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Yū Godai
Yu Godai (五代 ゆう ''Godai Yū'', born August 7, 1970) is a Japanese writer from Nara Prefecture. Her father was a Japanese language teacher at Todaiji Gakuen, Todaiji Gakunen middle school and high school. While Godai was still a university student her ''The Story of the Beginning of Bone'' was selected for the fourth annual Fantasy Novel Prize, which was sponsored by the Japanese publisher Fujimi Shobo. Godai was the first person to receive the grand prize. Before this novel was published, Godai made her debut with the story "Capital of Kyoshin", which appeared in the monthly Dragon Magazine Fujimi Shobo, Dragon Magazine. Godai was contracted by Atlus for drafting the story of ''Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga'' video game series. She left the project partway due to health issues but held the contract right to publish her own version of the novel based on the setting of the game, which later became the ''Quantum Devil Saga'' series. Major works *''Hajimari no Hone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nara Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama Prefecture to the southwest, and Mie Prefecture to the east. Nara (city), Nara is the capital and largest city of Nara Prefecture, with other major cities including Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara, Ikoma, Nara, Ikoma, and Yamatokōriyama. Nara Prefecture is located in the center of the Kii Peninsula on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast, and is one of only eight landlocked prefectures. Nara Prefecture has the distinction of having more UNESCO World Heritage listings than any other prefecture in Japan. History The Nara Prefecture region is considered one of the oldest regions in Japan, having been in existence for thousands of years, and is widely viewed as the Japanese cradle of civilization. Like Kyoto, Nara was one of Imperial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todaiji Gakuen
Tōdaiji Gakuen ( is a private school, combined middle and high school in the city of Nara, Japan. History The school was founded in 1926 as an offshoot of the famous Tōdai-ji temple. It began as an evening middle school (夜間中学) for working students. Daytime education began in 1963, when the current name was adopted, and evening education was dropped in 1977. Today, most of the students go on to the national universities, especially Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo, or medical courses. Noted alumni * Tetsuji Nakamura, member of the House of Representatives * Kazuyoshi Shirahama, House of Councillors member * Shinichi Kitaoka, United Nations representative * Ryōsuke Yasunami, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Japan The , located in Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law. It has the power of judicial review, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujimi Shobo
, formerly , was a Japanese publisher that specialized in light novels, manga, Japanese role-playing games, role-playing games and collectible card games. Founded in 1972 and reorganized three times, it was at times an independent company and at times an imprint (trade name), imprint of Kadokawa Future Publishing. It ceased to be an independent company in 2013, with its assets folded into Kadokawa Shoten. The brand was retired in 2015. Magazines published Light novel magazines * ''Fantasia Battle Royal'' * ''Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), Dragon Magazine'' Manga magazines * ''Monthly Dragon Age'' * ''Dragon Age Pure'' * ''Age Premium'' Publishing labels Active * ''Fujimi Dragon Book'' (Japanese role-playing games, role-playing games) * ''Fujimi Fantasia Bunko'' (light novels) * ''Fujimi Mystery Bunko'' (Mystery fiction, mystery light novels) * ''Fujimi L Bunko'' Entertainment novel imprint that's aimed at an adult female audience (no adult content), and contains works in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Magazine Fujimi Shobo
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of reptilian, mammalian, and avian features. Etymology The word ''dragon'' entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French , which, in turn, comes from Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , which, in turn, comes from Latin (genitive ), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from , (genitive , ) "serpent". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
