The "SpongeBob SquarePants" franchise, created by Stephen Hillenburg, started with the animated TV series that premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999. It follows SpongeBob, an enthusiastic and optimistic sea sponge, living in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. With his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet lovable starfish, and his grumpy neighbor Squidward Tentacles, SpongeBob’s adventures are both hilarious and heartwarming. The franchise has expanded to include multiple feature films, such as "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" (2004) and "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" (2015), as well as spin-off series like "Kamp Koral" and "The Patrick Star Show." It's also inspired a Broadway musical and countless merchandise, cementing its place as a beloved staple of pop culture.
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Tezuka Osamu; 3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" (マンガの父, Manga no Chichi), "the Godfather of Manga" (マンガの教父, Manga no Kyōfu) and "the God of Manga" (マンガの神様, Manga no Kami-sama). Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years.
A reverse harem is the gender opposite of a "straight"-harem, wherein a harem is directed towards male protagonists with women and/or gay men courting the protagonist. In a reverse harem, it focuses on female protagonists who are being courted by males and/or lesbians, usually seven or more.
Japanese live-Action adapatations based on Riichirou Inagaki & Ryoichi Ikegami's manga. The story is about 2 men who plot to earn a trillion dollars.
The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on a series of films, based on the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling.
The Hebrews Project is a creative lab for biographical documentary films about prominent writers in the field of Hebrew and Jewish literature. The project, launched by Yair Qedar, in 2009, invites directors to create films that combine a biographical story, translation of textual work into cinematic visuals, original music, animation. commentary by literary scholars and the author’s friends and colleagues, and the filmmaker’s own personal interpretation. The films utilize poetry and prose, interviews, historical materials and literary interpretations, documentary footage and cinematic representation, producing works that reflects the wealth of Jewish writing.
Adapted from Love in the Big City (대도시의 사랑법) novel by Park Sang-yong (박상영).
Yozakura Quartet (Japanese: 夜桜四重奏 ～ヨザクラカルテット～, Hepburn: Yozakura Karutetto) is a Japanese manga series created by Suzuhito Yasuda that began publishing by Kodansha in 2006, and was then published in the US by Del Rey in 2008.
Comedy Series where the episode length is < 30 minutes long
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau dramedy, is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom.
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