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  2. Number24 - Wikipedia

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    English network. US: Crunchyroll Channel. Original run. January 8, 2020 – April 15, 2020. Episodes. 12. Number24 is a Japanese anime television series produced by PRA and directed by Shigeru Kimiya. It aired on Tokyo MX from January to April 2020.

  3. Nanbaka - Wikipedia

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    Nanbaka (ナンバカ), also known as Nanbaka - The Numbers, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shō Futamata. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight aired between 5 October 2016 and 22 March 2017.

  4. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    16 can be read as "hi-ro", Hiro being a common Japanese given name. 16 is also a common age for anime and manga protagonists [citation needed] (i.e., heroes). 26 can be read as "fu-ro" (風呂), meaning "bath". Public baths in Japan have reduced entry fees on the 26th day of every month. 29 can be read as "ni-ku" (肉), meaning "meat".

  5. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    The three most common family names in Japan are Satō (佐藤), Suzuki (鈴木), and Takahashi (高橋). [5] People in Japan began using surnames during the Muromachi period. [6] Japanese peasants had surnames in the Edo period; however, they could not use them in public.

  6. Japanese ship-naming conventions - Wikipedia

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    Establishment of ship naming conventions 1905. On 23 April 1905, Naval Minister Gonbee Yamamoto reported to the throne about a new ship naming standard. It was decided on 1 August 1905. Battleship: provinces, or alternate names of Japan. First class cruiser (and over 7,500 tons displacement): mountains.

  7. Paranoia Agent - Wikipedia

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    Paranoia Agent ( Japanese: 妄想代理人, Hepburn: Mōsō Dairinin) is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to Shōnen Bat, which translates to "Bat Boy").

  8. Unown - Wikipedia

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    Unown (アンノーン, Annōn, / ʌnˈnoʊn, ˈʌnoʊn /) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak 's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Unown first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and most of its subsequent sequels. It has also appeared in various merchandise, spin-off titles, and animated and printed ...

  9. Ogura Hyakunin Isshu - Wikipedia

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    Ogura shikishi by Teika. Hyakunin Isshu (百人一首) is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. Hyakunin isshu can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"; it can also refer to the card game of uta-garuta, which uses a deck composed of cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu .