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Doga Kobo
is a Japanese animation studio formed by former Toei Animation members Hideo Furusawa and Megumu Ishiguro, located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The studio was established on July 11, 1973, and is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation. Although the studio gained significant commercial success from their adaptations of yuri or yuri-ish anime like '' Koihime Musō'' and especially '' YuruYuri'', the studio is also known for more traditional romantic shows such as '' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'', '' Plastic Memories'', and '' Tada Never Falls in Love,'' and for slice of life comedy series such as '' Gabriel DropOut'' and '' Himouto! Umaru-chan''. In recent times the studio gained a wide popularity due to the anime adaptation of ''Oshi no Ko'', a manga series written by Aka Akasaka is a Japanese manga artist and writer best known for his series ''Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' and ''Oshi no Ko''. Biography Akasaka contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game ''Wonde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerima
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km2, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km2. Districts and neighborhoods ;Kamiitabashi Area * Asahigaoka * Kotakechō ;Kaminerima Area * Asahimachi * Doshida * Hikarigaoka * Kasugacho * Mukōyama * Nukui * Tagara * Takamatsu ;Nakaarai Area * Nakamura * Nakamurakita * Nakamuraminami * Toyotamakami * Toyotamakita * Toyotamaminami * Toyotamanaka ;Nerima Area * Hayamiya * Hazawa * Heiwadai * Hikawadai * Kitamachi * Nerima * Nishiki * Sakaemachi * Sakuradai ;Ōizumi Area * Higashiōizumi * Minamiōizumi * Nishiōizumi * Nishiōizumimachi * Ōizumichō * Ōizumigakuen-chō ;Shakujii Area * Fujimidai * Kamishakujii * Kamishakujiiminami-chō ... [...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] |
Otome Tairan
An is a story-based romance video game targeted towards women with a female protagonist as the player character. Generally one of the goals, besides the main story goal, is to develop a romantic relationship between the female main player character and one of the secondary lead characters, who are usually male. History The first ''otome'' game is generally acknowledged to be '' Angelique'', released in 1994 by Koei in Japan for the Super Famicom, and created by Ruby Party, an all-woman development team division of Koei. The game was originally designed for pre-teen and younger teenage girls, but became unexpectedly popular with older teenagers and women in their 20s. In 2021, the series continues with ''Angelique Luminarise'', in which the protagonist is a 25-year-old office worker. ''Angelique'' is credited with "setingup the specifics and conventions of women's games: a focus on romance, easy controls and utilizing other multimedia." In 1997 the second ''otome'' game, '' Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsumi To Batsu To Aganai No Shōjo
is a Japanese word that indicates the violation of legal, social or religious rules. It is most often used in the religious and moral sense. Originally, the word indicated a divine punishment due to the violation of a divine taboo through evil deeds, defilement (''kegare'') or disasters.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version, "Tsumi" When translated in English as "sin", the term covers therefore only one of the three meanings of the Japanese word. # Evil deeds # Kegare # Disasters History The term evolved to its present form as a contraction of (, ''to hinder, be hindered, to have an accident, to have some trouble''),Definition from the Iwanami Kōjien Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version, "Tsutsumu" a verb which very generally indicated the occurrence of a negative event. In ancient Japan the word thus indicated not only crimes and other forbidden human actions, but also diseases, disasters, pollution, ugliness and any other unpleasant obj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Koihime†Musō
Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese given name * Shin (Korean surname) (Hangul: 신, Hanja: 申, 辛, 愼), a Korean family name Fictional characters *Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series * Shin Asuka (other), multiple *Shin Godzilla, a fictional monster from a film of the same name *Shin Hati, a fictional character in ''Star Wars'' * Shin Malphur, a character in the video game '' Destiny 2: Forsaken'' * Kamen Rider Shin, a character in the Kamen Rider series * Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series ''Eyeshield 21'' * A character in the manga Dorohedoro * A character in the manga and anime ''Fist of the North Star'' * Shin Tsukimi from the video game ''Your Turn to Die -Death Game by Majority-'' * Shin Chan from the Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eroge
An ''eroge'' (, ''eroge'', or , ''erogē'', ), also called an H-game, is a Japanese genre of erotic video game. The term encompasses a wide variety of Japanese games containing erotic content across multiple genres. The first ''eroge'' were created in the 1980s, and many well-known companies in the Japanese gaming industry originally produced and distributed them. Some ''eroge'' are primarily focused on erotic content, while others, such as Key (company), Key's ''Kanon (video game), Kanon'', only contain occasional scenes in an otherwise non-erotic work. Games in the latter category are often re-released with sexual content removed for general audiences. Throughout its history, the genre has faced controversy for its use of explicit sexual content, and as a result has been banned from several console platforms. Etymology ''Eroge'' is a portmanteau of . Such games are also referred to as an . History ''Eroge'' is a Japanese erotic video game. The earliest known commercial ero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuaki Nakanishi
is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director. Filmography * '' Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari 2'': Director * '' Bomberman Bidaman Bakugaiden'': Series director * ''Cardcaptor Sakura'': Storyboard and episode director * ''Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!'': Director * '' Duel Masters (movie)'': Unit director * '' I Shall Survive Using Potions!'': Director * ''Kaikan Phrase'': Storyboard and episode director * '' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'': Director, storyboard, episode director * ''Koihime Musō'': Director * ''Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer'': Director * ''Magical Circle Guru Guru'': Director, storyboard * '' Mangirl!'': Director * ''No Guns Life'': Episode director * ''Sumomomo Momomo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' (first named ''Gangan YG'') from January 2004 to February 2009, with its chapters collected in 12 vo ...'': Director * '' The Bush Baby'': Storyboard, Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakushiji Ryōko No Kaiki Jikenbo
, known in English as ''Ryoko's Case File'', is a Japanese novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka and illustrated by Narumi Kakinouchi. It was adapted into manga and an anime television series, two drama CDs had also been released prior to the anime adaptation with different voice actors. Plot The series is centered on an elite police officer named Ryōko Yakushiji. A graduate of University of Tokyo, Tokyo University's Law Faculty, she is currently among the youngest superintendents in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. With the assistance of her subordinate Junichirō Izumida, Ryōko works with her colleagues including her rival and fellow superintendent Yukiko Muromachi, alongside JACES security forces personnel and her personal maids Lucienne and Marianne, to investigate and resolve seemingly paranormal, supernatural or bizarre events that become involved in criminal cases—particularly when police procedures or modern science cannot be applied—before they go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustrations and a varying degree of interactivity. The format is more likely referred to as a visual novel game. Visual novels originated in and are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006. In Japanese, a distinction is often made between visual novels (NVL, from "novel"), which consist primarily of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (AVG or ADV, from "adventure"), which incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, as both visual novels and ADV-style adventure games are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels are rarely produced exclusively for dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Kuroda
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. He is also known by the moniker QZo, such as when he directed the anime television series '' Myself ; Yourself''. In 2011, Kuroda founded studio AXsiZ, and has served as the studio's president since. Anime involved in *'' Kyouran Kazoku Nikki'': Director *''Angel's Feather'': Director *''Burn Up W'': Supervision *''Chocotto Sister'': Director *''Full Metal Panic!'': Episode Director (Eps. 2, 8, 21) *'' Fushigi Yuugi'': Episode Director (eps 25, 34, 41) *''Gloria'': Director *'' Guardian Hearts'': Director, Storyboard (OP), Episode Director (ep 6) *'' Guardian Hearts Power Up!'': Director *''Kämpfer'': Director *'' Myself ; Yourself'': Director (as QZo) * '' Nakaimo – My Sister Is Among Them!'': Producer *'' Saber Marionette J to X'': Episode Director (eps 3, 7) *'' Shadow Skill 2'': Series director *''Speed Grapher ''Speed Grapher'' (stylized as ''SPEED GRAPHER'') is a 2005 anime series produced by Gonzo. The series ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myself ; Yourself
is a Japanese visual novel developed by Regista which was released on December 20, 2007, for the PlayStation 2. Takumi Nakazawa, the main scenario writer for the ''Infinity'' series (''Ever17'', '' Remember11''), is the principal writer for ''Myself ; Yourself''. Character design for the game is provided by Mutsumi Sasaki, who also produced the original character design for ''Memories Off'', ''Happy Lesson'', and ''Futakoi''. Before the game's release, a light novel based on the story, written by Takumi Nakazawa, and illustrated by Wadapen, was serialized in the Japanese bishōjo magazine ''Dengeki G's Magazine'' between March and November 2007, published by MediaWorks. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo, the first for the studio, aired in Japan from October to December 2007 on TV Kanagawa. A spin-off sequel to the visual novel was developed by the previous staff entitled ''Myself ; Yourself: Sorezore no Finale'' and was released on May 28, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
