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Tokkō Jimuin Minowa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Ogawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from July to October 2013, with its chapters collected in two volumes. A 12-episode television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2014. Characters ; : : ; : : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Kei Ogawa, ''Tokkō Jimuin Minowa'' started in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' on July 1, 2013; the first part was concluded on October 21 of that same year, but there has been no further information on its continuation since then. Kodansha collected its chapters in two volumes, released on November 6 and December 6, 2013, respectively. Drama A 12-episode television drama adaptation, titled , was broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network an ... [...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] |
Sayaka Yamaguchi
is a Japanese actress. Appearances Films * '' Rebirth of Mothra'' (1996), Lora * ''Tokimeki Memorial'' (1997), Mishio Yokoyama * '' Rebirth of Mothra II'' (1997), Lora * '' Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998), narration only * '' Tomie: Replay'' (2000), Yumi Morita * ''Kenchō no Hoshi'' (2006), Mika Tahata * '' Gigolo Wannabe'' (2006) * ''Cheke Raccho!!'' (2006), Mina Haebaru * '' Nonchan Noriben'' (2009), Reika Tamagawa * ''Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Zenpen'' (2009), Yūko Namiki * ''Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Kouhen'' (2010), Yūko Namiki * ''Softboy'' (2010) * ''Rāmen Samurai'' (2011) * ''Soup: Umare Kawari no Monogatari'' (2012) * ''Flare'' (2014) * ''April Fools'' (2015), Eriko Etō * ''Rin'' (2018), Nozomi Satonaka * ''The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps'' (2018), Miharu * ''The Confidence Man JP: The Movie'' (2019) * ''Threads: Our Tapestry of Love'' (2020), Mayumi Sonoda * ''Tomorrow's Dinner Table'' (2021), Nana Wakasugi * '' What She Likes...'' (2021), Mizuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha Manga
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...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] |
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantan Web
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called , and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The '' Sankei Shimbun'' and the '' Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for both. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The '' Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper with its 136-year history. The Osak ... [...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 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] |
Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, it is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia. Nippon Television Holdings is partially owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri TV
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the , itself a subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. FYCS is partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate and forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Nippon Television Holdings, the owners of Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 20% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. It also claims the highest viewing ratings in the Kansai region as of 2024. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male () demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989. The chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months. The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl on the cover and first few pages of each issue. Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, , a retitled makeover of their previous publication , which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence. Series in publication There are currently 27 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', '' Kenka Kagyō'', and '' Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Natalie
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 opti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Matsumoto (dancer)
is a Japanese dancer, actor and director. He is member and former performer of J-Pop group Exile. He was part of the first generation J Soul Brothers , formerly simply J Soul Brothers and also known as Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe, are a J-pop vocal and dance group formed by Exile ex-leader and producer Hiroyuki Igarashi in Japan in 1991. Sandaime J Soul Brothers are managed by Hi .... Since 2016 he has been serving as the chairman of the Gekidan Exile Matsu-gumi. Matsumoto is represented with LDH. Participating groups Personal life On July 22, 2013, Matsu announced his engagement to a non-celebrity woman after 7 years of dating. The couple registered their marriage on January 1, 2014. On April 21, 2016, it was announced that the couple had welcomed their first child, a boy. Filmography Films TV dramas TV programmes Bibliography Books Lyrics Productions CD jackets DVD Directorial theatre works Films References External links * at Exil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
