Engage Kiss'', and Miorine Rembran in '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury''. Biography Lynn was born in Yokosuka, to a Japanese–American father and a Japanese–Brazilian mother. She became interested in acting while at nursery school. She had learned that her mother used to be part of bands, which influenced her interest in entertainment. Lynn watched ''Case Closed'' and '' Inuyasha'', while in elementary school. While in middle school, she became aware of the Japan Narration Acting Institute. She later attended the school after asking permission with her parents. She worked at the institute in her first year of high school. While visiting Niigata Prefecture at that time, she would take the Shinkansen to Tokyo every Sunday for lessons. While attending high school, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
