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Hiro Mashima
is a Japanese manga artist. He gained success with his first serial '' Rave Master'', published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, '' Fairy Tail'', published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. ''Fairy Tail'' won the Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen manga'' in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival. Early life Mashima stated that he knew he wanted to be a manga artist for as long as he can recall. His father was an artist that aspired to turn professional, but died when Mashima was young. Living in the mountains as a child, his grandfather would bring him discarded manga that he found. After reading them, Mashima would draw from them. In middle school, he began to rebel and get into trouble, but still drew everyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagano (city)
is the capital and largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a Core cities of Japan, core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of . The city is surrounded by mountains, the highest of which is Mount Takatsuma (2,353 m), and it is near the confluence of the Chikuma River—the longest and widest river in Japan—and the Sai River. , the city had an estimated population of 365,296 in 160,625 households, and a population density of 438 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Overview Nagano City, located in the former Shinano Province, developed in the Nara period (AD 710 to 794) as a temple town (''monzen machi''). The city of Nagano is home to Zenkō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhism, Buddhist temple that is listed as a National Treasure (Japan), Japanese National Treasure. Zenkō-ji was established at its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha USA
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, US, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 1st 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and manga, the latter under their Kodansha Manga imprint (trade name), imprint (formerly Kodansha Comics). In 2020, Kodansha announced that it had consolidated Kodansha Advanced Media and Vertical (publisher), Vertical into Kodansha USA Publishing, with Kodansha Advanced Media general manager Alvin Lu becoming the president and CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing. On March 9, 2021, Kodansha USA Publishing announced it had rebranded and relaunched its website, and unified Kodansha Comics, Kodansha USA International, and Vertical under the Kodansha name, and Kodansha Comics being renamed Kodansha Manga. Kodansha Manga Kodansha Manga (formerly Kodansha Comics) is an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing who are responsible for the localization and publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Trail
Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 ° C, 32 ° F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a mineral. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. Virtually all of the ice on Earth is of a hexagonal crystalline structure denoted as ''ice Ih'' (spoken as "ice one h"). Depending on temperature and pressure, at least nineteen phases ( packing geometries) can exist. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below (, ) at standard atmospheric pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three types of amorphous ice can form. Interstellar ice is overwhelmingly low-density amorphous ice (LDA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tail Zero
''Fairy Tail Zero'' (stylized as ''FAIRY TAIL ZERØ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It is a prequel to Mashima's '' Fairy Tail'' manga, depicting the events leading to the formation of the titular wizards' guild. The manga was serialized in ''Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine'' from July 2014 to July 2015, with the 13 chapters collected into a single graphic novel by Kodansha. The collected volume was released in North America by Kodansha USA. The eighth season of the ''Fairy Tail'' anime television series included an adaptation of ''Fairy Tail Zero'', which aired January to March 2016. Plot In X679, six-year-old orphan Mavis Vermillion lives on Sirius Island as a servant at the Red Lizard wizards' guild. A violent skirmish breaks out between Red Lizard and the rival Blue Skull guild, leaving Mavis the apparent sole survivor alongside Zera, the Red Lizard guild master's daughter, who becomes her friend. Seven years later, a trio of treasure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonkoma
is a comic strip format that generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requirements of the publication in which they appear. Although the word ''yonkoma'' comes from Japanese, the style also exists outside Japan in other Asian countries as well as in the English-speaking market, particularly in mid-20th century United States strips, where ''Peanuts'' popularized the format. Origin Rakuten Kitazawa (who wrote under the name Yasuji Kitazawa) produced the first ''yonkoma'' in 1902. Entitled ''Jiji Manga'', it is thought to have been influenced by the works of Frank Arthur Nankivell and of Frederick Burr Opper. Structure Traditionally, ''yonkoma'' follow a structure known as '' kishōtenketsu''. This word is a compound formed from the following Japanese kanji characters: *''Ki'' (): The first panel forms the basis of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)
is a Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 2012 to March 2020, with the chapters collected into 41 ''tankōbon'' volumes. Featuring a setting similar to the European Middle Ages, the story follows a titular group of knights representing the seven deadly sins. The manga has been licensed by Kodansha USA for English publication in North America, while the chapters were released digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries as they were published in Japan. A-1 Pictures adapted the series into a three-season anime television series that ran from October 2014 to June 2018, and one theatrical film: ''The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky, Prisoners of the Sky''. Studio Deen produced two further seasons that ran from October 2019 to June 2021, and a second theatrical film: ''The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light, Cursed by Light''. Alfred Imageworks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakaba Suzuki
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his fantasy series ''The Seven Deadly Sins (manga), The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2012–2020), which has over 55 million copies in circulation making it one of the List of best-selling manga, best-selling manga series of all time. He began a sequel, ''Four Knights of the Apocalypse'', in 2021. Life and career The first manga series Suzuki ever bought was ''Dr. Slump'' by Akira Toriyama. In elementary and junior high school, he was a fan of ''Kinnikuman'', ''Fist of the North Star'', and ''Dragon Ball (manga), Dragon Ball''. Suzuki moved from Fukushima Prefecture to Tokyo when he was a teenager. He made his professional debut in 1994 with the story "Revenge", which was an honorable mention for Shueisha's Hop Step Award. His first series, ''Rising Impact'', was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1998 to 2002. From 2007 to 2010, he serialized ''Kongō Banchō'' in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. Suzuki serialize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An OVA series can run anywhere from a single episode to dozens of episodes in length. Many anime series first appeared as OVAs, and later grow to become televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossover (fiction)
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders (known as intercompany crossovers), common corporate ownership or unofficial efforts by fans. This is different from a spoof, where one discrete character, setting, or universe, copies another character, setting, or universe, often in a comedic manner. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Another intention is to give fictional characters more emotional credibility and thus increase immersion for the fans. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livedoor
was a Japanese company that functioned as an Internet service provider and operator of a web portal and blog platform before being brought down by a scandal in 2006. The company was founded and led in its first 10 years by Takafumi Horie, known as "Horiemon" in Japan. Livedoor grew into one of Japan's premier Internet businesses, putting over 1,000 employees on its payroll at its peak. Its reliance on Mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions and stock swap mergers to achieve growth also made it one of the country's most controversial enterprises. Its growth came to a resounding halt when scandal erupted in early 2006. An investigation of securities law violations led to a nosedive in the company's stock price. The Tokyo Stock Exchange delisted Livedoor on April 14, 2006. The floundering company's properties were purchased by South Koreabased NHN Corporation in 2010. The Internet Service Provider, ISP and blog services that bear the Livedoor name used to be operated by Line Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic BomBom
was a monthly Japanese children's manga magazine published by Kodansha and aimed at elementary school boys. It was first published on October 15, 1981, and ceased publication in 2007. A web version of the magazine has been published on Pixiv Comic since the end of July 2017. Similar to its rival magazine '' CoroCoro Comic'', the magazine featured many tie-ins with game and toy manufacturers, but these became fewer and fewer toward the end of the publication period. History Magazine Launch The first issue of ''Comic BomBom'' was published on October 15, 1981, in response to the monthly '' CoroCoro Comic'' (Shogakukan). 2 months later, the second issue was published and the magazine became a monthly publication from then on. It featured hobby manga, gag manga, and ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' at its core. The first editor-in-chief, Toshio Tanaka, said in an interview with Channel Kitano that he had originally promised George Akiyama that ''Spatman X'' would be made into an anime, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Soul
''Monster Soul'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in ''Comic BomBom'' from January 2006 to August 2007 and collected into two volumes. Plot ''Monster Soul'' is set in Elvenland, a fictional land that humans and monsters inhabit. The main characters are a group of monsters called the Black Airs, which is recorded as the strongest group of the monster forces in the great war between humans and monsters. The first three chapters consist of three stories that do not have a main plot, but the last chapter of the "first stage" reveals a bit of the past. In the "second stage" the Black Airs travel to Hell to help a human boy save his townspeople who are captured by the evil Drei Kommandos. Characters Black Airs ;Aki :He looks like a normal human but his hoodie jacket hides two small horns on his head. He changes to his giant S class werewolf form when overwhelmed with emotions. In the flashback, he is shown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
