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Masayoshi Nishida
is a Japanese anime director. He worked at the Tatsunoko Animation Technical Institute before joining Tezuka Productions. He has directed '' Mokke'' and ''Allison & Lillia'' and drawn storyboards for all episodes. His favorite anime is ''Haguregumo''. Works *'' Blue Blink'' (1989–1990; in-between animation) *'' The Three-Eyed One'' (1990–1991; key animation) *'' Ambassador Magma'' (1993; key animation) *''Benkei and Ushiwakamaru'' (1994; director) *''Essay on Insects'' (1995; animation director) *'' Black Jack: Capital Transfer To Heian'' (1996; character designer) *''Kimba the White Lion'' (1997; storyboard, key animation) *'' Saving our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter'' (2000–2001; director, animation director, key animation) *''Princess Knight'' (1999; animation director) *''Metropolis'' (2001; key animation) *''Black Jack'' (2004; screenplay, production, animation director) *'' Phoenix'' (2004; character designer) *''Eyeshield 21 is a Japanese manga se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 116,087 in 53,320 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hatsukaichi is located in far southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture. In the north, the spine of the Chūgoku Mountains borders Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures, and in the south is the coastline of the Seto Inland Sea (Hiroshima Bay). While the coastal areas are becoming more urbanized, the inland rural areas are undergoing marked depopulation. Adjoining municipalities Hiroshima Prefecture *Akiōta, Hiroshima, Akiōta *Etajima, Hiroshima, Etajima *Ōtake, Hiroshima, Ōtake *Saeki-ku, Hiroshima Shimane Prefecture *Masuda, Shimane, Masuda Yamaguchi Prefecture *Iwakuni Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Hatsukaichi has more than doubled since 1960. Climate History The area of Hatsukaichi is part of ancient Aki Province. Itsukushima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unico Special
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Sanrio's manga magazine ' from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. The series follows the titular unicorn as he uses his magic to help friends from around the world across different time periods. The series was drawn in a western style, being published in full color and read from left to right. It has since been published in different collections and has been adapted into film and comics. A modern-day reboot of the series began publication by Scholastic under its Graphix imprint in 2024. Plot Unico is a young, innocent male unicorn who possesses a special ability to bring happiness to anyone near him. The story begins in ancient Greece with a young mortal girl named Psyche. She is the first friend to Unico, and is apparently so beautiful that the goddess Venus becomes jealous. The goddess attributes Psyche's beauty to her happiness and decides to separate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Anime Directors
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] |
Makina-san's A Love Bot?!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshimi Sato. It began serialization on Futabasha's manga magazine ''Monthly Action'' in October 2022. After the magazine's disbandment in February 2024, it was transferred to the ''Web Comic Action'' website in April of the same year. An anime television series adaptation produced by aired from April to June 2025. Plot Eita Akutsu is a shy robot enthusiast who pines for his popular classmate Makina Agatsuma. One day, Makina is caught in an apartment bombing. She reveals to Eita that she is an advanced lifelike android and instructs him on how to repair her. She starts living with him and constantly tries to seduce him. Characters ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Yoshimi Sato, ''Makina-san's a Love Bot?!'' began serialization in Futabasha's manga magazine ''Monthly Action'' on October 25, 2022. After the final issue of the ''Monthly Action'' magazine was published on February 24, 2024, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandpa And Grandma Turn Young Again
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kagiri Araido. It began serialization on the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts in October 2019 and ended in June 2024. It later received parallel serialization on Media Factory's ''Monthly Comic Alunna'' magazine in July 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gekkō aired from April to June 2024. Plot The story follows the elderly couple, Shozo Saito and Ine Saito who live in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. One day while checking their apple farm they notice a golden apple growing in one of the trees. After eating that apple, the two found themselves physically restored to their 20s. Characters ; : :Husband of Ine. ; : :Wife of Shozo. ; : :Shozo and Ine's granddaughter. ; : :Shozo and Ine's other granddaughter, and Mino's cousin. ; : :Mino's boyfriend, who later becomes her husband after her grandparents' passing at the end of the series. ; : :Shozo and Ine's son. ; : :Shozo and Ine's daughter-in-law and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison & Lillia
is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the light novel series ''Allison'' and ''Lillia and Treize'' by Keiichi Sigsawa. The anime, produced and animated by Madhouse, and directed by Masayoshi Nishida, aired in Japan on the NHK BS2 television channel between April 3 and October 2, 2008, and ran for 26 episodes. The first half of the anime covered the ''Allison'' novels, while the second half covered the ''Lillia and Treize'' novels. Plot ''Allison & Lillias story covers the story from the ''Allison'' light novels for the first half of the series, and switches to the story from the ''Lillia and Treize'' light novels for the second half. ''Allison & Lillia'' is set in a world with one continent split down the middle from north-south by the towering Central Mountains, and the vast Lutoni River. Due to the geography, two cultures developed on either side of the divide. The eastern region is formally known as the Roxcheanuk Confederation, though more commonly known as . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyeshield 21
is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. The series tells the story of Sena Kobayakawa, an introverted boy who joins an American football club as a secretary, but after being coerced by quarterback Yoichi Hiruma, becomes the team's running back, wearing jersey number 21 and an eyeshield to conceal his identity. Inagaki chose American football as a central subject of ''Eyeshield 21'' after realizing that it fit perfectly with his idea for the series. The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2002 to June 2009. The series consists of 333 chapters collected in 37 volumes. An anime adaptation consisting of 145 television episodes was co-produced by TV Tokyo, NAS, and Gallop. The television series first aired on Japan's TV Tokyo network from April 2005 to March 2008. The ''Eyeshield 21'' franchise has spawned two original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix (anime)
is a 13-episode 2004 anime series based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It was developed by Tezuka Productions and directed by Ryōsuke Takahashi, and originally broadcast in Japan on NHK BShi. A short film by the same staff as the TV series, ''Phoenix: Robe of Feathers'', was released on July 17, 2004. The series was first distributed in the United States in 2007 by AnimeWorks, and a Blu-ray release by Media Blasters was announced in 2019. As of 2023, the series is also available on Crunchyroll. In a 2019 social media post, the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica announced that ''Phoenix'' was among the anime series broadcast by CVM Television. Episodes See also * List of Osamu Tezuka anime This is a list of Osamu Tezuka's notable anime work in chronological order. This list of anime includes all those listed on Tezuka's official site as well as others that are directly based on his work, but not listed on the site yet. The English ... Notes References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Movie Database
The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. Nomura started the site in 1997, and it contains movies from 1899 (Second Year of Movies in Japan recorded) to the present day. See also * IMDb References External links * Internet properties established in 1997 Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ... Online film databases {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolis (2001 Film)
is a 2001 Japanese Anime, animated cyberpunk Drama (film and television), drama film loosely based upon Osamu Tezuka's 1949 Metropolis (manga), manga of the same name. The film was directed by Rintaro, written by Katsuhiro Otomo, and produced by Madhouse (company), Madhouse, with conceptual support from Tezuka Productions. Plot In the wealthy plutocratic city of Metropolis, humans co-exist with robot laborers designed to build and maintain the city. However, its impoverished human citizens discriminate against robots, blaming them for their unemployment and being forced to live in the squalid lower levels of Metropolis. Duke Red, Metropolis's wealthiest citizen, celebrates the completion of a massive military/scientific complex, the "Ziggurat". His adopted son, Rock, leads a vigilante paramilitary organization known as the Marduks, tasked with destroying malfunctioning and rogue robots - including those that escaped from their designated zones in the lower city. Meanwhile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Knight
''Princess Knight'', also known as ''Ribon no Kishi'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with a blue heart of a boy and a pink heart of a girl. She pretends to be a prince to prevent the evil Duke Duralumin from taking over the kingdom through his son, Plastic. The gender-bending main character was inspired by the all-female musical theater group Takarazuka Revue in which women performed both female and male roles. The story was ordered by an editor of Kodansha's magazine '' Shōjo Club'' who wanted Tezuka to produce a manga aimed towards a female audience that could replicate the success of his former boy-aimed stories. The author then created ''Princess Knight'', originally serialized in that magazine from 1953 to 1956. The manga's popularity resulted into a radio dramatization in 1955, three other serializations between 1958 and 1968, and a 52-episode televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
