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is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, with a cover illustration by Yoshitoshi ABe, and was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. [1]

100 relations: A.D. Vision, All-Nippon News Network, Amazon (company), Animax Asia, Animax India, Anime, Anime Central, Anime Network, Anime News Network, Arrangement, Bishōjo game, Borderline personality disorder, Bunkobon, Celebrity, Charity (practice), Chiba Television Broadcasting, Chris Patton, Circus (company), Civil service, Comedy-drama, Conspiracy (criminal), Conspiracy theory, Contract, Da Capo (visual novel), Daisuke Sakaguchi, Dōjin soft, Di Gi Charat, Drug, Espionage, Figurine, Funimation, Goblin, Gonzo (company), Greg Ayres, Hikikomori, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Home Television, Histrionic personality disorder, Hokkaido, Holden Caulfield, IGN, Japan, Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations, Japanese language, Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa Shoten, Kenji Ohtsuki, Kenji Oiwa, Kyoto Broadcasting System, List of manga magazines, ..., Lolicon, Luci Christian, Lyricist, Magical girl, Manga, Mangaka, Men in black, Mental image, Moe (slang), Monica Rial, Monthly Shōnen Ace, Musical composition, MVM Entertainment, NEET, Newtype, NHK, Otaku, Personality disorder, Platonic love, Protagonist, Psychedelic drug, Psychoanalysis, Psychological manipulation, Psychology, Pyramid scheme, Right Stuf Inc., Risa Hayamizu, Round Table (band), Rumi Shishido, Sanae Kobayashi, Senpai and kōhai, Serial Experiments Lain, Shōnen manga, Siren Visual, Stephanie Wittels, Subculture, Suicide pact, Tankōbon, Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Television Kanagawa, Television Saitama, The Catcher in the Rye, Theme music, Tokyo, Tokyopop, Types of restaurant, Viz Media, Writer's block, Yoshitoshi ABe, Yui Makino. Expand index (50 more) »

A.D. Vision

A.D. Vision (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment studio that served as the largest American and British anime distributor in the late 20th to early 21st centuries.

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All-Nippon News Network

, or ANN, is a commercial television news network in Japan run by TV Asahi Corporation.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.

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Animax Asia

Animax Asia is a television channel operated by Sony Pictures Television which broadcasts Japanese language anime programmings and English-language feeds in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Animax India

Animax India was the Indian division of Animax Asia, a Japanese anime television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Anime Central

Anime Central (ACen) is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare & Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

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Anime Network

Anime Network, a former subsidiary of A.D. Vision, Inc.

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Anime News Network

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

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Bishōjo game

A, or, is "a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive girls".

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Borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by unstable relationships with other people, unstable sense of self, and unstable emotions.

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Bunkobon

In Japan, are small-format paperback books, designed to be affordable and portable.

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Celebrity

Celebrity refers to the fame and public attention accorded by the mass media to individuals or groups or, occasionally, animals, but is usually applied to the persons or groups of people (celebrity couples, families, etc.) themselves who receive such a status of fame and attention.

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Charity (practice)

The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need, as a humanitarian act.

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Chiba Television Broadcasting

, doing business as, is a Japanese commercial terrestrial television broadcasting company headquartered at 11-25 Miyako-chō 1-chōme, Chūō-ku, Chiba serving Chiba Prefecture but spilver il-os received in the neighbouring prefectures.

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Chris Patton

Christopher David Patton (born March 15, 1971) is an American actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series that have been dubbed by ADV Films, Funimation, and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

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Circus (company)

Circus is a Japanese visual novel studio known for creating adult-oriented bishōjo games.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also known as dramedy (portmanteau of words drama and comedy), is a genre in film and television works in which plot elements are a combination of comedy and drama.

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Conspiracy (criminal)

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.

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Conspiracy theory

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes an unwarranted conspiracy, generally one involving an illegal or harmful act carried out by government or other powerful actors.

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Contract

A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.

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Da Capo (visual novel)

is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Circus' division Circus Northern which was released as a limited edition on June 28, 2002 playable on the PC as a CD-ROM; a DVD-ROM version followed on July 26, 2002.

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Daisuke Sakaguchi

is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.

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Dōjin soft

, also sometimes called, with dōjin sometimes transliterated as doujin or doujinshi, are video games created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as "circles"), more for fun than for profit; essentially, the Japanese equivalent of independent video games or Fangames.

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Di Gi Charat

is a Japanese manga and anime series created by Koge-Donbo.

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Drug

A drug is any substance (other than food that provides nutritional support) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body.

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Espionage

Espionage or spying, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Figurine

A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small statue that represents a human, deity or animal, or in practice a pair or small group of them.

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Funimation

FUNimation Productions, LLC (commonly known as Funimation) is an American entertainment, anime, and foreign content distribution company that is majority owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Goblin

A goblin is a monstrous creature from European folklore, first attested in stories from the Middle Ages.

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Gonzo (company)

is a Japanese anime studio established on September 11, 1992 by former Gainax staff members.

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Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks.

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Hikikomori

In Japan, are reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hiroshima Home Television

, a.k.a. is a TV station in Hiroshima.

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Histrionic personality disorder

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking emotions, usually beginning in early adulthood, including inappropriately seductive behavior and an excessive need for approval.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Holden Caulfield

Holden Caulfield is a fictional character in author J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

The, (abbreviated JAITS) is a group of Japan's reception fee-free commercial terrestrial television stations which are not members of the major national networks that has flagship in Tokyo and Osaka.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Kadokawa Corporation

is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Dwango Corporation, and is the parent company of the Kadokawa Group companies, which brings together several affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.

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Kadokawa Shoten

, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kenji Ohtsuki

is a Japanese rock musician and Seiun Award-winning writer.

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Kenji Oiwa

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Kyoto Broadcasting System

is a commercial broadcasting station headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

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List of manga magazines

This is a list of manga magazines by country of publication (in Japan, or in other countries).

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Lolicon

, also romanized as lolikon or rorikon, is Japanese discourse or media focusing on the attraction to young or prepubescent girls.

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Luci Christian

Louisa Michelle "Luci" Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer at Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

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Lyricist

A lyricist or lyrist is a person who writes lyrics—words for songs—as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's melody.

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Magical girl

is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy anime and manga which features girls with magical powers or who use magic.

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Manga

are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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Mangaka

is the Japanese word for manga artist.

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Men in black

In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen.

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Mental image

A mental image or mental picture is the representation in a person's mind of the physical world outside that person.

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Moe (slang)

is a Japanese slang loanword that refers to feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters (usually female) in anime, manga, video games, and other media directed at the otaku market.

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Monica Rial

Monica Jean Rial (born October 5, 1975) is an American voice actress, script writer, and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

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Monthly Shōnen Ace

is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994.

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Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, either a song or an instrumental music piece, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating or writing a new song or piece of music.

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MVM Entertainment

MVM Entertainment, also known as MVM and MVM Films, is a British licensor and distributor of Japanese animation.

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NEET

A NEET or neet is a young person who is "Not in Education, Employment, or Training".

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Newtype

is a monthly magazine publication originating from Japan, covering anime and manga (and to a lesser extent, tokusatsu, Japanese science fiction and video games).

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NHK

is Japan's national public broadcasting organization.

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Otaku

is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, commonly towards the anime and manga fandom.

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Personality disorder

Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

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Platonic love

Platonic love (often lower-cased as platonic) is a term used for a type of love, or close relationship that is non-sexual.

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Protagonist

A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).

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Psychedelic drug

Psychedelics are a class of drug whose primary action is to trigger psychedelic experiences via serotonin receptor agonism, causing thought and visual/auditory changes, and altered state of consciousness.

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Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders.

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Psychological manipulation

Psychological manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the behavior or perception of others through abusive, deceptive, or underhanded tactics.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Pyramid scheme

A pyramid scheme (commonly known as pyramid scams) is a business model that recruits members via a promise of payments or services for enrolling others into the scheme, rather than supplying investments or sale of products or services.

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Right Stuf Inc.

Right Stuf Inc. (formerly known as The Right Stuf International Inc.) is an independent video publisher and distributor of video programming that specializes in Asian entertainment (anime and live action films).

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Risa Hayamizu

is a Japanese voice actress represented by Arts Vision.

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Round Table (band)

Round Table is a Japanese pop band known mostly for their Anime soundtracks.

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Rumi Shishido

is a Japanese actress, voice actress, independent recording artist, cameraman, illustrator, and media personality from Hiroshima, Japan.

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Sanae Kobayashi

is a Japanese voice actress formerly affiliated with Production Baobab, and now with Sigma Seven.

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Senpai and kōhai

Senpai (先輩, "earlier colleague") and kōhai (後輩, "later colleague") are terms from the Japanese language describing an informal hierarchical interpersonal relationship found in organizations, associations, clubs, businesses, and schools in Japan.

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Serial Experiments Lain

is a science fiction anime series directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, with character design by Yoshitoshi ABe, screenplay written by Chiaki J. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda for Triangle Staff.

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Shōnen manga

is manga aimed at a teenage male target-demographic readership.

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Siren Visual

Siren Visual (formerly Siren Entertainment) is an Australian company which specialises in the distribution of Japanese anime, documentaries and off-beat cinema in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

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Stephanie Wittels

Stephanie Rose Wittels (born February 20, 1981) is an American actress, singer, and author who has been working for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks.

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Subculture

A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the parent culture to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.

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Suicide pact

A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to commit suicide.

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Tankōbon

is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series or corpus.

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Tatsuhiko Takimoto

is a Japanese author best known for his novel Welcome to the N.H.K.

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Television Kanagawa

(tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception.

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Television Saitama

abbreviated TVS, doing business as is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a story by J. D. Salinger, first published in serial form in 1945-6 and as a novel in 1951.

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Theme music

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the intro, opening credits and/or ending credits.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx Entertainment, is an American distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works.

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Types of restaurant

Various types of restaurant fall into several industry classifications based upon menu style, preparation methods and pricing.

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Viz Media

VIZ Media LLC is an American manga and anime distribution and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Writer's block

Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work, or experiences a creative slowdown.

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Yoshitoshi ABe

is a Japanese graphic artist who works predominantly in anime and manga.

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Yui Makino

is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and pianist.

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References

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