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| abayo | Language | | A very colloquial way of saying farewell, used only among close male friends. An English equivalent might be, "Later, man." |
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| ABCB | Plot Item | | The cafe/restaurant where the characters in Kimagure Orange Road (particularly Madoka Ayukawa) often held part-time jobs (arubaito), or simply used as a hangout. Since it is often frowned upon in Japan for high school students to work part-time, the job had to be kept a secret in the early episodes. |
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| ADP | Plot Item | 1. [noun] Abbreviation for "AD Police", the government agency in charge of boomer (mecha) control in the popular anime series Bubblegum Crisis and spinoffs.
2. [noun] Fan abbreviation for AD Police Files anime series. |
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| ADR | Technical Term | | Automated Dialogue Recording. The process of making an English language soundtrack which fits the mouth movements on the screen. This can sometimes involve retiming or 'stretching' some lines, either mechanically, or simply by the actor redubbing them, or rewriting to replace a set of words that don't fit with ones that do. |
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| ADV Films | Company | | What started in 1992 by two import store owners has become one of the industry leaders, with a library in the hundreds and enough product already licensed to fill their release schedule over five years in advance, they've come a long way since their initial releases, Devil Hunter Yohko, Sol Bianca,Battle Angel and Guy. Recently formed a "fansub" department for product that cannot be dubbed immediately for whatever reason, and currently concentrating on releasing DVD's, most notably of their landmark series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Unfortunately, they have also become known for somewhat oversexed tape boxes. |
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| Afura Mann | Character | | Afura Mann is one of the priestesses of Mount Muldoon in El Hazard OAV's and TV series El Hazard - The Alternative World, as well as The Wanderers TV show. Afura is the most level headed of the three priestesses. Her skills are those of the wind. She is able to fly and use powerful blasts of air that can destroy a whole Bugrom attack ship. Afura seems to have little tolerance for Shayla Shayla and her temper problems. The two pick on each other on a regular basis even if they are friends. Afura tends to be the serious thinker in the group of adventurers. |
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| Ai Orikasa | Seiyuu | | A Japanese seiyuu, is most known in the West for her role as the space pirate Ryoko in the 1992 OVA series Tenchi Muyo! and all of it's later incarnations. She also voiced characters for the TV series Saber Marionette J and Photon, the recent OVA series by the creator of Tenchi Muyo!. She has also lead a successful singing career, releasing 5 full albums and 11 singles over the course of 6 years. She continues to lend her voice to anime series today. |
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| AIC Studios | Company | | One of the most well-known anime studios in Japan and the United States. Lauded for having both excellent, high quality animation and licensing the most popular titles. Responsible for series like Tenchi Muyo OVA(1992-1993) and all its subsequent TV series, El-Hazard: The Magnificent World and all of its sequel series, more recently the new and highly anticipated Bubblegum Crisis:Tokyo 2040 and a host of others. AIC also produces theatrical animation, showcasing titles like Tenchi Muyo In Love and its sequels. |
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| aidoru | Language | | From the English "idol", usually referring to singers. Japanese aidoru singers are revered by Japanese teens in the same way as American teen idols are in the US. If anything, idol singers are an even larger phenomenon in Japan, and aidoru are well represented in anime - from Perfect Blue's Cham to Macross Plus's Sharon Apple. |
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| Aino, Minako | Character |  A bubbly, blonde girl in Sailor Moon. Her last name can mean "of love" which ties in with her identity as Sailor Venus and her powers which sometimes involve love (for example, "Venus Love Me Chain"). She is one of the inner senshi, and is very close to Sailor Moon. In the series, she is the first senshi to emerge, under the name Sailor V. Sailor V fought evil in London, England. Minako has a guardian cat, called Artemis. Her birthday is October 22nd and her blood type is B. |
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| Aisha Clan-Clan | Character | | A major character from Outlaw Star. A member of the Ctarl-Ctarl race, known for its viciousness in battle, Aisha is assigned to search for the legendary Galactic Leyline... though not even she knows exactly what it is, only that it is powerful. Aisha is extremely rash and prone to jump to conclusions, getting her into all sorts of trouble; she's not too bright, either. As a Ctarl-Ctarl, she has lycanthropic abilities, allowing her to transform (well, get bigger and stronger) by drawing on the power of the moon's phase. Even on a moonless space station, she is a formidable hand-to-hand opponent when transformed. Aisha doesn't get along with nor trust the other crew of the Outlaw Star, who often wonder how she ended up tagging along with them; however, since they are all searching for the same thing (and Aisha doesn't have a ship at her disposal) , it remains an uneasy but peaceful arrangement. |
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| Akagi, Ritsuko | Character | | A major character from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Ritsuko's mother was instrumental in the creation of the MAGI computer system, and Ritsuko followed her by creating the necessary software interfaces. The doctor (Ph.D. style, of course) is quite acerbic at times, and difficult to get along with. She went through college with Misato Katsuragi and Ryoji Kaji, who are her closest friends. Ritsuko maintains an occasional affair with Gendo Ikari, the head of NERV, though this may be due more to the fact that the two know the secret intentions of NERV than any sort of attraction to each other. Ritsuko does not like Rei, and assumes that the reverse is true as well. |
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| Akane Tendo | Character | | Akane Tendo is the youngest of the three Tendo daughters in the series Ranma 1/2. A bit of a tomboy and the only one of the girls interested in martial arts, she finds herself unwillingly engaged to the son of her father's oldest friend, Ranma Saotome. She and Ranma attend Furinkan High School together. Her cooking is dangerous. |
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| Akari Kanzaki | Character | | Akari Kanzaki is the central character from the OVA series Battle Athletes and related TV series Battle Athletes Victory. Like just about every other girl her age, she dreams of becoming the Cosmo Beauty:the top female athlete in the solar system. Akari should have the talent to achieve this goal as she is the daughter of the greatest Cosmo Beauty of all time, Tomoe Mido. However, Akari appears totally inept at just about every event and is at the bottom of her class at training school. With friends to help her and rivals to challenge her, she attempts to improve herself so that she can go to the University Satellite and compete in the Great Competition for the title of Cosmo Beauty. |
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| Akihabara | Cultural Reference | | A neighborhood in Tokyo originally centered around the Akiba Shrine, Akihabara is now the major electronics center of the city. After World War II, the area was home to a triving black market for all sorts of products; when the black market was shut down, the radio equipment sellers remained. Today, Akihabara is where you can find all of the latest electronic gadgets on the market, as well as arcades, home video games and nime. Akihabara was featured heavily in the anime title Pretty Sammy. |
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| Akira Ishida | Seiyuu | | The talented Japanese voice actor behind famous characters such as Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion), Xelloss (Slayers), Ren (Fushigi Yuugi OAV) and Fish Eye (Sailor Moon SuperS). He seems to voice many effeminate male characters, and as a consequence he is popular with female seiyuu fans. |
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| Akira Kamiya | Seiyuu | | Kamiya Akira has had a long and illustrious career as a seiyuu. He has provided voices in anime for almost thirty years. He has played the rich rival characters in the adaptations of Takahashi Rumiko's Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, the mad scientists in Sailor Moon S and All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, and the drunken but heroic pilot Roy Fokker in Macross. He is still working as a seiyuu, having provided voices for the recent City Hunter and Cutey Honey F anime. A short list of his more famous roles is below: Seiyuu (Dr. Kisaragi) ; Cutey Honey F (1996) Seiyuu (Professor Tomoe) ; Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S (1994) Seiyuu (Garlic Jr.) ; Dragonball Z Movie 1 (1989) Seiyuu (Roy Fokker) ; Superdimension Fortress Macross (1982) Seiyuu (Shuutaro Mendo) ; Urusei Yatsura (1981) |
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| Akira Kurosawa | Person | | Akira Kurosawa was born in Omori Japan on March 23 1910 and died on September 6 1998. He is considered one of the major influences in world cinema. He not only pioneered several camera techniques and styles, but his film have served to inspire countless other films and anime. Kurosawa is known mostly for his period dramas involving samurai, but he has also done film noir and 20's style gangster movies. Many anime are definitely influenced by Kurosawa's style, camera movement, and technique. Almost every duel in an anime has that special Kurosawa look to it (especially if there is wind blowing through the scene) . Writer, Director Rashomon (1950) Writer, Director Seven Samurai (1954) Writer, Director Yojinbo (1961) Writer, Director Ran (1985) Writer, Director Dreams (1990) |
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| Akira Toriyama | Artist | | Born in Aichi Prefecture on April 5th, 1955, Toriyama graduated from industrial high school and entered the advertising business. In 1978, he began writing short manga stories for the immensely popular weekly manga magazine Shonen Jump. His first major success was with the humorous Dr. Slump, then later he enjoyed an even bigger success with the comic DragonBall which lasted over a decade. Today he continues writing short stories and one-shots, as well as being a character designer for many popular videogames, particularly RPGs. |
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| Akito Hayama | Character | | A character from the anime series, Kodomo no Omocha (Child's Toy). Unlike the main character, Sana Kurata, Akito is a gloomy, pessimistic boy. He has short light brown hair and brown eyes and takes karate lessons in hopes of becoming the world champion one day. He also has a crush on Sana though he doesn't show it aside from his jealous nature. He was the leader figure of the boys in his class back when they were constantly disrupting class, picking on the teacher and fellow classmates. The reason for his twisted personality started when he was three years old and his older sister, Natsumi (age six) , told him (rather harshly) that the reason why they didn't have a mother was because he had "killed her". The truth was that their mother was physically weak, but gave birth to Akito anyway. Back then, Akito was still getting along with his father, but after Natsumi blamed him for their mother's death, she added in that their father actually hated him too. Because of that, Akito began to hate the world and did not open up his heart to anyone except for his friend Tsuyoshi Sasaki until Sana came along. With Sana's made for television movie that she made the Hayama family watch, Akito's family life had brightened up. |
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| Akito Tenkawa | Character | | The hero of the scifi-comedy-drama series Martian Successor Nadesico, Tenkawa Akito holds the secret to the Boson Jump system, a key element to the series. Originally planning to be a cook, Akito finds out about his lost past on the battleship Nadesico and becomes an ace Aestevalis pilot. Although he was overshadowed by the popularity of Hoshino Ruri, Akito still played a major part in the immensely popular Nadesico movie. |
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| Albatou, Dilandau | Character | | The young bishonen Dilandau is the ace guymelef pilot for the Zaibach Empire, in the anime Vision of Escaflowne. He is the head of an elite guymelef squadron, assigned to capture Escaflowne itself. Dilandau's handsome features belie an insane nature, and he revels in death and destruction. He also has a special fondness for fire, an intense vanity and arrogance, and a tendency to disobey orders. Dilandau's failure to capture Escaflowne and it's pilot, Van Fanel, drives him ever more over the edge of insanity. Dilandau's dark past also hides several devastating secrets. |
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| Alex Matulich | Person | | Author of JACOsub subtitling software for Amiga computers. |
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| Alita | Character | | A combat cyborg from the manga series Battle Angel, of which she is the title character. The name of the character in the original Japanese manga was "Gally", which was changed for the English translation but not for the two-episode OAV release. Alita is a cyborg, scavenged from a junk pile by the doctor Ido Daisuke and rebuilt. Amnesiac, her only link to her past is the awesome fighting ability of her Panzer Kunst martial arts technique. Through the long length of the series, Alita is equipped with a variety of bodies, including a powerful "berserker" combat body, a wheeled racing model for the sport "Motorball", and eventually a custom body created in the floating city Tiphares. Alita treats Ido like a father and is distraught at his later disappearance, falls in love with the doomed Hugo and later with the nomadic Figure Four, and spends over half the series opposing the mad scientist Desty Nova and the bandit warlord Den. Alita is not rude, per se, but is very direct and has no patience for delays or verbal hedging. |
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| Allen Schezar | Character | | The main "bishounen" of the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne, Allen is a master at the sword one of the Asturian Knights of Heaven. He has achieved the fine balance of being both a playboy and a gentleman (a feat very few men can accomplish) and has a knack for making most women weak at the knees with his very charming nature. |
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| Alpha case | Technical Term | | Standard-sized DVD storage case utilizing a bracket that must be pinched in order to lift out the disc. Unpopular with many fans. |
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| Alpha shell | Technical Term | | Durable VHS tape shell made by now-defunct plastics manufacturer Shape, used in early ADV Films releases and some AnimEigo releases. Memorable for smaller tape windows, streamlined appearance, and multiple colors. |
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| Amaray Keepcase | Technical Term | | Standard-sized DVD storage case utilizing a pressure-sensitive bracket in the shape of a yin-yang, which releases the disc when pressed. Many fans prefer this style of DVD case, while others report trouble with the disc coming out unintentionally and bouncing around the case, becoming scratched. Several different mold variations are known to exist. |
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| Amaterasu | Character | | Amaterasu is the main character of Mamoru Nagano's Five Star Stories. His full name is Amaterasu Dis Grand Grees Eydas IV, and he is the emperor of Grees on the planet of Delta Belun. Although he is male, he is very feminine in appearance, and indeed he often uses one of his female subordinates to stand in for him. His goal is to prevent the eventual collapse of human society in the Joker Cluster, by unifying all the warring kingdoms, and his journey will eventually last over five billion years. He is named after the sun goddess of Japanese mythology, who all Japanese emperors claim direct descent from, and indeed he exhibits godlike powers as the series unfolds. Amaterasu also sometimes masquerades as Ladios Sopp, a simple mortar headd designer. |
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| Amelia De Wil Tesla Saillune | Character | | A major character in the Slayers anime. The daughter of Philionel El De Saillune, prince of the city Saillune, she is in the direct line to the throne (though, in her early teens, she is years away from leadership of the city.) An accomplished shrine maiden, she is skilled at all three types of magic, though relatively less in black magic than white and shamanist. Her strong belief in justice borders on pathological and gets her into trouble a lot, not to mention her tendency towards hero-worship. Very close friends (not quite something more) with Zelgadis Greywords, a chimera companion. |
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