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Haseo
, real name , is a fictional character in the ''.hack'' franchise first introduced as the main character in the video game trilogy ''.hack//G.U.'' in 2006 by CyberConnect2. He is also the lead character in the anime television series ''.hack//Roots'' by Bee Train. A player character from the fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''The World'', he is feared in the ''.hack//G.U.'' narrative as the player killer of all player killers. This earned Haseo the nickname . Searching for the killer Tri-Edge, who sent his friend List of .hack characters#Shino, Shino into a coma in real life, Haseo comes into contact with the guild G.U.. They seek to use his PC (player character) to destroy List of .hack characters#AIDA, AIDA, a computer anomaly responsible for leaving players in a coma. Haseo's appearances in ''.hack//Roots'' depict his early days in ''The World'' as a member of the Twilight Brigade guild led by Ovan (.hack), Ovan, where he first meets Shino. He has also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovan (
''.hack'' comprises ''"Project .hack"'' and "''.hack Conglomerate".'' It is a Japan, Japanese multimedia franchise primarily developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai. The franchise is set on an Earth with an alternate history. In this timeline, a new version of the Internet arises following a major global computer network disaster in 2005. Central to the premise is a mystery about the wildly popular in-universe video game, ''The World''. As most of the story takes place within ''The World'', characters typically play and interact as their Avatar (computing), avatars. The first four Video game, video games follow a newcomer called Kite (.hack), Kite, who goes on a quest to revive his friend, who fell into a coma after his character was killed by an unknown creature. Bee Train also produced an anime series focused on a player named Tsukasa, who has no memory of his identity outside of the game and cannot leave ''The World''. In 2006, CyberConnect2, Cyber Connect 2 and Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Matsuyama
, born in November 23, 1970 in Fukuoka, is a Japanese game designer. He is the CEO of the company CyberConnect2. He developed multiple games including the '' .hack'' franchise as well as adaptations of the anime series including ''Naruto'' and ''Dragon Ball''. Besides developing games, Matsuyama has participated in directing two ''.hack'' films as well as voicing a character from the series. Early life As a child, Matsuyama was interested in anime and manga. He dreamed of becoming a mangaka for the '' Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine. When growing up, he graduated from a university in Fukuoka. Following his graduation, Matsuyama joined a manga club. He went to Kyushu Sangyo University but had not decided what would be his job. Believing he was naive, Matsuyama became an employee for a cement company. He later joined a friend who was working for Taito in Tokyo. Around this time, Matsuyama decided to work for a game company. They gathered in Fukuoka, and started the company called Cybe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Sakurai
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in '' Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'', X in '' Mega Man X'', Arataka Reigen in '' Mob Psycho 100'', Giyu Tomioka in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', and Burton in '' Ninjala'', as well as villains such as Maximilien Robespierre in '' Le Chevalier D'Eon'', Hiltz in '' Zoids: Guardian Force'', Sasori in '' Naruto Shippūden'', Rohan Kishibe in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', and Suguru Geto in '' Jujutsu Kaisen''. He voiced the main character Miyuki Kazuya in '' Ace of Diamond''. He is the official Japanese dub voice for Robert Pattinson since ''Twilight''. His range is tenor. Early life Sakurai is the eldest of three siblings born to a family that owned a rice shop. When he was a child, he became interested in voice acting after watching a television interview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manji (Blade Of The Immortal)
Manji, also known as The Immortal, is a character from the manga series ''Blade of the Immortal'' by Hiroaki Samura. A swordsman who was cursed by worms that give him immortality, Manji goes on a journey to get rid of his immortality and acts as a bodyguard for the orphan Rin due to how similar he finds her to his late sister. In addition to appearing in the manga, Manji has appeared in two animated adaptations of the series in 2008 and 2019, where he is respectively voiced by Tomokazu Seki and Kenjiro Tsuda in Japanese, and Keith Silverstein and Andrew Love in English, as well in as a live-action film in 2017, played by Takuya Kimura. Samura created Manji as an ideal hero who would show always his strong form rather than a weakness. Critical reception to the character has been generally positive, aimed towards his fight scenes and relationship with Rin. He has also been compared with Marvel Comics' character Wolverine based on their similar traits like their rapid regeneratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Francis
Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, '' Monster Rancher'' as Genki, '' Hero 108'' as Lin Chung, '' Lamb Chop's Play Along'', '' Sushi Pack'', '' Poltergeist: The Legacy'', '' Dark Angel'', '' Twilight Zone'', '' The L Word'', ''Smallville'', '' Kyle XY'', and '' Chesapeake Shores''. He has also appeared in theatrical releases such as '' Knockaround Guys'', '' Agent Cody Banks'', '' Final Destination 3'', and '' The Invisible''. Career Andrew has also been voice acting since the age of 9, starring in over 20 animated series, including many anime series, such as: '' RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', '' X-Men: Evolution'' as Robert 'Bobby' Drake/Iceman, ''Johnny Test'' as Gil Nexdor, ''Action Man Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4Gamer
''4Gamer.net'' is a Japanese video game website operated by Aetas Inc. It was launched in August 2000. Overview The site initially focused on "western games" such as FPS and RTS genres,ゲームサイト大手の4Gamer.netを8億円で買収--デジタルハーツ (Major game site 4Gamer.net was acquired in 800 million Yen) CNET Japan the video gaming market, along with s and dating simulations. Today, ''4Gamer.net'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Samura
is a Japanese manga artist, known for ''Blade of the Immortal'', as well as several other short works. He has also done various illustrations for magazines and ero guro work. Education Samura says that he always wanted to be a manga artist. However, unlike most manga artists, he attended art school for a time and has a classical art education. He disliked oil painting and prefers to work in black and white. He says that he disliked oil painting from the start because of the smell of the paint and employed someone to help himself cheat to get through the course, which he is quite open about in interviews. He never completed the course because he got picked up by '' Afternoon'' before he graduated to do ''Blade of the Immortal''. Works Manga * (1993–2012; serialized in ''Monthly Afternoon'') * (2002; published by ''Afternoon KC'') ** (2000; published in ''Afternoon Season Special Edition'') ** (2000; published in ''Afternoon Season Special Edition'') * (2005–2007; serialize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blade Of The Immortal
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from June 1993 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in 30 volumes. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji (Blade of the Immortal), Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. A 2008 anime television series adaptation was produced by Bee Train. Also in 2008, the novel ''Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon'' was released by Kodansha. A live action film adaptation Blade of the Immortal (film), of the same name was released in April 2017. A second anime adaptation by Liden Films was broadcast from October 2019 to March 2020. In North America, the manga has been published by Dark Horse Comics. The first anime series was licensed by Media Blasters. The second anime series is licensed by Ama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famitsu
, formerly , is a line of Japanese Video game journalism, video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the form of special topical issues devoted to only one console, video game company, or other theme. the original ''Famitsu'' publication, is considered the most widely read and respected Video game journalism, video game news magazine in Japan. From October 28, 2011, the company began releasing the digital version of the magazine exclusively on BookWalker weekly. The name ''Famitsu'' is a Portmanteau#Japanese, portmanteau abbreviation of ''Famicom Tsūshin''; the word "Famicom" itself comes from a portmanteau abbreviation of "Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer", the dominant video game console in Japan when the magazine was first published in the 1980s. History , a computer game magazine, started in 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excite (web Portal)
Excite is an American website (historically a web portal) operated by IAC that provides outsourced internet content such as a metasearch engine, with outsourced weather and news content on the main page. all of Excite's operations are controlled by services outside of the business. In the United States, the main Excite homepage had historically a personal start page and web portal called My Excite. Excite once operated a webmail service commonly known as Excite Mail until August 31, 2021. The original Excite company was founded in 1994 and went public two years later. Excite was once a popular site on the Internet during the 1990s, with the main portal site Excite.com being the sixth most visited website in 1997. The company merged with broadband provider @Home Network but together went bankrupt in 2001. Excite's portal and services were acquired by iWon and then by Ask Jeeves, but the website went into a steep decline in popularity afterwards. History Excite original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyopop
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well as original German-language manga. Tokyopop's US publishing division publishes works in English. Tokyopop has its US headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by POP Media Holdings. Tokyopop's parent company's offices are in Tokyo, Japan and its sister company's office is in Hamburg, Germany. History Early history Tokyopop was founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy. In the late 1990s, the company's headquarters were in Los Angeles. Tokyopop published a manga magazine called MixxZine which serialized four classic manga including ''Sailor Moon'', ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', '' Parasyte'', and '' Ice Blade''. Eventually, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
