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Mononoke (TV Series)
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. A spin-off of 2006's horror anthology series ''Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'', ''Mononoke'' follows the character of the medicine seller as he continues to face a myriad of supernatural perils. Mononoke takes place between the end of the Edo period and the Meiji era of Japan with a four-class system, with samurai being the highest class and merchants (such as the medicine seller himself) being in the lowest class. The anime has spawned manga adaptations, two stage plays, and an anime film trilogy, with the first film released in 2024, the second in 2025, and the final one to be released in 2026. Plot ''Mononoke'' follows a wandering, nameless character known only as the "Medicine Seller" (voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in the 2007 series and by Hiroshi Kamiya from 2024 onwards). The series is made up of individual chapters in which the medicine seller encounters, combats, and subsequently destroys ''mononoke' ...
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Ghost Story
A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. (p. 404-5). The "ghost" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic. Linked to the ghost is the idea of a "haunting", where a supernatural entity is tied to a place, object or person. Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Colloquially, the term "ghost story" can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction. It is a form of supernatural fiction and specifically of weird fiction, and is often a horror story. While ghost stories are often explicitly meant to scare, they have been written to serve all sorts of purposes, from comedy to morality tales. Ghosts often appear in the narrative a ...
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Young Gangan
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', '' Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and ''Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete ...
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Hiroshi Kamiya
is a Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known for the voice of Levi Ackerman in ''Attack on Titan'', Koyomi Araragi in the ''Monogatari'' series, Trafalgar Law in ''One Piece'', Mephisto Pheles in '' Blue Exorcist'', Izaya Orihara in '' Durarara!!'', Shinji Matō in the ''Fate'' franchise, Takashi Natsume in '' Natsume Yūjin Chō'', Choromatsu in '' Mr. Osomatsu'', Akashi Seijuro in '' Kuroko's Basketball'', Yuzuru Otonashi in ''Angel Beats!'', Yato in '' Noragami'', Ranpo Edogawa in ''Bungo Stray Dogs'', Nozomu Itoshiki in '' Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'', Sōma in '' Working!!'', Juli in '' Brothers Conflict'', Balder Hringhorni in '' Kamigami no Asobi'', Tieria Erde in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', Saiki Kusuo in '' The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'' and Kinshirō Kusatsu in '' Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!''. He won "Best Lead Actor" and "Best Personality" at the 3rd Seiyu Awards, and "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2nd ...
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Takahiro Sakurai
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in '' Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'', X in '' Mega Man X'', Arataka Reigen in '' Mob Psycho 100'', Giyu Tomioka in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', and Burton in '' Ninjala'', as well as villains such as Maximilien Robespierre in '' Le Chevalier D'Eon'', Hiltz in '' Zoids: Guardian Force'', Sasori in '' Naruto Shippūden'', Rohan Kishibe in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', and Suguru Geto in '' Jujutsu Kaisen''. He voiced the main character Miyuki Kazuya in '' Ace of Diamond''. He is the official Japanese dub voice for Robert Pattinson since ''Twilight''. His range is tenor. Early life Sakurai is the eldest of three siblings born to a family that owned a rice shop. When he was a child, he became interested in voice acting after watching a television interview ...
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Meiji Era
The was an Japanese era name, era of History of Japan, Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudalism, feudal society at risk of colonization by Western world, Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society cause ...
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Edo Period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ...
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Samurai Horror Tales
''Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime horror anthology television series produced by Toei Animation. The series is made up of three stories: "Yotsuya Ghost Story" (Yotsuya Kaidan), an adaptation of the classic Yotsuya Ghost Story kabuki play by Nanboku Tsuruya IV; "Goddess of the Dark Tower (Tenshu Monogatari)", based on the play by Kyōka Izumi; and " Goblin Cat (Bake Neko)", an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote. Plot Yotsuya Kaidan *The story comprises four episodes, 1-4 (U.S. DVD release episodes 5-8). "Yotsuya Ghost Story" is a retelling of the Yotsuya Kaidan, written by the 18th century kabuki playwright Nanboku Tsuruya IV. In the anime, Nanboku himself becomes the narrator. Iemon Tamiya is a callous ronin samurai who desires a beautiful woman named Oiwa but is denied permission by her father. One dark night, Iemon kills her father. By coincidence, it is the same night that Iemon's servant, Naosuke, who is in lov ...
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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 ...
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The Ashes Of Rage
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ...
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Phantom In The Rain
Phantom, phantoms, or the phantom may refer to: * Spirit (metaphysics), the vital principle or animating force within all living things ** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living Aircraft * Boeing Phantom Eye, a High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle * Boeing Phantom Ray, a stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle * McDonnell FH Phantom, a jet fighter aircraft, introduced 1947 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a supersonic air-defense fighter and fighter-bomber, introduced 1960 * Phantom (UAV), a series of unmanned aerial quadcopters developed by DJI * Phantom X1, ultralight aircraft Boats *DC‐14 Phantom, an American catamaran design * Flying Phantom Elite, a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design * Flying Phantom Essentiel, a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design *Phantom (dinghy), a British catboat design * Phantom (pilot boat), Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1867 from the designs by Dennison J. Lawlor * ...
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Monthly Shōnen Sirius
is a Japanese monthly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Kodansha, and first issued in May 2005. It is issued in perfect-bound B5 format and retails for 580 yen. The magazine also serializes manga through their ''Twi Siri'' Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ... account. Current series ''Twi Siri'' series References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monthly Shonen Sirius 2005 establishments in Japan Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Kodansha magazines Magazines established in 2005 Shōnen manga magazines ...
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Shōnen Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of both adolescent boys and young men. It is, along with Shōjo manga, manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adults and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary demographic categories of manga and, by extension, of Anime, Japanese anime. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines that often almost exclusively target the demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at the turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of manga ...
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