Dr. Slump is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 1980 to September 1984,with the chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki,her creator Senbei Norimaki,and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.
Legendz is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Bandai and WiZ in 2003. The franchise began with a manga created by Rin Hirai and illustrated by Makoto Haruno,first serialized in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump in Japan. The manga was published in English by Viz Media in 2005.
Yoshihiro Tamogami,better known by his pen name Hiroshi Aro,is a Japanese manga artist. He is mostly known for being the author of Futaba-Kun Change!,Morumo 1/10 and Yuu and Mii.
Arale Norimaki is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Dr. Slump manga series,created by Akira Toriyama. She is a humanoid robot built by Senbei Norimaki who looks like a young girl. She is known for her naïveté,energetic personality,lack of common sense,and amazing strength. Senbei tries to convince the other citizens of Penguin Village that she is just a normal human girl,and it seems to work,despite her superhuman athletic ability. Among her strengths,she can use abilities that range from the terrain splitting Chikyūwari to the beam-like N'chahō. However,she is nearsighted and needs to wear glasses. The character also makes appearances in various other media,most notably in the Dragon Ball media franchise.
High School! Kimengumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series Third Year Funny-face Club was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1980 to April 1982. High School! Kimengumi was serialized in the same magazine from April 1982 to July 1987. An anime television series aired from October 1985 to September 1987 and an animated film premiered in July 1986. A sequel manga,titled Flash! Funny-face Club,was published in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2005.
Mitsue Aoki is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series Koume-chan ga Iku! which was adapted into a 12 episode anime series by the studio Gainax. Her works include short gag manga,story manga,yonkoma and essays.
Daisuke Nishio is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series,he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan in 1982. He debuted as director for Dragon Ball in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with Dragon Ball:The Legend of Shenlong. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series,Dragon Ball Z,and several of its films.
Pink,subtitled The Rain Jack Story,is a Japanese one-shot manga written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was published in the December 1982 issue of Shueisha's Fresh Jump magazine on October 23,1982. Pink was released in North America by Viz Media on December 7,2021 as part of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater. Toei Animation adapted the manga into an anime film in 1990 titled Pink:Water Bandit,Rain Bandit.
Toshiki Inoue is a Japanese screenwriter from Saitama Prefecture. He is known for his work on anime and tokusatsu dramas and films. He is the son of Masaru Igami,who himself was a screenwriter for tokusatsu dramas. He is also a manga author,and has written both Mebius Gear and Sword Gai.
Mitsuo Hashimoto is a Japanese storyboard artist and director of television,OVA,and anime films. He previously worked under 橋本光夫,but changed as someone else was using that name. While he was under contract with Toei Animation,he also did work for other companies under the name GenjūrōTachibana.
Happy World! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by KenjirōTakeshita. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by KSS with animation work done by Zexcs.
Nozomu Tamaki is a Japanese manga artist. His most notable work,Dance in the Vampire Bund,was licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment and adapted into a 12-episode anime series by the studio Shaft.
Asari-chan (あさりちゃん) is a Japanese shōjo slice of life manga series by Mayumi Muroyama. With a total circulation of 28 million copies,it is one of the best-selling manga. It was adapted into an anime television series and an anime film. The TV series was produced by Toei Animation a subsidiary of Toei Company,and directed by Kazumi Fukushima. The anime follows Asari,a normal but stupid elementary school fourth-grade girl who does not get along with her family.
Magical Somera-chan is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Choborau Nyopomi,author of Ai Mai Mi. It ran in Ichijinsha's Manga Palette Lite magazine until the magazine was cancelled in 2011,and was relaunched as Fushigi na Somera-chan Haute Couture in Manga 4-koma Palette in 2015,where it ran until 2018. An anime television series adaptation began airing in October 2015.
Run with the Wind is a 2006 Japanese novel by Shion Miura. The novel has received a manga and a live-action film adaptation,as well as an anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G that aired from October 2018 to March 2019.
Crayon Shin-chan:Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden is a 2022 Japanese animated film produced by Shin-Ei Animation. It is the 30th film of the anime series Crayon Shin-chan. The film is directed by Masakazu Hashimoto and the screenplay is written by both Masakazu Hashimoto and Kimiko Ueno. The film was released on 22 April 2022.
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... is a Japanese yuri light novel series written by Teren Mikami and illustrated by Eku Takeshima. Shueisha has released six volumes since February 2020 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Musshu was launched in Shueisha's Dash X Comic section of the Niconico Seiga website in May 2020. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
