Portal:Anime and manga/Did you know/3
... that
Nausicaä
, the main character from the
Hayao Miyazaki
manga and film, is based on
Nausicaa
from the
Odyssey
and "
The Princess Who Loved Insects
", a Japanese folk hero?
... that Keizō Tsukamoto set a
Guinness World Record
by creating the cover art for more than 1,900 issues of
Weekly Manga Times
starting in 1970?
... that the
Japanese
band Daisy × Daisy provided the song "Brave your truth" as the opening
theme song
of the
episodes
of the
Chrome Shelled Regios
anime
?
... that "
Girls on Film
" by
Duran Duran
served as the opening theme for the Japanese
anime
Speed Grapher
though
FUNimation
was unable to obtain its license for US release?
... that American singer
Becca
provided the closing theme "I'm Alive!" for the
episodes
of the 2008 Japanese
anime
Kuroshitsuji
?