Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: manga

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Maison Ikkoku

めぞん一刻
keywords: anime , maison ikkoku , manga , title
related topics: Rumiko Takahashi , Godai , Kyoko
related web sites: http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~pingshan/maison.html
explanation: Manga written by a female mangaka Rumiko Takahashi. It is a sentimental and humorous story created by young people living in the same dormitory called "Maison Ikkoku" located in the suburbs of Tokyo. The author of this manga borrows the scenery from her memory of student's life. Appeared first time in Big Comic Spirits 1980-1987, since then it has been adapted to TV (Fuji TV between March 1986 and March 1988) and to a video game.

Mangaka

漫画家
alternative words: Manga artist, Artist of mangas
keywords: general , manga
related topics: Manga
explanation: Mangaka means "author of mangas" in Japanese. Ka is a suffix which means "artist" and its original meaning is "house" or "family" because in the old days, the activity of artists has perpetuated itself from generation to generation. You can also say "gaka" for "painter" and "ongakuka" for "musician".

Masami Kurumada

車田正美
alternative words: Kurumada Masami
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Saint Seiya
explanation: Born December 6, 1953 in Tokyo, this Japanese mangaka began his career with "Sukeban Arashi" in 1974. Saint Seiya published on Shonen Jump from 1986 has been a great hit. In his private life, he loves martial arts.

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

横山光輝
alternative words: Yokoyama Mitsuteru
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Gigantor , Osamu Tezuka
related web sites: http://www.psymage.com/kei/yokoyama.html
explanation: Born on June 18, 1934 at Kobe. He is one of the precursors of Japanese manga after the world war with Osamu Tezuka and shared a popularity with him on manga magazines. His most representative works are Ironman 28 (Gigantor in English title, tale of a remote controlled giant robot) published 1959-66 on Shonen and "Iga no Kagemaru" (tale of ninja) published 1961-66 on Shonen Sunday. He wrote also Sangokushi by materializing a great Chinese classic. He died in 2004 after a fire from his house.

Naoko Takeuchi

武内直子
alternative words: Takeuchi Naoko
keywords: author , manga , sailormoon
related topics: Sailormoon
explanation: Femelle mangaka, born March 15, 1967 at Kofu City near Tokyo. After having studied pharmacology at university, she began her career with "Love Call" in Nakayoshi of September 86. She is the author of several popular manga like "The Cherry Project" and Sailormoon.

Nausicaa of the valley of wind

風の谷のナウシカ
alternative words: Nausicaa
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Hayao Miyazaki
related web sites: http://www.nausicaa.net , http://www.ddt.or.jp/~watanabe/nausicaa/jiten.html
explanation: After an environmental disaster, the Earth is covered with an immense "sea of the corruption", while a tribal war takes place in the remaining lands. It tells the tale about a young princess, Nausicaa, which strives to save the Earth from a total destruction. Written by Hayao Miyazaki, this manga appears first in a monthly "Animage" between February 1982 and March 1984 and then adapted to an anime in 1984. It has created a great impact on the public by inventing a new category of animes, "Eco-fantasy".

Nejishiki

ねじ式
alternative words: Screw method
keywords: manga , title
related topics: Garo , Yoshiharu Tsuge
related web sites: http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~luc/comic/review/neji.htm
explanation: Short manga written by Tsuge Yoshiharu and published on Garo in 1968. With his work, manga has become a matured art acceptable even for intellectuals. The story is as follows: a young man left the beach to look for a doctor after having been picked by a medusa. He drifts then between the reality and the imagination and finally found a doctor who put on his left arm a tube equipped with a screw. This surrealist manga was adapted to a movie by Teruo Ishii in 1998.

Noboru Kawasaki

川崎のぼる
alternative words: Kawasaki Noboru
keywords: author , manga
related topics: Star of Giants
explanation: Japanese Mangaka, born on January 28, 1941 in Osaka. His main works are: "Star of Giants" (baseball manga) published by Shonen Magazine in 1967 and "Inakappe taisho" (manga comedy) published by Shonen Sunday in 1969.

Osamu Tezuka

手塚治虫
alternative words: Tezuka Osamu
keywords: anime , astroboy , author , manga
related topics: Astroboy , Princess knight , Kimba the White Lion , Hi no tori , Hyotan Tsugui , Rental book
related web sites: http://www.tezuka.co.jp , http://www.geocities.co.jp/Broadway/4220/top.html , http://www.phoenix.to , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hi5k-stu/tezuka/
explanation: Japanese mangaka, born November 3, 1926, near Osaka and dead February 9, 1989. He is one of the most important mangaka of post-war years. In fact, his works are spreading from the period of "Kashihonya" (rental book store) to TV animes by passing through manga magazines and comics. During his medical studies, he had already begun to publish mangas. As his main works, we can quote "Astroboy", "Black Jack", "Princess knight" , "Kimba the White Lion" and "Hi no tori".

Oscar

オスカル
alternative words: Oscar Fran�ois de Jarjayes
keywords: anime , character , manga
related topics: Lady Oscar
explanation: Main character of a manga "Lady Oscar". Since the noble family of de Jarjayes has only daughters, she has been brought up as a boy with the aim of choosing her as the successor. She is also a friend of Andy who is a grandson of wet nurse. Later, she becomes a head of royal guard of Marie Antoinette at Versailles Castle.

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