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Minetarō Mochizuki
is a Japanese manga artist. Life and career He grew up in a single parent household and spent a lot of time alone at home, which is when he would start drawing on the shoji at home. He became an avid reader of the horror manga of Kazuo Umezu in elementary school. Mochizuki graduated from Tokyo Design Gakuin. In 1984, he won the 11th Tetsuya Chiba Award for outstanding newcomer for the short story "Tadatada Honobo no Heart". He wanted to participate in the competition, because he respected Tetsuya Chiba and knew that he would be one of the judges. This newcomer award led to his first publication as a professional manga artist in 1985 in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine''. He immediately published his first series, ''Bataashi Kingyo'', which became a success and ran until 1988. In the comedy, an unpopular high school student joins the swimming team of his school for his romantic interest, even though he cannot swim. He continued working for Young Maga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bataashi Kingyo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1985 to 1988. A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, premiered in June 1990. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki, ''Bataashi Kingyo'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1985 to 1988. Kodansha collected its chapters in six ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from May 15, 1986, to September 12, 1988. Live-action film A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, and starring Saki Takaoka, Kazuko Shirakawa and , premiered on June 2, 1990. Reception The film was chosen as the third-best film at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival. Joji Matsuoka won the Award for Best New Director, Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for '' Crest of Betrayal''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Matsuoka
is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short '' Inaka no hōsoku'' at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, ''Bataashi kingyo'', in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exc ... triangle in ''Kirakira Hikaru'', a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in ''Akashia no Michi'', and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Ebisu
is a Japanese manga artist and actor. Biography Born in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Ebisu grew up in Nagasaki. During childhood, he experienced the trauma of post-World War II Japan and atomic weapons. He drew manga since he was a child, influenced by Osamu Tezuka and Mitsuteru Yokoyama, being especially an avid reader of the latter's series ''Tetsujin 28-go''. In the late 1950s, Ebisu discovered the emerging genre and was immediately affected. "My interests and my themes changed", he recalled, "I moved from giant robots to human beings and realistic stories." Furthermore, he attributed great importance to the influence of American action films, in particular '' The Last Command'' directed by Frank Lloyd and starring John Wayne, which inspired him to invent increasingly original and intense representations in the use of works. In 1970, he moved to Tokyo. His manga appeared for the first time in the avant-garde manga magazine '' Garo'' on 19 August 1973, at the end of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heta-uma
''Heta-uma'' ( or ) is a Japanese underground manga movement started in the 1970s with the magazine ''Garo (magazine), Garo''. ''Heta-uma'' can be translated as "bad but good", designating a work which looks poorly drawn, but with an aesthetically conscious quality, opposed to the polished look of mainstream manga. Some of ''heta-uma'''s main artists are Teruhiko Yumura (pen name "King Terry"), Yoshikazu Ebisu and Takashi Nemoto. References Further reading * * Arts in Japan Manga {{Manga-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave (manga)
was a movement within the Japanese manga industry during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Critics together with artists challenged the by then conventional frameworks of shōnen manga, shōjo manga and gekiga by introducing innovative means of expression and non-gendered approaches to manga. While artists differed vastly in terms of style, the visual language of Katsuhiro Otomo, new approaches to science fiction, the emergence of boys' love (BL) manga, and a less feminine approach to shōjo manga were the main New Wave characteristics. The short-lived movement was centered around smaller manga magazines that were initiated by manga critics, but had a wide impact onto the development of mainstream manga. History Until the 1960s, Japan's manga industry was divided into four distinct genres: shōnen manga, shōjo manga as well as gekiga and seinen manga, with only a few experimental magazines like ''Garo'' and ''COM'' deviating from this pattern. Towards the late 1970s, several m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunichi Nomura
is a Japanese writer, actor, radio personality, book editor, interior designer, creative director, and DJ from Tokyo, Japan. Early life Kun's mother is food researcher, Kouko Nomura, and his sister is chef and restaurateur, Yuri Nomura. His great grandfather on his father's side is the late journalist, Fumio Nomura. Kun enrolled in Gakushuin kindergarten at the age of six and went on to spend most of his school years at Gakushuin until graduating high school in 1992. During his junior year in high school, he studied abroad in Texas for a year. Upon his return to Japan, he enrolled in Keio University's Faculty of Policy Management, although he spent most of his junior and senior years backpacking in Asia and Europe. Upon his return to Japan from his extensive travels, Kun opened a beach café called Sputnik at Tsujidō Kaigan in 1999, which he operated until 2005. After being influenced by The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and Ken Kesey's Further bus trip in the mid 60s, Kun p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. Wes Anderson filmography, His films are known for themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Due to his films' eccentricity, distinctive visual and narrative styles, and frequent use of ensemble casts, critics have cited Anderson as an auteur. Three of his films appeared in BBC, BBC Culture's BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century, 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000. Anderson gained acclaim for his early films ''Bottle Rocket'' (1996) and ''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'' (1998). He often collaborated with the brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson during that time and founded his production company American Empirical Pictures. He received a nomination for the Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay for ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001). His next films included ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' (2004), ''The Darjeeling Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Dogs
The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England. It includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Hamlet, Parish and, for a time, the wider borough of Poplar. The name had no official status until the 1987 creation of the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. It has been known locally as simply "the Island" since the 19th century. The whole area was once known as Stepney Marsh; Anton van den Wyngaerde's "Panorama of London" dated 1543 depicts and refers to the Isle of Dogs. Records show that ships preparing to carry the English royal household to Calais in 1520 docked at the southern bank of the island. The name ''Isle of Dogges'' occurs in the ''Thamesis Descriptio'' of 1588, applied to a small island in the south-western part of the peninsula. The name is next applied to the ''Isle of Dogs Farm'' (origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Comic Spirits
is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250. In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits''. History ''Big Comic Spirits'' launched on October 14, 1980, as a monthly magazine. The following June, it changed to a semimonthly magazine published on the 15th and 30th days of each month. Beginning in April 1986, the magazine became weekly, with new issues published every Monday. Currently running manga series Finished series 1980s * ' by Takashi Iwashige (1980–1985; moved from ''Big Comic'') * '' Maison Ikkoku'' by Rumiko Takahashi (1980–1987) * '' Wounded Man'' by Ryoichi Ikegami and Kazuo Koike (1982–1986) * '' My N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūgorō Yamamoto
, better known by the pen name of , was a Japanese people, Japanese novelist and short story, short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names. Early life Yamamoto was born in what is now Otsuki, Yamanashi, Otsuki city in Yamanashi prefecture, to a family in impoverished circumstances. Lack of money forced him to drop out of secondary school, but he continued his education part-time, while living as a boarder above a used bookstore. His pen-name came from the name of the store where he lived. Literary career Yamamoto's literary debut was with a short story called ''Sumadera fukin'', and a stage drama in three acts, called ''Horinji iki'', which were both published in 1926. His early works were aimed primarily at children. In 1932, he turned to popular stories for adults with ''Dadara Dambei'', which received little serious notice from the literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiisakobee
is a Japanese manga series by Minetarō Mochizuki. It is a modern adaptation of Shūgorō Yamamoto's historical novel of the same name. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from September 2012 to February 2015, with its chapters collected in four volumes. Publication ''Chiisakobee'', written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki, is a modern adaptation of Shūgorō Yamamoto's historical novel of the same name. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from September 3, 2012, to February 9, 2015. Shogakukan collected its chapters in four volumes, released from March 29, 2013,. to March 30, 2015 Volumes Reception ''Chiisakobee'' received an Excellence Award at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013. The manga won the Fauve D'Angoulême - Prix de la Série at the Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
