Monday, November 5, 2007

dragon ballz


Dragon Ball Z commonly abbreviated as DBZ) is an anime series produced in Japan by Toei Doga. Dragon Ball Z is the sequel series to the Dragon Ball anime and Japanese comics of the same name, which covers the first 16 volumes of a 42 volume manga series created by manga artist Akira Toriyama. Dragon Ball Z adapts the last 26 volumes of the original manga, which portrays the adulthood of the series main character, Son Goku.
Dragon Ball Z first aired in Japan from April 26, 1989, to January 31, 1996, and was dubbed in several countries around the world, including Latin America and the United States. The American themes and soundtracks were produced in part by Bruce Faulconer.
The series continues the adventures of Goku as an adult who, along with his companions, defend the Earth and many other planets against various villains. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is a continuation of his adulthood life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his first child, Gohan, as well as the slow evolution of his rival, Vegeta from evil to good. The separation between the series is also significant as the later series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone.

doraemon


Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. The series is about a robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi.
The series first appeared in December 1969, when it was published simultaneously in six different magazines. In total, 1,344 stories were created in the original series, which are published by Shogakukan under the Tentōmushi manga brand, extending to forty-five volumes. The volumes are collected in the Takaoka Central Library in Toyama, Japan, where Fujio was born.
Doraemon was awarded the first Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982, and the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 1997.
In Vietnam, Doraemon has become the series with largest amount of publishing to date (totally 40 million) and is continually printed and released[1].

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Shinchan


Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which is published by Futabasha. Crayon Shin-chan began broadcasting on TV Asahi on April 13, 1992, and has also been aired by the anime television network, Animax across Japan , Hungama TV(India) and Latin America.

Much of the humor in the series stems from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. Therefore much of this humor is untranslatable for Western readers and viewers, and a few jokes can't even be translated into other East Asian languages. In Japanese, certain set phrases almost always accompany certain actions; many of these phrases have standard responses. A typical gag involves Shin-chan confounding his parents by using the wrong phrase for the occasion; for example, saying "welcome home!" when he arrives instead of "I'm home!".[1]

During the beginning of the series, the TV show was mostly based on the storyline in the comic books. As the show progressed, more and more episodes became anime-original.

Kochikame



What is Kochikame?
The actual title of the series is Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo quite a mouthful that literally means 'this is the police box in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika'. Often referred to as just Kochikame, the series was created by AKIMOTO Osamu, and it first appeared in 1976, in the weekly comic magazine Shonen Jump. Since then, Kochikame has become the longest-running manga in existence since its serialisation, accumulating to a record 1,100 separate issues and over 110 books--as well as total sales of up to 130 million yen in Japan.

Kochikame is a comedy revolving around RYOUTSU Kankichi (or Ryo-san, as he's affectionately called), a burly police officer working in a police box around Kameari in Katsushika, downtown Tokyo. Though having a good heart, Ryoutsu's also gamble-loving, short-tempered, and has an enormous list of hobbies and interests that include video games and and model kits. More significantly though is Ryoutsu's knack for getting into all sorts of trouble--much to the dismay of his colleagues AKIMOTO Reiko and NAKAGAWA Keiichi, and especially his long-suffering boss OHARA Daijiro. What makes the series so popular is its outrageous and satirical humour, not to mention the many bizarre scenarios (super police cars armed with missiles, for instance) and Ryoutsu's ability to pull off the impossible.

In 1996, 20 years after the manga was first serialised, the series was made into an animated TV series (currently aired on Fuji Television). Kochikame has also ended up as various console games, and it also enjoyed a successful run on the stage as a musical written, directed, and starred by La Salle Ishii, the voice-actor for Ryo-san.

Kochikame the Movie marks the series transition to the big screen.