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Kimikiss
is a Japanese dating simulation game for the PlayStation 2. Developed by Enterbrain in 2006, ''KimiKiss'' has become a media franchise, which includes five manga adaptations, a light novel, and an anime television series directed by Ken'ichi Kasai. Story Kouichi Aihara is a high school student who just came back from summer vacation. He has never been kissed and after returning to school he decides to develop a romantic relationship with a certain girl during 30 days. Characters ; : (Drama CD) : The protagonist in the game and the ''Various Heroines'' manga. Kōichi is in class 2A and is the older brother of Nana. In the game his given name and surname can be customized by the player. In the anime his character was split in two characters - Kouichi Sanada (who received the original protagonist's looks and given name) and Kazuki Aihara (who received the original protagonist's soccer skills, surname, Nana as little sister, and voice actor from the Drama CD). ;: : The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken'ichi Kasai
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. He is amongst J.C.Staff's most noted directors, having directed the highly rated '' Honey and Clover'' series. Beginning his career as a production manager, using his name in kanji, , he moved on to direction with J.C.Staff. With 2002's '' Wagamama: Fairy Mirumo De Pon!'', he began using his name in ''katakana''. Filmography Director *''Kuru Kuru Amī'' (2001) *'' Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo De Pon!'' (2002–2005) *'' Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo De Pon! Gōruden'' (2003) *''Major'' (2004–2006) ''–'' first and second seasons *'' Honey and Clover'' (2005) *'' Nodame Cantabile'' (2007) – first season *'' Kimikiss: Pure Rouge'' (2007–2008) *'' Sweet Blue Flowers'' (2009) *''Bakuman'' (2010–2013) *'' Chōyaku Hyakunin isshu: Uta Koi'' (2012) *'' Love Stage!!'' (2014) *'' Wolf Girl and Black Prince'' (2014) *'' Amanchu!'' (2016) *''The Thousand Musketeers'' (2018) *'' To Me, the One Who Loved You'' (2022) Other *''Cooking Papa is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enterbrain
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on January 30, 1987, as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of anime artbooks. Enterbrain is based in Tokyo, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 million yen. Enterbrain's current president is Hirokazu Hamamura. Enterbrain publications * '' B's LOG'': Magazine focused on female gamers. * ''TECH Win DVD'': A magazine aimed specifically to PC users. It comes with two CD-ROMs worth of goodies and information. * ''Tech Gian'': A CD-ROM magazine focused on adult video games. * '' Magi-Cu'': A seinen visual entertainment manga magazine based on female game characters. * '' Comic Beam'': Comic Beam was formerly known as ASCII Comic. It is a seinen manga magazine filled with original manga. * '' Harta'' (formerly ''Fellows!''): A periodic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentai Filmworks
Sentai Filmworks, LLC (or simply Sentai) is an American entertainment company. Located in Houston, the company specializes in the dubbing and distribution of Japanese animation and Asian cinema. Its post-production arm is Sentai Studios. The company has its origins in A.D. Vision, which was founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. ADV collapsed due to low sales and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Ledford founded Sentai in 2008 and acquired the majority of ADV's titles. Sentai was then acquired by New York City-based AMC Networks in 2022 and became its subsidiary. Its offices are in the International District in Southwest Houston. History Origins In 1990, John Ledford, a native of Houston, started a Japanese video game and video console import business. He was introduced to anime when he watched '' My Neighbor Totoro'' at his friend's suggestion. His friend, Matt Greenfield, born in Sacramento, California, ran a local anime club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruna Ikezawa
is a Greek-born Japanese actress, voice actress,singer and author. Her major roles in anime include: Gō Seiba in ''Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!'', Haruna Hiroko in ''Hamtaro'', Yoshino Shimazu in ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'', Momoka Nishizawa in ''Sgt. Frog''. In video games, she has voiced Athena Asamiya in ''The King of Fighters'' since 1998, and voiced Coco Bandicoot in ''Crash Bandicoot'' series. Biography Ikezawa was born in Athens, Greece to a Japanese father, the Akutagawa Prize-winning author Natsuki Ikezawa. Her paternal grandfather is the poet Takehiko Fukunaga. Her mother is half-Japanese and half-Greek. Her parents returned to Japan when she was around 3 years old and grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She graduated from Seijo Gakuen. Ikezawa announced her marriage on July 1, 2020, however, the marriage was delayed due to several difficulties, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The marriage was solemnized in September 2024. Novels In December 2020, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ami Koshimizu
is a Japanese actress and singer. She has voiced many different types of characters, from young girls to adult women, as well as boys and animals. Her roles include leads such as Ryuko Matoi in '' Kill la Kill'', Charlotte E. Yeager in '' Strike Witches'' series, Kallen Stadtfeld in ''Code Geass'', Anemone in '' Eureka Seven'', Irina Tachibana in '' Rio: Rainbow Gate'', Nadja Applefield in '' Ashita no Nadja'', Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois in ''Dog Days'', Shizuri Mugino in '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'' series, Yumi Hoshino in '' KimiKiss: Pure Rouge'', Takuto Hasegawa in ''Magician's Academy'', Hibiki Hojo in '' Suite PreCure'', Nanaka Yatsushiro in '' Myself ; Yourself'', Ersha in '' Cross Ange'', Himari Noihara in '' Omamori Himari'', Sailor Jupiter in '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Delta, Nodoka Haramura in ''Saki'', Tenma Tsukamoto in '' School Rumble'', Holo in '' Spice and Wolf'', and Yang Xiao Long in both ''RWBY'' (Japanese dub) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Mizushima
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. When voicing adult games, he is known as . After leaving the former office AXL-ONE on March 31, 2022, he changed his stage name to "Daichū Mizushima" while keeping the kanji. Biography Mizushima is a former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official. He entered the JGSDF Youth Technical School, a boarding school for boys, as a member of the 38th class of JGSDF students, and graduated in 1994. He has been a member of Production Baobab since around 2000, and left at the end of May 2011 to become a member of Axlone in June 2011. In 2012, he became an instructor at Axl Zero, a training school directly under the Axlone office. In 2014, he announced the start of his music career under the name TAKA, and made his debut as a singer with his first mini-album "Reflection" in March of the same year. Filmography Anime television ;2002 * '' Shrine of the Morning Mist'' – Tadahiro Amatsu * '' Crush Gear Turbo'' – Rudolf Steiner * '' Forza! Hidema ... [...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] |
Light Novel
A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbreviation of "''raito noberu''" is or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the ''bunkobon'' format (ISO 216, A6, ). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installments being published in three-to-nine-month intervals. Light novels are very commonly illustrated in a manga artstyle, and are often adapted into manga and anime. Whilst most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first Serial (literature), serialized monthly in anthology magazines or via the internet as Web fiction#Web novel, web novels before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Plots frequently involve roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
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 (equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dating Sim
Dating sims, also known as dating simulation games, are a video game subgenre of simulation games with romantic elements. While resembling the visual novel genre in presentation, true dating sims utilize an additional statistical and time management layer in their gameplay. The player is given a specific amount of time on an in-game calendar, while scheduling dates, correctly answering questions, and performing various activities will increase a certain character's attraction to the player until the player gains their love. The additional subgenre of erotic dating sims are a form of eroge, and include sexually graphic cutscenes. The idea that love can only be earned through time and attention has prompted concern that it oversimplifies romance and depicts a " nice guy" view that may lead to unrealistic expectations from women. Dating sims, typically in the form of ''bishōjo'' games with a male protagonist and female supporting characters, are extremely popular in Japan, taking u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting
(stylized as ''rkb'') is a broadcasting station located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan. It is affiliated with the Japan Radio Network (JRN) and the Japan News Network (JNN). The company is owned by the MBS Media Holdings, Mainichi Shimbun, and the Taro Aso, Aso Group. The initials RKB stand for , the station's former name. History In 1950, following the enactment of the Radio Law, Mainichi Shimbun sought to establish three radio stations in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. Its application for the Tokyo area was later merged with those of other national newspapers and Dentsu, forming Radio Tokyo. In the Osaka area, Mainichi Shimbun applied to establish a station under the name New Japan Broadcasting (later renamed Mainichi Broadcasting), and in Fukuoka Prefecture, under the name Radio Kyushu. A license for JOFR was issued on 21 April 1951, and the company was formally established on 29 June. Radio Kyushu began operations on 1 December of the same year. Radio Kyushu was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Broadcasting System
JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as or (formerly known as from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned-and-operated by a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings with its studios being based in the Kita-ku ward of Osaka. From its sign on in 1959 to 2021, MBS operated as a unified broadcaster, with its radio and television operations being intact until 2017 when a major restructuring caused the operations to be held under the second incarnation of MBS. In 2021, the radio division was spun-off as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary. Overview MBS is a core station of the Japan News Network (JNN), with TBS TV as its key station. MBS is a member of the "Five Company Federation" (comprising it, TBS, HBC, CBC and RKB) and is also a major shareholder of TBS Holdings. It distributes G-Guide EPG data, and used to distribute analog G-Guide program data to Tokushima Prefecture, where the only commercial TV stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
