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Ping-Pong Club
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Furuya. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1993 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is about the dysfunctional members of a middle school ping-pong club. ''The Ping Pong Club'' was adapted by Grouper Productions into a 26-episode anime television series. It was licensed in North America by Central Park Media. By September 2010, ''The Ping Pong Club'' had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 1996, the manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga Award for the general category. Plot The story follows the adventures of a somewhat unusual ping-pong club: the players are indeed more focused "on panties" and obscene jokes than on the game. The arrival of Iwashita, the new head of the club, makes it possible to change things, the latter somehow managing to interest his undisciplined players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that was previously published in a serialized format. Manga typically contain a handful of chapters, and may collect multiple volumes as a series continues publication. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for of manga include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics, and Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion, Shōnen Champion Comics. Manga Increasingly after 1959, manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology list of manga magazines, manga magazines (such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or ''Weekly Shōnen Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takumi Yamazaki
Takumi Yamazaki (, born Isao Yamazaki , April 14, 1964 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor best known for voicing Torippii the anthropomorphic green parrot in the Shimajiro TV series and in the Shimajiro film series. Yamazaki has taken over many of the characters played by Kaneto Shiozawa after his death.Doi, Hitoshi"Yamazaki Takumi" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011. Filmography Television animation 1990s *''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō'' (1993–present) - Torippii Sorano *'' Nintama Rantarō'' (1993) – Saburou Hachiya, Shuusaku Komatsuda *'' Brave Police J-Decker'' (1994) – Power Joe, Masaya Kashiwazaki *'' Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1994) – Ferio *'' Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (1994) – George de Sand *'' Ping-Pong Club'' (1995) – Izawa *''After War Gundam X'' (1996) – Roybea Loy *''Detective Conan'' (1996) – Announcer *'' Flame of Recca'' (1997) – Hanemaru *'' Slayers TRY'' (1997) – Jillas Jillos Jilles *'' Devil Lady'' (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime And Manga Set In Schools
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] |
Kodansha Manga
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Anime And Manga
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which engender dramatic irony, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agency For Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion. Overview The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national language. It also supports both national and local arts and cultural festivals, and it funds traveling cultural events in music, theater, dance, art exhibitions, and film-making. Special prizes are offered to encourage young artists and established practitioners, and some grants are given each year to enable them to train abroad. The agency funds national museums of modern art in Kyoto and Tokyo and The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayzie Rogers
Kayzie Rogers (also credited as Jamie Peacock) is a retired American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, commercials, and video games and is known in voicing the characters in the ''Pokémon'' universe. Career Rogers has worked extensively for the ''Pokémon'' anime franchise. She has also voiced many characters, including Jessie's Wobbuffet, a role that she had voiced for 16 years, from 2001 to 2017. Rogers retired from acting in 2017. Her role of Wobbuffet is subsequently replaced by Erica Schroeder. Filmography Anime *'' Gall Force: Enternal Story'' - Rumy *''Here is Greenwood'' – Reina Kisaragi (CPM dub) *'' Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' – Tuff, Lady Like, Hana (Mrs. Mayor), Honey, Vee, Princess Rona *'' Magical DoReMi'' – Todd, Miss Shannon *''Now and Then, Here and There'' – Sara Ringwalt *''One Piece'' (4Kids Entertainment edit) – Koby, Alvida, Miss Groundhog Day *'' Ping Pong Club'' – Kamiya, Softball Player *''Pokémon'' – Max (Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Becker
Sharon Becker is a New York-based make-up artist and a former voice actress. Arguably her most notable roles are Reiko Mikami in '' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' and Anthy Himemiya in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. She frequently worked with Central Park Media from 1997 to 2004. Filmography Voice roles *''Adolescence of Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya *'' Adventure Kid'' - Michiyo *'' Alien from the Darkness'' - Annie *'' Alien Nine'' - Additional Voices *''Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' - Alka *''Art of Fighting'' - King *'' Big Wars'' - Lieutenant Darsa Keligan *'' Cybernetics Guardian'' - Leyla *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Movie'' - Reiko Mikami *'' Guardian of Darkness'' - Motoko *''Legend of Himiko'' - Fujina *'' Ping-Pong Club'' - Kyoko *''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya, Shadow Girl B *'' Slayers Next'' - Mazenda, Miwan (Ep. 17), Queen of Femille (Ep. 17) *''Strange Love ''Strange Love'' is an American reality television series featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav that aired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Odor
Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies). Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various factors, such as sex, diet, health, and medication. The body odor of human males plays an important Body odour and sexual attraction, role in human sexual attraction, as a powerful indicator of Major histocompatibility complex, MHC/Human leukocyte antigen, HLA heterozygosity. Significant evidence suggests that women are attracted to men whose body odor is different from theirs, indicating that they have immune genes that are different from their own, which may produce healthier offspring. Causes In humans, the formation of body odors is caused by factors such as diet, sex, health, and medication, but the major contribution comes from bacterial activity on skin gland secretions. Humans have three types of sweat glands: eccrine sweat glands, apocri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Green (voice Actor)
James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi/Pharaoh Atem titular character for the English dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', the anime series version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances. Early life Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Career Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', Trudge in '' Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', and Knuckles the Echidna in ''Sonic X'' and the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games (2005–2010). He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of '' Kurokami: The Animation'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'', and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City. Personal life Green married singer and voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Takato
Yasuhiro Takato (, born January 23, 1968, in Okayama) is a Japanese Seiyū, voice actor who works for Aoni Production. Filmography Television animation *''Sailor Moon'' (1992) - List of Sailor Moon characters#Artemis, Artemis *''Ping-Pong Club'' (1995) - Tanaka *''Digimon, Digimon Adventure'' (1999) - Elecmon *''Hunter × Hunter'' (1999) - List of Hunter × Hunter characters#Shalnark, Shalnark *''One Piece'' (1999) - Buffalo / Butchie / Mr. 9 / Satori / Hotori / Kotori / Wanze / Aobire / Peterman / Bepo / Zepo *''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (2002) - Kuzzey Buskirk / Romero Pal *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (2003) - Over's Castle villains#Mesopotamion Guy, Mesopotamion Guy / Holy Guacamole Land villains#Haou, Haou *''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (2003) - Gluttony *''Zatch Bell!'' (2003) - Byonko *''Xenosaga: The Animation'' (2005) - Hammer *''Kamisama Kazoku'' (2006) - Suguru *''Desert Punk'' (2007) - Haruo Kawaguchi *''Dragon Ball Kai'' (2009) - List of Dragon Ball characters#Ginyu Force, Gurd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
