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Saganaki, lit on fire, at the Parthenon Restaurant in Greektown, Chicago. In many Greek restaurants in the United States and Canada, after the saganaki cheese is fried, it is flambéed at table (often with a shout of "opa!" [4]), after which the flames usually are extinguished with a squeeze of lemon juice.
The first anime adaptation of Shotaro Ishinomori's manga Cyborg 009 was created in 1968, following the film adaptation two years prior. 1969's "Attack no.1", the first shoujo sports anime was one of the first to have success in Japanese primetime and was also popular throughout Europe, particularly in Germany under the name "Mila Superstar."
Prior to the widespread use of anime, the term Japanimation, a portmanteau of Japan and animation, was prevalent throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In the mid-1980s, the term anime began to supplant Japanimation; [17] in general, the latter term now only appears in period works where it is used to distinguish and identify Japanese animation. [18]
The anime and manga industry forms an integral part of Japan's soft power as one of its most prominent cultural exports. [4] Anime are Japanese animated shows with a distinctive artstyle. Anime storylines can include fantasy or real life. They are famous for elements like vivid graphics and character expressions.
[77] [78] The combination proved extremely successful, and Sailor Moon became internationally popular in both manga and anime formats. [ 77 ] [ 79 ] Another example is CLAMP 's Magic Knight Rayearth , whose three young heroines - Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu - are magically transported to the world of Cefiro to become armed magical warriors and defend ...
Kuroto Nakano is a young salaryman with a very unhappy and stressful life, almost entirely occupied by his job at the company for which he works. One night, after yet another day spent overworking, the moment he opens the door of his home he finds a seemingly young girl with fox ears and a tail cooking dinner for him – her name is Senko, an 800-year-old fox demigod.
An Internet radio show to promote the anime series was broadcast between June 11, 2008, and April 7, 2009, with ten episodes being produced. The show is hosted by Haruka Tomatsu (who plays Nagi in the anime), Hideyuki Kurata (the anime's screenwriter), and Yutaka Yamamoto (the anime's director). The broadcasts are distributed on the anime's ...
The Law of Ueki (Japanese: うえきの法則, Hepburn: Ueki no Hōsoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi.It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2001 to October 2004, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes.