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Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by matoba. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' magazine since September 2020 and has been compiled into six ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru aired from April to June 2024. Plot Shintarō Tokumitsu is a student who lives alone in an apartment. One day, a gorgeous young girl named Towa appears near his room. She is an angel who was assigned by God to learn from humanity. After convincing him of her identity, she starts to live with him. Characters ; : :A first-year high school student who is currently living alone in a studio apartment. Although he is given an allowance by his parents, he also works part-time at a restaurant. He develops a crush on Towa as they live together. ; : :A beautiful young angel who came down from heaven to learn more about humans. She comes to live in Shintarō's apartment and does the chores for him. Her wings pop o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūichirō Umeda
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Ken Production. Some of his notable roles include Saybil in '' The Dawn of the Witch'', Yuuki Izumi in '' Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie'', and Akira Tendo in '' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead''. In 2023, he was a recipient of the Best New Actor Award at the 17th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Television animation ;2018 * ''Banana Fish'' as Fellow ;2019 * '' Chihayafuru 3'' as Attendant ;2021 * ''Mazica Party'' as Student, wizard * '' The World Ends with You: The Animation'' as Makoto * ''Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure'' as Horticulture club member * ''The Aquatope on White Sand'' as Guest ;2022 * '' The Dawn of the Witch'' as Saybil * '' Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie'' as Yuuki Izumi * '' Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth'' as Ravie * '' Megaton Musashi 2nd Season'' as Zaskar Dyne ;2023 * ''My Life as Inukai-san's Dog'' as Pochita * ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!'' as Schubach * ''Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion'' as Adam Taylor * ''Mashle'' as ... [...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] |
Ai Kayano
is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day'', Inori Yuzuriha in '' Guilty Crown'', Alice Zuberg in '' Sword Art Online: Alicization'', Utaha Kasumigaoka in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Mashiro Shiina in '' The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', Saori Takebe in ''Girls und Panzer'', Shiro in '' No Game No Life'', Darkness in ''KonoSuba'', and Mamako Oosuki in ''Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?''. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series. Biography Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching ''Aria''. While attending school, Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misaki Kuno
is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. Biography As a child, Misaki appeared on stage shows such as ''Musical Wizard of Oz'' and ''Wandering''. In 2003, she made her debut as a voice actress in the dubbing of the Korean film ''Phone''. Misaki was active in dubbing foreign films early in her career, but since 2010, her appearance in anime and game works has increased. Her voice quality is described as like the "real voice of a young child" and a "voice with a unique presence". Filmography Anime ;2010 * '' Oreimo'' (Bridget Evans) ;2012 * '' Black Rock Shooter'' (Hiro Kuroi) ;2013 * '' Day Break Illusion'' (Cerebrum) * '' Galilei Donna'' (Grande Rosso) * '' Log Horizon'' (Serara) * '' Oreimo 2'' (Bridget Evans) * ''Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?'' (Melln) * ''Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS'' (Mimi Balguerie) ;2014 * '' Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky'' (Coo) * '' If Her Flag Breaks'' (Kurumiko Daishikyougawa) * '' Log Horizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kappa (folklore)
A — also known as , , with a boss called or – is a reptiloid ''kami'' with similarities to ''yōkai'' found in traditional Japanese folklore. ''Kappa'' can become harmful when they are not respected as gods. They are typically depicted as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and a turtle-like carapace on their back. The ''kappa'' are known to favor cucumbers and love to engage in sumo wrestling. They are often accused of assaulting humans in water and removing a mythical organ called the ''shirikodama'' from their victim's anus. Terminology The name ''kappa'' is a contraction of the words ''kawa'' (river) and ''wappa'', a variant form of 童 ''warawa'' (also ''warabe'') "child". Another translation of kappa is "water sprites". The ''kappa'' are also known regionally by at least eighty other names such as ''kawappa'', ''kawako'', ''kawatarō'', ''gawappa'', ''kōgo'', ''suitengu''., citing Ōno (1994), p. 14 It is also called ''kawauso'' 'otter', ''dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanon Takao
is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. After passing an audition in 2014, she made her debut as part of the idol group Earth Star Dream under EARTH STAR Entertainment. Following Earth Star Dream going on hiatus, she would continue her entertainment activities as a solo artist. She is known for her roles as Yū Hiraoka in '' Ani Tore! EX'', Azalyn Goza the 168th in '' The Irresponsible Captain Tylor'', Iris in ''Konosuba'', Linnea in ''The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar'', Latina in '' If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord'', and Noelle in ''Genshin Impact''. She left EARTH STAR Entertainment and became affiliated with Link Plan all in the same year of 2018. Biography Takao was born in Tokyo on September 10, 2002. Her older brother Sōnosuke is a pianist and composer. She learned to play the piano at an early age, and she won an international piano contest held in Milan, Italy, when she was 10 years old. In 2014, Takao participated in a voice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūnibyō
is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and who have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. It translates to "second year syndrome" (i.e., middle-school second-year). It is sometimes called "eighth-grader syndrome" in the United States, usually in the context of localizations of anime which feature the concept as a significant plot element. History The term was used by Hikaru Ijūin in 1999. He described the childish aspirations of elementary school students as if it were some kind of syndrome he had contracted. Ijūin made a statement disavowing the idea in 2009, as it had changed from a light-hearted remark to a condition that was studied seriously in psychology. In 2008, Hyōya Saegami wrote a book called , or "Chūnibyō User Manual", in which he identifies three types of ''chūnibyō'': "DQN", who act like delinquents; "subculture", who go against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Ogura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Gunma Prefecture. Career In 2009, Ogura performed the motion capture for Hatsune Miku in the game '' Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA''. Ogura was a member of the Japanese idol duo YuiKaori with Kaori Ishihara. She was also a part of the idol unit StylipS (also with Ishihara, along with Arisa Noto and Maho Matsunaga), as well as pop group Happy Style Rookies. As a voice actress, Ogura has portrayed anime characters such as Hinata Hakamada in ''Ro-Kyu-Bu!'', Yunoha Thru in ''Aquarion Evol'', Kokona Aoba in ''Encouragement of Climb'' and Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi in '' The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.'' As a solo artist, Ogura's single ''Raise'' was used as the ending theme for the anime ''Campione!'', and reached number 8 on the Oricon chart in 2012. Other character songs that Ogura sang for the anime characters she had voiced for have also charted. In 2016, Ogura changed agencies from Sigma Seven to Clare Voice. On March 31, 2017, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki-onna
is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation. She may also go by such names as ''yuki-musume'', cited by ("snow daughter"), ''yuki-onago'' ("snow girl"), ''yukijorō'' (雪女郎, "snow woman"), ''yuki anesa'' ("snow sis"), ''yuki-onba'' ("snow granny" or "snow nanny"), ''yukinba'' ("snow hag") in Ehime, ''yukifuri-baba'' ("snowfall hag") in Nagano. They are also called several names that are related to icicles, such as '' tsurara-onna'', ''kanekori-musume'', and ''shigama-nyōbō''. Origins Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period ''Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari'' by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period. Stories In legends from the Ojiya region of Niigata Prefecture, a beautiful woman came to visit a man and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saori Ōnishi
is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She played La Folia Rihavein in her first main role for the anime series ''Strike the Blood''. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Ais Wallenstein in '' Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', and Vignette April Tsukinose in ''Gabriel DropOut''. She won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Personality Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards. Biography Ōnishi began aspiring to become an actress in elementary school, while watching television. The voice acting performances of voice actresses such as Maaya Sakamoto and Sanae Kobayashi also inspired her to pursue the profession. During her elementary and junior high school years, she was part of a brass band club. Although she was part of the science class in high school, she decided not to join any clubs, instead preferring to attend a voice acting training school. Ōnishi began her voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
