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Boys Over Flowers
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story takes place in the fictional Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl from a middle-class family, whose mother enrolls her in an elite high school to compete with the families from her husband's company. While at Eitoku, she encounters the F4, a gang of four boys who are children of Japan's wealthiest families and who bully anyone that gets in their way. The series was serialized in Shueisha's ''Margaret'' magazine from October 1992 to January 2004, with its chapters collected in 37 ''tankōbon'' volumes between 1992 and 2008. In North America, the manga is licensed by Viz Media. The manga has been adapted into various mediums. It was first adapted as an audio drama released on CD from July 1993 to July 1994. This was followed by a Japanese live-action feature film in 1995, then an animated television series, produced by To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteor Garden II
''Meteor Garden II'' () is a 2002 Taiwanese television series starring Barbie Hsu, Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Ken Chu, Vanness Wu and Michelle Saram. Produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) with Angie Chai as producer and Wang Ming-tai as director, the series is a sequel to the 2001 television drama of the same name, which is based on the Japanese manga series by Yoko Kamio. It is an original story that was not adapted from the manga, focusing on the theme of amnesia.Lukács, G. (2010). Scripted Affects, Branded Selves: Television, Subjectivity, and Capitalism in 1990s Japan. Ukraine: Duke University Press. Page 212 Synopsis The story of Shancai and the F4 boys continues after their graduation. During the group's vacation in Barcelona, Daoming Si suffered an accident and lost his memories. He meets a girl named Ye Sha, a driver of the car involved in the accident. After a heartbreaking reunion, Shancai vows to make Daoming Si r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteor Garden (2001 TV Series)
''Meteor Garden'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese television drama series broadcast by CTS. The series is based of Japanese manga series by Yoko Kamio, inspiring multiple adaptations thereafter. Directed by Tsai Yueh-hsun, it stars Barbie Hsu, Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Ken Chu and Vanness Wu. It aired from April 12 to August 16, 2001. It was followed by an original sequel with the same cast in 2002. A phenomenal success across Asia, the series launched the careers of its four male stars who formed the boy band F4, named after their fictional group in the story, and established Hsu as a lead actress. It is also credited with ushering in the idol drama genre and the golden era of Taiwanese TV shows. Synopsis The story centers around a poor teenage girl Shancai, who goes to a school for rich people at the insistence of her parents. The school is dominated by four rich, handsome but arrogant students—Daoming Si, Huaze Lei, Meizuo and Ximen—collectively known as the F4, short for "Flo ... [...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] |
Boys Over Flowers
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story takes place in the fictional Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl from a middle-class family, whose mother enrolls her in an elite high school to compete with the families from her husband's company. While at Eitoku, she encounters the F4, a gang of four boys who are children of Japan's wealthiest families and who bully anyone that gets in their way. The series was serialized in Shueisha's ''Margaret'' magazine from October 1992 to January 2004, with its chapters collected in 37 ''tankōbon'' volumes between 1992 and 2008. In North America, the manga is licensed by Viz Media. The manga has been adapted into various mediums. It was first adapted as an audio drama released on CD from July 1993 to July 1994. This was followed by a Japanese live-action feature film in 1995, then an animated television series, produced by Toei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major 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 ... awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955. Categories Until 2022, the award categories were: * * * * Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette called "Minori", designed by Shigeru Nakano; a certificate, and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth. Recipients The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Yori Dango (1995 Film)
is a Japanese film released on August 19, 1995, directed by Yasuyuki Kusuda. It is based on the manga series, , written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. It is the first of the many adaptations of the comics for the screen, and it stars Yuki Uchida as the main character of Tsukushi Makino. Cast * Yuki Uchida as Tsukushi Makino * Shosuke Tanihara as Tsukasa Domyoji * Naohito Fujiki as Rui Hanazawa * Koichi Hashizume as Akira Mimasaka * Kensaku Saeki as Sojiro Nishikado * Kaori Sakagami as Sakurako Sanjo * Marie Eguro as Shizuka Todo * Norika Fujiwara as Minako Yamano * Akari Tonegawa as Yuriko Asai * Ai Sasamine as Yuki Matsuoka * TRF (cameo) Songs * Opening theme: "Baby's Growing Up" by Yuki Uchida (born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Following her debut in the drama '' Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta'' (1992), she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Tim .... * Ending theme: "Overnight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live-action
Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. Photorealistic animation, particularly modern computer animation, is sometimes erroneously described as "live action", as in the case of some media reports about Disney's remake of the traditionally animated '' The Lion King'' from 1994. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action involves "real people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer". Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon. The phrase "live action" ... [...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] |
Dango
is a Japanese dumpling made with regular rice flour and glutinous rice flour. They are usually made in round shapes, and three to five pieces are served on a skewer, which is called . The pieces are eaten with sugar, syrup, red bean paste, and other sweeteners. Generally, ''dango'' falls under the category of ''wagashi'' (Japanese confectionery), and is often served with green tea. It is eaten year-round, but the different varieties are traditionally eaten in given seasons. ''Dango'' is sometimes compared with mochi, but is different in that mochi is generally made only with glutinous rice. A popular type of ''dango'', the ''hanami dango'', has been made into a Unicode emoji (🍡). Types The many different varieties of ''dango'' are usually named after the various seasonings served on or with it. Popular dango * is commonly covered with sweetened red bean paste; ingredients other than '' azuki'' are used on rare occasions. Other toppings for anko include made from ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Over Flowers Season 2
''Boys Over Flowers Season 2'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. It is a sequel to Kamio's ''Boys Over Flowers'', The story takes place at Eitoku Academy, two years after the members of the F4 have graduated, with all new characters. The manga began serialization with its first three chapters in Shueisha's digital online magazine ''Shōnen Jump+'' from February 2015 to December 2019 with its chapters collected into fifteen ''tankōbon''. In North America the manga is licensed by Viz Media. Plot Years after the F4 have graduated, Eitoku Academy has not been the same. Due to the recession, there has been a decline in enrollment. Contributing to this is the rise of rival school, Momonozono Academy, that has been taking in more students. A new clique called the Correct 5 now rules the school and has been targeting students whose families have not donated by making them leave school. The leader of the Correct 5, Haruto Kakuragi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with taking over the radio broadcasting business, and took over television broadcasting. History Radio In 1948, when the Asahi Shimbun set up a committee for a private radio station in Tokyo, the name ABC was decided upon to be the name of the station. Asahi Broadcasting requested licenses in December 1949 to both Tokyo and Osaka, but in December 1950, the original company merged with Tokyo Broadcasting (Dentsu), Yomiuri Broadcasting and Radio Nippon (funded by Mainichi Shimbun) to create Radio Tokyo (JOKR, KRT, now TBS). In 1951, the ABC plan was revived for a new radio station in Osaka. The new Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka on March 15, 1951, with Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
