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Eiji Miyashita
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aptepro. His main roles include Kyohei Kashihara in ''Arpeggio of Blue Steel'', Sosuke Sugaya in '' Assassination Classroom'', Hajun in Kajiri Kamui Kagura, Airzel in '' Bakugan'', Papa in ''Higepiyo'', Kenji Ito in '' Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere'', Gen Shishio in ''Kekkaishi'', and Takeo Tsurumaru in '' Shadow Star''. Career When Miyashita was a child, he admired Kōichi Yamadera, who played Kurama Wataribe in ''Mashin Hero Wataru'', and decided to become a voice actor in his third year of high school. On the recommendation of his parents, he enrolled in a university in Nara, but he could not give up his dream of becoming a voice actor, so he dropped out after one year and attended Yoyogi Animation Academy in Osaka while working part-time. On the advice of a lecturer at Yoyogi Animation Academy, he entered the training school of Ken Production in the Kanto region, and began working as a voice actor around the age of 22 when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama Prefecture and Tottori Prefecture to the west. Kōbe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as Natural Parks. Hyōgo Prefecture forms part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Wolf On Campus
''Big Wolf on Campus'' is a Canadian television series created by Peter A. Knight and Christopher Briggs that ran from 1999 to 2002. The central plot revolves around a teenage boy named Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins, who was bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip in the woods a week before his senior year of high school. After the bite transforms him into a werewolf, he fights against vampires, werecats, ghosts, zombies and other supernatural entities to keep his hometown of Pleasantville safe - even though almost everyone in Pleasantville believes that their protector, dubbed the "Pleasantville Werewolf", is dangerous. Overview Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins is a teenager who is mauled by a werewolf during a camping trip. After returning to his home town of Pleasantville, of which his father is the mayor, there are sightings of the "Pleasantville Werewolf". The first person to find out that Tommy is the Pleasantville Werewolf is Tommy's goth friend Merton J. Dingle, a keen expert of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
is a Japanese anime television series, created and produced by Sunrise. Based on the original concept by the Sunrise animation staff, the series is directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Jukki Hanada, overseeing a team of animators noted for their previous work on ''My-HiME'' and '' My-Otome''. The anime began airing in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on January 5, 2009. The series is set in the far future where humans now live in space colonies orbiting far from Earth. A manga adaptation, ''Sora Kake Girl R'', began serialization in the March 2009 issue of Ichijinsha's '' Comic Rex'', and another manga, ''Sora Kake Girl D'', began serialization in the April 2009 issue of ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Daioh''. A light novel adaptation began serialization in Ichijinsha's ''Chara Mel'' in December 2008, and an Internet radio show has also been created. Characters Main characters ; : :Akiha is typically a careless and dense girl who has no special talent out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black God (manga)
is a Japanese-Korean manhwa series written by Dall-Young Lim and illustrated by Park Sung-woo. Square Enix published the manga in Japan's bi-monthly seinen magazine '' Young Gangan''. The story is initially set in modern-day Tokyo, then changes to the island of Okinawa in the middle of the story. The word "Black" in the title refers to the character , as it means black in Japanese. "God" in the title refers to the fact that Kuro is a superhuman, or "Tera Guardian". In France and other French-speaking countries and territories, the manga goes under the name ''Kurokami: Black God''. The manga is created entirely by a Korean manhwa team led by both Lim and Park. They would occasionally make fun of the fact that none of them were fluent in Japanese in omake segments drawn at the end of each manga volume. ''Black God'' was among four manga titles licensed by Yen Press along with ''Zombie-Loan'', '' Alice on Deadlines'' and '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' when it was announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu
is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine '' Dengeki hp'' on June 18, 2004. The first novel was released in October 2004, and as of January 2012, 15 volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Yasuhiro Miyama was serialized in ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Moeoh'' between the October 2006 and August 2010 issues. An anime adaptation produced by Studio Barcelona aired between July and September 2008; a second anime season aired between October and December 2009. A visual novel for the PlayStation 2 was released in Japan in September 2008 and a second game for the PlayStation Portable was released for digital download in February 2010. Plot The story is set at Hakujō Academy, a private high school in Japan, and centers around Yūto Ayase and his classmate Haruka Nogizaka. While Yūt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo × Juliet
is an anime television series, loosely based on William Shakespeare's classical play, ''Romeo and Juliet'', along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearean plays. Though the anime borrows mostly from Shakespeare's story, the manga adaptation differs extensively from the original. ''Romeo × Juliet'' was broadcast in Japan on Chubu-Nippon from April to September 2007. The series was licensed in North America for English release by Funimation. Plot On the floating island of Neo Verona, Leontes Montague and his men lead a bloody coup and murder all the members of ruling House Capulet. Only Lord Capulet's young daughter, Juliet, is able to escape. Fourteen years later, Leontes rules the land with an iron fist and crushes anyone who opposes him. Juliet, now sixteen, fights against House Montague's oppression as the masked vigilante "The Red Whirlwind". While attending the Rose Ball hosted by the Montagues with a friend, Juliet meets Romeo, Prince Montague's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reideen
''Reideen'' (stylized as ''REIDEEN'') is a Japanese animated television series remake of the 1975 Super Robot anime ''Brave Raideen''. It was produced by Production I.G and directed by Mitsuru Hongo. Which was originally broadcast on the satellite network Wowow in 2007. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime for North American release. The anime series has a two-volume manga counterpart, running in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Monthly Shōnen Ace from November 25, 2006 to July 26, 2007. The show is the only entry of the ''Reideen'' series to not be animated by Sunrise who previously animated the original 1975 ''Brave Reideen'' and the 1996 re-imagining ''Reideen the Superior''. Overview Junki Saiga is a normal high school student with a gift in mathematics. His daily routine is disrupted when his family gets news that his father's remains have been discovered- a noted archaeologist and researcher who had gone missing while exploring a site many years before. Among his remains wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaze No Stigma
is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of Yamato on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at twelve volumes. A 24-episode anime adaptation directed by Junichi Sakata and animated by Gonzo aired from April–September 2007. Plot Kazuma Kannagi was the eldest son of the Kannagi family and presumed heir. However, due to his inability to use , the power to control flames, within his family he was considered to be useless. Despite his inability to wield fire, his father insisted on him competing for the right to wield , a powerful heirloom sword traditionally wielded by the family heir. The 18-year-old Kazuma was soundly defeated by 12-year-old Ayano Kannagi, his second cousin, and his father banished him from the family. Four years later, he returns as a master of , the power to control wind, and with a new name: Kazuma Yagami. Soon after his return, several Kannagi family members are killed by someon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Resonance
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings
is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff which aired on TV Tokyo from January to March 2006. The main character is 2nd Lieutenant Uchida Kazuhiro, a helicopter pilot in a search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The anime is a part of the ''Rescue Wings'' media franchise produced by Bandai Visual which also includes a live-action film released in 2008, where the main character is a female pilot played by Yuko Takayama, as well as two manga series with different stories focusing on ''search and rescue'' squads and personnel. The real life JASDF Komatsu Air Base hosts a search and rescue wing in addition to two fighter wings with F-15J's and T-4's as portrayed in the anime. ''JDS Haruna'' (DDH-141), on which Hongou lands on to refuel in Episode 3, is a real ship of the JMSDF. Synopsis Uchida Kazuhiro joined the JASDF hoping to fly fighter jets, however midway through the pilot training program he was transferred to the rescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana (manga)
''Nana'' (stylized as ''NANA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine ''Cookie'' from May 2000 to May 2009 before entering a hiatus. The series is centered on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two women who move to Tokyo at the age of 20, with the story focused on Nana O.'s pursuit for fame and Nana K.'s pursuit for romance, all while struggling to maintain their friendship. The manga was adapted into a live-action film in 2005, with a sequel released in 2006. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse directed by Morio Asaka aired on Nippon TV between April 2006 and March 2007. All ''Nana'' media has been licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media, which serialized the manga in their ''Shojo Beat'' magazine until the August 2007 issue, while also publishing it in the ''tankōbon'' format. They released both films in 2008, and their English dub of the anime was broadcast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Venus
is a Japanese anime television series which began broadcasting on the Wowow network in Japan on July 26, 2006 at midnight. The series makes use of some 3D cel-shaded animation, which achieves a more "hand drawn" look than traditional 3D animation. At Anime Boston 2007, ADV Films announced they licensed for the show (for $120,000). On July 11, 2008 ADV announced that it was discontinuing printing of the DVDs. Plot In the near future, after the world population and economy is devastated by a series of simultaneous hypercanes, many different factions and fledgling nations appear. In Japan, an elite class called Logos appears, controlling special zones in the country which have most of the wealth and resources. These special zones were created with the help of Power Assist Technology, which allowed Japan to recover from the consequences of the worldwide disaster (which included a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels resulting in the permanent submerging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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