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is a Japanese science fiction manga and novel franchise that began in 1967.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 119 relations: ABC-Clio, Adventure fiction, Akira (1988 film), Akira (manga), Akira Yasuda, Akita Shoten, Ancient Greek, Anime, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Arcade cabinet, Arcade game, Astron Belt, AT-X (TV network), Audio commentary, Box office, Bryce Papenbrook, Capcom, Central Park Media, China, Chun-Li, Cliffhanger, Cobra Command (1984 video game), Cutscene, Cyclopes, Daisuke Namikawa, Dark fantasy, Data East, DVD, Dystopia, Edo period, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Ellyn Stern, En no Gyōja, Enoki Films, Enthusiast Gaming, Evil Queen, Extrasensory perception, Fighting game, Fortification, Full-motion video, Fumiko Orikasa, Gamurs, Gang, Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirō Nagai, IGN, India, Interactive film, Junpei Takiguchi, Kadokawa Corporation, ... Expand index (69 more) »

  2. 1967 manga
  3. 1979 manga
  4. 1983 anime films
  5. Films directed by Rintaro
  6. Films scored by Keith Emerson
  7. Katsuhiro Otomo
  8. Kazumasa Hirai (author)
  9. Shotaro Ishinomori

ABC-Clio

ABC-Clio, LLC (stylized ABC-CLIO) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.

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Adventure fiction

Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement.

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Akira (1988 film)

is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name.

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Akira (manga)

is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. Genma Wars and Akira (manga) are Katsuhiro Otomo and Kodansha manga.

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Akira Yasuda

(born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pseudonym "Akiman".

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Akita Shoten

is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Anime

is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.

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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.

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Arcade cabinet

An arcade cabinet, also known as an arcade machine or a coin-op cabinet or coin-op machine, is the housing within which an arcade game's electronic hardware resides.

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Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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Astron Belt

Astron Belt (アストロンベルト) is a LaserDisc video game in the form of a third-person, space combat rail shooter, released in arcades in 1983 by Sega in Japan, and licensed to Bally Midway for release in North America.

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AT-X (TV network)

is a Japanese anime television network owned by AT-X, Inc.

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An audio commentary is an additional audio track, usually digital, consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with a video.

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Box office

A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.

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Bryce Papenbrook

Bryce Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986)Birthday reference.

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Capcom

is a Japanese video game company.

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Central Park Media Corporation, often abbreviated as CPM, was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York and was headquartered in the 250 West 57th Street building in Midtown Manhattan (on the corner of Central Park, hence their name).

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chun-Li

is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter video game series.

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Cliffhanger

A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode or a film of serialized fiction.

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Cobra Command (1984 video game)

Cobra Command, known as in Japan, is an interactive movie shooter game originally released by Data East in 1984 as a LaserDisc-based arcade game. Genma Wars and Cobra Command (1984 video game) are data East arcade games and interactive movie video games.

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Cutscene

A cutscene or event scene (sometimes in-game cinematic or in-game movie) is a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, interrupting the gameplay.

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Cyclopes

In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures.

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Daisuke Namikawa

is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck.

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Dark fantasy

Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes.

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Data East

, also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Dystopia

A dystopia, also called a cacotopia or anti-utopia, is a community or society that is extremely bad or frightening.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly

Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) is a monthly American video game magazine.

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Ellyn Stern

Ellyn Stern is an American voice actress and voice director.

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En no Gyōja

(b. 634, in Katsuragi (modern Nara Prefecture); d. c. 700–707) was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training practiced by the gyōja or yamabushi.

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Enoki Films

was a Japanese studio based in the Enoki Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

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Enthusiast Gaming

Enthusiast Gaming is a Canadian digital media company specializing in video game journalism.

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Evil Queen

The Evil Queen (böse Königin), also called the Wicked Queen or the Queen, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of "Snow White", a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm; similar stories exist worldwide.

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Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind.

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Fighting game

A fighting game is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more characters.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Full-motion video

Full-motion video (FMV) is a video game narration technique that relies upon pre-recorded video files (rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models) to display action in the game. Genma Wars and Full-motion video are interactive movie video games.

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Fumiko Orikasa

is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer.

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Gamurs

The GAMURS Group, simply known as Gamurs, is an esports media and entertainment publisher.

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Gang

A gang is a group or society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime.

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Hideyuki Tanaka

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo who is attached to Aoni Production.

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Ichirō Nagai

was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Interactive film

An interactive film is a video game or other interactive media that has characteristics of a cinematic film. Genma Wars and interactive film are interactive movie video games.

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Junpei Takiguchi

, better known by his stage name, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture.

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Kadokawa Corporation

, formerly is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014.

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Katsuhiro Otomo

is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director.

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was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer from Yokosuka, Kanagawa.

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Keith Emerson

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 194411 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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Kenji Nomura

is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production.

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Kenji Utsumi

was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kitakyushu, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production.

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Kodansha

is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo.

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LaserDisc

The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978.

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List of highest-grossing films in Japan

The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Japan.

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List of highest-grossing Japanese films

Films made in Japan produce revenue through various sources; the lists below only consider box office earnings at cinemas, not other sources of income such as merchandising or home video.

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List of psychic abilities

This is a list of psychic abilities attributed to real-world people.

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Madhouse, Inc.

is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1972 by ex–Mushi Pro staff, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Genma Wars and Madhouse, Inc. are Madhouse (company).

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Mami Koyama

is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Masaharu Satō

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently working for Aoni Production.

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Media Blasters, sometimes abbreviated as MB, is an American entertainment company that was founded by John Sirabella in 1997 and is based in New York City.

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Messiah complex

The messiah complex is a mental state in which a person believes they are a messiah or prophet and will save or redeem people in a religious endeavour.

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Michael Donovan

Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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Monthly Comic Ryū

is a Japanese monthly ''seinen'' manga and anime magazine published by Tokuma Shoten.

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Mori Masaki

is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and director.

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Motomu Kiyokawa

was a Japanese actor who specialized in voice acting.

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Mu (mythical lost continent)

Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis.

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Mutants in fiction

The concept of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction.

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Natalie (website)

is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Neo Tokyo (film)

, also titled Manie-Manie on its title card, is a 1987 Japanese adult animated science fiction anthology film produced by Project Team Argos and Madhouse. Genma Wars and Neo Tokyo (film) are films directed by Rintaro and Madhouse (company).

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nonlinear gameplay

A video game with nonlinear gameplay presents players with challenges that can be completed in a number of different sequences.

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Novel

A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry.

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Play Meter

Play Meter (initially Coin Industry Play Meter) was an American trade magazine focusing on the coin-op amusement arcade industry, including jukebox and arcade game machines.

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Princess

Princess is a title used by a female member of a monarch's family or by a female ruler.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Richard Epcar

Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime.

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Rintaro

is the pseudonym of, a well-known director of anime.

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Robot

A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.

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Rosemary Butler (singer)

Rosemary Ann Butler (née Lane; born April 6, 1947) is an American singer.

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Ryūji Saikachi

was a Japanese actor and voice actor, known for his roles as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables, Grand Kai in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn and Mole Beastman in Kamen Rider Amazon.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Sega

is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

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Seinen manga

is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men.

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Shōnen manga

is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys.

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Shooter game

Shooter video games or shooters are a subgenre of action video games where the focus is on the defeat of the character's enemies using ranged weapons given to the player.

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Shotaro Ishinomori

was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, the Super Sentai series (later adapted into the Power Rangers series), and the Kamen Rider series.

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Simian

The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sprite (computer graphics)

In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene, most often in a 2D video game.

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Street Fighter II

is a 2D fighting game developed by Capcom and originally released for arcades in 1991.

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Subplot

In fiction, a subplot or side story is a secondary strand of the plot that is a supporting side story for any story or for the main plot.

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Tōru Emori

is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director.

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Tōru Furuya

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

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THEM Anime Reviews

THEM Anime Reviews, otherwise known as THEM or T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, is an anime review website that writes about current and past anime in any form, including OVAs and ONAs.

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Time travel

Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future.

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Tokuma Shoten

is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

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Tomoyo Harada

is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's.

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Transylvania

Transylvania (Transilvania or Ardeal; Erdély; Siebenbürgen or Transsilvanien, historically Überwald, also Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania.

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Twin Galaxies

Twin Galaxies is a social media platform and video game database.

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Vampire

A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.

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VHS

The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC).

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Ward Perry

Ward Perry (born March 20, 1970) is a Canadian voice actor and ADR script writer who has voiced characters for a number of anime dubbed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Weakness

Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions.

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Weekly Shōnen Magazine

is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959.

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Wendee Lee

Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.

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Werewolf

In folklore, a werewolf, or occasionally lycanthrope (λυκάνθρωπος|lykánthrōpos|wolf-human|label.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity.

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Yui Shōsetsu

Yui Shōsetsu was a Japanese military scholar and rōnin in the Edo period.

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See also

1967 manga

1979 manga

1983 anime films

Films directed by Rintaro

Films scored by Keith Emerson

Katsuhiro Otomo

Kazumasa Hirai (author)

Shotaro Ishinomori

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genma_Wars

Also known as Bega's Battle, Genma Taisen, Ghenma Wars, Harmagedon (1983 film), Harmagedon (film), .

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