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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
is a Japanese manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Takuya Fujima. It is part of ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' franchise, taking place four years after the events of '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS''. The series began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comp Ace'' on May 26, 2009. An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan from April 3 to June 19, 2015. A spin-off original anime project by Seven Arcs Pictures, titled ''ViVid Strike!'', aired between October and December 2016, featuring a new pair of protagonists. Plot The series takes place four years after the events of '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS'', during which magical girl Nanoha Takamachi rescued and adopted a young girl named Vivio, who is the clone of the Sankt Kaiser, Olivie Segbrecht. After entering her fourth year of elementary school, Vivio is given her own intelligence device, Sacred Heart, and gains the power to transform using her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Motivation Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow (psychology), flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his ''Man's Fate'' (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?" Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or wikt:excitement, excitem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junji Nishimura
is a Japanese anime director and producer currently residing in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production. Nishimura had his first job as a producer for '' Baldios'' in 1980, and went on to be in charge of production in other series such as '' Six God Combination Godmars'', and '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'' in 1982. An episode of ''Urusei Yatsura'' he directed in 1982, "After You've Gone" (episode #44), was voted the favorite episode of the TV series by Japanese fans. In 1984, Nishimura resigned from Nishiko and in 1985 had his director debut with ''Pro Golfer Saru''. Since then, he has worked as the director on many anime produced by Studio Deen, notably ''Ranma ½'' (serving as series director on later television seasons and for the OVA series as well) and '' Kyo Kara Maoh!''. In 2019, he was named as director of a new anime series, ''Vladlove,'' about a girl vampire that was written by Mam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViVid Strike
Vivid may refer to: Music * Vivid (band), a Japanese rock band * "Vivid" (song), by Electronic, 1999 *"ViViD", a 2016 song by Loona from ''HeeJin'' Albums * ''Vivid'' (Vivian Green album), 2015 * ''Vivid'' (Crystal Kay album), 2012 * ''Vivid'' (Living Colour album), 1988 * ''Vivid'' (Ailee album), 2015 * ''Vivid'' (KM-MARKIT album), 2005 * '' Vivid: Kissing You, Sparkling, Joyful Smile'', a 2008 mini-album by BoA * ''Vivid'' (EP), 2020 EP by AB6IX Organizations * Vivid Entertainment, a company that produces and distributes adult media * Vivid Image, a defunct UK video game developer * Vivid Imaginations, a UK toy company * Vivid Seats, a ticket exchange company Technology * HTC Vivid, a mobile phone * Vivid Vervet, the code name for version 15.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution Festivals and arts * Vivid (arts centre), a media art centre in Birmingham, England * Vivid Sydney, an outdoor festival in Sydney, Australia * Vivid Live, a contemporary music festival held by Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Strip
A comic strip is a Comics, sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often Serial (literature), serialized, with text in Speech balloon, balloons and Glossary of comics terminology#Caption, captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, these have been published in newspapers and magazines, with daily horizontal Daily comic strip, strips printed in black-and-white in newspapers, while Sunday newspaper, Sunday papers offered longer sequences in Sunday comics, special color comics sections. With the advent of the internet, online comic strips began to appear as webcomics. Most strips are written and drawn by a comics artist, known as a cartoonist. As the word "comic" implies, strips are frequently humorous. Examples of these gag-a-day strips are ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie'', ''Bringing Up Father'', ''Marmaduke'', and ''Pearls Before Swine (comic strip), Pearls Before Swine''. In the late 1920s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonkoma
is a comic strip format that generally consists of gag comic strips within four panels of equal size ordered from top to bottom. They also sometimes run right-to-left horizontally or use a hybrid 2×2 style, depending on the layout requirements of the publication in which they appear. Although the word ''yonkoma'' comes from Japanese, the style also exists outside Japan in other Asian countries as well as in the English-speaking market, particularly in mid-20th century United States strips, where ''Peanuts'' popularized the format. Origin Rakuten Kitazawa (who wrote under the name Yasuji Kitazawa) produced the first ''yonkoma'' in 1902. Entitled ''Jiji Manga'', it is thought to have been influenced by the works of Frank Arthur Nankivell and of Frederick Burr Opper. Structure Traditionally, ''yonkoma'' follow a structure known as '' kishōtenketsu''. This word is a compound formed from the following Japanese kanji characters: *''Ki'' (): The first panel forms the basis of ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (series)
is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses five anime television series, four theatrical films, multiple manga and drama CD adaptations and sequels, as well as model figures, plastic models and toys from Bandai. Its inaugural installment was the 2004 television series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, of the same name, an alternate universe (fan fiction), alternate universe spin-off (media), spin-off of the ''Triangle Heart'' series. The series is named after its protagonist Nanoha Takamachi. At the beginning of the series, Nanoha is a 9-year old schoolgirl in modern-day Japan, who is swept into a conflict between parallel universe (fiction), extra-dimensional powers vying for control over artifact (fantasy), magical artifacts they had discovered on Earth. Nanoha herself is revealed to be tremendously powerful in the extra-dimensional techno-magic and in later installments, leaves Earth altogether to pursue a magical career. In the latest entry, ''Magical Record Lyrical Nano ... [...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] |
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Exceeds Gun Blaze Vengeance
is an upcoming Japanese anime television series created by Masaki Tsuzuki and produced by Seven Arcs, which is part of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' franchise for its 20th anniversary. A manga adaptation written by Tsuzuki and illutrasted by Shuichi Kawakami, titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Exceeds'', began serialization on Kodansha's Niconico-based ''Suiyōbi no Sirius'' manga service in April 2025. Media Manga A manga adaptation written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illutrasted by Shuichi Kawakami, titled ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Exceeds'', began serialization on Kodansha's Niconico-based ''Suiyōbi no Sirius'' manga service on April 16, 2025. Anime The new anime television series was announced at the franchise's 20th anniversary event on December 28, 2024. The series is produced by Seven Arcs, directed by Takayuki Hamana is a Japanese animator and director known for directing ''The Prince of Tennis''. Career Upon graduating high school, Takayuki Hamana joined A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
