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Maze (novel)
is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Eiji Suganuma. The series was published by Kadokawa Shoten from July 27, 1993 to March 26, 1998. Based on ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', the series originally began as , a manga serialized in ''Comic JAM'' and published by Tairiku Shobo in 1986–1988. It was illustrated by Kia Asamiya, whose debut manga series ''Shinseiki Vagrants'' was being serialized in Kadokawa's ''Monthly Comic Comp'' at the same time. The series was published in the magazine's first three issues and left unfinished due to Tairiku Shobo going bankrupt in August 1992, with all chapters being published in Movic's ''side-A'' in 1996. It was then serialized in Hobby Japan's ''RPG Magazine'' under the title from issues 1-6 in 1990. The series went on hiatus from issue 7 onward, and although there were notices of a hiatus until issue 13, it was ultimately discontinued. The illustrations were also done by Asamiya, and though some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakayama Telecasting Corporation
, also known as WTV, is a Japanese commercial terrestrial television station, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Wakayama, Japan. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). It is the only commercial television station whose headquarter is located in Wakayama Prefecture. The callsign of WTV is JOOM-DTV. In 2016, WTV's news studio won the Good Design Award. Offices *The head office - 151 Sakaedani, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture *Tanabe office - 3353-9 Shinjocho, Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture *Tokyo office - Posco POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel manufacturer headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the List of steel producers, world's sixth-largest steelmaker by thi ... Tokyo Building (3th floor)，5-chōme-11-14 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo *Osaka office - Dojima Grand bldg (6th floor), 1 Chome-5-17 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka History *June 7, 1973 ... [...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] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An OVA series can run anywhere from a single episode to dozens of episodes in length. Many anime series first appeared as OVAs, and later grow to become televis ... [...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] |
Hobby Japan
is a Japanese publishing company known for publishing and releasing books, magazines, light novels, games, and collectibles. Founded in 1969, the company owns and distributes such publications as the eponymous ''Hobby Japan EX'' magazine, as well as ''Uchusen''. The company has also released a number of Role-playing game, role-playing and tabletop games, action figures related to anime and manga franchises, as well as Die-cast toy, diecast cars and related models. Product lines Role-playing games * ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd, 3.5 and 4th edition (translated) * ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' 2nd edition (translated) * ''Ring Master I: The Shadow of Filias - Filias Nogisu no Anun'' (Sharp X68000, 1989) * ''Ring Master II: Forget You Not, Evermore - Eien Naru Omoi'' (Sharp X68000, 1990) Diecasts * Honda Civic (fifth generation), Honda Civic EG6 SiR-II * Honda Civic (tenth generation), Honda Civic (FK7) * Honda Civic (eleventh generation), Honda Civic (FL5) * Honda Civic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movic
is a Japanese company which specializes in the publication of trading cards, figures, CDs, and other general media related to the anime industry. Movic is a part of the Animate (retailer), Animate group. Anime involved in *''Oh My Goddess!, Ah! My Goddess: The Movie'': Production *''Ai City'': Production *''Ai Yori Aoshi'': Production *''Ai Yori Aoshi, Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~'': Production *''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'': Production *''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!'': Production *''Android Ana Maico 2010'': Production *''Anime Tenchou'': Concept Work *''Appleseed (OVA), Appleseed'': Production *''Araiso Private High School Student Council Executive Committee'': Planning, Production *''Blue Exorcist'': Production *''Battle Angel'': Production *''Blue Seed'': Production *''Blue Seed Beyond'': Production *''Bounty Dog'': Production *''Chobits'': Production Cooperation *''Clannad'': Production *''List of Clannad ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun
''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the ''Mainichi Shimbun''. History The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of ''Chugai Bukka Shimpo'' (literally ''Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper''), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the ''Shokyosha'' in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed ''Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo'' in 1889. It was merged with ''Nikkan Kōgyō'' and ''Keizai Jiji'' and renamed ''Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun'' in 1942. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kia Asamiya
, best known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences. Biography Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films (1980s). For this career, he used his real name, and maintained the two professional identities separately for many years. Several of the anime series that he worked on were very popular inside and outside Japan, most notably ''Sonic Soldier Borgman'' and ''Project A-ko''. Even after focusing primarily on his manga career, Asamiya continued to do character designs and creative consultation on anime series based on his stories, occasionally under the Kikuchi name. In the early 2000s, Asamiya shifted his focus from teenage and young-adult stories to stories designed for children and for an American audience. In the former case, he credits his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a cyclone. Upon her arrival in the magical world of Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West. The book was first published in the United States in September 1900 by the George M. Hill Company. It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. It was often reprinted under the title ''The Wizard of Oz'', which is the title of the successful 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the 1939 live-action film. The ground-breaking success of both the original 1900 novel and the 1902 musical prompted Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books, which serve as official se ... [...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] |
