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Kia Asamiya
, best known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences. Biography Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films (1980s). For this career, he used his real name, and maintained the two professional identities separately for many years. Several of the anime series that he worked on were very popular inside and outside Japan, most notably ''Sonic Soldier Borgman'' and ''Project A-ko''. Even after focusing primarily on his manga career, Asamiya continued to do character designs and creative consultation on anime series based on his stories, occasionally under the Kikuchi name. In the early 2000s, Asamiya shifted his focus from teenage and young-adult stories to stories designed for children and for an American audience. In the former case, he credits his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitakami, Iwate
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,311, and a population density of 210 persons per km2 in 37,085 households. The total area of the city is . The city is famous for the sakura that bloom in Tenshochi Park. Geography Kitakami is located in south-central Iwate Prefecture, in the Kitakami River valley, approximately 45 kilometers south of the prefectural capital of Morioka, and 490 kilometers north of Tokyo. The city is at the confluence of the Kitakami River and the Waga River and has an altitude ranging from 50 to 200 meters above sea level, rising to 400 meters in the east. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture *Hanamaki, Iwate, Hanamaki *Kanegasaki, Iwate, Kanegasaki *Nishiwaga, Iwate, Nishiwaga *Ōshū, Iwate, Ōshū Climate Kitakami has a humid subtropical climate, humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Kitakami is 10.5&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Möbius
is a twelve-volume manga series created by manga artist Kia Asamiya. It is heavily influenced by the film ''Blade Runner'' and is centered on the lives of an all-female group of police officers dedicated to protecting Tokyo from an invasion of extra-dimensional creatures called Lucifer Hawks. The series has been adapted into animation twice, first as a pair of films and later as a 26-episode television series. Streamline Pictures originally released the first film in the United States. The entire anime was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment and dubbed in English by Ocean Productions. The series was adapted into the Japan-exclusive J-RPG ''Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi'' for the PlayStation in 1998. It features an original plot. A new manga series, titled ''Silent Möbius QD'', started in 2013 and serves as a sequel to the original series. It completed with the release of the 5th volume in 2019 with the 7th Chapter entitled Chris クリス Plot In 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars Tales
''Star Wars Tales'' is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on September 29, 1999, and completing its run on July 13, 2005. Each issue is 64 pages and features a few unrelated stories from various eras of the ''Star Wars'' timeline. Stories from issues #1–20 were retroactively labelled "Infinities", placing them outside the ''Star Wars'' canon, while those of issues #21–24 were considered to be within continuity, unless labelled otherwise. References to the stories were made within the Expanded Universe, the entirety of which was deemed non-canon by Lucasfilm in 2014. The entire series was collected into six trade paperbacks, comprising four issues each. Issues and their canonicity Volume 1 Issue #1 ''Life, Death, and the Living Force'' : Script: Jim Woodring : Pencils: Robert Teranishi : Colors: Christopher Chuckry : 14 pages : Galactic Year: 33 BBY : Preceded by: A Summer's Dream : Followed by: Incident at Horn Station ''Mara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Teen Titans Comics
Various superhero groups by the name Teen Titans (or similar variants) have been published in comic books by DC Comics since 1964. Comics publication history ''Teen Titans'' (1964–1978) The first incarnation of the group unofficially debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #54 (July 1964), before appearing as "The Teen Titans" in #60, and again in '' Showcase'' #59 (December 1965). These appearances led to a comic of the same name (debuting with a cover date of February 1966) which ran until 1972/1973, when it was cancelled with issue #43. Briefly revived in 1976 for a further 10 issues, the series was again cancelled after #53 told the team's origin for the first time. Key team The original Teen Titans team consisted of the sidekicks to DC's Batman, Flash, and Aquaman — the first Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad. They were joined in their second appearance by Wonder Girl, erroneously presented as Wonder Woman's sidekick.Wonder Girl was initially a teenage version of Diana/Wonder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Of The Last Hero
A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, record used to start an operating system ** Storage record, a basic input/output structure Documents * Record, a document for administrative use ** Business record, of economic transactions ** Criminal record, a list of a person's criminal convictions ** Docket (court), the summary of proceedings in a court (US) ** Medical record, of a person's medical history and treatments ** Minutes, a summary of the proceedings at a meeting ** Public records, information that has been filed or recorded by public agencies ** Recording (real estate), the act of documenting real estate transactions ** Service record, usually associated with military service ** Transcript (law), a verbatim ''record'' of some proceedings, in particular a court transcript is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrector Yui
is a Japanese anime television series created by Kia Asamiya. The anime series was produced by Nippon Animation and broadcast on NHK Educational TV from 1999 to 2000. It was licensed for North American release by Viz Media. This series has aired on Cartoon Network outside the United States. Two manga series were also released: a two volume series by Asamiya and published in '' Ciao'' from 1999 to 2000; and a nine volume two-part series by Keiko Okamoto which was published by NHK Publishing. The second manga series was licensed in North America and translated into English by Tokyopop beginning in 2002. It was created based on the Japanese novels " Nanso Satomi Hakkenden". This series follows a basic Magical girl progression, but Corrector Yui's magic powers all derive from incorporated entirely into her digital avatar as antivirus software for the virtual world, with no real powers granted outside of network. Plot It is the year 2020 and computers become an integral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Detectives
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya. The manga was originally serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' and later moved to ''Ultra Jump'' at the magazines start. It was later adapted into a 26-episode anime television series which ran from October 1998 to March 1999 on TV Tokyo. In North America, the anime is licensed by ADV Films and the manga by Viz Media. Plot Steam City is a place where the only fuel source is coal, and the only means to produce energy is the steam engine. As the only source of energy, the steam engine has been the focus of technological advancement to the point where it can be substituted for any other form of power in modern technology. These same advancements also have given rise to Megamatons, large steam-powered robots. With the air of Steam City thick with fog and white smoke, thieves and criminals flourish with Megamatons as a common tool in their nefarious plans. It is here that the reader and/or viewer finds Narutaki, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Angel (manga)
Dark Angel may refer to: Film * ''The Dark Angel'' (1925 film), an American silent film starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky * ''The Dark Angel'' (1935 film), an American film starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon * ''The Dark Angels'' (1937 film), a French film directed by Willy Rozier * ''Dark Angel'' (1990 film), or ''I Come in Peace'', a science fiction thriller featuring Dolph Lundgren *'' Dark Angel: The Ascent'', a 1994 film starring Angela Featherstone * ''Dark Angel'' (1996 film), a TV detective film starring Eric Roberts *'' Bettie Page: Dark Angel'', a 2004 biographical film Literature Comics * Dark Angel (DC Comics), a character in Wonder Woman comics * Dark Angel (Marvel Comics) or Shevaun Haldane, a fictional superheroine from the Marvel Comics imprint Marvel UK * Warren Worthington III or Dark Angel, a character in Marvel Comics' X-Men * Dark Angel or Kathisul Evin, a character and herald of Galactus in Marvel UK's '' Cyberspace 3000'' * ''Dark Angel'', a 1992–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembler 0X
Assembler may refer to: Arts and media * Nobukazu Takemura, avant-garde electronic musician, stage name Assembler * Assemblers, a fictional race in the ''Star Wars'' universe * Assemblers, an alternative name of the superhero group Champions of Angor Biology *Assembler (bioinformatics), a program to perform genome assembly *Assembler (nanotechnology), a conjectured construction machine that would manipulate and build with individual atoms or molecules Computing *Assembler (computing), a computer program which translates assembly language to machine language **Assembly language, a more readable interpretation of a processor's machine code, allowing easier understanding and programming by humans, sometimes erroneously referenced as 'assembler' after the program which translates it Other uses * a worker on an assembly line See also * Assemble (other) * Assembly (other) * Constructor (other) Constructor may refer to: Science and technology * Constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compiler (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's magazine ''Monthly Afternoon''. The manga was adapted into a three-part anime original video animation that was licensed in the North America by ADV Films. The opening theme is called "I Was Born to Fall in Love" and the end theme is called "Full Up Mind", both by Masami Okui is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She .... As well as the soundtrack, a single of the opening theme and three image albums—''Compiler'', ''Assembler'' and ''Interpreter''—were released. Plot ''Compiler'' (as in a source code compiler) features two girls, Compiler and Assembler, who arrived on earth from 2-D cyberspace to play a "game" in which they will delete the real world and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunhed (film)
is a 1989 Japanese science fiction tokusatsu mecha action film directed by Masato Harada. The film stars Masahiro Takashima and Brenda Bakke in the lead roles. Plot In the year 2038, the world is ruled by supercomputers powered by a rare and powerful element called Texmexium. Years earlier, the Kyron-5 AI, created by the Cybortech Company and housed on the isolated island 8JO, rebelled against humanity, sparking a devastating war. Though a specialized GUNHED (Gun UNit of Heavy Eliminate Device) battalion was sent to shut it down, they were defeated. The island was abandoned, left to Kyron-5’s control—until a group of tech scavengers arrives seeking profit in the ruins. The scavenger team aboard the Mary Ann, led by Captain Bansho, includes Brooklyn, a skilled but reluctant former pilot; Babe, a brave and determined crew member; Bombbay, Barabbas, and Boomerang. They infiltrate the facility, but Kyron-5's automated defenses quickly eliminate several of them—Boomerang and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Seiki Vagrants
Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese given name * Shin (Korean surname) (Hangul: 신, Hanja: 申, 辛, 愼), a Korean family name Fictional characters *Shin Akuma, a character in the Street Fighter series * Shin Asuka (other), multiple *Shin Godzilla, a fictional monster from a film of the same name *Shin Hati, a fictional character in ''Star Wars'' * Shin Malphur, a character in the video game '' Destiny 2: Forsaken'' * Kamen Rider Shin, a character in the Kamen Rider series * Seijuro Shin (進), a character in the manga and anime series ''Eyeshield 21'' * A character in the manga Dorohedoro * A character in the manga and anime ''Fist of the North Star'' * Shin Tsukimi from the video game ''Your Turn to Die -Death Game by Majority-'' * Shin Chan from the Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |