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Motoko Chan Sfc
Motoko is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms * もとこ (hiragana) Possible forms in kanji include: * 素子 "unadorned, plain, undecorated, child" * 元子 "origin, child" * 基子 "fundamental, child" * 資子 "resourceful, child" People with the name * Motoko Arai (新井 素子), Japanese writer * Motoko Fujimoto (索子), a Japanese softball player * Hani Motoko (羽仁 もと子), the first female Japanese journalist * Motoko Hirotsu (広津 素子), Japanese politician * Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (1927–2020), American teacher * Motoko Ishii (幹子), a Japanese lighting designer * Motoko Katakura (1937-2013), Japanese anthropologist * Motoko Kumai (統子, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress * Motoko Obayashi (素子), a Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese actress and striptease performer Fictional characters * Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game '' Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen'' * Motoko Aoyama (素子), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions, each mora (linguistics), mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be a vowel such as /a/ (hiragana wikt:あ, あ); a consonant followed by a vowel such as /ka/ (wikt:か, か); or /N/ (wikt:ん, ん), a nasal stop, nasal sonorant which, depending on the context and dialect, sounds either like English ''m'', ''n'' or ''ng'' () when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French language, French, Portuguese language, Portuguese or Polish language, Polish. Because the characters of the kana do not represent single consonants (except in the case of the aforementioned ん), the kana are r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America. In Japan, it is called the In South Korea, it is called the Super Comboy and was distributed by SK Hynix, Hyundai Electronics. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. In Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, the system was distributed by Steepler from 1994 until 1996. Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent cartridges for one version from being used in other versions. The Super NES is Nintendo's second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruits Basket
, sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from the name of a popular game played in Japanese elementary schools, which is alluded to in the series. ''Fruits Basket'' tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma, learns that 13 members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and are cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite gender who is not possessed by a spirit of the zodiac. As the series progresses, Tohru learns of the hardships and pain faced by the afflicted members of the Sohma family, and through her own generous and loving nature, helps heal their emotional wounds. As she learns more about Yuki, Kyo, and the rest of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoko Minagawa
The characters of ''Fruits Basket'' were created by Natsuki Takaya in the manga written and illustrated by her. The manga was serialized in 136 chapters in the monthly List of manga magazines, manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' between January 1999 and November 2006, and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. The series was adapted as a drama CD distributed as a promotional item with an issue of ''Hana to Yume'' and as a 26-episode anime television series produced by Studio DEEN initially broadcast on TV Tokyo between July 5 and December 27, 2001. The manga is licensed in English by Chuang Yi in Singapore, Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, and Tokyopop in North America. The anime is licensed in English by FUNimation Entertainment, which distributes it in North America itself, in the United Kingdom through Revelation Films, and in Australia and New Zealand through Madman Entertainment. The series tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiki (novel)
is a Japanese horror novel written by Fuyumi Ono. It was originally published in two parts by Shinchosha in 1998, and was then reprinted into five parts in 2002. The story is about a small Japanese village named Sotoba, which is plagued by bizarre deaths caused by what seemed to be an epidemic. However, when Toshio Ozaki, the hospital dean, performs his own investigations, he discovers vampires, known as "Shiki" ("Corpse Demon" in English) living in their midst. A manga series adaptation, illustrated by Ryu Fujisaki, was serialized in Shueisha's monthly ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Jump Square'' from December 2007 to June 2011, with its chapters collected in eleven volumes. An anime television series adaptation of the manga, produced by Daume, aired on Fuji TV from July to December 2010. The series was simulcast by Funimation on their online video portal and released the series on home video in May 2012. Plot The story takes place during a particularly hot summer in 1994, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
