Maebashi Witches
is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It is directed by Junichi Yamamoto and written by Erika Yoshida, features original character designs by Yu Inami, animation character designs by Nozomi Tachibana, and music by Yuri Habuka. The series aired from April 6 to June 22, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is , while the ending theme song is , both performed by the five main characters collectively known as the Maebashi Witches. Crunchyroll streamed the series. Characters ; : :A first-year high school student who has an interest in photography. She always brings around an instant camera and is fond of taking pictures. ; : :A girl interested in fashion and cosmetics. She does not have a good impression of Yuina when they first meet. It is later revealed she is conscious about her weight and uses magic to have a thin body. ; : :A girl from a wealthy family who is a fan of the VTuber Mogutan. She stops liking Mogutan after findi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Coming-of-age Story
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, theatre, film, and video game that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age". Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically teenagers. The ''Bildungsroman'' is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s) in question. Literature ''Bildungsroman'' In literary criticism, coming-of-age novels and ''Bildungsroman'' are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The ''Bildungsroman'' (from the German words ''Bildung'', "education", alternatively "forming" and ''Roman'', "novel") is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features. It focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akita Asahi Broadcasting
, also known as AAB, is a Japanese terrestrial television station affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network, covering all of Akita Prefecture. Their headquarters are located in Akita, its capital with its main transmitter is located at Omoriyama Park, in the city of Akita. History Background In the 1960s, the Asahi Shimbun publishing company solicited the opening of new UHF stations to build a national television network. As a result, new affiliates would emerge, in an indirect manner, being shoehorned into other affiliations. Akita Prefecture did the same in 1965, and one of the candidates was affiliated to the newspaper, Akita Asahi Broadcasting (with no relation to the company established in 1991).。 However, after four companies presented their candidatures, no NET/TV Asahi affiliate was created. Instead, the license was awarded to Akita Television, an FNN/ FNS affiliate. In 1981, Akita Television began airing several TV Asahi programs on a secondary basis and started ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2025 Anime Television Series Debuts
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Coming Of Age
Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is often associated with the age of sexual maturity ( puberty), especially menarche and spermarche. In others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in Western societies, modern legal conventions stipulate points around the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood (most commonly 16 and 18 though ranging from 14 to 21) when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult. Some cultures and countries have multiple coming of age ceremonies for multiple ages. Many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wonder Egg Priority
is a Japanese anime television series created and written by Shinji Nojima, and directed by Shin Wakabayashi. Animated by CloverWorks, it is a co-production of Aniplex, Nippon Television, and D.N. Dream Partners, which aired on Nippon TV and other channels from January to March 2021. Additionally, a special episode was released in June of that year. The series centers on Ai Ohto, a teenage who stops attending school following her friend’s suicide. After discovering a 'Wonder Egg,' she enters a dream world where she and three other girls—each mourning a lost friend—fight grotesque "Wonder Killers", manifestations of trauma linked to suicides. Their goal: resurrect their friends by protecting victims in this surreal realm. ''Wonder Egg Priority'' marked Nojima's first anime project, following his work on live-action dramas. Seeking to reach younger audiences and explore stories impractical for live-action, he conceived it as a coming-of-age tale blending live-action re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica
, also known simply as ''Madoka Magica'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet, and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernatural contracts to become magical girls. In battling surreal enemies known as "witches", they learn of the anguish and peril associated with their new roles. The first ten episodes of the series aired on TBS and MBS between January and March 2011, while the final two episodes were delayed until April of the same year due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. A manga adaptation of the anime and various spin-off manga have been published by Houbunsha and licensed in North America by Yen Press. A novelization by Nitroplus was released in August 2011, and a dedicated magazine, ''Manga Time Kirara Magica'', was launched by Houbunsha in June 2012. A video game for the PlayStation Portable was released in March 2012 and another for PlayStati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Magical Girls
is a subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. The genre emerged in 1962 with the manga '' Himitsu no Akko-chan'', followed by ''Sally the Witch'' in 1966. A wave of similar anime produced in the 1970s led to being used as a common term for the genre. In the 1980s, the term was largely replaced by "magical girl", reflecting the new popularity of shows produced by other studios, including '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and '' Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. In the 1990s, ''Sailor Moon'' redefined the genre by combining "transforming hero" elements from live-action hero shows. The growth of late-night anime in the early 2000s led to a demographic shift for the genre, where series with more mature themes such as ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' (2004) were created and marketed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akari Kitō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. She starred in her first main role for the series '' Time Bokan 24'', and has since received more major and leading roles. Her nickname is Akarin. She made her debut as a solo singer under Pony Canyon in October 2019. Biography Born in Nagoya, Kitō became interested with anime, manga, and video games under her father's influence. Kitō was a bassist in the light music club, inspired from Kakifly's manga series ''K-On! is a Japanese Yonkoma, four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kakifly. It was serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara'' magazine between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues, and also serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga T ...''. She wanted to become an illustrator and apply for a scholarship, but her parents could not afford and pay for the university education. Before Kitō moved to Tokyo and became a voice actress, her grandmother died, and some jobs became scarce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nao Tōyama
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with the agency Intention. She was a member of Arts Vision. She debuted as a voice actress in 2010, and played her first leading role as Kanon Nakagawa in '' The World God Only Knows''. She is also known for her roles as Chitoge Kirisaki in '' Nisekoi'', Yui Yuigahama in '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'', Tomoe Koga in '' Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai'', Karen Kujō in '' Kin-iro Mosaic'', Ruka Sarashina in '' Rent-A-Girlfriend'' and Rin Shima in '' Laid-Back Camp''. In 2019, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award with Yū Serizawa and the Game Award in the 13th Seiyu Awards. Her music career began when she released songs for ''The World God Only Knows'' under her character name Kanon Nakagawa. She later made her solo debut as a singer on February 1, 2017, with the release of the double A-side single "True Destiny" / "Chain the World" under the Flying Dog label. She also voiced a memb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yū Serizawa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with 81 Produce. She is a member of the idol voice actor group i☆Ris. In 2019, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award with Nao Tōyama in the 13th Seiyu Awards. Serizawa is the niece of singer Yuki Saito. Discography Extended plays Studio albums Singles Filmography Anime Film animation *'' Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection: Prism Show Best Ten'' (2014), Ann Fukuhara *'' PriPara the Movie: Eeeeveryone, Assemble! Prism Tours'' (2015), Mirei Minami *'' PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari'' (2016), Mirei Minami * '' King of Prism: Pride the Hero'' (2016), Ann Fukuhara * '' King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars'' (2019), Ann Fukuhara Original video animation *'' Mushibugyō'' (2014), Tenma Ichinotani *'' Nozo × Kimi'' (2014), Mirei Watanuki Original net animation *'' Lost Song'' (2018), Monica Lux *'' Chi's Sweet Summer Vacation'' (2024), Aina *''Tokyo Override'' (2024), Ayumi Video games *''Idol Death Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tomokazu Sugita
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and author. He mainly plays young men and is characterized by his "deep bass voice," and he often performs ad-libs and imitations. He is best known for his roles as Gintoki Sakata in ''Gintama'', Tadaomi Karasuma in ''Assassination Classroom'', Hideki Motosuwa in ''Chobits'', Rin Tsuchimi in ''Shuffle!'', Gyomei Himejima in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV series), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Kyon in ''Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yuichi Aizawa in ''Kanon (visual novel), Kanon'', Kazuyoshi "Switch" Usui in ''Sket Dance'', Hidenori Tabata in ''Daily Lives of High School Boys'', Yuuya Kizami from the ''Corpse Party'' series, Gundham Tanaka from the Danganronpa series, Ragna the Bloodedge in ''Blazblue'', Joseph Joestar in the 2012 ''List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure episodes, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' anime and ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle'', Yusuke Kitagawa in ''Persona 5'', Chrom in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |