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White Fox
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa. The studio's most successful productions include adaptations of ''Steins;Gate'', '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', and ''Akame ga Kill!''. History The studio was founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa and other former staff members of OLM's Team Iwasa, which Iwasa lead. Their first production was the anime series '' Tears to Tiara''. Since then, White Fox has animated shows like ''Steins;Gate'' and '' Re:Zero'' and ''Akame ga Kill! is a Japanese manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It was serialized in Square Enix's '' Monthly Gangan Joker'' from March 2010 to December 2016, with its chapters collected in 15 volumes. The story focuse ...''. Works Television series OVA/ONAs Films Video games References External links * White Fox* * * {{Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo Japanese animation studios Japanese compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suginami, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English. As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total area is 34.06 km2. Geography Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya and Nakano, Tokyo, Nakano; to the north, Nerima, Tokyo, Nerima; and to the south, Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya. Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka, Tokyo, Mitaka and Musashino, Tokyo, Musashino. The Kanda River passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and the Myōshōji River originates in Myōshōji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station. History The name Suginami dates back to the early Edo period and is a shortened version of ''Suginamiki'' ("avenue of Cryptomeria, cedars"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf (Japanese Company)
Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor Key (to which it is often compared) are two of the most popular and successful dedicated visual novel studios operating today. It was launched out of obscurity by its early release '' To Heart''. Leaf used the XviD video codec in several games: '' Aruru to Asobo!!'', '' Tears to Tiara'', '' Kusari'', and '' ToHeart2 X Rated''. Since XviD is free software, released under the GPL, Leaf was obligated to release the source code to those games under the same license. One still requires the game data to actually play the games with the source code. In addition, a free software game engine, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from '' Utawarerumono'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''To Heart'', and '' Kizuato'' are playable in '' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is The Order A Rabbit?
, often abbreviated as , is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Koi. The series has been serialized in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Kirara Max'' magazine since March 2011 and the chapters collected into twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes as of May 2024. In Asia, the manga was released in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo. An anime television series adaptation animated by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. A second season by White Fox and Kinema Citrus aired in Japan between October and December 2015. Two OVA films animated by production doA were released in November 2017 and September 2019. A third anime season by Encourage Films aired in Japan between October and December 2020. A new anime project has been announced. Plot In a small Continental European styled town in Japan, teenage Cocoa Hoto enters the cafe Rabbit House, assuming there are rabbits to be cuddled. What Cocoa actually finds is her high school boarding house, staffed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sonico The Animation
is a fictional character created by Tsuji Santa for the Japanese video game company Nitroplus, first appearing as a mascot for a Nitroplus-sponsored music festival in 2006. Nitroplus has since developed the character into a media franchise that includes music products, manga series, computer and video games, toy figurines, and other merchandise. An anime television series by White Fox based on the character aired in Japan between January and March 2014. Characters Super Sonico Super Sonico is a fictional character created by Tsuji Santa of Nitroplus. Her debut appearance was on October 14, 2006, as the mascot for Nitroplus' annual live music festival event "Nitro Super Sonico", which took place at Shiba Park in Minato-KU. Nitroplus was initially focused on computer games based on visual novels, but every year since 2000, they have also held a music festival. Sonico appears in various media as an eighteen-year-old college student. She is depicted as an attractive young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Is A Part-Timer!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by Oniku (written as 029). ASCII Media Works has published the series in Japan, while Yen Press has published it in North America. The story follows Satan who, while attempting to conquer the world of Ente Isla, is confronted by the hero Emilia and forced to retreat through a gate that transports him to modern-day Tokyo, Japan. In order to survive and find a way to return to Ente Isla, Satan adopts the name Sadao Maou and starts working part-time at a fast food restaurant. There have been two manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works in ''Dengeki Daioh'' and ''Dengeki Maoh''. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by White Fox and directed by Naoto Hosoda aired from April to June 2013. A second season produced by 3Hz and directed by Daisuke Tsukushi aired from July to September 2022, with the second part of season 2 airing from July to September 2023. Plot The Demon Lord Satan att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Order
''Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali'' is a 2006 book by anthropologist J. Stephen Lansing about Balinese culture. It focuses on the development of Balinese wet-rice agriculture over the last several hundred years, particularly the ''subak'' irrigation system. Lansing argues that the ''subak'' system came about through a process of self-organization characterized by complex interactions among the politics of local communities, growing conditions, the strict Balinese caste system and interacting religious structures. Reception In 2007, ''Perfect Order'' won the Julian Steward Book Award from the Anthropology and Environment section of the American Anthropological Association. It is considered a work of interest to ecologists, archaeologists, and those who study Southeast Asia more generally. However, the book has been more contentious among some anthropologists of Bali, particularly because of Lansing's relative under-use of works in the anthropology of Bali since Clif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keitaro Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist. His major works include '' Jormugand'', a story about a female arms dealer, which ran from 2006 to 2012 in Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...'s '' Monthly Sunday GX'' magazine, and was made into an anime series. In 2012, he started the manga series ''Destro 246'' which has charted in Oricon's best-sellers. Works References External links * * 1978 births Living people People from Isehara, Kanagawa Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese illustrators {{manga-artist-stub ... [...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] |
Jormungand (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keitaro Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from April 2006 to January 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven volumes. An anime television series produced by White Fox was broadcast between April and June 2012. A second season titled ''Jormungand: Perfect Order'' aired from October to December 2012. The manga was licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media. Both seasons have been licensed by Funimation in North America and Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Plot The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, an international shipping corporation and illegal smuggling operation. As one of the company's unofficial weapon dealers, she sells weapons in a variety of countries while avoiding both local and international authorities. Traveling with her is a team of bodyguards, mostly composed of fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitroplus
Nitroplus Co., Ltd., currently styled as NITRO PLUS, formerly stylized as nitro+, and formerly known as "OKStyle", is a Japanese visual novel video game developer that has developed a number of visual novels, including eroge. They have also collaborated with developer Type-Moon to create the light novel series '' Fate/Zero''. Their works usually have dark themes such as reanimation of the dead, rape, and murder. They also have a branch of the company called Nitro+chiral, which focuses on boys' love visual novels. Writers aligned with the company, such as Gen Urobuchi, have also contributed to various manga, anime, novels, and television works. Super Sonico is the mascot of Nitroplus's annual music festival event "Nitro Super Sonic" since 2006. Nitroplus has held their music festival every year since 2000. Ouka Satsurikuin was Nitroplus's original mascot before Super Sonico. In June 2024, Nitroplus announced that CyberAgent acquired 72.5% of the company for 16.7 billion yen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mages (company)
, formerly , is a Japanese video game developer and record label for video game and anime music. History It was formed on April 6, 2005, after Chiyomaru Shikura left Scitron to begin the company as its executive director, a position he formerly held until January 2023. The company is divided into two parts, 5pb. Games for the manufacturing of video games, and 5pb. Records for the record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the TYO Group until Shikura purchased the remaining rights from the TYO Group on April 15, 2009. Shikura co-owns 5pb. with AGOne, an affiliate of Dwango Japan. Staff members include scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi, artist Yukihiro Matsuo, and producer Tatsuya Matsuhara. In April 2011, a group of companies consisting of Arkray, Seed Project, Dwango Creative School, Animelo Summer Life, 5pb. Records, and 5pb. Games merged under the parent company Mages. Inc. led by executive director Chiyomaru Shikura. In July 2019, Mages was acquired by Shikura's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Satō (director)
is a Japanese anime screenwriter and director. Works *'' Street Fighter II V'' (1995) Storyboard (ep 11), Animation Director (ep 1), Assistant Director *''Trigun'' (1998) Storyboard (ep 25) *'' Serial Experiments Lain'' (1998) Storyboard (ep 10) *'' NieA 7'' (2000) Director, Series Composition, Storyboard, Animation (OP/ED) *'' Princess Tutu'' (2002–2003) Script (6, 11) *'' The Twelve Kingdoms'' (2002–2003) Storyboard (episodes 3, 8, 19, 32) *''Midori Days'' (2004) Scenario, Screenplay (eps 2, 6, 9) *'' Strawberry Marshmallow'' (2005) Director, Series Composition, Script (eps 1–2), Storyboard (eps 1, 12) *''Fate/stay night'' (2006) Series Composition *'' Code-E'' (2007) Series Composition *'' Student Council's Discretion'' (2009) Director *'' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'' (2010) Screenplay *''Steins;Gate'' (2011) Director *'' Say "I love you"'' (2012) Director, Series Composition *'' Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu'' (2013) Chief director *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
