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Takeshi Honda (animator)
is a Japanese animator, designer, and animation director. Honda is one of Japan's outstanding animators. He is best known for his character design and animation directing work on ''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'', ''The Boy and the Heron'', ''Millennium Actress'' and ''Den-noh Coil''. While Honda is an animator who draws realistic, theatrical characters, he also specializes in catchy "Bishōjo" characters. He was nicknamed from the early days of his career. Honda made his debut as an animator with the inbetweening for the 1987 OVA ''Relic Armor Legaciam'' and debuted as character designer on the series ''Metal Fighter Miku'' in 1994. Career Honda moved to Tokyo from Ishikawa Prefecture to work in the animation industry after graduating from high school. After a brief stint at small studios such as Atelier Giga, he joined Gainax, where Hideaki Anno and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto worked. He debuted as an animation director in 1990 with ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' at the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,096,721 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,186 Square kilometre, km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south. Kanazawa is the capital and largest city of Ishikawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Hakusan, Ishikawa, Hakusan, Komatsu, Ishikawa, Komatsu, and Kaga, Ishikawa, Kaga. Ishikawa is located on the Sea of Japan coast and features most of the Noto Peninsula which forms Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of the wealthiest ''Han system, han'' (domains) of the History of Japan#Feudal Japan, Japanese feudal era. Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en one of the Three G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungeishunjū
is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine '' Bungeishunjū''. The company was founded by Kan Kikuchi in 1923. It grants the annual Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan, as well as the annual Naoki Prize for popular novelists. It also granted (from 1955 to 2001) the annual Bungeishunjū Manga Award for achievement in the manga and illustration fields. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company publishes , the weekly , and the sports magazine ''Number'', which represent public opinion of literary, political, and sport-journalistic culture, respectively. The ''Bunshun'', in particular, has come to be known for litigation involving freedom of speech issues, particularly alleged privacy violations and defamation; see, for example, Mitsuo Kagawa. List of magazines The magazines published by Bungeishunjū include: * (published monthly) * (published monthly) * (published weekly) * (monthly literary issue) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sky Crawlers (film)
is a 2008 Japanese Adult animation, adult animated war film, directed by Mamoru Oshii. It is an adaptation of Hiroshi Mori (writer), Hiroshi Mori's novel of The Sky Crawlers, the same name. It was released across Japanese theatres by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Japan on August 2, 2008. Animated by Production I.G, the film was written by Chihiro Itō, featuring character designs by Tetsuya Nishio and music by Kenji Kawai. The 3D computer animation, CG animation for the movie was produced by the Polygon Pictures studio, who also produced the 3D CG for Oshii's previous film ''Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence''. Plot ''The Sky Crawlers'' is set in an alternate history timeline where although the world peace, world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, two rival private corporations, the Poland-based Rostock and the Ireland-based Lautern, contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocence
Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is prior to the sense of legal guilt and is a primal emotion connected with the sense of self. It is often confused as being the opposite of the guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. Pioneers of consciousness studies have suggested that it is prior to experience itself, and is a vibrational quality of consciousness. In relation to knowledge Innocence can imply lesser experience in either a relative view to social peers, or by an absolute comparison to a more common normative scale. In contrast to ''ignorance'', it is generally viewed as a positive term, connoting an optimistic view of the world, in particular one where the lack of wrongdoing stems from a lack of knowledge, whereas wrongdoing comes from a lack of knowledge in children. Subjects such as crime and sexuality may be especially considered. This connot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamoru Oshii
is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ''Patlabor 2: The Movie'' (1993), and ''Ghost in the Shell (1995 film), Ghost in the Shell'' (1995). He also holds the distinction of directing the first ever Original video animation, OVA, ''Dallos'' (1983). As a writer, Oshii has worked as a screenwriter, and occasionally as a manga, manga writer and novelist. His most notable works as a writer include the manga ''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' (1988–2000) and its feature film adaptation ''Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' (1999). For his work, Oshii has received and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or and Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion). He has also attracted praise from many directors, including James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and The Wachowskis, especially for his work on ''Ghost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Godfathers
is a 2003 Japanese animated Christmas tragicomedy adventure film written and directed by Satoshi Kon. The film stars live-action actors such as Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, and Aya Okamoto as the lead voice actors. Kon was inspired by the 1948 American film '' 3 Godfathers'' to make the film. Unlike Kon's other films, ''Tokyo Godfathers'' is grounded more in realism. However, as is typical of Kon's work, the film includes devices that are not straightforward, and Kon himself called it a twisted sentimental story. ''Tokyo Godfathers'' was released in Japan on November 8, 2003, and in North America on January 16, 2004. It won the Excellence Award at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival and Best Animation Film at the 58th Mainichi Film Awards. Plot One Christmas Eve, three homeless people—middle-aged alcoholic Gin, transgender woman Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki—discover an abandoned newborn while searching through the garbage for presents, along with a note asking who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Blue
is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is loosely based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji and Emiko Furukawa, the plot follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking by her obsessive fan, gruesome murders take place, and she begins losing her grip on reality. The film deals with the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, a commonly found theme in Kon's other works, such as '' Millennium Actress'' (2001), '' Paranoia Agent'' (2004), and ''Paprika'' (2006). Plot Mima Kirigoe decides to leave the J-pop idol group CHAM! to become a full-time actress. Many of her fans are dismayed by her change from a clean-cut image, particularly an obsessive fan, Me-Mania, who begins stalking her. Following directions f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films '' Perfect Blue'' (1997), '' Millennium Actress'' (2001), ''Tokyo Godfathers'' (2003), and ''Paprika'' (2006), and the TV series '' Paranoia Agent'' (2004). In 2010, Kon died of pancreatic cancer at age 46. Biography Early life Satoshi Kon was born on October 12, 1963. Due to his father's job transfer, Kon's education from the fourth elementary grade up to the second middle-school grade was based in Sapporo. Kon was a classmate and close friend of manga artist Seihō Takizawa. While attending Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School, Kon aspired to become an animator. Kon entered the Graphic Design course of the Musashino Art University in 1982. Early career While in college, Kon made his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1996. The story is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy recruited by his father Gendo to the mysterious organization Nerv. Shinji must pilot an Evangelion, a giant biomechanical mecha, to fight beings known as Angels. The series explores the experiences and emotions of the Evangelion pilots and Nerv members as they battle Angels. They are called upon to understand the ultimate cause of events and the motives behind human action. The series has been described as a deconstruction of the mecha genre, and features archetypal imagery derived from Shinto cosmology and mystical Judeo-Christian traditions, including Midrashic tales and Kabbalah. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uru In Blue
, also known as ''Blue Uru'', is an unproduced anime, Japanese animated science fiction film project by Gainax intended as a sequel to their 1987 film ''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise''. ''Aoki Uru'' was originally planned to be directed by Hideaki Anno and scripted by Hiroyuki Yamaga, with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto serving as its chief animation director and character designer. During 1992–93, the ''Aoki Uru'' creative team produced a complete Storyboard#film, storyboard, a partial script, and a large collection of designs and pre-production art for the film; however, the project had been initiated without a secured budget, and its development occurred within a period of personal, financial, and managerial crises at Gainax that contributed to the indefinite suspension of work on ''Aoki Uru'' in July 1993. ''Aoki Uru'' co-producer Yasuhiro Takeda has argued that the themes and circumstances surrounding the film project influenced the creation of Anno's TV anime series ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime International Company
, often abbreviated as AIC, is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 15, 1982 and located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. On December 10, 2015, AIC RIGHTS Company, Inc. was established through a company split, in which AIC Rights received the transfer of some of the copyrights owned by Anime International Company. Their notable works include series such as '' Tenchi Muyo!'', ''Bubblegum Crisis is a 1987-1991 Japanese cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by Anime International Company, AIC and Artmic. The series involves the adventures of the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of Mercenar ...'', ''El Hazard'', and several adaptations of the manga '' Oh My Goddess!''. AIC had eight sub-studios within itself, named: AIC ASTA (2003, formerly: AIC A.S.T.A.), AIC Build (2010), AIC Classic (2010), AIC Digital (1997), AIC Frontier (June 2012), AIC PLUS+ (2006), AIC Spirits (2003) and AIC Takarazuka (2006). History In June 2006, a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Blue Water
is a Japanese anime television series created by Hideaki Anno for NHK. Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' and the exploits of Captain Nemo, the series follows former circus performer Nadia and young inventor Jean, who are led off to adventure by a secret in Nadia's pendant. The original Japanese broadcast of the series aired from April 1990 to April 1991 for 39 episodes. Streamline Pictures released the first eight episodes in the United States on VHS from March 1992 to August 1993. The full series was distributed in the United States from 2001 to 2002 by ADV Films on DVD and VHS, with an American broadcast airing on ADV's Anime Network. Following the 2009 closure of ADV, Sentai Filmworks re-licensed the series and re-released it to Blu-ray and DVD in March 2014. GKIDS acquired the license in 2022 and released a new 4K restoration the same year. Plot Set in an alternate universe 1889, the series centers on Nadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
