As the early to mid-90s were the peak years for alternative rock, so were they for Shonen Knife's commercial success.

The cover of Japanese rock group Shonen Knife | Shonen Knife's 1998 album Happy Hour ( Shonen Knife album ) | Happy Hour, designed by Nara.

Shonen Jump has featured several popularity polls for jutsu in the series.

According to every Shonen Jump character popularity poll of series, Ryoma has been fairly popular among readers ; he won both the first and third popularity polls ; he ranked second in the second poll ; and third in the fourth popularity poll.

Tezuka's character has been well received by readers since his introduction, having ranked in the top five most popular characters in every Shonen Jump character popularity poll of series.

Kenshin has been highly popular with the Rurouni Kenshin reader base, having ranked first in every Shonen Jump popularity poll of the series, always with more than double the votes of second place.

The cigarette habits were edited in 2005 Shonen Jump editions along with the graphic novels, though not all were caught before translation.

In an interview with Shonen Jump, when asked what his three favorite manga by other authors were, he stated ' everything by Akira Toriyama '.

* Doordarshan also telecast English cartoons at 12. 00 noon during summer vacations in a programme named " Fun Time " which showed cartoons like Spider-Man, Giant Robo, Gayab Aaya, Guchhae, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli ( a dubbed Hindi version of a Japanese anime with original music composed by Vishal Bharadwaj ), Talespin & Duck Tales also the comic plays of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy and Didi's Comedy Show.

Shonen Knife was formed in December 1981 in Osaka, Japan with sisters guitarist-vocalist Naoko Yamano and drummer Atsuko Yamano and their friend bassist Michie Nakatani.

While their records had previously been available in the U. S. solely through import, in 1986, Shonen Knife managed to strike a chord with the American underground rock scene when one of their tracks, " One Day of the Factory ," appeared on a Sub Pop 100 compilation.

From November 24 to December 11, Shonen Knife toured with American grunge band Nirvana and Eugenious all over the UK for a total of nine shows and during the tour Naoko taught Cobain how to play “ Twist Barbie ” which Nirvana covered live at one of their secret shows.

In an interview with Shonen Jump he stated that his favorite manga by other authors included Taiyo Kosoku by Baru, Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura, and Hellboy by Mike Mignola.

TV shows may use traditional tokusatsu techniques, but are cast with puppets or marionettes: Uchuusen Silica ( 1960 ); Ginga Shonen Tai ( 1963 ); Kuchuu Toshi 008 ( 1969 ); and Go Nagai's X Bomber ( 1980 ).

In the summer of 2002, Toonami Reactor was revamped again under the Adult Swim aegis and, with a joint venture with VIZ's Weekly Shonen Jump, programmed it as " Adult Swim Pipeline.

In an interview with Shonen Jump, Takahashi stated that his favorite manga from other authors included Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, and Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama.

The TCG version of the card is scheduled for an August 2012 release for anyone who has a subscription with Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.

* In various interviews with the U. S. edition of Shonen Jump, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto has cited the Akira manga and anime as major influences, particularly as the basis of his own manga career.

In 2008 Denki Groove, who celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2009, resurfaced with " Shonen Young ", their first new single in 8 years.

He debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump with a short story, Binetsu Rouge, in 1987.

Shonen Jump is a shōnen manga anthology that debuted in November 2002, with a January 2003 cover date.

Prizes also included tickets to an exclusive club show with Japanese rock act HY and Shonen Jump manga figurines.

He sometimes acts as Shiro's liaison with the Shonen Rider Scouts.

Some publishers that translate manga into European languages may choose to keep the original page order ( a notable example is Shonen Jump magazine ), while other publishers may reverse the page flow with use of mirrored pages.

She functions as the second female lead after the Soul Society arc, which was recognized when her character was featured along with female leads from other Weekly Shonen Jump series on a special Shonen Jump cover.

* There was a Japanese anime television series called Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli broadcast in 1989.

A Hikaru no Go " Sneak Preview " DVD ( first episode ) was released in the January 2006 issue of Shonen Jump ( Volume 4, Issue 1 ) to subscribers.

In the April 2008 issue of Shonen Jump, it was revealed that this was the last chapter to be published in the Shonen Jump magazine.

The program was distributed under a " ShonenWare " license ; it was free to use, but if the user purchased a Shonen Knife CD and convinced Lemmon that he or she had listened to it, then Lemmon would consider that to be sufficient to register that user.

Piccolo was first introduced as the reincarnation of the evil King Piccolo in chapter # 167 first published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on April 4, 1988, making him a demon and archrival of the primary protagonist, Goku.

When King Piccolo was introduced in chapter # 135 first published in Shonen Jump on August 10, 1987, he was designed to appear as a strange-looking divine creature, who had pointy ears, antennae, fangs and four-fingers ( changed to five in the anime ).

Shortly after the release of Crystal Chronicles, there was a manga series that ran in Monthly Shonen Gangan known as.

A Tsukihime manga adaptation, illustrated by Sasaki Shonen, was serialized in ASCII Media Works ' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh between October 2003 and September 2010.

In August, Shonen Knife was featured on CNN News during its This Week In Japan special.

It was in 1991 that Shonen Knife came to find their biggest fan in the form of Kurt Cobain.

A Shonen Knife cover of the Carpenters ' hit " Top of the World " was used in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, a US television commercial for Microsoft, the credits music for the documentary Double Dare, as the ending song for the movie The Last Supper and in summer 2006 by the BBC in UK TV trailers for a season of nature programmes.

In 2011 Shonen Knife celebrated their 30th anniversary and released " Osaka Ramones-Tribute to The Ramones ", the album was recorded between Osaka, Japan and Buffalo, NY and co-produced by Robby Takac of the American rock band The Goo Goo Dolls.

went out of business, the license for the Slam Dunk was purchased by Viz Media, which published a preview of the series in the December 2007 issue of the North American edition of Shonen Jump.

Sand Land was later serialized in North America by Viz Media in the United States Shonen Jump magazine, spanning twelve issues in 2003.

Obelisk the Tormentor, finally, was released as a free gift to subscribers of United States Shonen Jump in May 2005.

Japanese rock has a vibrant underground rock scene, best known internationally for noise rock bands such as Boredoms and Melt Banana, as well as stoner rock bands such as Boris and alternative acts such as Shonen Knife ( who were championed in the West by Kurt Cobain ), Pizzicato Five and The Pillows ( who gained international attention in 1999 for the FLCL soundtrack ).