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  2. Asuka Langley Soryu - Wikipedia

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    Asuka appeared in polls on best anime pilots [219] [220] and female anime characters, [221] [222] [223] proving popular among both female and male audiences. [ 224 ] [ 225 ] In 1996 she ranked third among the "most popular female characters of the moment" in the Anime Grand Prix survey by Animage magazine, behind Rei Ayanami and Hikaru Shido ...

  3. Pin-up model - Wikipedia

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    Betty Grable's famous pin-up photo from 1943. A pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures and photographs have wide appeal within the popular culture of a society. . Pin-up models are usually glamour, actresses, or fashion models whose pictures are intended for informal and aesthetic display, known for being pinned onto a w

  4. Hidamari Sketch - Wikipedia

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    The anime is not presented in a chronological sequence though episodes do build upon each other thematically, with details shown in earlier episodes becoming important in later ones. The first season of Hidamari Sketch was licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and distributed by Section23 Films ; the first season collection was released ...

  5. Misato Katsuragi - Wikipedia

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    Misato Katsuragi (Japanese: 葛城 ミサト, Hepburn: Katsuragi Misato) is a fictional character from the Gainax-created media franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion.In the eponymous anime television series, Misato is head of the operations department of the special agency Nerv, and is in charge of directing and devising war strategies needed to defeat mysterious beings named Angels.

  6. History of manga - Wikipedia

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    However, by the 1980s, girls and women began to play increasingly important roles in shōnen; for example, the main character in Toriyama's Dr. Slump (1980) is the mischievous and powerful girl robot Arale Norimaki. The role of girls and women in manga for male readers has evolved considerably since Arale. One class is the "beautiful girl" .

  7. Rising Impact - Wikipedia

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    Anime and manga portal Rising Impact ( Japanese : ライジングインパクト , Hepburn : Raijingu Inpakuto ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki . It was serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1998 to February 2002, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes.

  8. Giselle (Enchanted) - Wikipedia

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    Giselle's animated sequences were supervised by veteran Disney animator James Baxter, who referenced live-action footage of Adams to ensure the character was a cohesive combination of Adams and the classic Disney princess aesthetic.

  9. Signalis - Wikipedia

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    Signalis is set in a retrofuturist world, [5] in a planetary system reminiscent of the Solar System that is governed by the totalitarian Eusan Nation, which remains at war with the Eusan Empire, from which it broke away.