Tatsunoko Production Co.,Ltd. and often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro,is a Japanese animation and li company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese:"Tatsu's child" and "sea dragon",the inspiration for its seahorse logo.
Tatsuo Yoshida was a Japanese manga artist,illustrator,as well as anime pioneer who founded the animation studio Tatsunoko Production as a businessman and the original author of many anime works.
Akemi Takada is a Japanese manga artist and anime character designer born in Tokyo,Japan. Her character-design work is one of the more recognizable styles of the 1980s,when she worked on series like Creamy Mami and Kimagure Orange Road. She is also noted for her long collaboration with director Mamoru Oshii. She graduated from Tama Art University,after which she worked for Tatsunoko Pro. She is currently a freelance manga artist with her own studio,though she is also a member of the creative group Headgear. She also has her own designer jewelry store called Diakosmos.
Bye Bye,Lady Liberty is the first television special in the Lupin III franchise. Directed by veteran director Osamu Dezaki,it was broadcast by NTV on April 1,1989. A number of Lupin III television specials have followed with a total of 28 airing as of November 2019,including a crossover special with Detective Conan.
Osomatsu-kun is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name,the first of which was produced by Studio Zero in 1966,and the second by Studio Pierrot in 1988. A new anime series by Pierrot,Mr. Osomatsu,began airing in October 2015 to celebrate Akatsuka's 80th birthday,with a manga adaptation by Masako Shitara serialized in Shueisha's You magazine from January 2016.
Go-wapper 5 Go-dam is a Japanese mecha anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production and aired in 1976. There were 36 episodes. It is the second installment to Takara's Magne-Robo franchise.
Runa Akiyama was a Japanese voice actress. Her real name was Teruko Akiyama. She was born in the Metropolitan area of Tokyo,Japan. She was affiliated with the voice talent management group 81 Produce at the time of her death.
The Monster Kid is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko Fujio. The first series was broadcast on TBS from April 21,1968,to March 23,1969. The second series was broadcast on TV Asahi from September 2,1980,to September 28,1982. A live-action series was broadcast on Nippon Television and Yomiuri Television from April 17 to June 12,2010. The 94-episode 1982 iteration was aired around the world,marketed as The Monster Kid,which was the official English title.
Majokko Tickle,also known as Magical Girl Tickle or Tickle the Witch Girl,is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier Cutie Honey,Majokko Tickle is closer to the more traditional mold of magical girl anime such as Sally the Witch. And unlike Nagai's other,more popular works,was created for an audience of pre-teen girls.
Bonobono (ぼのぼの) is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. From March 1986 to March 1987,the series ran in the Takeshobo manga magazine Tensai Club before the magazine was replaced with Manga Club,where it had been serialized from April 1987 to April 2020. It had also been serialized in Manga Life from April 1986 to July 2022. In July 2022,the series moved to Manga Life Original after Manga Life folded. It has been adapted into an anime television series,as well as two anime films and two video games.
Hiroshi Sasagawa is a Japanese creator of several anime and manga series. His name is romanized in some sources as Hiroshi Sasakawa.
Stop!! Hibari-kun! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hisashi Eguchi. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1981 to November 1983,and the chapters were published in four tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted into a 35-episode anime television series by Toei Animation that aired on Fuji Television from May 1983 to January 1984. The story focuses on Kōsaku Sakamoto,a high school student who goes to live with yakuza boss Ibari Ōzora and his four children—Tsugumi,Tsubame,Hibari and Suzume—after the death of his mother. Kōsaku is shocked to learn that Hibari,who looks and behaves as a girl,was assigned male at birth.
Hurricane Polymar is a Japanese anime and OVA series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The show was created by Tatsuo Yoshida,who had produced many of Tatsunoko's series. Other romanizations of the name include Hurricane Polymer and Hariken Polymar. Hurricane Polymar is the secret identity of Takeshi Yoroi. He wears a special suit which enables him to fight crime. The suit is made of memory plastic which enables him to assume any shape,including morphing its wearer into 5 different vehicles.
Ninja Hattori-kun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoo Abiko which was serialized between 1964 and 1988. It was later adapted into a television drama that aired on TV Asahi from 1966 to 1968;an anime series by Shin-Ei Animation,airing on TV Asahi from 1981 to 1987;a video game by Hudson Soft;four anime films by Shin-Ei and a live-action film. A remake of the 1981 anime series was produced by Shin-Ei and the Indian animation firms Reliance MediaWorks and later Green Gold Animations which aired on TV Asahi and Animax from 2013 –2015.
My Little Monster is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Robico about the relationship between a girl named Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. It was serialized in Kodansha's Dessert magazine from August 23,2008 to June 24,2013. An anime adaptation by Brain's Base aired from October 2 to December 25,2012. It was also streamed on Crunchyroll during its original run.
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 2012 to February 2017,with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes. The series was published digitally in English by Crunchyroll starting in 2013 and was licensed in North America by Kodansha USA in 2015.
Tao Tsuchiya is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her memorable role of Makimachi Misao in the movie series Rurouni Kenshin,as Mai Nakahara in The 8-Year Engagement,Koharu in The Cinderella Addiction and most recently as Yuzuha Usagi in Netflix's Alice in Borderland. Her older sister,Honoka,works as a model,while her younger brother,Shimba Tsuchiya,is also an actor.
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 also known as Loving Yamada at Lv999! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mashiro. It began serialization on Comic Smart's Ganma! manga website in March 2019. As of April 2024,the series' individual chapters have been collected into nine volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from April to June 2023.
Chikako Akimoto is a Japanese voice actress from Hokkaido,affiliated with Ritrovo. She is known for voicing IchirōTobase,the main character of Ippatsu Kanta-kun. She was awarded the Seiyu Awards Merit Award in 2023.
