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Do Not Say Mystery
, also known as ''Do Not Say Mystery'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Flowers'' since November 2017. A television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from January to March 2022. By January 2023, the manga had over 18 million copies in circulation. In 2022, ''Don't Call It Mystery'' won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category. Plot One day in winter, university student Totonō Kunō was accompanied to the police station to be investigated by detectives from the Ohinari Police Station, who visited his apartment in connection with the murder of Sagae, a fellow student and high school alumnus. It is said that Sagae was seen arguing with someone who looked like Kuno around 10 o'clock last night. Kuno categorically denies committing the crime, and goes to question and investigate an Inspector called Yabu and his friends every day. Characters ; Totonō Ku ... [...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] |
Keita Machida
is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile. Machida is represented by LDH (company), LDH. Biography Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma, Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary school, he learned Kendo until entering junior high school. After graduating junior high school, Machida joined the Japan Aviation High School in Ishikawa, as he had loved vehicles since his childhood and aspired to be a pilot. He started dancing when he was in high school and took on the role of captain in his dance club. In his youth Machida also attended EXPG Tokyo, a talent school run by LDH. Personal life On 25 December 2022, Machida married Koreans in Japan, South Korean actress, . Career Machida joined Gekidan EXILE on 25 January 2011, after successfully passing the ''Dai 3kai Gekidan EXILE Audition''. Although in July 2011, he was announced as a candidate member of Generations from Exile Tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigatsu No Shōsha
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 2017 to May 2024, with its chapters collected in 21 volumes. In 2022, the manga won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category. Media Manga Written and illustrated by , ''Nigatsu no Shōsha'' was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 4, 2017, to May 20, 2024. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 21 volumes, released from February 9, 2018, to July 11, 2024. Volumes Drama A ten-episode television drama adaptation, starring Yuya Yagira as Kurōdo Kuroki, was broadcast on Nippon Television from October 16 to December 18, 2021. Reception The series ranked 30th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by ''Da Vinci'' magazine; it ranked twelfth on the 2024 list. The series won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Taishō
The is a Japanese List of comics awards, comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer Tankōbon, collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of recognizing new and relatively unestablished manga, and to provide a platform to promote these works to new readers. To this end, the prize utilizes a judging criteria of recognizing manga one would "want to recommend to friends", rather than a strictly meritocratic evaluation of artistic excellence. The prize is presented by the Manga Taishō Executive Committee, a volunteer group of roughly one hundred "manga lovers from all walks of life", primarily bookstore workers who manage in-store manga sections. Individuals directly involved with the manga industry, such as manga artists, authors, book designers, and editors, are barred from sitting on the committee; this distinguishes the Manga Taishō from the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers. ''Fantasia'' has been often cited as the most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America, and as one of the top three in the world, alongside Sitges and Fantastic Fest. Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers, having launched the careers of many modern auteurs throughout the years. Since 2012, the festival has also held the ''Frontières'' cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the ''Frontières'' announced collaboration with the Marché du Film, led by the Cannes Film Festival. Overview ''Fantasia'' focuses on niche, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th Fantasia International Film Festival
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival was held from 18 July to 4 August 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Juries Compétition Cheval Noir * Matt Johnson (director), Matt Johnson, Canadian filmmaker – Jury President * Steve Dollar, American film critic * Rob Jabbaz, Canadian filmmaker * Kristina Klebe, American actress and filmmaker * Ariane Louis-Seize, French-Canadian filmmaker New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature * Rain Rannu, Estonian filmmaker – Jury President * Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Indian filmmaker * Éric S. Boisvert, Canadian filmmaker * Amelia Moses, Canadian filmmaker International Short Film Competition * Heidi Honeycutt, American film critic – Jury President * Jean Anne Lauer, American professor and festival programmer * Emily Lerer, Canadian filmmaker * Gary Pullin, American illustrator * Alex Williams, American film acquisitions executive Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation * Johane Matte, Canadian story artist – Jury P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...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] |
Chameleon (King Gnu Song)
is a song by Japanese band King Gnu. It was originally released on February 28, 2022, as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga series '' Don't Call It Mystery'', and was officially released on March 16, 2022, by Ariola Japan. Background and release In January, it was announced that King Gnu would be performing "Chameleon" as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga series '' Don't Call It Mystery'', starring Masaki Suda. They wrote the song specifically for the series. King Gnu performed "Chameleon" on ''Music Station'' on March 4, 2022. Ariola Japan released the song as a single on March 16. They performed the song, alongside " Ichizu/Sakayume" and "Boy", on ''Love music'' four days later. King Gnu also performed the song on a three-hour special of '' Count Down TV'' on April 18. Composition "Chameleon" was written specifically for '' Don't Call It Mystery''. Daiki Tsuneda, the songwriter, said that he wrote the song "thinking that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Gnu
King Gnu is a Japanese band formed in 2013. It consists of Daiki Tsuneta (vocalist and guitarist), Satoru Iguchi (vocalist and keyboardist), Kazuki Arai (bassist) and Yu Seki (drummer). The band's main songwriter is Daiki Tsuneta, who also performs as part of the creative collective Millennium Parade. Career In 2013, Mrs.Vinci was formed, later going by Srv.Vinci. Their first song was "ABUKU(泡)" released under the creative label Perimetron. In 2017, they renamed themselves to King Gnu. They then performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2017 and 2018. On October 25, 2017, the band released their first album under the name King Gnu, ''Tokyo Rendez-Vous''. The track "Vinyl" was used in a Persol Tempstaff advertisement released on January 25 the next year. In January 2019, the band released ''Sympa'', their first release under a major label after signing to Ariola Japan. The following month, King Gnu released hit song "Hakujitsu", which ranked No.4 in the year-end chart of Billb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
