Nihon Ad Systems,Inc.,NAS for short,is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company,a wholly owned subsidiary of the advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The "Ad" in its title is an abbreviation for "Animation Development". Along with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan,Bandai Namco Filmworks,Toei Animation and TMS Entertainment,it is a co-founder and shareholder of the Japanese anime television network Animax. It has its headquarters in Toranomon Hills,Minato,Tokyo.
Strawberry Marshmallow is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Barasui about the adventures of four elementary school girls and their older sister-figure. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Daioh in 2002. In 2005,the manga was adapted into an anime television series and a PlayStation 2 video game. Three original video animation (OVA) episodes were later released from February to April 2007. Another two-episode OVA project titled Ichigo Mashimaro Encore was released in 2009. The manga's tagline is "Cute is justice."
Takahiro Sakuishi,better known by his pen name Harold Sakuishi,is a Japanese manga artist. Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball,martial arts,MMA,and music. Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series. His series also often include character cameos from his past works;one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally,he's a big fan of Sangokushi with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi". In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians,characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.
Mamoru Miyano is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles on Death Note,Steins;Gate,Mobile Suit Gundam 00,Durarara!!,Soul Eater,Wolf's Rain,Ouran High School Host Club,Ajin:Demi-Human,Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood,Free!,Hunter x Hunter,Chihayafuru,Bungo Stray Dogs,Uta no Prince-sama,Zombieland Saga,and Pluto. He was nominated for the award for Death Note at the 1st Seiyu Awards and won the "Best Voice Actor" award at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards,he won "Best Lead Actor Award" for his role as Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and as Hakugen Rikuson in Kōtetsu Sangokushi. His debut single,"Kuon",was released at King Records. In March 2009,his debut album Break was released.
Sangokushi (三国志) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama,based on Eiji Yoshikawa's retelling of the 14th century Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was adapted into an anime television called Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi.
Yūji Moriyama is a Japanese anime character designer,animator,animation supervisor and director. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association and a winner of the 4th Japan Animation Awards in the Animation Director category.
Koihime Musō:Doki Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi is a series of Japanese adult visual novels and strategy video games primarily developed and published by BaseSon for the Windows and is based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. The first game was developed by BaseSon,and was first released on January 26,2007,for Windows as two DVD-ROMs,followed by a re-release on April 11,2008,containing an extra CD-ROM.
Kimi to Boku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiichi Hotta. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from January 2003 to 2004,in Gangan Powered from 2004 to 2009,and in Monthly GFantasy from May 2009 to March 2022. The series follows four teens,Yūta and Yūki Asaba,Shun Matsuoka,and Kaname Tsukahara,who grew up together and a half-Japanese transfer student Chizuru Tachibana who joins the circle of friends. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from October to December 2011 and a second season aired from April to June 2012.
Ushijima the Loan Shark is a Japanese manga series by Shohei Manabe. The series was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine from May 2004 to May 2019. It was adapted into a live action television drama series in 2010 and into a live action film in 2012. A second live action film,Ushijima the Loan Shark 2,was released on May 16,2014. Two other live action films,Ushijima the Loan Shark 3,and Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final have also been released.
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan,is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Puyo. The series is a spinoff of Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series,and is based on the alternate universe originally featured in the series' fourth volume and feature film,The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. The series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from July 2009 to August 2016 and is licensed by Yen Press. A 16-episode anime television series adaptation by Satelight aired between April and July 2015,with an original video animation episode released in October 2015.
ZekkyōGakkyū is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Emi Ishikawa,and had been published in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 2008 to 2015. The format was a collection of horror-themed short stories that were presented by a ghost girl named Yomi. It has been adapted in France by Tonkam. In 2010,the series was given a "vomic" that starred Tomomi Kasai,Moeno Nitō,Haruka Ishida,and Reina Fujie,who are members of the Japanese idol group AKB48. It was adapted into a live action film that was released on June 14,2013.
Giatrus is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shunji Sonoyama. It spawned two other manga,two anime television series,a television drama,and an anime film. The first TV series mark the debut of Joe Hisaishi,composer of My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. The official English title is Gon,The Stone-Age Boy.
Please Tell Me! Galko-chan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenya Suzuki. The manga is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. A 12 episode short-form anime series adaptation by Feel aired from January to March 2016.
Love Is Like a Cocktail is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Crystal na Yōsuke. It was serialized on Shogakukan's online manga magazine Yawaraka Spirits from April 2015 to July 2019,with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Creators in Pack aired from October to December 2017.
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou is a Japanese romantic comedy four-panel manga series by Nekoume. It has been serialized in Ichijinsha's seinen magazine Manga 4-Koma Palette from 2014 until 2022,after which it was moved to Monthly Comic Rex before concluding the same year. There have been seven collected tankōbon volumes released as of October 2021. An audio drama based on the manga was released in 2016,and an anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired in 2018. An English dub of the anime has been produced by Funimation.
Yuki Kodama is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series Kids on the Slope,for which she won a Shogakukan Manga Award in 2011.
Haro Asō is a Japanese manga artist. After his debut in 2005,he serialized Hyde &Closer from December 2007 to July 2009,and Alice in Borderland from November 2010 to March 2016. After retiring from illustrating,he did the story for Zom 100:Bucket List of the Dead in October 2018 and Noyu Girl in August 2021.
Do You Like the Nerdy Nurse? is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Arata Kawabata. It was serialized on Shogakukan's website Yawaraka Spirits from October 2018 to October 2019,with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes.
No Longer Allowed in Another World is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Noda and illustrated by Takahiro Wakamatsu. It has been serialized on Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits website since October 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Atelier Pontdarc aired from July to September 2024.
