In Akira Toriyama's manga and anime series Dragon Ball, a scientist named Dr. Gero created several cyborgs, including villain Cell, sibling cyborgs Android 17 and Android 18, as well as Android 20, who was built from Gero himself.

With the help of marine biologist Akira Ichinose, they trace the Titanosaurus to a reclusive, mad scientist named Shinzô Mafune, who wants to destroy all mankind.

She has a black belt in Aikido and develops a crush on fellow student Akira Fukae, who unfortunately, does not reciprocate.

The success of this album brought them to the attention of Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who commissioned them to create the soundtrack of Akira.

In a Go salon, Hikaru defeats Akira Toya twice, a boy his age who plays Go at professional level, by following Sai's instruction.

Hikaru, along with Akira and Kiyoharu Yashiro, are selected to represent Japan, while Hong Su-Yeong ( a Korean Go player who was beaten by Hikaru earlier in the series ) and two others represent Korea and three of Shinichiro Isumi's Chinese friends represent their country.

In the end of the story, it shows two inseis who are ranked 14th and 16th in the group were discussing whether Akira Toya or Hikaru Shindo were stronger.

In the Young Lions tournament, they are each paired with Hikaru and Akira, making them change their minds about who is stronger.

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For artistic inspiration for bullet time, I would credit Otomo Katsuhiro, who co-wrote and directed Akira, which definitely blew me away, along with director Michel Gondry.

, spelled as Freeza in the Japanese version, Freezer in English and Spanish version is a fictional character, a Supervillain and a major antagonist from Frieza arc of the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama, who first introduced the character in his manga Dragon Ball, followed by its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z. Frieza also appears in the television special Bardock: The Father of Goku, two Dragon Ball Z movies, the side story The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, and in Dragon Ball GT.

In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor who is most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa.

Also tapped was Akira Ishikawa, a little-known former player, who was tasked with bringing in talented amateurs.

Mobara is also the hometown of Akira Haraguchi, the man famous for reciting over 100, 000 digits of Pi, who works as a mental health counsellor and business consultant in Mobara.

Current mayor is Akira Nyumura, who elected by November 2006, and former Arai mayor elected since November 2002.

Mendes, who described the graphic novel as " much more pulpy ", sought to reduce the graphic novel's background to its essence, seeking the " nonverbal simplicity " of films like Once Upon a Time in America ( 1984 ), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ( 1973 ), and films by Akira Kurosawa that lacked dialogue.

It was hosted by Miyu Irino and Akira Ishida, who voiced Daisuke Niwa and Satoshi Hiwatari, respectively.

His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama, who is the creator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump.

In the first OVA, she saves Akira from a gang of bullies who are threatening him.

In those days, many celebrities went to the restaurant ; Akira Kurosawa, Yukio Mishima, Kōbō Abe, Seiji Ozawa, Ryu Murakami, Taro Okamoto, Kishin Shinoyama, and Hiroshi " Monsieur " Kamayatsu, who eventually became her first record producer.

Although Akira seems to have similar feelings for Midori, Midori eventually finds out about Akira's feelings toward Hiroko, who is Midori's favorite art teacher at their school.

She is a very shy girl who loves to spend her time with Akira, whom she often refers to as.

Akira was the eighth and youngest child of the moderately wealthy family, with two of his siblings already grown up at the time of his birth and one deceased, leaving Kurosawa to grow up with three sisters and a brother.

He encouraged his children to watch films ; young Akira viewed his first movies at the age of six.

" Only four months later, Kurosawa's eldest brother also died, leaving Akira, at age 23, the only one of the Kurosawa brothers still living, together with his three surviving sisters.

Susan J. Napier argues, in her book Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation, that anime increasingly " exists at a nexus point in global culture … an amorphous new media territory that crosses and intermingles national boundaries ".

The decade started with Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon ( 1950 ), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and marked the entrance of Japanese cinema onto the world stage.

Of the older generation of directors, Akira Kurosawa directed Kagemusha ( 1980 ), which won the Palme d ' Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and Ran ( 1985 ).

Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Also, at this time, he was busy assisting his friend Akira Kurosawa with films he was directing, such as Kagemusha and Ran.

They both usually have at least one girlfriend at any one time ; Akira prefers older women because the women of his household ( his mother and two younger sisters ) are quite childish.

While Hikaru is at this point not yet up to the level of Akira, he demonstrates a natural talent for the game and remains determined to prove his own abilities to Akira, Sai, and himself.

From being a member of a school Go club to becoming an insei and finally a professional Go player ( at 14 years old ) a year after Akira, Hikaru matures throughout the course of the series.

is a 1990 magical realism film based on actual dreams of the film's director, Akira Kurosawa at different stages of his life.

He sometimes has some rather good things to say that are very influential, he tries to cheer Akira up one time when she is depressed at the gap between her and the top students.

* Roy Akira Miki at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Also in Japan, Generals Hideki Tōjō ( later Prime Minister ), Kenji Doihara, Seishirō Itagaki, Heitarō Kimura, Iwane Matsui and Akira Mutō, and Baron Kōki Hirota were found guilty and responsible for the brutal maltreatment of American and Filipino POW's, and were executed by hanging at Sugamo Prison in Ikebukuro on December 23, 1948.

Regarding these early years as a filmmaker, he stated to a Playboy interviewer in 1990 that " If I had remained a movie director, I can assure you that I would have at least become a better one than Akira Kurosawa ".

* Domu by Katsuhiro Otomo at Akira 2019

On February 28, Mutō Akira and others at military affairs of the Army ministry determined to set up a special court-martial by Imperial command of urgency.

Midori and Akira ( also from Ten Nai ) are the first to buy Mikako's creations at the flea market – further proving both series apparently take place in the same universe, but approximately 4 years apart ( Akira reveals Midori's age to be 20 during their cameo ).