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Fumitoshi Oizaki
is a Japanese animator, character designer, storyboard artist and director. He is primarily associated with Gonzo (company), Gonzo, which animated his series directorial debut, ''Romeo × Juliet'', and with Sunrise (company), Sunrise, where he served as series character designer of the ''Sgt. Frog'' franchise. He is a member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) labor group. Works TV Series *''Kare Kano, His and Her Circumstances'' (1998–1999; episode key animator) *''Now and Then, Here and There'' (1999–2000; episode key animator) *''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' (2001; animation director) *''Prétear'' (2001; episode director (episode 11)) *''Kaleido Star'' (2003; character design (with Watanabe Hajime (animator), Hajime Watanabe), chief animation director, animation director (episodes 1, 26), key animator (episodes 1, 3, 17)) *''Sgt. Frog'' (2004; character design, animation supervision) *''Welcome to the N.H.K.'' (2004; animation director, storyboard artist (end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animation is closely related to filmmaking and like filmmaking is extremely labor-intensive, which means that most significant works require the collaboration of several animators. The methods of creating the images or frames for an animation piece depend on the animators' artistic styles and their field. Other artists who contribute to animated cartoons, but who are not animators, include Page layout, layout artists (who design the backgrounds, lighting, and camera angles), storyboard artists (who draw panels of the action from the script), and background artists (who paint the "scenery"). Animated films share some film crew positions with regular live action films, such as director, producer, sound engineer, and editor, but differ radically i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Centaur's Life
''A Centaur's Life'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series by Kei Murayama. The series has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' magazine since February 2011, and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Haoliners Animation League aired in Japan from July to September 2017. Plot The series takes place in a world that took a different path of evolution from the world we know resulting in mythological creatures, such as centaurs, satyrs, mermaids, and demons, taking the place of humans in today's society. The story largely focuses around a centaur girl named Himeno Kimihara as she goes about her daily life with her friends and family. Characters ; : : A centaur girl with a gentle personality. She is at an age where she is anxious about the size of her chest and body. Himeno is informally called "hime" (Japanese for "princess") by her friends. ; : : A demon girl who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keroro Gunsō The Super Movie
is a 2006 Japanese animated comic science fiction film directed by Yusuke Yamamoto and written by Mamiko Ikeda. It is the first movie in the ''Sgt. Frog'' series created by Mine Yoshizaki. Plot Keroro skips out on destroying military planes in a simulated reality in favor of buying the newest Gundam model with Fuyuki. As they head home, they encounter a mystery shrine resembling a space fort. As Keroro prepares to give a monetary offering, he accidentally drops a 100-yen coin into the shrine, forcing him and Fuyuki to go after it. Inside the shrine is a prehistoric-looking jungle, where Fuyuki finds an ancient dome and a small glass container, inside it a glowing orb. As Keroro triumphantly finds his coin, he knocks over the container, which breaks, causing the orb to shine wildly. After Keroro attempts to fix the container with rubber cement, the duo dashes out of the shrine and toward home, leaving the remaining piece of the container to transform into a pink As Keroro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind Game (film)
is a 2004 Japanese adult-animated experimental comedy-drama film based on Robin Nishi's manga of the same name. It was planned, produced and primarily animated by Studio 4°C, and adapted and directed by Masaaki Yuasa in his directorial debut, with chief animation direction and model sheets by Yūichirō Sueyoshi, art direction by Tōru Hishiyama and groundwork and further animation direction by Masahiko Kubo. It is unusual among features other than anthology films in using a series of disparate visual styles to tell one continuous story. As Yuasa commented in a ''Japan Times'' interview, "Instead of telling it serious and straight, I went for a look that was a bit wild and patchy. I think that Japanese animation fans today don't necessarily demand something that's so polished. You can throw different styles at them and they can still usually enjoy it." The film received a cult audience and was well received, winning multiple awards worldwide, and has been praised by directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Arete
(also ''Princess Arite'') is a 2001 Japanese animated film written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, animated and produced by Studio 4°C and distributed by Omega Entertainment. It is based on Diana Coles's 1983 book ''The Clever Princess''. The film is a non-traditional approach to the standard tales of fairy tale princesses, and it is known in Japan as one of the most successful animated feminist works. Plot Under the rule of her solemn father, the King, the young Princess Arete grows up in a lonely tower awaiting a suitor worthy of her. While the suitors accomplish countless treasure-collecting quests for the King, the princess begins to experience an awakening curiosity in the outside world. Sneaking out of the castle several times, she begins to recognize that she has been missing out on life while locked away in the isolation of her tower. One night, Arete investigates the gifts given to her by her suitor and finds a book telling her the stories of ancient witches' and wiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of Phoenix ~Layla Hamilton Story~
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters and do not necessarily have supernatural origins, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wings Extra Stage - The Amazing Princess Without A Smile
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutie Honey
is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. First appearing in ''Weekly Shōnen Champion''s 41st issue of 1973, the series ran until April 1974. It follows an android girl named Honey Kisaragi, who transforms into the busty, red or pink-haired heroine Cutie Honey to fight against the assorted villains that threaten her or her world. One of the trademarks of the character is that the transformation involves the temporary loss of all her clothing in the brief interim from changing from one form to the other. According to Nagai, she is the first female to be the protagonist of a ''shōnen'' manga series. The ''Cutie Honey'' franchise spans many works, including numerous manga series, three anime television series, two OVA series, two drama CDs, three live action adaptations, and four stage plays. The first anime aired in 1973 and is considered a magical girl series in retrospect. In addition, the theme song of the series has become one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gate Keepers 21
is a six-part sequel OVA series to the '' Gate Keepers'' animated TV series and has a darker and more serious plot than its predecessor. Some of the questions left unanswered in the TV series are answered in this sequel. Linking the two series are the characters Reiji Kageyama, Yukino Houjo, and the former Far Eastern AEGIS Headquarters setting, Tategami High School. Plot Thirty one years have passed since the Far Eastern Branch of AEGIS and the Invaders waged war in Japan. Big businesses thrived until the eighties (when the Shōwa period ended with the death of Hirohito). The heyday of growth and prosperity have passed, the crime rate has increased, environmental problems have worsened, and the international situation has become increasingly unstable. The bright future that people hoped for is spiraling out of the reach of the common citizen. Coupled with the decline in the values and morals of the Japanese people comes the emergence of a new type of Invader. No longer an ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl
is a Japanese web novel series written by Shirohi. It was serialized online from August 2020 to August 2021 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. No printed version of the novel series has been published yet. A manga adaptation with art by Mika Kamisu has been serialized online via Kadokawa Corporation's ''ComicWalker'' manga website since August 2021 and has been collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Kachigarasu aired from April to June 2025. Characters ; : :A young girl who at 16 chose a blessing and gained the rare Gorilla Card, which grants her super-strength, speed and agility. ; : :A Knight who was in charge of the testing of Sophia and other candidates. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Media Web novel Written by Shirohi, ''The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl'' was serialized as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from August 10, 2020 to August 23, 2021. A print version of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akuma-kun
is a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a live-action television series, and another into an anime television series. In addition, two movies were spawned from the anime television series: ''Akuma-kun: The Movie'' released in 1989 and ''Akuma-kun: Yōkoso Akuma Land e!!'' released in 1990. An original net animation (ONA) series was released in November 2023 on Netflix. Basic setting In this series, the contents vary from version to version. The common plot points of every adaptation are listed below. * The protagonist is a child prodigy who appears once every 10,000 years. The protagonist is always nicknamed “Akuma-kun”. The works are roughly divided into three series with different protagonists: Ichiro Matsushita in the rental version, Shingo Yamada in the Shonen Magazine version, and Shingo Umoregi in the Comic Bonbon version * Akuma-kun wants to create a world where all human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
