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Revolutionary Girl Utena
is a Japanese anime television series created by Be-Papas, a production group formed by director Kunihiko Ikuhara and composed of himself, Chiho Saito, Shinya Hasegawa, Yōji Enokido and Yūichirō Oguro. The series was produced by J.C.Staff and originally aired on TV Tokyo from April to December 1997. ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' follows Utena Tenjou, a teenaged girl who is drawn into a sword dueling tournament to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious girl known as the "Rose Bride" who possesses the "power to revolutionize the world". Ikuhara was a director on the anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon'' at Toei Animation in the 1990s; after growing frustrated by the lack of creative control in directing an adapted work, he departed the company in 1996 to create an original series. While he initially conceived of ''Utena'' as a mainstream (girls' anime and manga) series aimed at capitalizing on the commercial success of ''Sailor Moon'', the direction of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl
is a Genre#Subgenre, subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. The genre emerged in 1962 with the manga ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', followed by ''Sally the Witch'' in 1966. A wave of similar anime produced in the 1970s led to being used as a common term for the genre. In the 1980s, the term was largely replaced by "magical girl", reflecting the new popularity of shows produced by other studios, including ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. In the 1990s, ''Sailor Moon'' redefined the genre by combining "transforming hero" elements from live-action hero shows. The growth of late-night anime in the early 2000s led to a demographic shift for the genre, where series with more mature themes such as ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' (2004) were created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC. In 2005, Viz and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current Viz Media, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States in the bookstore market, with a 23% share of the market. History Founding Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. He also became interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into 52), along with several side stories, were compiled in 18 Tankōbon, volumes. The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Sailor Moon (character), Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into the eponymous character to search for a magical artifact, the . She leads a group of comrades, the Sailor Soldiers, called Sailor Guardians in later editions, as they battle against villains to prevent the theft of the Silver Crystal and the destruction of the Solar System. The manga was adapted into Sailor Moon (TV series), an anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast in Japan from 1992 to 1997. Toei also developed three animated feature films, a television special, and three short films based on the anime. A live-action television ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Moon (TV Series)
''Sailor Moon,'' originally released in Japan as and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'', is a Japanese superhero anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is based on the manga of the same title written by Naoko Takeuchi that was published from 1992 to 1997 in ''Nakayoshi''. ''Sailor Moon'' first aired in Japan on TV Asahi from March 7, 1992, to February 8, 1997, and was dubbed for release in various regions around the world, including North America, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. The series follows the adventures of the titular protagonist whose name is Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student who is given the power to become a Pretty Soldier. Joined by other Sailor Soldiers, she defends Earth against an assortment of evil villains. The anime also parallels the maturation of Usagi from an emotional middle school girl to a responsible young adult. Following the success of the anime in the United States, the manga co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later the small sword), but beginning in the late 18th century in England, duels were more commonly fought using pistols. Fencing and shooting continued to coexist throughout the 19th century. The duel was based on a code of honor. Duels were fought not to kill the opponent but to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it. As such, the tradition of dueling was reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era, it extended to those of the upper classes. On occasion, duels with swords or pistols were fought between women. Legislation against dueling dates back to the medieval period. The Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215) outlawed duels and civil legislation in the Holy Roman Empire agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūichirō Oguro
is a Japanese writer. He co-created the 1997 television anime series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena is a Japanese anime television series created by Be-Papas, a production group formed by director Kunihiko Ikuhara and composed of himself, Chiho Saito, Shinya Hasegawa, Yōji Enokido and Yūichirō Oguro. The series was produced by ...'' and its 1999 film sequel '' Adolescence of Utena'' as a member of the production group Be-Papas. He is also the editor-in-chief of the digital magazine ''Anime Style''. References External links * 1964 births Japanese writers Living people {{Anime-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinya Hasegawa
is a Japanese animator and art director. He co-created the 1997 television anime series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' and its 1999 film sequel '' Adolescence of Utena'' as a member of the production group Be-Papas. He also worked as an animation director on the 1995 television anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. References External linksShinya Hasegawaon 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 ... * * 1968 births Japanese animators Living people {{Anime-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Adolescence Of Utena
''Adolescence of Utena'' is a 1999 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film. It is a follow-up to the 1997 anime television series '' Revolutionary Girl Utena'', created by the artist collective Be-Papas. The film is directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, written by Yōji Enokido based on a story by Ikuhara and produced by the animation studio J.C.Staff. An English-language dubbed version of the film produced by Central Park Media was released in 2001 as ''Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie''. The plot follows Utena Tenjou, a tomboy high school student who is drawn into a series of sword duels to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious student known as the "Rose Bride". The film is noted for its extensive use of metaphor and symbolism; its focus on themes of gender, sexuality and the transition from adolescence to adulthood; and for its more mature subject material relative to the anime series. Context ''Adolescence of Utena'' is the final of the three primary entries in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animerica Extra
''Animerica Extra'' was a monthly manga magazine published in by Viz Media. Established as a companion to the anime news and review magazine ''Animerica'', ''Animerica Extra'' primarily published English-language translations of Japanese manga. The magazine shifted towards publishing ''shōjo'' manga (girls' manga) in 2003, before ceasing publication in late 2004, replaced by Shojo Beat the following year. History ''Animerica Extra'' was conceived as a sister publication to ''Animerica'', Viz's general interest anime and manga magazine. Amid the anime boom of the 1990s, ''Animerica Extra'' and the Viz manga magazines ''Manga Vizion'' and '' Pulp'' were among the first English-language manga magazines to publish manga titles aimed at demographics outside of children's manga, and have been noted as being "instrumental in disseminating manga culture" in North America. The magazine principally published English-language translations of manga, though it published non-manga content ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers (magazine)
is a monthly Japanese Josei manga manga magazine published by Shogakukan and issued on the 28th of every month. History ''Flowers'' originally started out under the name , which was also published by Shogakukan. ''Petit Flower'' was founded in 1980 as a quarterly magazine, eventually becoming monthly and then ultimately bi-monthly, and became defunct in March 2002. It was relaunched as the monthly ''Flowers'' in April 2002, which, to increase circulation, incorporated such popular ''Betsucomi'' serials as '' Yasha'' and '' 7 Seeds'' with previous ''Petit Flower'' titles. Before ceasing publication, ''Petit Flower'' serialized a number of works by Moto Hagio, including '' Iguana Girl'', ''Mesh'', '' Marginal'', and '' A Cruel God Reigns''. Serializations Current * ''Hatsukoi no Sekai'' by Keiko Nishi (since 2016) * ''Boku no Giovanni'' by Hozumi (since 2016) * ''Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi'' by Nao Iwamoto (since 2016) * '' Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki'' by Yuu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsucomi
, known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine '' Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month. Serializations Current * '' Called Game'' (2017–present) * '' Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai'' (2018–present) * '' Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki'' (2021–present) Former 1970–1979 * '' Sunroom Nite'' (1970) * ''Joker e...'' (1972) * ''The Poe Clan'' (1972–1976) * '' They Were Eleven'' (1975) * '' California Story'' (1978–1981) 1980–1989 * '' Family!'' (1981–1985) * '' Zenryaku Milk House'' (1983–1986) * '' Kisshō Tennyo'' (1983–1984) * '' Banana Fish'' (1985–1994) 1990–1999 * '' Basara'' (1990–1998) * ''Kanojo ga Café ni iru'' (1992–1993) * '' Tokyo Boys & Girls'' (1994–1996) * '' Lovers' Kiss'' (1995–1996) * '' Yasha'' (1996–2002) * '' Forbidden Dance'' (1997–1998) * '' Kaze Hikaru'' (1997–2002) 2000–2009 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
