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Yoruichi Shihōin is a woman who has an ability where she can transform into a black cat for long periods of time. She is intelligent and witty, and is intimately knowledgeable of Soul Society and its workings, as she was the former leader of the Stealth Forces and the 2nd division captain. Although of noble birth, she acts differently from ...
List of last stands. An illustration of the Battle of Thermopylae by John Steeple Davis. A last stand is a military situation on which a normally-small defensive force holds a position against a more powerful opposing military force. The defending force usually takes heavy casualties.
Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics ( manga ), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and niche audiences.
Satoru Gojo ( Japanese: 五条 悟, Hepburn: Gojō Satoru) is a fictional character from Gege Akutami 's manga Jujutsu Kaisen. He was first introduced in Akutami's short series Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School as the mentor of the cursed teenager Yuta Okkotsu at Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School. This miniseries became the prequel ...
Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩, lit. ' The First Step ') is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa.It has been serialized by Kodansha in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 1989, with its chapters collected into 140 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024.
Iaido consists of four main components: the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya ), striking or cutting an opponent, shaking blood from the blade, and replacing the sword in the scabbard. [1] While beginning practitioners of iaido [5] may start learning with a wooden sword ( bokken) depending on the ...
Ponyo ( Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ, Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, lit. 'Ponyo on the Cliff') [a] is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and distributed ...
The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. Before the advent of film, Japan already had a rich tradition of entertainment with colourful painted figures moving across the projection screen in utsushi-e (写し絵), a particular Japanese type of magic lantern show popular in the 19th century.