Tatsuyuki Nagai
is a Japanese director and anime storyboard artist. He is known for being one third of the creative team Super Peace Busters. He made his directorial debut for the second season of '' Honey and Clover''. He then worked on the anime series, '' Idolmaster: Xenoglossia''. He directed '' Toradora!'', an adaptation of the light novel series of the same name. He has also directed all three seasons of the anime adaptation of the manga series ''A Certain Scientific Railgun''. Nagai received praise for his direction in the original anime series, '' Anohana'' (2011), his next directed original anime '' Waiting in the Summer'' was released the next year. In 2015, he directed the feature film '' The Anthem of the Heart'' which received a nomination for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japanese Academy Awards. In that same year, he directed the mecha anime series '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'', the series was the fourteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam fra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast. Niigata, Niigata, Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Niigata, Nagaoka, Jōetsu, Niigata, Jōetsu, and Sanjō, Niigata, Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture contains the Niigata Major Metropolitan Area centered on Niigata with a population of 1,395,612, the largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast and the twelfth-largest in Japan. Niigata Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and features Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the List o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fureru
is a 2024 Japanese animated film directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and written by Mari Okada. It stars Ren Nagase in a leading role, with Ryota Bando, Kentaro Maeda, Haruka Shiraishi, Manaka Iwami, Sarutoki Minagawa, and Kenjiro Tsuda in supporting roles. The film was produced by CloverWorks, and distributed by Toho and Aniplex. It premiered in Japan on October 4, 2024. Synopsis Aki Onoda, Ryō Sobue, and Yūta Inohara, are childhood friends attending the elementary school. They investigate the Shinto shrine in the island cave, where they meet Fureru, a yellow tailed hedgehog, and adopt it as a pet. When they touch each other and hear their inner voices, they are caught by Fureru's magical power within the fur. In the aftermath, they can "no longer hear their inner voices and they are supposed to touch each other". As the power becomes clear, their friendship begins to waver. Ten years later, Fureru and the trio move to Takadanobaba in Shinjuku. There, they defend Nana Asakawa an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian cinema, East Asian media, including Anime, Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo. Launched in mid-2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, the service has over 120million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia, and from 2016 to 2018, the service partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021. Crunchyroll is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Embassy Of Japan, Washington, D
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes an embassy or high commission, which is the main office of a country's diplomatic representatives to another country; it is usually, but not necessarily, based in the receiving state's capital city. Consulates, on the other hand, are smaller diplomatic missions that are normally located in major cities of the receiving state (but can be located in the capital, typically when the sending country has no embassy in the receiving state). In addition to being a diplomatic mission to the country in which it is located, an embassy may also be a non-resident permanent mission to one or more other countries. The term embassy is sometimes used interchangeably with chancery, the physical office or site of a diplomatic mission. Consequently, the term ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tokyo Anime Award Festival
The Tokyo Anime Awards started in 2002, but was named in 2005. The first, second and third award ceremonies were simply named 'Competition'. The award ceremonies were held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In 2014, after the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo and the formation of the AnimeJapan convention, the Tokyo Anime Awards was changed into a separate festival called Tokyo Anime Awards Festival (TAAF). Notably, there are ''Open Entry Awards'' for amateur creators (the Grand Prize winner is awarded with one million yen).Information about the awards at the 6th event (2007) Though there are ten main judges, the total number of judges is over one hundred people. Various groups participate in judging the festival, such as anime studio staff members, profe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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39th Japan Academy Film Prize
The is the 39th edition of the ''Japan Academy Film Prize'', an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2015 and it took place on March 4, 2016 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Nominees Awards References External links * - {{Japan Academy Film Prize Japan Academy Film Prize The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ... 2016 in Japanese cinema Japan Academy Film Prize March 2016 in Japan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sitges Film Festival
SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia () is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. It specializes in fantasy film, fantasy, Horror film, horror and Cult film, cult films. Established in 1968, the festival takes place every year, usually in early October, and is considered to be one of the world's top 3 largest and most prestigious genre film festivals, alongside Fantasia International Film Festival, Fantasia and Fantastic Fest. History The festival's origins lie in the International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, held in 1968. The 55th edition of the festival was held from 6 to 16 October 2022. It was the 22nd edition of the awards. Venues The main venue of the Sitges Film Festival is the Auditori (Auditorium), located in the Hotel Melià Sitges, which has a capacity of 1,380 seats. In the same building the Tramuntana Room provides space for journalists to gather each morning. As of 2023, other venues are: Cine El Retiro, Cine Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Genco
is a Japanese anime production enterprise, founded on March 3, 1997. Presided over by Tarō Maki, its headquarters is located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. It has produced numerous anime series such as '' Honey and Clover'', '' Nodame Cantabile'', '' Elfen Lied'', '' Kino's Journey'', '' Accel World'', ''Sword Art Online'', ''Genshiken'' and '' Toradora''. It has also co-produced original creations like Yasuomi Umetsu's '' Wizard Barristers'' and did project collaborations like in '' Hero Tales'' ''(with Hiromu Arakawa and Studio Flag)'' and in Xebec's '' Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi''. Productions Genco produced most of ARMS' non-hentai Hentai () is a style of Pornography in Japan, Japanese pornographic anime and manga. In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exist in a variety of media, including artwork and video games (commonly known as ''eroge''). The developme ... titles and A.C.G.T's animation projects. It also works with J.C. Staff in some of its productio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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King Records (Japan)
, commonly known as King Records, is a Japanese record company founded in January 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is not owned by a multinational entity. The label's headquarters are in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The label's name is actually based from the now-defunct '' Kingu'' magazine published by Kodansha from 1924 to 1957. Sub-labels Its Starchild label, was managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialised in anime music and film. King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, Game Boy Advance, and MSX2 platforms. On February 1, 2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative. Paddle Wheel Records is a division of King R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuyuko Takemiya
is a Japanese writer of light novels, novels, and manga. Biography Takemiya debuted in September 2004 with her light novel series '' Watashitachi no Tamura-kun (Our Tamura-kun)'' which first appeared in the autumn 2004 issue of ''Dengeki hp Special'', a special edition version of '' Dengeki hp''. That same month, Takemiya worked on the scenario for the bishōjo game ''Noel'' by FlyingShine (also known for creating '' Cross Channel''). Following the completion of '' Watashitachi no Tamura-kun'', Takemiya began her best-known series, '' Toradora!'', which she declared to be complete in April 2010 after ten volumes and three spin-off books. The first book of her next series, '' Golden Time'', was Dengeki Bunko's 2000th published light novel. Takemiya launched the manga series ''Evergreen'' with artist Akira Caskabe on July 19, 2011 in ASCII Media Works' '' Dengeki Daioh Genesis'' quarterly magazine. it finished publication on may 27th, 2015. Works ;Light novels * (under Deng ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mari Okada
is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award. Among her credits, Okada is best known for her writing and producing work on acclaimed anime series and films, including '' Toradora!'', '' Anohana'', '' Gosick'', '' The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', '' Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms'', and her original manga series and its anime adaptation '' O Maidens in Your Savage Season''. Early life Okada was born in Chichibu, Saitama. She has stated that she was often bullied at school and was thus truant to deal with social anxiety. She would consequently spend most of her time alone at home writing stories. She believes that it gradually helped with her anxiety and resocializing. She has also stated that no one in her life "had high hopes for her" and that, as a senior, she was repeatedly told that she “would not survive in the real world.” She went o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |