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Kenji Nomura
is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in ''Genshiken'', Chairman Harabote in '' Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle'', Lorenzo in '' Ristorante Paradiso'', and Gilles de Rais in '' Drifters''. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including '' Battle Spirits'', '' First Love Limited'', '' Jormungand'', '' Kanokon'', ''Valkyria Chronicles'', '' Yes! PreCure5'', and '' Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. He voices several villain characters in ''One Piece''. Filmography Television animation ;1996 *''Detective Conan'' (Mamoru Onitsura, Hiroki Oi, Andre Camel (episode 1072-onwards)) ;1997 *''Kindaichi Case Files'' (Mikihiko Wakaouji) *'' Yume no Crayon Oukoku'' (Prime Minister Chameleon) ;1999 *'' Cybuster'' (Izaki) *''Ojamajo Doremi'' (Akira Fujiwara) *''One Piece'' (Kuromarimo, Braham, Bobby Funk, Jack) ;2001 *''Baki the Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyōgo Prefecture to the east, and Hiroshima Prefecture to the west. Okayama is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kurashiki, Tsuyama, and Sōja. Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the Seto Inland Sea coast across from Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, which are connected by the Great Seto Bridge, while the north is characterized by the Chūgoku Mountains. History Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the area of present-day Okayama Prefecture was divided between Bitchū Province, Bitchū, Bizen Province, Bizen and Mimasaka Province, Mimasaka Provinces. Okayama Prefecture was formed and named in 1871 as part of the large-scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kindaichi Case Files
is a Japanese detective fiction, mystery manga series about the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Shin Kibayashi#Works, Seimaru Amagi (depending on series) and illustrated by Fumiya Satō, the ''Kindaichi series'' was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1992 to October 2017, spanning a total of 76 volumes. It is one of the earliest works in the mystery manga genre. In North America, the series was published in English by Tokyopop with the title ''The Kindaichi Case Files''. Only the first 17 volumes (the first series) were released by Tokyopop. The series was adapted by Toei Animation into a feature film in 1996 and a 148-episode anime television series broadcast from 1997 to 2000. The series was also adapted into a live-action film, five live-action d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harada Sanosuke
was a Japanese warrior (''samurai'') who lived in the late Edo period. He was the 10th unit captain of the Shinsengumi, and died during the Boshin War. Background Harada was born to a family of ''chūgen (samurai), chūgen'', or low-ranking quasi-samurai, who served the retainers of the Iyo-Matsuyama Domain (now the city of Matsuyama, Ehime, Matsuyama). He trained in the spear technique of the ''Hōzōin-ryū'' style, and usually used that weapon in battle instead of a sword.Nakami, p. 51. During his time in Matsuyama, he was once ridiculed by a Matsuyama retainer as being a peon who was unfamiliar with how to properly commit seppuku. Harada, wishing to prove the man wrong, immediately drew his sword and attempted to commit seppuku; however, the wound was shallow, and he survived. Harada later boasted of his scar to his fellow Shinsengumi men, and the incident of his near-disembowelment is said to be the origin of the family crest he chose, which depicted a horizontal line, the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peacemaker Kurogane
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nanae Chrono. It is unrelated to the ''Peace Maker'' manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure while the seeds of the revolution are being planted. The story follows the boy protagonist, Tetsunosuke Ichimura, who joins the Shinsengumi (initially as Toshizō Hijikata's page) while seeking strength to avenge his parents' death at the hands of a Chōshū rebel. It is a sequel to , which was published by Enix in the magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan''. ''Shinsengumi Imon Peace Maker'' was licensed in North America by Tokyopop. Plot The story is focused on the main character, Tetsunosuke Ichimura, who is an energetic, short and very childlike fifteen-year-old (16 in the manga). He and his older brother Tatsunosuke are left to fend for themselves after the vicious murder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papuwa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Shibata that was serialized in Enix's manga magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 1991 to 1995, with its chapters being collected into 7 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Kotaro who is stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by strange talking animals and has no memory of his past. The series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television series by Nippon Animation which aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from October 1992 to June 1995. A sequel, titled ''Papuwa'' (stylized as ''PAPUWA'') was serialized on Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from 2002 to 2008 with its chapters being collected into 14 volumes. The series was adapted into an anime television series also produced by Nippon Animation which aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from September 2003 to March 2004. Story Once, on an unknown southern island, a battle was waged over two mysterious stones, one red and one blue. The blue sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters in 27 volumes. The steampunk world of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' is primarily styled after the European Industrial Revolution. Set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is a widely practiced science, the series follows the journey of two alchemist brothers, Edward Elric, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy. ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' has been adapted into various animetwo television series, released in Fullmetal Alchemist (TV series), 2003 and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, 2009, and two films, released in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashita No Nadja
is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ABC, TV Asahi and other ANN affiliates. A manga version, written by Izumi Todo and drawn by Yui Ayumi, was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from March 2003 to February 2004, and collected in two bound volumes. A sequel novel was released on September 12, 2017. Plot Nadja is an orphan who lives at the Applefield Orphanage, in early 20th-century England. Nadja is called by Miss Appleton, the orphanage's owner, to receive a package delivered to her. The gifts sent for her thirteenth birthday are a dress and a diary. She is told in the accompanying letter that her mother is still alive. She later joins a traveling street performance act called the ''Dandelion Troupe'' in search of her mother after a fire breaks out in her orphanage. She travels the world, finding many friends along the way that teach her things about herself, ultimately having to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinnikuman
is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. Nakai and Takashi planned the series when they were attending high school originally as a parody to '' Ultraman''. The manga was originally published in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1979 to 1987, and was first adapted by Toei Animation into a 137-episode anime series broadcast on Nippon Television from 1983 to 1986. It restarted publication in 2011 in Shueisha's web magazine ''Shū Play News'', and has spawned spin-off manga and anime series, video games, anime films, and several ''Kinnikuman''-related merchandise. There is also a sequel, the manga that was serialized in ''Weekly Playboy'' between 1998 and 2004. It was published in North America by Viz Media under the title of ''Ultimate Muscle''. It was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genma Wars
is a Japanese science fiction manga and novel franchise that began in 1967. It was a collaboration in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It was adapted into a 1983 anime film, a 2002 anime television series, and a 1983 laserdisc video game called ''Bega's Battle'' in North America. Plot The series tells the story of the battle between the Earth's defenders and a demonic entity named Genma Daioh. Its first protagonist is Jō Azuma, a Japanese high school student of the 1970s who suddenly finds out he has psychic powers and is being called along with other psychics around the globe. They are gathered by Vega, an alien cyborg warrior, and Luna, the princess of Transylvania, who have discovered the presence of Genma traveling towards the Earth with the intention to conquer it. In order to stop him, Luna and Vega train Azuma and all the other psychics to defeat Genma and thwart his destructive plans. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digimon Frontier
is the fourth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as the "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. The series aired in Japan from April 2002 to March 2003. An English-language version, produced by Sensation Animation, was broadcast in North America from September 2002 to July 2003 as the fourth and final season of ''Digimon: Digital Monsters''. Synopsis Setting In the events prior to the series, ten Digimon creatures from the "Digital World", a parallel universe originated from Earth's various communication networks, sacrificed themselves to seal Lucemon. These Digimon, collectively known as "Legendary Warriors", created artifacts from their data: the twenty "Spirits" (ten Human and Beast Spirits for the elements of fire, light, wind, ice, thunder, earth, wood, water, metal and darkness), before leaving the Digital World in the care o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Kingdoms
is a series of fantasy novels written by Japanese author Fuyumi Ono and illustrated by Akihiro Yamada. The first entry in the series called ''The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow'' was published by Kodansha in Japan in 1992; the last Kodansha volume was released in 2001. In 2012, the series was resumed under the Shinchō Bunko line from Shinchosha. Shinchosha has also begun reprinting the older volumes with new cover and interior art from Akihiro Yamada. The first new publication of the series in six years was released in 2019. An English-language translation was produced and distributed by Tokyopop. The first four volumes were released between March 2007 and November 2010, before the license reverted back to Kodansha. On November 20, 2024, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had acquired the license to publish a new translation of the series in English, with the first volume scheduled for release in July 2025. It was adapted into an anime television series by Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baki The Grappler
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally serialized in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1991 to 1999 and collected into 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akita Shoten. The story follows teenager Baki Hanma as he trains and tests his fighting skills against a variety of different opponents in deadly, no-rules hand-to-hand combat. The series was followed by five sequels in the same magazine; , which was serialized from 1999 to 2005 and collected into 31 volumes, , which was serialized from 2005 to 2012 and collected into 37 volumes, , which was serialized from 2014 to 2018 and collected into 22 volumes, a fifth series, also named but with Baki's name written in ''katakana'' instead of ''kanji'', serialized from 2018 to 2023 and collected into 17 volumes, and , serialized from 2023. A 45-minute original video animation (OVA) was released in 1994. A 24-episode anime aired on TV Tokyo between Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
