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Noizi Ito
is a Japanese light novel and video game artist. She is employed by the H-game maker UNiSONSHIFT and is a part of the circle Fujitsubo-Machine. Unlike most romanized Japanese words and names, Noizi Ito's name uses the Kunrei-shiki romanization form. Ito is well known for her work as the character designer and artist for the '' Shakugan no Shana'' novel series which spawned a manga and anime series. She has also worked on the '' Haruhi Suzumiya'' novel series along with its author Nagaru Tanigawa. Their work has also led to an anime television series titled after the first book in the series, ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''. Interview with Noizi Ito at Sakura-Con 2010 The-O Network Online She is also the character designer for the 2012 anime series '' Another'' and for the Virtual YouTuber Tenjin Kotone. Career Ito first began creating characters around the time she graduated from middle school. She grew up at a time when fighting games were popular with her and her class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakogawa, Hyōgo
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 255,523 in 110,380 households and a population density of 1,800 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kakogawa located in southern Hyōgo prefecture, in the eastern part of the Harima Plain with central city area spreading over the east bank of the Kako River estuary. A large portion of city is reclaimed land from the Seto Inland Sea and is mostly devoted to heavy industry. There is a completely different landscape between the southern part of the city, which has industrial areas and large-scale mass retailers, and the northern part, which is mostly rural. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Akashi * Takasago * Harima * Himeji * Inami * Kasai * Miki * Ono Climate Kakogawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kakogawa is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Age Pure
was a Japanese '' shōnen'' manga magazine published by Fujimi Shobo. It was first released on January 30, 2006, and was initially sold quarterly. Starting with the sale of the fourth volume on April 20, 2007, the magazine was sold bimonthly until its final issue, the fifteenth volume released on February 20, 2009. The magazine was a special edition of its parent magazine '' Monthly Dragon Age'' which also publishes light novels along with manga. Serialized titles Manga * '' @ Home'' * '' Armored Core: Tower City Blade'' * '' bee-be-beat it!'' * ''Chrome Shelled Regios'' * '' Clannad: Tomoyo Dearest'' * '' Crimson Grave'' * '' Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth'' * ''Diebuster'' * '' Dolls Girl'' * '' Hime no Namida wa Todomaranai'' * '' Kanon'' * ''Maken-ki!'' * '' Maid o Nerae!'' * ''Mei no Naisho'' * '' Munto'' * '' Nightly Knight'' * '' Orichalcum Reycal'' * '' Otome no Iroha'' * '' Room No.1301'' * ''Seitokai no Ichizon is a collection of Japanese light novels b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Illustrators
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora The Japanese diaspora and its individual members, known as Nikkei (, ) or as Nikkeijin (, ), comprise the Japanese people, Japanese emigration, emigrants from Japan (and their Kinship, descendants) residing in a country outside Japan. Emigration ..., Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaWorks (publisher)
was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as '' Dengeki Daioh'', and '' Dengeki G's Magazine'', along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. They mainly catered to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering such topics as anime, light novels, manga, plastic modelling, and visual novels. However, MediaWorks had published three magazines targeted towards females—'' Comic Sylph'', '' Dengeki Girl's Style'', and ''Character Parfait''—but each one was a special edition version of another magazine. MediaWorks ran yearly contests for original novel and manga submissions, such as the light novel Dengeki Novel Prize contest. In addition to publishing printed material, MediaWorks had been involved with the production of other media. They had developed and published vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Book
Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that engage with and transform the form of a book. Some are mass-produced with multiple editions, some are published in small editions, while others are produced as one-of-a-kind objects. There is not a singular definition of an artist's book, and formulating a definition is cumbersome and subject to debate. Importantly, the creation of artists' books incorporates a variety of formats and genres. They have a complex history, with a particular focus and growth in contemporary artist movements. They also have recently grown in popularity, especially in art institutions, and have become popular in art library reference workshops. The exact definition and usage of artists' books has become more fluid and porous alongside the growth in popularity of artists' books. Overview Artists' books have employed a wide range of forms, including the traditional Codex form as well as less common forms like scrolls, fold-outs, concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Emblem Heroes
is a free-to-play tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for Android and iOS. The game is a mobile spin-off of the ''Fire Emblem'' series featuring its characters, and was released on February 2, 2017. ''Fire Emblem Heroes'' received a number of awards and nominations in "Best Mobile Game" categories. the game had grossed over worldwide, making it Nintendo's highest-grossing mobile game. Gameplay ''Fire Emblem Heroes'' is a tactical role-playing game. Players control a team of up to four characters ("Heroes") against enemy teams of varying sizes on an 8x6 grid map. Different characters have different movement restrictions; for example, armored units have a shorter range than cavalry units, but cavalry units cannot enter forest tiles. Flying units can enter most tiles, even ones impassable to all other units such as water or mountains. The game strictly alternates between a player phase and an enemy phase every turn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shining Force Feather
is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Flight-Plan and published by Sega. It is the 20th entry in the Shining series (not counting remakes) and was released in Japan on February 19, 2009. Produced by Yoichi Shimosato and featuring character designs by Noizi Ito and movie cutscenes made by famous animation studio Studio Hibari, it was the only Shining Force game to be released on the Nintendo DS The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki .... Gameplay ''Shining Force Feather'' features a turn-based strategic battle system with an overhead perspective. Once an enemy is selected for attack, the game switches to a side perspective. This phase takes place in real time, as the player presses buttons to activate various attacks. In addition to solo attacks, the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Wars (2019 Video Game)
''Sakura Wars'', known in Japan as is a cross-genre video game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 4. The sixth mainline entry and a soft reboot (fiction), reboot of the ''Sakura Wars'' series, the game was released in 2019 in Asia and 2020 worldwide. It is the first ''Sakura Wars'' game not to be developed by Red Entertainment. The gameplay combines overlapping Action role-playing game, action role-playing, dating sim and visual novel elements. The base campaign was later expanded with downloadable content (DLC), adding further gameplay options such as additional costumes. The game takes place in a fictionalised version of the Taishō period in 1940, where the World Luxury Operatic Federation fights against those who threaten peace around the world. Naval captain Seijuro Kamiyama is transferred to Tokyo, where he must lead the struggling Imperial Combat Revue through a worldwide tournament of Combat Revues and fight the demons once again. Development of ''Sakura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guided Fate Paradox
is a roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation 3. It was released in Japan on January 24, 2013, the PAL region on October 25, 2013 and North America on November 5, 2013. A sequel, ''The Awakened Fate Ultimatum'', was released September 25, 2014 in Japan, March 17, 2015 in North America, and March 20, 2015 in Europe. Gameplay The game is a randomly generated dungeon crawler taking place from an isometric perspective, in which the player embarks into themed dungeons, attempting to level up and ultimately beat the boss of the dungeon. Renya is also accompanied by a selectable angel, who provides support by attacking enemies, healing/buffing the player, or throwing them to different places. If the angel dies in battle, they become unavailable until the player is killed or leaves the dungeon. The player can equip different weapons and armor, which increases in power when it is used in battle, until it "Bursts", reducing its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimi No Nagori Wa Shizuka Ni Yurete
, abbreviated as , is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Unisonshift: Blossom for Windows. It was released on May 28, 2010. ''Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yuretes story is focused around Mayuri Shirasagi, one of the heroines of Unisonshift Blossom's previous game, ''Flyable Heart''. The game carries the tagline of "Flyable Heart If that Time". Plot Setting The story of ''Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yurete'' is set in the private , the same academy that the story of ''Flyable Heart'' is set in. Entry into the institution requires a background check as well as a difficult examination. Those that are qualified have all their expenses such as tuition and living costs written off. Characters The player takes on the role of , the protagonist of ''Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yurete''. Syo has recently transferred into the private Ōtoriryōran Academy. holds the position of vice president of the student council at Ōtoriryōran Academy. Her popularity at the academy is like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyable Heart
is a Japanese visual novel developed by UNiSONSHIFT first released on March 19, 2009 for the PC as a limited edition DVD playable on personal computers, followed by a regular edition release on April 3, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a , and bears the tagline "The future has already begun". The gameplay in ''Flyable Heart'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the six female main characters. A fan disc to the game, called ''Flyable CandyHeart'' with the tagline "The future is always connected", was released on February 25, 2011. Gameplay The gameplay in ''Flyable Heart'' requires little player interaction as much of the game's duration is spent reading the text that appears on the screen, which represents either dialogue between various characters or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often the player will come to a "decision point", where he or she is giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
