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ETC (Chilean TV Network)
ETC is a Chilean cable television channel currently owned by Mega. The channel's slogan is "''Todo pasa por Etc...''" (Everything Happens on Etc...). Launched in 1996, the company was previously owned by Telefilms Ltda. Starting with a low budget, the channel was originally conceived as a "miscellaneous" channel (the name of the channel, ETC, is based on et cetera), focusing on children's programming and some North American sitcoms in its first year. In 1997, when the channel aired ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Saint Seiya'', it experienced an increase in its ratings, leading it to narrow its focus to include primarily Japanese anime, though, in recent years, it has also added some South Korean programming including K-pop and K-dramas. Anime aired on ETC Some of the following Anime were aired on ETC TV, many of those series were also aired on some local Chilean channels, specially Chilevisión on their program "El Club de los Tigritos" (program later replaced by "Invasión") and some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega (Chilean TV Channel)
Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A., commonly known as Mega, is a Chilean free-to-air television network owned by :es:Mega Media, Mega Media, a :es:Bethia, Bethia ''holding'' company. It began its transmissions on 23 October 1990 as the first private television network in the Chile, country on channel 9 in Santiago, replacing '':es:Canal_9_TVN_Señal_2, Señal 2'' of Televisión Nacional de Chile. The station is a member of the '':es:Asociación_Nacional_de_Televisión, Asociación Nacional de Televisión'' and ''Organización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica, Organización de Telecomunicaciónes de Iberoamérica'', and is part of the '':es:Alianza_Informativa_Latinoamericana, Alianza Informativa Latinoamericana'' History Early years (1990–1992) The channel began a sort of prelaunch on the night of 23 October 1990, first broadcasting a preview of its programming and then the movie Oliver. Meanwhile, in the courtyards of the channel, the new studios were inaugurated loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Blockade Battlefront
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It revolves around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch, who obtains 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. After the incident, Leonardo moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists. Nightow first published a one-shot chapter in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump Square'' in May 2008. A three-chapter series, with the subtitle ''Mafūgai Kessha'', was published in the same magazine from January to March 2009. ''Blood Blockade Battlefront'' was later serialized in '' Jump SQ.19'' from May 2010 to February 2015, when the magazine ceased publication; Shueisha collected its chapters in ten volumes. A direct sequel, titled ''Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back'' was serialized in ''Jump SQ.Crown'' from July 2015 to January 2018, when the magazine ceased publication, and the series was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Jack (anime)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. ''Black Jack'' consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. ''Black Jack'' has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Satoshi Kuwahara and Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two films. In 1977, it won the first Kodansha Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' category. It has since then become one of Tezuka's best selling manga with over 47.66 million copies sold in Japan. Osamu Dezaki's anime film adaptation, ''Black Jack: The Movie'', won Best Animation Film at the 1996 Mainichi Film Awards. Plot Most of the stories involve Black Jack doing some good deed, for which he rarely gets recognition—often curing the poor and destitute for free, or teaching the arrogant a lesson in humility. They sometimes end with a good, humane person endu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikkuriman
is a line of wafer snacks produced by Lotte, made notable for the randomly assorted bonus stickers included inside each snack. First released in 1977, Bikkuriman (ビックリマン, "Surprise Man") became wildly popular in Japan with the introduction of the series of stickers, leading to a prolific number of media tie-ins. History Bikkuriman is a chocolate and peanut wafer snack made by Lotte that sold for 30 yen at the time of its introduction. Originally, the pack-in stickers were called "Dokkiri Seal" (どっきりシール, "Shocking Seal). Each Seal featured a realistic image on a clear background, with the intention of using them for pranks or gags (broken glass, clothing tears, fake wall switches, etc.) By the 1980s, the Seals began featuring individual gag-based characters with a theme that united a particular set of Seals. These style of stickers would remain for the first 9 sets of Seal releases. In August 1985, Lotte released the first of the Akuma v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It started in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in February 2015. The series ran in the magazine until August 2023, and moved to ''Jump Giga'' in December of the same year. Its chapters have been collected in 36 volumes as of February 2024. Set in a world where people are born with the ability to use magic, the story follows Asta (Black Clover), Asta, a young boy without any magic power who is given a rare grimoire that grants him anti-magic abilities. With his fellow mages from the Black Bulls, Asta plans to become the next Wizard King. The manga was first adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Xebec (studio), Xebec Zwei, released in 2017. A 170-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot (company), Pierrot aired on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021. An anime film, titled ''Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King'', premiered si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashita No Nadja
is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ABC, TV Asahi and other ANN affiliates. A manga version, written by Izumi Todo and drawn by Yui Ayumi, was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from March 2003 to February 2004, and collected in two bound volumes. A sequel novel was released on September 12, 2017. Plot Nadja is an orphan who lives at the Applefield Orphanage, in early 20th-century England. Nadja is called by Miss Appleton, the orphanage's owner, to receive a package delivered to her. The gifts sent for her thirteenth birthday are a dress and a diary. She is told in the accompanying letter that her mother is still alive. She later joins a traveling street performance act called the ''Dandelion Troupe'' in search of her mother after a fire breaks out in her orphanage. She travels the world, finding many friends along the way that teach her things about herself, ultimately having to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamtaro
''Hamtaro'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Shōgaku Ninensei'' (''Second Grade'') magazine in April 1997; more ''Hamtaro'' stories would later be added into the other grade-level magazines, as well as in '' Ciao''. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters known as the "Ham-Hams" ("Hamuchans" in the Japanese version). Viz Media published the manga adaptations and storybooks in English. Multiple anime adaptations were produced by TMS Entertainment and aired on TV Tokyo. The first series was dubbed in English by The Ocean Group. Plot The series revolves around a hamster named Hamtaro, who is owned by a 10-year-old girl named Laura Haruna (Hiroko Haruna in the Japanese/Original version). Curious by nature, he ventures out each day to make friends and go on adventures with a clan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The series follows Yugi Mutou, a teenager who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi becomes host to a gambling alter-ego or spirit who solves his conflicts with various games. As the manga progresses, the focus largely shifts to the card game ''Duel Monsters'' (originally known as ''Magic & Wizards''), where opposing players "duel" one another in mock battles of fantasy monsters. The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga, anime series, video games, and a real-world card game, the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game, based on the fictional ''Duel Monsters'' game. The first anime series adaptation, simply titled '' Yu-Gi-Oh!'' and produced by Toei Animation, aired from April to October 1998, while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Ball (franchise)
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected in 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes by its publisher Shueisha. ''Dragon Ball'' was originally inspired by the classical 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'', combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films. ''Dragon Ball'' characters also use a variety of List of martial arts#Asia, East Asian martial arts styles, including karate and Wing Chun (Kung fu (term), kung fu). The series follows the adventures of protagonist Goku, Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts. He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma, who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Televisiva Megavisión
Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A., commonly known as Mega, is a Chilean free-to-air television network owned by Mega Media, a Bethia ''holding'' company. It began its transmissions on 23 October 1990 as the first private television network in the country on channel 9 in Santiago, replacing '' Señal 2'' of Televisión Nacional de Chile. The station is a member of the '' Asociación Nacional de Televisión'' and '' Organización de Telecomunicaciónes de Iberoamérica'', and is part of the '' Alianza Informativa Latinoamericana'' History Early years (1990–1992) The channel began a sort of prelaunch on the night of 23 October 1990, first broadcasting a preview of its programming and then the movie Oliver. Meanwhile, in the courtyards of the channel, the new studios were inaugurated located in the old Cristalerías Chile factory, on Av. Vicuña Mackenna with the presence of President Patricio Aylwin and the owner of the channel, Ricardo Claro. Its official broadcasts began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 107 volumes as of April 2025. Because of legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz Media were renamed ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo, whose body was transformed into that of an elementary school-age child while investigating a mysterious organization. Generally, he solves a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
