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Dandadan
, also script displayed as ''Dan Da Dan'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump+'' app and website since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 19 volumes as of April 2025. The series follows two teenagers with supernatural powers fighting and aliens with help from multiple allies. An anime television series adaptation produced by Science Saru aired from October to December 2024. A second season is set to premiere in July 2025. Plot Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her fellow high schooler, Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the extraterrestrial and the occult—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Saru
, stylized as Science SARU, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo. Established on February 4, 2013, by producer Eunyoung Choi and director Masaaki Yuasa, the studio has produced four feature films and five animated series, as well as co-productions, a compilation film, and episodes of series for other studios. Science Saru's first animation was the "Food Chain" episode of the American animated series ''Adventure Time'' (2014); its most recent projects are the animated feature film '' Inu-Oh'' (2021), two short films for the animated anthology project '' Star Wars: Visions'' (2021), and the animated series '' The Heike Story'' (2021), '' Yurei Deco'' (2022), ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'' (2023), and '' Dandadan'' (2024). The studio's work has received critical acclaim both within Japan and internationally, winning awards from Annecy, the Japan Academy Film Prize, the Mainichi Film Awards, and the Japan Media Arts Festival. Science Saru utilizes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GKIDS
GKIDS is an American film and television distributor owned by Toho International. Based in New York City, GKIDS releases mostly international animated films and television series to North American audiences, as well as American films by independent filmmakers. The name is said to be an acronym for "Guerrilla Kids International Distribution Syndicate". In October 2024, it was announced GKIDS would be sold to Japanese entertainment company Toho, becoming a subsidiary of the Los Angeles-based Toho International. The deal was completed in 2025. History GKIDS was founded by Eric Beckman in 2008. He previously co-founded and ran the New York International Children's Film Festival. Their first general release was '' Azur & Asmar'', a French film dubbed in English for British and Irish audiences. The company attained national recognition with the 2010 release of '' The Secret of Kells'', which received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards. They also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukinobu Tatsu
Yukinobu Tatsu (龍幸伸) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for ''Fire Ball!'' ''and'' '' Dandadan''. Biography Tatsu was born in Saitama Prefecture. Works *'' Fire Ball!'', serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' (2013-2014) *'' Dandadan'', serialized in ''Shōnen Jump+ is a manga platform created by Shueisha. Launched on September 22, 2014, it operates as a free mobile app and website. Jump+ serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekl ...'' (2021-present) References Year of birth missing 21st-century Japanese artists 21st-century Japanese male artists Japanese cartoonists Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture {{Manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensuke Ushio
(stylized as kensuke ushio) is a Japanese composer, rock and EBM musician. He also releases work under the moniker Agraph. He is a member of Japanese rock band Lama. Together with Lama, he released two full-length studio records: ''New!'' in 2011 and ''Modanica'' a year later. Both albums charted on the Oricon Albums Chart. As an EBM musician, he released three albums, all of which peaked in the Japanese Albums Chart. He wrote and composed soundtracks for several anime television series and movies, such as '' A Silent Voice'', '' Chainsaw Man'', '' Devilman Crybaby'', '' Liz and the Blue Bird'' and '' Dandadan''. Biography As a child, Ushio learned playing piano. He studied arts and music at university. At the same time, he learned the usage of the audio editor software Pro Tools. At the age of 20, Ushio got his first contact with electronic music, such as techno. He started his solo career in 2007 under the moniker ''Agraph'' and began creating electronic music. His debut alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Jump+
is a manga platform created by Shueisha. Launched on September 22, 2014, it operates as a free mobile app and website. Jump+ serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Notable titles serialized in ''Shōnen Jump+'' include '' World's End Harem'', '' Astra Lost in Space'', '' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'', '' Spy × Family'', '' Chained Soldier'', '' Kaiju No. 8'', and '' Dandadan''. Despite its title, ''Shōnen Jump+'' also features series targeted towards female and adult readers in addition to its namesake '' shōnen manga'', which is targeted towards young teen males. Outside of Japan, Shueisha releases the original manga from the platform on '' Manga Plus''. Starting in 2023, every new manga series except for licensed manga and ''Indies'' series launched on ''Shōnen Jump+'' would receive a simultaneous English release on ''Manga Plus''. History Pre-launch Shueisha's ''Weekly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Seko
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After serving as an episode screenwriter, he was given the role of head screenwriter for ''Seraph of the End''. Since then, he has done screenwriting for many other series, such as critically acclaimed titles ''Attack on Titan'', ''Mob Psycho 100, Vinland Saga,'' ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', and '' Chainsaw Man''. He frequently collaborates with Wit Studio and MAPPA. Biography Hiroshi Seko was born in Nagoya, Japan. After doing episode scripts for ''Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'', ''Attack on Titan'' and '' Terror in Resonance'', Seko was put in charge of doing all the screenwriting in the anime adaptation of ''Seraph of the End''. Seko also wrote the '' Attack on Titan: Lost Girls'' novel. In 2016, Seko did the screenwriting for the anime adaptation of ''Mob Psycho 100'', which was nominated for Anime of the Year and won the award for Best Action at the Crunchyroll's inaugural Anime Awards. In 2019, he did the screenwriting for the anime adaptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Góngora
Abel Góngora (born July 30, 1983) is a Spanish animator and director based in Japan who is known for his work with the Japanese animation studio Science SARU. Having joined the studio as one of its first employees, Góngora serves as the head of Science SARU's digital animation department and has specialized in the use of Adobe Animate. In addition to his work as an animator, Góngora has also served as an episode director for promotional episodes of the American series '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'', and as the director of ''T0-B1'', a short film segment of the Disney+ anthology project '' Star Wars: Visions''. Early life Góngora was born in Barcelona, Spain, and grew up in the town of Elche. As a child, he developed a love of drawing comics and aspired to someday own a shop where he could sell them. He studied animation and graduated from the Technical University of Valencia. Career Work with European studios Góngora began his career in Europe, joining the Irish animation s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and Spirit (supernatural entity) , spirits in Japanese folklore. The kanji representation of the word comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term ''yaoguai, yāoguài'' (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese commentators argue that the word ''yōkai'' has taken on many different meanings in Japanese culture, including referring to a large number of uniquely Japanese creatures. are also referred to as , or . However, most Japanese generally think of the two loose classes of spirits as highly different, although some academics and Shinto practitioners acknowledge similarities within the seeming dichotomy between the natures of them and most ''kami'', which are generally regarded as relatively beneficent in comparison, and class the two as ultimately the same type of spirits of nature or of a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC. In 2005, Viz and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current Viz Media, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States in the bookstore market, with a 23% share of the market. History Founding Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. He also became interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muse Communication
Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known simply as Muse) is a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of Japanese animation. Based in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, the company also distributes Asian and European films in Taiwan. It has licenses for several popular anime series and tokusatsu such as '' Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest'', ''Attack on Titan'', ''Sword Art Online'', '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', ''One-Punch Man'', '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', ''Spy × Family'', ''Saint Seiya'', ''Hunter × Hunter'', '' Pretty Cure Series'', ''Kamen Rider Series'', ''Super Sentai'', and many more. History Originally founded in 1987, the company was formerly known as Muse Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd before becoming Muse Communication Co., Ltd. in 1992. Fukang Enterprise is in charge of physical distribution, while Eagle International Communication handles distribution for live-action films fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Broadcasting System
JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as or (formerly known as from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned-and-operated by a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings with its studios being based in the Kita-ku ward of Osaka. From its sign on in 1959 to 2021, MBS operated as a unified broadcaster, with its radio and television operations being intact until 2017 when a major restructuring caused the operations to be held under the second incarnation of MBS. In 2021, the radio division was spun-off as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary. Overview MBS is a core station of the Japan News Network (JNN), with TBS TV as its key station. MBS is a member of the "Five Company Federation" (comprising it, TBS, HBC, CBC and RKB) and is also a major shareholder of TBS Holdings. It distributes G-Guide EPG data, and used to distribute analog G-Guide program data to Tokushima Prefecture, where the only commercial TV stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TBS Television (Japan)
JORX-DTV (channel 6), branded as , is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Japan News Network in the Kantō region. It is owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of TBS Holdings. TBS Television is one of the "five private broadcasters based in Tokyo." TBS produced the game show ''Takeshi's Castle'', which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise starting in 1966—initially a spinoff of ''Ultra Q'', which was co-produced and broadcast in the same year. Most, if not all, of these series were produced by Tsuburaya Productions for the network. In the 2010s, the ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s, TBS has been the home of ''Sasuke (TV series), Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format inspired similar programs outside Japan. Sasuke itself was a spinoff of the TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke,'' which ran for seven seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
