Ryukishi07 is the creator of the novel series focusing on a group of friends living in what rural village?
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Ryukishi07 Ryukishi07 (竜騎士07 , Ryūkishi Rei-Na , born November 19, 1973) is the pen name of a Japanese man originally from Chiba Prefecture, and the original creator for the idea of the visual novel series "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" and "Umineko no Naku Koro ni". He is the representative member of the group 07th Expansion. His pen name originates from the "Final Fantasy" series, "Ryūkishi" being the Japanese term for "Dragon Knight", and "07" goroawase for the name of "Final Fantasy V" character "Lenna".
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Higurashi When They Cry Higurashi When They Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に , Higurashi no Naku Koro ni , lit. "When the Higurashi Cicadas Cry") , known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on the Windows operating system. The first game in the series, "Onikakushi-hen", was released on August 10, 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, "Matsuribayashi-hen", was released on August 13, 2006. While the first four games carried the overall title "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni", the next four games were produced under the title "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai". A bonus fan disc called "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei" was released on December 31, 2006. In addition to the original series, new story arcs were created in manga form and in video games for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS in order to expand upon the story. The original eight PC releases were released in English by MangaGamer in 2009 and 2010. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur in 1983.
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List of Shiki chapters The manga adaption of Fuyumi Ono's horror novel Shiki was drawn and written by Ryu Fujisaki, and serialized by Shueisha in "Jump Square". The story is about a small Japanese village named Sotoba, which is plagued by bizarre deaths caused by what seemed to be an epidemic. However, when Toshio Ozaki, the hospital dean, performs his own investigations, he discovers vampires, known as "Shiki" ("Corpse Demon" in English) living in their midst. An English release of the manga series has yet to be announced.
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Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (半分の月がのぼる空 , lit. "Sky with a Rising Half-Moon" ) , subtitled looking up at the half-moon and also known as "Hantsuki", is a Japanese romance light novel series written by Tsumugu Hashimoto and illustrated by Keiji Yamamoto centering on two hospitalized seventeen year olds and the love they begin to share. The series was originally serialized in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine "Dengeki hp" and spanned eight volumes released between October 2003 and August 2006.
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Shikamaru Nara Shikamaru Nara (奈良 シカマル , Nara Shikamaru ) is a fictional character in the "Naruto" manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the anime and manga, Shikamaru is a ninja affiliated with the village of Konohagakure. He is a member of Team 10, a group of ninja consisting of himself, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, and team leader Asuma Sarutobi. Shikamaru is portrayed as a lazy character, unwilling to apply his prodigious intelligence; Kishimoto has noted that he likes Shikamaru due to his easygoing nature. Outside of the "Naruto" anime and manga, Shikamaru has appeared in four of the feature films in the series, as well as several other media relating to the series, including video games and original video animations.
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Kirito (Sword Art Online) Kazuto Kirigaya (桐ヶ谷 和人 , Kirigaya Kazuto ) is a fictional character who appears in the "Sword Art Online" series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. He is more commonly known by his portmanteau, Kirito (キリト , Kirito ) , his player name in the eponymous video game which the novels are set in. Kirito is the protagonist of the series, and is depicted as a teenager who was chosen as one of 1,000 beta testers for a new state-of-the-art virtual reality MMORPG, "Sword Art Online". After the game is released to the general public, he and 10,000 other players soon discover that they are unable to log out and are trapped in the simulation unless they manage to beat the game.
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Tokyo Tribe Tokyo Tribe (トウキョウ トライブ , Tōkyō Toraibu ) is a single-volume Seinen manga by Santa Inoue originally published in 1993. His later series "Tokyo Tribes" includes characters and settings from this story.
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Yoshiyuki Nishi Yoshiyuki Nishi (西 義之 , Nishi Yoshiyuki , born December 27, 1976) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his work, "Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation". He is the former assistant of Takeshi Obata. Born and raised in Hachioji, Tokyo.
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Shimoku Kio Shimoku Kio (木尾 士目 , Kio Shimoku , born 1974) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga "Genshiken", which was originally serialized in the "Afternoon Magazine". It was later published in Japan by Kodansha, which produces "Afternoon Magazine", and by Del Rey in the United States. Genshiken is an anime, manga, and light novel series about a college otaku club and its members.
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The Village of Stepanchikovo The Village of Stepanchikovo (Russian: Село Степанчиково и его обитатели , "Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli"), also known as The Friend of the Family, is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and first published in 1859.
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No Game No Life No Game No Life (Japanese: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ , Hepburn: Nōgēmu Nōraifu ) is a light novel series by Yū Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with nine novels released between April 25, 2012 and August 25, 2016. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a manga series for "Monthly Comic Alive" in 2013. Later that year, an anime adaptation of "No Game No Life" by Madhouse was announced. It premiered on AT-X between April and July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. An anime film adaptation of the sixth volume is scheduled to premiere on July 15, 2017. The "No Game No Life" franchise was localized in North America by several companies: Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, Sentai Filmworks the anime, and Yen Press the light novel series.
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Ryuji Imaichi Ryuji Imaichi (今市 隆二 , Imaichi Ryūji , born September 2, 1986, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese singer. He is a vocalist for the dance group, Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe.
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Our Kingdom Our Kingdom is a yaoi manga by Naduki Koujima about the relationship of Akira Nonaka, a boy from the countryside, and his cousin, Kyle Rei Basil. It is published in English by Digital Manga Publishing. Due to the 2006 Biblos bankruptcy, only the first six volumes have been released in English. It was commissioned by Digital Manga Publishing.
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Minami-ke Minami-ke (みなみけ , lit. "The Minami Family") is a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, who also authored "Kyō no Go no Ni". It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine "Young Magazine" in March 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday life of three sisters: Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami. An anime series produced by Daume aired in 2007. Asread produced a second season in 2008 titled "Minami-ke: Okawari", a third season in 2009 titled "Minami-ke: Okaeri", and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2009 titled "Minami-ke: Betsubara". In 2012, Feel produced another OVA titled "Minami-ke: Omatase", followed by a fourth anime series in 2013 titled "Minami-ke: Tadaima".
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Nakagusuku, Okinawa Nakagusuku (中城村 , Nakagusuku-son , Okinawan: Nakagushiku) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the village has an estimated population of 20,030 and a density of 1,300 persons per km². The total area is 15.46 km². The ruins of a gusuku (Ryukyuan castle), Nakagusuku Castle, are also in this village.
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School-Live! School-Live! (Japanese: がっこうぐらし! , Hepburn: Gakkō Gurashi! , lit. "Living at School!") is a Japanese manga series written by Nitroplus' Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series began serialization in the July 2012 issue of Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara Forward" magazine and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by Lerche aired between July and September 2015.
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7 Seeds 7 Seeds (7SEEDS セブンシーズ , Sebun Shīzu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura. It has been published by Shogakukan since 2001, first in the magazine "Betsucomi", then in "Flowers". The series is set in a post-apocalyptic future, long enough after a meteorite hits Earth that new species have evolved, and follows the struggles of five groups of young adults to survive after they are revived from cryonic preservation. The title comes from seven caches of supplies, called "seeds", laid down by the Japanese government. In 2007, the series won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.
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Momo Kyun Sword Momo Kyun Sword (モモキュンソード , Momo Kyun Sōdo ) is a Japanese light novel series by Kibidango Project, based on the Japanese folklore hero Momotarō. The light novel began serialization for free online in 2012. It features multiple illustrators who are rotated on a monthly basis. A "second season" of the light novel began serialization in 2013. A 4-panel manga series is also serialized online for free. An anime television series adaptation by Tri-Slash and Project No.9 aired between July and September 2014.
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Girl Friends (manga) Girl Friends (Japanese: ガールフレンズ , Hepburn: Gāru Furenzu ) is a yuri manga series by Milk Morinaga. It was serialized by Futabasha in the seinen manga magazine "Comic High!" between October 2006 and August 2010, and subsequently published as five bound volumes. The manga has been licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.
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Yuu Kamiya Thiago Furukawa Lucas (born 10 November 1984), who goes by his pen name Yuu Kamiya (榎宮 祐 , Kamiya Yū ) , is a Japanese-Brazilian novelist and illustrator. He worked on Takaya Kagami's light novel adaptation of "A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives". In 2013, he then worked on writing and illustrating his own light novel series "No Game No Life" which has been adapted into anime, was listed as one of the top-selling light novels in 2014. and was one of ten light novel series to receive a Yomiuri Shimbun Sugoi Japan Award. In 2015, his newer light novel and manga series "Clockwork Planet" was greenlit for an anime adaptation. In 2011, he married Mashiro Hiiragi, who would work on the manga adaptation of "No Game No Life".
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Tears of a Lamb Tears of A Lamb (ひつじの涙 , Hitsuji no Namida ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Banri Hidaka. It was originally serialized in "Hana to Yume" in 2001, with the individual chapters collected and published in seven "tankōbon" volumes by Hakusensha. The story focuses on Kei Hasumi, an anorexic teenager girl in love with her brother's friend Kakeru Suwa, who lost his memory. Kei searches for the ring he'd given his girlfriend to try to help him recover his memory. She is aided by Kyosuke Kanzaki, a classmate who is in love with her, who lives in an apartment where Kei believes the ring may be.
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Kurogane Communication Kurogane Communication (Japanese: 鉄コミュニケイション , Hepburn: Kurogane Komyunikeishon ) is a manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in "Dengeki Daioh" in 1997 and published in two "tankōbon" volume by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives with a family of five robots. The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Go! Comi.