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Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night
, abbreviated as , is an original anime television series produced by Doga Kobo for its 50th anniversary. Set in Shibuya, this series follows four Japanese girls, one of them is a illustrator, an idol, a music composer and a VTuber that forms a band named JELEE, to make into a global phenomenon, freeing themselves of their acrimonious past. The series was directed by Ryōhei Takeshita and aired from April to June 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Niko Fujii was serialized on Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' manga website from April to December 2024. The series is licensed in North America and Australia by Sentai Filmworks and is streaming through its Hidive platform. Plot Four girls, Mahiru Kouzuki, an illustrator who stops drawing, Kano Yamanouchi, a former idol who wants to prove herself with singing, Nox Ryūgasaki, the self-proclaimed "strongest" VTuber, and Kimura-chan, a mysterious composer who wants to support her favorite person, together form an anonymous arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaru Yokoyama
is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series. Biography Yokoyama was born in Nagano Prefecture. He started to take piano lessons at the age of three, taught by his aunt who is an alumna of Kunitachi College of Music, but became interested in music when he was in elementary school, after playing his own compositions. When he was in middle school, he began to compose music using a synthesizer that he bought and his computer, and had also briefly played in a band. Interested in computers, Yokoyama attended National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, studying electronic engineering for five years after graduating from middie school. Influenced by Joe Hisaishis music in Studio Ghiblis films that he watched when he was young and musician Tetsuya Komuro, Yokoyama decided to pursue a career in music and attended Kunitachi College of Music when he was nineteen, following his aunt's encouragement. While in college, he met guitarist Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuri Shimabukuro
is a Japanese voice actress from Okinawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Office Osawa. After debuting as a voice actress in 2017, she played her first main roles in 2018 as Yuuna Yunohana in the anime series ''Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs'', Nagisa Aragaki in the anime series '' Hanebado!'' and Inca Kasugatani in '' Fire Force''. Filmography Anime ;2018 *''Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS'' (Kiku Kamishirakawa) *'' Hanebado!'' (Nagisa Aragaki) *'' Harukana Receive'' (Narumi Tōi) *'' Ongaku Shōjo'' (Shupe Gushiken) *''Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs'' (Yuuna Yunohana) *''Tsurune'' (Yūna Hanazawa) ;2019 *''The Magnificent Kotobuki'' (Ady) *''Carole & Tuesday'' (Carole Stanley) *''Granbelm'' (Mangetsu Kohinata) *''Fruits Basket'' (Yuki Soma, Young) *'' Fire Force'' (Inca Kasugatani) ;2020 *'' Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.'' (Syrup) *''Dorohedoro'' (Life-Giving Sorcerer) *'' ID: Invaded'' (Muku Narihisago) *''Listeners'' (Sally Simpson) *'' My Roomie ... [...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] |
Gender Fluidity
Gender fluidity (commonly referred to as genderfluid) is a non-fixed gender identity that shifts over time or depending on the situation. These fluctuations can occur at the level of gender identity or gender expression. A genderfluid person may fluctuate among different gender expressions over their lifetime, or express multiple aspects of various gender markers simultaneously. Genderfluid individuals may identify as non-binary or transgender, or cisgender (meaning they identify with the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth). Gender fluidity is different from gender-questioning, a process in which people explore their gender in order to find their true gender identity and adjust their gender expression accordingly. Gender fluidity continues throughout lives of genderfluid people. Someone who identifies as genderfluid can use any pronouns they choose. History Transgender people (including non-binary and third gender people) have existed in cultures worldwide s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Searcy
Molly Searcy is an American voice actress. Her notable roles were as Isuzu Sento in ''Amagi Brilliant Park'', Rin Ōtomo in '' Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System'', Akame in ''Akame ga Kill!'', Mako Reizei in ''Girls und Panzer'', Ayaka Shindo in ''Beyond the Boundary'', Centorea Shianus in ''Monster Musume'', Tania in '' Beast Tamer'' and Kiui Watase in ''Jellyfish can't swim in the night , abbreviated as , is an original anime television series produced by Doga Kobo for its 50th anniversary. Set in Shibuya, this series follows four Japanese girls, one of them is a illustrator, an idol, a music composer and a VTuber that fo ...''. Filmography Anime television series Anime films References External links Official website* Living people American voice actresses Actresses from Houston Southern Methodist University alumni University of Houston alumni 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-voice-actor-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyu Tomita
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is signed to Amuse. After aspiring to become a voice actress while studying in elementary school, she participated in two voice acting auditions in 2014, winning one of them. Some of her roles include Otako in '' Please Tell Me! Galko-chan'', Yume Nijino in '' Aikatsu Stars!'', Gabriel White Tenma in '' Gabriel DropOut'', Riko in '' Made in Abyss'', Rizu Ogata in '' We Never Learn'', Miko Iino in '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'', Chuatury "Chuchu" Panlunch in '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury'' Matsuri Kazamaki (female) in '' Ayakashi Triangle'' and Karane Inda in '' The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You''. Biography Tomita was born in Saitama Prefecture on November 15, 1999. She first became interested in voice acting while in elementary school, after watching the anime series '' Vampire Knight''. She also became a fan of voice actor Mamoru Miyano during this time. During her high school da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Simmons
Juliet Grace Simmons (born January 22, 1995) is an American voice actress. She works at Sentai Filmworks for English dub productions. Her notable roles are Tenri Ayukawa in ''The World God Only Knows'', Myucel Foaran in '' Outbreak Company'', Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc in '' Nobunaga The Fool'', Rei in '' Hamatora'', Kurome in '' Akame ga Kill!'', Kurumi Ebisuzawa in ''School-Live!'', Goshenite in '' Land of the Lustrous'', Shizuku Kurogane in '' Chivalry of a Failed Knight'', Chiyo Sakura in '' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'' and Kasumi Toyama in ''BanG Dream!''. Career Simmons created her YouTube channel with the name “JubyPhonic”. She started off by singing covers of songs, most commonly Vocaloid is a singing Speech synthesis, voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The s ... and anime songs. She recorded cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rie Takahashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. A member of the musical unit Earphones, she had a leading role in the anime series '' Seiyu's Life!''. She voiced Megumin in '' KonoSuba'', Emilia in '' Re:Zero'', Takagi in '' Teasing Master Takagi-san'', Mash Kyrielight in '' Fate/Grand Order'', Mirai Asahina/Cure Miracle in '' Witchy Pretty Cure!'', Yuzuriha in '' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'', Sumi Sakurasawa in '' Rent-A-Girlfriend'', and Ai Hoshino in '' Oshi no Ko''. She won the Best Female Newcomer at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Biography Takahashi was born in Saitama Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( .... She watched '' Ojamajo Doremi'', '' Higurashi When They Cry'', and '' Soul Eater'', while in high school. She noticed that som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luci Christian
Luci Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films. Life and career Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in '' Those Who Hunt Elves'' that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in '' Neo Ranga''. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miku Itō
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singer affiliated with Style Cube. Her major voice roles include Nanako Usami in ''Locodol'', Ann Akagi in ''Action Heroine Cheer Fruits'', Kokoro Tsurumaki in ''BanG Dream!'', Miku Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'', and Hougetsu Shimamura in ''Adachi and Shimamura''. She joined StylipS on April 28, 2013, along with Style Cube Kenshuusei client Moe Toyota. She is also a member of Pyxis (idol unit), Pyxis with Toyota. Itō's hobbies and preferences are related to ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider''. Biography Itō belongs to Style Cube as a trainee and in 2012 she passed Style Cube's 1st Voice Actor Audition. In 2013, she joined the StylipS voice acting unit with Moe Toyota, a fellow trainee. In 2014, she debuted in a television anime as Nanako Usami in ''Locodol''. In May 2015, Itō formed a new unit Pyxis with Moe Toyota. In February 2016, she held her first one-man live performance, and in October 2016 she re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTuber
A or is an online entertainer who uses a virtual Avatar (computing), avatar generated using computer graphics. Real-time motion capture software or technology are often—but not always—used to capture movement. The digital trend originated in Japan in the mid-2010s, and has become an international online phenomenon in the 2020s. A majority of VTubers are English- and Japanese-speaking YouTubers or live streamers who use avatar designs. By 2020, there were more than 10,000 active VTubers. Although the term is an allusion to the video platform YouTube, they also use websites such as Niconico, Twitch (service), Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and Bilibili. The first entertainer to use the phrase "virtual YouTuber", Kizuna AI, began content creation, creating content on YouTube in late 2016. Her popularity sparked a VTuber trend in Japan, and it spurred the establishment of specialized agencies to promote them, including major ones such as Hololive Production, Nijisanji, and VShojo. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
