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Color (manga)
''Color'' is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Taishi Zaou and Eiki Eiki. ''Color'' was serialized in ''Dear+'', a magazine known for its romantic and non-explicit boys love manga published by Shinshokan, and a tankōbon collecting the chapters released in February 1999. ''Color'' is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released the manga in June 2009. It is licensed in France by Asuka and in Germany by Egmont Manga. Reception Courtney Kraft, writing for Graphic Novel Reporter, felt ''Color'' was a "rather endearing piece about two boys who develop genuine love that leads to physical attraction", which she felt was the opposite to how relationships are usually depicted in yaoi. Holly Ellingwood, writing for Active Anime, enjoyed the parallels between the two characters' meeting and friendship, and the artists' meeting and friendship. Danielle Leigh, writing for Comic Book Resources, noted that the characters' relationship was "based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaoi
, also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivalent genre of homoerotic media created by and for gay men, though BL does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators. BL spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and fan works. Though depictions of homosexuality in Japanese media have a history dating to ancient times, contemporary BL traces its origins to male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, and which formed a new subgenre of ''shōjo'' manga (comics for girls). Several terms were used for this genre, including , , and . The term ( ; ) emerged as a name for the genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context of ( self-published works) culture as a portmanteau of ''yama na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka (publisher)
Asuka may refer to: People * Asuka (name), a list of people * Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), professional wrestler * Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan Places In Japan * , an area in Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture) in Japan, where imperial palaces and centers of government were built in the 6th and 7th centuries * , a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, in the same area as ancient ** , also known as , a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara * , a park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan Outside of Japan * Asuka, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia * Asuka Station (Antarctica) Ships * (now MS ''Amadea''), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 1991 to 2006 * , a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha from 2006 onwards * , a newbuilt under construction, planned for 2025 * , an experimental ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned in 1995 Popular media * ''Asuka'' (album), by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikiyo Tsuda
__NOTOC__ is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist active since 1998. Under the name , she writes Yaoi, boys love and Yuri (genre), girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes Humour, comedy-shōjo manga.Afterword section in the Digital Manga Publishing version of ''The Day of Revolution'', volume 1. Biography Tsuda is from Fukui Prefecture. Her reasons for using more than one pen name was to keep the fact that she drew manga centered on Homosexuality, homosexual relationships from her family, though they eventually found out anyway. Many manga artists often adopt artistic personas for themselves in order to represent themselves in sections of their manga not attributed to the story, as in an author's note section. Mikiyo Tsuda's persona is that of a teddy bear wearing a red bow tie with a bell at its center. One of her friends, and also a fellow manga artist, is Eiki Eiki. They often co-author manga together, display their art together, and have autograph sessions t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Manga Publishing Titles
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits. Businesses *Digital bank, a form of financial institution *Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) or Digital, a computer company *Digital Research (DR or DRI), a software company Computing and technology Hardware * Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals **Digital camera, which captures and stores digital images *** Digital versus film photography ** Digital computer, a computer that handles information represented by discrete values **Digital recording, information recorded using a digital signal Socioeconomic phenomena * Digital culture, the anthropological dimension of the digital social changes * Digital divide, a form of economic and social inequality in access to or use of information and communication technologies * Digital economy, an economy based on computing and telecommunications resources *Digital rights, legal rights of access to computers or the Interne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Manga
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 1999 Colombia earthquake, Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein of Jordan, Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 23rd century, 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in Impeachment of Bill Clinton, impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent 1999 Tashkent bombings, assassination attempt against President Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaoi
, also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivalent genre of homoerotic media created by and for gay men, though BL does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators. BL spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and fan works. Though depictions of homosexuality in Japanese media have a history dating to ancient times, contemporary BL traces its origins to male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, and which formed a new subgenre of ''shōjo'' manga (comics for girls). Several terms were used for this genre, including , , and . The term ( ; ) emerged as a name for the genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context of ( self-published works) culture as a portmanteau of ''yama na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''CBR'', formerly ''Comic Book Resources'', is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including ''Screen Rant'', ''Collider (website), Collider'', ''MovieWeb'' and XDA Developers. History ''Comic Book Resources'' (''CBR'') was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new Kingdom Come (comic), mini-series of the same name. ''CBR'' has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury (writer), George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. Acquisition by Valnet By April 4, 2016, ''CBR'' was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal, Canada–based company that owns other media properties includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics scholars and industry professionals. It is, at least in the United States, typically distinct from the term ''comic book'', which is generally used for comics periodicals and Trade paperback (comics), trade paperbacks. Comics historian, Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term ''graphic novel'' in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine ''Capa-Alpha''. The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of Will Eisner's ''A Contract with God'' (1978) and the start of the ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' line (comics), line (1982) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of Art Spiegelman's ''Maus'' in 1986, the collected editions of Frank Miller's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egmont Manga
Egmont Manga (EMA, formerly ''Egmont Manga & Anime'') is one of the largest publishers of manga in Germany. It was founded in 2000 as a daughter company of Egmont Ehapa, after the manga boom in Germany became apparent around the turn of the millennium. Since 2003, EMA has been part of Egmont vgs in Cologne. History In 1878, Egmont H. Petersen opened his own print shop in Copenhagen, which formed the foundation of the publishing firm. Its first big success was the family magazine, '' Hjemmet'', in 1904, which still exists today in Scandinavia. For the opening of its large printery building, the ''Gutenberghus'', Egmont received the title of royal court printery in 1914. In 1948, the publishing company managed to secure the rights to Disney comics for several European countries. In 1951, a German subsidiary was founded, Ehapa. In the field of comics, it sold Disney works (translated by Dr. Erika Fuchs) and later also ''Asterix'' and ''Lucky Luke''. In 1991, the Reiner Feest ... [...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] |
Eiki Eiki
, known professionally as , is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. Active since 1998, most of her manga are written under the yaoi and Yuri (genre), yuri genre. Biography Naitō was born on December 6, 1971, in Tokyo. Her grandfather Noboru Takeshita was Prime minister of Japan, and her older brother is the rock singer Daigo (musician), Daigo. She lived in Ichikawa, Chiba but moved back to Tokyo after her grandfather became prime minister. Since 2016, she has been the sister-in-law of actress Keiko Kitagawa. One of her good friends, also a fellow manga artist, is Mikiyo Tsuda, otherwise known as Taishi Zaō. They often co-author manga together, display their art together, and have autograph sessions together. Naitō has sometimes acted as Tsuda's manager.''Afterword section in the Digital Manga Publishing version of The Day of Revolution, volume 1'' Naitō's persona Eiki Eiki's is a rabbit wearing a red bow tie. Works *''The Art of Loving (manga), The Art of Loving'' *''Dear Mys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Love
, also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivalent genre of homoerotic media created by and for gay men, though BL does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators. BL spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and fan works. Though depictions of homosexuality in Japanese media have a history dating to ancient times, contemporary BL traces its origins to male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, and which formed a new subgenre of ''shōjo'' manga (comics for girls). Several terms were used for this genre, including , , and . The term ( ; ) emerged as a name for the genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context of ( self-published works) culture as a portmanteau of ''yama na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
