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Hidekazu Himaruya
, also romanized as Hidekaz Himaruya, is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series '' Hetalia: Axis Powers''. He emigrated to the United States to study at the Parsons School of Design, but dropped out. He currently lives in Japan, and is best known for writing and illustrating the web manga series '' Hetalia: Axis Powers'', which has been adapted into manga and an anime with seven released seasons. Works * (''Comic Birz'' → ''Comic Spica'', Gentosha) * (Gentosha (former), Shueisha (current)) *'' Sōri Club'' (Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...) References External links * * 1985 births Manga artists from Fukushima Prefecture Living people People from Kōriyama Japanese emigrants to the United States {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōriyama
is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 321,938 people in 141760 households, and a population density of 425 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Kōriyama is designated as a core city and functions as a commercial center for Fukushima Prefecture. Kōriyama is the third largest conurbation in the Tōhoku region. History Kōriyama originated as a regional governmental center in the Nara period, when the area was on the frontier of Yamato settlement of the Tōhoku region. The surrounding area developed into ''shōen'' controlled by various samurai clans in the Heian and Kamakura periods. Nearby centers, such as Nihonmatsu developed into castle towns under Hatakeyama clan and which were later controlled by the Date clan, Kōriyama remained as a commercial center and thrived as a post town because of its importance as a traffic focal point into the Edo period and was part of the territory of Nihonmatsu Domain. With the estab ... [...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] |
Living People
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Manga Artists From Fukushima Prefecture
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivalent to 15iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōri Club
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hidekaz Himaruya with storyboard composition by Ken'ichi Sakura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Jump Square'' from January 2021 to October 2023. Characters ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Hidekaz Himaruya with storyboard composition by Ken'ichi Sakura, ''Sōri Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Jump Square'' from January 4, 2021 to October 4, 2023. Its chapters were compiled into seven '' wideban'' volumes released from April 2, 2021 to January 4, 2024. Other A drama CD adaptation with character songs was released from October 2022 to January 2023. Reception The series was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award The is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's '' Da Vinci'' magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Manga magazines published by Shueisha include the '' Jump'' magazine line, which includes shonen magazines ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', '' Jump SQ'', and '' V Jump'', and seinen magazines ''Weekly Young Jump'', '' Grand Jump'' and '' Ultra Jump'', and the online magazine ''Shōnen Jump+''. They also publish other magazines, including '' Non-no''. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in North America. History In 1925, Shueisha was created by major publishing company Shogakukan (founded in 1922). became the first novel published by Shueisha in collaboration with Shogakukan—the temporary home of Shueisha. In 1927, two nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Birz
was a Japanese seinen manga magazine published on a monthly basis by Gentosha's imprint Birz Comics from 1986 until 2018. The magazine was called ''Comic Burger'' (コミックバーガー), until it was renamed in 1996. Several manga that were being published in the magazine were moved to the Denshi Birz website after its cancellation in 2018. Serializations 1986–1989 * ''Cosmos Rakuenki'' by Hiroshi Masumura (1986–1989) * ''Take It Easy'' by Kyoko Okazaki (1986–1987) 1990–1999 * ''Onmyōji'' by Reiko Okano (1993–1999) * '' Atagoul'' by Hiroshi Masumura (1994–1996) * ''Lament of the Lamb'' by Kei Toume (1995–2002) * ''Taimashin'' by Hideyuki Kikuchi and Misaki Saitoh (1995–2001) *'' Arm of Kannon'' by Masakazu Yamaguchi (1998–2003) *''Beast of East'' by Akihiro Yamada (1998–2011) * '' The Sword of Shibito'' by Hideyuki Kikuchi and Missile Kakurai (1999–2002) 2000–2009 * '' The Music of Marie'' (''Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku'') by Usamaru Furuy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chibisan Date
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hidekaz Himaruya. The series chronicles the story of Seiji Chiga, a young man from Japan studying to become an artist on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and his interactions with his new friends, during the 1960s (the Shōwa period in Japan). ''Chibisan Date'' is the second manga by Himaruya to be published, the first being '' Hetalia: Axis Powers'', and four were published by Gentosha Comics: the first on November 24, 2009, the second on February 24, 2012, and the third on December 24, 2012, and the fourth on June 24, 2013. In addition, it had been serialized in ''Comic Birz'' since the April 2009 issue. The series went on a year-long unannounced hiatus, with no new chapters serialized after the August 2010 issue. The series relaunched on October 28, 2011, in the first issue of ''Comic Spica''. The series ended in the April 2013 issue of ''Comic Spica''. Plot ''Chibisan Date'' focuses on Seiji Chiga, a young ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webcomic
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app. While many webcomics are published exclusively online, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be compared to self-published print comics in that anyone with an Internet connection can publish their own webcomic. Readership levels vary widely; many are read only by the creator's immediate friends and family, while some of the most widely read have audiences of well over one million readers. Webcomics range from traditional comic strips and graphic novels to avant garde comics, and cover many genres, style (visual arts), styles, and subjects. They sometimes take on the role of a comic blog. The term web cartoonist is sometimes used to refer to someone who creates webcomics. Medium There are several differences between webcomics and print comics. With webcomics the restrictions of traditional books, newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
