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unusual facts about G-Anime


Ganime

G-Anime, an anime convention held every year in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada


Aika Ohno

Some of her songs have been featured in anime shows such as Detective Conan (Case Closed in the US), MÄR and Secret of Cerulean Sand.

Asatsu-DK

Asatsu-DK is also involved in producing and providing its services to numerous anime series, through itself as well as its numerous subsidiaries, including recent installments of Sunrise's famous Gundam series, such as the latest series Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Turn A Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, as well as several other anime.

Banimon

The style of the comic combines Japanese animation and Manga approach with Eastern Europe and 1920s woodcuts and colorful backgrounds/patterns.

Big Bang!!!

We Can Do It served as a theme song on TV-show "Urugusu", while Sorairo Days served as an opening theme for the anime Gurren Lagann.

Bright Stream

#*Theme song for anime movie "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's"

Cedie

Cedie also known as Cedie: Ang Munting Prinsipe (means Cedie: The Little Prince) is a 1996 Filipino family film loosely based on the popular anime Little Lord Fauntleroy which in turn based on the children's novel of the same name by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Crystal King

Crystal King, a Japanese rock band active since 1979, known for performing the original theme song for the anime TV series Fist of the North Star

Dimitri from Paris

He also did the music for the anime Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase and mixed the soundtrack for the French luxury dessin animé Jet Groove produced by Method Films.

Dream Pod 9

The company got its start as the game design studio of what was then IANUS Publications, a Canadian publisher of anime-related magazines (Mecha Press, Protoculture Addicts).

Fanaticon

Fanaticon is a multi-genre, science-fiction, fantasy, comic book, anime, and gaming convention held in Dothan, Alabama.

Fantasy

Anime conventions, such as Ohayocon or Anime Expo frequently feature showings of fantasy, science fantasy, and dark fantasy series and films, such as Majutsushi Orphen (fantasy), Sailor Moon (urban fantasy), Berserk (dark fantasy), and Spirited Away (fantasy).

Fūma Kotarō

He is featured in the manga series Nabari no Ou (where he appears as the shape-shifting leader of the Fūma ninja village and an ally of the protagonist), and also makes an appearance in the light novel series Mirage of Blaze (during the story arc involving the Hōjō clan), the manga series Yaiba (revived by Onimaru), the manga and anime series Samurai Deeper Kyo (as Sarutobi Sasuke's childhood friend and rival) and Karasu Tengu Kabuto.

German submarine U-1234

U-1234 is also featured as a fictional submarine in the anime series Black Lagoon where it plays a vital part as the site of a treasure.

Great Teacher Onizuka

In The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy noted the use of computer cloud and water effects in the anime adaption.

Groizer X

In Italy it was one of the few robotic anime to be aired on Silvio Berlusconi's Canale 5, in 1981, where it failed to garner much following and was never replayed.

Guiche, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

The anime/manga Rose of Versailles references Guiche as a dukedom when the "Duke de Guiche" (Duke of Guiche) plays a role in the story where the Duchess of Polignac engages both of her daughters to be married to him against their will (one of which, Rosalie Lamorlière, plays a central role in the story).

Hanaukyo Maid Team

The original anime, which aired as part of the omnibus program Anime Complex, was cut short when the series ran into production issues.

Hōkai Amplifier

Although the mini-album didn't release any singles, the intro track "Haruka Kanata" enjoyed immense domestic and international popularity after it came to be used as the second opening theme for the anime series Naruto.

Hyper Police

: Tommy caries a rather nondescript gun in the manga, but carries a German Walther P38 in the anime.

John Burgmeier

John Burgmeier (born October 24, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American anime voice actor, ADR script/head writer and the son of voice actress, Linda Young.

Kagami

Kagami Yoshimizu, the creator and author of the Anime and Manga series, Lucky Star, even sharing the same first name as Kagami Hiiragi, one of the main characters of Lucky Star.

Kennedale High School

Activities and student groups at Kennedale High School include art club, anime club, Business Professionals of America, choir, Computer Science Society, Friends of Rachel, Key Club, Kindness in Students Spreads, National Honor Society, Outdoor Education Society, Spanish club, student council, Thespians, UIL Academics, UIL Speech & Debate, and yearbook.

Kids Station

Kids Station also airs some anime aimed at teens during the night, such as Narutaru, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalance and Rosario + Vampire.

Ksitigarbha

The anime series Hell Girl is also loosely based on the legend of Jizō and the zanpakuto of Mayuri Kurotsuchi from the manga series Bleach is Ashisogi Jizo (leg-cutting Jizō).

Masanobu Endō

Appearing in the February 23, 2008 episode of ToroStation in the PlayStation 3 online software Mainichi Issho, he recounted his experiences with the anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino.

Masashi Kudō

He is working on the adaptation of the Bleach manga into anime, along with the series' creator, Tite Kubo.

Mount Myōgi

Mount Myōgi is mentioned in the street racing manga, video game, and anime series Initial D.

Nexus 4/Shine

The double A-side single features the song "Nexus 4" which was used in a commercial for the Subaru Legacy and the song "Shine" which was used as the opening song for the NHK anime series Guardian of the Spirit.

Only my railgun

The track is used as is the opening theme for the TV anime A Certain Scientific Railgun which is the spin-off of the TV anime A Certain Magical Index.

Preincarnation

It is found in the anime Millennium Actress when the interviewer is present in the main character's memories, in the ending to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining as well as the science fiction series Quantum Leap and PSI Factor.

Raj Ramayya

He is also featured on the critically acclaimed Anime series Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain, singing tracks on both of the internationally renowned soundtracks with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno.

Rei Ayanami

Rei appears in many spin-offs and other media related to Neon Genesis Evangelion including video games such as Evangelion 64 and the popular cross-over franchise Super Robot Wars and the various manga adaptations, such as Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's manga adaptation of the anime.

Rick Zieff

He has recently done the voice of Shusuke Amagai in the anime series Bleach as well as Simon in Steamboy.

Samurai Shodown V

In spite of this, SNK managed to raise excitement by announcing that Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator and author of the Rurouni Kenshin manga and anime series, was hired to design some of the new characters, and they were gradually revealed by way of silhouettes on the official website, and slowly showing the official artwork.

Sekihōtai

In the manga and anime Rurouni Kenshin, Sagara Sanosuke was once a member of the first unit, and repeatedly refers to Sagara Sōzō, who is a character in the series.

Star Ocean

There was an incomplete manga series by Mayumi Azuma based on Star Ocean: The Second Story, which became a similarly incomplete anime series Star Ocean EX.

Super deformed

There are other exaggerated proportions (such as the 1/5 proportion, as used by Tales of Eternia, etc.) that are popular in anime, but are not considered SD.

Svetlana Chmakova

Dramacon is Chmakova's first full-length comic, telling the story of Christie Leroux, an aspiring teenage comics writer, and her experiences at her first anime convention.

Symphonic Anime Orchestra

Founded in 2005, the orchestra has performed at the Nan Desu Kan anime convention 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Tetris Attack

This version, based on the first few seasons of the Pokémon anime, includes a training mode, a puzzle editor, and a 3D game mode that takes place in a cylindrical playfield.

Tiggy

She is perhaps best known for her remix of the Sandy Fox song "Freckles" in DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX, originally the English version of the song "Sobakasu" by Judy and Mary from the anime Rurouni Kenshin and she's also popular in parts of Southeast Asia with the song "Why".

Tohru Honda

According to her, Akitaro Daichi, the director of the Japanese anime series, was particularly concerned that Tohru's "sweetness and formal nature didn't get lost in translation"; Bailey acknowledged that English does not have the same kind of speech formality as Japanese, but claimed Tohru's "humble nature can still be communicated through inflections and tone."

Tom Ayrton

In the Gainax anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, which borrows many elements of Jules Verne's stories (most notably, Captain Nemo and the Nautilus), Nadia and Jean encounter a man named Ayrton who is initially serving aboard the steam frigate Abraham Lincoln.

Ton Dol Baby

The titular song "Ton Dol Baby" was used as the ending theme to the anime series Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge.

Toyosato, Shiga

In 2009, the anime K-On! featured a school modeled on Toyosato Elementary, which drew the attention of otaku.

TVB Jade

It broadcasts 24 hours a day, with a wide range of entertainment-led programming, such as comedy, anime, variety shows, popular drama and chat shows, and together with its sister Hong Kong English station, TVB Pearl, is broadcast from TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O, in the Sai Kung District, which is in the Eastern region of Hong Kong's New Territories.

Two Years' Vacation

Deux ans de vacances is the first book Shiori Shiomiya reads from the shelves of the school library during a flashback to her childhood in the anime The World God Only Knows.

Yam yam

Yam Yam y el Genio, the Spanish language title of a Japanese anime series

Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective

Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective is based on the manga and anime series YuYu Hakusho by author Yoshihiro Togashi.

Zero4 Champ

The series is something of a predecessor to works like Initial D and Wangan Midnight, with its touge racing, aero parts tuning, and anime-style "Story Mode".


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