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Raditzラディッツkeywords: character, dragon ball related topics: Dragon Ball , Son Goku explanation: Brother of Son Goku in Dragon Ball. He has been killed by Piccolo but brought back to life. Ranma 1/2らんま1/2alternative words: Ranma, Ramma 1/2 keywords: anime, manga, ranma 1/2, title related topics: Rumiko Takahashi , Shonen Sunday , Fuji TV related web sites: http://www.sa.sakura.ne.jp/~straydog/rumic/ explanation: This karate comedy has been written by mangaka Rumiko Takahashi, the same author as Maison Ikkoku. It tells the story about a karate kid (Ranma) who turns into a girl when he sprays himself with waters and into a boy with hot waters. Manga version has appeared between 1987 and 1996 in a weekly magazine, Shonen Sunday, while the anime version has been broadcasted by Fuji TV between April 1989 and September 1992. Ranma Saotome早乙女乱馬alternative words: Saotome Ranma keywords: character, ranma 1/2 related topics: Ranma 1/2 , Akane Tendo explanation: Principal hero of Ranma 1/2. Born in a karateka family, this boy of 16 years old has gone to China in order to improve his karate technique and there he has suffered an unbelievable curse: he turns into a girl when he sprays himself with waters and into a boy with hot waters. After returned to home, his father has arranged a marriage with Akane, one of daughters of his old friend. Rare Cardレアカードkeywords: goods related topics: Traiding Card explanation: As its name indicates, it is very rare to find those cards when you purchase a bag of trading cards. "Otaku" collectors are ready to spend fortune and huge time to get them. Raye Hino火野レイalternative words: Rei Hino, Hino Rei keywords: character, sailormoon related topics: Sailormoon , Temple Hikawa explanation: Alias Sailor Mars with black hairs. She wishes to become the main priestess of Hikawa temple. She gets her power from Planet Jupiter. Real Worldリアルワールドkeywords: anime, diverse, lain related topics: Serial Experiments Lain explanation: Real world as opposed to the virtual world created by "Wired" in "Serial Experiments Lain". Rei Ayanami綾波レイalternative words: Rei, Ayanami Rei keywords: character, evangelion related topics: Evangelion , Shinji Ikari explanation: Girl of 14 years old and the first pilot of Evangelion robot. Speaking little, her presence in this story is mysterious. Later it will be uncovered that she is in reality a clone of Shinj's mother. Reiin Iwakura岩倉玲音alternative words: Iwakura Reiin keywords: anime, character, lain related topics: Serial Experiments Lain explanation: Principal character in Japanese cartoon, "Serial Experiments Lain". Rather shy high school girl in the real life, she becomes aggressive in a virtual world when connecting to "Wired". Please note that for Japanese, there exists few difference in pronunciation of her first name "Rein" and her identification of connection "lain". Remi the Homeless Girl家なき子レミkeywords: anime, title related topics: Nippon Animation related web sites: http://w3.cec-ltd.co.jp/na/ienakiko/index.htm explanation: Adaptation to an anime of a novel of the famous French writer, Hector Malot (1830-1907). It tells the story about a child (boy in the original novel but a girl in the anime) who travels all over France with itinerant artists and finds finally her family. The cartoon has been realized by "Nippon Animation" and broadcasted by Fuji TV between January and December 1995. Rental book貸本 貸し本alternative words: Kashihon keywords: manga, publishing related topics: Osamu Tezuka , Kazuo Umezu explanation: After World War II, because of a lack of resources, the government had imposed a quota of paper to each publishing company and it caused a proliferation rental book stores, especially for manga. Most of the great mangaka born before the war such as Osamu Tezuka and Kazuo Umezu had contributed to a success of this industry. But once the quota has been suppressed and manga magazines began to appear, those shops declined quickly. It happened the late 50s. | |
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