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Momoi Haruko
is a Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actress. She also produces an all-female pop group called Afilia Saga. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as Halko by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired by HAL 9000, the computer in the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. Biography Career Haruko took interest in personal computers from a young age and studied personal computer communications during high school. After she graduated from , her articles and writing on her online blog caught the attention of the chief editor of the Weekly ASCII magazine. She was later offered a job as a writer for the magazine. During the late nineties, Haruko began singing and doing live performances on the streets of Harajuku and Akihabara. She then debuted her single "Mail Me," a cover version of which appears in the movie '' Suicide Circle'' in 2001. Soon after, she debuted as a voice actress for her role as Komugi Nakahara in ''Nurse Witch Komugi''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASCII Media Works
, formerly , is a Japanese Publishing, publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It originally formed on April 1, 2008, as a result of a Mergers and acquisitions, merger between ASCII Corporation and MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president and CEO of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the first president and CEO of ASCII Media Works. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. The company specializes in publishing of books, entertainment and computer magazines, manga, and video games. ASCII Media Works is known for their brand magazines and book imprints which include such well-known magazines as ''Dengeki Daioh'', and ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', along with the company's main light novel publishing imprint (trade name), imprint Dengeki Bunko. Most of the company caters to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravion
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gonzo. It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. In 2004, was released and aired from January 8 to March 25 in Japan, running for twelve additional episodes, answering the questions generated from the first series. Both ''Gravion'' and ''Gravion Zwei'' were created and directed by Masami Ōbari with mecha designs from Kunio Okawara. Both series were released in North America by ADV Films. After ADV Films lost the rights to the series, the series was re-licensed by Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC). Plot In ''Gravion'', Eiji Shigure is sent a letter from his missing older sister Ayaka Shigure. Responding to its message, his search for her leads him to the mysterious billionaire Klein Sandman, and Eiji secretly infiltrates his enormous ''Saint-Germain Castle'' while he is hosting a party for Earth Federation Alliance (EFA) leaders, in order to find her. He ends up piloting the ''G-At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxy Angel
is a ''bishōjo'' sci-fi metaseries composed of anime, manga and dating sim video games. It was created by Broccoli in July 2000, when it launched a multi-platformed project called ''Project G.A.'' The anime and ''Galaxy Angel Party'' manga comprise a comedy story in an alternate universe, while the games and the regular manga have a serious romance and action plot. A sequel game trilogy, '' Galaxy Angel II'', was released from 2006 to 2009 and stars an entirely new cast, the "Rune Angel Troupe", and a new feature that combines the new Brave Heart frame with any of the Angels. Each of the Rune Angels has a connection to one of the Galaxy Angels, such as Apricot Sakuraba, the younger sister of Milfeulle Sakuraba. Just like the original ''Galaxy Angel'', the ''Galaxy Angel II'' series has a manga adaptation and comedic anime spinoff. The success of the video game and anime series influenced the creation of a manga series based on the video game universe. In Japan, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Yori Aoshi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's manga magazine '' Young Animal'' magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 volumes. It is a love story between two characters who have not seen each other in years, but were once childhood friends. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Masami Shimoda, with Kenichi Kanemaki handling series composition, Kazunori Iwakura designing the characters and Toshio Masuda composing the music. The anime was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2002. A second season titled was set two years later and aired in 2003. There are 37 episodes total, counting an alternate-continuity Christmas special. The anime was released in North America by Geneon and the manga was released in English by Tokyopop. Four visual novels were also released for the PlayStation 2 and Windows 98. Plot Kaoru Hanabishi, a university student, is the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The SoulTaker
is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-lost twin sister named Runa, and that his past is all a lie. The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and was Tatsunoko's first anime to utilize digital animation as well as the first anime to be broadcast on high-definition television, and features a seven-episode spinoff OVA miniseries featuring the character Komugi titled '' Nurse Witch Komugi'', albeit Shinbo did not return to direct the OVAs. Plot After being stabbed in the chest by his mother, Kyosuke Date is resurrected to find out he has a twin sister named Runa, and the ability to transform into the amazingly strong, powerful and dangerous superhuman mutant known as the SoulTaker. As he seeks out his twin sister, he is being pursued by the strange mutant doctors and nurses of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unlimited
Unlimited may refer to: * Infinity, a boundless or limitless extent or quantity Arts and entertainment Games and comics * '' Unlimited (Magic: The Gathering)'', a 1993 core set * ''SimCity 3000 Unlimited'', a revision of ''SimCity 3000'' * ''The Unstoppable Wasp: Unlimited'', two collected volumes of the comic book series ''The Unstoppable Wasp'' * ''Test Drive Unlimited'' * ''Test Drive Unlimited 2'' Music * ''Unlimited'' (Bassnectar album), 2016 * ''Unlimited'' (F.I.R. album) or the title song, 2005 * ''Unlimited'' (Kim Hyun-joong album), 2012 * ''Unlimited'' (Miriam Yeung album), 2006 * ''Unlimited'' (Reba McEntire album), 1982 * ''Unlimited'' (Shizuka Kudo album), 1990 * ''Unlimited'' (Shouta Aoi album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Unlimited'' (Susperia album), 2004 * ''Unlimited!'', by Roger Troutman, 1987 * ''Unlimited'' (EP), by Soul Position, or the title song, 2002 * ''Unlimited'', a recurring leitmotif from the musical ''Wicked'' * ''The Unlimited'', a song by S ... [...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] |
Video Games
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with Sound, audio complement delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides Touch, tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for voice chat in online gaming, in-game chatting and video game livestreaming, livestreaming. Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and PC game, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNDER17
Under17 (stylized as UNDER17) was a Japanese musical duo formed in 2001 by Haruko Momoi and Masaya Koike. The group was known for producing music known colloquially as " songs", providing theme and insert songs to series such as '' Tenbatsu! Angel Rabbie'', ''Popotan'', and ''DearS''. History Some of the anime series where Under17 songs have been featured are Mouse, Popotan, Tenbatsu! Angel Rabbie, Hourglass of Summer, DearS, and Kujibiki Unbalance. This group has released several adult videogames' opening songs. On 27 September 2004, it was announced that Under17 would break up after their national tour, with Momoi and Koike going separate ways due to creative differences. Their final concert was held on 20 November 2004 at the Yokohama Blitz. Momoi officially embarked on a solo career and Koike formed the band MOSAIC.WAV. The band reunited for one song on 31 August 2008 during the Animelo Summer Live ''Animelo Summer Live'', abbreviated as , is the biggest annual anime s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaya Koike
Masaya () is the capital city of Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast of Managua. It is located just east of the Masaya Volcano, an active volcano from which the city takes its name. With an estimated population of 138,657 (2022), it is Nicaragua's fourth most populous city, and is culturally known as the City of Flowers. History It is believed that the Nicaraos were the first people to dwell in the land of Masaya (the Chorotegas had also inhabited these areas). There is evidence of their settlements in small towns like Nindiri, Niquinohomo and Monimbó from before the Spanish Conquest. One of the city's principle neighborhoods is Monimbó (which in Spanish means "close to the water") and is located very close to the lagoon. There is documented evidence that in the 6th century, Monimbó had a population of about 150 tribes. Pedrarias Davila initiated the conquest of what is now Masaya in 1524 and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurse Witch Komugi
''Nurse Witch Komugi'', known in Japan as , is an original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production. The series lasted for seven episodes (eight if episode 2.5 that appeared in the middle of the series is included), all of which were released on DVD in North America by ADV Films. The story of the anime is a parody of both '' The SoulTaker'' and the magical girl anime genre. It revolves around Komugi Nakahara, a cosplay idol who turns into Magical Nurse Witch Komugi when trouble is around. While the English dub of the show was adapted by ADV, the original ''The SoulTaker'' dub was not. In a rare move, ADV recalled many of the voice actors from The Ocean Group dub of ''The SoulTaker'' to reprise their roles in ''Nurse Witch Komugi'' to keep consistency between the two dubs. An anime television series ''Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R'' aired from January 10, 2016, to March 27, 2016. The new series is a reboot of the original OVAs. Characters All but a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
