Anime Companion Supplement - #


This series of pages is a supplement to two of my books The Anime Companion and The Anime Companion 2.

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See the regular entry pages for cross references between variant terms, differing spellings, English to Japanese terms and names:
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Special Supplement: Rurouni Kenshin OVAs

Each Supplement page consists of:
1. A list of entries in the books with page numbers.
2. New entries for items not found in the books.
3. Japanese characters for entries
4. Secondary sources used to find information for each entry.
5. Additional information for some entries.
6. Links to select Internet resources related to the entries.

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For more information about this supplement see The Anime Companion Supplement main page. Additions are announced in the Anime Companion Supplement News page and in my Blog.

Hyphenated Japanese terms are listed as single words.

The inclusion of an anime or manga title in these entries is not a recommendation of that title see my Recommended Anime and Manga page for a list of my recommendations


2.26 INCIDENT see: February 26, 1936 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

2回戦 see: nikaisen (two time battle)

3-NEN B-GUMI KINPACHI SENSEI see: San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei

5-15 see: Goichigo Jiken (May 15th Incident)

7-11 JAPAN see: Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd.

11-HEADED KANNON see: Kannon, Eleven-Headed Kannon see: Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu (Eleven Faced Kannon)

47 RŌNIN INCIDENT see: Akō Jiken (Akō incident)

47 RŌNIN KABUKI PLAY see: Kanadehon Chūshingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

100 DAY MEN see: tōji (sake master brewer)

100 DEMONS see: hyakki yagyō (night procession of 100 demons)

100 GHOST STORIES see: hyakumonogatari (100 stories)

1000 YEAR CANDY see: chitoseame (1000 year candy)

1923 EARTHQUAKE see: Kantō Daisinsai (Tōkyō Earthquake of 1923) (The Anime Companion 2 p.41)

300 MILLION YEN ROBBERY see: San Oku En Jiken (300 million yen robbery)

8,000,000 GODS see: Yao-yorozu-no-kami (eight million gods)


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Created: January 2, 2006

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