Kaiji (manga), the Glossary

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1. 145 relations: Abema, Action fiction, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Akagi (manga), Animal World (film), Anime, Anime Limited, Anime News Network, AnimeNation, Backsliding, Blu-ray, Box Office Mojo, Cee-lo, Cine21, Clamp (manga artists), Compile Heart, Crunchyroll, Cult following, Death Note, Denpa (company), Deus ex machina, Dubbing, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, Figma (toy), Frank R. Stockton, Fumihiko Tachiki, Gambling, Gambling in Japan, George Morikawa, Gin to Kin, Good Smile Company, Hakuryu (actor), Hideki Taniuchi, Hideo Yamamoto, Hidive, Homura Kawamoto, Hwang Dong-hyuk, IGN, Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japan Standard Time, Japanese mahjong, Japanese variety show, Jōkyō Seikatsuroku Ichijō, Joost, Kaiji (2009 film), Kaiji 2, Kaiji: Final Game, Kakegurui, Katsuhisa Namase, Kōtarō Yoshida (actor), ... Expand index (95 more) »

2. Mahjong in anime and manga
3. Nobuyuki Fukumoto
4. Psychological anime and manga

Abema

is a Japanese streaming service that launched on April 11, 2016, under the name It is majority-owned by CyberAgent, with a 55.2% stake, and TV Asahi, with a 36.8% stake, while the remaining ownership belongs to various other companies, mostly in the media and entertainment industry.

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Action fiction

Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events.

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Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Akagi (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Kaiji (manga) and Akagi (manga) are anime series based on manga, Madhouse (company), mahjong in anime and manga, Nippon TV original programming, Nobuyuki Fukumoto and psychological anime and manga.

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Animal World (film)

Animal World, also known as Animal World: Mr.

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Anime

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

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Anime Limited

Anime Limited, also known as All the Anime is a British anime distribution company based in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Anime News Network

Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan.

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AnimeNation

AnimeNation was an American business that included RentAnime.com, a discussion forum, anime industry news, and a column called "Ask John".

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Backsliding

Backsliding, also known as falling away or described as "committing apostasy", is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format.

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Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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Cee-lo

Cee-lo is a gambling game played with three six-sided dice.

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Cine21

Cine21 is a South Korean film magazine published by The Hankyoreh newspaper.

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Clamp (manga artists)

Clamp (stylized in all caps) is an all-female Japanese manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkawa (born in Osaka), and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi (all born in Kyoto).

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Compile Heart

is a Japanese video game developer founded on June 2, 2006 as a subsidiary of Idea Factory.

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Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.

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Death Note

Death Note (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. Kaiji (manga) and Death Note are anime series based on manga, Madhouse (company), manga adapted into films and Nippon TV original programming.

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Denpa (company)

DENPA LLC is an American publishing company located in Portland, Oregon.

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Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina (plural: dei ex machina; English "god from the machine") is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.

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Dubbing

Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings (doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack.

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Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

(sic) is a Japanese electronicore band from Kobe that was formed in summer 2008.

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Figma (toy)

The series is a Japanese action figure line produced by Max Factory and distributed by Good Smile Company.

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Frank R. Stockton

Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

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Fumihiko Tachiki

is a Japanese voice actor, live-action actor, and narrator.

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Gambling

Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted.

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Gambling in Japan

In Japan, most forms of gambling are generally banned by the Criminal Code chapter 23; however, there are several exceptions, including betting on horse racing and certain motor sports.

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George Morikawa

is a Japanese manga author known for the long-running series Hajime no Ippo. Born in Tokyo, Morikawa was inspired to become a manga artist upon reading Tetsuya Chiba's Harris no Kaze in elementary school.

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Gin to Kin

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Kaiji (manga) and Gin to Kin are Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Good Smile Company

is a Japanese manufacturer of hobby products such as the Nendoroid and figma product lines, as well as scale figures.

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Hakuryu (actor)

is a South Korean actor and musician.

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Hideki Taniuchi

is a Japanese composer and arranger from Hokkaido.

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Hideo Yamamoto

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Hidive

Hidive (stylized in all caps) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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Homura Kawamoto

is a Japanese manga artist and writer.

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Hwang Dong-hyuk

Hwang Dong-hyuk (born May 26, 1971) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter.

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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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Ikusaburo Yamazaki

is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by Ken-On.

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Japan Standard Time

, or, is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00).

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Japanese mahjong

, also known as riichi mahjong, is a variation of mahjong.

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Japanese variety show

A Japanese variety show is an entertainment television program made up of a variety of original stunts, musical performances, comedy skits, quiz contests, and other acts.

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Jōkyō Seikatsuroku Ichijō

is a Japanese manga series written by Tensei Hagiwara and illustrated by Tomoki Miyoshi and Yoshiaki Seto. Kaiji (manga) and Jōkyō Seikatsuroku Ichijō are Kodansha manga and Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Joost

Joost was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa).

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Kaiji (2009 film)

, also known as Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series ''Kaiji'', written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Kaiji 2

is a 2011 Japanese live-action film based on Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji, the second part of the manga series ''Kaiji'', written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Kaiji: Final Game

is a 2020 Japanese live-action film based on the manga series ''Kaiji'', written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Kakegurui

is a Japanese manga series written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Tōru Naomura. Kaiji (manga) and Kakegurui are anime series based on manga.

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Katsuhisa Namase

is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in television dramas.

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Kōtarō Yoshida (actor)

is a Japanese actor and theatre director.

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Keisuke Itagaki

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Kodansha

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

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Kodansha Manga Award

is one of Japan's major manga awards, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

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Kono Manga ga Sugoi!

is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha since 2005 featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Level-5 (company)

is a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Fukuoka.

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Li Yifeng

Li Yifeng (born Li He, 4 May 1987) also known as Evan Li, is a Chinese actor and singer.

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List of best-selling manga

The following is a list of the best-selling Japanese manga series to date in terms of the number of collected tankōbon volumes sold.

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List of Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji chapters

Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, known in Japan as Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, is the first part of the manga series ''Kaiji'' by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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List of Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji chapters

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji is the third part of the manga series Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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List of Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24 Oku Dasshutsu-hen chapters

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24 Oku Dasshutsu-hen is the sixth part of the manga series ''Kaiji'' by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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List of Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuya-hen chapters

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuya-hen is the fourth part of the manga series ''Kaiji'' by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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List of Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen chapters

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen is the fifth part of the manga series ''Kaiji'' by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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List of Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji chapters

Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji is the second part of the manga series ''Kaiji'' by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Live action

Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation.

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Livedoor

was a Japanese company that functioned as an Internet service provider and operator of a web portal and blog platform before being brought down by a scandal in 2006.

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Loan shark

A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt.

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Lost Decades

The Lost Decades are a lengthy period of economic stagnation in Japan precipitated by the asset price bubble's collapse beginning in 1990.

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Mackenyu

, known professionally as or simply, is a Japanese actor.

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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. Kaiji (manga) and Madhouse, Inc. are Madhouse (company).

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Mainichi Shimbun

The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the Mainichi Shimbun, which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called The Mainichi (previously Mainichi Daily News, abbreviated MDN), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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Masatō Ibu

is a Japanese actor and voice actor, Best known for his villainous characters.

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Masato Hagiwara

is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player.

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game.

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Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer.

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Millennials

Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with the generation typically being defined as people born from 1981 to 1996.

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Monster Hunter Frontier G

Monster Hunter Frontier G was an expansion pack for Monster Hunter Frontier Z, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the Monster Hunter series for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. As of August 2014, the game had 4.5 million registered players.

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Morning (magazine)

is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha.

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Mr. Tonegawa

is a Japanese manga series written by Tensei Hagiwara and illustrated by Tomohiro Hashimoto and Tomoki Miyoshi. Kaiji (manga) and Mr. Tonegawa are anime series based on manga, Kodansha manga, Madhouse (company), Nippon TV original programming, Nobuyuki Fukumoto and Sentai Filmworks.

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Naoki Urasawa

is a Japanese manga artist and musician. Kaiji (manga) and Naoki Urasawa are Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General).

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Natalie (website)

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

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Nendoroid

The series is a brand of plastic figures created by the Japanese Good Smile Company since 2006.

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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NHK World-Japan

NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK.

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Nintendo 3DS

The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo.

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Nintendo DS

The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005.

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Nintendo Switch

The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017.

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Nippon Television

The, also known as (NTV), with the call sign JOAX-DTV (channel 4), is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System.

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Nobuyuki Fukumoto

is a Japanese manga artist, well known for his work including unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analyses of characters, and his distinct art style. Kaiji (manga) and Nobuyuki Fukumoto are Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General).

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One Outs

One Outs (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. Kaiji (manga) and One Outs are anime series based on manga, Madhouse (company), Nippon TV original programming and psychological anime and manga.

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Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music.

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Otakon

Otakon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August.

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Otaku USA

Otaku USA is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective.

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Pachinko

is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling.

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PlayStation

is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.

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PlayStation (console)

The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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PlayStation VR

The PlayStation VR (PS VR, known by its code name Project Morpheus during development) is a virtual reality headset developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, which was released in October 2016.

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Polygon (website)

Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.

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PR Times

PR Times (stylized in all caps, PR TIMES, Inc.) is a Japanese public relations company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.

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Rock paper scissors

Rock paper scissors (also known by several other names and word orders, see § Names) is an intransitive hand game, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand.

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Sammy Corporation

is a Japanese developer and retailer of pachinko and pachislot machines, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

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Sōten Kōro

, also known as Beyond the Heavens, is a Japanese manga series by Hagin Yi and King Gonta. Kaiji (manga) and Sōten Kōro are Kodansha manga, Madhouse (company) and Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General).

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Seinen manga

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

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Sentai Filmworks

Sentai Filmworks, LLC (or simply Sentai) is an American entertainment company.

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Shinobu Kaitani

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.

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Shuichi Shigeno

is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Bari Bari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue ("First Love in Summer").

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Slot machine

A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers.

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Sota Fukushi

is a Japanese actor.

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A spin-off or spinoff is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.

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Squid Game

Squid Game is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.

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Sunao Katabuchi

is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist.

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Suzuki Matsuo

is a Japanese theatre director, actor, novelist, and screenwriter.

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Taiki Yamazaki

Please don't delete this article because this actor or actress will play a lead or supporting role in the tokusatsu series "Uchu Sentai Kyuranger" and will continue their career and make more roles, either lead or supporting, after the end of the programme.

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Takarajimasha

is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Tankōbon

A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as and bunkobon.

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Tatsuya Fujiwara

is a Japanese actor.

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TBS Television (Japan)

JORX-DTV (channel 6), branded as, is the Kantō region flagship station of the Japan News Network.

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TechRadar

TechRadar is an online publication owned by Future plc and focused on technology.

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Ten (manga)

is a mahjong-centric Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Kaiji (manga) and Ten (manga) are mahjong in anime and manga and Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Teruyuki Kagawa

is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor (as), and boxing commentator.

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Tetsuya Chiba

is a Japanese manga artist famous for his sports stories.

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The Blue Hearts

was a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

"The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a much-anthologized short story written by Frank R. Stockton for publication in the November issue of The Century Magazine in 1882.

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The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya

is a Japanese gambling manga series written by Fūmei Sai and illustrated by Yasushi Hoshino. Kaiji (manga) and the Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya are Kodansha manga and mahjong in anime and manga.

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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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Thriller (genre)

Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction.

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Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media is a Chinese company that owns the largest online movie ticketing website in China, maoyan.com, with 30% share of the market in 2015.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Toshiki Seto

is a Japanese actor.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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VAP, Inc.

(initials of Video & Audio Project) is a Japanese entertainment company, headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Weekly Young Magazine

is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yakitori

is a Japanese type of skewered chicken.

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Yami-ma no Mamiya

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Kaiji (manga) and Yami-ma no Mamiya are mahjong in anime and manga and Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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Yūki Amami

is a Japanese actress.

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Yuriko Yoshitaka

is a Japanese actress.

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Yusuke Iseya

is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman.

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1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō

is a Japanese manga series written by Tensei Hagiwara and illustrated by Motomu Uehara and Kazuya Arai. Kaiji (manga) and 1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō are anime series based on manga, Kodansha manga and Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

On 11 March 2011, at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region.

See Kaiji (manga) and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

See also

Mahjong in anime and manga

• Akagi (manga)
• Furiten-kun
• Golden Sakura
• Kaiji (manga)
• Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū
• Mahjong Soul
• Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku
• Muteki no Hito
• Pon no Michi
• Saki (manga)
• Ten (manga)
• The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya
• Tōhai
• Yami-ma no Mamiya

Nobuyuki Fukumoto

• 1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō
• Akagi (manga)
• Confession (manga)
• Gambling Emperor Legend Zero
• Gin to Kin
• Jōkyō Seikatsuroku Ichijō
• Kaiji (manga)
• Mr. Tonegawa
• Nobuyuki Fukumoto
• Ten (manga)
• The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!
• Yami-ma no Mamiya

Psychological anime and manga

• A Silent Voice (film)
• Akagi (manga)
• Chicago (manga)
• Eden of the East
• Himizu (manga)
• Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (TV series)
• Kaiji (manga)
• Menhera
• Monogatari (series)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)
• One Outs
• Penguindrum
• Ping Pong (manga)
• Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
• Rascal Does Not Dream
• Scum's Wish
• Speed Grapher
• Subete ga F ni Naru
• The Flowers of Evil (manga)
• The Garden of Sinners
• The Tatami Galaxy
• Welcome to the N.H.K.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiji_(manga)

Also known as C Kara Hajimaru ABC, Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji, Kaiji 2: Hakairoku Hen, Kaiji: Hakairoku Hen, Makeinu-tachi no Requiem, Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka, Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Ultimate Survivor Kaiji.

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