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Shōjiki Fudōsan
is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuhiro Mizuno and illustrated by Akira Ōtani based on a concept by Takeshi Natsuhara. It began serialization in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic'' in June 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from April 2022 to March 2024. A live-action film is set to premiere in 2025. Media Manga Written by Mitsuhiro Mizuno and illustrated by Akira Ōtani, and based on a concept by Takeshi Natsuhara, ''Shōjiki Fudōsan'' began serialization in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic'' on June 9, 2017. Its chapters have been compiled into twenty-one ''tankōbon'' volumes as of February 2025. Drama A live-action television drama adaptation was announced on December 7, 2021. The drama starred Tomohisa Yamashita and Haruka Fukuhara in lead roles, and Hayato Ichihara, Rika Izumi, Shinobu Hasegawa, Houka Kinoshita, Kana Kurashina, Mao Daichi and Masao Kusakari in supporting roles. ... [...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] |
Hayato Ichihara
is a Japanese actor who is best known for his roles in film and television, including the 2001 film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou''. He was voted in Oricon's "fresh star ranking" poll for the first half of 2009 as the 5th most impactful young male celebrity of the year. Shortly after, he was also voted in another Oricon poll as the 4th most attractive male celebrity in a swimsuit. In 2011, Ichihara was voted as being the actor with the 7th best abs in a poll by NTT DoCoMo. Personal life Hayato Ichihara was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture on February 6, 1987. He grew up in a strict household and is the youngest of five siblings. On September 21, 2014, Ichihara married model Shiho Mukōyama after dating for two years. In November of the same year, their first child, a daughter, was born. Filmography Films *'' Ju-on: The Curse 2'' (2000) - Naoki *''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' Riri Shushu no subete (2001) - Yuichi Hasumi *''Yomigaeri'' (2002) - Katsunori Yamada *'' Onmyoji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHK Original Programming
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestrial television channels (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), three satellite television channels (NHK BS; as well as two ultra-high-definition television channels, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK BS8K), and three radio networks ( NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2, and NHK FM). NHK also provides an international broadcasting service, known as NHK World-Japan. NHK World-Japan is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, and the shortwave radio service Radio Japan (RJ). World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the Internet. NHK was the first broadcaster in the world to broadcast in high-definition (using multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding, also known as Hi-Vision) and in 8K. History NHK's earliest forerunner was the , founded in 1924 under the leadership of Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Adapted Into Television Series
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivalent to 1 ... [...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] |
Business In Anime And Manga
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessarily separate from the owner and the creditors can hold the owner liable for debts the business has acquired except for limited liability company. The taxation system for businesses is different from that of the corporates. A business structure does not allow for corporate tax rates. The proprietor is personally taxed on all income from the business. A distinction is made in law and public offices between the term business and a company (such as a corporation or cooperative). Colloquially, the terms are used interchangeably. Corporations are distinct from sole proprietors and partnerships. Corporations are separate and unique legal entities from their shareholders; as such they provide limited liability for their owners and members. Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ... awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955. Categories Until 2022, the award categories were: * * * * Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette called "Minori", designed by Shigeru Nakano; a certificate, and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth. Recipients The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Vinci (magazine)
is a monthly magazine about books published by Kadokawa Corporation, launched in 1994 by Recruit Co. The first publisher was Yoshio Kimura, the editor-in-chief was Yasuhiro Nagazono, and the art director was Toshiaki Ichikawa. Overview ''Da Vinci'' is a book information magazine that introduces new publications, popular books and comics. The magazine also features essays by famous people, reader-submitted columns, questionnaires, special features on the relationship between the world and books from a new perspective, and a wide range of information on new paperbacks, new books, and new comics. It also includes information on approaching authors for book signings. * Although it is a literary magazine, it is subculture-oriented, actively introducing not only general novels but also manga and light novels. * The covers are mainly modeled after popular young actors, musicians, and celebrities, each holding the book they like best. * It is the magazine that created the manga essay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masao Kusakari
is a Japanese actor and model. Biography Masao Kusakari was born in Fukuoka Prefecture to a Japanese mother Sueko from Yukuhashi, and an American father Robert H. Tolar from Tar Heel, North Carolina, a USAF mailman who was deployed to Tsuiki Base during Korean War. Masao was told by Sueko (who died in 2010) that Robert had died in the Korean War, and he believed so, until NHK show "Family History" discovered that Robert had left Japan to move back to the US before Masao was born, then deployed to West Germany for several years as a military personnel, and later settled back in North Carolina where he died in 2013. After Masao was born, Sueko left her hometown of Yukuhashi, where there were strong prejudices against children with mixed races, then settled in Kokura (Current Kitakyushu) where she worked for multiple jobs to raise Masao. Masao also started working as early as elementary school age as a newspaper delivery boy. He started his career as a fashion model in Fukuoka w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Daichi
, better known as , is a Japanese actress and former Top Star ''otokoyaku'' (an actress who plays male roles) of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway theatre, Broadway-style productions of musicals and stories adapted from films, nov ...'s Moon Troupe. Her nicknames are and . Filmography Stage TV series Internet series Films Japanese dub References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daichi, Mao Japanese film actresses Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese television actresses 1956 births Living people Actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture People from Sumoto, Hyōgo 20th-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Kurashina
is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Sony Music Artists. Filmography TV series Films References External links * Official agency profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurashina, Kana Japanese actresses Japanese women television personalities Japanese gravure models Asadora lead actors 1987 births Living people People from Kumamoto Actors from Kumamoto Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houka Kinoshita
is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts. Biography In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, ''Gaki Teikoku'', which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989, Kinoshita moved to Tokyo at the request of director Kazuyuki Izutsu and became one of the popular by-players in Japanese cinema. He later moved to Cast Power in 2011. Kinoshita's hobby is riding a bike, and his skills are kick-boxing and karate. Sexual assault allegations In March 2022, three actresses came forward that Kinoshita sexually assaulted and abused them in 2011. Hideo Sakaki (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films '' Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
