Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒSuzumiya Haruhi) is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito and which were adapted into other media. Initially released in Japan in 2003 with the novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, it was followed by ten additional volumes, an anime television series adaptation, four separate manga series, an animated film, two original net animation series and several video games.
After the anime adaptation airing in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received various offers for licensing both the novels and their various adaptations.[1][2] The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, for young readers by Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA division which then sub-licensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. The anime is currently licensed by Funimation.
Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒSuzumiya Haruhi) is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito and which were adapted into other media. Initially released in Japan in 2003 with the novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, it was followed by ten additional volumes, an anime television series adaptation, four separate manga series, an animated film, two original net animation series and several video games.
After the anime adaptation airing in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received various offers for licensing both the novels and their various adaptations.[1][2] The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, for young readers by Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA division which then sub-licensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. The anime is currently licensed by Funimation.
"Bōken Desho Desho?" (冒険でしょでしょ？Bōken Desho Desho?, lit. "It's an adventure, right? Right?") is the opening theme to the JapaneseanimeThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, as well as the movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. It ranked #10 in CD sales on amazon.co.jp when the single was released.[1]
Aya Hirano(平野 綾Hirano Aya, born October 8, 1987) from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan.[1][2] She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career,[3] and for her singing career, she was signed underLantis.[4] She left both Space Craft and Lantis in 2011. Hirano moved to the voice acting agency Grick in August 2011, and into Universal Sigma in 2012.[5]
Hirano spent a few of her very early years of life in America before returning to Japan.[6] In 1998, she joined the Tokyo Child Theatrical Group division of the Space Craft Group company. Eventually, she began to appear in commercials and got her first role as a voice actress in Angel Tales.[7] From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the band SpringS.[8]
After graduating from high school, she began seriously pursuing her voice acting and solo singing career. Her big break came in 2006, when she was cast as the voice of Haruhi Suzumiya, the title character of the anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The series' public success has greatly enhanced her popularity and career in Japan. Her CD singleBōken Desho Desho? containing the opening song of the show sold out in Japan the very day it was released. This success was followed by her voicing two lead characters in anime based on popular manga; Reira in Nana and Misa Amane inDeath Note. Her popularity was confirmed at the first Seiyu Awards, where she won "Best Newcomer (female)", for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya;[9] the same role also won her a nomination as "Best Main Character (female)". At the same awards, she was also nominated for "Best Supporting Character (female)", and earned two nominations for "Best Single" (One of which is a solo, Bōken Desho Desho?; the other was a group nomination for the single Hare Hare Yukai).[9] In 2008, she won the "Best Main Character (female)" award at the second Seiyu Awards.[10]
She performed at the "Animelo Summer Live" concerts between 2006 and 2008, as well as the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisōconcert on March 18, 2007. Hirano was a guest at Anime Expo 2007, along with other cast members from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minori Chihara and Yūko Gotō.[11] In 2007, she continued to enjoy great success in her career, landing the role of Konata Izumi in the anime version of Lucky Star and launching three separate singles back-to-back monthly at year's end.
In November 2010, Hirano posted a message on her Twitter account that she has had a pituitary glandtumor since junior high school. While not malignant, the tumor exerts pressure on certain motor functions, resulting in temporary memory loss, loss of vision and slurring of speech. She decided against elective surgery because the surgery would alter her nasal cavity and permanently modify her voice.[12] To facilitate her care, she announced in April 2011 that she had been prohibited from taking on new voice acting roles in anime since some time the previous year. She still continued voicing characters for anime that received additional seasons or extended runs.[13] In May 2011, Hirano announced via Twitter that she was no longer performing music for Lantis and has discontinued her music career until further notice.[14] On August 2, 2011, Japanese magazine Bubka confirmed that Hirano was dismissed by Lantis due to a sex scandal involving her sleeping with several band members.[15] Citing a need for a new agency that was more ideal with her career wishes, Hirano announced on August 12, 2011 that she left Space Craft Entertainment.[16] On August 21, Hirano moved to the voice acting agency Grick.[17] Days later, on August 27, Hirano posted a message on her Twitter account, confirming that she has resumed new voice acting roles in anime.[18]
Hirano returned to music in 2012 and was signed to the record label Universal Sigma. Her first release on the label was the mini album Fragments on May 23, 2012.[19]
"[...] This film took about 3 years (from early 2003 to late 2006), mostly because I was working on another project I eventually dropped. Then I came back to this one, and I'm glad I did [...]". (Carolyn Chrisman)
Hand drawn, scanned into Photoshop, and painted in Photoshop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Circa mea pectora
(Down inside the soul of me) (CB180, 5,6,7 of 7)
Circa mea pectora
multa sunt suspiria
de tua pulchritudine,
que me ledunt misere.
Manda liet, manda liet,
min geselle chumet niet.
Tui lucent oculi
sicut solis radii,
sicut splendor fulguris,
qui lucem donat tenebris.
Manda liet, manda liet,
min geselle chumet niet.
Vellet deus, vellent dii,
quod mente proposui:
ut eius virginea
reserassem vincula.
Manda liet, manda liet,
min geselle chumet niet.
Down inside the soul of me
sighs consume the whole of me
oh, for all your loveliness,
cause of all my heart's distress:
Lackaday, tackaday,
will she never come my way?
How the sparkling of your eyes
dims the sun that scours the skies!
like a lightning streak it flings
brightness down on shadowed things.
Lackaday, tackaday,
will she never come my way?
May the gods of love be kind
to the plan I have in mind -
shatter to nihility
her chains of virginity.
Lackaday, tackaday,
will she never come my way?
-------- Special Jury Awards for Best Art Direction of the Festival and Swarovski Designer Award, International Jugendfilmfestival, Kundl, Austria Best of Festival, Digital Days Student Film Festival Santa Barbara Best Animation, Youth Division, Newport Beach Film Festival First Place High School Animation, Best Fest America, La Jolla First Place Animation, Santa Monica Teen Film Festival Best Animation, The International Student Film Festival Best High School Animation, After Hours Film Society Student Shorts, Illinois Selection, Chicago International Childrens Film Festival Selection, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival Selection, Longbaugh Film Festival, Portland Selection, Redstick International Animation Festival, LSU Baton Rouge
Carolyn Chrisman has been animating since she was 11 years old, taking a night class at a junior high school where she discovered her love of telling stories through this moving art form. After a successful stint through numerous children's film festivals, Carolyn decided, then and there, that animation would be her "thing," so to speak.
More recently, Carolyn graduated from the USC School of Animation. She's dabbled in all sorts of freelance work, a studio job, and multiple collaborations. These days, however, she's gotten back to what she loves doing most, which is producing animated shorts. Her newest animation venture is FiddleGriff Films, her self-run, 1-woman (so far!) animation studio, and the production of numerous animated shorts and a feature length animated film called Canary 751.
Carolyn also has an on-again/off-again flirtatious relationship with writing, which came about the same time as her love for animation, and she hopes to publish a book series one day. That is, if she can ever get over her crippling perfectionism and finish a proper draft of the darn thing...
The gist of it is, Carolyn is always busy doing something, and always looking for the next project to tackle.
In her free time, Carolyn gardens, volunteers for her local foster kitten program, and aspires, as always, to be a Pokemon Master.
"Balalaika" (バラライカBararaika) is the second solo single of Morning Musume and Hello! Project member Koharu Kusumi, under the name of "Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (Morning Musume)" (月島きらり starring 久住小春(モーニング娘。)). Tsukishima is a character in the anime series Kirarin Revolution that Kusumi is the voice of, and "Balalaika" is also used as the second opening theme song of the series. The second track on the single is "Mizuiro Melody". The limited first press edition of the single contains a special Kirarin Revolution card.
The Single V version of "Balalaika" was released on November 8, 2006.
Rule of Rose (ルールオブローズ, Rūru obu Rōzu) is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Punchline and released in 2006. Set in England, 1930, the plot revolves around a nineteen-year-old girl named Jennifer, who becomes trapped in a world ruled by young girls who have established a class hierarchy called the Red Crayon Aristocrats. The game has been compared to survival horror games Silent Hill and Haunting Ground, due to the psychological horror used throughout and because the main character is accompanied by a canine companion. Rule of Rose garnered mixed reviews from many publications upon its release. The game was also the subject of a moderate amount of controversy due to its use of violence and sexuality amongst some of its underage, female characters.
In January 2006, Turner Classic Movies ran a month-long tribute to the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Here, Pixar's John Lasseter introduces TCM's presentation of Spirited Away.
Dalla serie a fumetti è stato creato anche un anime televisivo, prodotto dalla Madhouse e mandato in onda in Giappone sulla Nippon Television dal 5 aprile 2006 al 27 marzo 2007. In Italia i diritti sono stati acquistati dalla Dynit e la serie è stata trasmessa sul canale MTV nel corso del 2007, e su Rai 4 dal 24 ottobre 2010 alla domenica mattina[2]. L'anime è stato pubblicato anche per la visione in streaming su internet sulla web tvon demandPopcorn TV a partire dal 20 dicembre 2010 ed è disponibile senza limiti di tempo.[3]
Nel 2005 e nel 2006, inoltre, dalla serie sono stati tratti due lungometraggi.
10 marzo 2000. Nana Komatsu si trova sul treno per Tokyo per raggiungere il suo ragazzo Shoji e si siede accanto a Nana Osaki, che intende raggiungere la capitale per iniziare la sua carriera nel mondo della musica punk. Le due ragazze fanno reciproca conoscenza, ma la loro sembra solamente un'amicizia fugace. Separate alla stazione, si incontreranno successivamente per caso in un appartamento che entrambe hanno intenzione di affittare: decideranno di essere coinquiline e di dividere insieme la vita quotidiana.
La storia si incentra su Light Yagami, uno studente delle scuole superiori che trova un quaderno dai poteri soprannaturali chiamato Death Note, gettato sulla Terra dallo shinigami Ryuk. L'oggetto dona all'utilizzatore il potere di uccidere chiunque semplicemente scrivendo il suo nome sul quaderno mentre ci si raffigura il volto. Light intende usare il Death Note per eliminare tutti i criminali e creare un mondo dove non ci sia il male, ma i suoi piani saranno contrastati dall'intervento di Elle[N 1], un famoso detective privato, chiamato ad indagare sul caso delle misteriose morti dei criminali.
Al successo del manga hanno fatto seguito numerose opere derivate. Una serie anime di 37 episodi, prodotta da Madhouse e diretta da Tetsurō Araki, è andata in onda in Giappone dal 3 ottobre 2006 al 26 giugno 2007 su Nippon Television. In Italia la stessa è stata trasmessa nel 2008 sul canale MTV. Sono stati prodotti inoltre tre lungometraggi live action, distribuiti rispettivamente il 17 giugno 2006, il 3 novembre 2006 e il 2 febbraio 2008; due light novel e vari videogiochi, prodotti da Konami perNintendo DS.
Nell'originale giapponese il titolo dell'opera è scritto volutamente in maiuscolo, DEATH NOTE. Questa peculiare caratteristica non è però stata recepita fuori dal Giappone, dove il titolo comunemente scelto dalle case editrici è il più generico Death Note[N 2].
Light Yagami, un brillante studente liceale giapponese, trova un giorno per terra un quaderno denominato Death Note. Al suo interno delle istruzioni recitano che scrivendo sul libro il nome di una persona conoscendone il volto, quella persona morirà. Il ragazzo lo considera subito uno scherzo, ma, dopo averne messo alla prova i poteri, scopre che il quaderno è effettivamente in grado di uccidere. Il proprietario originale, uno shinigami di nome Ryuk, si rivela a Light e spiega che l'oggetto ormai appartiene al giovane. Siccome Light ne è il nuovo proprietario è anche l'unico a poter vedere ed interagire con Ryuk. Lo shinigami aggiunge che quando anche per Light sopraggiungerà la morte, lui stesso scriverà il nome del ragazzo sul suo quaderno. Light decide di usare il potere del Death Note per liberare il mondo dai criminali e diventare il Dio di un mondo nuovo e pacifico.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュKōdo Giasu - Hangyaku no Rurūshu) è una serie anime televisiva in due parti creata dallo studio Sunrise diretta da Gorō Taniguchi e scritta da Ichirō Ōkōchi. La serie è nota per il coinvolgimento del celebre gruppo di mangaka tutto al femminile CLAMP, che ha elaborato il character designoriginale.
I primi 23 episodi della prima stagione sono stati trasmessi dal 6 ottobre 2006 al 30 marzo 2007 sulle emittenti MBS e TBS. La messa in onda si è poi conclusa il 29 luglio 2007 con la trasmissione degli ultimi due episodi. La seconda stagione, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュR2Kōdo Giasu - Hangyaku no Rurūshu Āru Tsū), di altri 25 episodi, è stata trasmessa dal 6 aprile al 28 settembre 2008 sulle stesse reti. Tra il 2009 e il 2010 la Dynit ha pubblicato in Italia entrambe le serie[2][3], che sono anche state trasmesse in tv sul canale digitale terrestreRai 4[4] dal 24 settembre 2009 al 12 agosto 2010 il giovedì nell'Anime Thursday, con orario d'inizio variabile[5].
Il 10 agosto del 2010, il Sacro Impero di Britannia invade il Giappone e in meno di un mese distrugge il suo esercito e conquista la nazione grazie a potenti armi robot chiamate Knightmare Frame. L'isola perde la sua indipendenza, la sua dignità e il suo nome, venendo rinominata "Area 11", mentre la popolazione giapponese viene da allora chiamata eleven e costretta a vivere in dei ghetti. Un piccolo Lelouch Lamperouge giura all'amico Suzaku Kururugi di vendicarsi sulla Britannia. Trascorsi sette anni Lelouch rimane intrappolato all'interno di un camion dei terroristi giapponesi, in fuga dall'esercito della Britannia dopo aver rubato un contenitore di gas velenoso. Durante l'inseguimento Lelouch incontra nuovamente Suzaku nelle vesti di soldato, dopo che i due si erano persi di vista dai tempi dell'infanzia. Mentre i due giovani si salutano, il contenitore si apre e mostra una ragazza dai capelli verdi in una camicia di forza. Preoccupato che un segreto militare possa trapelare all'esterno, il superiore di Suzaku ordina al ragazzo di uccidere Lelouch. Quando Suzaku si rifiuta di ubbidire, il superiore gli spara, mentre Lelouch riesce a fuggire portandosi dietro la ragazza. Intanto il governatore generale dell'Area 11, Clovis La Britannia, ordina all'esercito di radere al suolo il quartiere di Shinjuku. Tradito dallo squillo del suo cellulare, Lelouch viene circondato nuovamente dai militari. La ragazza si sacrifica per lui e, prima di morire, gli concede un potere chimato geass. Con esso Lelouch ordina ai soldati di suicidarsi.
Ōkami (Japanese: 大神, literally "great god", "great spirit" or "wolf" if written as 狼) is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia. Despite the closure of Clover Studio a few months after the game's initial release, a version for Nintendo's Wii console was developed and produced by Ready at Dawn, Tose and Capcom, which was released in North America in April 2008, in Europe in June 2008, and in Japan in October 2009.
Ōkami was one of the last PlayStation 2 games selected for release prior to the release of the PlayStation 3. Although it suffered from poor sales initially, the game became immensely popular afterwards and received critical acclaim, earning the title of IGN's 2006 Game of the Year. The Wii version has earned similar praise though the motion control scheme has received mixed reviews.
A high-definition port of the game was released on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network in October 2012 and for retail in Japan in November 2012, supporting the use of the PlayStation Move motion controller. A sequel for the Nintendo DS titled Ōkamiden was released in Japan in September 2010, followed by North America and Europe in March 2011.
Ōkami (Japanese: 大神, literally "great god", "great spirit" or "wolf" if written as 狼), is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. -All of the music in Ōkami is original and inspired by classical Japanese works. ㋭Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckami
㋭Soundtrack List:
00:03-------[01] A Great Spirit Lies In Wait 02:31-------[02] Agata Forest 06:03-------[03] Cherry Blossom Storm 08:25-------[04] Cursed Shinshuu Plains 12:06-------[05] E3 2005 Promotion 15:10-------[06] Hanasaki Valley 17:13-------[07] Harami Lake 20:43-------[08] Image Song Prototype 24:32-------[09] Izanagi Cavern 28:03-------[10] Kaguya's Journey 30:20-------[11] Kamiki Village's Sorrowful Custom 32:43-------[12] Kusanagi Village 35:25-------[13] Kusanagi Village 2 39:08-------[14] Miraculous Spring 41:20-------[15] Oni Island 44:31-------[16] Princess Sakuya 47:28-------[17] Promise 49:51-------[18] Reset 55:10-------[19] Shinshuu Plains 58:34-------[20] Susano-o's Training 01:01:11---[21] Thank Goodness For Kokari 01:03:24---[22] The Eight Dog Warriors 01:05:44---[23] The Sun Rises 01:11:24---[24] The Tribe Of Heavenly Gods 01:14:11---[25] Ushiwaka's Dance
