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Baban Baban Ban Vampire
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima. It began serialization in Akita Shoten's manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Champion'' in October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina aired from January to March 2025, and a live-action film adaptation is set to open in Japanese theaters in July 2025. Characters ; : : ; : : ; : : ; / : : ; : : ; : : ; : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Hiromasa Okujima, ''Baban Baban Ban Vampire'' began serialization in Akita Shoten's manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Champion'' on October 12, 2021. The series' chapters have been compiled into eleven volumes as of June 2025. Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on Garlic Day on February 29, 2024. It is produced by Gaina and directed and written by Itsuro Kawasaki, with assistant direction by Takahiro Tamano, characters designed by Yukiko Ban, and music composed by Jun Ichikawa. The series aired f ... [...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] |
Yūsuke Kobayashi (voice Actor)
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. In 2017, he won the Best New Actor Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards. Personal life His wife is fellow voice actress Yumi Uchiyama, they had jointly announced their marriage through their official social media account on December 31, 2024. Filmography Television animation ;2013 *'' A Certain Scientific Railgun S'', Shun'ichi Kosako (eps 18–24) *'' Golden Time'', High School Student (ep 7); Male Student A (ep 2); Student (ep 6), Beautician *'' Little Busters! Refrain'', Student C (ep 8) *'' Strike the Blood'', Takashimizu (ep 9) *'' White Album 2'', Action Committee Member (eps 1, 7); Male Student A (ep 6) ;2014 *'' Argevollen'', Tsubasa Yamanami *'' Magimoji Rurumo'', Tomoha Sakurai *'' M3 the dark metal'', Schoolboy B *'' Nanana's Buried Treasure'', Haijiki Sanada *'' Selector Infected Wixoss'', Kazuki Kurebayashi *'' Selector Spread Wixoss'', Kazuki Kurebayashi *'' Shirobako'', Daisuke Hiraoka, Young Masato Marukawa *'' Witch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th New York Asian Film Festival
The 24th New York Asian Film Festival will held in New York City on July 11, 2025. This year’s theme is "Cinema as Disruption", reflecting a focus on bold, boundary-pushing storytelling. The festival will present over 100 films screened in person, featuring a diverse selection of both contemporary works and classic titles from across Asia and beyond. The programme includes more than 75 premieres, comprising eight world premieres, 41 North American premieres, and five United States premieres. Highlights include 19 Southeast Asian films representing six countries, along with 17 directorial debuts of which nearly half are by women filmmakers. The festival will close on July 27, 2025 with 2025 Philippino Comedy film ''Flower Girl'' by Fatrick Tabada. Jury Jury for Uncaged award is composed of: Uncaged award * Masumi: Japanese-American actress and former singer-songwriter. * Tzi Ma: a Hong Kong-American veteran actor * Michael J. Werner: Hong Kong-based producer and consultant * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Natalie
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and ''The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered opti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Sekine
is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Aptepro. Works Anime *''Nisekoi'' (2014) - Raku Ichijou (child), Female Student, Schoolgirl, Student, Suzuki *''Aikatsu!'' (2014–16) - Miyabi Fujiwara *'' Dog Days'''' (2015) - Maid, Newscaster, Star's People *''Young Black Jack'' (2015) - Chu *'' Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon'' (2015), Akira Yoshimizu, Hostess B, Nero *'' Tanaka-kun is Always Listless'' (2016) - Miyo-chan. Boy B, Furuya-sensei, Schoolgirl *''Magic of Stella'' (2016) - Haruma Seki, Seller, Student, Yumine's mother *'' Haikyu!! 3rd Season'' (2016) - Schoolgirl, Shiratorizawa female supporter, Tendō's coach *''Sagrada Reset'' (2017) - Advisor, Hiroyuki Sasano (child) *''Princess Principal'' (2017) - Princess *'' New Game!!'' (2017) - Butterfly Pink *'' Hand Shakers'' (2017) - Woman *''How to Keep a Mummy'' (2018) - Aa-kun, Tazuki Kamiya (child) *'' Tokyo Ghoul:re'' (2018) - Hairu Ihei *'' Asobi Asobase'' (2018) - Hanako's mother, Umeko Andō *'' Kemu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Okinawa Prefecture Koza High School. He is represented with Veleta 104. Mitsushima's older sister is former Folder and Folder 5 member turned actress Hikari Mitsushima. His younger sister is model Minami Mitsushima. Mitsushima's younger brother is Kotaro Mitsushima, a basketball player for Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the Japan Basketball League. Biography He was born in the Okinawa prefecture, and is a quarter Italian through his grandfather. After graduating from high school Mitsushima moved to Tokyo from Okinawa, he worked as an after-school childcare worker there, and became a production director for the film '' Be Sure to Share''. After living in Tokyo for about two years, he took a chance to cycle around Japan for seven months from May to November 2009. Mitsushima traveled around the country from Hokkaido to Kagoshima Prefecture. On the street, he saw posters, signboards, and magazines of a film in which his older sister appeared and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuyuki Konishi
is a Japanese voice actor from Wakayama, Japan. He is affiliated with Ken Production. His debut role was Volfogg/Big Volfogg in '' GaoGaiGar''. He is most well known for portraying Kamina in '' Gurren Lagann'', Laxus Dreyar in '' Fairy Tail'' and Tanktop Master in ''One Punch Man''. In the early 2000s until the year 2008 he gave the voice to Ikki of Phoenix in Saint Seiya throughout the Hades Saga. He is also known for voicing two characters, Keigo Asano and Shuhei Hisagi, both from ''Bleach''. He has recently been gaining recognition as Diavolo from '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind,'' Jonathan Joestar from the '' Phantom Blood'' film, and Tengen Uzui from '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''. He was the special guest at the 2010 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, USA, where he met his fans and revealed that his favorite anime character was Kamina from '' Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''; also adding that each character whom he voiced is important to him. Konishi was awarded the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Maeda
is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. Maeda is best known for portraying Takashi Mitsuya in live action movie adaptation of ''Tokyo Revengers'' and Hyakunosuke Ogata in ''Golden Kamuy'' series. Early life Maeda was born on January 9, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Japanese action actor Sonny Chiba and second wife Tamami. He has one brother Mackenyu and a half-sister Juri Manase from his father's previous marriage. Maeda lived in Beverly Hills for 12 years up to elementary school graduation, before moving to Japan with his mother. His parents divorced in 2015. He learned Kyokushin karate since the age of 5 and continued for 7 years. In elementary school, he was fascinated by saxophone upon his first encounter with the instrument. After entering junior high school in Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Nakamura (voice Actor)
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He is affiliated with the agency Intention as of October 1, 2020. He is characterized by his calm and clear voice, and mainly plays roles ranging from teenage boys to men in their 30s. He has a wealth of experience in narration but has also been active in animation and dubbing in many productions, such as Gray Fullbuster in '' Fairy Tail'', Gai Tsutsugami in ''Guilty Crown'', Tatsuya Shiba in ''The Irregular at Magic High School'', Karamatsu in '' Osomatsu-san'', Graham Aker in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', Alto Saotome in '' Macross Frontier'', Tomoya Okazaki in ''Clannad'', Kyōsuke Kōsaka in '' Oreimo'', Yoshiki Kishinuma in '' Corpse Party'', Hotaro Oreki in '' Hyouka'', Bruno Bucciarati in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind'', Tetsurō Kuroo in '' Haikyu!!'', Yūichi Jin in '' World Trigger'', Satoru Gojo in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Hajime Umemiya in '' Wind Breaker'', Tsukasa Shishio in '' Dr. Stone'', Hawks in ''My Hero Academia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Sekiguchi
Mandy Sekiguchi (関口 メンディー; ''Sekiguchi Mendi'', born January 25, 1991) is an American-born Japanese actor, dancer, rapper and a former member of J-Pop groups Generations from Exile Tribe, Exile and Honest Boyz. Early life Mandy Sekiguchi was born on January 25, 1991, in New Jersey to a Japanese mother and a Nigerian American father of Igbo descent. He grew up in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and was raised monolingual in Japanese. He started to study English later on in his career. Sekiguchi played baseball at the age of 6 and practiced it until his third year in high school. Career In April 2011, Mandy participated in the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) audition produced by Hiro, and he was selected as a member of Generations from Exile Tribe. In April 2012, he became an official member of Generations and debuted in November of the same year. Mandy advanced into acting for the first time in April 2014, when he was selected as a cast member of Fuji TV's late night program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Yashiro
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with VIMS talent agency. He won the Best Rookie Actor Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Anime series Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Anime films Video games Drama CDs Dubbing *''Cinderella'', James (James Corden) *''Gen V'', Luke Riordan / Golden Boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger) *'' Good Sam'', Dr. Isan M. Shah ( Omar Maskati) *''Haunted Mansion'', Ben Matthias (LaKeith Stanfield) *''High Strung Free Dance'', Zander ( Thomas Doherty) *'' John Wick: Chapter 4'', Mr. Nobody / The Tracker ( Shamier Anderson) *'' Mid90s'', Ray (Na-Kel Smith) *''Peninsula'', Captain Seo ( Koo Kyo-hwan) *'' The Pembrokeshire Murders'', Jack Wilkins (Steffan Cennydd) *'' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', Darius James (Ceyair J. Wright) *''The Wedding Invitation'', Graham (Eoin Macken Eoin Christopher Macken (born 21 February 1983) is an Irish actor, director, and model. Macken has modelled for Abercrombie and Fitch, Ralp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
