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Kagome Higurashi日暮かごめalternative words: Higurashi Kagom, Kagome keywords: character related topics: Inuyasha explanation: Heroine of the manga, Inuyasha and high school girl of 15 years old. One day, she falls into a well of her house which is a shinto temple and goes to the Japanese civil war period of 16th century. There she meets Inuyasha, a hybrid between phantom and human being. Initially enemy, she falls soon in love with him and tries to collect together the fragments of Shikon no Tama (4 sprit ball) by competing with other foes. Kamehamehaかめはめ波alternative words: Kame hame ha, Kamehame-ha keywords: diverse, dragon ball related topics: Dragon Ball , Son Goku explanation: Fighting technique used by Son Goku in Dragon Ball. It consists to send a fire ball to his enemies. It is his teacher of karate, Turtle Master, who gave this technique. The name comes from a pun because "Kame" means turtle in Japanese but Kamehameha was the last king of Hawaiian Islands. Remember Turtle Master wears always a Hawaiian t-shirt. Katsuhiro Otomo大友克洋alternative words: Otomo Katsuhiro, Katsuhiro Ootomo, Ootomo Katsuhiro keywords: anime, author, director, manga related topics: Akira related web sites: http://www.interq.or.jp/blue/junya/ , http://www.beyond-c.co.jp , http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/alt/000/text/o.html explanation: Born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi prefecture. He began his carrier with "Gurn report", an adaptation of Merimee's short novel. First, his works became popular among manga maniacs thanks to detailed description of scenery. Then, with an influence of French author, Mebius, his works leaned more toward SF manga such as Fireball , Domu, Apple paradise. His fame became definitive thanks to a futurist manga, Akira, published on "Young Magazine" of Kodansha from 1982 to 1990. Kazuo Umezu楳図かずおalternative words: Umezu Kazuo, Umezu keywords: author, manga related topics: Rental book , Shonen Sunday , Drifting School related web sites: http://www.kanazawa-bidai.ac.jp/~hangyo/hobby/ , http://www15.freeweb.ne.jp/play/jikuta/ , http://www.jah.ne.jp/~oshi/hyokyo/index.shtml explanation: Born on September 3, 1936 in Wakayama, he has become the best author of horror manga. A legend says he wrote the portrait of a visiting person when he was alone to let understand his parents at the age of 3. After written a great number of horror manga for rental books, he has passed to manga magazines: "Snake girl" (Hebi shojo) in 1966 for Shojo Friend, "Drifting school" (Hyoryu Kyoshitsu) in 1972-1974, Watashi wa Shingo in 1982-1986 for Shonen Sunday.
Keroberosケルベロス ケロちゃんalternative words: Ceroberos, Kero-chan, Kero chan, Kero, Fuin no kemono keywords: card captor sakura, character related topics: Card captor Sakura explanation: He is a guardian of Clow's book. Unfortunately, he was snoozing when Sakura overturned his book. He looks like a stuffed bear because of lack of a magic power but in reality he is as a lion. He controls the fire power (Firey) and the earth (Earthy). Keroberos is a beast with 3 heads who keeps an entrance of the underworld in a Greek mythology. Kiki's Delivery Service魔女の宅急便alternative words: Majo no takkyubin keywords: anime, title related topics: Hayao Miyazaki explanation: Adaptation from an original roman of Hideko Sumino to the anime movie by Hayano Miyazaki and released on the theater in 1989. It tells the tale of a young witch of 13 years old, who should left her home to go work. Accompanied by his dog, Jiji, she has settled in a town and used her broom for the delivery service of a baker. After the success of this film, his technique of flying has got an unanimous recognition. Kimba the White Lionジャングル大帝alternative words: Jungle Emperor, Jungle Taitei, Jungle Taite keywords: anime, kimba the white lion, manga, title related topics: Osamu Tezuka , Daddy Walrus related web sites: http://ja.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/ts/ts005.html explanation: Manga written by Osamu Tezuka. It tells the tale of a white lion who, raised by humans, returns back to his African home land to become the king of a tribe. The manga version has been published in a monthly magazine "Manga Shonen" between 1950 and 1953, while the anime version has been broadcasted between 1965 and 1967 (the first color TV anime in Japan). The release of Disney's anime, "The lion King" provoked a great controversy because there was too much similitude between 2 movies. Kimengumi奇面組keywords: anime, diverse, manga related topics: High school Kimengumi explanation: Band of 5 crazy high school boys in manga, "High school Kimengumi", of which members are: Ichido Rei who is the leader, Reietsu Go, Daima Jin, Monohoshi Dai et Shusse Kiyoshi. They form with 2 pretty girls, Kawa Yui and Uru Chie, the regular members of this manga. Kimen means "strange face" in Japanese. King ghidrahキングギドラalternative words: Kingghidrah, Ghidrah keywords: monster, movie related topics: Eiji Tsuburaya , Godzilla , Mothra explanation: The most dangerous monster and an eternal rival of Godzilla. It is a flying dragon with 3 heads and contrary to other monsters, it comes from the outer space. It appeared first on screen in December 1964 and fight against 3 terrestrial monsters, i.e. Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan (Radon in Japanese). In the second film released in December 1965, the combat took place on another planet (Planet X). Kodansha講談社alternative words: Koudansha keywords: company, publishing related topics: Nakayoshi , Shonen Magazine related web sites: http://www.kodansha.co.jp explanation: One of the biggest Japanese publishing companies founded by Kiyoharu Noma in 1911. In former times, it was controlling nearly 70% of Japanese magazines. As examples of manga magazines published by the company, we can quote "Nakayoshi" for girls and "Shonen Magazine" for boys. | |
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