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Kimi O Shinasenai Tame No Storia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Gin. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Mystery Bonita'' from October 2016 to September 2020. The series' chapters were collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2021, the manga won the 52nd Seiun Award for Best Comic. Publication Written and illustrated by Toriko Gin, ''Kimi wo Shinasenai Tame no Storia'' was serialized in Akita Shoten's '' shōjo'' manga magazine ''Mystery Bonita'' from October 6, 2016 to September 4, 2020. Its chapters were collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes from April 2017 to October 2020. A side story spin-off manga was serialized in the same magazine from January 6 to June 5, 2021. Its chapters were collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume that was released as the ninth volume of the series. Reception In 2017, the series was ranked 7th in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' guidebook for the best manga for female r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akita Shoten
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita in 1948. As of May 2023, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi. The company is known for publishing the manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Champion'', which serialized works such as Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu'', – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques an ...'s '' Black Jack'', Keisuke Itagaki's '' Baki the Grappler'', and Shinji Mizushima's '' Dokaben''. Magazines Male-oriented manga magazines ''Shōnen'' magazines * – Bimonthly (the 12th of month) * – Monthly (the 6th of month) * – Weekly (each Thursday) * – Weekly web comics (Tuesday and Thursday) Defunct: * '' Bōken Ō'' - monthly from 1949 to 1983 * ''Manga Ō'' ''Seinen'' magazines * – Monthly (the 19th of month) * – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Bonita
is a monthly Japanese '' shōjo'' magazine published by Akita Shoten on the sixth of each month. It was originally launched as a spin-off to the magazine ''Bonita'', which was later merged with ''Mystery Bonita'' in 1996. ''Mystery Bonita'' was initially envisioned to serialize darker serials compared to its parent magazine, featuring horror and mystery works. After the merge the magazine continued to have a focus on publishing mystery and supernatural stories. The magazine is known for publishing series from a variety of genres, as in addition to the prior genres it also publishes fantasy, historical, action, romance, and non-romance works. Serializations Current * '' Crystal Dragon'' by Yuuho Ashiba (1996–hiatus) * '' Bride of Deimos: Sai Shūshō'' by Etsuki Ikeda and Yuuho Ashiba (2007–hiatus) * ''Köln Shikei Odo'' by Yasuko Aoike (2018–present) * '' Musashi #9: Ghost & Gray'' by Miyuki Takahashi (2020–present) * '' Mirage of Blaze R'' by Mizuna Kuwabara and S ... [...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] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women. It is, along with Shōnen manga, manga (targeting adolescent boys), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and (Lyricism, lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s and began a period of creative development in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiun Award
The is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by , the awards are given at the annual Nihon SF Taikai, Japan Science Fiction Convention. It is the oldest SF award in Japan, being given since the 9th Japan Science Fiction Convention in 1970. "Seiun", the Japanese word for "nebula", was taken from the first professional science fiction magazine in Japan, which had a short run in 1954. The award is not related to the American Nebula Award. It is similar to the Hugo Award, which is presented by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, in that all of the members of the presenting convention are eligible to participate in the selection process, though it is not a one-on-one comparison as the Hugo Awards are open to works from anywhere in any language, while the Seiun is implicitly limited to works released in Japan and written in or translated to Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takarajimasha
is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books. History The company was founded on September 22, 1971 as a consulting business of local government titled and a successor of the former Takarajima Photo Chemicals Co., Ltd. that was founded in 1918. Established by some Waseda University former revolutionary students, in May 1974 it started to publish its first magazine, ''Takarajima'', a Japanese subculture focused magazine, which was followed by ''Bessatsu Takarajima'' in March 1976. '' Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!'', a guide book A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ... magazine, was first published in December 1989, while fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kono Manga Ga Sugoi!
is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha since 2005 featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga. The rankings are compiled by surveying professionals in the manga and publishing industry. The first two years saw two separate versions of ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' published; one covering manga for men, and one covering manga for women. Since 2007, only one book covering both demographics together has been published. The series is part of Takarajimasha's other mook series, including ''Kono Eiga ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on film; '' Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on mystery novels; and '' Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!'', which focuses on 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 abbr ...s. Publications * ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2006 Men ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hozuki's Coolheadedness
is a Japanese manga series that was written and illustrated by . The plot revolves around Hozuki, a demon who works for the King and Head Judge of Hell. Kodansha serialized the manga in the magazine '' Morning'' between March 2011 and January 2020, and chapters were collected in thirty-one ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was adapted into a television anime series; Wit Studio produced the first season in 2014, and Studio Deen was responsible for a second season in 2017–2018. Wit Studio also produced three original animation DVDs (OADs) in 2015, while Studio Deen produced one OAD in 2017, and Pine Jam produced three more OVAs in 2019 and 2020. Crunchyroll made the first season of ''Hozuki's Coolheadedness'' available to English-speaking audiences via streaming and Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release on DVD. Sentai acquired the second season and released it on home media and through the streaming website Hidive. In Japan, more than 14 million copies of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
