The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking in the Second Sino-Japanese War, by the Imperial Japanese Army. Beginning on December 13, 1937, the massacre lasted six weeks. The perpetrators also committed other war crimes such as mass rape, looting, and arson. The massacre is considered to be one of the worst wartime atrocities.
Ōsugi Sakae was a radical Japanese anarchist. He published numerous anarchist periodicals, helped translate western anarchist essays into Japanese for the first time, and created Japan's first Esperanto school in 1906. He, his lover, anarcha-feminist Itō Noe, and his nephew were murdered in what became known as the Amakasu incident.
Hiroyuki Morioka is a Japanese science fiction novelist.
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē is a Japanese manga series written by Shō Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 1993 to May 1999, with its chapters collected in 31 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Meisuke Nueno, aka Nūbē, the homeroom teacher for Class 5–3 at Dōmori Elementary. More than a teacher, however, he is a skilled exorcist, protecting the town of Dōmori from supernatural threats with strength borrowed from a powerful demon sealed in his left hand—a technique he calls the Demon's Hand. A 49-episode anime television series by Toei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 1996 to August 1997. The anime resulted in three movies and three original video animation (OVA) episodes.
Eros + Massacre is a 1969 Japanese experimental drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, who wrote it in cooperation with Masahiro Yamada. The film is a biography of anarchist Sakae Ōsugi, who was murdered by the Japanese military police in 1923. It is the first film in a loose trilogy, followed by Heroic Purgatory (1970) and Coup d'État (1973).
Noriyuki Abe is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director and director best known for working with Studio Pierrot on series such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninku, Flame of Recca, Boruto and Bleach. The former won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.
UtsunoMiko (宇宙皇子), also written Utsu no Miko, is a Japanese historical fantasy light novel series written by Keisuke Fujikawa (藤川桂介) and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata, which was later adapted into an anime of the same title. The story is set in the late Asuka Period to the Nara Period, and follows the trials of the title character Utsunomiko, the offspring of the kami of the north star. There are 52 Utsunomiko novels, the first published in 1984, and the last published in 1998. The Utsunomiko anime film premiered in 1989, followed by a second anime film and a 13-episode OVA starting in 1990.
The Japanese New Wave is a term for a group of loosely-connected Japanese films and filmmakers between the late 1950s and the early 1970s. The most prominent representatives include directors Nagisa Ōshima, Yoshishige Yoshida, Masahiro Shinoda and Shōhei Imamura.
Coup d'État, also titled Martial Law, is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It is based on the life of nationalist intellectual Ikki Kita and an account of the attempted overthrow of the Japanese government by a group of army officers on 26 February 1936. It is the third film in a loose trilogy, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and Heroic Purgatory (1970).
Mariko Okada is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.
Yoshishige Yoshida, also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Masahiro Yamada, real name Masahiro Umehara, was a Japanese screenwriter. He often worked with Yoshishige Yoshida and also penned scripts for Ultraman and other episodes in the Ultra series.
"Ranse Eroica" is the 27th single by Gothic Music duo Ali Project. This single was released on July 14, 2010 under Mellow Head and the single only come in a regular CD only edition. The single's catalog number is LHCM-1078. The single title is used as the opening theme for the PlayStation Portable game, Fate/Extra.
Harmonia is the third major studio album by Japanese pop artist Akiko Shikata. It was released on March 18, 2009.
Toshiyuki Hosokawa was a Japanese actor and disc jockey, whose credits included roles in television, film, stage and musical theater. He reached prominence in Japan for his starring role in the 1970 film Eros Plus Massacre, which was directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.
Du Bin is a Chinese journalist, photographer, poet and documentary film-maker. Self-taught in photography, Du has worked as a contract photographer for The New York Times since 2011, and has also been published in the International Herald Tribune, Time, and the Guardian. He is originally from Tancheng, Shandong, China, and is based in Beijing. Du was detained by Beijing authorities in June 2013 after releasing a feature-length documentary about the Masanjia Labor Camp.
Ozu's Anti-Cinema is a 1998 book written by Yoshishige Yoshida, translated into English in 2003, and published by Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. It included analysis and commentary on Yasujirō Ozu's films and film-making techniques.
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku. It was serialized weekly for free on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website from January 2018 to January 2021, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. Set in the Edo period of Japan, it follows the ninja Gabimaru and the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri as they search for the elixir of immortality. Viz Media has licensed the series for English release in North America. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA aired from April to July 2023. A second season has been announced.
Negi Haruba is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. In May 2019, he won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, alongside Ōima Yoshitoki's To Your Eternity. It was the 5th best selling manga in Japan in 2019.
Ken Wakui is a Japanese manga artist best known for writing and illustrating his two manga series Shinjuku Swan and Tokyo Revengers.
