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Anime (アニメ, Anime?) refers to the animation style originated in Japan. It is characterized by distinctive characters and backgrounds (hand-drawn or computer-generated) that visually set it apart from other forms of animation. Storylines may include a variety of fictional or historical characters, events, and settings. Anime is aimed at a broad range of audiences and consequently, a given series may have aspects of a range of genres. Anime is most frequently broadcast on television or sold on DVDs either after their broadcast run or directly as original video animation. Console and computer games sometimes also feature segments or scenes that can be considered anime.
Manga (漫画, Manga?) is Japanese for "Comics" or "Whimsical images". Manga developed from a mixture of ukiyo-e and Western styles of drawing, and took its current form shortly after World War II. Manga, apart from covers, is usually published in black and white but it is common to find introductions to chapters to be in color and is read from right to left. Financially, manga represented in 2005 a market of ¥24 billion in Japan and one of $180 million in the United States.[1] Manga was the fastest growing segment of books in the United States in 2005.
Anime and manga share many characteristics, including: "exaggerated physical features such as large eyes, big hair and elongated limbs... and dramatically shaped speech bubbles, speed lines and onomatopoeic, exclamatory typography."[2] Some manga, a small amount of the total output, is adapted into anime, often with the collaboration of the original author. Computer games can also give rise to anime. In such cases, the stories are often compressed and modified to fit the format and appeal to a wider market.[3] Popular anime franchises sometimes include full-length feature films, and some have been adapted into live action films and television programs.
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Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto?) is a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. The series primarily centers around a high school student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it.
Death Note was first serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from the first issue in December 2003 to May 2006, with 108 chapters in total. The series has been published in its entirety in 12 tankōbon volumes in Japan and in North America. The series has been adapted into a pair of live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006 and November 3, 2006, and an anime series which aired in Japan from October 3, 2006 to June 26, 2007. Also, a novelization of the series, written by light novelist Nisio Isin, was released in Japan on August 1, 2006.
Belldandy (ベルダンディー -, Berudandī?) is a character in the popular manga Oh My Goddess! (OMG) and in the anime of the same name. She was created by Kosuke Fujishima as one of three Goddesses who come to Earth to reside with Keiichi Morisato, and she serves as his love interest. She is depicted as a beautiful and powerful young woman, with strong nurturing tendencies, a trusting and innocent character, and an extremely kind heart. Belldandy is accidentally summoned from heaven by Keiichi in order to grant him a wish and stays when Keiichi wishes for "a goddess like you to be by my side forever".[1] The stories follow Belldandy as she builds a relationship with Keiichi, using her powers (which include teleportation, telekenises and levitation) to help both Keiichi and his friends while keeping her true identity a secret.[2]
Her first appearance was in Afternoon in August 1988,[3] and the manga has now been running for almost 20 years and has over 200 chapters. Belldandy has also featured in a novel, two TV series, a movie, and in an (OVA) series. The character has gained considerable respect throughout the various formats, as evidenced by her appearance as one of the most popular characters in the Newtype[4] and Animage[5] polls. The concept of Belldandy draws loosely from Norse mythology, with "Belldandy" being a transliteration of the Old Norse Verðandi, one of a trio of Norns. She is joined by characters representing the other two of the trio of Norns — her sisters Urd and Skuld.[6]
This is a list of episodes of the Claymore anime series. The episodes are directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka and produced by Madhouse Studios.[7][8] They are based on the Claymore manga series by Norihiro Yagi, and adapt the first through eleventh volumes of its source material over twenty-four episodes. The remaining two episodes follow an original storyline not found in the manga written by Yagi. The series aired between April 2007 and September 2007 in Japan on Nippon Television.[9] The series follows the adventures of Clare, a Claymore, or half-human, half-yoma hybrid, and her comrades as they fight for survival in a world filled with yoma, or shapeshifting demons.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Raison d’être" (レゾンデートル, "Raison d’être"? lit. Reason for being) by Nightmare. The ending theme is J-pop singer Riyu Kosaka's single, "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" (断罪の花 ~Guilty Sky~, "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky"? lit. Flower of Conviction~Guilty Sky). These two themes are used in all twenty-six episodes.[8] A single for "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" was released on May 30, 2007, and the single for "Raison d’être" was released on June 6, 2007.[10][11]
- May 25 - Anime and manga articles are now sporting a new look! After over a month of discussion, consensus agreed to redesign all of the infoboxes to be more along the lines of the television infoboxes in terms of color and styling. Discussion is still on-going on possibly adding color coding to indicate formats, so why not stop by and offer your thoughts?
- April 07 - An publisher_en field has also now been added to and a licensor_en to {{Infobox animanga/OVA}}. Additionally {{Infobox animanga/Novel}} now has a chapter_list option and {{Infobox animanga/Drama}} has an episode_list option!
- March 26 - as the Anime and Manga project continues its efforts to improve our infoboxes, we've added yet another new option to {{Infobox animanga/Manga}}: publisher_en. Similar to the licensor field in the anime infobox, this field is specifically for listing all English language publishers of a manga series (with other languages continuing to go in the publisher_other field.
- March 6 - the {{Infobox animanga/Manga}} infobox template has some new options! You can use either chapter_list or volume_list to set the link for the series' List of X chapters (if there is one). It also inserts the text "(as of last_run)" after the number of volumes or chapters. The {{Infobox animanga/OVA}} infobox template has also been updated to include the ability to link to an episode, using the same episode_list or list_episodes options.
- March 2 - Some big changes here! The demographic field is being removed from {{Infobox animanga/Header}}, where it is often used inappropriately to set a demographic on an anime series. The demographic field has instead been added to both the {{Infobox animanga/Manga}} and {{Infobox animanga/Novel}} infoboxes instead. For the manga, the regular demographic options will be used, while for the novel boxes, we ask editors to limit this field to Male or Female. {{Infobox animanga/Movie}} has a new option, live_action, which can be set to yes to denote that the movie is a live action one rather than anime. When setting this option, the article will be put in Category:Japanese films instead of Category:Anime films and the box title will change from "Animated movie" to "Live-action movie". {{Infobox animanga/Movie}}
- February 18 - a new category is now available, Category:Lantis, for categorizing anime soundtracks produced by the Lantis music label.
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