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19646_1978GilletteCupFinal | cup final cup final cricket match played september lord london sixteenth final cup domestic tournament pit class cricket sides knock competition sussex sixth appearance final previously won twice somerset lost previous final teams entered competition round somerset faced class opposition rounds prior final semi final match essex somerset progressed lost fewer wickets tied match sussex played minor counties rounds beat runs advance second round straightforward victories class opposition later stages somerset batted exception batsmen struggled score runs scored runs wickets scored sussex began run chase wicket partnership losing wickets quick succession second partnership led sussex victory wickets chasing somerset total overs spare parker named man match score background cup contested english domestic knock competition class sides sussex appeared cup final previous instances won tournament years runners contrast somerset reached final competition previously losing kent somerset class counties won domestic competition sussex captain released contract midway season route final somerset entered tournament round beat wickets aided primarily score later named man match second round match somerset scored highest total year competition scored runs bowled overs conceded runs garner bowling quarter final kent conceded runs overs named man match wickets helped somerset wicket victory semi final somerset batted helped century richards scored response essex kept required run rate needed runs win final ball match batsmen managed runs run attempting run result scores tied somerset advanced final lost fewer wickets sussex took round facing suffolk minor cricket counties play class cricket suffolk bowled runs total sussex chased deliveries remaining minor county sussex second round opponents margin victory far narrower sussex batted scored scored second half century competition response fell runs short finishing collecting wickets quarter final sussex faced yorkshire match began august overs yorkshire innings play possible match reserve days august match abandoned replaced match bat innings match sussex batted scored restricted yorkshire arnold bowled entire overs taking wickets victory provided sussex place final facing lancashire sussex scored helped half century parker runs bowled opponents runs match summary preview final cricket correspondent times rated somerset favourites cited talent richards primary asset asserted man noted sussex relied overseas players need backed sussex players chance victory match played lord london previous final competition play began lunch break scheduled minute tea interval overs second innings sussex captain won toss chose bowl hoping morning advantage scored runs bowled later took somerset wicket bowling batsman scored run brought richards long immediately changed replacing quick bowling slower deliveries dismissed rose caught leg wicket keeper long scoring runs got scoring runs caught joined richards middle immediately scored straight drive followed hooks bowled entire allocation overs break followed introduction slow bowler richards finished competition leading run scorer said struggled score particularly spin bowling summary season praised long final highlighting use slower bowling richards particularly played match somerset suggested somerset batsman play freedom said rest team nervous intimidated prospect winning somerset trophy richards scored runs including rest lower order batsmen significant score somerset finished innings bowled particularly economically sussex sussex began run chase scored runs surviving spell attacking fast bowling garner early broken thumb shortly final fractured continued bat somerset breakthrough overs collected wickets addition seventeen runs man caught marks bowling followed caught delivery dismissed scoring shortly caught bowled rose chose replace bowling parker able establish run partnership brought sussex runs winning target caught wicket keeper bowling thought particular bowled short suggested susceptible opined short pitched bowling feature play late season england somerset year parker scored winning runs secure wicket victory sussex deliveries remaining post match parker selected man match somerset started weekend potential winning cup returned home ground needing avoid defeat essex guarantee winning competition lost runs prompting times write saying said end seasons tried somerset somerset returned final beat win trophy sussex reach final won interim | 1978 Gillette Cup Final | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
19766_WarwickArmstrong | armstrong july australian cricketer played test matches captained australia test matches undefeated winning tests drawing armstrong captain australian team defeated touring english teams win ashes series test career interrupted world war scored runs average including centuries took wickets inducted australian cricket hall fame armstrong large man foot inches tall stones known big ship stylish batsman effective sound defence temperament bowled leg spin gentle action big turner ball relied accuracy dismiss opponents test debut england selected tour england later year named tours england involved cricket administrators big triangular tournament england dispute talented australian rules armstrong briefly represented south melbourne playing test cricket employed pavilion clerk cricket career allowed time play cricket following retirement test class cricket successful tour england armstrong took position agent distributor wrote cricket early life armstrong born rural victorian town eldest son john wife née marriage divide strong australia john anglican catholic armstrong family moved melbourne settling inner suburb hill inheritance enabled family larger house victoria armstrong attended respected sporting member group smaller private schools melbourne found spot school came attention press catching eye journalists armstrong joined nearby played senior club age year leading clubs melbourne pennant competition gave youthful armstrong trial season armstrong fell returned years school leaving school armstrong joined father club south melbourne captained australian test captain armstrong immediate success scoring runs university club selected represent victoria tasmania january seven squad making class cricket armstrong performance promising scoring taking overs armstrong began regular cricket season match new_south_wales january dismissed second delivery scored runs second innings pennant season armstrong scored runs average included nineteen largest club melbourne team included test class representative cricket early career following feats armstrong recruited season years pitch armstrong fortunes tied club leading light australia city rich powerful scored maiden class century south_australia facing fast physically dangerous bowling end season permanent member victorian team england cricket team organised captained toured australia compete ashes summer english considered poor team surprised winning test sydney cricket ground innings runs second test armstrong excellent round performance new_south_wales dismissing test players victor gregory scoring reply team announced armstrong selected making début new_south_wales armstrong steady start test cricket batting sticky wicket innings australian total reply england score wicket australia rearranged batting order save better batsmen conditions improved armstrong positioned shared run partnership wicket scoring armstrong australia won test runs armstrong played remaining tests series narrowly heading averages runs average australia went win comfortably matches armstrong selected australian cricket team tour england started tour taking second innings best bowling figures date test rain affected australians lucky come away draw dismissed innings rest close fought series followed interest english public second test lord australia won lane runs final tests nail australia winning fourth old runs england earning victory fifth test oval wicket wicket pair final runs armstrong good tour making runs taking wickets average star australians runs average including centuries return trip australia touring team stopped south_africa play tests nations second test armstrong scored half australian score carried bat innings australia won test runs australia won test series return australia season runs average wickets average highlights season included queensland hat trick new_south_wales warner english team toured australia auspices strong english team defeated australia ashes armstrong good series rhodes dismissed times meetings victoria australia summer result dropped australian test returning club cricket armstrong found form scoring minutes melbourne university total score season armstrong scored runs victoria secure selection tour england consolidation conflict australians left england leaving beginnings conflict players administrators control cricket poison sport australia years previous tours england organised players new asserting right control australian cricket armstrong finding promoted number batting order started tour lord test trent bridge australia lack effective bowling options armstrong forced bowl wide outside leg early form leg theory bowling prevent england batsmen scoring quickly armstrong maintained accurate line length england run scoring crowd entertainment pattern rest series lead seen spectators press dull cricket batsmen like imperial kick ball away proved runs batsman employed enterprise away leg room cut drove leg spinner great effect strategy later menace armstrong tactics ultimately futile inspired england winning series tests season scored runs average batting said great batsman armstrong form nearly tour struck happy medium brilliant highlight tour triple century recreation ground bath somerset team returned australia rift players widened dispute saw english postpone tour scheduled midst turmoil armstrong continued impress tour new_zealand described country herald newspaper team runs average complement wickets elected captain victoria team mates match new_south_wales commencing new year eve responding ball scoring second innings rearguard effort armstrong found employment result declared unavailable match south_australia found included team approached employer ask leave behalf despite having explicitly instructed secretary armstrong refused play called face disciplinary hearing left scheduled tour postponed previous season kicked arrival english team weakened number leading players test saw australian victory armstrong bowling overs taking time expenses followed armstrong withdrew boxing day match new_south_wales armstrong sought held fast shillings mounted campaign melbourne press attempting portray armstrong called disciplinary commission following threats suspension armstrong forced affect form second test starting new years day saw armstrong score wickets despite efforts england won hard fought test wicket australia took test adelaide patient minutes armstrong fourth saw australia clinch series win ashes margin teams criticised reporters slow scoring negative cricket selection management australian team tour england caused friction leading players unwilling tour terms offered board withdrew consideration regardless tour success australians won series armstrong runs average took wickets average described role tour means defence exactly required rare occasions giving free play hitting power likes let loose harder driver world armstrong noble returned home sri_lanka ceylon singapore entertained comfortably elite colony hosts took trip british shooting expedition armstrong contracted malaria suffer rest life rebellion armstrong appointed captain australian team touring new_zealand partly recognition accomplishments partly candidates suspicions ran high board players perceived persecution retired class cricket tour include test matches match played representative new_zealand team australia won game save draw canterbury armstrong diplomatic captain expecting turned lucrative offer coach team found armstrong job pavilion clerk duties broadly defined order allow meet representative cricket obligations included matches touring south scheduled play tests test saw australia win innings runs thanks mainly innings hill wickets armstrong nearly missed second test melbourne case recovered managed score overs fourth test armstrong compiled century including partnership hill australia won series comfortably winning test matches loss adelaide runs returning cricket self imposed exile leading player australians series scoring runs average english team returned australia following season compete ashes captain strong english team included warner suffered illness early tour handed losing test england won remaining tests comfortably second test melbourne armstrong played best test innings facing exceptional bowling including boundaries dismissed foster series took place plans commonly accepted rights players appoint manager touring england hostility players board saw fist fight break selection meeting board announced manager australian team triangular tournament england player choice outright rebellion ensued armstrong hill known big announced unavailable join touring party team left players tour success australians winning games losing wet season return australia reported board players conducted badly england lead team socially international cricket placed hold result outbreak great war armstrong named captain australian team tour south_africa tour unable place armstrong chose enlist military war kept counsel subject continued work play cricket participating occasional fund raising fixture captain international cricket resumed great war armstrong years age appointed captain strong australian team boosted inclusion players starred australian cricket team armstrong older team mates subject awe gregory describing ideal cricketer english team captained match australians won tests series completing ashes years march armstrong test series scored runs average including centuries sydney adelaide melbourne going bat second innings sydney seen drinking mates members bar armstrong remained unpopular despite armstrong reported appointed captain australian team tour england possible margin voyage england armstrong attempted lose weight spending time day ship arrival weighed pounds heavier english teams badly affected great war australians dominated series armstrong troops gregory devastating effect australia won test days second test lunch day test ashes day tour armstrong fought series running battles board appointed manager behalf men smith looking cut suggested boarding wealthy cricket armstrong dismissed idea fourth test old famous events involving armstrong day play washed england commenced innings following day match day affair english captain declared innings closed minutes play left day australian wicket keeper pointed armstrong declaration time day match laws cricket stood time armstrong protested england forced continue batting armstrong managed bowl overs succession action laws cricket fifth test australian team sight australian team remain unbeaten tour england day lost rain determined lose armstrong attempted delay commencement rain english supporters told main won ask man long slow scoring batsman remains wicket beaten hours test armstrong decided rest key allowed time rotate pleased time armstrong picked newspaper blown field began read asked later armstrong said replied wanted playing claimed australians drew test won series maintain unbeaten record losing runs english despite losses tour triumph armstrong personally achieved runs wickets milestone time english summer rival said honestly think australia got thank man man success man probably best captains sent england australia return australia armstrong greeted large enthusiastic crowds acclaimed public reception presented prime minister australia man singled king sport armstrong gone people england chance regain ashes returned like came saw conquered outside cricket tour armstrong swan song class cricket journey australia suffered malaria plagued earlier visit malaya kept taking matches south_africa allowing captain australia time armstrong resigned job drawing contacts tour took role agent remained liquor trade retirement armstrong applied cricket background acting cricket journalist copy promoted frank fearless generally cricket saw especially saw dull cricket wrote cricket titled art cricket published london july married donnell daughter wealthy irish australian large land holdings region new_south_wales couple met armstrong representing match armstrong new wife settled melbourne moving sydney suburb business reasons died armstrong following illness saw lose weight known died july leaving estate value survived son armstrong round playing australian rules football winter premier competition state slim utility played games club scoring goals played losing team defeated point style personality slim young man armstrong grew big man weighing kilograms centimetres foot inches tall result acquired nickname big ship shirt measuring centimetres centimetres shoes centimetres long centimetres wide display australian cricket hall fame story told armstrong young boy following tour match southampton armstrong thinking manifestation hero worship offered sign boy book boy turned armstrong said sir bit decent shade place batsman armstrong stylist times describing armstrong batting scored maiden century sussex said armstrong methods attractive pose wickets gives impression shapes play ball essentially methods remarkably effective admirable blend aggression caution backed right temperament defence sound limited variety sound execution armstrong leg break bowler known ability land ball point pitch liked action leg spin making difficult batsman detect straight breaks early career bowled negative leg theory later accuracy great effect bowling leg breaks straight hope bowling batsman receiving leg wicket dismissal action consisted easy gentle arc described like fat uncle altogether unlike fat aunt effective daily_telegraph stating test single batsman england faces appearance confidence armstrong renowned willing push boundaries considered acceptable behaviour order obtain advantage team english making test début australians oval taking advantage rule allowed bowl trial balls armstrong kept waiting minutes bowled trial balls alongside pitch club game armstrong claimed catch slips umpire refuse dismissal ball field changed armstrong informed ball struck batsman pads armstrong appealed leg wicket dismissal umpire upheld armstrong walker believed waiting umpire decision telling english cricketer play game find given times vice versa english professional took dim view armstrong approach game describing instance said chief got nasty refusing accept umpire decision upset know standing head heels consequence balls later let attempting play bowled bear incident mind armstrong | Warwick Armstrong | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
20039_ArthurMorriswiththeAustraliancricketteaminEnglandin1948 | australian cricket team england key member famous australian cricket team toured england australians went undefeated matches unprecedented feat test touring england earned left handed opening batsman morris played tests right handed tests barnes injured tests tour morris member leadership group vice captain morris ended class tour runs batting average including seven centuries recording second highest aggregate morris form peaked test series headed averages players runs player test centuries second test lord morris struck set australia innings eventual win scored deteriorating pitch final day fourth test combining triple century partnership australia scored second innings win seven wickets setting world record highest successful run chase test history fifth test oval morris scored half australia tourists went win innings based performance tour england named morris year described world best left hand batsmen background australian season preceded tour played tests touring indians scoring unbeaten test victory melbourne omitted fifth test wanted trial candidates tour england morris ended series runs batting average making highest scorer australia won series opened veteran australian teams 1930s new_south_wales teammate barnes australian chose brown tests indians struggled australia batted tests dropped barnes test retained fourth test barnes australian victory morris place secure rested fifth test brown chance worthy selection barnes brown run australia completed series win end selected england tour specialist opening batsmen trio competing opening positions choice team morris recently appointed captain new_south_wales greatly impressed australian captain extent morris vice captain tour visit england morris key inner circle planning tour long ambition tour england losing match team achieve feat earning early tour morris marked class debut english soil opening match tour hosts batted morris fluent including minutes opening stand adding second wicket australia declared completing innings victory morris scoring matched partnership close australian century maker tour took runs hit consecutive progress australian captain failed score rest morris took strike reached century followed suit reaching triple figures morris added runs minutes morris role indicated standing alongside barnes choice opener australia selected strongest team tour opener opener taken tour played position middle order morris rested second tour match team won innings returned yorkshire low scoring match damp pitch favouring slower bowling australia won wickets match saw runs scored loss wickets score morris innings actually fourth highest score entire match match closest australia came defeat tour tourists pursuit target effectively wickets hand injured unable bat australians travelled london play surrey oval hour play australia played rarely missed ball morris scored barnes opening stand laid foundation australia tourists went win match innings fixture morris managed australia declared cambridge_university morris bowled time tour sending overs runs australia completed second innings victory succession morris rested australia crushed essex innings runs largest winning margin summer match australian batsmen set world record scoring runs day new world record runs day class cricket morris returned innings victory oxford_university putting opening stand brown run australian test batsman reported brilliantly ran morris boundary throw stumps australia amassed won completed fourth consecutive innings victory hosts second innings morris took wicket tour bowling indian test batsman end overs match lord fielded seven players represent england tests basically strength test team australia fielded strongest possible team morris barnes retained positions order brown played position middle order chance players sides gain psychological advantage ahead tests morris looked uncomfortable managing australia amassed enforced follow win innings second innings morris caught bowling lord fixture followed australia non victory tour lancashire morris continued struggle making falling twice drawn match continued form slump making tourists innings morris found batting difficult weeks tour struggled adapt unfamiliar batting conditions reached twice innings match totalling runs morris attempted drive balls pitched short good length suddenly liable caught morris worried ball slips rested wicket win hampshire morris technical problem success followed sussex hosts rolled innings morris dominated opening partnership brown man fall morris added second wicket fell struck laying platform australia total declared eventual innings victory hit class centuries end season test morris headed test trent bridge century belt held position order barnes brown played position middle order morris bowled overs runs innings england bowled day winning toss bat innings morris took catch hit ball strongly directly short leg leave england australia survived minutes evening reach stumps morris barnes morris took score bowled spin barnes batted hesitant morris stage morris scored seven runs minutes period morris played ball outside edged wicket keeper evans dropped catch hit left arm orthodox spinner ball toss runs australia passed loss morris fell tried force ball away hit middle bat pad ball rebounded stumps australia went england batted lost wicket junior came ball aimed cut went low second slip innings morris dropped catch exploited second chance falling australia eventually bowled england leaving target final day progressed quickly start chase barnes took runs opening morris lacked australia reached minutes bowled morris tourists reach target wickets hand bowling balls moved away caught morris morris developed habit trying defend ball leg position deal ball pitch following match criticised morris feeling instead playing foot match immediately test morris scored putting runs australian completed innings win rested ahead second test australia drew yorkshire lane sheffield second test second test lord australia elected bat england ideal start opened bowling removed barnes duck second leave tourists england restricted australians hour created near misses particularly nervous early contrast morris playing scored runs cut end pace opening spells leg spin introduced australia cut loose wright bowled ball morris dispatched leg fence hitting ball morris settled wright operated steadily able extract substantial spin hitting morris stomach ball turned sharply outside lunch australia morris shortly score caught consecutive time tests leg trap took catch dropped position australian captain end morris began control drove ball covers pads leg morris reached century consecutive boundaries called innings pretty test century cricket settings ended run poor form morris period moving forward decisively reilly called morris best test century date strongest english attack faced career loss wickets end reilly said morris disciplined playing loose shots outside missing able score quickly opportunity morris soon balls hitting leave australia innings included noted powerful placed cover drives morris gone australia fell stumps lower order second morning took total team took run lead dismissing england weather fine australia started second innings morning australian took cautious approach begin avoiding hook shot playing balls going hit stumps looking solid start given early barnes survived opportunity came induced morris hitting airborne ball pitch slow react possibility caught bowled according reilly able reach ball attempt catch took advantage combine opening stand wright came bowled ball start spell morris crowd uncertainty start innings morris began play eventually bowled knocking ball wright stumps opening partnership laid platform australia declared allowed set imposing target win runs series lead morris rested second match surrey started day test ended wicket victory australians following match gloucestershire bristol hours day morris scored career best having lost tests england contemplating changes team replace spinner performing strongly county cricket struggled second test english hoped strike bowler cut australia strong batting line morris assault ended hopes test selection innings highlighted quick assessment length ball followed decisive morris advanced ball length drive foot cut dropped short unable contain morris packed leg field bowled outside leg morris responded stepping wicket leg charging bowler repeatedly ball inside reached century lunch tea interval time morris dismissed struck stands barnes falling score said morris home team bowling directions said tom batsmen feet county batsmen shuffle instead quickly moving position attacking gets wickets australia amassed day declaring largest score tour second highest australian team english soil morris took match total australia won innings test following effort bristol morris proceeded england batted innings barnes hit pull shot fielding short leg australia started innings reply barnes carried field taken hospital medical examination having dropped brown test barnes injury left australia morris specialist opener spinner deployed australia makeshift second opener unable impact removed trapped leg wicket leave australia tourists pinned bowled consecutive overs long run aiming leg reinforced bowled unchanged minutes morris rebuilt innings adding wicket minutes fell miller joined morris pair took score stumps partnership australia struggled new ball hour day miller played missed times trapped tourists added runs hour runs later morris reached fell leaving australia slow morning morris took minutes add single overnight total reached taking minutes register second run day australia fell narrowly avoiding follow england declared morning rain delays left team victory target rain kept falling entire morning lost play finally began tea pitch played slowly excess moisture australia intention chasing runs england captain installed seven men close catching positions half hour tourists showed little attacking intent scored runs johnson fell leave australia came played balls scoring morris scored hour morris little effort score minutes morris stayed end looked rotate strike taking singles australian faced balls morris main end point partner wanted single sent tourists batted steadily defensively ensure draw ended overs run rate slowest innings run rate series date morris finished unbeaten fourth consecutive half century test series match finally ended series periodic rain morris struck middlesex following tour match lord hosts batted australia morris combined run fourth wicket stand australia recovered reach went wicket win morris century meant amassed runs week cricket fourth test fourth test leeds saw morris finest england elected bat started strongly innings highest score series pitch morris seven sought breakthrough wickets century partnerships hit long hop morris left arm unorthodox spin boundary reach century lifted high square leg prompted replace morris conceded runs overs england reached attempted pull johnson large gap mid square leg hit air morris completed catch diving forwards wide mid leave score england collapsed england took run lead australia replied morris contributed batting vice captain promoted middle order open barnes injured overlooked reserve opener brown morris air mid wicket leave australia australia middle order took australia early fourth morning england declared early fifth morning leaving australia chase runs victory batting final day allowed right ask use heavy roller help break wicket surface likely spin bounce time highest fourth innings score result test victory batting australia minutes reach target local press wrote predicting dismissed deteriorating wicket expected favour spin morris started slowly scoring runs overs pitch offering spin bounce appeared playing carefully deciding try achieve target later point second innings morris ball air mid wicket similar manner innings dismissal time ball evaded minutes australia bowled overs replaced seventh attempted exploit turning surface runs taken hit took single rotate strike later morris hit beaten bouncing ball pitch striking boundary despite expensive runs came hour meaning tourists needed runs minutes crowd australian slow scoring applauded ironically morris took single poor settled conceded runs overs getting ball turn considerably attempt exploit worn surface brought time left arm unorthodox spin partner occasional bowler inaccurate morris struck bring australia minutes morris danced pitch missed ball evans opportunity batsman australia beat morris following break spun foot removed score joined morris runs needed minutes australian captain signalled intentions reaching minutes called occasional leg spin attempt exploit turning wicket bowl regularly trouble maintaining consistency morris promptly joined counter attack hitting consecutive reach described terrible length took hitting catch runs inaccurate overs allowed australia reach minutes greatly troubled edged balls dropped end morris continued advantage inaccurate leg breaks australia reached lunch opener captain conceded runs overs half hour preceding interval australia added runs australia scored reasonable rate troubled deliveries expected face difficulty avoid defeat resumption continued persisted policy trying exploit deteriorating pitch spin possible regular bowler sent series long easily dispatched runs morris struck seven overs called bad bowling sequence included balls morris continued attack began crack pressure accuracy worsened generated trouble batsmen ball beating bat inducing edges morris drives tried hold length avoid driven australian opener shorter balls morris reached 90s minutes interval hit boundary reach century hours morris added runs lunch total australian onslaught prompted new ball replace fast men reached minutes dropped soon australia reached halfway required total minutes remaining morris dispatched consecutive fence hooked boundaries suffered attack significant pain drinks taken delay treatment morris shield strike pain subsided australia reached shortly tea morris reached century second wicket stand passed morris given life dropped square leg bowling given life advanced metres pitch missed evans opportunity australia reached tea morris pair added session morris eventually dismissed hitting tired looking shot mid having partnered stand minutes struck minutes batting australia needed victory went win seven wickets minutes spare setting new world record highest successful test run chase morris rested match immediately australia won innings match rain affected draw returned score australia defeated wickets australia faced lancashire second time tour morris match ended draw morris barnes innings teammates unable build platform australia ended morris rested non class match durham rain affected draw australia proceeded oval fifth test england won toss elected bat pitch affected heavy rain prior match score bowled hooked morris ran position short square leg difficult catch described catches season england collapsed australia extracted bounce movement pitch contrast australia batted ease overcast skies cleared sun came opened bowling delivering overs runs effects blow shoulder passed england innings total ease hour australia reached barnes morris tourists reached barnes fell ending opening stand compiled minutes brought late day australian captain announced retirement end series innings test cricket australia batted crowd gave standing ovation walked wicket led giving cheers shaking hand australian captain needed runs test average bowled second ball duck went bat pad received large round applause left arena came morris saw australia close morris unbeaten having hooked stumps second morning morris registered century test series sixth ashes matches innings taken minutes included morris took score run stand broken young trapped australians dismissed hosts day lead plenty time complete victory need risks scored pace following batsmen unable establish miller harvey came hit quick boundaries dismissed took wickets came accompanied morris runs falling fell morris finally removed ending innings noted driving took run remove morris attempted quick run ball hit man morris called run slow substitute fielder arm australia went finish morris scored half runs rest team struggled leg spin took tossed ball repeatedly australians attacking balls spun pitching morris took catches match australia took victory innings runs sealing test series triumph later tour matches seven matches remained quest tour england defeat australia batted kent morris total australia enforced follow completed innings victory morris rested following matches somerset matches won innings washed australia took large innings lead meantime morris underwent minor surgery split hand australia biggest challenge post test tour matches named tour team effectively strength england outfit time insisted current test players allowed play hosts demands met named strength team tourists dismissed home team morris run opening stand barnes bowled australia declared time ran multiple rain delays tour ended non class matches scotland match morris innings scoring australia batted scots replied forced follow morris led wicket taking second innings taking overs hosts fell hand australians innings victory continued success second match taking scotland batsmen end hosts fell batting morris australia declared bowled overs runs taking wicket men ended tour innings victory role left handed opening batsman morris played tests right handed tests barnes injured barnes unable open play opening batsmen taken tour reserve tour matches usually played days fixtures rotated trio generally rested opened notable exceptions occurred test series opening match clash matches australia fielded choice team brown played position middle order morris barnes opened occasional left arm unorthodox spin bowler morris delivered overs class matches including tests took wickets outside test arena morris ended class matches runs including seven centuries ranking second runs substantially ahead placed despite troubled split second fingers left hand caused constant bat played ball wound opened batting forcing undergo minor operation sidelined matches tour recognition performances morris named year described world best left hand batsmen critic praised morris performance tour stylish sure defence quick handsome stroke play batting true charming good reliant thoughtful morris form peaked ashes heading test averages runs closest scored runs player test centuries added fifties statistical note general notes | Arthur Morris with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
20439_PortPhillipvVanDiemen'sLand,1851 | van land february teams victoria van land tasmania played timeless cricket match known ground tasmania match held represented cricket team home team represented port team visiting team match organised celebration separation victoria new_south_wales captain port team led land team overs bowled class cricket match deliveries ball bowled match delivery van land port scored runs match took wickets significant number additional earned records set match match ended days teams played innings land won match wickets match took close year organising class cricket match australia cricket match australia match considered significant events history australia background 1800s cricket widely popular sport australia cricket matches places like tasmania rare recorded reference cricket played australia january sydney gazette reported playing conditions domestic cricket match involving match held november grounds earliest images capturing game progress australia artist sketches painted founded unsuccessful attempt year organise match north south tasmania match subsequently took place played match considered cricket match match interested playing opponents time english immigrant played cricket later captain victorian team match tasmania proposed special meeting january challenge sent tasmania match match proposed celebration impending separation victoria new_south_wales subsequently march received invitation challenge organise cricket match cricket teams reply proposed match place month april communication delayed resulting match postponed noted match arose challenge having sent february year victoria club newly formed town accepted come march following prevented gentleman forward acceptance post letter time steamer great courtesy repeating challenge spring accepted arranged come day months later proposed match subsequently led match getting scheduled month february tasmania fixture came considered class cricket match australia cricket match australia match proceedings decided players uniform playing match chose colours red white blue victorian team match remain official colours till date victorian team wearing multi coloured friends ladies tow reached team met fanfare arrival players known followed considerable led team having time practice match match started february previously known currently known match scheduled timeless cricket match words match played limit number days till match ended expecting audience number spectator set ground match watched spectators including thousand spectators day spectators second day captains leading respective teams captained team captained victorian team team comprised players perth clubs contributed player playing match class debuts match twelfth man team boundaries overs bowled match deliveries norm days nature match significant number earned records set match day victorian players ground inspection criticised quality playing ground government apologised mentioning possession ground past months cricket ground rough match took time decide playing pitch toss won marshall sent victoria bat match started innings predominant bowling style fast preferred bowling tasmania bowling leading series ball bowled history australian class cricket delivery bowler australian class cricket tasmania bowler opened attack victoria opened innings non end opening batsman australian class cricket tasmania captain marshal kept wicket team wicket keeper australia class cricket history tasmania bowled end opening batting pair cooper took minutes runs personal score runs cooper batsman australian class cricket history dismissed clean bowled tasmania dismissed cooper consequently wicket taking bowler effect dismissal manner australian class cricket took cooper place wicket batsman soon ran runs australian class cricket dismissal victorian captain scored getting caught batsman australian class cricket history reach double figures jointly scored highest runs batsman australian class cricket dismissed caught tasmania cricketer taken catch dismissal tasmania earned distinction bowler effect dismissal manner followed stands soon getting bowled bowling having scored runs hamilton wicket fell turn hour play score runs wickets match proceeded victoria replaced scored runs cricketer australian class cricket run quickly fell making run getting clean bowled score standing runs wickets elder brother victorian captain runs bring score getting bowled sixth victorian player seventh dismissal cricketer australian class cricket history dismissed having scored duck batsman genre cricket dismissed tasmania marshall bowler wicket keeper pair effect dismissal manner end victoria ran runs runs eventually getting caught slip bowling wickets fell getting bowled individual scores respectively victoria remained victoria bowled innings playing overs hours minutes scoring runs took wickets bowler genre cricket reach wicket haul tasmania opened batting innings captain marshall non end opened victorian bowling attack marshall batted hour making runs losing wicket lunch break announced play resumed lunch marshall maintained pace ensure tasmania reached loss runs highest tasmania innings batsman score runs twice innings victoria replaced hamilton bowling attack managed break partnership sending pavilion delivery took came bat bowled clean ball faced took field place scored run hand strike marshall captain marshall lost wicket ball giving catch point bowling marshall wicket taken wickets balls marshall second highest score innings scoring runs departed scoring run taking wicket tasmania 5th wicket fell replaced sent pavilion hamilton getting clean bowled scoring runs came gibson wicket batsman australian class cricket history score runs single ball clean bowled having scored runs minutes player departed bowling having scored run runs getting bowled hamilton walked bat wickets tasmania sent pavilion immediately having scored duck players brought rearguard action wicket stand pushed team score player having scored caught wide hamilton remained conclusion innings tasmania played overs hours minutes scoring runs gaining lead runs victoria innings score match expected struggle attack performed effectively helped large total extras included balls victoria highest wicket innings seven wicket haul second innings victoria second innings featured opening innings caught long came batting soon joined hall leg wicket scoring score losing wicket scoring getting caught field came wicket fell better innings score single run fell duck highest scorer victoria innings came taking singles minutes batting run throw marshall team score stood runs man cooper departed immediately duck bowled fifth wicket victoria end hamilton batted despite vanguard action victoria kept losing wickets regularly cooper successor runs innings single getting caught came lasted minutes getting dismissed batsman lasted scoring single minutes took having carried bat hour hamilton man falling leg wicket runs scored minutes included highest individual score innings teams remained scoring run victorian batsmen reached double figures second innings bowling department field took wickets respectively tasmania second innings victorian team getting dismissed hour minutes playing overs scoring runs tasmania left score runs outright win despite late evening teams enthusiastic carry decided attempt result day nearly half past opened second innings non end opened bowling attack victoria getting dismissed having scored run wicket second score runs getting bowled ensured ended match highest scorer tasmania aggregate score runs innings took wicket sending stands cooper taking catch victoria bowled innings got wicket man field caught making single gibson marshall succeeded field sent quick succession gibson manage single getting bowled marshall caught bowled duck making caught bowled instance australian class cricket took gibson place arthur replaced marshall time called play bad light end day play tasmania lost wickets scoring runs wrote february report excitement great confident victory day second day proceedings started arthur resuming batting tasmania arthur caught bowling addition overnight score dropped second ball faced getting life subsequent big hitting swung game favour replaced arthur ensured wickets fell tasmania successfully chased victorian target result needing score runs second innings win match tasmania scored required runs taking hour minutes losing wickets overs tasmania marshall winning captain victoria losing captain class cricket australia close play runs including scored runs victoria taken wickets bowler australian class cricket history wicket haul twice match highest wicket taking bowler match teams aggregate haul wickets innings combined tasmania highest wicket having taken wickets innings account having scored runs innings victoria hamilton highest scorer match teams aggregate score runs general level fielding considered high match players marshall specifically praised admirable fielding attempts drew crowd appreciation spectators noted displayed high levels match noticeably cheering fall opponent team wickets celebrating scoring shots team aftermath high witnessed teams organising clubs victorian stay day proceedings people tasmania victoria including dinner post attended ball similarly match public ball organised hosts held thursday night cornwall hotel visiting staying event attended people including supporters accompanied continued early morning visitors instructed leave day leaving victorian players proceeded arm arm departure wharf walking brass band playing noted australian journalist wrote book chronicles early melbourne everybody invited everybody difficulty offered time landing time embarking spirit continued balls musical parties description entertainment got welcome strangers post return praised invited opponents play return match victoria subsequent season match held march ground situated south bank lost tasmania runs match played victoria years later tasmania beat victoria dead rubber match played march years later victoria played new_south_wales march new ground based richmond known match won new_south_wales class match australian mainland colonies class match current site english migrants team returned tour tasmania season played match fixture won match held february victoria played significant victory taking wickets runs innings figures record books economical wicket haul record surpassed tasmania represented primarily scored runs innings defeated innings second match played battery ground march won comfortably victorian team team series matches found difficult bowling professional skilled victorian fixtures victoria tasmania played additional matches victoria winning visit victorian team credited provided significant encouragement sport cricket tasmania formation came existence april members club february vanguard future matches february named cricket memorabilia exposition mark remembrance number years passed historic match match considered significant events history australia drawing rave mention anniversary celebration | Port Phillip v Van Diemen's Land, 1851 | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
20446_JoeSmall(cricketer) | cricketer joe small november april west indian cricketer played test inaugural test tour england scored half century west_indies player test cricket played test matches career played domestic cricket trinidad small played cricket trinidad club low social status establishing trinidad team soon batsman black batsmen west_indies team time trinidad instrumental breaking dominance barbados cricket team inter colonial tournament played west_indies world war chosen tour england twice moderately successful tour effective small played middle batting order bowled medium fast breaks died early career small born princes town trinidad played cricket club trinidad called included players lowest social class cricket trinidad time divided racial lines cricket clubs island colour player skin crucial described writer historian butcher tailor maker casual unemployed totally black social status james described small presence cricket field small talked everybody everybody talked joe good nature self satisfaction outside cricket career small worked oil company small class debut trinidad november playing team chosen small scored match bowled taking wicket following january small appearance trinidad inter colonial tournament scored seven runs innings took british innings final barbados took wicket game scored innings trinidad won match later year small played barbados final little success match tournament best score games runs took total wickets instances barbados won tournament international cricketer playing west indies season toured west_indies playing barbados trinidad played matches island faced representative west_indies location small played trinidad tourists scores took seven innings adding wicket second innings match lost trinidad second game drawn small scored runs took wicket game included west_indies team played port spain little success small play class cricket world war war played egypt alongside future west indian captain resumed trinidad career played games barbados scored score class cricket second scored maiden century took wickets total games won barbados resumed despite playing games small little success tournament small scored took innings having beaten trinidad lost barbados final small scored took wickets overs tour england west_indies toured england players selected trinidad including small time west indian batsmen traditionally white according james place batsman denied james writes perception trinidad small owed place nature want black batsmen tour began small scored second game bowled run low scores scored press praised innings particularly small use drive james remembered later years small driving taking wickets minor game small took scored class match bowled overs game far greatest number tour scored century minor match followed class game class fifties remainder season class matches scored runs average placing team batting averages ball took wickets average according small asked hampshire sussex qualify play team tour west indian previous tours refused according james contrasted ambition team cricket character limited outlook joe place satisfactory winner small returned play trinidad scored match failed final barbados success february tournament scoring took help team defeat british final trinidad defeated barbados time small scored ball took innings second innings bowl trinidad run win later year trinidad retained title wicket victory british small scored innings took wickets british second innings january toured west_indies playing matches islands combined west_indies small played twice trinidad times west_indies touring team managed runs innings took wickets january small scored barbados team established lead runs trinidad lost barbados scored second innings small bowled overs second innings wickets test cricketer test match debut west_indies scheduled tour england including test matches organised trial matches barbados december january small dismissed twice innings scored runs score took wickets selected tour successful tour batting records established english players season produced good batting conditions small batting average fell common team mates generally unsuccessful bat managed century oxford_university scored runs average successful bowling fulfilled supporting role ball took wickets average finished team bowling averages noted compared small fell considerably bat increased measure success ball compensate failure west_indies lost game test series test small took wickets england innings scored innings second innings scored half century test matches recorded small batting fine form hour half enjoyed distinction making score played test took wickets scored end career small took trinidad match contributed little trinidad won competition later year took seven west indies english team led playing jamaica joined jamaican team game trinidad lost tournament small little game team toured west_indies season small played trinidad matches touring team successful chosen second test match series england west indies played trinidad took wicket scored match final test match test matches scored runs average took wickets small played twice class cricket class cricket west_indies season played trinidad team won final class innings scored took wicket final delivery career scored class runs batting average took wickets average small continued play successfully local leagues early 1940s died following short illness trinidad april age having largely forgotten west_indies entered trinidad style technique obituary states small tall loose fine work trinidad complete record west indian test states pioneering test cricket gifted batsman strokes command medium pace break bowler competent slip fielder daily gave small credit time overcoming dominance barbados team described splendid slip fielder small batted variety positions batting order usually lower number opened bowling capable bowling quickly bowled spin medium pace height difficult batsmen face wrote small book boundary described match small facing fast bowler deliberately hit ball hard john feet angry wrote practising small international ordinary men boys fielding bowled joe half volley outside hit force wait ball came yards bowl minutes | Joe Small (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
20783_BillWoodfull | bill august august australian cricketer 1920s 1930s captained victoria australia best known moral conduct tumultuous series saw end anglo australian ties trained known attitude players patience defensive technique opening batsman flamboyant player known calm style reliability difficult situations opening pairing fellow victorian state australia remains successful history known tactical skills widely admired players observers ability mould successful loyal team strength character started playing cricket young age distinguish youth debut melbourne district competition age progress interrupted posting country town returning melbourne came attention state class debut victoria age late scoring century second match promoted open following season opened rest career seasons class level accumulated class runs average end season scored runs innings including centuries scoring centuries including selected tour england regarded players selected scored double century century innings england earn debut test played test scoring centuries centuries tour topped australian averages named year returning australia established partnership shield season record breaking run opening stand setting world record class team score averaged season averaged following summer overwhelming opposition helping victoria win easily appointed vice captain home ashes series following carried bat record breaking test defeat england easily won stood firm score centuries tests added best class score tour match following season campaign truncated hand injury reluctantly captain dropped team derided worst australian squad tour england youngest squad leave australia players prior experience england prompting commentators label team losing test scored century australia series won fifth test regain ashes ended tour class centuries broke combination dropped order accommodate tests west_indies australian captain struggled unfamiliar role scoring runs series australia won following season restored customary position successful test series career south_africa scoring runs including test highest score australia won tests great controversy erupted england tour australia visitors captained tactics aiming upper bodies heads australian batsmen hope hosts strong batting line australian public cricket community tactic refused complain publicly despite players wanting test australia lost heavily confirmed captain start match prompting speculation remove refusing controversy peaked test adelaide oval blow heart provoking riot dismissed english manager came privately express sympathy famously replied want warner teams playing cricket comment leaked media caused teammate suffered fractured skull australian board formally complained english administrators sporting prompted threats trade boycott tour cancellation australian board retracted england completed convincing victory praised public behaviour australian captain batted hours series bowling longer time led australians england tour relations assurances given repeated australians won remains captain regain ashes twice criticised adopting excessively cautious tactics advent retired tour family claimed controversy passion cricket british king offered services cricket reference actions series declined stating work teacher far important cricket mathematics teacher went alma mater style batted manner little aesthetic pleasure grace describing stating sight gave impression clumsy affected bout fever childhood stiff style played little noticeable gave impression playing style despite scored consistently good placement powerful drives generated strong despite appearance advanced pitch spin bowling known playing straight bat close watch ball core features strong defensive ability typically took block leg cover stumps defensive prowess yielded names reference fact rarely bowled result missing ball epithet given english said small worms raised heads ground level known reliability crisis match situations leading rock old formed opening partnership state international level yielded century opening stands dubbed jeff team mates famous comic strip duo regarded finest opening partnerships test history victorian teammates faith pair batting wicket keeper batted low order leave ground work captain known courage high moral principles face series fellow player described greatest man met wicket keeper said met character said psychologist humanitarian addition captain attributed success ability command intense loyalty players convert team spirit said men held memories personal touch courage said thought cat qualities pre eminent leader men added won fidelity bordering devotion australian cricket writer said habit things tough brought rare dignity australian compared respect commanded players english writer said calm cricketer seen reminded master gets school picnic losing reason boy protagonists controversy came reputation heightened personal friendships increased concealed exaggerated difficulty known nature adherence spirit game aside refusing refused exploit dismiss batsmen occasion run wandering inspect intending run teammate broke wicket umpire upheld appeal called led team understated way preferring broad objectives players choose methods task hand known organise team tightly tour ensure things proceeded smoothly devout methodist deep concern personal welfare players extended finding location nearest catholic_church teammates followed religion time australian society large divided catholic protestant lines reilly praise later accused leading catholic revolt leadership protestant divisive period touched alcohol strict adherence religious principles impose beliefs team buy drinks players ask administrators provide alcohol teammates exhausted time widely regarded beer highly effective means occasion threatened halt play administrators refused players grounds consumed early years born central victorian town sons reverend methodist preacher moved melbourne thomas given transfer inner city suburb religious stayed younger life refused play interstate match scheduled christmas day father installed net backyard taught emphasis defensive technique patience attended early career district cricket debut age distinguish played cricket level gained qualification bout fever childhood stiff muscles result rejected tried join fight world war posted rural cricket competition began gain attention accumulated runs average local competition england cricket team toured australia played scored teaching transfer saw return melbourne victorian fixtures season matches south_australia new_south_wales registered unbeaten scores respectively time victoria depth comparable strength choice teams states debut south_australia adelaide oval batted unbeaten batting second match western_australia registered maiden class century run second final innings debut class season dismissed bowler matches won innings dominant summer time studied arts degree night addition post following season promoted open consistent performances conditions meant play rest career accumulated class runs average match season scored run victoria past wickets match new_south_wales victoria arch rivals innings dismissed test leg spinner exactly class runs bowler dismissed time unbeaten steer team seven wicket victory showed liking south australian scoring victoria won matches aforementioned team ended season runs despite victoria lost new_south_wales scoring difference teams finished equal points played match team season scored runs including new_south_wales victoria won matches took title match new_south_wales compiled victoria managed seven wicket win opponents accumulated innings scored fifties matches won ended australian season runs omitted selection tests touring england team reward winning victoria embarked tour new_zealand end season scored canterbury scoring new_zealand dismissed unbeaten achieved sticky wicket ended tour runs year period defence solid bowled season players selection ashes tour interested selected australian play rest australia test trial rest upset australian matches passing added match south_australia scored match unable stop innings defeat new_south_wales second time season result consistent performances victoria selected team ashes tour scored australians defeated tasmania innings consecutive matches sailing england ended australian season runs test debut despite regarded man picked tour headed batting averages class matches tests class innings tour struck essex surrey oval damp pitches double century coming hours batting effort double century australian tour centuries tour compiled runs making duck dress rehearsal tests fielded virtual england team scored unbeaten cambridge_university running partners added middlesex entered tests runs tour average debut test trent bridge anti climax australia bat washed match england reached rain ended play failed impression second test lord scoring duck drawn match capped unhappy june scored runs month rain frequent regained form striking innings win established test opener test australia sent bat sticky wicket erratic bounce opening partner dismissed scoring ball second wicket partnership register maiden test century launched vicious counterattack second australian score test century lunch opening day bold play helped settle australians seize initiative bowler friendly surface tourists sticky wicket forced england follow unable finish scoring lancashire test centuries fourth test old highest score innings rain affected draw wet summer followed weather curtailed match surrey tests drawn fate ashes depended fifth test timeless manage duck australia lost test runs ashes runs tests placed closing stages tour compiled eighth final century campaign unbeaten england drawn match return australia established partnership shield season run opening stand hours laid foundation world record class score new_south_wales stand eclipsed sheffield shield record wicket won innings runs ended season scoring australian defeated rest seven wickets scored fifties ended season runs matches toured malaya singapore team season scoring centuries matches class australian season played matches highly productive scored victory new_south_wales adding innings triumph south_australia rounded season draw return match new_south_wales ended australian campaign runs runs victoria usually got strong start bat won shield easily recorded career best score compiled half hours batting brief tour new_zealand australian end season added wicket fourth scored centuries matches adding fifties ended class matches runs appointed vice captain home ashes series australian board spent great deal time arguing deputy realising omitted members team played test having retired australia field young inexperienced team prepared tests unbeaten victoria drawn tour match touring played test australian soil test brisbane duck innings australia fell run innings lead australia forced chase victory carried bat unbeaten australia sticky wicket brisbane test lose record runs score innings second test sydney australia conceded innings lead scored test century australia second innings force tourists bat despite england scored win match test home ground melbourne despite scoring second innings tourists won wickets test world record crowd australia fell short runs fourth test adelaide ended season high tour match victoria highest score state match captain agreed english captain vary rules laid men agreed cover pitch match bowl overs balls instead reacted match high scoring draw teams returned melbourne fifth test scored home crowd australia won wickets time played winning test matches hit centuries series runs despite australia lost ashes ended entire season runs started australian season scoring unbeaten touring overseeing successful run chase season cut short match suffered broken hand hit short ball match queensland forced retired hurt recovered time warm matches tasmania national team headed england scored runs matches season heavy defeat previous ashes series captain fellow victorian omitted altogether ashes tour appointed captain advocated retention colleagues voted reluctant accept job feeling belonged informed touring agreed ballot organised unanimously selected board limited leadership experience brief duties captain declare team second innings shield history winning vote led youngest man squad tour england having played english soil commentators expected australia easily defeated described weakest squad come shores quarters team dubbed tour started match scoring century making minutes game command ended innings victory added win essex scored drawn match yorkshire dominant county era leading test players added consecutive fifties draws surrey consecutive innings wins oxford_university hampshire completed test preparation striking innings win cambridge_university heading tests amassed runs concerns australian bowling attack prompted senior players ask board send spinner refused started poorly test trent bridge scored australia fell run defeat losing seven wickets immediately scored surrey set tone opening stand fellow victorian second test lord dismissed immediately teams audience king run stand half hours reached australia control declared unbeaten second innings australia reached complete seven wicket triumph won toss time contributed stand test match scored day australia reached rain helped england draw forced follow scored fourth test second innings series tied fifth test oval timeless match won toss england scored australia amassed win innings regain ashes tests contributed runs second class matches compiled runs including centuries fellow victorian played significant making century opening stands lord oval old help australia initiative tests times commented praise high commended australian captain encouragement young team returning australia elected victoria delegate man national selection panel replacing resigned role international series participating selection test team followed home series west_indies test tour australia caribbean ahead tests victoria defeated tourists innings unable score runs test opponents making duck tests broke opening combination dropping accommodate talented young batsman uncomfortable batting position scoring tests batted test australia easily won test wickets innings restored order fourth test melbourne jackson illness forcing young batsman withdraw competition struck run australia took consecutive innings victory scored century season making state match south_australia australia winning run came end run loss fifth test scoring ended series modest runs australia won ended summer runs following season saw tour australia south time decades started season scoring leading state run win tourists ahead tests signal follow tests managed victoria narrowly lost south_australia runs scored australia took innings victories tests brisbane sydney scored script wicket win arch rivals new_south_wales victoria forced chase victory test melbourne australia found foot time series scored seven innings australia south_africa took run lead compiled test best second innings adding partnership hours help australia set run win second successive test season saved highest test score series home crowd continued run fourth test won wickets opportunity inflict blows tourists victoria played second time ahead final test state unable force result continued strong form australian captain finished season duck opening ball fifth test bowled failing offer shot australia won innings runs equivalent single day play sticky wicket opened entire series returned best series figures second result remains time australia clean swept south_africa tests ended season runs english team led toured australia won ashes series described controversial period australian cricket history voted important australian moment panel australian cricket identities england tactics involved bowling speeds heads australian batsmen including employing close leg catch balls away upper body caused great controversy ill feeling australian players crowds england devised tactics attempt curb australia star batsman average twice world class batsman hoped restrict batsmen means season physical courage leadership won refused employ tactics publicly complain men repeatedly hit according times issue resolved practice stopped refused discuss matter fearing peace started season strongly scoring loss new_south_wales second match summer soon confronted england crushed victoria innings england aim batsmen body enforce second half structure packing leg changed match led australian tourists melbourne effectively test rehearsal rested match deputy tactics time match drawn struggled making duck technique attempting play unorthodox shots resembling overhead tennis failed impact england ahead tests australia lost heavily wickets test sydney took wickets managed seven duck second test melbourne wait minutes game confirmed captain caused toss delayed speculation considering possibility removing absolute refusal allow use tactics deputy advocated retaliation players richardson recalled private response way influenced adopt tactics bring discredit game know tim going participate actions hurt game led australia dramatic victory runs form problem managed hit bowling controversy reached peak second day test time record adelaide oval crowd watched australia finish england innings opened australia batting dismissed straight away duck minutes later bowling conventional field setting struck blow heart short lifting delivery bent bat pain minutes image defining symbols series huge crowd began verbally english team social standards era reacted saying bowled play resumed england bowled entire prepared bowl changed field setting capacity saturday afternoon crowd viewed hitting man journalist cricketer wrote actions seen crime australian eyes certainly cricket mass occurred ball noted umpire believes followed occurred melbourne crowd fence english captain possibly entire english players later expressed fears large scale riot police able stop home crowd worried killed attacking immigrated australia decades later remained fearful safety rising delivery knocked bat hands battled minutes collecting allen bowled later day english team manager visited australian dressing room express sympathies remained calm public refusing complain tactics abrupt response meant private leaked press famous quotation tumultuous period cricket history want warner teams playing cricket reportedly added game good time people got withdraw team competition protest australia later reported warner close tears following meantime second innings near impossible victory today highest successful test run chase australia lost wicket bowled joined played unorthodox method dismissed continued score unbeaten carrying bat teammates australia eventually unable bat fractured skull scores final tests australia lost wickets respectively fifth test sydney broke bone foot complete laws cricket permit captain switch mid case injury stood stationary wicket bowled run refused advantage injured bowler blocked remaining deliveries wicket refused run england reclaimed ashes overall scored runs moderate average slowest scoring rate career significantly defied english bowling hours total australian amid high drama season struggles spread test arena scored runs matches outside tests cricket returned departure men scored match richardson ended draw scored run chase narrowly defeated new_south_wales wickets scored fifties interstate matches new_south_wales added consecutive centuries national team tasmania departing final tour england ended season runs returning form previous summer international farewell having position selection panel led australia england tour cloud cricket diplomacy previous series agreements place tour went ahead occasions australians felt hosts crossed mark tactics resembling started final english campaign slowly innings scored runs half century players cheerful following series offered drop following run poor form fellow disagreed traditional test rehearsal australia reduced hosts second innings match ended draw final innings tests struck form lancashire test trent bridge struck australia led innings concerned batting england match declared hours remaining final day men went win runs albeit minutes play remaining england struck second test lord australia replied england hosts enforced follow rain life pitch australia innings defeat scored run tests australia ceded run lead held draw duck fourth test triple century control rain shortened match england needed runs australia bat wickets hand match ended draw meant series heading final test oval timeless lead ran form consecutive innings scored gloucestershire respectively controversy followed match innings scored australia batted practitioners employed wicket keeper standing leg took second innings repeated tactic late day fading light balls lower head height told administrators leg bowling repeated men leave field return london said australia return county future following day absent ostensibly leg injury angered absence faithful australians day australia previously privately complained past agreement tests teams took field deciding test won toss elected bat scored australia amassed timeless match england replied final test innings tourists set england target victory dismissed hosts seal decisive win runs series august second time years australia won ashes birthday victory captain regain ashes twice scored runs tour centuries tally tests captain world record remained quarter century performed poorly tests runs sufficient australian triumph averaged took wickets criticised robinson relatively defensive tending bat opponents match instead going directly victory relied reilly specialist sought reinforce batting line effective leading english batsmen australia hammond averaged half player australia retired immediately tour awarded joint return victoria match raised total pounds match richardson scored final innings men reply took wicket class level second innings team reached target seven wickets hand having bat early lost position victorian delegate national selection panel defeated vote retirement outside cricket successful career mathematics teacher years known stern discipline career students future australian test taught year miller mediocre student little study focused energy sport disappointed disciplined man invoked school motto meant honour work students work hard australia attempting emerge depths great depression miller scored zero final exam geometry class forced repeat year despite credentials refused involve coaching school cricket teams feeling responsibilities sports teachers despite watched students cricket training quickly noticed miller skills writing school magazine miller test possibilities notable students included leg spinner member left arm orthodox spinner world record breaking olympic distance runner school oval later named miller oval oval home town renamed bill recreation reserve constructed entrances named bill gate married met singing choir father church married return england tour children sons jack played successful november governor general informed king offered services cricket citation reference actions episode considered contributions education important cricket field declined honour later life said awarded accepted circumstances accept playing cricket invested officer order british empire services education holiday wife daughter collapsed died playing golf new_south_wales family remained adamant attack permanently damaged health curtailed life inducted australian cricket hall fame test match performance | Bill Woodfull | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
21640_Alimuddin(cricketer) | cricketer december july pakistani cricketer played tests pakistan fast scoring right handed opening batsman occasional right arm leg break bowler youngest player appear class cricket aged years days international cricket scored runs average including centuries seven fifties member pakistani squad toured england recorded pakistan test match win pakistani captain said thorough gentleman great cricketer pakistan class career career played class matches scored runs average including centuries fifties took wickets critics considered excellent fielder debut aged years days youngest player played class cricket played maiden match scoring runs innings highest score class cricket domestically represented pakistani batsman face ball bowled international bowler pakistani soil match west indians pakistan tour england scored runs including centuries matches successful scoring runs matches average season captained leading team victories trophy final season class cricket international career played test matches pakistan career scored runs international cricket average centuries seven fifties cricket critics believed possessed sound technique test matches established effective opening partnership started international career england june lord match scored runs fourth test series pakistan beat england runs recording test win team defeat england maiden tour managed score runs match played india pakistan home tests finishing series leading run scorer fifties fifth match scored national stadium international century batsman international century ground toured west_indies pakistan cricket team successful series highest score remained runs fourth test georgetown pakistan visited england played test match series fifth test low scoring match pakistan scores team highest scorer match fifth test home series england scored career best runs national stadium played match nottingham west indian wicket international cricket reference works including refer din personal life born city british india december independence pakistan moved family lived london married instead providing family given opportunity work london airport brothers played class cricket nephew son cricketer currently plays semi professional cricket england death july died london suffered heart lung diseases kidney failure released press statement expressing sorrow conveying family career statistics records opponents key test centuries | Alimuddin (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
21871_MunirHussain(commentator) | commentator november july cricket commentator administrator journalist pakistan played class cricket match season introduce commentary cricket founder cricket magazine 1970s game wrote weekly columns cricket daily years received accolades work cricket writer described pioneering commentator groundbreaking publisher elder presence nation cricket circles served president career cricket good pace played lot club cricket single class appearance team scored runs match right arm medium fast bowler took wickets runs pakistan captain praised direction bowled khan practice 1980s commentator late 1960s broadcasting commentary english clearly pakistani cricket fans forward idea having commentary started gold cup final match played youth centre match pakistani test playing started commentary distinguished contemporaries distinguished commentary career spanned decades 1970s 2000s cricket coverage world cups travelled test cricket nation administration journalism remained president terms member years headed founders cricket commentator paid tributes services said personality cricket administrator commentator journalist critic analyst organizer passion journalism earliest successful magazine dedicated indian pakistani film industries monthly cricket magazine edited continuously wrote weekly cricket columns daily pakistan largest oldest circulation newspaper decades awards received decade award presented lifetime achievement award tenth anniversary cricket world cup won pakistan recipients world cup legends award personal life born november british india young age moved neighbourhood delhi spent early years life migrated pakistan married children daughters sons sons cricket death suffered underwent blood times despite suffering knee limited mobility health good death july watched second international played pakistan west_indies died age heart attack funeral offered mosque buried graveyard later day granddaughter said death loved funeral weren given chance cry people kept telling stories captains pakistan cricket team cricket commentator president test attended funeral offering said fan following served game distinction interim chairman said informed personality death widely journalist broadcast community fraternity country | Munir Hussain (commentator) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
22162_EdwinStHill | march cricketer played test matches west_indies brothers played trinidad addition played test matches west_indies played local cricket trinidad success graduated trinidad team played regularly years selected representative west indian teams increased success attracted attention west_indies played test matches england particularly successful bowled steadily chosen tour australia west_indies fairly effective class games form fast team meant chosen test matches time tour signed contract play professional cricket england cricket club playing performed relatively bat ball seasons played professional leagues including leagues second world war joined british_army took evacuation returning england resumed league career played wartime charity games died manchester aged early life career born port spain trinidad according writer family lower middle class brothers played cricket trinidad addition played test matches west_indies played cup trinidad main cricket competition club called critics judged promising little success following year moved play shannon cricket trinidad time divided racial lines shannon club associated black lower middle class players teachers team contained strong opened bowling success shannon noticed regional progressed trinidad team class debut inter colonial tournament february opened bowling shannon team mate took wickets match played game final tournament barbados took wickets game team lost following years played regularly trinidad bowled success shannon took innings wickets innings season scoring second game pass runs innings apart games trinidad touring touring team games came trinidad overlooked representative west_indies team play ahead terms selection selected trial games held assist choosing team year west_indies team including brother toured england played test matches instead june august took tour united_states west indian playing mainly teams west indians successful taking wickets low cost west indian cricketer team october recorded best class bowling figures took wickets runs final took wickets second innings match scored trinidad second innings recorded best performances bat ball trinidad lost following month considered second string players borderline selection west_indies team undertook tour west_indies included test matches tests played west_indies international strength included players beginning ending international careers star english missing test played barbados selected making debut west_indies february scored bat took overs innings second match drawn travelled trinidad played cricket team games played taking wickets rested second stated omitted specifically ready second test played trinidad asked rest newspaper questioned left team test match reported speculation omission political reasons discredit leadership trinidad captain second game suggested given ability bat ball worth net runs team played having omitted second test west_indies lost played british west_indies won game batted number batting order innings number second scored runs innings ball took wicket play test review series barbados advocate suggested bowled steadily test appearances economical bowling figures british slightly english batsmen concentrating entirely defence article stated effective pitches turf supporters trinidad believed place forthcoming west indian tour australia needed work fielding weak august signed contract play professional cricket england meant longer eligible play cricket shannon trinidad time competition rules barred professional taking consequently class matches played australia career seasons cup took wickets average topped bowling averages competition tour australia west indies played test matches australia season lost series match australian team played seven matches australia tour including class feature tests tasmania innings figures victoria took wickets game total took wickets average highest score innings summary tour printed suggested bowled limited opportunities success form fast team meant little chance reach test team distinguish later article daily jamaica suggested sources told newspaper reason playing elaborate tour played class cricket games scored runs average took wickets professional cricketer england season club finished league signed professional cricketer west indians playing professional league cricket england early season spoke publicly express thanks welcome received finished equal fourth place best position league reviewing season gave credit revival describing batsman stated big impact ball scored runs score finish club batting averages topped bowling averages wickets bowled following season wife joined end season summary suggested batting improved surprised people ability played longer innings highest score scored runs played cricket headed batting bowling averages club runs wickets report stated bowling inconsistent surprising ended good average figures stood comparison leading professionals club dropped equal fifth league contract ended successful season club finished equal 11th topped batting bowling averages increased batting average scoring runs including century according gave delightful batting exhibitions ball successful taking wickets signed new contract play cricket club stated treated end season returned trinidad winter stage career progress followed press west_indies longer realistic test match prospect west indians played league cricket continued selected test team considered selection later life career moderate club quality cricket strong spent season contract renewed end season club awarded benefit match played team chosen season chosen team represent subsequently played cricket club signed played particularly successful instance bowler league reach wickets time fallen popularity standards missed season joined army took evacuation returned following season remained end second world war appeared wartime charity games west indies west indians living working england wartime returned acted team reserve professional playing professional later years cricketer recalled hill effective coach club bond spent early years continued playing league cricket died manchester style technique bowling style led critics west indies leading english bowler period took test match wickets judged cricketer potential time critic barbados rated medium fast noted effective turf pitches fielding weak article period named best fast medium bowler west_indies noted capable bowling slow scoring runs attempt dismiss batsmen good fielder fast scoring batsman called real test match cricketer player accuracy length pace makes asset team equal constantine best time joined profile newspaper stated steady bowler kept consistent good length additionally good batsman recent writers judged mediocre test class statistical record cricket writer writing website believes test match performances judges moderate late order batsman regulation medium history calls moderately talented suggests success shows standard play league time poor book west indian test describes capable performed test series | Edwin St Hill | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
22322_SomersetCountyCricketClubin1885 | season captained taken captain previous seasons played class cricket matches somerset win season came match lost losses away gloucestershire surrey number county heaviest defeats somerset unable field team fourth match coupled poor results lack fixtures resulted club stripped class status end season emergency meeting held new club secretary appointed wealthy sought retained club somerset played second class cricket seasons class game season histories season includes provides prose foot mentions loss class cricket background somerset granted class status advance season maiden season level described disastrous publication qualified statement mild optimism county failed live optimism wins performances poor twice somerset opponents scored runs innings lancashire fielded players captained left club end season played cricket london squad class matches somerset fielded different players appeared matches captain annual suggested professionals indigenous area somerset feared advance temporary prediction particularly accurate professional somerset players year appeared season fewer career class appearances following players appearance somerset class cricket age given start somerset match season july key denotes player appeared wicket keeper somerset denotes number appearances player somerset denotes reference player details county cricket somerset suffered badly lack strong bowling attack playing matches total wickets offer somerset took slow left arm orthodox bowler county leading wicket claiming wickets appearances average bowling average far finished season country leading wicket wickets matches unfortunately somerset able play county matches best bowling average managed took seven wickets took highest total wickets managed claim appearances batting strongest aspect somerset play club lacked strength depth county teams playing second season class cricket finished highest batting average county respectable average exceeded number batsmen season somerset batsman passed runs innings advanced reach century season somerset match commenced july months faced sussex surrey travelled hampshire open class county cricket season england somerset began season home hampshire losing toss asked field somerset restricted visitors runs innings took career best wickets innings conceding runs ball overs reply somerset fell short opponents bowled scoring runs collected wickets second innings granting career wicket winter took somerset bowled hampshire leaving needing win somerset batsmen reached runs unbeaten accompanied number seven helped somerset achieve wicket victory match somerset travelled marsh faced gloucestershire match fell winter bowl majority overs absence fellow opener winter claimed wickets conceded runs wickets tried different effort wickets gloucestershire eventually bowled overs reply somerset conceded wickets runs brief revival took seven wickets fell addition runs somerset closed trailing opponents overs runs captain scored somerset reaching highest total season batsmen reached double figures county professional somerset players fell ducks asked gloucestershire follow somerset batted poorly second effort winter total highest score total meant lost match innings runs heaviest defeat class cricket point county days rest recover loss facing surrey oval unavailable somerset losing toss somerset spent day field surrey accumulated runs day reached somerset claimed tenth wicket close innings stage remained having scored highest score class cricket somerset opening winter conceded excess runs second match row utilised bowler gloucestershire search wickets claimed wickets recording career best asked bowl overs finished maiden overs overs bowled match accounted quarter bowling class cricket reply surrey total somerset bowled innings robinson reached double figures scoring respectively recorded absent hurt somerset innings second innings somerset improved reaching highest batting total season scored county century season scoring shared partnership fourth wicket reached highest score season totalling somerset loss heavier suffered week earlier losing innings runs march losses remain heaviest experienced county class cricket somerset week match travelled southampton face hampshire possibly losses previous matches somerset field men fixture situation described time season somerset batted scored contemporary match report praised batting winter scored respectively innings capital performance innings taking wickets cost runs according report despite efforts hampshire exceeded somerset total opening run lead innings winter scored somerset second innings reaching highest total class cricket opening batting scores hall helped somerset hampshire reached total required victory day match remaining winning wickets surrey visited days later counties second meeting season repeat previous fixtures surrey won toss chose bat played earlier clash opened bowling somerset alongside presumably weakness rest county attack bowled overs repeat successes achieved hampshire somerset innings claimed wicket surrey bowled reply occupied batsmen end came went scoring exactly half somerset reached double figures somerset batsmen dismissed ducks requested follow somerset fared second innings reached batsman passed somerset runs short forcing surrey bat somerset hosts final match season played single day surrey match scheduled day match concluded days home won toss elected bat gloucestershire opened bowling pair bowled unchanged overs claimed wickets apiece somerset dismissed reached double figures scoring response gloucestershire totalled claimed wickets tail somerset batted second innings scoring half centuries respectively reached wickets falling collected match gloucestershire achieved victory loss wicket second innings somerset fifth successive loss season record match log batting averages bowling averages aftermath somerset stripped class status reasons organised played class fixtures season performances expected class county succeeded fielding players matches emergency meeting held new club secretary appointed rules altered wealthy sought despite widespread changes retained club somerset played second class cricket seasons finishing second class county champions class game | Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885 | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
22470_HarryLee(cricketer) | cricketer october april professional english cricketer played class cricket test appearance england lee right handed batsman bowled break slow medium pace bowling right arm scored runs season thirteen occasions county championship winning sides lee runs took wickets class cricket son lee worked hard earn place middlesex years world war eventually getting chance players joined early war effort lee enlisted army september served december shot leg declared dead taken prisoner war survived returned play middlesex secured place team strong round seasons twice batsman scored century innings shares achievement prolific scored runs heavily end decade test appearance drafted england team injuries illness depleted squad continued playing county cricket released middlesex aged allow county develop younger players umpired class cricket retirement second world war standing matches lee career overshadowed attractive faster scoring batsmen team younger brothers played class cricket jack frank moved somerset failing break middlesex team brothers scored centuries season instance professional brothers class cricket years later involved single dismissal harry caught frank bowling jack county match time death lee second oldest living test cricketer early years lee born london october eldest boys progressed play class cricket father coal merchant followed cricket closely london evening papers lee youth developed cricket playing lamp posts reflected autobiography bowler clean bowl man times lamp post miss sized wicket gets chance talent encouraged school attended schools sports enthusiasts offered penny bowl feat lee achieved regularly taught lee concentrate bowling good length lee played primarily bowler school years final year school reached final local lee earned victory school wickets lee left school worked father job liked stop writing letter asking job ground staff lord cricket ground approximately boys lee invited trial lord early bowled observation head lee described worst balls pitched nerves improved eventually selected ground staff boys ground boy lee numerous tasks sweeping cleaning seats preparing nets marking pitch similar match day jobs included selling operating score board fielding practice nets left little time boys game formal coaching place lee guided different players england seasons lee started gain attention scored runs match runs making appearances collecting runs wickets regularly number middlesex missing trial matches england selection lee invited join team county championship matches south west somerset gloucestershire placed number middlesex batting order lee batted rain affected match somerset remaining required bowl lee bowl gloucestershire remained overs match lee given greater opportunities appearing seven times middlesex championship appearances brought lee wicket class cricket caught bowling claimed wickets match month later total wickets season runs apiece finish technically county bowling averages season lee joined bowling staff invitation class cricket season playing times middlesex matches lee scored end middlesex innings helping avoid follow knock praised captain promoted bat number fourth innings stage game heading draw certainly regular middlesex team lee asked captain county cap request warner responded surprise received promptly asked sent season lee doubled total class appearances early season appearances oxford cambridge universities brought runs match hampshire saw lee bat number innings played twice prior august times start world war early august initially resulted cancellation middlesex tour northern counties yorkshire lancashire decision later reversed middlesex took heavily weakened tour regular opening batsman unavailable lee promoted open batting alongside scored yorkshire followed lancashire lee continued open middlesex remainder season lee scored century class cricket having dismissed innings lee scored runs second shared partnership runs reached century world war prisoner war initially declaration war lee feel impact life looking forward playing cricket season learning keen support war effort encountering members marching london lee changed mind enlisted 13th county london battalion territorial force london regiment battalion usually known recruited largely area london september time pre war battalion split line 13th battalion men volunteered overseas service based unit sent france november second line 13th battalion men volunteered overseas service new recruits initially london prior moving january december line battalion 13th battalion formed additional training unit based richmond park surviving portions lee service record unclear units spent time training posted 13th county london battalion february joined france week later lee participated mid march allied offensive regain french village village germans plan press capture abandoned following attack germans heavily area expecting attacks battle larger offensive known commenced formed lead infantry units northern attack targeting lee led assault attack initial objectives achieved heavy cost attacking forces soon ran ammunition retreated following morning men engaged casualties including officers total british casualties numbered men attack lee shot leg bullet hit left thigh fractured lay days lines having given dead memorial service held announcement death days lee found germans transported hospital hour journey initially passenger compartment train sacks straw transferred red_cross train week looked germans took remained weeks remained duration stay time transferred second hospital half day journey lee lie wooden seat blanket leg iron case hurt significantly provided food second half journey completed red_cross train stay lee began heal quickly receiving advice fellow prisoner greatly exaggerated injury selected returned england began journey october boarded boat england days later lee severity injury england discovered legs permanently shorter suffered significant muscle death told able fight play cricket discharged army december eligible silver war badge served later received star british war medal victory medal leaving army middlesex paid lee treated specialist able play match early scored century coaching india having army lee worked filing clerk position allowed plenty time play cricket wartime matches end summer met wife suggested lee accompany husband work india readily accepted able leave mother died lee felt remain home look young brothers year later household settled lee took offer originally booked sailing bombay transferred minute sailed directly lee final destination calcutta torpedoed miles plymouth returned port lives lost journey convoy attacked passing mediterranean_sea german boat ships ton cargo steamer convoy sunk rest journey completed incident despite german light cruiser lay wait convoy india lee worked football cricket coach treated like guest paid played class matches time india match country lord lee claimed maiden wicket haul taking wickets conceding runs added wickets second innings record best bowling analysis match november lee played england india indian team test status attained strong team dominated match england far representative lee claimed wickets match concession runs scores bat lee highest score century class cricket india match playing team appearing instead bird lee opened batting scored runs claimed seven wickets match won innings return county cricket despite injury sustained war county cricket resumed lee took leave returned england resume career matches played days experiment unpopular lee described nightmare season shorter matches lee passed class runs season time career won regular place middlesex scored centuries season including innings charity match played surrey oval innings reached sharing second wicket partnership second scored batting average season times exceed career championship reverted day matches lee enjoyed greatest successes batsman season scored centuries successive matches mid reaching lord sussex venue sussex middlesex batsmen scored centuries addition lee runs scored remained declared time feat achieved class cricket lee took wickets match taking innings second complete maiden wicket haul middlesex taken wickets match scoring century playing hampshire southampton following month lee scored double century middlesex declared second innings meaning pitch duration match total lee scored runs average class matches ranked middlesex batsmen runs scored batting average county won narrowly completing victory final session final match history cricket praise lee round excellence season addition runs claimed wickets championship average lee performances contention place english touring party travel australia winter eventually missed selection instead travelled south_africa winters playing coaching country accepting invitation second consecutive season lee scored excess runs class matches aided highest career score lee batted hours reach score match middlesex won innings scored century season runs sussex passed occasions enjoyed best season bowler claiming class wickets average best career lee finished batting bowling tables batsmen season travelled south_africa time coach obituary states end best years lee certainly prolific following years averaged bat years passed class runs second time career lee batting line batsmen scored century hampshire southampton lee scored fellow opener got reached remained middlesex declared runs recorded best bowling performance taking wickets concession runs innings gloucestershire took wickets second innings help middlesex wicket victory claimed wickets final time season utilised heavily middlesex bowler travel south_africa fact describes cause effect poor form travelled south_africa spending successive winters cape_town coaching coincided revival county cricket batting form passed runs missing total years heading twilight career lee enjoyed batting renaissance averaged season scored runs heavily reaching runs year second season career time career lee selected play professional players team prestigious gentlemen players fixture appearing contest oval early june opened batting scored runs match finished draw final day lost rain scored century innings match second time making strong lancashire bowling attack later season scored final double century scoring runs surrey oval shared second wicket partnership lee runs middlesex county championship leading run scorer topped runs superior averages following season saw lee accumulate class runs average season saw play matches total reached century scoring runs somerset solitary test english winter lee took positions south_africa touring winter suffered heavily injuries illness fewer seven players missing stages england captain requested lee coaching duties join touring party having believed secured permission appearance scoring runs innings played tour matches twice making scores reaching half century tour test appearance came fourth test england south_africa lee opened innings alongside scored innings match finished draw match contacted schools coaching claimed lee broken contract leaving permission lee argued claims citing fact school told permission leave refused issue lee england cap apologised lee felt need received cap small compensation came form england touring tie gave later career lee remained regular middlesex early 1930s scored runs average including centuries brothers jack frank scored class century season jack scored somerset frank carried bat remain somerset sussex feat instance professional brothers scoring class centuries season years later brother involved dismissal caught runs frank bowling jack lee passed class runs averages dropped middlesex order encourage younger players break team continued appear season scored century cambridge_university early july briefly recalled middlesex team august recorded final century reaching successful subsequent match surrey making scores middlesex terminated contract end season disappointment class appearances lee scored total runs average scored centuries passed runs season occasions completion playing career lee began straight away standing non class matches petitioned middlesex forward class duties following season duly approved county captains umpired class cricket returned coaching taking position somerset regular lord remainder life time death england second oldest test cricketer playing style words lee brilliant like ordinary average county cricketer despite assertion lee class runs middlesex rank eleventh time list seventeen scored runs taken wickets county suggested figures true worth time lord pitch favour batsmen played career ground pitch batsman paradise figures borne relation value lee batted noticeable scored predominantly leg style watch effective drew colourful methods lee received praise courage | Harry Lee (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
22717_E.W.Bastard | february april english cricketer played oxford_university somerset slow left arm orthodox bowler described obituary somerset best bowler time club oxford team said university best class career confined university years appeared oxford somerset close bowling averages teams season class wickets placed prolific wicket country somerset temporary loss class status brought premature end class career continued play second class cricket time somerset resumed class cricket lost place following emergence acquisitions died age engaged work early life born parish outside second son educated played school cricket team later known bowler occasionally opened batting school time played games university county cricket completion studies attended oxford_university played collected wickets innings conceding runs overs won runs played matches university team freshman year opening bowling debut class cricket june appearing university claimed wicket match university lost innings appeared times class cricket university according author history lucky chosen year play university match cambridge_university lancashire took wickets innings took wickets better average preferred contest cambridge gaining blue claimed wicket innings match cambridge won seven wickets attributes loss combination weather oxford loss toss resulted cambridge batting good batting pitch rain followed oxford batted pitch described nasty university summer break debut somerset match county late july appeared times county opposition matches season collected class wickets average highest class score making runs somerset second innings hampshire came bat score runs loss seven wickets wicket fall time somerset moved shared tenth wicket partnership somerset lost match seven wickets played oxford_university class matches team described remarkable oxford best university won seven matches narrowly lost opening match australians innings took second innings wickets maiden class wicket haul wickets tourists captain later summer scored runs england test wrote australians bowled performance best university collected wickets steadily finished oxford second prolific wicket claimed wickets second taken average ranked fifth university match year claimed wickets innings batting oxford innings quickly scored runs bowling cambridge second innings claimed opponent final wickets runs returned play somerset summer break playing matches county claimed wickets double prolific somerset bowler best performance came hampshire claimed second innings wickets help somerset victory season following season returned play oxford_university successful team previous year despite availability squad oxford win single match university average excess having averaged previous season team came rely bowling slow left arm began season wicket haul innings followed wickets second improved performance match taking wickets innings lancashire complete maiden wicket haul class match northern county won runs effective later matches claiming wickets innings twice going university match oxford bowled day cambridge opened innings lead claimed solitary wicket overs oxford recovered second innings scored contributed runs leaving cambridge requiring runs win day play remaining according bowled great skill morning claimed cambridge wickets supported fellow cambridge achieved victory lunch final day somerset leading wicket claiming wickets match county summer recorded second wicket match claimed wickets innings second somerset recorded win year match county hampshire time southampton somerset field men fixture batting reached hampshire response contemporary match report recorded capital performance innings taking wickets cost runs despite performance hampshire passed somerset total innings lead runs somerset scored second innings leaving hampshire requiring win bowled overs second innings failed add wicket tally hampshire won match wickets performances saw selected games gentlemen festival team young oxford team mates season page number players cambridge team chosen claimed wickets innings match failed players class wickets eighteenth highest country later life graduated oxford gaining year collecting years later continued play cricket somerset stage stripped class status reasons organised played class fixtures season performances expected class county succeeded fielding players matches picked plenty wickets particularly match hampshire innings devon innings highlights additions resulted bowling frequently final appearance county august required bowl match somerset won wickets thanks tyler woods described chief bowler county class died april aged employed work | E. W. Bastard | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23051_WilfBarber | barber known april september professional class cricketer played played test matches england south_africa opening batsman excellent batting technique barber batted middle order scored runs class cricket average centuries barber debut appearances seasons despite sound defence barber secure regular team place scored thousand runs time season feat achieve times scored runs second world war broke barber continued regular member yorkshire war played season retiring career continued club cricket went coach local sides death career barber born april yorkshire appear yorkshire second scored runs including century averaged season class debut yorkshire playing single innings scheduled bat later innings needed bat yorkshire completed easy victory season chosen play matches score years unable attain regular spot yorkshire batsmen competing places season barber played matches mainly batsmen required representative matches passing time innings followed fifties season scored maiden class century south innings team total batsman reaching total played occasions scored runs average including second century barber seasons play matches reach runs season passed times total matters changed barber season yorkshire regular long serving opening batsman began suffer illness left batting place enabled barber play regularly believed thoroughly deserved place team scored exactly runs average time reached figures season finished fifth yorkshire batting averages time placed high runs played yorkshire winning season breakthrough barber steadily improved total runs batting average helping yorkshire win county championship twice scored runs average scored runs average seasons finished fourth yorkshire averages barber best season following season achieved best aggregate runs highest average english season passing runs season time career scored runs average finished yorkshire averages performances earned selection players gentlemen lord cricket ground time career scored barber chosen represent england test series south_africa played fourth tests england lost second match series yorkshire players selected season scored runs innings highest score fourth test england drew matches left final game took wicket second final ball test cricket match heading obvious draw following matches chosen non test playing tour new_zealand winter senior professional effective expected australia new_zealand scored runs matches new_zealand representative team average scored runs class matches average including centuries barber play tests scoring consistent seasons world war scored runs year scored runs averaged averaged second yorkshire batting averages fourth slipped sixth following war barber played season scoring runs average fourth yorkshire averages eighth final time passed runs season seasons barber runs contributed yorkshire county champions consecutive seasons war played matches bring career close barber regular player season championship winning seven times style achievements barber scored total runs career hundreds catches described fourth pillar yorkshire batting mid-1930s generally defensive batsman played carefully tradition yorkshire opening batsmen said barber small stature upright style good batsman good defensive technique strength leg noted test debut opening batsman went lower batting order comfortable normal circumstances crisis enjoy batting difficult pitches called correct orthodox batsman seen barber kind modest man believed contribution good scored century death described having rendered admirable service barber highest score surrey innings opened batting shared successive century partnerships barber scored kent scored innings kent built lead second day match barber opening batting scored shared stand wicket result yorkshire drew game barber shared seven century opening partnerships yorkshire partnerships included stand half hours middlesex record yorkshire second wicket fielding generally deep described rate said went nearly years dropping catch leg boundary bowling retirement retirement barber played club cricket fifties playing king cross went play club professional reformed time club barber scored half centuries won award batting left coach later working coach school died aged hospital short illness september | Wilf Barber | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23123_RayLindwall | october june cricketer represented australia tests widely regarded greatest fast time played flight rugby league football appearing grand finals club retiring fully concentrate test cricket right arm fast bowler express pace widely regarded greatest pace bowler era finest time formed new ball pairing regarded greatest played cricket known classical style smooth rhythmic run textbook bowling action generated trademark moved away late high pace mixed subtle changes pace intimidating heads opposing batsmen later career developed variety pace control feared time fine round cricketer hard hitting batsman scored centuries test level improved australia position lower order batting best known performance role leading australian bowling tour england australian team went tour undefeated gained saw regarded finest teams history place australian cricket history saw inducted australian cricket hall fame inaugural members named children irish swedish descent difficult childhood great depression parents dying finished high school inspired childhood watching england fastest bowler era australian batsmen notorious series short pitched bowling teenage years rose ranks sydney grade cricket test leg spinner regarded finest bowler world time class debut new_south_wales time fine athlete playing grade japanese attack pearl harbor interstate cricket cancelled joined army served new_guinea returned australia suffering effects tropical disease quickly impact resumption class cricket gain selection tour new_zealand test debut march match returned australia spent winter playing football helping team grand final season retired concentrate solely cricket began celebrated opening partnership miller season saw ashes series england brought maiden test century second test leading wicket australia established post war era topped bowling following season india led australian attack celebrated tour england took wickets tour including tests bowler best fifth test oval england taking hosts unable cope high pace swing efforts saw named year following tour found pitches south_africa liking dropped final test returned following season england regularly taking wickets series win following year played major stopping west indian batsmen criticised prolific use short pitched bowling played england developed returned aging national team decline despite loss ashes commentators felt terms bowling craft returning australia moved north queensland work commitments suffered season injury illness saw perform poorly england retained ashes easily strong performance caribbean missed half english tour injury ineffective australia lost consecutive ashes series return trip australia captained australia time test match india mumbai injuries forced regular captain following repeated defeats england australian instituted change radical youth policy saw dropped tour south_africa forced way test team years age following season breaking record wickets retired test cricket tour indian following season total test wickets retirement test world record holder served national early years born mascot sydney new_south_wales fourth children younger sister older sisters older brother grandson swedish irish immigrants difficult childhood mother catherine dying pneumonia seven father arthur job children aware father financially support school leaving age age elder brother jack spectators sydney cricket ground second day test ashes series series saw usage notorious tactics england pace battery led small man like feet intimidated opposition batsmen express pace bowling aiming short pitched upper body smooth rhythmic run classical action famous match remembered celebrated aggressively resisting tactics australia fell heavy wicket defeat brothers returned home ray henceforth attempted emulate wanted replicate physical threat posed batsmen dynamic batting attempted copy action routine street cricket matches classmates primary school said famous fast bowler world naturally wanted copy formal cricket education began following year commenced secondary schooling school teachers habit scouting athletic boys bring sporting honour institution brother competent player invested time training taught batting repertoire encouraging remain aggressive taught add accuracy variation raw speed age leading school team opening batting bowling aged played distinct saturday competitions morning adults afternoon grade competition outing scored unbeaten different matches day physique matured time successful athletics swimming aware needed good education family poverty great depression lifted final year junior high school won half scholarship focus rugby league cricket saw fail leaving certificate final year grade cricket reilly secondary school years focused batting gained reputation dynamic early october final school year drawing close group young received invitation state team volunteer bowl australia choice opening batsmen having returned ashes tour series space minutes bowled times beat bat occasions questioned coach brushed performance noting boat seeing ball comments noting taught hate batsmen george time december future team mate senior team captained leg spin bowler represented australia tests regarded best bowler world reilly firm man came father figure came team seeing wind swing bowler reilly felt pace useful overs new ball instructed run bowl fast possible reilly decided team needed placed low batting order opportunity bat bother protesting realising dissent reilly futile reilly reversed morris bowler batsman morris world leading players fields reilly chose end season established cricketer test batsman lamented perceived lack talent substance returned school attempting obtain leaving certificate playing grade rugby july father died leaving siblings orphaned work war class rugby league cricket end year gained leaving certificate eligible study university clashed desire play sport earn money help support family took office job manufactured parts bomb season bowling moderately successful wickets highlight season unbeaten won grade final winter grade rugby league debut new south wales rugby football league club alongside older brother jack club played assumed goal kicking responsibilities improved season taking wickets approximately doubling wickets cost time colleagues enlisted armed services competition beginning thin world war missed season illness missed team won season october selected class cricket debut queensland brisbane turning playing childhood hero performance conceded expensive runs overs run bat season cancelled month later december pearl harbor attack signalled widening war sydney grade cricket competition continued helped hat trick wickets runs winter helped rugby league team reach grand final second consecutive year finished season league point scorer brother jack played wing scored team points grand final jack scoring try ray kicking goals denied minute penalty goal defeated canterbury japanese closer australia malaya fallen northern australian city darwin subject japanese air raids army commitments intervened season attempted enlist royal_australian_air_force rejected employees firm military service resigned job order join army anti aircraft unit deployed new_guinea japanese reached trail close port unit bombed ashore lucky killed returned believed contracted malaria fever medical tests confirm needed aid recovering bouts minor illness time resumed state cricket despite war having reduced thin height cricket debut resumed class cricket career steadily queensland south australia gave indications potential degree day second innings match victoria day suffering mild malaria attack gave spell overs wickets bowling speeds seen australia innings minutes queensland cutting driving exhibited batting skill haul south_australia gained attention turned new_south_wales australian services team played victory tests england hostile bowling delivered wickets innings finishing match figures leading rate best fast bowling prospect decade wickets season selected australian team tour new_zealand played test new_zealand awarded test status match australia fielded seven test opened bowling state team mate limited opportunities sticky wicket favoured slower bowling reilly took seven wickets respectively took australia won innings runs duck australia innings returned australia resumed rugby league career season year absence starting reserve grade strong performances saw promoted grade season george dragons qualified grand final tigers abilities display day won game scoring tries missing kick goal retired competitive rugby advice concentrate cricket played grade rugby league games scoring seven tries worth points kicking goals total career points narrow losses grand finals prevented unique feat following new south wales rugby league victory australian cricket team brother jack time retirement club leading try scorer test career having retired rugby league selected ashes home soil debut test england brisbane test universally regarded best batsman history returned break fan leadership recalling ease straight away presence inspiring team waited days action coming bat australia reached scored runs australia reached bowled briefly innings forced field prevented bowling second innings australia secured heavy innings victory illness prevented playing second test sydney test home town returned test melbourne saw spectators second test ground record receipts dismissed australia innings bowled set successful fast bowling partnership known giving english batsmen opening blitz especially english wrote anger seen real thing took ashes wicket having test world record holder caught diving having leg wicket later dismissed english captain second innings batting second innings highlight test scoring test century produced eighth wicket partnership minutes fell runs short man came defended attacked reached caught brought century walking metres straight driving fence innings lasted minutes balls second fastest history ball effort fourth test came closest hat trick entire test career finished england innings clean bowling batsmen deliveries unsuccessful ball barely missing stumps end took wickets overs conceding runs took scored drawn match came final test home ground sydney match haul shield match continued productive series innings flat pitch managing generate pace knock bat hands took wickets second innings australia took series win innings victory topped bowling averages wickets addition runs season tour indian cricket team saw career best bowling figures adelaide oval second innings fourth test leading wicket series wickets addition runs test removed sticky wicket collapse saw india result selected sir toured england defeat concerns lead start tour carrying injured leg foot drag delivery stride led media legality arranged melbourne leg prime condition fortnight public relations stated firm belief delivery fair lengthy boat journey england emphasized importance caution respect bowling action advised dragging rear right foot usual avoid avoid bowling speed satisfied action assured automatic selection tests wicket lead tour matches telling passed priority recalled times traditional tour opener worcester tour destroying confidence match worcester remained rest tour matters turned actual bowling classical bowling action evoked public interest captain batting match took gain psychological blow forthcoming test venue victims following match twice sussex match figures bowled hosts bowled respectively lined test trent bridge taken wickets tour game australia bowled took wicket forced leave field groin strain figures returned australia innings batting runner partnered vice captain century partnership lift australia score run lead bowl second innings australia completed wicket victory subjected thorough fitness test morning second test lord weeks later home cricket convinced fitness bowler sufficient convince captain inclusion australia won toss elected bat allowing time recover contributed australia total took new ball felt pain groin delivering ball despite pain caught fourth clean bowled space balls england australia firmly control later returned bowl english captain run stand finishing australia took innings lead contributed australia declared immediately dismissal leaving england chase world record victory removed new ball later returned remove addition single run australia took run victory later years told pretended notice pain worried noticed injury later claimed ignorance allow relax teams old test dropped reason said struggles short pitched bowling australians pleased feeling england best batsman england batted making unbeaten despite forced leave field score removed jack leave england returned revive innings ended came bat forced retire hurt australia facing prospect follow received consecutive hit hand cheers home crowd australia struggled avoided follow removed duck second innings bringing advised bowl fearing interpreted retaliation lead negative media reaction match draw entire fourth day washed returned fourth test opening partnership resulted bowled england ran large score taking reply australia way came fall australia remaining hit scoring innings marked powerful driving pulling dominating stands respectively leaving runs innings took england declared final day leaving australia chase world test record victory successfully centuries run stand saw australia seal series world record final test oval saw best english won toss elected bat rain affected pitch dismissed lunch morris taken difficult catch break england struggled bowled swinging space runs innings ended leg caught wicket keeper caught ball handed stretch left described catch best seen post lunch spell bowled overs taking wickets runs finishing overs described spell devastating fastest saw test cricket australia replied england bowled second innings giving australia innings victory series took match ended series leading wicket wickets scored runs english unable cope swing wickets coming batsmen missed ball bowled entire tour took wickets scored runs test haul record australian fast bowler england recognised naming year citing ability allow australia seize initiative tests achieving early batting said standard judged placed permanently gallery great fast success superb control length direction change pace general skill like slower bowler classed prompted opposing batsmen retreat foot released ball later career return australian soil played match december featured prominently day smashing minutes match raised pounds following season australians headed south_africa test tour partnership miller broken omitted touring squad miller stated wished considered batsman omission caused great controversy case miller drafted cover involved car accident start tour went play tests started tour poor note test scoring going australia completed innings victory time failed wicket innings test run persisted second innings second test cape_town took hosts forced follow australia completed easy victory took match figures australia completed hat trick victories took south_africa innings fourth test dropped fifth test surprised cricket commentators tour intermittently interrupted groin problems stomach disorder wickets average wickets match customary rate overall fit effective wickets forced way test ashes series england team australia struggled innings making second score supporting rearguard action required miller medium pace reduced england sticky wicket brown declared forcing australian bat unfavourable pitch australia declared ball australia seized initiative reducing england bowling match runs took wickets second test melbourne came closing stages english run chase chasing england lost brown evans consecutive overs second new ball ended runs short victory australia went seal series innings victory test sydney bowled brown breaking thumb innings help australia seize control fourth test adelaide took england innings scoring patient australia second innings helping set target runs brown men fifth final test summer test defeat tests career despite taking innings complement wickets miller innings pair series england took win australia taken wickets series season saw arrival west indies time decades defeated england england expected test australia series seen battle best teams world batting led celebrated batting trio entered test brisbane good form having taken wickets match queensland lead pace caught tourists guard having faced bowler speed took innings scoring australia struggled managed post innings lead runs second innings australia faced win struggling sixth wicket stand saw australia secure narrow wicket victory second test sydney saw increase short pitched deliveries leading relentless tactics bowling unsettled west indian batsmen captain felt tactics legitimate batsmen counter attack took innings scoring australia took innings lead second innings took wickets struck vice captain head stage bowled overs australia went win match seven wickets test uneventful taking solitary wicket tourists took wicket victory sticky pitch match fourth test combined figures contributing run chase australia narrowly target wicket hand allowing series lead instead result series ended controversial battle final day fifth test sydney tourists resumed pursuit victory repeatedly bounced miller sixth missed attempted hook shot batting partner ordered play hook responded bowling uncertain responses batsman repeatedly positioned hook leading instructions australians bowled fourth consecutive managed extract uncertain hook shot resulted dismissal wicket went innings match securing series win contributed heavily team success bat ball wickets runs criticised use short ball accepted offer play england australian winter joining sum pounds bonuses include boat wife took wickets season developed advice local umpire refused leg wicket decisions returned australia newborn son born stay lancashire greeted media speculation professional improved capabilities form leading tests south_africa prompted observers bowling better reinforced trademark total sticky wicket south_australia adelaide led miller regard best innings seen conditions score sent open batting absence showed versatility test brisbane scoring unbeaten second innings extend australia lead south_africa attempted chase target took cut runs short victory reunited miller returned injury second test melbourne despite old combination taking wickets taking match figures australia fell runs short south_africa test win australia years teams moved home ground miller test sydney local pair delivered taking seven wickets tourists taking australia having taken innings lead allowed australia seize initiative removing overs ending ensure innings victory series lead value miller demonstrated final tests fourth test adelaide broke mid game left australia short chasing south managed bowling secure draw absent melbourne south_africa defeating australians wickets despite home having scored innings absence miller new ball partnership allowed south_africa fight draw series making series australia won taken wickets half tests series australia unlikely find replacements leading strike pair soon eventual successors regular peak returned england site triumph years earlier exhibit performances rated higher tour wrote reached producing sustained sensational season brilliant powerful intelligent fast bowling tour matches leading test set gaining psychological advantage england leading batsmen leave poor state leading test potentially ability win matches match bowled developed previous year match country champions surrey oval came peter regarded best young english batsman emerge post war era consisted leaving uncertain position level cricket dismiss regarded best level cricket unsettled bowled following performances saw regarded finest fast bowler time australia bowled innings test trent bridge high paced swing yielded cut england australia bowled leaving england victory rain curtailed match second test lord england reached stumps second day reply australia following day rising star took restrict england lead runs australia second innings scored fastest half century ashes history took minutes reach mark match drawn taking second innings helped reduce england stumps fourth day removing new ball defiant batting final day saved english test drawn heavy rain failing pass double figures innings taking innings won toss fourth consecutive test sent england bat home crowd yorkshire second ball produced display fast accurate pace bowling taking overs england managed australia took run lead took help leave tourists victory target english attempted stone wall australian victory batting hours runs miller pair took wickets displaying pivotal role australia bowling attack especially absence injured unavailable tour ordered bailey bowl leg theory long run sending balls leg prevent australians scoring england held draw runs short time ran teams met oval deciding test australia manage winning toss striking noted array drives score push total took prevent england taking run lead australia collapsed second innings surrey spin twins taking wickets left england win achieved wickets intact unable remove loss australia series defeat notorious series years earlier motivated fast bowling despite australia troubles maintained high standards taking wickets average contributing fifties total runs entire tour taken wickets years age maintained high pace developed journalist said wonders amazing capacity bowl ball feels like transfer queensland november given employment brisbane bus company continued play new_south_wales remainder season dropped final match domestic season generated criticism community felt service farewell mediocre season standards taking wickets batting ineffective scoring runs innings performances led media speculation decline began career queensland start season retain place test england ashes tour adopted home crowd returned form bat scoring unbeaten australia amassed sent compounded match removing finished england forced follow took wickets england fell innings victory match english asked advice bowl effective promised meeting happened second test sydney bowled innings second innings gave throat turned head hit skull batting partner shouting god killed taken hospital rays bowled return later said thanks showing took wickets match returned win low scoring match england struggled test carrying leg strain bout taking match england won pulled muscle match sidelined england sealed series consecutive win returned fifth test dismissed early ending wickets bailey giving 100th wicket england amassed highest total series australia managed hang draw forced follow ended wickets season usual standards australia convincingly defeated critics called sweeping changes team reilly mentor journalist called new claiming australia worst decades intentions retire continued early tour west_indies australian team caribbean determined enjoy having recovered recent illness day miller battled night needed respite discipline order completely ward longer miller knew australia took match total hosts forced follow test kingston jamaica australia went win wickets team travelled queen park trinidad second test west_indies batted time bowled long spell overs eventually prized cost runs culmination spell australia replied contributing unbeaten bat match second innings broke problem match ended draw recovered start test georgetown quiet time spin dominated game taking wickets wicket australian victory australia won toss batted fourth test australia reached came highly aggressive innings reached minutes unbeaten stumps morning went second test century scoring second century test level years showed counter attacking aggression quiet match wickets high scoring draw teams innings finished series wickets fifth test jamaica australia completed series win innings triumph high scoring series taken wicket scoring runs strong round performance performed steadily purely domestic appointed queensland captain took wickets runs duly selected ashes tour like rest team poor tour series dry pitches designed favour surrey spin twins lock tour compounded groin injury took innings opening test trent bridge broke unable bowl second innings forced miss second test lord returned disastrous test took innings australia forced follow fell innings loss lock ravaged australians took wickets fourth test results australia suffered innings defeat known test spinner took australian wickets fall farewell test cricket england oval taking wickets overall disappointing tour fit half tests managed seven wickets performance calls aging team ideas following england tour australians returned home tour indian stop australia played test pakistan poor run continued scoring duck taking match figures australia fell wicket defeat team travelled madras tests india briefly bowled morning success severe stomach bug took innings spent days bed briefly got bed day bat making australia took run innings lead hauled bed fourth day cut indians spells taking innings victory second test bombay time captain australia test match captain johnson deputy miller injured leaving bowling depleted injured unavailable australia bowled extremely hot conditions situation worsened match hindered stomach bugs hip strains respectively game leg spinner bowl match affected fever left arm orthodox spinner pulled muscle midway debut left batting fully fit bowling options australia bowled india strong batting effort led centuries saw australia contributed hard hitting unbeaten end australia depleted bowling told home second innings visitors able wickets match ended draw indian captain batting hours defiant finished tour scores test madras low scoring match innings finished took match figures run victory successful series taking wickets scoring runs omission comeback end tour represented changing guard australian cricket late johnson miller retired class cricket season took wickets runs having successful series recent international fixtures reason expect continuation senior role team furthermore having captained team absence johnson miller player terms leadership team south african tour announced omitted altogether heard news radio working having given prior notice consecutive ashes defeats australia decline mid-1950s turned radical youth policy attempt reverse slide youngest australia captain age having played tests securing regular place team selected managed wickets tests remaining play test men defeated south_africa continued consistent performances queensland wickets runs seasons broke record wickets shield competitions 54th match competition winter nearing 37th birthday stepped bid reclaim test place committed intense fitness program included daily run followed vigorous exercises increase abdominal strength set equipment garage determined add test tally wickets australian record pound offer english newspaper cover ashes series journalist instead wanting play series fruit fitness regime early shield matches season sent message england arrived brisbane tour match test took innings dismissing watson removed seven second innings rain curtailed match leaving match figures unfortunately point view selection committee attended match overlooked persisted winning combination toured south_africa prospects recall appeared remote australia won tests england second innings second test taking wickets match injured test leaving doubt fourth test meantime shield match away south_australia final claim recall hosts batted heat degrees batting pitch delivered ball overs received standing ovation performances unfavourable conditions greeted chairman avoided inquiries injury worries fearing hinder chances selection rewarded recall fourth test adelaide oval age scoring australia innings restored role opening bowling time took match figures australia took lead left wicket short recovered ready resume place fifth test melbourne retained final match instead dropping batsman accommodate australia bowled record having bailey caught slips took difficult low slips catches wicket ahead finishing opened bowling second innings fans awaiting new record beat bailey bowling duck ahead took wickets end australia completed series victory finished season wickets age final appearances australia tour indian saw tests pakistan india respectively tour marred illness injury allowing play half tests played tests nation moderate results took wickets scored runs finished test wickets wickets world record wickets test innings scored took tally runs making player score runs wickets test cricket style widely regarded greatest fast time bowled classical artistic bowling action wrote balance rhythmic run build smooth delivery action said technically best fast bowler saw 1950s action copied young children number class australian including consciously copied action succeeded australia pace labelled best fast bowler saw childhood hero rated equal ahead following tour england english counterpart said best fast bowler seen variety control particularly known trademark swung late high pace believed ability simultaneously swing ball pace accuracy matched wrote appears yards stumps couple approach suddenly explodes delivery stride releases ball bowling arm low borders round arm ability swing ball high pace allowed repeatedly breach defences opponents test wickets bowled leg wicket repertoire reinforced dangerous changes pace said slots right spot developed coupled feet batsmen high pace said slow bowler saying raised considered force cricket fast bowling tactical control variations emergence second world war new ball partner heralded new era cricket pair regarded best fast era signalled change cricket landscape dominated interwar period batsmen pair formed new ball fast bowling combination regarded best test history tour england hosts agreed new ball available overs australians miller shiny new ball pair targeted leading opposition batsmen particular england large amounts short pitched bowling raising fast bowling new standard battles regarded key match ups anglo australian battles time said opponent ability strike felt best faced saying accuracy play hit refused bowl saying day came bowl won deserve play australia england developed quality pace 1950s captain implemented similar strategy executed miller retirement went mentor went break test world record wicket taking later years returning australia played queensland final shield match season retiring representative cricket continued play northern districts brisbane district competition making sporadic class appearances private teams played new_zealand west_indies kenya pakistan miller players benefit payment plan set reward played australia tests queensland seasons australian given life membership received services cricket retirement wife ran business children son daughter early 1970s upcoming western australian went hold world record test wickets seventh test ashes series asked address able teach bowl published books challenging tests died age inducted australian cricket hall fame inaugural members named opening personal life married son daughter died following stroke aged test match performance | Ray Lindwall | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23138_JimKilburn | jim july august british sports journalist wrote regarded style writing refusal write field events wrote primarily brief career teaching having spent time finland appointed cricket correspondent editor writing man unusual way writing reports editors refused change copy highly value impact early life career born sheffield attended completing degree economics university early age showed interest cricket boy received coaching yorkshire cricketer played matches bowling fast paced spin successful bat ball win medals achievements reported press worked briefly teacher preparatory school met vice consul finland result went live finland year cricket correspondent time finland sent travel articles editor impressed work arranged meet learning interest cricket recognising success gave trial newspaper cricket correspondent position vacant retired initial month period salary week resulted written appointed permanently responsibility cricket rugby paid week plus expenses initially writing line cricket correspondent quickly established reputation soon took position given reports continued position retired style personality cricket correspondent wrote primarily obituary described writing style wrote fountain pen press telegram forms words close play immediately concluded essay hardly crossed assured rigorous style exact elegant bowling joke extremely practical joke times stated reports precise frequently elegant stern invariably fair accurate wrote piece occasionally speed ease produced reports refusal use described devil invention journalists writing printed exactly wrote sub editors touch mistake employers valued style greatly refused write field events caused editors yorkshire cricket turbulent scenes time wrote write wider aspects cricket confident reputation impossible sack attitude popular players particularly close position gave freedom write chose refused offers national newspapers obituary times suggested worked london publication known respected press boxes time particularly yorkshire places according tall man little truck press box according writer shy views methods regarded old fashioned later stages career compared contemporary lancashire style wrote romantic style preferred factual accuracy according harder journalist writes acclaimed cricket writing hailed good reason writings yorkshire players 1930s 1940s known public personalities wrote pieces famous deep love cricket worried losing way embracing day matches sponsorship believe progress necessarily bad believed greatly admired stylish play severely criticised field believed fell short acceptable standards including occasion yorkshire won engaging time tactics avoid losing game retired continued follow sport closely legacy death twice accompanied england team overseas tours australia tour founder member served secretary chairman later honorary life member journalist elected life member yorkshire opened newly built press box final years blind sight began fail shortly retirement according remained upright man died outside work played golf reasonable standard married children writes work valued accurate insight social attitudes half century intended write cricket fact told wrote books cricket contributed regularly | Jim Kilburn | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23360_EddieIllingworth | born november australian cricketer played class matches victoria right arm medium pace bowler best remembered throwing match south_australia november col selection victoria controversial fact called district level throwing prior class debut away class cricket successful career victorian premier cricket remains eighth highest wicket time named club champion times later served seven years board member early career career local cricket played victorian premier cricket debut grade team season represent years playing total matches december selected youth team play scored pair opened bowling taking new_south_wales innings drawn match years later november selected day single innings match junction oval sides featured current test players including potter men bowled bowling overs runs having reached target wickets intact class debut selected class début victoria tasmania february selection generated controversy twice throwing different melbourne district cricket seasons prior selection occasions district cricket times time tasmania competition match victoria won toss elected bat came scored dismissed team bowled took victims seven batsmen hosts bowled tasmania run lead victoria declared leaving tasmania target took career best figures removing tasmania batsmen team took run win despite performance overlooked state selection years returning play district cricket took wickets season making leading wicket season entire competition finally returned state team season trial match start season regional town opened bowling took overs victoria took run win day match selected debut week later western_australia ground perth came run team bowling change dismissed leave hosts recovered run lead ended scored victoria set target took overs time ran western_australia ball throwing best performance match south_australia adelaide oval following week november match called home won toss elected bat took south_australia innings total times ryan called occasions umpire standing square leg called twice second fourth deliveries eleventh ryan sixth ball fourteenth fourteenth dismissed pakistani test batsman australian test wicket keeper fourth deliveries respectively broke run stand removed duck runs added caught south australia eventually finished victoria batted team fell forced follow having conceded run lead innings victoria try defeat trouble came bat captain wicket keeper score scored highest class score putting partnership runs dismissed score victoria end play runs ahead match ended draw career end played matches took wickets following match western_australia took taking wicket test player western_australia responded bowling overs concession runs western_australia reached time ran final match queensland december took queensland batted scoring seven team took queensland declared chasing victory team lost runs ended career wickets average runs state reluctant pick victoria throwing allegations surrounded returned district cricket played seasons finishing career season having played matches took wickets placing eighth time wicket list victorian premier cricket best bowling figures innings took wickets innings times wickets match times amassed runs took catches career winning voted club champion times winning medal honorary life member club served delegate board directors | Eddie Illingworth | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23602_RobertRamsay(cricketer) | cricketer december june english born gentleman spent life businessman queensland australia late 1880s amateur cricketer played somerset played born gloucestershire spent early childhood australia moved england family march enable older brother receive education attended cambridge gained sporting blue playing university match oxford class appearances cambridge somerset play class cricket left cambridge graduating returned australia working new south wales nearly years joined brother frank large pastoral station queensland owned father time managed son edward remained australia retirement june returned wife children england settled kent life career early life cricket born gloucestershire december sixth child fourth son susan née elder siblings died early childhood older brother alfred died years old apart spending years director firm sydney father politician queensland served eighth treasurer queensland school briefly queensland australia family moved england march attended football team year played school cricket team alongside older brother better known frank brothers combined seventeen wickets robert claimed innings second followed older brother cambridge year played trial match claimed wickets innings played class match university summer bowling overs taking wicket yorkshire played second class matches best performance somerset time kent claimed wickets innings following year cambridge played class matches university gained blue match summer played university match cambridge won runs aided strong bowling claimed wickets conceded runs tenth best bowling performance university later summer claimed wickets lancashire picked wickets touring australians match australians collected wickets innings seven second albeit match prolific match played cold weather catches hard hold said match lancashire number dropped ball bowled caught nash ball following selected play gentlemen england touring australians claimed wickets match australians won innings university match little success taking wickets overs conceded runs cambridge won match seven wickets played class cricket matches took wickets average claimed wickets innings times wickets match twice bowled unusual action gained nickname twisting tommy resemblance batsman totalled runs average including half centuries career best return australia graduate cambridge instead returned australia farming new south wales late older brother frank large station owned father later sir managed son edward december frank established independently fathers bought huge station bob words letter father miles railway miles consists square miles country good possible brothers younger brothers douglas norman joined firm years later went acquire numerous queensland stations premature death largest sheep farming enterprises world response claims american journalist american sheep farmer dated october echoed saying good season american shaking title biggest sheep farmers world established biography described progressive run station north west queensland modern technology achieve including private telephone lines machines steam married year old olive james cathedral queensland seven children took management family estates brother frank retirement england november years later founding member brisbane branch round table member left protest failure referendum introduce conscription instead joined president remained active businessman retirement time moved england moved parents home kent remained died june | Robert Ramsay (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23772_KapilDevasIndiannationalcricketcoach | indian national cricket coach appointed indian national cricket coach september following appointment captain indian team august player captained team cricket world cup victory retired capped indian test player holder record highest number test wickets earlier held record highest number wickets credentials player captain appointed coach ahead teammate team saw success series home new_zealand saw subsequent test series host tour australia visitors south_africa india home series loss years india win subsequent series new captain forever remembered claims match fixing south_africa captain match fixing scandal took player accused trying bribe tournament sri_lanka severe pressure politicians fans resigned coach september having spent year team coach reports india premier investigating agency appointed investigate match fixing allegations november involvement match fixing india performance coaching stint par winning test match played played india performance new_zealand tour india appointed coach indian national cricket team succeeding appointment coincided second term international competition india coach started badly team bowled visiting new_zealand team inspired bowling display lead restricted runs new_zealand dismissed india batsmen bounced second innings total batsmen passing scoring centuries wicket match haul enabled india win second test match test ended draw recording double century ensuing series india won highlight indian team world record partnership runs 2nd match series new_zealand successful series national coach indian tour australia india followed tour trip australia india lost test series margin defeat heavy matches runs runs innings runs highlight test series came final test scored run ball fading light sydney cricket ground came praise media india series performance matched test series failure india managed win match pakistan come defense team south_africa tour india india lost home test series pakistan south_africa toured india february march streak ended india lost home series events outside field overshadowed cricket start series announced decision relinquish test matches recalled team controversy arose injury leading exclusion test captain indian team day series talks media way india took lead series finishing series south_africa won matches learnt later south_africa captain involved betting attempts buy south african players end series media felt attitude march india participated triangular series south_africa pakistan india won matches missed finals match fixing allegation resignation background cricket season winding delhi police shocked cricket world announced involved cricket match fixing released statements denying allegations triggering diplomatic row began mounting evidence admitted accepting money throwing away games phone chief sacked replaced allegations indian player publicly claimed wanted throw away match pakistan allegations unknown team member new allegations magazine outlook based instituted inquiry man commission headed retired chief justice india reveal names provide evidence charges match fixing phone tapping allegation cricket manager match fixing controversy resurfaced released report media reaction indian public resulted called respond delhi response crisis indian government initiated inquiry april president revealed told asked throw away match ensuing exchanges parties broke interview bbc hard talk resignation initially resign leave absence coaching responsibilities weeks progressed public discontent mounting match fixing scandal small measure pressure union sport minister resigned position september farewell game cricket clearing match fixing charges extensive investigation interviews submitted report minister november report found credible evidence anti corruption officer joint director submitted report november elaborated players found links match fixing syndicate concluded attempt bribe players version events legacy coaching term indian cricket team national coach considered success poor field performances reign performed badly away matches managed victories games test cricket india lost home series years managed victory test series | Kapil Dev as Indian national cricket coach | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23823_DineshKarthik | krishna pronunciation born june indian batsman debut indian cricket team regular member team varying periods including stint specialist opening batsman non wicket keeper batsman junior career turned wicket keeping order improve future prospects rising junior ranks class debut year old dropped season despite healthy run scoring problematic fought way team playing india world cup test cricket debut regular wicket keeper tests making rare appearances period struggled averaged bat replaced test prolific destructive bat mantle opener raising standard specialist batsman domestic level recalled national squad batsman injuries form hit batsmen playing occasional matches forms cricket tour south_africa scoring half century test opener following india elimination round cricket world cup multiple changes non wicket keeping opening batsman test team regularly played batting middle order maiden test century bangladesh india leading scorer test tour england helping india win series england years suffered form slump dropped test team sporadic international appearances continues score heavily domestic cricket come occasional appearances specialist batsman players rested injured wicket keeper sidelined early life born telugu family began playing cricket age year stint living kuwait father worked studied taught father division cricketer disappointed career hindered forced family education father want son suffer way trained hard early age young age having father throw hard leather balls high speed initially played youth teams batsman learning wicket regarded having high levels fitness steadily ascended youth ranks debut scoring interstate matches promoted team november half years old spending entire season promoted team start season aged years months despite scoring runs level eligible age group decision result increased productivity scored runs seven innings score demoted november responded immediately innings added fifties season including ended runs season regained position team start following season opened scoring runs matches promoted team runs matches rewarded selection represents country south competition success bat scoring innings april selected play touring scored second matches start rest season began imposing case senior selection opening match season tamil scored team making duck innings hit second innings registered century innings cracking form tapered runs innings called senior team class debut class beginnings debut class level playing wicket keeper batting scored batted round robin phase matches scoring runs average score second match innings helped avoid outright defeat hanging draw wicket hand form tapered match failed pass season took catches repeated wicket keeping errors dropped final matches dropped senior state team overlooked selection trophy played south zone productive time second season scoring runs half centuries rewarded selection national team played youth day runs taking catch india won matches ease attended wicket keeping camp season guidance indian glove man chairman credited improving technique playing period returned team start season selected play youthful counterparts sri_lanka pakistan late september runs took catches limited overs matches national asian countries performances recalled trophy team start season time accumulated runs average centuries took catches opening batting round robin phase struggling runs matches played managing runs innings returned middle order semi final railways scoring maiden class century help team innings lead followed second innings help progress final basis innings railways held draw runs short target followed unbeaten final mumbai innings mumbai innings lead second innings batting innings lead drawn match gave mumbai title ended catches innings performances insufficient gain regional representation overlooked matches selected india squad world cup bangladesh scored runs balls sri_lanka helped set run win propelled india semi final knocked pakistan seven india ended tournament runs scored half centuries india tour making select early international career selected indian squad august team decided cease makeshift wicket keeper poor form alternative wicket keeper played match england lord got scoring run despite dropping england captain bowling eventually took catch played match champions trophy kenya taking catches india persisted wicket keeping majority english tour required bat india lost wickets innings subsequently replaced team took gloves time basis play april test debut 4th test australia india mumbai dropped following poor run form gloves managed innings catches praised wicket keeping pitch variable bounce spin wickets fell days playing time victory immediately india home runs retained india engagement test home series south_africa high scoring draw teams passed innings managed solitary run test second test calcutta scored help extend india innings lead runs hosts completed wicket win chance score heavily india test tour bangladesh december team won test india encountered little difficulty sweeping series winning matches innings passed matches unable join high scoring managing returned domestic cricket conclusion tests colleagues played played matches scoring runs innings january series day domestic tournaments held chance press claims selection format having played list matches sequence matches innings scored called senior team time play day competition scored runs played india little impact scoring played class trophy continued modest returns bat scoring runs run innings making start reaching despite lean performances retained test series home pakistan march high scoring draw test india amassed best test batting performance point pakistan india batted start reached run india pakistan broke second innings scored combining run partnership set target proved tourists deteriorating pitch india won match runs match india collapsed lost wickets final day high scoring match runs scored wickets innings selected pakistan returned action meantime managed runs matches contrast scored pakistan kept position safe despite heavy run scoring continued persist tests face low scoring domestic international level preceding months started tour warm match hosts depleted political conducted government match india lost innings wickets respectively india scored heavily weakened opponents completed innings failed occasions twice making single returned india challenger trophy india force way india squad home meantime played chance case test retention scored runs matches lost eliminated spent month team tests home sri_lanka announced dropped place tests debut managed runs average half century score contrast prolific run scorer won man series award sri_lanka scored match continued play trophy scored innings season dropped order favoured reserve wicket keeper tour pakistan immediately announcement scored mumbai losing effort unable scores remaining innings competition mixed results domestic day competitions scored half century matches matches ending total runs international recall batsman april career revived recalled team rest final england required bat india cruised seven wicket victory reinstated reserve tour west_indies campaign india april scored runs including man match runs tour gulf country little caribbean playing non class tour match ahead tests start season scored challenger trophy played trophy matches scoring given opportunities international level tour south_africa sidelined knee injury given spot purely batsman following poor form opened batting previous season trophy trophy playing struggled runs average score south_africa took india batsmen struggling dropped altogether test squad selected wicket keeper middle order batsmen test team time year scored unbeaten steer india wicket win international south africa ball spare suffered finger injury replaced test playing test year regular opener suffering loss form opened innings allowing bat middle order domestic experience score innings combining century opening stand helping india innings lead second innings scored unbeaten team suffered batting collapse allowing hosts series wickets addition batting wicket keeping praised brought south african fast bowler predict success future featured match series west_indies batting victory match scored specialist batsman india recovered post slow wicket stadium india went win runs giving man match award rewarded continued selection subsequent series sri_lanka cricket world cup series sri_lanka managing leaving position jeopardy warm matches west_indies start world cup scored netherlands west_indies play match world cup following india unexpected exit round group players dropped squad including result selected specialist opener tour bangladesh scoring drawn test scoring maiden test century second test compiling runs featuring century opening stand india took innings victory completed tour series playing middle order india won matches prior tour england india played series ireland hosts south_africa played matches scoring runs keeping wicket matches established regular opener test series england scoring tour matches ahead tests recorded half century tests regularly helping india solid starts test lord second innings india fell pursuit rain ended match early second test trent bridge scored helping lay order platform india innings gave run lead scored reached target winning series lead test oval scored india batted helped lay foundation total innings lead secure run innings lead india unable finish england secure series win total runs highest scorer series india tourists won series england years started series unbeaten india run defeat consecutive innings failed score runs dropped final matches selected inaugural world south_africa september played india earlier matches scoring duck dropped semi final final favour india went win starting tournament outsiders kept place indian squad home series australia outer decline form england played final match mumbai making duck india home wickets struggling recent months limited overs format bounced challenger trophy start indian domestic season playing duck match unbeaten final guide team successful run chase rounded preparation test series consecutive fifties trophy lean test series pakistan home tests managed innings passing single figures test injured replacement scored batting order taking opening position scored high scoring draw kept wickets absence injury innings stumps india set world record extras conceded test innings leaked second highest test history india won test matches drawn retained test tour australia opener ruled suffering injury play tests elevated opening position bat middle order struggled new positions moved position dropped test series instead earned late reserve opener succumbed injury recalled test leg tour played non class match scoring selected limited overs component australian tour play meant months tour played day match match australia scored runs fringes return india played reaching twice innings played wicket keeper delhi scoring runs strike rate highest score unbeaten steer delhi wicket win group match match team mate took hat trick new batsman came charged ground missed miss opportunity double hat trick recalled test team wicket keeper july tour sri_lanka chose break cricket citing need rest played tests struggled bat middle order scoring runs falling times dropped frequent catches replaced test following loss place indian team returned home played india series counterparts australia new_zealand unsuccessful campaign accumulating runs strong domestic class season starting trophy campaign single figure scores scored featuring run partnership defeated innings scored consecutive matches railways ending campaign return match continued strong run trophy scoring match ended runs season including centuries fifties scored unbeaten day tournament selected tour new_zealand reserve wicket keeper watching entire series played second test injured criticised dropping multiple catches hosts amassed innings held south_africa played delhi matches scoring runs passing occasions making delhi topped pool stage tournament semi final delhi defeated wickets got chance india match tour west_indies replaced opener shoulder injury scored opener help claim berth future india took series injured retained short triangular tournament sri_lanka september scored india round robin matches dropped final india hosts retained champions trophy south_africa performances sri_lanka omitted matches given opportunity india final pool match west_indies scored seven wicket win prevent india round exit recovered time home series australia returned domestic duty start season played delhi matches scoring runs including score sri_lanka delhi knocked super stage played matches captain uneven run scoring bat scored added scores managed runs innings ended season runs resorted bowling twice matches proceeding draw success delivered overs conceded runs lead knockout stages competition december recalled team tour india banned second match matches slow rates kept wickets matches scoring remaining unbeaten instances helping guide india target successful retained place middle order batsman fifth final match returned rested injured match ended prematurely unsafe pitch retained place tri series bangladesh hosts sri_lanka rested tournament played opener round robin matches rested quick time india won matches dropped final lost played test forced withdraw injury duck innings india day falling pursuit quick runs declaration india recovered second innings india went win match watched match recovered steered india clean sweep displaced reserve test home series south_africa called deputy scored trophy final player score centuries innings trophy final scored unbeaten balls set new world record successful run chase indian transfer delhi good starts early matches particular scored quick home match went win trophy season batting wicket keeping matches matches batted seen key run team ended tournament runs run tournament recalled indian team champions trophy following great domestic season performance scored centuries warm games sealing place team tournament unfortunately centuries counted class statistics teams playing team scored unbeaten india group match west_indies season season personal life got divorced childhood sweetheart august married indian player outside cricket took dance reality | Dinesh Karthik | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23944_AndyGanteaume | january february cricketer played test match west_indies batsman scored test innings left highest test batting average history played trinidad young age chosen play test match england following good batting form slow scoring probably cost place played test toured england west_indies time death oldest surviving cricketer early life born port spain trinidad formal cricket coaching class debut trinidad year old scored batting number seasons played regularly trinidad class competition non class island competition played football trinidad team time time sport restricted career civil service batting middle order eventually promoted open batting theory time suggested good accustomed conditions keeping wicket believed theory enjoyed opener scored maiden class century second followed later year test match season england cricket team toured west_indies team played trinidad scored match journalists criticised scoring slowly easy batting conditions second match touring scored selected team test match followed later suggested non selection result background injury west indies opening batsmen game meant called england batted score west_indies batted opening partner shared partnership criticised slow batting later suggested concentrated scoring singles allow form partner face bowling day carried batting reach century test match trinidad innings took minutes slowed neared figures captain sent note asking batsmen score faster batsmen batted slowly later claimed england negative run saving tactics slow scoring rate bat second innings west indies needed score runs quickly unsuccessful attempt win game match drawn having earlier interrupted rain cut playing time knowledge quick scoring vital slow batting adversely affected chances victory play test match replaced came team pre arranged scheme rotate chosen preliminary man squad tour india pakistan final selection players overlooked tour england continued play irregularly trinidad following years played representative cricket later career selected tour england west_indies team age played class matches tour scored runs average passed seven innings score editor suggested specialist opening batsmen team came expectations forcing open batting came close selection test match tour played twice trinidad class cricket ended career class runs average centuries having played test innings left test batting average higher highest average play innings test career average highest player appeared solitary test career possible reasons played test cricket single match apart slow pace batting later suggested better career score rapid slow batting strong time plenty competition places team team mate later west_indies captain suggested left subsequent teams possible affected attitude authority cricket journalist suggests probably paid anti establishment attitude slow scoring certainly going bow white players dominated region cricket later years served test west_indies manager autobiography story coin published criticised west indies establishment playing days died age february time death oldest surviving cricketer second oldest world | Andy Ganteaume | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
23955_RonHamence | november march cricketer played south_australia australia short compact right handed batsman excelled getting forward drive array attractive foot strokes youngest australian play district cricket death death oldest surviving australian test cricketer played test matches national team successful domestic career called south_australia successful batsman played class matches brought career total runs came average runs innings included centuries scored centuries class matches career born adelaide suburb cousin fellow australian cricketer years days youngest district cricketer south australian cricket history debut adelaide club west playing team worked public servant compact batsman preferring attack defence suffered weakness career fast bowling joined south_australia way season march scored century class cricket debut tasmania adelaide oval match season left debut season average start season followed scores touring england team victoria seven new_south_wales christmas day scored second class century queensland innings score second scores followed significant score queensland february ended season runs century average suffered worst period form far start season failing reach double figures december early january scored second innings victoria followed new_south_wales ended season runs average play cricket match december start season returned score new_south_wales followed matches later victoria narrowly missed century november caught victoria scored rest year ending runs average successful season far began year queensland new_south_wales series low scores followed hit vein strong form beginning february year scored western australia february match season began following season following match new_south_wales enjoyed great success victoria scored inter state match following match representative selections raise money war effort played scored returned play south_australia match new_south_wales scored ended season highest average single season achieve career runs hundreds second world war play class match december end second world war war served years royal_australian_air_force return immediately hit form south_australia new_south_wales hit match starting december scored victoria january single figure scores hit queensland experienced drop form significant score wellington seven innings ended season runs start season enjoyed greatest success far scoring consecutive centuries innings november december victoria new_south_wales followed score second innings followed career best touring team january queensland february ended season runs international debut england india centuries led debut australia fifth test sydney february scored innings australia response england innings england managed response australia set win reached overs second innings returned domestic cricket innings highest score picked play second tests touring indian cricket team australia innings matches starting december ended draw bat test started january australia achieved victory centuries meaning needed bat second innings replaced final tests returning domestic cricket scored queensland kept running place national team toured england selected play tests reiterated interviewed felt resentment having played popular member touring squad cheerful nature splendid tenor voice added good spirits team success warm games mixed scores cambridge_university essex lancashire mixed duck seven counties somerset approaching century tour australian players keen succeed left card games dismissed highest score season faced scotland matches august scoring overall tour played matches scoring runs average touring colleague criticised omission meaningful cricket tour wrote instance gentlemen lord came bat brown got miller left innings sent wicket batted interstate team despite went game somerset batted sent following tour described fine batsman strictly orthodox type sound reliable game based driving safe barnes reported frequent termed ground staff added dressing room county games break ironic song chances got later state strong array batsman ahead seldom opportunity big scores extremely useful reserve played tests confidence return retirement later life scored match return australia playing team captained december scored career best new_south_wales following match queensland faced western_australia class match scoring century hit western_australia suffered loss form exceeding innings scored new_south_wales queensland victoria scored innings new_south_wales western_australia followed clear form played final match team october scoring innings south_australia reached seven final innings run final season saw score runs total played matches south_australia scoring runs average centuries fifties aside average south australia successful team centuries scored victoria average scored runs highest score new_south_wales awarded centenary medal services australian society sport cricket died adelaide nursing home aged test match performance | Ron Hamence | 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24020_WalterGilbert(cricketer) | cricketer september july amateur english cricketer played class cricket cousin played gloucestershire dominated grace family leading county gilbert best season scored county subsequently successful closely connected england professional touring team eventually secretary gilbert financially affected declining interest teams insufficient income continue amateur professional played match caught stealing team mates minor match ending class career serving day prison sentence gilbert moved canada worked calgary remaining prominent cricketer died aged nearly years death conspiracy silence fate early life career born london september spent time living maternal aunt mother result friendly grace brothers gilbert appearances minor cricket teams representing went play england fully professional teams toured country playing mainly minor matches class debut playing amateur team chosen match kent scored kept wicket innings held catches achieved virtue london birth gilbert qualified play cricket middlesex appearances county seasons achieving highest score averaging bat taking wickets score runs class matches came continued play regularly achieved success bowler taking wickets team kent achieving prominence english winter gilbert chosen accompany touring team australia gilbert string single figure scores highest score grace got popular member touring party grace enjoyed company extent hunting season gilbert double century minor cricket scoring later season representative appearance playing gentlemen players prince cricket ground opening batting scored took wickets players innings played corresponding fixture following year gilbert qualified play gloucestershire lived county length time required rules season club finished fifth class batting averages scoring runs average highest score england cambridge_university highest score season triple centuries innings lasted seven hours batted days match maiden class century scored later season runs combined kent gloucestershire team representing england season took wickets average including seven wickets runs match decline disgrace seasons gilbert successful bat failed exceed innings scored half number runs previous year average dropped average remained seasons passed seasons scored fifties hand took wickets averaging ball achieved notable performances bowler including bowling unchanged game partnership bowled frequently passed wickets season gilbert represented gentlemen players twice final appearances fixture games scored runs took wickets time gilbert faced financial difficulty amateur cricketer privileged backgrounds professionals mainly came working class amateur professional receive financial generous expenses positions county organisations unlike grace brothers gilbert profession outside cricket provide income allowing live comfortably solution arrive manager touring brothers died gilbert took paid job secretary popularity professional touring teams decline increasing number matches county teams attracted interest indication trouble came professional cricketer took gilbert court unpaid fees appearance match seasons gilbert batting form improved somewhat appearing mainly gloucestershire gilbert increased class batting average hit class century scored yorkshire start season gilbert featured popular biographical article weekly magazine cricket significant suggesting highly regarded days article appearance gilbert announced future play gloucestershire professional appearance county disappeared class cricket official sources including cricket magazine gilbert recently featured annual offered explanation ended match report gilbert professional appearance gilbert subsequent disappearance cricket need speak gilbert engaged club called based played minor cricket explanation gilbert disappearance found match played club june second day play gilbert arrived early ground went pavilion sums money recently gone missing pavilion policeman hidden team dressing room saw gilbert searching clothes stealing money confronted gilbert produced coins marked identified match continued gilbert omitted published wickets taken day credited smith players listed gilbert position batting order taken bat gilbert selected gloucestershire class match sussex june dropped place taken player making appearance gilbert match taking place charged theft admitted stealing men expressed remorse according report times stated australia solicitor argued gilbert harassed worried time suffering barely control behaviour solicitor requested punishment allow gilbert overseas gilbert sentenced days imprisonment gilbert family arranged canada time common families send members distant parts british_empire scandal class cricket gilbert scored runs average hundreds ball took wickets average obituary stated fielding deep leg bowling excellent covered ground sure catch overshadowed famous cousins played prominent victories gained gloucestershire greatest years final years canada gilbert found employment calgary worked years cricket historian wrote breath scandal disgrace attached gilbert thirty years exile found square inch missing gilbert finally retired gilbert children marriage daughter cricketer senior son killed world war flying daughters joined continued play cricket canada leading gilbert died calgary april aged continued controversy gilbert retirement following death controversy remained attached conspiracy silence surrounding fate cricket historians rarely mentioned despite varied career including gilbert appendix leading batsmen book cricket include text despite book pages grace described mention cousin evidence gilbert disgrace came pages gilbert began amateur cricketer entitled deaths section referred death gilbert denoted professional obituary received title deaths listed professional restored amateur status deaths reasons unclear obituary gilbert enforced retirement cricket simply observing beginning professional season far advanced career class cricket ended abruptly left silence continued historian wrote story concluded saying indication recurring instinct suppression suggestion story appeared print clear suggestion descendants grace family cricket administrator story published historian reviewing considered injustice case reflecting gilbert success canada green wrote wonder responsible act cruelty went lengths details secret | Walter Gilbert (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
24553_SouravGanguly | pronunciation born july known meaning elder brother indian cricketer captain indian national team currently appointed honourable president cab president introduced world cricket elder brother regarded india successful captains modern times greatest batsmen time started career playing state school teams currently 8th highest run scorer day 3rd batsman history cross run landmark ranked sixth greatest batsman time playing different indian domestic tournaments trophies got big break playing india tour england scored runs cemented place indian team place team assured successful performances series sri_lanka pakistan australia winning man match awards cricket world cup involved partnership runs remains highest overall partnership score world cup tournament history match fixing scandals players team poor health indian captain resigned position captain indian cricket team soon subject media criticism unsuccessful stint county durham taking shirt final series led india world cup final defeated australia decrease individual performance dropped team following year awarded india highest civilian awards returned national team successful batting displays time involved dispute indian team coach dropped team selected play cricket world cup joined riders team captain indian premier league cricket tournament year home test series australia announced retirement international cricket continued play team appointed chairman left handed prolific day international batsman runs credit successful indian test captains date winning test matches successful indian test captain overseas wins indian team ranked eighth rankings captain tenure team rank went second aggressive captain credited having careers young players played transforming indian team aggressive fighting unit spanish owner franchise won inaugural season awarded government west currently appointed justice probe panel spot fixing betting scandal investigations presently holds post member indian governing council biography early life introduction cricket born july calcutta youngest son ran print business richest men city luxurious childhood nicknamed meaning great king father died age february long illness favourite sport people calcutta game football initially attracted game academics came love sports supportive taking cricket sport career elder brother established cricketer cricket team supported dream cricketer asked father enrolled cricket coaching camp summer holidays studying tenth grade time despite right handed learnt bat left handed use brother sporting equipment showed promise batsman enrolled cricket academy indoor multi gym concrete wicket built home practice game watch number old cricket match videos especially games played admired scored century captain cricket team teammates complained perceived arrogance touring junior team refused turn twelfth man reportedly felt duties involved included organising equipment drinks players delivering messages beneath social status refused tasks considered beneath social status assist teammates way gave chance class cricket debut year brother dropped team career beginning debut success following prolific season scored runs day international debut india west_indies dropped immediately perceived arrogant attitude game openly questioned rumoured refused carry drinks teammates commenting job later denied consequently removed team away domestic cricket scoring heavily seasons following innings trophy recalled national team tour england middle intense media scrutiny played single omitted team test teammate left touring citing ill treatment captain test debut england second test match series lord alongside england won test match series scored century cricketer achieve feat debut lord accomplished feat remains highest batsman debut ground india required bat second innings match ending draw test match trent bridge batsman century innings shared run stand time highest partnership india country wicket outside india test ended draw handing england series victory scored second innings marriage opening world cup weeks successful tour england childhood sweetheart bride groom family sworn enemies point news caused families reconciled formal wedding held february year scored maiden century hitting opposed sri_lanka team total later year won consecutive man match awards cup pakistan second won took wickets runs overs best bowling barren run test cricket form returned end year centuries tests sri_lanka involved stands final independence cup january india successfully chased overs won man match award march indian team defeated australia took wickets having opened bowling medium pace indian team competed cricket world cup england match sri_lanka india chose bat bowled scored balls hit seven second highest score world cup history highest indian tournament partnership highest overall score world cup second highest cricket india lost test series australia south_africa involved combined total tests struggled scoring runs form impressive centuries season taking day ratings batsmen time allegations came romantically involved south indian actress denied ascension accolades match fixing scandal players team named captain indian cricket team decision spurred stepping position health vice captain time began captain leading india series win south_africa match day series led indian team finals knockout trophy scored centuries including final new_zealand won wickets year tried hand county cricket career england successful cricketer reviewers called indian dubbed lord commented uncertain partner batsman batman dispatched discarded pavilion carry kit bag mutiny lower orders match reaching raised bat home balcony find deserted inspire averaged class appearances lancashire teammate thought compared attitude australia test match tour india early caused controversy arriving late toss occasions agitated opposing captain fourth caused controversy failing wear playing attire toss considered unusual cricket circles india won test series ending australia run consecutive test match victories second test match saw india looking set defeat conceding innings lead chose enforce follow batted entire fourth day play set australia target dusty spinning wicket australians unable survive team lose test enforcing follow november wife gave birth daughter final match series held lords stunning performance team mates took shirt public air celebrate india winning match later strongly condemned gentleman game image cricket lord protocol said mimicking act performed british tour india india reached world cup final time lost australians successful tournament personally scoring runs average including centuries achieved significant success captain deemed india successful cricket captain sections media individual performance deteriorated reign especially world cup tour australia pakistan series australia won test series india time speculated disagreement head cricket type pitch test went leaving large grass pitch experts indicated reason spite revenge indian captain australia stand captain went toss noticed waiting instead leaving ask definitive answer saying knows following indifferent form poor form dropped team october having nominated rejected game suffered reputation match fixing scandals passed deputy decided retiring attempted comeback team awarded india fourth highest civilian award recognition distinguished contribution field sports presented award june president india comeback rift september coach india tour dispute resulted headlines india stating physically mentally unfit lead india divide rule behaviour damaging team email leaked media resulted huge backlash fans enlisted support indian media eventually board intervene order truce pair president issued statement view decision cricket forward coach captain asked work mutual professional working relationship performance criteria applicable captain coach players course captain controls game coach job mutual trust important henceforth player captain coach write interaction media going media lead disciplinary action indian team manager tour asked appear committee reported assurance working given consequently poor form differences coach dropped captain team taking place chief correspondent times_of_india commented row added mystery going bad patch score note didn count months later india tour south_africa recalled middle order replacements suffered poor form following india poor batting display champions trophy series south_africa comeback test team earlier selected day squad despite recent poor performances saw indictment coach youth policy coming scored tour match rest south_africa modifying original batting style taking middle guard resulting india winning match test innings comeback south_africa score helped india victory marking test match win team south_africa india lost series accumulated runs scoring chart successful test comeback recalled team india played host west_indies sri_lanka tournaments innings years scored performed series averaging won man series award sri_lanka allotted place official team cricket world cup leading scorer india round defeat bangladesh india knocked tournament group stage reports rift certain members indian team alleged ignored instructions team management score quickly issued statement saying hurt team coach questioned attitude decided renew contract indian team left post coach citing family personal reasons december scored maiden double century career playing pakistan scored runs innings final test match series involved run partnership fifth wicket remained prolific test cricket year scored test runs average centuries fifties second highest run scorer test matches year fifth highest run scorer scored runs average present international retirement february joined captain riders team owned bollywood actor indian premier league april led cricket match run victory captained owned opened innings scored runs remained unbeaten scoring runs balls game knight riders second half century scoring runs balls strike rate innings hit topping list knight riders july media reported projected candidate post president cab mentor reports suggested run post president representative deny reports rule year october announced test series australia starting october stated honest didn expect picked series coming conference spoke team mates hopefully winning knock played game test series amassed runs average playing second test match series scored final test century final test match played scored second innings respectively fourth final test india needing wicket secure victory indian captain invited lead field final time india regained border trophy winning series removed season replaced decision questioned media players team finished ranking table wins losses television channel host reality titled presented participants districts answer questions posed august appointed chairman cab job committee receive report end cricket season assess necessary recommendations played cup team october scored match delhi involved partnership runs season given team ended second season coach replaced matches innings scored runs took wickets fourth season signed initial bidding process runs matches innings season appointed captain cum mentor october announced decided play year retire game playing style influences commented cricketer attract game loved style watch old videos playing influence left handed batsman runs came primarily author cricket commented career played shots square cut square drive cover drive complete command called god hit powerful shots foot equal ease early career comfortable hook pull giving wicket away shots criticised having difficulty handling short exploited australians south comeback worked weaknesses large extent author fire noted usually opened innings try advantage fielding restrictions advancing pitch hitting pace extra cover mid commented notorious attacking left arm spin excellent eye hand coordination noted picking length ball early coming pitch hitting ball mid weakness running wickets judging quick singles instances batting partner run calling run sending halfway pitch situation like happened australia took single ground bat bat past air consequently run said love watch hit cover drive watch hit relationship indian coach documented contemporary media denoting relationship process credited wright bringing international class performers academic coaching scientific fitness according wright members team like understand importance foreign coach indian cricket team convinced domestic coach utility aggressive style wright importance fitness development better cricket team india right arm medium pace bowler swing ball ways chips useful wickets break partnerships author biography praised saying athletic fielder taken catches day proud criticised ground fielding especially ball prevent runs tendency injured catching ball legacy author commented tenure india successful test captain led team victory occasions seven times second wins led record matches twice compared batting average captain test batting average captain lower statistics seventh indian cricketer played test matches 4th highest overall run scorer india tests fourth indian played terms overall runs scored second indians runs eighth overall scored centuries test matches batsmen score runs formed successful opening pair day cricket having amassed highest number century partnerships wicket scored runs average hold world record creating number run partnership wicket fifties fourth player cross runs fastest player cricket indian captain win test series pakistan tests series led players world achieve amazing runs wickets catches cricket history author book magic indian cricket cricket society india commented cricket world gotten stereotype indian cricketer changed better credits shy taking responsibility showed leader team like problems leadership india started winning matches tournaments previously lacking team considerably years rewrote rules captain cricket team unlike predecessors considered non forever pushed players perform better field interactions media fans detractors honest earned respect cricket followers respect came criticisms condemned hot tempered man refused listen opinions rules regulations sport critic noted turning deaf opinions day harm sheer luck existed sporting world believed legacy captain able build proper indian team added able change face indian cricket proud think huge difference people think simply roll playing india changed image team wouldn opposition absolutely came self belief ability outside india commented greatest legacy lay influence younger generation felt young player play years domestic cricket selected international assignments said newcomer given games prove later explained receiving end unfair decision threatened ruin international cricket career enabled understand newcomers team better predecessors backed influence contribution younger players team despite contributions coaching methods came immense scrutiny press scholars commented like problems decisions creating don particularly believe knowledge lead team tries counter pose younger members day time come shock tactics cease work article pointed reckless behaviour reporter said fostered angry reckless young men good behaviour broad term espoused present team management belonged school probably summoned match referee times decade approach bound possibly termed cultural conflict world modern sport like involved training far concerned australia simply toppled england victory lay precisely disapproval words wanted things way overall career performance records achievements cricketer win consecutive man match awards day eighth highest run scorer history second indians runs fastest batsman reach runs achieved unique runs wickets catches cricket test batting average went highest individual score indian batsman cricket world cup world played tests india successful test captain overseas 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24695_StanMcCabe | july august australian cricketer played test matches australia short right described australia greatest batsmen captain great batsmen game dropped australian test team known mastery fast bowling hook shot strategy regularly bowled medium pace opened bowling time australia lacked fast cutter age called tour england despite score maiden class century chose youngest team leave australia century warm match struggled month england scoring runs performance began improve adjusting technique played tests continued problems converting starts large scores failing century tour managed maintain position home seasons playing tests failed century tests average increasingly successful class level breakthrough international level test infamous series scoring unbeaten sydney cricket ground hours teammates fell attacked bowling vigorously ended series australian score century missed season illness retained tour england despite interrupted preparation scored runs centuries tour including maiden test century england following retirement captain end tour australia vice captain held post rest career missing domestic season injury scored unbeaten second test tour south_africa including century session taking australia brink world record breaking victory difficult final day pitch poor light match called test centuries tour following season fifties tests scoring century help australia win deciding final test touring test tour england played regarded greatest innings scoring hours including minutes regarded innings greatest batting saw famous innings resulted australian victory reputation best australia difficulty tour generally missed subsequent australian season illness played sporadically cricket cancelled world war served military clerical position year discharged chronic feet problems plagued poor health middle age hospitalised liver shortly death died age falling cliff adjacent home suicide ruled accident early years paternal grandparents settled new south wales 1850s grandfather constable irish policeman immigrated australia served victorian police edward left moved melbourne reports gold rush edward wife catherine ambushed relocation town children weeks later unharmed family possessions left finding value obituary described greatest pioneer women australian bush possessing qualities self sacrifice industry determination courage left mark australian race laid foundation nation grandson grandchildren likewise known fearless courageous play cricket field intimidating time son local barber brothers grew playing local cricket hometown siblings played rudimentary equipment wood substituted bat wrapped improvised cricket balls boys settled differences traditional manner boxing bouts took primary education catholic convent staffed age won scholarship hunters hill sydney sporting ability run large school centerpiece stone castle like building sydney harbour month second promoted good start registering duck innings impressed observers ability hit ball precisely short playing boys years senior rely force aside playing cricket school championship winning rugby union team time grew larger batted exploits regularly featured struck maiden century sydney boys high school score following year power backyard fence home friend reinforced powerful square drives receive special coaching attention school staff merely encouraged hit ball hard ground later years school selected sydney combined team sydney private schools state carnival studied hard placed class years end earned intermediate certificate left school assistant returned end spent years playing alongside brothers time undefeated years regularly scored centuries bowling including score cricket came high level attention time retired test cricket brought team included scored took state future australian led team sydney grade play country town brothers defeated stan scoring later test leg spinner led team included test player scored innings season played southern districts regional sides state match failed pass innings returned scored team convinced parents allow son sydney cricket career start following season appeared team match queensland selected play victorian counterparts scored second innings took total match selected represent new_south_wales class debut queensland sheffield shield season test players competed england bowled overs success later omitted test players returned international duty class matches debut season scored runs took total played twice touring england cricket team led match southern districts new south wales time state managed runs innings settled sydney permanently representing sydney grade cricket parents allowed settle permanently help find job subsequently began work accounting division support player hard hard decision eventually turning second brother les stan les similar batting ability bowl season totalled runs making second highest new_south_wales won despite consistency difficulty starts passed occasions matches season reached innings failed century falling seven times international debut selected tour england australian cricket team team youngest left australian shores previous experience english soil result team dubbed traditional warm matches team sailed england struck tasmania maiden class century reasons chosen despite lack centuries medium pace bowling time australia lacked fast seen makeshift opening bowler taken wickets season including career best queensland overseas trip struggled badly weeks england matches time scored runs failed wicket asked bowl overs dismissed matches came field said going retire team mate suggested play fuller face bat advice batsman accepted fortunes changed match oxford_university scored took innings win added match hampshire starred bat ball cambridge_university final tour match test scored run took remain career best match bowling figures australia completed commanding innings victory test debut match ashes series trent bridge nottingham took match figures wicket test innings batsman hit ball boundary dismissed ball scoring second innings australia chased victory scoring quickly taken score mid member ground staff acting substitute fielder forward took difficult catch dismissal sparked collapse england took run win scored unbeaten australia squared series seven wicket triumph rain affected draw test scoring taking fourth test removing reduce england wash series locked fifth final test oval timeless test scored test half century australia win innings reclaim ashes took wicket deciding match bowling leading english batsman scored runs took wickets tests runs took wickets tour fifth highest run scorer tour unable register century tour highest score continued habit failing convert starts centuries tour matches start tests stretch county innings registered scores seven times ended seven fifties tour praised attacking ability disrupt length opposition occasions took wickets innings return australia played tests west_indies scored test adelaide oval australia took victory wickets struggled scoring australia won matches innings managed tourists took test victory test tour australia totalled runs took wickets managed century west_indies new south wales season scored match queensland took shield match victoria removing test players overall finished season runs wickets following year scored centuries innings scoring queensland brisbane match victoria sydney yielding shield season average innings queensland particularly lauded showcasing ability hostile fast bowling queensland attack led indigenous fastest australia said fastest faced occasion particularly fast gilbert delivery supposedly evaded batsman wicket keeper travelled metres crashed fence hitting killing dog day gilbert knocked bat hand removing duck gilbert cut new_south_wales order spell forced retire hurt hitting upper body left new_south_wales effectively came display featured aggressive hook cut shots visitors took total help state innings win hosts bowled match arch rivals defending champions victoria added ball new_south_wales won runs went claim title despite able contribute final match season injured field unable bat run defeat hands south_australia unable translate success test arena struggled despite team sweep south_africa warmed series scoring totalling state match tourists managing innings victory test saved productive test summer home crowd second test sydney took innings bowling trapping victims leg wicket compiled australia cruised innings win scored took wickets test win melbourne managed runs wickets tests australia won innings ended series runs wickets ended season runs wickets australian winter test leg spinner organised managed tour prominent australian players north_america played matches days class day matches limited overs played matches scored centuries averaged bat took seven wickets innings times including innings totalled wickets average breakthrough following australian season went history england use controversial tactics lead tests scored tour matches test sydney england captain employed involved constant short pitched leg bowling leg catch balls batsman attempt generally regarded best batsman scoring came wicket day score dismissed playing illness having warned parents watching test cricket time jump fence hit took guard deployed seven men leg usually close men patrolling boundary hook shots hooked ball received boundary fell score added richardson fell reached stumps total innings marked dangerous cutting short pitched deliveries face repeated body blows hit team mates attack forced abandon approach removed attack brought professional amateur divide time england captain amateur professionals obliged obey captain orders allen amateur refused bowl struck consecutive allen conventional fast bowling prompting field allen refused forced drop attack resort spin bowling crowd responded aggression wild cheering said innings came odds scored runs australia added second day finish balls australia bowled added runs hour batting ended boundaries innings lasted little hours particularly effectively farming strike batting tail end partners wicket stand scored runs half hour praised spearheaded attack totalled match ended decisive wicket victory england reported scored bowling style daring brilliance approached australian tour wrote 1970s innings blood number australians watched received standing ovation spectators immediately innings told teammates able replicate feat difficult hook ball consistently hitting air giving away catching opportunities match said stan gave took english innings stamped stan world greatest batsmen stepped trajectory bowling hooked pulled liked faster bowled enjoy australia captain refused england reply having caught end australians impact second innings making australia fell unable repeat performances later tests duck australia gained victory second test melbourne managing runs innings australia suffered consecutive defeats scored innings fifth test sydney australia compiled scored second innings collapse leaving england wicket victory persisted strategy standing ground attacking bowling unsuccessful totalled runs series australian batsman score century english decisively won series took wickets opened bowling matches australia lack fast bowling far cry intimidation provided away played matches scored runs fifties took wickets new_south_wales won matches drew retain title prominent effort match total innings win queensland season started started season scores matches november century coming hampered illness forced operation sidelined months chose tour england returned matches touring party tasmania departed northern hemisphere tour england returning england scored runs including centuries tour team mates second match tour scored century years earlier finishing scored lord combining record partnership wicket effectively dress rehearsal tests fielded strength england team round performance hampshire scoring taking innings match scored highest career surrey oval match fixture tests lancashire test trent bridge innings scoring second innings extend australia innings lead target hosts fell short runs tests registered fifth century season making unbeaten second innings australia defeated wickets scored england struck innings victory lord tests took wicket win surrey scored test century english soil high scoring draw test compiling hosts gave taste medicine bowl overs match total england batsmen totalled match rain affected draw fourth test culmination quiet fortnight failed pass scored fifties consecutive tour matches fifth test timeless series tied scored took second innings australia won match runs regain ashes runs took wickets tests time said forth completely equipped batsman forcing type probably best scarcely excluded art hitting ball hard safely said immense batting technique said gave impression having good deal learn inclined somewhat methods intervening years clearly great difference losing power displayed wider safer range strokes finished tour kent innings win took wickets entire season spent australian season watching match summer retiring australian captain forced retire hurt missed months cricket returned match scoring new_south_wales defeated arch rivals victoria south african tour following australian season captain new_south_wales following retirement departure south australia australia touring south_africa represent state vice captain tour having retired ill enjoyed success heading test batting figures runs scoring warm matches won innings hit test sharing second wicket partnership gale force conditions caused balls turns forced wickets set wicket victory following test australia took innings lead scored help hosts removed ended australia set test world record target second innings achieve victory turning wicket told captain richardson able bat run wickets effectively altitude sickness important batsman richardson bat told simply stand ground hit boundaries run joined taking score end day following morning poor visibility wicket irregular bounce lateral resumed scored century morning session reach lunch dismissed pair runs second wicket scoring reached century minutes continued despite storm brought low dust clouds hindered visibility increasingly irregular bounce cut pitch midway afternoon dark clouds gathered thunderstorms lightning effect batsman pushed score runs needed half day remaining australia course meet target having scored half south african captain unprecedented appeal light fear safety face aggressive batting finished unbeaten innings described bordering struck productive square wicket hitting numerous cut shots past point added foot bat false position south african attack dust unable maintain standard performance remaining tests scored duck australia won innings ended series wickets scored consecutive centuries tour matches adding border orange free state tension following year having appointed vice captain successful ashes series scored lead started series poorly innings managed seven australia caught sticky wicket final day bowled lose test brisbane runs duck australia caught sticky thunderstorm innings second test sydney second innings australia unable overcome innings deficit forced follow fell innings defeat second test involved infamous incident caused speculation captain known reserved personality drink social activities teammates preferring privately listen music read combined success gained reputation 1930s australia divided lines irish catholic minority included pitted anglo irish descent particularly practitioners leading speculation tension religion catholics team leading bowler summoned respond allegations denied having prior knowledge meeting alleged reported press opening batsman invited speculated background later alleged relationship reilly recovered meeting players variously accused authority lack attention fitness board refused specifically accuse summoned details leaked media board denied meeting taken place denied anti catholic saying reilly wanted install place australia needed win tests row retain ashes pressure increased minute injuries meant open bowling took wicket australia won match series scored australia innings second australia won runs fourth test adelaide level series deciding test scored centuries australia amassed record score australia laid platform innings victory retained ashes runs tests century fifties consistent display assumed new_south_wales season onwards international commitments represented state times undefeated winning matches england scored matches international matches scheduled played season new_south_wales leading title wins draws started shield season consecutive centuries queensland south australia finished warm matches australia departed england totalled runs season centuries fifties took wickets international farewell england australia appointed vice captain tour second tour match scored innings win oxford_university essex final match tests matches scored runs took total innings win lean run bat causing concern australians batsmen productive highly rated innings came test trent bridge england compiled declaring late second day overs success arrived dismissal join brown unsuccessful appeals light close play minutes batting total having seen brown dismissed struck boundaries stage cut shots drive survived final spell fast bowler accompanied morning england continued regular ward fell day dismissed soon leaving australia hit boundaries far morning joined continued score boundaries regularly hit leg late cut reach minutes hit hammond consecutive driven fell having runs partnership struck runs added come specialist batsmen dismissed batting wicket keeper began attack english powerful drives hook shots hammond brought try finish tail responded hitting forcing english captain remove fast bowler hooked despite hammond best attempts able gain strike runs came quickly reached century minutes england declined new ball batting lunch added minutes total having reached century lifted scoring rate scoring runs minutes boundaries came readily took runs spell leg spinner ran partners aggressive overs innings took strike hit boundaries man attempting spin final wicket partnership minutes scored finished minutes boundaries innings summoned players miss ball like later said held reported australian captain watching innings partners contributed total runs meaning ratio return pavilion greeted words play innings like proud man stan reported saying wish bat like later wrote end innings scarcely watch play eyes filled drank glory shots regarded english captains best innings witnessed england bowler regarded best time said able stop said innings greatest test history reported played innings equal probably seen history test cricket best hours maintained punishment bowling biographer said innings sort encyclopedia attacking triumph character technique judgement said came death glory brilliance wearing dress culture demolished english attack aristocratic good taste reserve cut drove upright perfection touch moved aesthetic sense cricket power strength brutality assault battery dazzling strokes rhetoric lovely brave giving joy greatest innings seen period line batsman today inherited sword innings follow second innings australia match draw test scored took total victory followed efforts trent bridge drawn second test lord bowled heavily match sending overs taking total specialist struggled tests taken combined total overs abandoned started rain contributed australia wicket win retain ashes low scoring fourth test chasing target day week run failed pass innings wicket fifties class matches fifth final test oval australia played extra batsman meaning opened bowling took overs injuring match left control man team england declared days defeating australia innings runs largest winning margin test history included world record score dropped wicket keeper bowling reaching able bat finished series runs scored tour matches england finish english summer test career ended tour years age combination chronic foot injuries intervention world war england scheduled tour international cricket resume poor form apart double century trent bridge speculation decline feet high meant stood normally toes touch floor celebrated innings trent bridge sydney resulted australian victory reilly said greatest innings watched returning australia continued captain new_south_wales played matches season illness scoring runs including century match celebrate centenary struck minutes timed ball shield match rest season susceptible illness absence new south wales surrendered title south_australia regained mantle return captain match scored guide new_south_wales wicket win queensland losing matches men won matches title captain scored matches south_australia victoria respectively match shield champions arranged scored steering team narrow wicket win ended season runs seven matches century fifties season shield competition held matches stood unfortunate men won matches scored new_south_wales past queensland runs season opening match scoring team defeated combined queensland victorian team wicket added half centuries ended season win arch rivals victoria scored runs outbreak world war europe september scheduled england tour australia cancelled played final class match scored queensland took run win days later japanese attacked pearl harbor prompting start war pacific class cricket cancelled resume ending career age wins losses class matches captain teams seasons took wicket overs bowling style character australian team mate regarded greatest time regarded technically superior feeling success largely extreme concentration determination fellow state australian batsman described finest saw adding stan command magnificent watch left including dead certainly scored runs stan batsman wanted leading english batsman said qualities superior concluding harder think greater australian batsman leading english cricket writer said friendly stan australia batsman brilliant certain aggressive innings brutality bat said heroic mould like essentially came near player conception perfect cricketer leading australian cricket writer time said cricketer saw man straightforward incapable mean spirited pre war test series best liked team opponents later years family life briefly member second world war joining late poor health feet knew utility limited newborn son fledgling business time rushed enlist start war given clerical job victoria barracks stayed role months feet problems resulted early discharge appointed serve sydney sports ground operated sports store sydney opening death hired colleagues close friend reilly worked war opted work offered leave travel overseas test tours ran administrative position local club retirement defeated opportunity serve end class career keen recreational stopped playing mid-1950s foot problems health issues reilly given match match acted trial non test tour new_zealand match raised pounds split reilly bought average sized homes sydney time married february mary cathedral sydney couple children son daughter born respectively devout sent children catholic boarding schools family home nearby plagued ill health middle age fitness hindered feet prevented exercising gained lot weight heavy smoking wore body large people wanted meet weakened significantly years life hospitalised period liver problems released hospital soon death aged man moved tentatively death legacy died skull fracture falling cliff home new_south_wales attempting dispose dead earlier told plan clean backyard told rest falling rolling steep slope backyard cliff rear house actually committed suicide reilly gone overboard ruled death accidental family strongly denied chosen end life investigation noted hands ripped grass indicating tried grab vegetation vain attempt stop fall news death public australia england playing fifth test oval death announced public address system crowd spontaneously stood took hats players observed self initiated moment silence friend teammate journalist criticised australian team wearing black buried cemetery stan sporting complex opened new high school oval named honour complex included grounds facilities number sports inducted australian cricket hall fame test match performance | Stan McCabe | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
24729_HarryFox(sportsman) | september august english businessman played cricket rugby county began climbing mountains fox family wellington somerset partner family business prominent textile manufacturer fox played financed cricket rugby somerset played cricket remained vice president club death founded administrator captain retiring rugby player continued umpire started years known mountain climbing community regarded alpine explorer travelled russian_empire bid ones climb pair swiss guides died accident expedition early life sporting exploits born september second son educated family owned partner founded years later honorary secretary treasurer captain somerset county rugby football team formation captain playing quarter remained secretary treasurer retiring game continued umpire fox appeared final match game somerset yorkshire rugby fox played cricket county appearing match wiltshire tended play lower order batsmen county highest score county cricket runs kent prior somerset elevation class status june somerset team competed class cricket time losing innings runs lancashire fox scored runs innings bowl class appearances season appear somerset business engagements scored sixteen runs class matches somerset average retiring player fox continued provide financial support cricket club remained vice president death fox keen having started mountain climbing joined following year received training initially according article times regarded peers great skill daring experienced alpine climbed guides ascending fashion guides climbed toughest mountains alps death mountains fox left wellington late july mountains russian_empire joining aiming scale mountains region scaled started forced return home ill health leaving attempt climb swiss guides initial plan climb northern slopes mountain final ascent western rock wall western slopes prevented changed plans attack mountain east planned meet south east mountain missed meeting message sent reporting missing times reported october fox guides suffered accident led certain loss lives multiple searches carried including direct order evidence found russians recover items base camp including fox diary russian authorities possibly political reasons claimed climbing party probably georgia murdered local population rebelled russians long led expedition search area unable find remains discover feet pass glaciers recovered number personal items camp found light climbing gear rope ice axes camera missing search party concluded fox continued climb intending return fallen navigating narrow ridge higher mountain fall thousands feet winter snow covered bodies despite conducting search valley floor bodies recovered purposes fox death recorded 30th august place unknown value personal estate married children estate shared eldest brother sisters sarah anna alice cricket pavilion erected memory somerset mountain canada named honour | Harry Fox (sportsman) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25007_RayHarvey | born january australian class cricketer played victoria 1940s 1950s brother class cricketer umpire attacking talented batsman failed reach international standards managed hold regular position victorian team seasons 1950s failure match standards set test capped brothers attributed lack single hunger harvey born working class methodist family father keen amateur cricketer love game sons played victorian premier cricket harvey class debut middle season played matches victoria alongside decorated brothers performed poorly play match following summer subsequent seasons played games contributed little team cause appearances gaining selection victoria test players busy representing australia following season gained selection matches broke maiden class century having previously passed having broken end preceding summer harvey played season victoria despite availability test players campaign scored centuries half centuries strength teams states rewarded selection match effectively test trial match harvey ended season runs batting average start following season harvey included australian match touring england cricket team test trial match rain curtailed match turned playing surface sticky wicket hostile batting harvey seven innings played victoria matches season despite form slump scored runs overlooked state selection regained position late season consecutive innings following season sporadic appearances despite absence test players overseas runs matches selected victoria mainly victorian premier cricket scoring centuries runs grade competition club records early years father harvey moved new_south_wales worked driving horse drawn trailers married children daughter son born mining town family relocated newcastle mining town harbour new_south_wales sons shifted inner melbourne suburb working class industrial area relocation ray born sydney secured job company located door house street 19th century storey house owned firm workers families longer exists having demolished way textile factory youngest sons brian born descended raised family strict gambling alcohol tobacco profanity household ardent cricketer years new_south_wales good hit runs match newcastle encouraged children play sport played moving wife kept score recreational facilities grass sparse densely populated boys took playing cricket house played cricket tennis ball cricket bat tin wicket usually joined local children elite australian rules australian rules class cricketer group played australian rules football kicking rolled cardboard newspaper batting skill displayed harvey brothers attributed games played unpredictable bounce surface shaped slope centre lane causing balls sideways bouncing meant playing area long narrow young boys learn play ball straight accordance orthodox cricket technique played form cricket backyard marble instead ball miniature bat right handed batsmen exception children attended nearby brothers joined reached early teens club program gave medal local school award best cricketer ranks year successful student given access club facilities harvey brothers recipients medal came influence victorian club veteran captain formal coaching father regular presence club chose stay background respective careers developed advise sons bat allowing style technique according harvey brothers mother vocal contrast reserved father boys failed score runs given kitchen duty according parents showed winter played baseball competing matches played curtain elite australian rules football competition harvey selected short stop australian baseball team saturday night entertainment family typically consisted dinner day cricket matches plant club personnel invited influence plant boys taught adopt aggressive approach fast feet movement attack spin bowling particular harvey debut scored club record runs season promoted joining ray season family held batting positions opened batting ray came ray continued play decades required victoria outside cricket harvey electrical worked wife settled inner northern suburb reservoir class beginnings mid way season harvey called victorian team match new_south_wales debut alongside established players opened ray batted nos respectively victoria batted brothers form partnerships sibling came bat ray came victoria ended harvey brothers scored half runs new_south_wales forced follow victoria set victory fall fred captain elevated ray allowing bat time class level ray unbeaten partnership victoria wicket win ray ended unbeaten respectively brothers played match western_australia captained team away test duty victoria batted ray second innings ray batting brothers drawn match trio broken match queensland selected australian team innings ray scored appeared set maiden class half century run drawn match bowled overs season conceding runs taking wicket dropped match ray alongside fixture new_south_wales wicket win ray played match tasmania brothers alongside busy national team ray innings wicket win despite run low scores retained test players returned victoria lost wickets final match season south_australia ray ended debut class season runs batting average best score fringe victorian player poor debut season victoria harvey gain class selection hard come season purely domestic touring test team australia international representatives available season harvey selected second match new_south_wales failed impact scoring runs innings completed run win harvey took wicket innings ending overs following season australian test team south_africa southern hemisphere summer victoria lost batsmen despite extra ray selected match tasmania making wicket win effectively second choice victorian team leading players involved shield match new_south_wales time harvey season similarly test players australia home series england selected class matches tasmania successful match duck innings coming end run chase score wicket win completed match victoria home run win despite harvey conceding runs overs ended class season runs second fixture new_south_wales bowled innings delivered attacked heavily conceding runs second innings bowled overs took new_south_wales ended runs short making victoria bat wickets hand match ended draw harvey team regular basis test players periodically available victorian duty international matches test players away matches harvey played fixtures match innings win western_australia took catches match south_australia victoria took wickets class level dismissing century maker tail ending catches victoria conceded run innings lead team collapsed lose innings harvey dropped matches test players including younger brother returned test match progress time recalled home match queensland victoria collapsed second innings holding draw wicket hand harvey bowled seven overs match conceded immediately dropped test players returned recalled away match queensland national representatives unavailable harvey narrow run loss having victoria match tasmania dropped final shield match test players returned harvey ended season runs reached innings unable convert starts large scores highest innings harvey unable gain selection season late season end january match summer new_south_wales unable convert starts large scores drawn match match touring south proceeded similarly drawn encounter harvey innings unbeaten run chase time ran final match season western_australia harvey broke maiden class century scoring innings victory western_australia score class level took seven catches matches ended season runs took total overs peak years pushing national selection having broken century end previous season harvey played consistently selected victoria matches season time despite fact tests scheduled australian season meaning international representatives available victoria matches ray played match summer opening match season queensland run win followed match new_south_wales christmas holiday period harvey batsmen impact second innings new_south_wales including likes members australia test bowling attack dismissed victoria set wicket win week later started new year scoring victoria batted took run innings lead south_australia second innings state completed run win nonetheless harvey rewarded selection match retiring australian captain typically matches involved best players australia divided teams harvey played outfit harvey scored team completed run win bowled overs total unsuccessful conceding runs opposition batsmen attacked harvey drawn match queensland harvey played key victoria win new_south_wales away having taken catches hosts batted visitors run innings lead taking second innings unbeaten guide target wickets hand harvey run scoring tapered away matches season runs innings match ended season runs runs class seasons debut result performances season hailed best batsman outside australian test team harvey performances rewarded selection australian tour match england cricket team start season match curtailed rain harvey able exhibit talents sticky wicket highly difficult batting listed harvey came dismissal brother seven innings result ray chosen test team alongside brother season start poor season harvey managed score innings summer passing occasions ending runs despite victorian persisted match season final seasons harvey overlooked selection entirety season years class cricket harvey earned recall half season match queensland innings unbeaten time ran second innings retained match south_australia following week scored innings win subsequent fixture new_south_wales process completing sixth consecutive shield title harvey faced strength team australia leading test innings managed second removed ended runs short victory wickets hand time ran harvey innings match season queensland ended season runs test team toured indian australian summer opening sheffield shield harvey given recall december successful failed convert starts substantial scores making matches matches took career best bowling figures innings south_australia dismissed scorer victims allowed victoria innings points eventually complete wicket win meant harvey wickets class level came south_australia harvey class career ended following match new_south_wales conceded runs overs dropped having runs season harvey played final season grade records career runs centuries runs season stand managed double century club university ended grade career centuries runs average matches style harvey attacking free flowing batsman prolific scorer attributed observers lack single required succeed level said ray suspect stronger domestic cricket able exploit said ray able weakness test player australia australian captain said harvey best district faced aside batting harvey occasional leg spinner known fielding ability | Ray Harvey | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25389_GeoffreyBoycott | born october yorkshire england cricketer prolific controversial playing career boycott established england successful opening batsmen retiring player found success cricket commentator boycott international debut test match australia noted ability occupy key feature england test batting line years successful limited day international appearances accumulated large scores equal fifth highest class centuries history eighth career runs english player average season encountered friction team mates journalist commented boycott short walks cricket writer wrote boycott lonely career stated extent nature exaggerated obsessed success selfish player test match appearances england boycott ended international career leading test run scorer test match runs earning services cricket dropped yorkshire team leading run scorer class cricket young player named year cricket inducted playing career ended boycott outspoken controversial cricket commentator radio television convicted france assaulting girlfriend given suspended sentence fined maintained innocence diagnosed throat cancer underwent successful radiation treatment went revived career continues attract criticism praise currently member long wave test match special commentary team president march march succeeded early life boycott born mining village near west riding yorkshire eldest sons jane née worker boycott years old chest handle falling iron near home boycott nearly died efforts save life removed march boycott father accident working spine severely damaged hit coal fully recovered died boycott attended won batting award scoring runs capturing wickets runs school match age joined demonstrating outstanding ability age failed examinations taken grammar school instead went local year later passed late entry exams transferred cricket prowess captained school cricket age winters attended indoor cricket school coached county professional studying levels began difficulties reading initially devastated told need glasses played poorly school fragile robust pair fashioned behest uncle similar glasses worn cricketer uncle strong influence boycott early game whilst playing boycott left school seven level passes school individual cricket cup summer played leeds united football team alongside attracted attention scouts winter continued play nets uncle lawrence boycott told bbc chose leave school longer wished financial strain parents wanted pursue career worked clerk time playing number cricket clubs boycott captained district team achieved batting average played team noticed member team committee county career boycott began playing home county topping averages leeds matches yorkshire scored runs average highest score essex centuries scored runs list cricket averaging boycott twice averaged english class season players achieved twice boycott appointed captain yorkshire sacked failing win trophy charge dismissed player reinstated members revolt career boycott frequently clashed strong personalities club including remained popular yorkshire crowds years played class cricket boycott played successful making debut regular team member alongside match boycott faced delivery dispatched boundary turned asked christ bird remembered application concentration absolute belief great gift mental strength coaching world important thing mentally strong bird later left boycott choice write great players seen pick batsman bat life debut july cumberland scoring boycott yorkshire team debut june pakistan touring team opened batting scoring innings boundary ball class cricket taking catch bowl went play county championship match day june batting number scored early career boycott continued play later switched contact lenses feared career ended aids poor boycott initial appearances yorkshire failed impress compared main rival took captain yorkshire persuaded committee boycott rewarded june boycott scored lancashire century run fourth wicket partnership yorkshire record boycott cemented place season successive scores august century partnership innings match boycott handed notice year brief loss form kept place scores following matches second century came lancashire making boycott yorkshire cricketer score centuries roses match contested yorkshire versus lancashire matches termed boycott went hit highest score far ended season runs average placing second national batting averages awarded county cap october start season boycott hit middlesex followed lancashire played australian touring lord scored completed consecutive century called test australia trent bridge end season boycott topped country domestic averages later renowned ability occupy hours defensive play capable playing attacking cricket highest day score match winning came cup final surrey previous match quarter final somerset boycott took overs accumulate runs according captain close lord yorkshire slowly reached close promoted number batting order urge boycott action joined middle said listen bloody run boycott later claimed plan agreed fortnight previously denied incident occurring boycott subsequently hit modern day fielding restrictions facilitate rapid scoring exist shot straight drive england nearly caught boycott team mates players balcony pavilion close boycott added runs second wicket yorkshire posted record total cricket writer wrote times magnificent innings contained stroke book season boycott scored centuries match time july june carried bat entire yorkshire innings remaining unbeaten time unbeaten end innings ended season national averages time july scored highest class score england essex end season close sacked club committee boycott called incidents history sport boycott tour australia awarded boycott captained yorkshire seasons having appointed following despite publicised conflict players boycott recorded regretted close removal club wrote letter admiration contributions yorkshire captain yorkshire boycott aims started county cricket yorkshire scorer commented later boycott got support deserved committee decided casting vote half didn want wanted members committee wanted remove immediately caused strife fellow players including dislike players leaving club citing personal differences boycott reason departure season captain spent winter playing south_africa played match scoring boycott seasons yorkshire successful club failed win competitions ranked low championship table contrast time dominance english cricket beginning end came leeds interviews yorkshire committee members players said change leadership needed boycott suffer loss form mirror county year captain scored runs average included century match captain success cited evidence selfish nature yorkshire boycott headed national batting averages second yorkshire failed win championship games boycott charge called season unsuccessful led calls boycott stripped coming increased conflict close members committee senior players looking boycott wrote wish given yorkshire end year boycott form scored runs innings season non championship century cambridge_university score complete tour centuries class county yorkshire suffered international career refused play england summer boycott broke finger temporarily took captain boycott returned later season scoring runs second hampshire poll dressing room showed players wanted permanent change september boycott mother close died cancer placing pressure september yorkshire club committee met boycott discuss terminating statement club outlined yorkshire intention retain boycott player giving hampshire boycott response attacked yorkshire club decision appearance bbc flagship october prompting strong criticism club strong public support position later years boycott thought continued player yorkshire scoring runs hitting hundreds pass record class centuries scored ninth roses century record finished season average record eleventh consecutive year surpassing achievement experience growing friction son yorkshire richard later yorkshire captain early 1980s boycott continued run form slow ball knock captain created friction boycott rest boycott added record runs yorkshire tenth wicket scoring runs october friction boycott committee culminated unanimous decision offer boycott contract season generated protest boycott supporters rallied calling meeting october yorkshire left club time boycott biography maintained reason believe actions caused departure later stated biographer boycott attitude atmosphere created decision leave yorkshire members group consisting strong supporters boycott met regularly batsman leader stated giant playing january committee face rising pressure agreed offer boycott contract members committee including resigned replacement members boycott elected leaving position team committee season prolific boycott records scored slowly matches overs somerset overs hampshire overs overs sussex coupled continued friction players club members particular boycott place team committee led feelings distrust boycott denies led loss support long term ally success field resumed scored runs second national averages shared record opening partnership contrast poor relations boycott senior players junior members team remember pleasant times boycott coached technique saw boycott score runs season cut short injuries frequent passed age season hit overall total runs finished short final match run advised captain enforce follow bat support boycott waned light slow scoring multiple injuries general atmosphere increasingly advocated removal yorkshire committee september confirmed offered contract following year months later captain long term ally boycott leadership boycott support ruled running following season instead given boycott disapproved boycott paid tribute describing dedicated yorkshire members heartfelt stake club suggests close feared popularity boycott offered contracts counties including took offers played professional cricket time retirement scored class runs player career boycott year career scored runs test matches england england cricketer pass test runs sixth england time run scoring list average runs innings highest completed career average england players test career included centuries england record held jointly current england captain december cook 23rd england century england lose test match scored century tests ended defeat wrote expectation english win freak bowling conditions based major innings boycott debut year boycott began test career june years class debut test australia scored runs deliveries bowled match ended rain affected draw boycott bat second innings suffered cracked finger old hit oval maiden test century finished test series runs winter boycott selected england team touring south_africa series low scores warm matches successful test series innings included scores runs opening test fourth fifth final match averaged class cricket tour took wickets ball england won test series mixed impression england players impressed talent attitude time dismissed early career england hosted new_zealand south_africa new_zealand boycott scored test second lord missed test owing injury returned south_africa lord scores slow minutes press began speculate lose place team second test boycott duck innings later took minutes score runs england needed score quickly described innings effort courage needed subsequently boycott dropped replaced boycott returned team end season tour australia ashes series illness performance initially hit form brighter cricket second tests hit delivery perth overs second test test boycott barber shared opening partnership hours boycott hit highest score series fifth test strike ran took minutes runs form deserted went tour new_zealand england faced west_indies boycott omitted test shared partnership struggled series managed average disappointing year boycott england yorkshire average fell furthermore passed twice class innings following summer rediscovered form june highest test score india home ground batting minutes boycott struck thirty strike rate began innings slowly taking hours runs scored hour second particularly frustrated england pitch excellent batting indian attack weakened injury frustration exacerbated boycott added runs hours second day wrote daily_mail boycott nearest relations bat second innings england won wickets boycott slow scoring led increasing media pressure owing perceived selfish attitude dropped team match remembered decision stunned time looking inevitable embarrassment filled angry burning sense injustice remember clearly day combination low confidence throat infection limited boycott test appearances playing india pakistan rest year topped domestic averages boycott toured west_indies england hit rich form scored runs series england won years boycott appeared intermittently test team injury forced miss half season average australians ashes domestically injury limited contribution hit centuries forced stop playing june health problems trouble adjusting wearing contact lenses meant boycott missed tour pakistan returned team summer scoring west_indies old century lord lost form rest season scored test averaged ducks tests new_zealand boycott left tests played fourth scored final test summer scored won walter lawrence trophy century selected tour australia averaged class matches scored opening class game followed queensland test match having hit good partnerships boycott second match boycott allegedly told having announced worked action australian spinner fortnight ago incident evidence boycott selfish attitude years highest score second innings fourth test sydney run victory fifth test drawn boycott making sixth test run boycott initially refused leave ground disbelief eventually walked crowd second innings injured arm fast bowler following day match missed final test england retained ashes later maintained injury permanently affected wrist carried ball pocket squeeze wrist strong ended series test runs boycott day international debut australia press best batsman world batsman receive ball day international wicket fall scored runs balls summer enjoyed average domestic cricket scored pakistan lord played tests owing series injuries rejoined team west_indies boycott dismissed innings west_indies port spain scored second followed career best class score president boycott end tour clashed boycott preference day match day game bermuda boycott recalled autobiography confronted issue replied regret boycott confidence professional ability respect man tour like previous west_indies thing wanted exile boycott elected unavailable england claimed simply lost appetite test cricket stress boycott biographer speculates self imposed exile linked appointments england preference boycott boycott critical standard batting autobiography citing factor decision pressures yorkshire weak immune system recurring motivation touring indian period exile coincided peaks fast careers including later came face west_indies pace battery late 70s early 80s boycott responded accusations pointing cricket months suffering complaint played tests months ashes series unsuccessful debut test pakistan match figures furthermore dismissed innings west_indies port spain scored second followed career best president teams included roberts young holding representing mean time old cricketer leaves released dedicated boycott boycott returned test australia trent bridge ran home crowd going century match england debut boycott batted days match innings started end day batted second day dismissed day started second innings end day batted england successful run chase scoring scoring winning runs partnership england batsmen emulated feat batting days subsequent boycott run partnership later remarked shell shocked having bowl boycott half hours fight august scored australia fourth test house home ground leeds cricketer score class century test match boycott reached milestone bowling drive match boycott fourth english player field entire duration test boycott ended series runs average appointed vice captain tour pakistan new_zealand winter boycott assumed tests injured brought successful summer form replaced return rest england team took warm matches boycott remained organised special warm match team play went occupy long period time limiting time players practice later stated number batsman time middle second test match scored increasing statistics return england team runs match test broke arm giving boycott boycott led england draw match leadership meeting mixed reviews following pakistan boycott england team travelled new_zealand england defeated opening test time years boycott took seven hours minutes score runs england bowled chasing win second match test century took england end match england needed score quickly force win boycott told team play way proceeded accumulate runs slowly run went bat captain informing dressing room end ran boycott later claiming autobiography deliberately suggested team order boycott disputes suggestion run deliberate autobiography referring account story gets bigger telling tale remain renowned story boycott delayed declaration frustration england bowler england eventually declare took new_zealand bowled england won runs boycott suffered scratch missed days final match start season taken boycott ashes series west_indies india ashes series boycott unusually went second innings match state south_australia injury perth december scored runs hitting boundary highest total nature include run england went win test series boycott struggling overall tests runs boycott played cricket world cup held england taking wickets opening match australia england won hosts went win games topped table opening round reaching final close victory new_zealand boycott scored hit balls england chased inspired win falling runs short boycott ended competition sixth highest strike rate average following world cup australia test match perth boycott man test ran partners england toured west_indies boycott faced feared pace attack succeeded scoring centuries likes holding roberts despite having passed age previous year batsmen found attack difficult cope later england captain stated boycott sympathy boycott successful batsman tour england went scored opening match england player pass match barbados boycott face later said holding greatest boycott hit gloves delivery played missed second outside hit thigh deliveries away bat bowled final delivery boycott claim delivery best faced cricket noted holding time life look duck feel profound sense failure boycott led england fight fourth test having watched holding times video worked nets game boycott came innings hit twentieth test century career run total gaining record boycott appointed officer order british empire queen birthday honours services cricket played ashes series despite aged second test lord cricket ground boycott dismissed short crushed given test match wished score century forever keen england boycott hopes cut short secured victory boycott match position captain secure series boycott concerned form dropped chase record upcoming tour india scored fifth test drawn sixth test oval scored passing record runs england highest run scorer ended series runs bye bye boycott boycott fame constant attention media begun affect personal life refused test series india winter angered decision stated got fair trial dock given single chance later battled slow scoring rate playing comments press conference tape recorder series india final match england tour scored deliveries following test series passed career run record hitting test second runs short test overtook record flick pads leading test run scorer test match fourth tour taking place january scored tour boycott claimed ill field test match later discovered playing golf team mates field led boycott dropped forced return england despite note england dressing room claimed autobiography went golf course following medical advice fresh air later instrumental organising defiance united_nations ban called rebel tour south_africa current nearing end careers players banned international cricket years result mid-1980s boycott good county form physical shape speculation return england england captain time stated servant england look future view age wouldn awful lot sense pick confirmed return australia leeds prompted remarked boycott totally selfish sing bye bye boycott england balcony commentator controversy personal life cricket commentator states boycott commentary box dressed commentators production staff official commented boycott fulfilled hopes animated intelligent informed opinions got attention people boycott claims invented phrase corridor uncertainty reference area outside batsman unsure leave hit ball noted key measure pitch outlawed especially known stock phrases recognised cricket watching world notably dropped catches mother grandmother caught easy batting miss hit ball stick phrases particular inspire style boycott offered role continued station satellite asian channels career threatened throat cancer having successfully undergone treatment boycott enjoyed renaissance career returned high profile channel_4 taken bbc england home test games november boycott rejoined bbc test match special provide commentary england tour pakistan january boycott joined asian channel sports delivered lecture speaking need cricket adapt changing circumstances embrace innovations like boycott worked cricket commentators member commentary ashes series role commentary related work contribute discussion main talking points england australia boycott stated team felt bad going tie round cat doesn mean joke boycott credited having high level influence game yorkshire chief executive boycott completion deal play county cricket yorkshire season larger scale boycott worked scrapping rule yorkshire number overseas players stated believed living past times wished encourage growth number players pakistan west_indies india air commentary caused controversy commentator boycott renewed pull punches style contrast fellow commentators particular known criticising players style mocked australian captain bowl batsman friendly pitch saying nice man generous england team initially receptive difficulties endured periods stress related illness march recently dropped attacked boycott article mail sunday referred boycott waste space response boycott statement days previously march gets central contract summer lot screaming total waste money england forget boycott enjoyed successful career opinions sought number media newspaper columns boycott contributes online question answer sessions notably website popular cricket biographers subject significant biographies comments reproduced number published quotes collections relationships court case boycott met working years lived village near bought house boycott remained yorkshire relationship died lung cancer age boycott assaulted lover boycott denied charges claiming fallen injured pointed fact moore financial difficulties said hit woman second trial beginning october boycott having missed trial january conviction set appeared court given month suspended sentence fine confirmed criticised magistrate way conducted case moore according boycott moore grown angry refused marry stating marrying kind fallen throwing clothing window hitting head carpet appealed conviction moore version events boycott attacked punching face causing upheld light photographs injuries shown court testimony doctor injuries caused way described boycott boycott later married february daughter born october lived boycott family currently divide time jersey cape_town south_africa time conviction working england tour west_indies sacked roles sacked columnist job sun announced dismissal article page headline sun sacks boycott sun gave boycott undertaking writing continue employ regardless result court case talk sport bbc television spokesman said contract bbc television plans use future boycott career continued able carry working overseas particularly india hosted sunny hosted touring indian team home august worked south_africa coached pakistan cricket team request resentment british media following court case died reinstated writer british newspapers speculation lead following departure eventually took role throat cancer indian south african television programmes continued use boycott commentator suffered continual sore throat finding boycott returned england august examined september informed throat initially recommended hour procedure remove size proximity voice box eventually persuaded recommend boycott sessions october december revealed majority disappeared final disappearance confirmed early initially reluctant discuss health public spoke privately daughter emma released statement publicly evoked significant emotional response august given standing ovation crowd trent bridge number lap ground vehicles celebrate trent bridge 50th test match return commentary following public support boycott resumed writing daily_telegraph channel gloucester championship final following summer cricket hired boycott early fellow commentators state illness altered voice led pleasant personality prone unpleasant behaviour channel producer stated think lot mellow moments like taxi arrive happy makes extremely clear overall great fun work september boycott wrote daily_telegraph posthumous tribute lifelong friend reported subsequently daily_mail boycott supporting year election stated political animal concerned way governments colours handed powers brussels british people having matter early speculation boycott awarded role england coaching staff pertaining particular coaching injury revealed boycott hold position involved past admirer boycott stressed coaching relationship informal boycott informal talks younger cricket players career media speculated find place coaching england boycott continued career criticising england team approach matches india november november daily_mail contributor published new biography boycott january boycott inducted hall fame continued active member cricket community voicing support late april pakistan player calling spin bowling delivery boycott continued vocal matters cricket criticism july difficulties september apparent favour club cricket november england south africa heard swearing air following catch taken dismissed bbc released statement november read air comment live broadcast heard listeners apologised soon realised presidency yorkshire corridor certainty march boycott elected president elected annual meeting gained vote election came yorkshire second division reversal boycott targeted immediately taking post remarked media thing matters membership yorkshire championship cricket tenure presided club anniversary february revealed test umpire yorkshire player replace boycott march boycott partner purchased grade listed boston hall citing desire closer family friends later married daughter named emma later released book entitled boycott corridor certainty simon reviewed piece october commenting boycott personality recovery cancer rounded nuanced book self awareness willingness acknowledge errors regrets complex driven man recognise admire achievements revealing aspects life survival hitherto kept close chest playing style boycott playing style revolved intense concentration solid defence attention detail avoiding heavy hitting described greatest opening batsman game known dedicated life art batting practising shot hint threatening loss wicket test career scored england runs england won tests boycott played compares england victory rate test cricket history yorkshire england batsman son described boycott pace player suggesting unable alter playing pace match circumstances dictated boycott maintained defensive technique possessed temperament suited day test matches wrote technique based defence organised near boycott remarked given choice lord time careful batting reflected centuries england strike rate england bowler wrote test greatness boycott batsman boycott man common roots quest perfection style facilitated solid defensive play stroke player susceptible hand arm injuries injuries common career injury required tip broken finger occasionally vulnerable left arm inability adjust line stroke career fast left hand nets boycott disputes spite vulnerable particular bowler pace bowler successful test matches seven dismissed seven times fewer matches test colleague discussed boycott vulnerability playing hook stroke occasion overall test cricket boycott caught bowled taking respectively boycott occasional medium pace bowler genuine took seven wickets test level average bowling wearing cap turned assist vision start career boycott average fielder having received coaching yorkshire little concentrating batting fellow yorkshire batsman worked boycott limited fielding ability tremendous determination help brothers boycott fielding improved safe pair hands generally cover point continued lack power pace field taking catches test innings averaging innings career catches remark autobiography usual fielding positions depended tactical situation captain boycott critics remote field written works career international cricket retirement boycott written number works cricket including autobiography joint project biography umpire book young test opening sir years boycott autobiography free bird life times bird boycott cricket cricket corridor certainty records cricketer year played test matches scoring runs century fifties average winner test matches boycott abilities test match theatre career years days left number test cricket records seventh capped player england tests sixth highest career runs total tests england player fourteenth quickest player reach runs taking innings topped national averages seasons highest post world war player tied second list centuries england boycott player score score century test match century partnerships involved remains record england player australia boycott england player bat days test match spent minutes runs opening partners boycott longevity game opening partners england note figures innings column partnerships opening partners partnerships wicket example partnerships opening partnerships career performance test centuries day boycott career noticeably productive test face day international ball bowled batsman dismissed game match considered time cricket infancy hastily arranged cover washed career performance century printed sources online articles | Geoffrey Boycott | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25470_AlanKippax | september cricketer new_south_wales australia regarded great australian cricket era world wars overcame late start test cricket regular australian team seasons middle order batsman toured england twice domestic level prolific scorer highly considered leader years extent test figures correspond great success best remembered performance domestic cricket world record wicket partnership set match career curtailed controversial tactics employed england tour australia wrote book denouncing tactics series concluded correct elegant batsman upright easy stance wicket like idol rolled wrist elbow excelled late cut probably peak 1920s omission team tour england caused great controversy time especially hit brilliant victoria eve selection time consistent selection test team highly regarded fellow players spectators innings lord test induced comment pleased eye time early years son wife née born inner city sydney suburb attended schools joined regular grade team years stage class cricket suspended world war competition resumed season debut new_south_wales state possessed lot batting talent supplemented return australia australian cricket team played england armistice opportunities restricted number seasons played lot baseball usually base represented australia touring teams american universities potential completely unnoticed offered tour new_zealand autumn playing australian second team captained test batsman half centuries innings season regular scoring runs led class averages season hit minutes south_australia sydney cricket ground toured new_zealand team centuries runs average tour quickly won respect fellow players spectators approach game describes presence field meticulous dress life man clean image raise voice allow emotions run away shirt way sharp trousers hair place admirable engaging man journalists employed describe style thought batting silky quality seen player time crowds late cut bow ball away bat face downward squeeze ball ground favourite hook shot propelled ball ease power stroke revealed way ball fence believed best hook shot game international career began summer australian scores earning australian cap age final test ashes series england sydney sharing run partnership innings impressed score number seven commented partnership turned fortunes game australia went victory shock omission runs season looked likely win place team tour england failed test trial match staged early december highest score competition minutes victoria effectively steered title subsequent omission touring team famous australian cricket history nearly australian captain called non selection crime youth australia omission usually attributed interstate triumph batting australia surrendered ashes tour blame loss directed team returned australia administrators relieved collins grade team creating opportunity captain installed leader earned reputation leading batsmen years wit kindness practical raw team formidable unit sir hit century innings queensland inaugural match following season registered highest score career minutes versus queensland wrote performance victor beautiful watch hard conceive graceful batting produced occasion ended season runs average test consideration march toured new_zealand australian second team failed pass seven innings played restored test team beginning ashes series runs innings australia slipped heavy defeats place jeopardy second test sydney central figure controversial incident summer early australia innings runs board according umpire bowler end delivered ball wide legs seen fall refused appeal bowled english jack cover point appealed umpire elder time left stepped leg stumps intercept ball consensus opinion rebounded pads wicket elder gave bowled right square leg stood ground time later left wicket persistent kept demanding sort sport standing tried persuade captain intercept crossed incoming batsman send till late elder admitted mistake asked conclusion test travelled melbourne led match beginning december stumps second day staring defeat seven pursuit victoria innings play resumed christmas day slipped number batsman stuck captain score gradually mounted opposition grew news wicket stand spread crowd eventually reaching initial partner disappeared overs followed pattern crack balls happily single leave fend remaining deliveries paced innings perfection end play double century following day stand finally broken runs added minutes stood remarkable world batting records stands today highest wicket partnership class cricket retaining place test started days later ground maintained superb form hit maiden test century australia innings australia struggling pace england innings launched assault boundaries journalist pointed taken wickets runs series managed wickets runs followed second innings australia fell consecutive defeat rubber lost ashes completed series scores adelaide australia winning effort received criticism play tuned hard business winning matches outstanding domestic season hitting centuries runs average time picked england test regular tour england dominated emergence finished second class averages scoring runs hit century innings match sussex tests passed times seven innings going shared big partnerships second test lord test leeds rated wet wicket test nottingham best effort summarised tour essentially stylist sense great batsman suit game needs occasion beautiful driver cut times delightful fashion slower wickets england affecting abilities direction degree home series west_indies began highest score test cricket hours test adelaide oval test century matches teams sharing partnership called knock failed remaining test innings hit centuries season began badly playing minor match rural wicket nose broken delivery bounced hit accidentally left mat laid november match season brisbane struck severe blow temple rising ball fast bowler taken hospital retired match selected test south_africa scored run missed second test injury replacement scored impressive century debut came test melbourne rewarded faith scoring highest class innings season best knock summer came rain affected pitch melbourne final test batted score elegant entire south_africa team managed completed innings wicket compensation lack runs led victory victoria late january clinched title state winter joined private team toured canada usa tour organised test bowler teammates noticed confidence shaken blows head longer employed famous hook shot series england toured season played infamous series tactic short pitched bowling close leg originally conceived stop phenomenal run making australian batsmen australian batsmen adept playing long innings supporting big partnerships tests past featured stands english looking undermine confidence secured test place queensland mid november fortnight later led tourists failed innings suffered heavy defeat selected test sydney looked uncomfortable losing wicket twice attack batting number innings demoted bat second innings scored brilliant innings aggressive hook shots change australia collapsed leaving england needing run victory second innings dressing room commented bloody fast omitted remainder series australian batting casualties summer attributed lack confidence blows received previous season scared stiff let employed radio commentator spent remainder series covering tests delivered minute round day play bbc broadcast england empire short wave service outspoken criticism combined cricketer physician write book anti body line released months tour ended short work aimed english readership book warned danger game allowed legitimate tactic book kept controversy raging expressed reasonable seasons struggling runs returned form queensland new year hit shared stand minutes altogether centuries averaged earn selection tour england passed vice team favour confidence knowing reached agreement australians face tour final tour beginning tour duck recovered leicester contracting heavy dose forced miss matches return struggled form chosen test tour voted fellow press speculated decision caused team australia won game failed tour matches missed test lord lost struck illness hospitalised suspected case forced miss drawn tests old leeds eventually returned play late july hit form right time series locked timeless test played oval decide ashes australia needed strengthen batting experienced replaced struggling middle order proved test way game little responsibility bat record partnership meant australia time got hour australia amassed runs scored second innings australia victorious runs regained ashes days later celebrated making sussex bowling attack highest score england double century years boosted class tour mixed fortunes legacy team return handed test teammate ended class career matches state century came mid december scored south_australia adelaide oval gave total centuries record tally subsequently beaten runs sheffield shield matches contributed title winning campaigns addition class runs scored runs average grade club summed place australian cricket career beautiful stylish player emerge horizon big cricket time virtually international state opportunity come proved real addition style influenced good vast numbers young boys line grace frequently associated players states captained class matches winning drawing losing commentary fourth test adelaide early radio telephone service history direct radio broadcast cricket match australia england personal life period working clerk opened sports store sydney profitable business years later april married elected life member february awarded joint old teammate played match raised split evenly later years grade lakes course sydney club champion lawn bowler double bay small gentle man way enjoyed great reputation game man personal charm elegant field cricket writer recorded visit hill home transported calm 1930s world silk smoking jacket cigarette holder art died heart disease home september canberra suburb named uncle 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25508_2009Women'sCricketWorldCupFinal | women cricket world cup final women cricket world cup final cricket match new_zealand england played march north sydney oval australia culmination women cricket world cup ninth women cricket world cup england won final wickets world cup title outside england second time teams met stage world cup england won previous final contest winning toss new_zealand captain opted bat bowled overs total runs batting number highest scorer new_zealand england bowler took career best wickets runs response england built opening partnership runs continued score steadily despite regularly losing wickets reached winning total balls spare earning england world cup title years initially included england team named player match replacing injured minutes start match route final group stage new_zealand drawn group competition west_indies south_africa traditional rivals australia started campaign australia scored cautious half century new_zealand dismissal triggered collapse team lost seven wickets addition runs reply australia regularly lost wickets bowling spell took wickets runs slowed run chase initial rain delay held game second finished match runs short method missed new_zealand second match west_indies injury captain second time matches new_zealand suffered collapse losing wickets runs seventh wicket partnership mason helped new_zealand remain competitive match completed overs runs according west indian reply devoid momentum spin mason took wickets apiece limit west_indies runs loss wickets overs final group stage match new_zealand ensured won group big win south_africa scored half centuries team reached total south_africa struggled chase reached double figures innings dominated bowling mason collected wickets england placed alongside india pakistan sri_lanka contest sri_lanka scored runs aided ball century half century sri_lanka batted allocation overs lost runs took wickets batsmen run chase following match bowling action reported potentially illegal cleared days later england faced india second match contest billed battle spot group england won match easily bowling india taking wickets unbeaten half centuries large win pakistan guaranteed england finished group winners marsh took career best wickets help bowl pakistan runs total reached half allowed overs super england new_zealand met match england batted despite stage runs captain rapid runs helped recover post total response new_zealand began positively boosted half century captain spin bowling edwards marsh controlled run rate new_zealand eventually bowled edwards taking wickets england following match west_indies surpassed runs batting scored half centuries propel england total english dismissed west_indies runs marsh collecting wickets win secured england place final result final match australia second match new_zealand faced indian beaten australia super contest india batted scored innings lost batsmen run outs new_zealand began response putting partnership runs wicket dismissal supported eventually fell runs new_zealand reached target balls spare new_zealand set record partnership second wicket women final match scored pair runs played aggressive innings scoring runs balls including new_zealand reached overs bowled pakistan granting run victory qualifying final england australia final super match slowed run rate bowling taking wickets restricting england fourteen runs overs england bowled total australia chased overs build prior start competition suggested england new_zealand australia favourites win competition final repeat final england won lord sides won world cup previously hosting tournament new_zealand achieved feat england winners addition losing final england new_zealand finalists losing australia india england contested previous finals losing australia subsequent tournaments england aggravated strain warm replaced team vice captain previously omitted richards writing described england new_zealand worthy finalists noted disappointed performance australia finished fourth match summary final played sunny day north sydney oval multi purpose stadium new_south_wales ground hosted number matches earlier tournament women cricket world cup hosted men international cricket match played people began scheduled lunch interval australia south african appointed field match davis member highest designation umpire senior designation fulfilled field roles fourth respectively served match referee previously umpired cricket world cup final despite conditions swing bowling new_zealand captain chose bat winning toss england opened bowling end provided spin bowling spell described bbc superb team mate credited putting new_zealand batsmen pressure new_zealand progressed loss opener england bowling change england vice captain brought immediate impact ball attempted mid caught following ball fell duck delivery wicket keeper overs later dismissed providing thick edge middle order batsmen mason got starts new_zealand collapsed seven joined pair provided degree recovery scored runs partnership help new_zealand total dismissal wide delivery new_zealand subsided rapidly losing final wickets runs new zealand herald criticised batting indifferent richards credited england tight bowling fielding restrict new_zealand response england began opening batsmen built partnership larger managed new_zealand scoring runs dismissal taylor played patient innings taylor scored runs balls came dismissal played similar attacking intent striking boundaries runs bowled mason england middle order suffered collapse opposition spin mason scoring rate slowing significantly runs end fourteenth overs later edwards given caught wicket keeper runs actually hit ball despite struggles middle overs richards opined england looked like losing england batting attacking style struggled score pushed england winning target single secured victory england balls remaining innings contribution player match match officials field umpire referee umpire captain wicket keeper fielder indicates batsman dismissed catch named fielder bowler indicates bowler gains credit dismissal indicates batsman dismissed leg wicket indicates batsman aftermath awarded england cup win new_zealand received team tournament included seven finalists england edwards selected captain joined team mates marsh represented new_zealand team named team twelfth woman finished tournament leading run scorer named player tournament month final taylor woman selected sides met months later contest final women world england won contest team sex champions formats test day international tournament automatically qualified women cricket world cup england new_zealand reached final tournament instead met place playoff england won wickets | 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25524_NeilHarvey | born october australian cricketer represented australian cricket team playing test matches vice captain team retirement attacking left handed batsman sharp fielder occasional spin bowler harvey senior batsman australian team 1950s regarded finest fielder era retirement harvey second prolific test run scorer century maker australia brothers represented victoria harvey followed elder brother test cricket debut january aged months second match youngest australian score test century record stands harvey youngest member tour england regarded finest teams history initially struggling english conditions century ashes debut harvey started career strongly centuries thirteen test innings average including south_africa including match winning sticky wicket team broke 1950s harvey australia senior batsman named recognition feat scoring runs tour england passed named deputy played matches australia sought rebuild team youth policy following decline team later offered poor form harvey prevented fell ill following season harvey moved interstate promoted ahead harvey continued deputy role end career captain test match second test lord injured harvey led team battle ridge erratic surface grinding hard fought victory scored runs centuries australia time harvey retirement harvey best known extravagant flamboyant stroke play fielding harvey particularly known innings conditions unfavourable batting performing colleagues struggled sydney retirement national years recent times best known criticism modern cricket inducted australian cricket hall fame selected harvey inaugural cricket hall fame early years harvey fifth boys born despite small build harvey born large weighing kilograms family lived moving sydney finally melbourne settled inner northern industrial suburb boys taught cricket guidance father conditions producing batsmen played cricket tennis ball marble backyard pavement boys went cricket cricket talk integral daily family life held family batting record continued play melbourne club cricket harvey eldest brother went play test australia ray played victoria brothers brian played district cricket represented victoria baseball harvey played game aged wicket keeper team average age school final total aged joined local club rose grade team fourteen stage transferred advice victorian coach harvey stopped wicket keeping focus batting veteran gave advice batting plant identified harvey potential batsman liked pick point game willingness listen old hands briefly playing harvey gave sport played baseball winter leaving school harvey worked apprentice turner supposed years eventually took years harvey cricket career caused frequent class cricket cancelled world war resumed start season harvey selected trial match victorian state team played rest victoria harvey represented duck innings selected senior state season aggressive saw harvey selected victorian team age innings class debut tasmania match maiden class century scoring said effort inspired elder brother gained test selection year time tasmania harvey shield debut new_south_wales dismissed scoring innings making second innings run win arch rivals victoria went win title convincingly match victoria english tourists fall early wickets harvey joined captain dominated partnership making second match leg spin opponents doubt test player english wicket keeper congratulated proclaiming seeing england year australia tour country ended debut class season runs test debut harvey played shield matches brothers ray gained test selection soon attracting attention opening match season harvey struck touring indian cricket team selected australian played indians tests effectively dress rehearsal innings unbeaten second hosts succumbed suffered run loss despite initially overlooked tests reached innings victoria including fifties months 19th birthday harvey entry international cricket tests india batted innings debut fourth test adelaide oval australia swept innings victory retained fifth test home ground melbourne reaching stumps reached century following day february score promoted youngest australian test surpassing previous record brought mark run having turned short ball square leg boundary innings replacing taken symbolism fact harvey tipped australia leading batsman innings laid foundation secured australia innings victory series triumph 13th match class level innings ensured place tour england speaking harvey selection opined brilliance daring youth likelihood rapid improvement warm matches team headed england harvey struck tasmania western_australia scored runs season australia traditionally fielded choice team tour opener despite scoring century australia recent test harvey 12th man appeared initially test plans harvey struggled english conditions failing pass innings notable contribution early stages campaign yorkshire damp pitch suited slower bowling match saw runs fall wickets sooner harvey walked bat stand captain caught leave australia pursuit matters worse injured bat australia effectively wickets faced loss english county harvey scored solitary run hit ball short leg forwards grabbed hands dropping harvey swept ball boundary harvey wicket keeper australia harvey charged bowling opportunity harvey hit winning runs ending unbeaten closest australia come defeat tour weak performances opening matches harvey omitted match lord fielded seven players represent england tests basically strength test team australia fielded choice team went win innings omission harvey outer regards test selection asking difficulties harvey told caused shot selection tendency hit ball air said technically perfect shot production batting simply getting early harvey adapted style improved performance scored lancashire manchester unbeaten sussex minutes match test australian test batsman described harvey innings superb century rich youthful daring stroke production selection reserve opener batted position middle order harvey 12th man fielding abilities spent large proportion time field injury pace tests brown struggled unfamiliar role dropped test opener injured opening vacancy fourth test harvey forced way team scoring sequence harvey hit yorkshire opined probably gained respect crowd quickly cricketer recent years harvey scored surrey taken catch flock australia wanted finish run chase quickly watch australian play tennis final harvey volunteered play makeshift opener promised reach target quickly australia chased target minutes overs harvey ended unbeaten australians arrived time added gloucestershire attacking spin england amassed innings australia dismissed batsmen harvey youngest member squad joined australia england remove pair expose australia lower order opportunity large innings lead arriving middle miller greeted said harvey mate end bowling organised harvey said mate couldn end quick watched play overs thought good brought bowl fifth balls disappeared head way finished crowd honestly thank confidence gave partnership future cricket career pair launched counterattack miller taking lead harvey young batsman struggling breaks turning away miller hit series boundaries allowed australia seize initiative harvey joined counterattack hitting consecutive boundaries second cleared playing area time miller partnership yielded runs minutes likened hurricane said known enjoyable hour cricket came join harvey continued attack bowling miller demise australia went lunch day harvey lunch harvey accelerated second new ball taken minutes middle session reached century loud reception australia passed harvey knock taken minutes included partnership yielded minutes harvey eventually balls bowled playing cross batted sweep shot selection prompted throw head disappointment harvey ended australian left score century ashes debut innings noted powerful driving sides wicket innings high rate scoring helped swing match balanced position australia finally dismissed second innings harvey took noted catches including bent catch ball ankle height running said catch season harvey turned magnificent aerial performances oval surrey final noon harvey got mark hitting winning boundary second innings australia successfully completed test world record run chase day innings series scoring fifth final test oval australia won innings harvey added centuries consecutive matches tests somerset entire class tour scored centuries aggregate runs harvey fielder regarded best australian team said harvey far brilliant sides save runs field twelfth man early tests fielding took acclaimed catches tour consolidation international matches scheduled australian season harvey disappointing class season scoring runs scored victoria totals lost arch rivals new_south_wales runs score test trial end season persisted tour south_africa harvey forced shoulder responsibility batting order retired took extended break youngest player team harvey rose challenge establishing australian records test figures runs test tour south_africa visiting batsman surpassing previous mark runs class runs centuries tour class centuries south african tour efforts harvey started tour highly productive seven class matches leading tests scored orange free state matches south african effectively dress rehearsals tests harvey innings victory second match week test scored runs matches leading tests scoring test harvey amassed innings cape_town set innings lead runs scored guide australia wicket victory second innings followed unbeaten half hours regarded finest test innings having dismissed wet wicket innings australia pursuit victory target sticky pitch australians having extreme difficulty spin faced test defeat south_africa years despite square cuts harvey adapted game play patient innings prompting spectators time career ball broke defence harvey thought bowled ball began tire heat harvey began score quickly reaching minutes lunch break registered slowest century way guiding team victory wickets harvey brought winning runs ball boundary harvey continued productive sequence fourth test scoring unbeaten drawn match test harvey played australia win scoring harvey finished series fifth test port elizabeth australia won innings took series amassed centuries consecutive tests series scored tests totally runs harvey fast scoring crowd favourite marketing south_africa harvey rested tour match media complaints prompted australian reverse decision finished season australian total tourists dismissed south african complete innings victory harvey triple figure average test seasons maintained australia hosted ashes series following success south_africa harvey played regularly point onwards managed runs half centuries australia took series harvey trouble early series englishman dismiss harvey tests day series harvey scored australia turned crucial rain created sticky wicket england australia declared australia went win runs second test melbourne low scoring harvey australia won team passed performed steadily series tests won defeat tests australia world war came home ground melbourne outside tests harvey scored win south_australia added second innings match new_south_wales defeat ended season runs season productive west indies touring australia playing tests harvey scored runs half century australia won harvey difficulties dealing dual spin bowling combination bowled left arm orthodox leg spin respectively accounted times tests innings fourth test melbourne australia went complete dramatic wicket victory harvey poor season overall scoring class runs managing single century peak years harvey started season class century months matches ahead tests suffered defeats break drought having failed score century tests years season saw harvey productive best south_africa scored centuries years earlier toured australia slow pitch difficult stroke play harvey scored brisbane australia grounded victory test scored innings second score run second performance series scores second test scoring second innings worst australia lost years scored test sydney set large innings lead innings victory harvey opponents innings innings saw complete test runs south tests harvey consecutive centuries matches adelaide starting driven boundary ball day play harvey century took minutes fastest record australia world war sixth fastest time australia leading breaking match harvey bowled time test career took wickets test level depleted australian attack defeat visitors finished seven wickets series australia favour won fifth test melbourne timeless test harvey compiled consecutive century highest test score australia amassed innings australia control test despite south_africa successfully chasing unlikely target harvey accumulated test runs series surpassed aggregate runs series record south_africa tests south_africa centuries totalling runs average harvey totalled runs season second highest tally season australian history runs record matches season scored come striking distance match season western australian captain declared early afternoon allow harvey innings break record harvey wouldn want break record way managed australian quarter century score runs ashes tour times centuries twice best harvey started class campaign unbeaten setting innings victory reaching innings converting starts score harvey weeks tests started struck minor counties lancashire sussex hampshire entire opposition managed innings scored runs completed innings days harvey best tests innings leading tests harvey lowest score failed pass twice test trent bridge harvey duck falling twice australia hung draw rain affected contest scoring second test lord falling innings batting second innings saw hosts save match wickets hand harvey returned form striking gloucestershire taking wicket haul class level help australia wicket win added second century innings innings win harvey struck rain affected test manchester helped australia run innings lead duck second innings australia collapsed saved defeat rain meant hours play possible harvey returned venue famous innings years earlier low scoring match scored entire match innings australia took run lead tourists looked set victory retention ashes start final day time defiant defence english batsmen left australia target hours required scoring rate higher days match harvey quickly scored run minute australia minutes schedule win point english medium began bowling wicket keeper metres leg deny australians opportunity hit ball match ended draw harvey described bailey tactics absolutely english wicket keeper said tourists absolutely saying right claiming bailey bowling worst kind negative cricket cheated victory series locked fate ashes determined fifth final test oval lead harvey scored consecutive innings surrey failing pass single figures innings deciding match harvey australia batting england took run lead harvey second innings hosts won ashes years australian hands harvey scored runs series low scoring series placed second captain runs harvey failed pass class matches remaining tests retirement end season harvey bear responsibility batting line recognition performances summer scored runs named highest australian aggregate average miller second prolific harvey returned australia played season purely domestic scored runs including century new_south_wales fifties near misses season scored queensland matches south_australia season saw england tour australia harvey scored innings warm matches visitors struck test brisbane australia sent helping set innings victory tests scored victoria followed low scoring second test sydney australia needing win poor wicket lethal pace express bowling help slips bat harvey stood firm scattered stumps partners farmed strike protecting counter attacking england fast relying cut shot pads leg watching game fence boundaries man came runs required protected harvey face balls minutes produced unlikely australian victory harvey continued attack bowling hooked fine leg head harvey added wicket runs required point australian pair confident harvey felt run energy prospects improve forced change near future england won runs delivery leg wicket keeper harvey played observers thought greatest innings life defiant unbeaten exactly half australian innings batsmen reached harvey series failing pass innings final tests australia form harvey losing tests series harvey ended runs series despite continued productive class matches far productive batsman australian season accumulating runs ahead scored pair run win new_south_wales queensland match followed tour early west_indies australian team harvey began consecutive centuries scoring exactly second tests kingston respectively matches ended innings victory draw australia respectively low scoring match georgetown harvey scored australia took lead half century drawn followed harvey scored second double century career fifth test kingston seven hours batting run partnership foundation test total setting innings victory australia totalled runs series entire tour scored runs tour retired leaving harvey experienced batsman team harvey demons experienced valentine previous series spin duo able dismiss harvey occasion australian summer purely domestic season harvey successful campaign runs struck new south wales team composed mainly test players victoria arch rivals hung draw wickets hand added centuries innings came span month amassed runs struggles ashes tour england disappointment harvey individually australians collectively english summer dominated spinner surrey teammate repeatedly dismantled tourists dusty spinning pitches specifically tailored cater tour started poorly harvey innings weeks scored runs included wicket defeat hands lock surrey australia loss county harvey began run form scoring cambridge_university match fielded virtual team effectively dress rehearsal tests harvey australia hosts draw match unable replicate form tests test scored rain affected draw duck australia took series lead second test lord despite australia success harvey having extended run drought runs weeks came australian lock tests harvey australia bowled forced follow test played turning pitch contributed second innings test rest team struggled deal lock spun england innings victory time australia suffered innings defeat test harvey unable repeat defiant form weeks manchester low point harvey managed pair falling times took world record wickets australia routed innings known match ashes old week trough harvey scored runs including consecutive ducks day period yielded solitary run harvey returned productivity added half century remaining matches took innings help set seven wicket win match class harvey compiled runs tests half centuries far summer england runs dominance lock led attack harvey australia fifth highest tests fourth class matches return australia team stopped indian play tests pakistani indian soil respectively short tour tests fixtures harvey failed pass double figures test pakistan countries moving india scored drawn second test bombay scoring runs ground injuries illness australians unable dismiss hosts twice final match australia trouble taking run innings lead second innings struggling sticky wicket caused flooding low scoring test calcutta help australia series win ended runs series performances marked aggressive moving meet pitch ball seven months away australians returned home senior player vice expected australian team leaders retired cricket tour harvey replaced johnson victorian captain logical choice successor test experienced member team tests queensland captain veteran longer automatic test selection harvey criticised attitude johnson official report board tour harvey surprisingly overlooked went replaced miller new_south_wales played tests establish team disappointing results england chose youthful team harvey named vice captain non test tour new_zealand test tour south_africa australia new leaders featured dramatic game season tied match history played junction oval melbourne new_south_wales chasing win suffering defied medical orders left hospital bed came bat partnership took runs victory collapse left scores tied day announcement harvey led met new south match shield season harvey admitted board felt blunt nature men toss sent bat time victorian batsman hit ball face broke nose practising harvey went toss harvey asked gentleman agreement allow substitute mcdonald refused citing importance match evoked rare angry response harvey according playing men said harvey proceeded certain anger play best innings seen sheffield shield later forced new_south_wales follow end match drawn harvey unable deny new_south_wales title harvey said double century victoria gave pleasure innings played finished season victorian captain leading shield averages runs substantial scores half team total innings loss queensland win south_australia return match queensland selection trial led seven wicket win scoring new_zealand tour regarded test leader wicket keeper said dumb couldn senior players didn support senior players resented surprise selection captain gained favour management imposed later scrapped harvey unable maintain australian season crossing face new scored runs including australia won final match series outside international matches harvey productive totalled runs tour players remained dubious elevation ahead harvey tour south_africa appreciated promoted fair open input teammates tour harvey broke finger catching practice missed early tour matches healed harvey returned match south african virtual dress rehearsal tests scored tourists crushed hosts innings broke finger missed test ending run consecutive test matches returned remaining tests scored test help force draw australia conceded run innings lead apart disappointing series failing pass finishing runs despite disagreement team proceeded smoothly prior fifth test wanted drop poor form harvey captain member selection panel harvey supporter comfortable harvey relinquished opportunity seize leadership ordering retain vote formally taken harvey offering drop tests aside harvey continued score regularly games ended class runs centuries fifties team harvey labelled worst leave australian shores went home test series new south wales non returning south_africa harvey embarrassed frankly discussed financial situation television interview revealed players earned test broke despite automatic selection australia years making time cricket disrupted working life contemplating south_africa homeland wife iris consequently harvey received job offer work sales supervisor glass manufacturer sydney moved new_south_wales gave victorian new player vice captain state order despite test vice captain ahead unfit start season effects left australian open harvey started season strongly scored runs innings included queensland new state touring england team peter match captained new_south_wales hosts better play took run innings lead men time ran harvey appointed captain australian warm match touring indicating considering test harvey scored duck australians lost heavily runs wicket crater australian captain ahead harvey deputy harvey helped australia surprise series victory reclaim ashes harvey form modest scored runs half coming innings brilliant second test melbourne half team helped secure wicket victory match fourth test time passed series outside tests scored second match season new_south_wales england ended season runs season halves months scored runs season australian undertook tour tests pakistan india respectively prior trip harvey second innings help defeat seven wickets bangladesh harvey pitch rough ground test mastering medium pace teammates struggled score course innings harvey overcome fever physical illness forced leave times called dazzling innings described best innings test level set australian win stay partners contributed runs seven wickets fell harvey innings allowed australia score reply hosts harvey second innings help ensure wicket win scoring innings second test came run chase australia harvey norm seemingly schedule win time ran pakistani began waste time attempt foil australian victory swapped cover slowly left handed combination harvey took single changed batsman strike counter harvey deliberately backed away straight ball let bowled throwing wicket away allowed come bat handed batsmen opportunity waste time switching field australia won match minutes spare harvey scored drawn test australia took series win test pakistan harvey ended series runs india harvey scored australia test delhi setting innings victory australia pitch spin second test harvey given rare opportunity bowl took wicket indian captain addition scored second highest australian score innings low scoring match india won square series spinner taking harvey hit drawn test bombay took final test wicket fourth test madras ended series runs significant contribution australia triumph international twilight years test career harvey struggled making runs test series start season little indication innings summer harvey hit queensland australian touring west_indies queensland new_south_wales caribbean team form tapered away thrilling home series west_indies included tie test history harvey ineffective apart score second innings test australia lost missed fourth test injury struggled tests scoring runs prospered caribbean tourists tour matches scoring runs overall totalled runs season harvey began final tour england regular shoulder injury allowed lead australia tour matches included month tour hurt shoulder match spent weeks bowling travelling london away men specialist treatment stage australia left men field replacement succumbed illness requiring englishman stand harvey scored runs matches leading tests including centuries lancashire harvey captain australia test time shoulder problematic captain declared fit harvey drawn test helped australia run innings lead control match hosts batted remainder match defeat shoulder prevented bowling overs injury forced test meaning harvey finally captained australia highest level second test lord carrying injury black eye meant australia best injured agreed play played controversial pitch noticeable ridge running caused irregular bounce great test matches known battle ridge took bruised english batsmen irregular bounce hosts bowled australia replied large sustained blows second innings harvey moves proved highly productive gave new ball young playing international series responded taking harvey brought time leg spin attack arrived moved leg slip position edged simpson harvey hands duck england fell leaving australia target victory appeared far certain australia erratic surface harvey sent attack bowling tactic worked australia won wickets hit winning runs earlier dropped battle ridge time harvey captained australia test match despite win harvey prominent terms individual contribution scoring harvey described win moment got french champagne afternoon knew test match captain lord decided best returned test england series despite twin half centuries harvey scored innings match lasted days harvey failed pass tests ended runs significant factor australia eventual victory second half tour harvey added centuries took career best bowling middlesex help set wicket win ended final tour australia runs centuries season harvey led aggressively force result attacking strategy determination avoid time purely domestic harvey played season sheffield shield new_south_wales won ninth consecutive title harvey prominent team success scored runs fifties season having stated intention retire end summer harvey started final season strongly scored interstate innings season scored warm matches england harvey selected series england international cricket season harvey applied permission work journalist playing cricket application refused harvey wrote bitter criticism england captain end series following complaint said harvey comments beginning steadily half centuries tests harvey 21st final century fourth test adelaide scoring drawn match venue international career began seasons earlier harvey returned adopted hometown sydney farewell match series level ashes alive game turned dull draw harvey scored bowled final innings english innings held catches equal world record reminder prowess australia great round harvey retired australia capped player tally runs centuries second harvey centuries class matches match scored unbeaten south_australia hours including runs session set wicket victory final season harvey scored runs style harvey regarded batsman great style short man batted aggression known timing ball batting spin bowling particular crowd highlighted extravagant charging harvey charged pitch bowler kept coming far track thought want shake hands despite running harvey test match time belief bowling hit gave impression balls reaching boundary minimum power according sight slim figure neat trim looking coming bat brought new hope spectators half volley decline challenge long hop looking ball hit following retirement sir seen australia leading batsman noted critics similar ability change mood matches attacking play said harvey australia best batsman despite fact found faulty global expansion cricket harvey australian test centuries different cities succeeding variety conditions harvey class centuries spread venues countries scored overseas average higher batsman score runs australian teams home abroad harvey attacking style led criticism batting risky england captain feeling played missed wonder runs harvey decided stop playing strokes element risk harvey happy continue flamboyant harvey progressed hook shot played team sake typically evaded head ball harvey started school highly regarded cover fielder later international career slips catcher bowled spin pace approach rare occasions taking wickets test career away field harvey quiet manner complete contrast dynamic batting non smoking non drinking set apart prevailing cricket culture period harvey known respect decisions appealing leg wicket fielded slips travelling overseas cricket tours harvey played baseball winter twice named australian baseball team team named distinction accorded players competed harvey fielding abilities regarded finest outfielder world career baseball harvey developed half round arm throw speed accuracy caused batsmen run attempting run said harvey throw arrow like accuracy versatile ball hawk takes place baseball training influenced habit catching ball head height rarely dropped catches based theory fielder need eyes ball bounce hands time attempt grab rebound harvey covered ground quickly possessed efficient method picking returning ball late test debut harvey retirement duo formed formidable pairing covers helping restrict opposition batsmen scoring region later years australian immediately appointment embroiled controversy test india brisbane wrote board complaining harvey duty test missed hours play race meeting invitation president gave harvey talking despite retained position annual election queensland failing gain seat selection panel onwards harvey chairman tumultuous period australian cricket captain sacked middle series england dispute players australian officials informed fate learned omission radio australia productive batsmen dispute genesis pay dispute led formation world series cricket generated mass exodus players resulted recall years retirement age captain test team following establishment players harvey left selection panel representatives felt harvey anti comments selection players returning south_africa harvey offered job captain sports store harvey accepted immediately sports stores gave flexible arrangements leave play cricket harvey sponsored use cricket equipment paid year lived home shared bedroom brothers brian ray married poverty cricket uniforms years harvey career extended successful business distributed kitchen products later life known blunt critical comments modern players believing cricket earlier times superior team set world record consecutive test victories harvey named australian teams thought superiors saying far response suggestion men best team history attributed wins weak opponents stating don think world standard years ago 1980s west_indies team far superior criticised australian team publicly praising skills opponents believing statistical performances teams considered weak named criticised modern day batsmen noting players earlier eras play sticky wickets saying guys play little bit opinion play flat wickets time ball little bit pitch going assert opinion current players match harvey inducted australian cricket hall fame annual induction players inaugural members announced harvey inaugural cricket hall fame inducted harvey called banned cricket revealed accepted money pitch weather information privately fined lamented decline player conduct modern era criticising modern advent harvey called mark dropped australian team claiming waste space stated money thing keeps playing earned money playing retired australian cricket better close dropped series wrote half century saying playing probably worst cricket teams seen personal life tour south_africa harvey met wife time greenish years old harvey relationship subject controversy father told media object couple engagement daughter turned married years later children sons daughter year marriage harvey iris divorced years later married age subsequently children test match performance test centuries following table test centuries scored column runs indicates column title match refers match number career | Neil Harvey | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25665_ArnoldFothergill | august august english professional cricketer played class cricket somerset career spanned left arm fast medium pace bowler appeared england test matches began career club professional north east england joined somerset professionals forced miss qualified county productive bowler county years class cricket emergence later limited opportunities club joined ground staff lord cricket ground played appearing lord representative sides english winter chosen tour south_africa played matches later designated test matches described arguably class took class wickets career came tests early life career born august newcastle northumberland began cricket career private club precursor county team appeared professional time employed moving somerset somerset professional second class cricket founded initially struggled financially employed club professionals played recorded match county july year facing team sixteen men super mare taking thirteen wickets match regularly somerset leading wicket matches collected wickets innings twice included somerset team face kent bath kent captain objected presence correctly pointing qualified play somerset result removed appear county cricket season served qualification appear county taking wickets innings scoring runs opening batsman class cricket joined ground staff lord class debut bowling unchanged innings claimed wickets runs scored highest score class career runs large victory following month featured somerset generally considered match class cricket lancashire somerset heavily beaten match took wickets scored runs summer selected appear professional players amateur gentlemen prestigious annual fixture lord little impact gentlemen won wickets played fourteen class matches claiming wickets average taking wickets innings twice somerset leading wicket season taking twice wickets effective bowler match representative match playing south north south player score double figures innings lost match played exclusively end july somerset fixtures began having collected wickets innings oxford_university repeated feat twice season somerset taking gloucestershire achieving best class bowling figures hampshire match took wickets second innings giving wickets match occasion achieved feat class cricket played match end season year champion county won game runs innings required bowl bowled players scoring ducks took second innings somerset leading wicket taking class wickets county year bowling average best english season following season appeared somerset match kent early season took match final class appearance county selected play south north bowled overs match taking wicket remainder notable appearances season considered class performed matches wiltshire taking wickets match including seven second innings match class status enjoyed best match south taking wickets innings north defeated wickets majority cricket appear times somerset stripped class status contrast played exclusively county appearing times somerset relied bowling early 1880s spearheaded late 1880s rarely needed bowl overs despite presented bat reward usually given batsmen scored century test cricketer english winter sent touring team south_africa organised major original featured odds matches player team faced opposition sides including players depending perceived strength book history cricket describes quality touring party weak county selected despite having played class match majority wickets tour taken lancashire spinner took heavily bowler claimed wickets average suggests ease touring victories selection comparatively weak tour continued calls strength contest english facing player south african matches arranged considered different matches tour advertised major matches later granted test match status commented intended considered necessary representative english team trip cape test opened bowling bowled economically conceding runs ball overs took wicket innings noted batting later day having bowled south_africa england rallied run partnership tenth wicket batting number scored runs second opening batsman south_africa second innings change bowler took wickets best figures test matches south_africa scored runs bowled england scored runs required victory day match remaining england dominated second test largely bowling batting england scored runs contributed claimed south african wicket end day claimed match took wickets second day help england innings run victory test appearances ones career final class matches took class wickets average highest score runs scored debut later life career returning south_africa played occasionally times somerset little merit final appearance somerset took wickets county total came class matches match years later obituary suggest returned end professional cricket career died august | Arnold Fothergill | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25766_ViratKohli | pronunciation born november indian international cricketer right handed batsman occasional right arm medium pace bowler currently captains indian team test cricket vice captain limited overs formats indian premier league captains rated best batsmen world ranked eighth espn list world famous athletes representing delhi age group levels domestic cricket captained india victory world cup malaysia months later debut india sri_lanka age years initially having played reserve batsman indian team soon established regular middle order squad won world cup test debut tag specialist test hundreds australia south_africa reached number spot rankings batsmen time found success format winning man tournament twice world ranked batsman rankings april holds position appointed vice captain team captained team occasions absence regular test retirement handed test holds numerous indian batting records including fastest century fastest batsman runs fastest centuries second batsman world scored runs consecutive calendar years fastest batsman world runs holds record fifties holds records runs single tournament world recipient awards player year international cricketer year seasons given award recognition achievements international cricket owner team franchise early life born november delhi father worked criminal lawyer mother housewife elder brother elder sister according family years old pick cricket bat start swinging ask father bowl raised started schooling created year old intake father took academy neighbours suggested shouldn waste time cricket instead join professional club trained academy played matches near time ninth grade shifted convent help cricket practice apart sports good academics teachers remember bright alert child father died december brain stroke bed ridden month early life said interview seen lot life losing father young age family business staying rented place tough times family embedded memory according father supported cricket training childhood father biggest support drove practice everyday miss presence youth domestic career played delhi team october leading run team tournament runs average captain team scored runs innings average including centuries fifties selected delhi team merchant trophy scored runs matches average hundreds score won merchant trophy finished highest run scorer runs matches average centuries february list debut delhi services bat july selected india squad tour england averaged match series match test series india went win series conclusion tour india coach impressed said showed strong technical skills pace spin september india team toured pakistan averaged test series series pakistan class debut delhi tamil november age scored debut innings came spotlight december decided play team day father death went score went directly funeral dismissed delhi captain said act great commitment team innings turned crucial coach lauded attitude determination mother noted changed bit day overnight matured person took match seriously hated bench life totally cricket day looked like chasing father dream scored total runs matches average season april debut finished highest run team inter state championship runs average july august india team toured sri_lanka triangular series second highest run runs matches match test series followed scored runs average including february march captained victorious indian team cricket world cup held malaysia batting number scored runs matches average finished tournament highest run batsmen score tournament century runs balls group stage called innings tournament gave india run victory earned man match picked leg injury match recovered time play match england instrumental india wicket semifinal win new_zealand took scored tense run chase awarded man match scored south_africa final india won runs method commended making tactical bowling changes tournament following world cup bought indian franchise youth contract june teammates awarded border scholarship scholarship allowed players train weeks brisbane july included india man probable squad champions trophy held pakistan september picked india emerging players squad team australia fine form tournament scored runs matches average international career early years august included indian squad tour sri_lanka champions trophy pakistan prior tour played list matches selection called surprise tour choice injured batted makeshift opener series international debut age tour dismissed half century score fourth match helped india win series scores matches india won series india series win sri_lanka sri_lanka champions trophy postponed picked replacement injured india squad unofficial tests australia september batted match series scored innings later month september played delhi winners pakistan scored delhi innings match drawn won trophy innings lead october played president day tour match australia match bowling line consisting included squad home series england november given chance play inclusion team december given grade contract annual contracts list entitled receive dropped squad match series sri_lanka sri_lanka january selected team july august held australia opened innings tournament finished leading run runs seven matches average scored balls final brisbane help team win match runs clinch title conclusion tournament chairman national selection committee impressed remarked opener outstanding shots played spoke ability called tournament turning point career replaced injured indian squad tri series sri_lanka batted number india champions trophy injury group match west_indies scored unbeaten india successful chase won man match award played reserve batsman seven match home series australia appearing matches replacement injured players found place home series sri_lanka december scored making way regained fitness finger injury leading ruled indefinitely returned team fourth scored century balls sharing run partnership wicket personal best score india won seven wickets seal series man match awarded gave award rested tri nation tournament bangladesh january enabled play india matches bangladesh scored help secure win india collapsed early run chase match sri_lanka ended unbeaten help india win match bonus point having chased target overs day scored second century bangladesh bringing mark winning runs indian batsman score centuries 22nd birthday praised performances series particular indian captain runs final sri_lanka wicket indian defeat finished leading run series runs innings average match series home south_africa february batted games scores rise ranks named captain vice captain tri series sri_lanka june choice players tour runs including fifties india suffered defeats matches crashed series series fastest indian batsman reach runs cricket debut scored unbeaten later month india chose strength squad asia cup captain vice captain batted tournament scored total runs average struggles form continued tri series sri_lanka new_zealand sri_lanka averaged despite poor run form retained squad match series australia october matches series washed second match scored century balls helped india chase target losing early won man match admitted pressure place team failures previous series named captain largely inexperienced squad play new_zealand maintained place scored ball fourth second succession run victory awarded man match second respectively sharing plus partnerships matches chasing india completed new_zealand performance series helped regular team strong contender spot india world cup squad india leading run scorer runs matches average including centuries played match series south african tour january india won scored lost series finished india leading run runs average including fifties indian defeats series india announced man squad world cup named reached number spot rankings batsmen series inclusion world cup squad resulted batsmen playing days india match tournament indian captain indicated form likely preferred played match india successful world cup campaign scored unbeaten fifth century match bangladesh indian batsman score century world cup debut group matches low scores england ireland netherlands south_africa respectively returned form west_indies scoring sharing run wicket partnership australia scored dismissed semifinal pakistan india won matches progressed finals sri_lanka mumbai final scored shared run partnership wicket india lost seventh chasing partnership regarded turning points match india went win match wickets lift world cup time india toured west_indies june july chose largely inexperienced squad resting missing injuries players test squad found success series india won total runs average best efforts came second port spain won man match score gave india seven wicket victory fifth kingston innings came seven wicket defeat test debut kingston match test series followed batted dismissed caught innings india went win test series struggled series runs innings struggled short ball particularly troubled fast bowling edwards dismissed times series initially dropped test squad india match series england july august recalled replacement injured play match series found moderate success subsequent series averaged score followed string low scores matches game series scored sixth runs balls shared run wicket partnership playing help india post plus total tour dismissed hit wicket innings century series player team earned praise hard work maturity england won match method series october leading run scorer match home series england india won scored total runs matches including unbeaten knocks balls delhi run partnership mumbai successful run chases following success included ahead test squad face west_indies november competition number position final match series selected team scored pair fifties match passing previous highest test score knock innings ensured india avoided follow match ended draw having won tests india took series india won subsequent series managed accumulate runs series scored eighth century second balls india run chase knock raised reputation expert chase ended leading run year runs matches centuries ascension vice selected india test squad tour australia december exclusion test squad meant number position competition test debut scored tour match chairman strengthened case spot boxing day test picked test melbourne defensive technique exposed match dismissed innings ball duck second occasions struggled second test sydney scores fielding boundary second day match crowd middle finger fined match fee match referee scored india innings test perth india surrendered second consecutive innings defeat fourth final match scored maiden test century runs innings century scored indian series india lost series india run scorer series described lone bright spot nightmare visit tourists following test series india remained australia match series triangular series featuring australia sri_lanka apart india scored series ended draw seven matches tri series fifties perth brisbane sri_lanka india secured wins tie meant india needed bonus point win group match sri_lanka stay contention qualifying finals series chasing win came india score went score balls india comfortable win overs spare india earned bonus point win named man match effort included scoring runs australian cricketer commentator rated innings greatest knocks time sri_lanka beat australia days later group fixture knocked india series runs scored indian batsman finished india highest run scorer series appointed vice captain asia cup bangladesh fine performance australia chairman told reporters hats way played start looking future selection committee future material fine form tournament finishing leading run scorer runs average scored opening match sri_lanka run indian victory india lost match bangladesh final group stage match pakistan scored personal best balls 11th century coming struck innings help india chase highest successful run chase time knock highest individual score asia cup history joint second highest score run chase highest individual score pakistan surpassing previous record awarded man match matches india won india progress final tournament july august struck centuries match tour sri_lanka balls balls winning man match games india won series account scoring number runs series named player series followed scored ball won player series award scored second test century new_zealand tour india won man match award test cricket india won match series averaged fifties innings subsequent series scored runs balls india lost match run series continued good form world sri_lanka runs matches average hit fifties tournament afghanistan group stage pakistan super winning man match innings test form matches england tour india score england leading series scored patient balls match slow low pitch keeping india contention drawing series praised having demonstrated growing maturity play sort innings required described knock learning innings match ended draw england won test series india years india drew following series scores match series england january india hosted pakistan series drawn pakistan won series struggled series averaging troubled fast particularly dismissed occasions series quiet series england apart match winning total runs average scored fourth test century match home test series australia february said feeling hungry series poor run form previous series disappointed getting soon reaching run mark india completed series sweep team australia decades averaged series cemented spot test team setting records june featured champions trophy england india won scored match winning sri_lanka warm match scored india group matches south_africa west_indies pakistan respectively india qualified semifinals undefeated record semifinal struck wicket win india final india england birmingham reduced overs rain delay india batted scored balls sharing sixth wicket partnership runs balls helping india reach overs india went secure run win second consecutive tournament victory stood captain triangular series west_indies injured match india lost match wicket subsequently ruled series named captain remaining matches second match captain scored captain making balls west_indies port spain bonus point win india india earned bonus point win match sri_lanka having topped points table qualified final opposition recovered injury final returned team captain dismissed match india went register wicket victory senior players including rested match tour july appointed captain entire series time game series struck runs balls helping india chase target winning man match award batted occasions series scores india completed sweep series away series successful time bat seven match series australia scoring opening loss struck fastest century indian second match reaching milestone balls putting run second wicket partnership came overs innings helped india chase target loss wicket overs spare chase second highest successful run chase cricket knock fastest australia fastest run chase followed innings match indian defeat matches washed rain sixth struck balls help india successfully chase target level series won man match reached run mark balls making fastest century indian batsman fastest batsman world score hundreds cricket india clinched series winning match run duck conclusion series moved position batsmen rankings time career batted twice match test series west_indies scores dismissed innings test series expected number batting position series game match series followed seal wicket win won man match match record fastest batsman runs cricket reaching landmark innings missed century match dismissed playing hook shot india lost match wickets took series winning match runs finished series leading run awarded man series overseas season india toured south_africa december tests averaged including duck test playing test south_africa batting time scored batsman venue south_africa bowling coach said word comes mind responsibility think showed great discipline responsibility reminds came match ended draw awarded man match india failed win single match tour losing second test wickets continued runs subsequent new_zealand tour averaged match series efforts ball ball hamilton ball wellington went vain india defeated runs match test series followed including unbeaten day second test wellington helped india save match india travelled bangladesh asia cup world ruled asia cup suffering strain new_zealand tour led named captain tournament scored balls india opening match bangladesh sharing run wicket stand helped india successfully chase 19th century fifth bangladesh making batsman centuries bangladesh india knocked tournament narrow losses sri_lanka pakistan scored respectively returned injury captain team world named vice captain india opening match tournament pakistan scored guide india seven wicket win scored balls game west_indies unbeaten balls bangladesh successful run chases semifinal unbeaten deliveries help india achieve target wickets balls spare won man match knock called best innings india posted final sri_lanka scored balls eventually lost match wickets total runs tournament average record runs individual batsman single world tournament won man tournament award senior players rested india tour bangladesh ahead england tour india conceded defeat match test series england despite leading tests fared poorly series averaging innings score dismissed single digit scores occasions series particularly susceptible swinging ball line dismissed times ball wicket keeper slip man series got wicket times batting technique questioned analysts said ate breakfast time came bowl corridor uncertainty playing bat far away pad look video technique basics india won series followed struggles bat continued average innings scored ball plus score tour match tour india lost match runs reached number spot batsmen rankings successful time india home series win west_indies october second delhi tests innings february stated got confidence innings struck 20th runs balls fourth match india registered run victory awarded man match rested match series sri_lanka november enabling lead team series batted series scores india leading series fifth came bat india pursuit unbeaten balls team wicket win sri_lanka awarded player series second series fastest batsman world past run mark runs second player world runs consecutive calendar years test test australian tour december indian team adelaide injury took test captain time scored india innings fourth indian score test debut second innings india set target scored fifth day came bat indian innings reduced started batting aggressively runs wicket dismissal triggered batting collapse india bowled balls score noted team looking win draw saying best test second innings ton hailed australian commentators finest fourth innings performance seen australia returned team captain second match scored wicket defeat india melbourne boxing day test india scorer innings personal best test score innings sharing run partnership india biggest partnership outside asia years followed score india second innings fifth day helping team draw test match announced retirement test cricket conclusion match appointed time test captain ahead fourth test sydney test team second time hit innings match batsman test cricket history score hundreds innings test captain dismissed second innings india hung draw total runs tests indian batsman test series australia january india failed win single match tri nation series hosts australia england unable replicate test success failing digit score games form improve lead world cup scores matches australia afghanistan respectively match world cup pakistan adelaide hit balls sharing plus partnerships help india set total win match runs knock awarded man match award 20th world cup match dismissed india second match south_africa century stand opening batsman india went post overs register run victory match india batted second remaining group matches scored west_indies ireland respectively india went secure wins fixtures pool points undefeated record india run victory bangladesh dismissed ball wicket keeper india eliminated semifinal australia melbourne dismissed balls short pitched delivery slump form india toured bangladesh june contributed test ended draw averaged series bangladesh won ended streak low scores scoring 11th test test tour india lost india came won matches seal series series win test captain india away test series win years south_africa tour india fastest batsman world runs cricket reaching milestone 27th innings series match winning fourth helped india draw level series india lost series defeat final finished series average india came beat ranked south african team match test series climbed number position rankings scored total runs series including fourth match delhi july indian captain hit double century outside india beating previous highest new_zealand double class level career march bought youth contract indian franchise indifferent season total runs innings average strike rate fared slightly better second season total runs striking team far final season highest run team runs averaging improving strike rate ahead season player retained franchise vice captain team year captained team matches regular injured coach opined year old future captain franchise indian team second highest run season teammate team finished runners accumulated total runs average strike rate including fifties moderately successful averaging runs retirement appointed team captain season finished fifth league table year found success bat averaging hit total runs strike rate including fifties score finished season highest run scorer finished seventh season runs found success bat led team playoffs finished fifth season leading run list runs average strike rate broke record runs season runs scoring runs matches average won orange cap scored centuries tournament having scored format start season player reach run milestone finished runners tournament playing style naturally aggressive batsman strong technical skills usually bats middle order occasions opened innings bats slightly open stance strong hand grip said quick known wide range shots ability pace innings batting pressure strong mid wicket cover region said cover drive favourite shot saying flick shot comes naturally play sweep shot called natural cricket ball teammates praised confidence commitment focus work ethics known sharp fielder regarded best limited overs batsmen world especially chasing averages matches batting second opposed batting hundreds come run chases fewer holds record hundreds batting second impressive record batting second said love situation comes chasing like challenge testing rotate strike hit boundary compared similar styles batting referred successor expect break batting records west_indies great regarded destructive batsman cricket stated reminds richards said legendary format australian cricketer called new king world cricket noted field aggression described media arrogant early career got confrontations players occasions aggressive attitude backed criticised stated tries limit aggressive behaviour build pressure special occasions tough control aggression outside cricket personal life december relationship bollywood actress relationship attracted substantial media attention admitted wears black cricket earlier wear pair gloves scoring apart religious black thread wearing right arm commercial investments according football second favourite sport owner club stated invested club football wanted football grow india added business venture future cricket going forever keeping options open retirement september owner international premier tennis league franchise december year owner owned franchise november launched youth fashion brand brand started produce men casual wear clothing tied stop announced brand ambassador social networking venture based london invested million start chain fitness centres country launched chain jointly owned agency manages commercial interests started children fitness venture partnership endorsements signed sports agent world cup recalls didn stars fact watched world cup mighty impressed attitude way team spark told set meeting manages endorsement deals indian reported brand endorsements worth american estimated brand value million placing fourth list india valued celebrity brands bat deal said deal indian cricket history based magazine rated second athlete world placing likes march endorsement deals brands boost brands previously endorsed include clear red chief shoes charity march started charity foundation called organisation aims helping kids conducts events raise funds charity according foundation works select create awareness seek support raise funds causes endorse work engage conducted charity auction directed funds generated education healthcare children captained owned charity football matches stars football club owned playing humanity matches known celebrity feature playing heart bollywood actors stars team organized generate funds charity foundations media image described media sex symbol youth icon ranked sexiest asian men poll times desirable men list placed fourth second ranked 13th seventh preceding years february named section forbes asia list promising young leaders game asia age named brand ambassador premier april appeared cover indian edition magazine june records achievements fastest century fastest century indian cricketer balls fastest indian reach runs fastest indian fastest world reach runs fastest indian second fastest world reach runs fastest indian second fastest world reach runs fastest world reach runs fastest indian second fastest world reach centuries fastest indian second fastest world reach centuries fastest indian second fastest world reach centuries fastest world reach centuries fastest world reach runs runs calendar year series runs indian cricketer runs cricketer runs indian cricketer runs indian cricketer runs indian cricketer test runs indian cricketer runs season records cricketer score centuries innings test captain indian test captain score double overseas statistics batting awards player year world international cricketer year international cricketer year test cricket man match awards cricket man match awards man series awards cricket man match awards man series awards | Virat Kohli | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25892_GeorgeDewhurst(cricketer) | cricketer october january cricketer played west_indies team attained test match status highly regarded wicket keeper influential popular member trinidad west indian sides later career improved substantially batsman toured england west_indies team missed tour england controversial circumstances despite continued speculation recalled play representative cricket early career class debut trinidad playing matches barbados following season played twice inter colonial tournament played games final tournament scored maiden class half century second score double figures representative west indian team toured england selected wicket keeper tour played games score runs average half century team official vice captain influential performances wicket keeper widely praised english press according team mate tour bowling difficult wicket keeper despite competition considered superior wicket keeper secured place trinidad wicket keeper tour critics regarded best wicket keeper west_indies continued play trinidad owing business commitments unable play game played touring west_indies trinidad west_indies team passed times touring team improvement batsman critics suggested hold place west_indies team batting play class match controversy later career occasionally captained trinidad candidate captain west_indies cricket team england likely men unwilling unable lead team acted vice captain west_indies team event selected captain overlooked vice captain favour experience named team tour england withdrew newspaper reports blamed illness decision suggested business reasons critics believed absence adversely affected team replacement wicket keepers regarded equal ability vice captain little success suggested missed tour chosen vice captain noted absence member team severely felt criticised west_indies refusing tour absence class cricket returned play trinidad toured west_indies series named press candidate lead west indies test team barbados newspaper claimed suitable potential captain trinidad report suggested available test ideal leader chose different captains matches played island tour trinidad team played captained game won match led second defeated subsequently selected captain match citing prejudice west indian selection article trinidad newspaper stated selection preference pre arranged affair given leadership second trinidad team order quiet suspicious public newspaper suggested set fail gave weaker team play performed decision based factors ability match trinidad class cricket class matches scored runs average passing innings held catches trinidad west indian continued leave teams chosen tour australia west_indies press report suggested reasons found directions cricket minds poisoned continued mentioned prospective selection possibility west indies early 1930s critics believed best wicket keeper west_indies lack regular cricket considered count impact writing cricket trinidad historian noted kept wicket considered better wicket keeper left black white james recalled people chosen tour england suggests surprise selection trinidad representatives west indian team players queen prestigious club island white players writing expectation tour england following year team mate wrote heart big body expansive smile captures victims described winning appearance effective job confidence bowler alike trinidad complete | George Dewhurst (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
25908_EdwardSainsbury | july october english cricketer represented captained late 19th century year class cricket career represented gloucestershire commonly employed right handed opening batsman somerset talented batsman formative years slow bowling effective second class cricket era bowling standard class game time somerset county gained class status led seasons team mate given somerset season combination poor results able raise season led county removal class game remained captain time somerset improved sufficiently return class cricket moved neighbouring county gloucestershire saw county cricket career early life born july bath somerset youngest son attended independent school north west playing school cricket acquired reputation slow bowling wary opponent conceding wicket considered better batsman opened innings school club second class county cricket played alongside older brother francis recorded appearance representative county august played somerset neighbours opened batting somerset team alongside scoring plenty runs club cricket respectable score match somerset won innings scored posting unbeaten earliest centuries scored somerset county opened bowling match claimed wicket innings bowled overs days later appeared county australian test cricketer team scored including partnership rain forced game drawn subsequently scored wiltshire took wickets match including innings appearances somerset surpass score reached claimed wickets gentlemen wiltshire finished season somerset batting averages having scored runs average added list early somerset hitting batting number batted hours shared eighth wicket partnership somerset total bowling form match collecting wickets innings claimed second somerset late 1870s reflected strength club players represented somerset match early august represented london club travelled bath matches scored half century somerset match devon end august bowling came fore claimed wickets innings help defend somerset lead propel innings victory led somerset batting averages scoring runs average wickets second team average batting scores county cricket appearances somerset year highest score performed better ball twice taking wickets innings following county season began positively collected wickets match ground bath claiming wickets runs second innings game claimed wickets somerset travelled took wickets innings restricting home runs somerset won low scoring contest runs having scored valuable innings somerset visit sussex saw continue success county time bat ball sussex built run innings lead second innings total leaving somerset task scoring runs win match scored second century somerset remaining somerset reached winning total assisted half century scores twenties later month batting instrumental setting somerset victory scored somerset beat innings season joined somerset older brother francis appeared times county performed consistently bat season regularly scoring runs innings highest score gloucestershire reached half century season scoring batting number seven bowled frequently rarely opened bowling somerset best bowling performance season county came hampshire having bowled innings claimed wickets hampshire followed occasion fifth bowler somerset bowled highest number overs class cricket somerset leading batsman end 1870s journalists suggested somerset chose players breeding skill best players county wealthy men unable afford play somerset turn cricket club afford pay professionals play regarded occasional amateur outfit truly represent strength cricket county arrival professional players acquisition permanent home ground helped strengthen club admitted class county time rated far best batsman pre class years june somerset played match universally considered class lancashire losing toss fielding overs lancashire scored somerset responded innings total second lowest total class cricket fellow opening batsman scored somerset runs highest second innings scored runs total somerset beaten innings runs batted overs county suffered heavy defeats matches losing gloucestershire hampshire somerset batsman reaching half century match reached half century class cricket somerset hosted hampshire team mates passed county match helped somerset maiden class victory claimed wicket innings match bowled overs innings bowled conceding run claiming wicket class matches scored runs average exceeding occasion bowled claiming wickets average excess reached half century appearance somerset class cricket scoring runs reach appearances county gloucestershire scored innings somerset forced follow scored century class cricket runs victims match played seven matches achieved highest batting average season century fifties played class matches career score runs innings recorded best bowling average claiming class wickets early june played representing scoring run victory south playing touring gentlemen philadelphia following month scored century match reaching sharing wicket partnership batted poorly somerset failing reach double figures innings hitting score county season average dramatically lower previous season dropping troubled following departure somerset captain played class cricket london season onwards given club somerset county match season took place mid july months counties contested matches match played hampshire showed little sign troubles come scored opening batting bowling claimed wickets innings second helped somerset wicket victory county match played weeks later gloucestershire heaviest defeat losing innings point gloucestershire won toss elected bat totalling overs somerset conceding runs reply somerset batsman ducks ones reach double figures scored runs team total meant gloucestershire forced follow second innings progressed poorly somerset batsmen failed reach double figures team dismissed runs resulting innings run loss matches played frequently august somerset team days recover defeat travelling oval face surrey lost toss forced field surrey batted overs accumulated runs opening winter conceded century runs apiece somerset conceded runs total tried seven different innings try wickets including completed career matches class wickets successful taking wickets runs best class bowling performance reply somerset bowled runs recorded absent hurt following somerset mustered respectable total aided primarily century added score second innings dismissed defeat heavier suffered week earlier surrey won innings runs morale low somerset county raise team face hampshire southampton week later travelled players number played class matches life played hall somerset scored runs innings contributed bowling took helped restrict hampshire despite low numbers somerset reached second innings scoring number batting order unable replicate innings performance hampshire reached winning total overs somerset played surrey gloucestershire final matches season lost heavily succeed avoiding record defeats surrey won innings runs gloucestershire wickets highest score innings matches played season somerset scored runs average marginal improvement previous season return second class cricket somerset stripped class status reasons organised played class fixtures season performances expected class county succeeded fielding players matches emergency meeting held new club secretary appointed rules altered wealthy sought despite widespread changes retained club somerset match hit highest score county years scoring somerset total bowling helped restrict opponents second innings faced requiring second innings victory somerset bowled batting continued efforts previous years class cricket regularly scores twenties hit middle order mid august highest score season end season arrival vastly improved quality bowling county marked slow start victory essex scored heavy losses gloucestershire hampshire reached highest total somerset scoring total help way wicket victory big win followed county said ship heading ocean prosperity scores somerset highest total county unbeaten contrast match played struck highest total scoring runs wiltshire lord somerset rated best second class counties club annual general meeting long discussion took place club unable present meeting sent letter advising removed captain feel play county letter received meeting decided replace captain player lived closer able play county matches missed number selected replacement vice captain vote thanks given service county club gloucestershire following seasons played club cricket county cricket served residential qualification gloucestershire gloucestershire annual meeting april welcomed club expense somerset appearance new county match early club ground sides gloucestershire class debut county kent later month scored runs rain affected match somerset player appear gloucestershire match fellow opening partner somerset moved county border played times gloucestershire season highest score yorkshire sheffield scored runs average bowl appearance summer saw score runs drawn match following year class cricket appearances gloucestershire scoring runs average continued play captained scoring runs season number years year somerset captain county suffered heaviest defeats class cricket hands gloucestershire surrey stripped class status club secretary replaced end season remained position club captain indicating club felt lack resources blame poor performances jimmy official history somerset county cricket club suggests key improvements county fellow cricket historian appears portray negative image book sunshine suggesting time captain included players team strength social charm ability drink early hours later life death married august christ church essex established eponymous oil cake company bristol died october aged super mare somerset funeral held super mare survived sons daughters sons played cricket super mare time death gross estate worth grandson played class matches somerset | Edward Sainsbury | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
26638_SomersetCountyCricketClubin1882 | debut class cricket english cricket season captained played class matches county opposition touring australian team won contests hampshire matches drawn losses somerset described season disastrous publication qualified statement mild optimism reason somerset poor performances inability consistently field best players better unable commit fixture list county played different people matches faint praise offered batting newton bowling considered sub standard particularly background formed played irregular county fixtures years time struggled remain financially formation club fixed home ground declared play ground county selected committee moved newly built athletic grounds widely accepted somerset debut class match came records include earlier matches gloucestershire class status squad class matches somerset fielded different players appeared matches fourteen players appeared match season club captain missed matches season london available summer holidays newton talented player limited appearances review season explained unavailable points good reasons account disastrous season following players appearance somerset class cricket age given start somerset match season june key denotes player appeared wicket keeper somerset denotes number appearances player somerset denotes reference player details county cricket summary half season away matches somerset debut class cricket lancashire june noted somerset able field strength team match missing lancashire team faced described paper second rate weather day play abandoned half rain lancashire having won toss batted heavy rain overnight ground second day play resumed following day rain continued threaten original wicket badly damaged described stumps moved enable play begin somerset took final lancashire wickets minutes bowling opened batting somerset eighteen runs dismissed quick succession recorded disaster waited visitors batsmen scored runs somerset runs second lowest class total time somerset followed second innings proceeded fashion pair scored runs rest team added somerset lost match innings runs defended somerset performance day slightly noting poor condition pitch favoured lancashire lancashire took wickets innings including ball fellow spin bowler collected second innings somerset second match faced nearest opposition gloucestershire weather poor spa ground gloucester hosting match specially looked heavy rain preceding match ensure good condition game described wicket fairly good order play started half hour late day somerset batting failed significant total batsman reach double figures totalling half team runs took wickets gloucestershire bowl somerset gloucestershire reply scored centuries help establish lead runs response somerset scored including partnership praised despite improved batting performance somerset lost match innings runs southampton match somerset won toss opted bat pitch soft heavy rainfall morning play started shortly midday somerset players reach double figures bowled cecil spin bowler hampshire collected wickets somerset managed restrict hampshire lead runs took wickets somerset successful batsmen second innings played light rain helping county reach runs left hampshire requiring runs win hosts achieved losing wickets beat somerset wickets spare somerset team travelled lord london early august face somerset batted winning toss lost batsmen ducks early innings somerset captain newton playing match season county batted rest innings score runs shared large partnership started innings introduction bowling attack brought batting quick conclusion took wickets conceding runs claimed hat trick bowling successive deliveries somerset run lead going second innings newton scored addition total unbeaten scored runs scoring shots including went ground described possibly hardest hitter english history county suggests earliest somerset batsman parade fundamental skills somerset totalled leave needing score runs win principally batting reached target wicket remaining having taken wickets second half season home matches days later somerset played home fixture athletic grounds hosting hampshire contrast previous game weather good winning toss hampshire decided bat batted visitors hampshire runs best somerset collecting wickets runs help restrict hampshire total scored somerset reply accumulating runs bowled number batsmen useful scores help somerset total somerset secretary batted innings season county coming man failed score run somerset struggled collect wickets hampshire batted tried different success fielding described loose sixth wicket taken runs scored rest followed reasonably quickly hampshire finished dismissed early somerset chase newton runs help victory dismissed newton continued bat putting runs dismissed somerset eventually reached required total wickets remaining achieve win season day defeating hampshire somerset faced brought strong team including professionals winning toss elected bat cautious start second wicket partnership runs according somerset bowling completely mastered somerset tried different try wicket partnership eventually broken run joined pair continued dominance adding runs run fielding newton brought innings end batsman scored runs wickets began fall frequently collected winter apiece eventually second morning response somerset lost early wickets newton partnership took score reached century coming minutes partnership ended dismissal somerset regularly lost wickets caught slips included somerset ended innings followed lost early wickets partnership scored runs innings help somerset secure draw somerset final county match season came opposition lancashire low attendance match criticised press particular described obvious body interest class cricket wickets evans helped somerset limit lancashire runs innings somerset failed newton scored runs respectively batsman reached double figures somerset dismissed runs asked follow lancashire batting somerset players improved performance reached runs scored lancashire required bat reached winning target runs loss wicket end august touring australian team visited attracting largest crowd season roughly people somerset considered chance match australia missing better players offered somerset faint praise suggesting great cause dissatisfied performances australians batted restricted somerset highest scorer tourists runs evans took wickets response somerset batsmen struggled bowling known demon took wickets conceding runs somerset forced follow batsman scored runs innings county second innings somerset performed slightly better newton scored runs batsmen reached double figures australian bowling proved somerset lost match innings runs praised accurate bowling match season record match log statistics | Somerset County Cricket Club in 1882 | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
26736_IzzyWestbury | born march international cricketer president captain middlesex women team member represented netherlands day international right handed batsman break bowler played somerset president term described engaging president years beginning career netherlands progressed quickly national appearing women european championships senior international debut women european championship tournament appearance playing netherlands ireland moved england study joined somerset season played joining middlesex selected travelling india high performance camp career early years netherlands born london experienced nomadic childhood living malaysia syria arriving netherlands attended netherlands netherlands started playing cricket allowed play football traditional club near house time country played domestic cricket international appearances women european championships netherlands making debut age playing wicket keeper claimed catch scored batting number ireland won runs netherlands second match competition moved number remained unbeaten scoring england secured run victory overs remaining loss final match competition ensured netherlands finished table scored runs dutch batsman managed reach double figures scotland aged represented senior netherlands time women european championship wales unlike appearances wicket keeper played bowler duration tournament batting lower order claimed wickets tournament average required bat twice scored losses ireland respectively unlike rest matches tournament match ireland given day international status giving cap women european championships saw reprise role wicket keeper batsman youth netherlands improved tournament heavy loss england warm match netherlands won final match finish runners england scored second match loss ireland reached double figures netherlands highest total final match competition scoring run netherlands reached overs bowled scotland achieving run victory finished competition leading run scorer won player tournament achievements england started somerset joined somerset county championship match batted number close innings opened innings county remainder season enjoyed mixed success role finished season batting average best somerset batsmen remaining somerset claimed wicket county match season having surrey opener caught appeared super competition england place leading players teams time representing diamonds forms game bowled economically semi final helping limit diamonds chased successfully ball spare remained economical final despite restricting diamonds reach reply matches effective wicket coming match returning dropped lower order batting time seeing workload ball increasing somerset rewarded match lancashire claimed wickets innings time set run win continued form following match claiming wickets conceding runs finished season somerset leading wicket claiming wickets average competed year old female end season appearing junior improved tournament progressed following scores tournament highest score final match finished competition second highest run scorer runs trailing county championship campaign saw form dip previous season playing somerset matches scored runs average wickets came performances continued improve bat ball named captain led example opening match taking wickets limiting runs overs scoring successful chase bowled economically following match conceding runs overs claiming wickets opening batting reply match runs sharing partnership fellow opener help set seven wicket victory final match saw score effectively bowling totalling runs overs replied unbeaten century propel seven wicket win runs wickets ensured finished tournament prolific batsman bowler won remaining undefeated january named squad india despite earlier appearances netherlands indicated desire appear england future personal life attended oxford studied addition cricket career played hockey oxford achieving blue playing varsity hockey match cambridge_university march term president having earlier served secretary | Izzy Westbury | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
27299_BillJohnston(cricketer) | cricketer february australian cricketer played test matches left arm pace bowler left arm orthodox spinner best known undefeated touring team known headed wicket taking lists test class matches tour australian wickets tour england recognition performances named year publication stated australian greater personal contribution playing success regarded australia greatest left arm bowler noted endurance bowling pace new ball spin ball worn fastest bowler reach test wickets time averaging nineteen ball end season played tests contributed wickets australia won nineteen lost tests knee injury forced bowling action effective retiring injury retirement worked sales marketing later ran businesses sons cricket administrator died age early years took cricket early age playing elder brother year backyard pitch family dairy farm owned father local team competed occasionally difficulty assembling result debut aged alongside brother invitation debut draw conclusion allowed bowl final taking wicket maiden following season brothers led attack continuing moving bill captain cricket football teams left school sixteen working following melbourne joined took games promoted grade debut game season following season nineteen selected victoria match queensland attacks forced cancellation competitive cricket match ahead joined royal_australian_air_force brother serving years radar technician northern australia training camp met posted overseas unlike brother died plane crash ireland class test debut prior second world war slow medium left arm orthodox spin bowler practice session bowled quicker ball australian captain test batsman victorian national prompted wage personal campaign induce pace bowler time richmond captain wanted bowl spin resumption class cricket class debut queensland entrusted responsibility opening attack maiden wicket leading test batsman took total wicket win felt fast bowling short periods new ball allowed revert spin bowling ball older played total seven matches season took wickets best performance arch rivals new_south_wales result missed national selection tour new_zealand opportunities slow bowling contemplated retirement dismissed victoria match touring england team skeptical pace bowling match wicket months took encouragement australian captain played south australians told thought highly potential medium fast bowler reinforce short bursts pace pace short supply plentiful season played tests specialist ended season wickets matches season practised pace bowling new start season fruits labour provided immediate opening match season delivered opening burst victoria touring indian team removing leading batsman ducks took wickets second innings end match total including second time called australian played indians tests effectively dress rehearsal hosts lost took victims batsmen outing tests took set wicket win new_south_wales including wickets test new ball start match rewarded selection tests india making debut sticky wicket test brisbane taking india fell innings second india fell following resulting innings defeat test wicket required bat took match figures second test drawn match batted time remained unbeaten scoring australia collapsed sticky wicket time conceded innings lead series persistent rain forced draw test test home crowd innings scored runs test level adding run removed india ended australia took run innings lead second innings bowling players ended australia won runs missed fourth test adelaide injury returned fifth test melbourne scored took match figures innings victory australia ended summer win headed series averages wickets ensured selection tour england successful outside tests ending summer wickets tour ashes tour team mate richmond victorian cricket teams ring leg spin bowler direct competition place australia traditionally fielded choice team tour opener omitted favour ring appeared test plans changed mind morning test trent bridge rain forecast played hope exploiting wet wicket showed credentials bowling total overs help australia grind victory england batted strike bowler breaking day removed junior leave england returned later innings overs england bowled scoring unbeaten wicket partnership bowled overs second innings absence bowled overs player leading wicket match australia took lead scored career test best tail performance taking match figures australia took lead second test lord removed england leading run scorer series innings effective containing performance took innings test overs match ended rain affected draw supporting run partnership innings fourth test took second innings including space runs australia went break world record test run chases record lead rounded series match figures fifth test oval overs took wickets match australia completed series result innings victory finished test wickets average equal test county matches tour carried heaviest workload bowling nearly overs member squad leading wicket wickets australian century wickets ashes tour best performances tour games included match haul yorkshire bowling finger spin wet pitch somerset hampshire carrying heavy workload early stages tour stages tour progressed improved control restrained england batsmen new ball bursts miller finished season class bowling averages chosen year opined australian greater personal contribution playing success wrote australia sent greater left england later career returning australia played australian season purely domestic visiting international teams took total wickets matches saved best performance new_south_wales took wickets included future test batsmen unable defeat apart queensland took wickets innings season managed highest class score recording south_australia tour south_africa international assignment tour south_africa tour started badly taking total innings win non class match fell asleep wheel outside following team function missed turn gravel flipped crashed car hours medical help arrived hospitalised team manager mistakenly informed died bowler later described injury iron skull started blood sought accident private news leaked australia mother husband son died fearful lone remaining relative joined complaining chest pain later discovered broken ribs rest called south_africa emergency cover months warm matches tests started recovered time final tour match tests match south african effectively strength test team took innings captain test team took innings test south_africa hosts forced follow took including wickets second innings career best innings figures test cricket helping australia innings victory series lead removed innings going innings took wickets second test victory cape_town took wickets tour games including border prominent test match figures australia took series south_africa reached innings removed captain loss sticky wicket hosts bowled ended australia collapsed sticky wicket south_africa lead reached second innings removed addition score sparking collapse saw home team ended australia went reach victory target erratic surface victims bowled taking innings win ineffective high scoring drawn fourth test taking took total scored finished test campaign fifth test taking wickets second innings australia completed innings victory took series successful tour wickets taking wickets lowest average australian took wickets entire class campaign successful took total australians ended tour innings victory south african ended african summer wickets season ashes series australia home series years opening match season victoria touring warmed scoring taking total including wickets leading batsmen test brisbane england caught sticky wicket took removing evans england declared took second innings removing evans second time australia won match lead second test took australia home runs defending target cracked pitch quiet test total innings victory returned form fourth test adelaide run win heavy lifting second innings removing english batsmen simpson struggled final test match figures england won test series led wicket list australia took series triumph saved best performances tests managed wickets matches victoria season took wickets innings particularly unsuccessful new_south_wales taking total matches overall took wickets season season home series tour west_indies decades led wicket australia won series started series steadily match figures test removing vice captain leading batsmen australia home wickets took scored second test australia won seven wickets tests interrupted consecutive matches victoria new south wales match took innings high scoring draw including test batsmen following match scored taking career best innings figures removed miller returning dismiss future test teammates new south wales took run lead victoria replied struck times new ball removing barnes morris ended new_south_wales hung draw best match performance came loss test adelaide happened captain late withdrawal injury leaving australia team specialist batsmen consolidate work specialist match passed test wickets fastest player exploiting wet patch end took innings wickets fell day batting conditions unable stop australian defeat taking second innings tourists reached target wickets hand stage peak career terms bowling average wickets taken match tests end series taken wickets australia winning losing fourth test melbourne took match figures removing innings coming second innings partner australia pursuit victory series finely crowd resigned australian defeat police officers moving position stop customary pitch invasion end match richmond teammates ideas wicket partnership sealed australian victory wicket ring thought playing draw impractical decided attack attempted hold end series defensive shots west indian captain placed halfway boundary allowing easily singles ring able clear infield easily richmond pair thought poor eventually brought winning run turning single square leg minutes came result mayor richmond granted pair freedom city punt road oval richmond home ground named ring honour feat took match figures fifth test australia completed series win ended season taking total victoria innings win south_australia ended entire class season wickets decline series maintain form home series south_africa matches leading tests took wickets victoria took match figures tests won lost won respectively meantime took career best performance class level taking innings match queensland remained best class innings analysis added second innings help set wicket win return match took set seven wicket win victims test players fourth test adelaide miller broke middle match leaving australia short absence took australia unable force win sent balls entire match miller unable play fifth test absence south able score heavily large workload taking tourists won wickets level series occasion sent balls match tests conceded runs innings increased burden colleagues absence previous occasion conceded century runs innings test england broke mid match australia leading wicket wickets average substantially higher previous seasons australia struggled series result time australia won test series ashes tour best effort second tour match victoria tourists totalled aided wicket match queensland totalled wickets season ashes injuring knee festival match beginning tour attributed injury lack attention detail new boots spikes longer usual failed ankle match knee soon failed missed class matches month cricket returned late took innings win claim selection final tour matches tests took sussex led way win hampshire years earlier taking taken wickets tour matches duly selected play test trent bridge economical conceding runs overs taking wicket rain affected draw tests removed innings match yorkshire came cost ended took match figures second test england held draw wickets hand knee injury fielding intervened operation remove right knee allowed leg movement knee surgeon operated knee missing month cricket returned action surrey essex respectively saw return oval pitch helpful spin total overs match yielded unable form following knee injury batted ensure victory saw england reclaim ashes managed seven test wickets class form remained strong tests took match figures consecutive matches kent south england australia won innings ended wickets entire tour injuries considered major factor australia loss series season returned australia participated season purely domestic continued recent strong form queensland match taking set run win rest season productive managed wickets remaining seven matches average ended season wickets ashes series england test success took wickets tests missing england took low scoring series going opening season tour match took total south_australia retained place team took australia won test innings second test sydney took low scoring match removing innings notable innings joined runs needed victory difficult batting surface hostile pace particular bowling strong slips standing yards bat run tenth wicket partnership minutes gave australia hope unlikely victory harvey attacking harvey felt energy spell extreme pace remaining ball aimed saw fend ball caught giving england dramatic victory taking innings took second innings test performance home crowd tight spin dry surface removed peter cleaning tail quick wickets left australia win england won runs took match figures fourth test adelaide test australian soil australia lost match england retained ashes australia consecutive test defeat time suffered hat trick defeats infamous series success outside tests played bowler friendly surfaces managed wickets matches tour west_indies career ended australia tour west_indies took match figures test kingston jamaica high scoring win test wickets took total second test trinidad retained test injured early match fielding batted bowled injured month missed fourth test returned fifth early day suffered knee injury changed direction attempting catch clyde pull shot teammates removed bench dressing room wall improvised carry ground test career ended bowling batting matches final test wicket second innings test class matches tour managed wickets retired class cricket tour played grade cricket richmond end taking wickets grade career style standing smooth pace approach wicket dip head instant delivery success moist english pitches deliveries wicket increased chances leg wicket decisions induce edges balls batsmen stock ball swung right mixed away late swing flight generated batsman uncertainty direction ball responsible majority wickets england pace lower generated miller noted accuracy ability revert spin bowling sticky wickets casual run pace possessed strong hands attributed family cattle herd economical bowler conceding runs known elbow movement arms delivery action commentator noting days umpire eye reputation visibly enjoying field putting hand regardless result delivery according teammate bowled colleagues happy nature observers thought short ball feet position peculiar foot parallel foot perpendicular opposite conventional posture follow stress result right ankle bound tightly order prevent awkward delivery followed recommendation tied cut circulation dull pain knee injury altered action conventional foot pointed batsman eased pressure body ability ball diminished keen student game state match debut watched test debut supplemented knowledge reading cricket books early class career returning matches read articles book given rated australia greatest left hand bowler result ability bowl spin pace teammate noted team effectively players worth worth harvey felt best team man noted work ethic bowling long periods miller given best opportunities new ball described finest team man tourist cricket valued personality miller described popular man cricket demonstrating double wrapping feet neck reputed nearly drowned attempted bath lord reputation poor batsman averaging tests class matches making half century headed averages england times averaging attributed lot application concentration dedication stating class tells realised atop batting averages told tell opposing captain fact ask refrain dismissing match bowled wide stumps advised lose wicket wicket chased victory edged wicket keeper bit team true stroke right handed handed handed line cricket equivalent tennis handed retrieve bought dozen runs plus considerable pain failed contact ball eye typhoon life cricket varied career cricket holding variety jobs included acting sales representative sports goods shoes apartment building manager later working career ran post office wife moved outside cricket played baseball high standard won world junior championship throwing distance yards broke national baseball long distance record yard throw september married sons david peter david played matches south_australia class level later administrator chief executive time father death death wife moved sydney nursing home close son peter died peacefully sydney nursing home survived younger brother bruce test match performance key | Bill Johnston (cricketer) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
27536_Harveybrothers | harvey brothers harvey brothers siblings victoria australia known primarily success sport cricket mid-1930s early 1960s sons chronological order aka ray brian long serving members played melbourne district cricket competition represented australia test matches australia prolific batsman post war era served vice captain australia years career regarded leading fielder world career time retirement held record test appearances australian country second highest run scorer century maker selected inducted australian cricket hall fame inaugural cricket hall fame family eldest son played losing best years world war grandson elite australian rules years twice winning medal best player season voted valuable player competition peers better known brothers ray played class cricket victoria moved queensland season native state lack opportunities approached level success found dropped ray consistent player victoria seasons 1950s came close national selection daughter represented australia daughter plays queensland women cricket team playing career ended test cricket umpire matches brothers brian played district cricket apart brothers represented victoria baseball brothers played regular basis played class cricket occasionally mainly lack form differences age debuted victoria war joined ray followed subsequent season trio played matches state occasions played match occurrences sporadic dropped away playing australia debut left victoria end season unable hold position team ray struggled gain regular selection test players representing australia ray strong end season selected matches following seasons alongside dropped early years born south australia harvey moved new_south_wales worked driving horse drawn trailers married children daughter son born mining town family relocated newcastle mining town harbour new_south_wales sons known born day shifted inner melbourne suburb working class industrial area relocation ray born sydney secured job company ltd located door house street 19th century storey house owned firm workers families longer exists having demolished way textile factory youngest sons brian born descended raised family strict gambling alcohol tobacco profanity household ardent cricketer years new_south_wales good hit runs match newcastle encouraged children play sport played moving wife kept score daughter scorer club recreational facilities grass sparse densely populated boys took playing cricket house played cricket tennis ball home cricket bat tin wicket usually joined local children elite australian rules australian rules class cricketer group played australian rules football kicking rolled cardboard newspaper batting skill displayed harvey brothers attributed games played unpredictable bounce surface shaped slope centre lane causing balls sideways bouncing meant playing area long narrow young boys learn play ball straight accordance orthodox cricket technique played form cricket backyard marble instead ball miniature bat right handed batsmen exception siblings attended nearby brothers joined reached early teens club program gave medal local schools award best cricketer ranks given access club facilities harvey brothers recipients medal came influence victorian club veteran captain formal coaching father regular presence club chose stay background respective careers developed advise sons bat allowing style technique later regarded beneficial according harvey brothers mother vocal contrast reserved father boys failed score runs given kitchen duty according parents showed winter played competing matches played curtain elite australian rules football competition saturday night entertainment family typically consisted dinner day cricket club personnel invited influence boys taught adopt aggressive approach fast feet movement attack spin bowling particular broke joining older brothers ray season family held batting positions opened batting ray came brothers entered victorian team 1940s ray successive seasons harvey represented australian cricket team early early vice captain team retirement attacking left handed batsman sharp fielder occasional spin bowler harvey senior batsman australian team 1950s regarded finest fielder era harvey followed elder brother making test debut january aged months second match youngest australian score test century record july stands toured england defeat acclaimed finest teams history harvey youngest player team scored century ashes debut fourth test opening period australian career particularly scoring centuries thirteen test innings end averaged team broke 1950s harvey australia senior batsman named passed named deputy played matches australia sought rebuild team youth policy following season fallen ill harvey moved interstate promoted ahead higher new_south_wales hierarchy harvey continued vice captain end career led team test second test lord injured harvey led team battle ridge match played surface visible ridge caused erratic bounce grinding hard fought victory harvey retired generally deemed finest batsman history scored runs centuries australia harvey best known extravagant flamboyant retirement national years recent times best known criticism modern cricket inducted australian cricket hall fame selected harvey inaugural cricket hall fame matches runs average highest average family harvey described younger brother best cricketer attacking opening batsman strong drive fond fast bowling graduated class debut victoria queensland match impression cricket observers scoring hour new_south_wales bowling line included royal_australian_air_force airframe world war severely interrupted cricket career war resumed victoria faced lot competition place opening batsman australian team played test ashes series adelaide oval filling injured scoring partnered second innings opening stand class seasons harvey retired dropped victoria choice team ended record class runs matches included centuries captained victoria times winning match rest drawn career highlight innings december new_south_wales hooked public bar featured partnership highest score south_australia adelaide harvey continued playing finished runs average matches club anthony grandson victorian cricket team decided focus australian rules football successful players generation debut football club played seasons retiring end capped current player member australian team times won medal twice best player addition voted mvp peers won award best times played grand final saints lost brother anthony played captained printer trade played served world war veteran resumed war end runs selected victoria matches season failed pass innings opening batsman dropped team moving brisbane following season harvey joined grade club class debut queensland noted sound defence patient batsman contrast exciting styles brothers ray hit runs average including new_south_wales struggled following season dropped play single class match class centuries came south_australia western_australia struggled following summers hold consistent position team retired altogether class runs opener matches average regular choice queensland baseball team harvey later turned cricket initial class match umpire stood tests players officials left world series cricket stood day including finals inaugural world series cup class list matches matches scored runs average daughter represented australia later sports administrator daughter plays cricket queensland women team played matches victoria attacking talented batsman failed reach international standards managed hold regular position victorian team seasons 1950s failure match standards set test capped brothers attributed lack single hunger harvey class debut performed poorly play match following summer subsequent seasons played games appearances gaining selection victoria test players busy representing australia following season broke maiden class century having previously passed having broken end preceding summer harvey played season victoria scored centuries half centuries strength teams states hailed best player outside australian test team start following season harvey included australian match touring england team test trial match rain curtailed match turned playing surface sticky wicket hostile batting harvey seven solitary innings played victoria matches season form overlooked state selection regained position consecutive innings following season sporadic appearances dropped low scores mainly club grade records career runs centuries runs season stand ended grade career centuries runs average matches commitments war fourth brothers unable pursue cricket career played mainly second cricket play war turner enlisted april discharged january rank sergeant served new_guinea played matches batsman scoring runs average victorian representative baseball useful cricketer club level spending decade age working matches runs harvey brothers totalled runs appearances time numbers ranks began diminish moved queensland dropped position retired moved new_south_wales ray retired end brian year club played season years harvey team class level family contribution appearances coming victoria class team mates brothers played victoria great deal overlap careers class level combination age interstate moves international duty team class team occurred twice ray played victoria successive shield matches time brothers played victoria came selected play state tasmania time second string team play tasmania class matches strongest team played regular interstate competition struck century second match tasmania called victorian team play new_south_wales match played alongside state remaining matches season brothers batted matches opened batting came usually fall fourth wicket captained class level time match draw south_australia severely shortened rain retained positions victoria matches season india south_australia respectively came bat selection pairing broken victoria match rewarded selection australian test trial match indians continued represent state returned victorian team match new_south_wales following week ray selected class debut state team time opened ray batted nos respectively victoria batted brothers form partnerships opened dismissed prompting entrance replace scored falling ray came victoria ended harvey brothers scored half runs new_south_wales forced follow victoria set victory fall fred captain elevated ray allowing bat time class level ray unbeaten partnership victoria wicket win ray ended unbeaten respectively trio proceeded play match western_australia weeks later captained team away test duty victoria batted came join score pair added fell run later later ray victoria ended western_australia took run lead second innings ray respectively batting match drawn declared innings setting western_australia target victory hosts reached victoria avoided defeat match called australian test team ray played victoria match new_south_wales duck ray came victoria innings match selected remainder season ray played victoria occasions second half season match australia match new_south_wales batted partnership time state ray came join fell leave score victoria collapsed second innings ray joined score fell ending run partnership pair bat second match south_australia ray came occasions productive combination victoria ray played season ray runs average debut season selected single match class matches second choice team tasmania leading players participating shield fixtures time selected opener victoria shield matches played matches struggled runs dropped innings brothers batted twice batted successive batting positions poor form meant usually batsman bringing younger brother match season queensland wicket fall occasion second match brothers shared partnerships innings came runs second innings proceeded similarly came runs added older harvey fell match season came subsequently dropped played class level retired moved queensland looking opportunities south_africa australian team ray played match season ray selected matches victoria test players competing england tasmania meet international fixtures coinciding victoria matches queensland met matches ray able gain selection regularly victoria came test players playing australia available victoria ray selected ray played victoria matches queensland played match ray managed selection matches season played alongside fixtures south_africa western_australia brothers previously little success partnerships victoria match south_africa came join ray playing opener score pair runs drew match brothers bat second innings match south_australia joined brother narrowly missed century partnership ray fell later missing milestone selected adopted state fixture entire season meet brothers ray effective season played seven victoria shield matches test matches summer meaning national team members available state selection season played entire season alongside pair encountered matches queensland summer typically batted ray usually succeeded despite batted times innings usually partnership came innings second match season new_south_wales brief ray came scored runs falling batted new year day innings match south_australia ray came join twice coming close century partnerships state past brothers leave score ray went following match queensland ray came score brother partnership season amounted runs second innings return match new_south_wales ray guided target wickets hand scoring ray selected match retiring australian captain played ray opposition team captained start season ray called australian test trial touring english team closest came playing test australia ray impact match scoring seven solitary innings selected australian duty came dismissal brother ray selected victoria matches played matches alongside domestic season shortened scheduling clashes tests domestic matches played queensland matches brothers met states meeting season ray bat match adding second wicket second innings following match england bat match season new_south_wales ray batting position ahead innings return match followed brothers brief partnerships runs ray dismissed soon joined brief stands continued innings match queensland ray fell run partnership second innings pair narrowly missed century partnership came join ray opening match took score final match season ray wicket fall innings bat ray overlooked spent years class cricket played alongside class level played victoria matches played matches dropped second final match victoria played matches queensland earlier season dropped retiring victoria brothers played match ray recalled victorian team half season time moved new_south_wales employment reasons played late season harvey brothers played class level indian representing australia ray played final class season retiring | Harvey brothers | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
27674_1889–90CurrieCup | cup cup inaugural edition cup premier class cricket tournament south_africa competition involved teams sides played single day match won wickets sides low scores innings opted bat dismissed runs reply reached lead runs second innings fared better century helped total reached total ball overs helped century background class cricket played south_africa previous season managed toured country playing representative teams provinces matches south_africa later test cricket status tour donated cup awarded team performed best touring judged class matches season faced twice winning matches play class cricket prior contest challenged challenge trophy number team selections controversial selection committee chose remained south_africa touring england cricket team previous year played majority cricket opposition team newspaper journalist fallen smith writing number articles criticising english selected smith bat number match summary match began saturday april toss won captain opted bat opened batting scored runs wicket fell took wickets addition runs leaving batsmen shared partnership runs loss wicket suffered collapse eventually bowled runs scored runs batsmen reached double figures scored innings took wickets took remaining began reply strongly runs wicket majority scored lost wicket team continued lose wickets regular intervals second highest partnership innings runs tenth wicket best collecting wickets bowled majority overs took wickets score substantially best batsman innings scored runs managed innings match gave second attempt batting day lost wickets regularly afternoon opener remained finishing day unbeaten team match resumed monday april play scheduled sunday early loss runs joined pair scored runs taking score quick wickets ended innings scored runs overs scored century hitting runs leg wicket took wickets claiming smith claimed wickets designed team wicket keeper claimed wickets overs bowled batted rapidly second innings reaching required total win match inside second day match scheduled days total opening batsman batted innings remaining won match joined end scored runs partnership runs players tried different effort bowl took wickets claiming apiece key captain wicket keeper fielder indicates batsman dismissed catch named fielder bowler indicates bowler gains credit dismissal indicates batsman dismissed leg wicket indicates batsman dismissed hit wicket indicates batsman aftermath remained sides contest cup following season match won runs timeless match tournament played restarted following year team joined renamed | 1889–90 Currie Cup | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Cricket |
95_TheCrabwiththeGoldenClaws | crab french ninth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story weekly children supplement belgium leading newspaper october october amidst german occupation belgium world war cancelled story began daily pages story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy travel morocco pursue gang international crab published book form shortly conclusion continued shooting star series defining comics tradition coloured book distinctive claire style crab golden claws introduces recurring character captain major fixture series book adventure published united_states adapted motion picture crab adapted studios animation animated series adventures film directed steven_spielberg synopsis informed thompson case involving drunken man later killed found scrap paper appears tin crab meat word subsequent investigation kidnapping japanese man interested giving letter leads ship called abducted syndicate criminals hidden crab escapes locked room snowy bonds knocks man sent bring food leaving man bound room encounters captain alcoholic sea captain manipulated mate unaware crew criminal activities hides locker bed defeats sailor left cabin thinks climbed blows open door finding goes captain room finds tied chair escaping ship sending radio message police cargo seaplane tries attack captain plane tie pilots try reach spain drunken behaviour storm causes crash land crew escapes desert nearly dying rescued taken french outpost hear radio storm sunk travel port way attacked defending french rifles port members old crew kidnap captain recognises disguised meets thompson got message learn wealthy merchant ben sold crab tells thompson investigate tracks gang saves captain wine barrels breached shootout villains chases gang member cellar entrance house discovers necklace crab golden claws subdued owner wine cellar ben realizes leader drug steals boat tries escaping captures police arrest gang free japanese man introduces police detective trying warn group investigating sailor crew drowned sailor verge bringing eliminated turning radio learns thanks entire organisation crab bars history background belgian army clashed invading germans wife fled car france tens thousands staying paris heading south remained weeks belgian king officially surrendered country german army prevent killing agreed germany placed belgium occupation followed king request civilians fled country return arrived brussels june found officer german army occupied house faced financial trouble owed taxes unable access financial reserves fee eventually arrived belgian publications control german occupying force catholic publication supplement worked longer permission continue publication land black gold story abandoned editor offered employment cartoonist perceived pays explicitly political publication declined position instead accepted position belgium largest daily newspaper confiscated original owners german authorities permitted reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october created new children supplement appointed editor supplement aided old friend cartoonist issue published large announcement cover snowy upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration received anonymous letter father large family asking work fearing children nazi ideology result longer speak god christian family catholic ideal agree collaborate terrible act real sin spirit heavily size readership reached far able accomplish faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality need political types observed concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively publication crab began october paper shortage caused ongoing war led reduced pages length weekly strip cut thirds weeks later september supplement disappeared altogether crab golden claws moved september daily strip result forced alter pace narrative moved hold reader attention end line story later france catholic newspaper june following collected published story book form black white volume released collected edition thought renaming story initially considering accompany earlier adventures settling crab golden claws annoyed sent book final approval result publicity book sales markedly increased extent prior reprinted result german authorities exceptions america set united_states britain respectively conflict germany serial introduced character captain appearance adjacent anti semitic german film chose character wife mentioned sad english fish meal inclusion japanese police detective ally story probably designed portrayal japanese antagonists earlier story particularly given occupying government allied japan time use morocco setting likely influenced french writer read seen film depiction north_africa possibly influenced novel cinematic adaptations use chinese correct arabic script employed crab intentionally fictitious place names featured series town pun french port derives french fight ben pun meaning french february suggested books published new format pages pages colour black white agreed crab edited coloured publication album changes adventure album pages long filled missing pages page colour frames bringing standard page format 1960s crab king adventures published united_states little golden books working american publisher number changes sailor leaves bound captain cabin man beats cellar black depicted original changed white sailor arab american publisher concerns depicting blacks whites mixing accompanying text changed refers man beat negro request americans scenes drinking directly bottles whiskey plane keeping text edited albums later areas acceptable appear way published editions world republished original black white version story fourth volume archives collection published version edition critical analysis biographer described story rebirth described addition formidable narrative element profoundly changed spirit series asserts appearance makes book memorable tempted define book character début fellow biographer commented crab certain charm stemming use colonial nostalgia french especially holdings north_africa asserted arrival remarkable element story offering series tremendous new potential thought dream sequences reflected popularity time influence cinema particular films apparent story described story disguised remake adventure feature smuggling crab respectively desert hostile tribes end secret underground opined story represented turning point career switch daily format result felt final story rushed stating inclusion japanese detective investigating drug smuggling mediterranean makes sense context 1940s europe ultimately awarded story stars literary critic stanford_university review crab commented book witnessed real entrance community human beings gains older brother believed recurring image alcohol story symbolic sexuality particular believed strong represented sequences champagne bottle dreams trapped inside bottle stick sexual penetration notes instances pair prevented realising sexual fantasies literary critic concurred point highlighting perceived scenes noted adventure manner chance finding tin belgian street leads story representative recurring theme detective found series adaptations motion picture created stop motion animated feature film crab golden claws adapted producer films shown abc cinema january group invited guests screened publicly december year declared bankruptcy fled argentina animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes crab fifth story adapted directed written known cartoonist later years editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapting stories series episodes minutes long stories spanning episodes crab seventh story produced series directed critics praised series generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book motion capture adventure film titled secret directed steven_spielberg produced released december europe end october parts movie taken crab golden claws including meeting adventures captain flight crab cans plot involving smuggled adapted video game tie movie released october popular culture simpsons episode grandfather makes remark belgium causing mother threaten taking away copy album crab chest promising behave | The Crab with the Golden Claws | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
120_Hellblazer | known american contemporary horror comic book series originally published subsequently imprint march imprint introduced central character created appeared supporting character saga swamp thing june creative team run title published continuously january longest running title remaining publication imprint launch series concluded issue replaced universe title constantine known political social commentary series spawned film adaptation television novels multiple spin offs series longest running successful titles imprint stepping stone british writers notable writers contributed series include modern detective fiction works heavily influenced genre come production history favorable reader reaction appearances comic book series swamp thing introduced authorship title character given comic book series series intended bear title title revised publication contemporaneous release unrelated film initial writer words fairly ambivalent change title initial creative team writer artist supplying distinctive painted covers introduced political aspect character stated generally interested commenting 1980s britain living shit wanted tell everybody book originally published regular title title imprint launch march issue series october announced join titles published digitally day physical release starting january creative personnel writers lengthy runs series respectively longest runs book writers wrote series include numerous artists worked series original series artist cover artists included designed run series covers designed comics setting protagonist set contemporary world albeit world magic supernatural conflict scenes issue passing reference series developed pocket universe supernatural paranormal play large role lives ordinary people earth threatening circumstances superhero shown hinted suggesting longer existed characters notably fringe supernatural characters phantom stranger shade changing man dream endless appearances main character portrayed kind confidence man detective morally questionable things arguably greater good usually enemies process defeated common theme book constantine unable effect lasting change enjoy victories good mankind constantine manipulative dangerous person friend lives souls involved took pains protect direct attacks friends relatives endangered order strike spirits deceased friends haunted individually entourage ghosts constantine appearances comic book titles crisis infinite infinite crisis shade changing man recurring supporting character books magic numerous incarnations attempts use character superhero family friendly comics altered editorial mandate captain refers constantine england created doom patrol refused constantine changing appearance following forced create stanley monster having refused constantine reintroduced universe initially day crossover event title ongoing new title having previously worked title popular creator selected start character run comic editor run characterised political satire taking late 1980s 1990s city literal demons constantine meeting issues crop especially fear machine issues john fell travelling community environmental activists editor noted departure irony final issue handed week forced office main storylines run collected original sins deals john travelling america demon investigate strange cult known crossing paths demon called gains demon blood having responsible killing old friend called process following issues devil know finally explain john failure save young girl demon newcastle event left near insane incarcerated asylum known haunted comic end eventually discovers demon responsible uses technological scheme trap lead hell contains crossover constantine loses body uses followed lengthy issue story arc fear machine revolving plot collect people fears order god known efforts prevent help including mercury young psychic girl mother romantically involved penultimate major run tenure family man differed main body series far constantine nemesis supernatural opening encounter fictional fence policeman turned serial killer john ethical murder acceptable murder father thomas frames story run title issues issue filled month break story dealing nuclear fear simple romantic ghost story run ended golden child john reunited mercury help discover murdered perfect twin culminating extended story shown occurred twin survived place run stand issue annual exploring constantine ancestry featuring video john punk band membrane song venus returned title occasions runs finally told story john best friend owes returned christmas stories issue wrote mini series bad blood featuring substantial return hardcover graphic novel artist commemorate 25th anniversary appearance irish writer took title working judge proceeded write longest run writer title title personal john relationships coming fore strong religious theme john dealings fallen storylines relationship angel demon ellie major plot device preacher popular works references music poetry relevant irish heritage run started dangerous habits basis film constantine dealt contracting lung cancer desperate deal makes fallen lords hell save course trying save visits ireland old friend following issues follow early stages relationship kit plot install demon british throne plotline royal blood extended issue meeting king vampires minor story arc issue written guest writer major arc fear issues covers high point john personal life relationship kit going birthday party friends ellie attend use abilities create large quantity whiskey marijuana story takes lowest point dealings national threats kit leaving return ireland following john defeated lives homeless streets drinking forget life remains case king vampires hunts poisoned demon blood leaving sun dawn killing following recovery storyline flame issues follows trip constantine alternative america old adversary accompanied spirit hold brain place infamous wound eventually learns escape shortly running fallen guise abraham_lincoln follows small break meets spirit dead friend dublin offering closure recent problems run ends gates hell story finally brings racism storyline riots mile end echoing real life riots london revenge attempt fallen started dangerous habits end john relationship john eventual victory leaves run closure relatively clean slate new writer following brief interlude hell artist series direction taken editor lines pitched comic houses having tired editing eventually managed gain largely writer achieve year run longest run remain run traditionally english themes legend old english battles featuring appearance speculative explanation writing man returns coverage lifestyles effects criminal justice act controversial law restricted ability public throw large demonstrations major storylines run include critical mass constantine forced use magic purge darker human body order avoid damned hell trade save possessed son friend creating antagonistic character assistance landmark issue gave detail father abusive relationship shared unclear happening reality mind john coma man standing reveals friend rich current descendant king arthur attempt discover god secret act destroy england john remaining friends bait tenth anniversary issue breaks usual format breaking fourth wall addressing reader pub constantine monthly hear stories course issue characters constantine history appear death endless appearances writers artists including series creator run draws close storylines staircase play fire relate fallen new plan essentially let mankind ruin television ellie plot leave constantine john eventually saves literal conversation god time rich family finally friendship john ends run returned stories issue briefly returned title son man filling gaps runs title story consequences constantine dead son gangster spirit demon specials published run title special follows return ireland took title work moved imprint following closure meant time writer years left title early refused publish story shoot high school following massacre despite fact written submitted prior event story finally published brief run began haunted london based story john investigates brutal murder girlfriend style story introduces characters important universe including inspector originally run title aging map powerful works tube renovations london remainder brief tenure taken single issue stories collected setting sun following brief interlude croatian writer series taken hired strength series bullets run large story follows trip america starting prison variously pornography ring catching serial killer taking group finally dealing architect batman return stories issue following run writer took title following award winning title set universe carey run attempted return roots title largely set london featuring characters runs title honour write character second longest run single author title second start run introduces fellow niece fallen magic use uncle sister house evil spirit finding gone missing john returns london find old colleagues enemies taking sides hunt mythical item known john eventually item finds freeing old enemy following constantine travels world set plan forthcoming tragedy occur doors opened involving garden john preparations effect tricked killing guardian preventing tragedy freeing beast control collective mankind cuts order free consciousness plays confidence trick beast allowing friends time use collective consciousness rebuild guardian kept beast trapped process human soul removed setting fourth run comic shortly afterward process john loses memory setting events leading issue leading landmark issue john little control events led psychic serial killer threatens kill family demon offers memories cost hours service john eventually gives offer issue shows reality making raise children guise time title current run different artists drawing story past present future title carey final run followed attempts john new children attempting kill family friends culminating death sister hands possessed husband john travels hell try rescue soul assistance father plan ultimately fails john returns broken intending renounce magic returned title single issue runs title wrote received graphic novel engines strange illness sweeping globe written comics took title acclaimed crime novels trilogy won award best debut crime novel run title took john scotland attempt stop plot everybody john fails stop overwhelmed grief horror forced share people glasgow help plan reverse problem tension builds soldiers surrounding city soldiers listen world cup match england portugal radio england loses match lost expected psychic riot fails soldiers scottish england loss celebrated saving day proving source joy like having previously written special titles took title writer left title accepting exclusive contract marvel run starts introducing main antagonists aging politician strange portal enter people minds commit crimes order obtain power constantine attempt play succeeds making join forces plot constantine traps considerable ease questions easy apparent manipulated golden child twin survive manipulating events series including battle cancer events declines twin offer merge souls suspicious twin weakening past years accept offer choosing instead control destiny veteran line having written shade changing man animal man publisher inception took starting short story landmark issue taking time following run implemented major changes including wedding loss thumb rare change run title starts john living domestic bliss nurse course storyline new characters introduced including daughter notorious london gangster julian demon course run john dealt demon taking revenge people involved liverpool strike gone insane sought help shade changing man thumb seen die hands julian traveled india try find way saving following realised love married issue events wedding turned constantine niece sexually assaulting strain traumatic incident turned john enlisted help kill later came head john forced fight brutal demon summoned john iconic target john coat sold began manipulate new owners murder suicide horrific acts coming hands man tried kill john time coat missing john magical abilities begun control john eventually resolves united coat john relationship began sexual relationship crime boss father terry order punish john confronted relationship told stop able retrieve mother soul hell john agreed order sister leave hell john agreed track son adopted nephew ireland october series announced ending issue following new title constantine started main imprint comics constantine contacted tell finally meet end days having lived good adventurous life happily accepts fate trying fight like day came constantine ambushed shot home right horrified died finn affair way comfort john ghost saw having sex graveyard blessing making decide john wasn going try come life course contacted asked help making cigarettes ashes smoked thinking disappear live happily moved tiny house ireland courtesy finn totally grid far removed apparent trouble place think look john didn long john realized run past john left ireland returned england confront stole holding killed demon twin ultimately gave told kill live life consumed guilt killing let disappear life forever guilt murdering shot john disappeared final panel reveals john looking shocked older previously seen standing bar appropriately called long journey end surrounded people shelf bottles names comic staff years constantine cancellation announced younger feature new titles launched september reboot team including shade changing man madame known universe reboot september started title featured alternate version prominent team wrote issues writer taking issue november announced cancelled following issue replaced constantine written drawn starring younger new version depicted late 50s constantine series finally ended run 23rd issue nonetheless character star solo series entitled constantine written art released june writer expressed excitement chance write constantine stating reason putting term character title constantine start themes style published early days modern age comics themes dark edgy politically morally complex contemporaries mixes supernatural real life horror akin contemporary gothic detective fiction elements unlike comic books unique follows real time span years protagonist aging publication writers series places era culture social commentary run wrote series late 1980s early 1990s issues heavily inspired era punk rock british economy political views series element seen mainstream comics negative views regime includes war terror different comic book characters time fights political social injustice great_britain took writing included trademark representation racism religious depictions war controversial writer tackled issues prison rape homosexuality run included american school shot issue led major controversy run managed punk ideology series protagonist trying punk self conservative government demon punk fighting supposed abuse horror comes crisis controversies time set famous british personalities appeared cameos stated major themes sudden violence protagonist story dark occasional breaking fourth wall story arcs victory constantine makes negative effect leads tragedy friends family sacrificed caught dead left john tries best good life leading failure reception decades published normally received attaining sales mainstream comics sustained healthy figures consistently selling titles sustained healthy sales trade ign described surreal provocative entertaining adventures best offer known comic book writer praised series favorite calling best horror works dna india listed read graphic novels describing kind writing art work praised run listed series stating constantine frightening encounters close truth remind readers real life terrifying demon spawn original run title looked journalist stating character original sins graphic novel comic book fan collection added writing evokes incredible sense terror reader ign listed title best books calling best characters run loved particularly voted best story ahead work preacher boys article describes john time love series memorable characters popularity run credited agreeing publish seminal series preacher called storyline celebrated comic book history cover artist run won ward best cover artist creator protagonist praised portrayal character commenting demonstrates brilliantly english horror didn fog gas lit end victorian era moore liked run series commenting captured character cold life character received positive critical reception starring series ranked constantine greatest comic characters time ign ranked comic book heroes character ranked comic book characters time legacy comic book initial cancellation introduction character led negative feedback reception vampire writer expressed sadness write real noted crime author writer stated constantine comic book character wanted write daughter expressing doubt constantine replace result publisher issued statement defending decision stating long incredibly successful run tip hat great creators worked book years new constantine series return roots hopefully start incredible run comic alliance described cancellation marking end era adding handful comics late helped comic books readers grow boosted popularity image detective fiction genre shaped modern form modern examples genre supernatural originals dresden files influenced series character flourished elements style countless times works cynical appeared publications collected editions trade adaptations film adaptation filmed screen scenes documentary feature film moore shot early consists character wandering london film ending experiencing mystical sorts constantine released feature film use title comic book order avoid confusion horror franchise links character plotline loosely based dangerous habits story arc announced sequel constantine movie works producer linked project stated love want hard rated version going scale size movie try persuade studio ahead tough version late director publicly discussed notion creating film star alongside characters television january announced developing series based nbc ordered pilot weeks later announced directing pilot series follow constantine early years defending humanity dark forces february announced welsh actor credits include criminal minds assassin creed black flag play role constantine series pilot nbc announced officially picked constantine fall season ran episodes nbc cancelled constantine end season later announced character constantine portrayed ryan fourth season arrow released video game film tie film entitled constantine song stranger mirror written constantine point view including lyrical reference newcastle incident song venus appeared annual written adapted rock group fantasy fiction author credited making novels including constantine film novel war lord features constantine talking alternate universe black hair lives life los_angeles whilst giving brief summary film plot | Hellblazer | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
196_Stop!!Hibari-kun! | stop stop japanese manga series written illustrated serialized weekly jump october november chapters published volumes november january series adapted episode anime television series aired january story focuses high school student goes live boss children death mother shocked learn looks girl assigned male birth wanted create romantic comedy manga main female character cross dressing boy fun genre took time draw chapters compared earlier manga continued found increasingly difficult weekly pace chapters eventually abandoned series editor chief refused request release chapters week july february published volume stop collection features revisions originally published chapters addition newly drawn cover art stop described achieving reality contrasting exterior male interior series praised overall light pop literary style delicate touch drawn described attractive makes reader forget gag manga jokes surrounding characters criticized extreme longer humorous modern times series described having hand paving way pop phenomenon plot stop follows high school student mother tells deathbed live friend boss family tokyo dies initially unsure situation relieved meets children attracted start shocked learn looks girl assigned male birth known family group girls led begin suspect guy takes place health effectively suspicions begins immediate interest effort distance joins boxing club club attracted club manager likes soon joins club second manager shortly training camp end year start new school year scouted join girl team captain witnesses athletic prowess refuses continues pursue overwhelmed ability spike ball friends try swim class suspect guy prevents getting proof school sponsored summer camp refuses advances popular guy school named starts openly flirting school enraged earning affection grow closer friends fight going day helps girl named harassed guys boxing club deals despite instantly hires detective find leading discover secret run boxing club members harass festival boxing club challenges boxing club inter school matches turns ruse chance gang allowing knock boxing club leader transfers class going date exchange revealing secret school festival class acts sleeping beauty play prince princess culminating giving french kiss stage agrees look son close friends surprised learn trans man characters protagonist stop originally pure hearted high school student constantly refuses advances time goes increasingly concerned influenced treats helps maintain secret initially fighting joins boxing club effort stronger inherent strength series progresses voiced titular character stop high school student assigned male birth looks girl dismay prefers referred daughter expressed interest having breasts according feminine starts living household interest early continues advances series gets series progresses including openly flirting school kissing extremely athletic intelligent addition physically strong despite relatively small body frame voiced boss organization father wants family oriented extremely distressed usual behavior partly choice inherit weak heart frequently gets attacks overly excited shocked love mother ended marrying hunter voiced eldest daughter acted figure family mother died dropped art school second year professional illustrator voiced second daughter years older like father acting girl constantly gets mad wearing clothes wears clothes nearly identical hair eye color certain occasions voiced youngest daughter elementary school student scared flat faced men voiced member love voiced member looks scary personality awake voiced classmate likes member boxing club initially hates earning affection series progresses friends voiced normal girl gentle personality attracted joined boxing club manager leaves boxing club learns likes club gets voiced classmates boxing club captain guy likes family members face voiced classmate jealous popularity school takes pride personality friends try voiced rich girl year younger falls love easily bring love fruition surprises voiced media manga stop written illustrated following conclusion manga wanted notion time currently golden age romantic comedy manga manga magazines response thought creating romantic comedy manga main female character cross dressing boy fun genre developing romantic comedy drew storyboard chapter minutes cafe came title stop reference manga stop wanting highlight comedy having character like realized draw effective jokes tried draw cute rushed drawing earlier manga pirates starting stop raised standards held art began taking time draw chapters addition particular appearance manuscripts white correct drawing errors disliked looked continued found increasingly difficult weekly pace chapters leading frequent later drawing weekly isn humans furthermore editor chief weekly jump time refused request release chapters week came time draw end serialized chapter completed chapter storyboard ultimately submitted thirds chapter leaving pages submitted chapter manuscript fled hotel day coming called deal anymore weekly basis result abandoned editorial department decided series stop serialized manga magazine weekly jump october issue november issue individual chapters collected published volumes november january inspired fought established design format volumes time set stone series serialized later published volumes july volumes february republished volumes june home published volumes january interview expressed desire continue older series stated continuation stop difficult starting began working releasing stop collection features revisions originally published chapters addition newly drawn cover art wanting end abrupt conclusion like found storyboard final chapter basis newly draw pages omitted years earlier published volumes july february later republished series volumes july rule possibility someday drawing continuation series said probably story title stop anime episode anime television series adaptation produced directed aired january television screenplay written character design anime provided music composed series later released dvd compilation volumes february march dvd box set released september opening theme stop sung ending theme connection sung reception legacy psychologist described stop achieving reality contrasting exterior male interior went series seen continuation lineage cross dressing characters manga critic called stop unique outstanding gag manga boy heir organization largely attributes successful combination ability draw girls cute good taste sex appeal delicate touch drawn described attractive makes reader forget gag manga writing magazine manga critic wrote overall light pop literary style cross dressing comes anime able air prime time notes extreme nature jokes surrounding characters comparison jokes involving cross dressing jokes involving drugs humorous today manga commentator lauded pioneer drawing characters high fashion sense stop says effectively changed fashion manga seen symbol treated attention detail praised drawing wearing stars chapter series called having hand paving way pop phenomenon author read stop junior high school admired novel sensibility art influenced according people read stop influenced start cross dressing | Stop!! 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296_HumptyDumpty | character english nursery rhyme probably originally best known english speaking world typically portrayed anthropomorphic egg explicitly described recorded versions rhyme date late eighteenth century england tune nursery songs origins obscure theories advanced suggest original meanings character united_states actor character literary allusion appeared referred large number works literature popular culture particularly looking glass rhyme listed folk song index lyrics melody rhyme best known popular english language common modern text single external rhymes follow pattern metre common nursery rhymes melody commonly associated rhyme recorded composer nursery rhyme collector nursery songs london folk songs variations number song origins earliest known version published lyrics manuscript addition copy published modern version different line set published version published collected version according oxford english dictionary term referred drink boiled seventeenth century probably exploited fact eighteenth century slang short clumsy person depend assumption clumsy person falling wall damaged egg rhyme longer posed answer known similar recorded languages french swedish norwegian different parts germany widely known english meaning rhyme explicitly state subject egg possibly originally posed theories original advanced adopted king richard iii england depicted tudor histories particularly shakespeare play defeated despite armies field professor suggested february siege engine armoured frame unsuccessfully approach walls parliamentary held city gloucester siege gloucester english civil war basis contemporary account attack evidence rhyme connected theory anonymous series articles origin nursery rhymes widely acclaimed derided sake declared spoof link children opera king men performed website tourist board attributed origin rhyme cannon recorded church wall royalist defenders siege walled town castle churches protected city wall story given large cannon website claimed colloquially called strategically placed wall shot parliamentary cannon succeeded damaging wall beneath caused cannon ground king men attempted raise wall cannon heavy king horses king men couldn author claimed book pop goes secret meanings nursery rhymes verses supporting claim claimed found old dusty library older book state book found pointed additional verses style seventeenth century existing rhyme fit earliest printed versions rhyme mention horses men looking glass appears looking glass discusses alice don know mean glory alice said course don till tell meant nice knock argument glory doesn mean nice knock argument alice objected use word said tone means choose mean question said alice words mean different things question said master alice minute began temper particularly manage lot passage britain lord judgement seminal case anderson protested distortion statute majority house_of_lords popular citation united_states legal opinions appearing judicial decisions database april including supreme_court cases hill miller suggested basis description finding faces hard recognise face goes generally alice remarked thoughtful tone complain said face everybody eyes marking places air thumb nose middle mouth eyes nose instance mouth help popular culture highly popular nursery rhyme character american actor helped character nineteenth century stage productions versions music rhyme character common literary allusion particularly refer person insecure position difficult reconstruct broken short fat person large range literary works addition appearance character looking glass including prose devised daughter king having witnessed death father soldiers efforts save early short story case story turned film noir style crime story involving queen hearts little old mother characters popular nursery rhymes victim serial fairy tale character murderer hollow chocolate apocalypse included novels lost plots big easy use respectively dissatisfied nursery rhyme characters threatening strike victim murder rhyme reference literary works including recurring motif fall man novel american novel king men story populist politician rise position governor eventual fall based career corrupt louisiana senator won pulitzer prize twice film king men winning academy_award best motion picture echoed book president men scandal referring failure president staff repair damage scandal leaked filmed president men starring similarly referred novel city glass characters discuss embodiment human condition quote extensively looking glass common motif popular music including heart king horses king horses travis love song jazz wrote different compositions titled case concept album inspired called mad song starting king horses king men divorced couple extra verse version mentioned afraid falling wall science demonstrate second law law describes process known measure number specific ways system arranged taken measure disorder higher higher disorder fall subsequent shattering inability representative principle highly unlikely impossible return earlier state lower isolated system decreases variation poem near sounding french nonsense words illustrate difficulty speech recognition different languages common version follows listener expecting nursery rhyme generally heard english version expecting french instead tend hear nonsense words | Humpty Dumpty | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
324_Halo:Uprising | halo uprising halo uprising issue american comic book limited series set halo universe series written illustrated published uprising tells story set ending video game halo beginning sequel halo earth attack collective alien races known series intended released concluded halo shipped september final issue appear april series brought marvel vice president development attained license publish halo comics including single volume graphic novel critical commercial success prompted marvel announce new halo limited series serving series editor long time halo fan excited adding franchise story reception series lukewarm series artistic style generally praised lack master chief focused action character development delays publishing led average reviews series commercially successful appeared slot new_york_times list publication history marvel vice president development contacted game developer extending halo franchise comics noted dedication creating believable world compelling hardcore casual fans series attractive fit marvel marvel learned created original graphic novel entitled needed publisher distributor interested visited offer publishing discuss possibility tie comic book series proved critical commercial success comic debuted number position sales charts copies published marvel comics announced halo limited comic series halo uprising san diego comic con writer series said interview honored add halo lore noted graphic novel brought humanity perspective franchise easily games described longtime player halo halo reading playing halo stated open marvel team exploring lesser known elements halo universe bringing new ideas opposed sticking script set ideas microsoft suggested halo comic book attract readers picked comic book said drawing casual gamers comics major goal series established characters meant cooperate microsoft said feel restriction pretty sloppy total autonomy time team allowed explore lesser known areas halo story enjoyed writing dialogue master chief normally silent gameplay challenge scrapped drafted dialogue allow work define character originally halo uprising entire issue series published september release halo suggested series delayed unexpectedly close cooperation marvel unspecified reasons release issues halo uprising pushed issue original date august pushed week august issue original date august pushed released november issue originally slated september release pushed final release date nearly year late august constant revisions date running forum joke fan site halo issue saw multiple delays pushed scheduled october release march march halo noted given series track record fact issue release moved dozen times time appearance march unlikely announcing new halo comic series marvel february informed ign final issue process colored final release date issue april series collected single volume released isbn collected hardcover features variety bonus art making materials plot uprising story begins events alien collective known discovers location earth begins scale invasion enemy master chief away aboard ancient forerunner ship course set earth overwhelmed strike force rendered unconscious scene colonel tortured forces mars existence called key admits key located cleveland ohio cleveland narrative follows point view hotel named city falls attack forces meets woman named remains calm edges panic pair captured residents sports stadium declare humans location key save lives confused states knows exactly board forerunner ship master chief captured interrogated forces manages escape concealed weapon earth escape detection appropriate vehicle effort escape reveals key fact fictional object brother children james told key order prevent outright destruction cleveland fighting forces rescued marines leave city master chief attempts kill leader discovered takes aim truth escapes chief left kill prophet guards find way ship learning way change forerunner ship destination chief jumps earth piece vessel heat shield informing true nature key volunteers key captured brought aboard ship believe rescued embedded reveals actually target takes aim position destroys ship learning key fake mars relief camp writes song reception halo uprising commercial success issue sold hours leading marvel reissue installment collected hardcover edition best selling hardcover graphic book week ending june according new_york_times reception miniseries varied comics bulletin ign praised action sequences visuals balance action story positively noted powers said sequences opening issue capture spirit game hand ign reviewing second issue stated series appeal superficial try replicate halo moments replicate feeling printed page reviewers criticized lack master chief main character similar response said master chief barely guest star book reduced blasting aliens series felt lack connections plot master chief adventures resolved comic focus subplot seen major fault comics bulletin review second issue said comic book fan interested halo fans know sic care story issue centers surprised find began care final issue delays publishing frequent point frustration summed reviews saying hopeful production teams upcoming halo books learn mistakes craft stories consistently capture makes halo fun let hope don wait year issues anymore | Halo: Uprising | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
400_TheOneILove(manga) | love manga love japanese hepburn romantic slice life targeted girls manga clamp female manga artist team consisting appearing monthly serial japanese manga magazine monthly young rose december june stories collected bound volume published july love contains independent manga stories focusing aspect love accompanied essay wrote essays illustrated manga time primarily illustrated manga clamp stories draw life experiences women inspiration conversations friends licensed love english language translation north_america published october republished manga february manga translated languages reviewers identified themes collection range reactions love considered heartfelt entertainment reviewed positively badly romance plot story love consists seven pages manga accompanying essay different girl asks meet boyfriend park fight wants apologize know wears instead meets boyfriend finds dressed idea cute girl reflects word cute boyfriend cute understand makes happy says cute miss girl doubts staying boyfriend demanding work schedule end work visit decides romantic relationship work younger man young woman working reflects past unsuccessful relationship younger man end younger worker asks date hopeful romantic relationship work suddenly girl working design company thinks past relationships design job goes wrong offers ideas realizes love girl reflects childhood sweetheart introduced playing harmonica pretty girl decides wear meet boyfriend late meet realizes boyfriend thinks pretty matter wears insecure girl dream boyfriend ending relationship worried courage girl confesses love valentine day normal young woman doubts getting married boyfriend end realizes marry change apart young woman wonders long distance boyfriend faithful end finds dedicated marriage young woman married nervous future worried change husband change development love developed clamp female manga artist team consisting group decided theme romance considering target audience manga magazine monthly young rose editors asked manga love wrote essays illustrated manga time primarily illustrated series group costumes non olive reference additionally preview panels story featured different visual motifs primarily girls animals retrospective self thought illustrations female protagonists including working women resemble junior high students stories love contain autobiographical elements different cute draw personal experiences draws additionally suddenly based admiration manga artist dedication fans normal apart insecure inspired conversations friends miss origins conversation manga artist rarely saw girlfriend work younger man stems conversation actor thoughts men age relationship contrast courage appeared valentine day story february issue clamp rarely opportunities create seasonal stories magazine typically serialized work run seasonal stories release written illustrated clamp stories love appeared monthly serial monthly young rose december june collected stories bound volume published july announced licensed love english language translation manga clamp published love october shut publishing branch north_america japanese manga licenses returned digitally republished manga february love translated languages including french german reception reviewer wrote readers reactions love felt regard charming find female protagonists primarily defined worry relationships considering clamp minor works stated unusual including colored pages majority manga printed black white slice life manga featuring art prior time review works translated english drawn member clamp wrote self doubt served theme anthology reviewer wrote stories particularly felt having interest boyfriend likes contained stereotypes result limited space stated essays included women quickly redundant manga suggested possible theme self relationships felt appeared anti feminist execution female characters underwent change behavior rated series half stars criticized romance suggested better examples clamp romantic manga reviewer french edition wrote repetitive nature stories manga appeal reading experience reviewer felt romantic reader mind conversely reviewer wrote stories incredibly sweet touching best read stories time according cooper love appeal fans clamp manga targeted girls | The One I Love (manga) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
714_RedRackham'sTreasure | treasure red treasure french twelfth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story daily belgium leading newspaper february september amidst german occupation belgium world war completing arc begun secret story tells young reporter friend captain launch expedition caribbean locate treasure pirate red treasure commercial success published book form year following conclusion continued seven crystal balls series defining comics tradition treasure cited important installments series marking appearance eccentric scientist subsequently core character story variously adapted animated series animated series adventures feature film secret synopsis synopsis continues plot begun secret friend captain plan expedition west_indies aboard fishing search treasure pirate red having previously read authored ancestor sir duo discovered coordinates believe treasure aboard sunken 17th century vessel eccentric hard hearing inventor named professor offers aid use shark shaped man submarine decline assistance setting sail joined police detectives thompson soon discover away board bringing submarine reach coordinates shown wreckage sight frustrated turning soon realizes problem sir francis french instead english chart position coordinates measured realise far west traveling correct position discover unknown island find statue sir evidence taken refuge island wreck nearby locate wreck submarine recover artefacts find treasure artefacts containing old documents revealing sir owner country estate belgium purchases hall funds sale submarine design gives search house spots statue holding cross globe eagle feet suddenly remembers original said light light dawn shines forth eagle cross realises message referred location eagle traditional symbol island globe presses secret button finds discovers treasure hidden inside history background amidst german occupation belgium world war accepted position working belgian largest french language daily newspaper confiscated original owners permitted german authorities reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october editor new children supplement help old friend cartoonist paper shortages forced daily main pages upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration heavily size readership numbered faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality entertainment producer author observed need political types concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively red treasure second half series connected events parts begun previous adventure secret series produced expert related blue lotus largely self sufficient self contained connection secret treasure far closer influences treasure introduced professor recurring character use eccentric professors earlier volumes series arrival character inspired colleague worked years earlier visually based real scientist swiss inventor man explore hot air balloon observed walking brussels number occasions character notably shorter named character surname meant adopted carpenter named encountered later renamed english translation meaning little bee german translation shark shaped submarine visually based real american submarine seen picture german newspaper diving suit worn story based accumulated similarly bar depicted cartoonist based illustration collected shop buy diving equipment including suit inspired picture bar featured german magazine tribal found caribbean island sir based tribal statue saw museum appeared shooting star named ship cross atlantic_ocean solely steam power visually based design ship docks obtaining detailed plans builders small scale model collector wreck loosely inspired images wreck 17th century swedish vessel collected instance story shark large box characters hope contains treasure based real account shark camera american underwater photographer encountered french illustrated magazine brief appearance warns cease drinking alcohol allusion physician comical reference french comedian story advertising play titled plays role adventure depict wearing white shirt blue character iconic costume publication began daily strip february title new adventure announced advertisement newspaper days previously belgium published page book format treasure contained favourite illustrations combines actions sequence events drawing beach foreground brought ashore middle ground weighing anchor background immediately embark creation new adventure agreed proposal crime writer author detective story featuring thompson story titled illustrated secret treasure adventures published english language translations british market published editions sell rare collector items republished british market seven years later time translations provided reported treasure best selling story referred secret red treasure arc successful adventures critical analysis stated secrets red treasure arc marked beginning central stage career furthermore stated stories converted reporter explorer cope new political climate stated story complex plotting secret favour episodic style adventure seen early books thompson draws attention arrival story describing final member family thompson critical use colour story stating looks better black white originally printed biographer observed secret treasure hold crucial position establishes universe core set characters felt religious elements present previous stories stronger secret sequel attributed influence believed treasure unforgettable book volume family meaning snowy come fellow biographer echoed idea noting settled characters new home focusing character noted idea eccentric professor universal inaccurate point source suggesting possible influences father professor embodies gentle madness subtle humour comic strips added treasure predecessor reveal new level art suggested reason popularity lay fact visual continuation literary universe stretches opined secret red treasure arc represents turning point series shifts reader attention far interesting character claim introduction completes triangle quality asserting art reached degree near perfection awarded stars said scene introducing comic tour force marking start rich vein humour character brought series noting unlike shooting star book story arc contains scarcely allusion occupation war praised arc narrative perfectly paced feeling present earlier work study academic characterised secret red treasure arc characters going treasure hunt turns time search roots stated arc revolves ancestry deals meanings symbolic relations personal life highlighting eccentric scientists appeared series nonetheless difference noting approaches approaching young reporter previous scientists commenting introduction shark submarine states allows cross boundary previously restricting human beings penetrate universe beneath seas holds secrets hitherto unknown ultimately believes end story family structure place representing father figure financial control brothers joint adventure adding aid ancestor given home hall literary critic highlighted perceived scenes red treasure reflected common themes pointed aboard ship series treasure represented theme precious stones noted stated number calculation mistakes character makes series suggested scene shark submarine pushes form sexual referencing anal sex highlighting similar crab adaptations animation company produced adventures series daily minute colour adaptations based original comics treasure fifth story adapted second series eighth adapted overall directed written cartoonist later years editor chief magazine collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long treasure tenth episode produced ran half long directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book secret motion capture feature film directed steven_spielberg produced released world october november december film based partly secret partly treasure crab golden claws video game tie movie released october | Red Rackham's Treasure | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
1258_TintininAmerica | america america french volume comics series belgian cartoonist commissioned conservative belgian newspaper children supplement weekly september october published collected volume story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy travel united_states reports organised crime chicago pursuing gangster country encounters tribe native americans defeating chicago crime syndicate following publication conducted research story set united_states reflect concerns treatment native communities government bolstered publicity stunt america commercial success belgium soon republished france continued series defining comics tradition america drawn coloured claire style alterations request american publisher edition story adapted episode animated series adventures critical reception work mixed commentators arguing represents improvement preceding reflects problems visible synopsis reporter goes dog snowy assignment chicago illinois report city organised crime syndicate kidnapped brought boss criminal enterprises previously thwarted snowy help captors police reject claims escape surviving attempts life meets rival heads attempt hire arrest gang escapes heads west pursues town convinces tribe native americans enemy arrives captured threatened execution escaping discovers source underground petroleum army forces natives land oil companies build city site hours lynch mob discovering remote cabin brief altercation captures gangster returning chicago prisoner praised hero kidnap snowy send ransom note tracing local mansion hides suit armour snowy dungeon following day invited trap set trick falling meat grinding machine saved machine workers strike thanks invited banquet honour kidnapped thrown survives floating surface posing police capture hands authorities finally success celebrated tape parade following returns europe history background best known pen editor illustrator little twentieth children supplement twentieth century conservative belgian newspaper based native brussels run paper described catholic newspaper doctrine information far right fascist viewpoint according political ideas common 1930s belgium conservative ideas revolving patriotism catholicism strict morality discipline comic strip exploits fictional young belgian reporter having fascinated outdoor world scouting way life called red indians wanted set adventure native americans united_states ordered set adventure soviet_union piece anti socialist propaganda children land soviets second set encourage colonial sentiment america story series time belgian far right deeply critical united_states soviet_union lesser degree shared opinions viewing country capitalism threat traditional belgian society wanted use story american capitalism little interest depicting native americans primary desire result encounter natives took sixth narrative sought cruel savage stereotype natives widely western films depiction natives broadly sympathetic depicted depicted previous adventure research attempted greater research united_states soviet_union learn native americans read book des customs history indians visited brussels museum result depiction native americans essentially accurate artefacts traditional costume copied photographs learn chicago read book future scenes future life written context work contained strong anti anti modernist sentiment criticising increased background european viewpoints elements america scene adopted descriptions influenced special edition radical magazine mortar shell published october devoted united_states contained variety photographs influenced depiction country images basis depiction chicago adopted account native americans evicted land oil discovered particularly interested articles magazine written reporter recently travelled reported situation chicago new_york_city met native americans new_mexico article discussed gangster literary critic believed provided basis character depiction country influenced american cinema illustrations based cinematic imagery thought arrest influenced buffalo bill stories idea taking away car came individuals learned article chicago based american gangster preceding story introduced character series responsible running diamond smuggling exposed setting confrontation america real life individuals named real life figure appear character series original version avoided depicting directly illustrating head hiding face altered second version face depicted known learned inclusion story initial preoccupied trial ensuing imprisonment original publication america began september title reporter chicago reporter chicago use chicago america reflected desire story focus critique american capitalism crime city internationally renowned way left chicago headed west changed title serial reporter adventures reporter america dog snowy given diminished role america contained instance adventures snowy conversation able understand banquet scene reference famous actress named allusion real life actress scene featured prototype character properly introduced following story strip coincided publication comics set united_states les far west adventures tim published sixteen brussels department store innovation produced thursday series reminiscent earlier series alongside stories involved producing weekly comic strip drawing covers providing illustrations madame undertaking freelance work designing advertisements september way story took brief holiday spain friends recalled military service weeks july married secretary entirely happy union encouraged demanded staff marry personally carried wedding ceremony honeymoon couple moved apartment prior adventures organised publicity stunt mark culmination america actor portraying arrived brussels proved popular series collected published single volume les coinciding publication collected volume second edition produced france year published edition released asked add new colour plates reprint america agreed asked replace cover depicting car chase refused second version 1940s popularity increased original black white adventures colour claire clear line drawing style developed visually fitted newer stories america coloured saw publication changes second edition social commentary poor treatment native americans government toned native tribe changed tied toes black feet power diminished intervening years depicted face version removed reference ceremonial dinner scene deleted chinese tried eat snowy references belgium removed allowing story greater international appeal later alterations releases second version story translated english number alterations text instance pun renamed factory renamed changes render story culturally readership factory originally sold mix dogs cats rats hare food uncommon britain english translation rendered mix instance pepper salt added mixture french version changed pepper salt english version reflecting british tastes considered sending north_america adventure featuring indigenous people decided instead producing america earlier work displayed anti american sentiment later grew favourable american culture country prominent artists visit united_states accompanied second wife meet great grandson warrior chief letter recommendation friend father invited childhood desire meet real red indians members reservation wow american publishers america uneasy scene natives forcibly removed land refused remove edition published publishers remove african american characters book want encourage racial integration children year original black white version republished french language collected volume land soviets collection original published critical analysis opined leap forward america noting tightly plotted predecessors believed illustrations showed marked progress time frames seen individual pieces art believing work epic quality thought characterised awarded stars considered great villain series thought incompetent hotel detective featured comic anticipation thompson character drunken sheriff anticipated captain believed successfully classic american myths single narrative comparison vision america presented des conspiracy opinion depiction exploitation native americans astonishing piece narrative considered story little tourist describing marginally sophisticated predecessors thought contained greater things remarking sympathy natives revolutionary attitude thompson opined book highlight page version oil discovered native land following cleared army complete city constructed site hours biographer praised strip illustrations feeling exhibited quality showed fascinated united_states despite anti considered mode earlier adventures calling collection clichés known places commented story rushes country seeing possible stereotypical american tourist biographer believed america developed detailed prior adventures representing cartoonist greatest success long time opining illustrations superior accumulated experience criticised instances story exhibited directional problems instance scene enters underground tunnel notes supposed travelling downward instead depicted climbing stairs directional problems criticised thought story action packed developed sense satire greater depth soviets considered depiction climbing skyscraper page remarkable illustrations entire series inducing sense reader opined depiction natives forced land strongest political statement series illustrating acute political conscience advocate racial superiority accused comparing versions comic believed technically superior lost original literary critic stanford_university thought america intentionally depicted wealthy similar noted negative portrayal continued characters considered indicative ambivalent stance right wing agenda adhered literary critic concurred believing america exhibited left wing counter tendency attacking racism capitalist mass production believed work exposed social political process mere previously land soviets adaptations america adapted episode television series french studio canadian animation company directed character voiced french artist published socio political satire based america titled tnt consisted replica book images blocked black ink images left visible depicting violence commerce interviewed project stated use black reference night obscurity evil mystery things entirely revealed | Tintin in America | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
1470_EdtheHappyClown | happy clown happy clown graphic novel canadian cartoonist title character large headed children clown undergoes story dark humorous mix genres features humour sex body horror extreme graphic violence religious imagery central plot man stop head miniature dimensional ronald_reagan attached head female vampire seeks revenge lover murdered escape sins surreal largely improvised story began series unrelated short strips brown went tie single narrative brown serialized comic book incomplete collected edition titled happy clown shortly brown direction serial brought abrupt end eighteenth issue turned autobiography second edition titled happy clown definitive book appeared altered ending later parts series eliminated contents edition serialized extensive issue happy clown series collected story seen critics highlight 1980s north american alternative comics scene left influence contemporary alternative won harvey awards canadian film director rights movie project struggled find financial backing background brown grew quebec montreal suburb large english speaking minority youth attracted comic books young age aimed career drawing superhero comics unsuccessful getting work marvel graduating high school moved toronto discovered underground small press community early 1980s marvel come dominate comic book publishing north_america comic shops main places purchase dedicated comics fans time trend greater ambition developing fringes long series avant garde graphics magazine raw graphic novel appeared brown find alternative comics scene grew decade brown feeling creatively period came book age book motivated brown work improvised series called self published content suffers plot gets surreal bizarre include having tip replaced head miniature talking ronald_reagan universe adventures featured encounters flesh eating rats monster characters traditional genre fiction story black comedic sensibility topped christian symbolism despite imprisoned crime commit falling love vampire remains gentle innocent like optimism story ending challenge summary children hospital visit burns children number apparently unrelated short gag strips appear brown begins tie narrative plot imprisoned finds hospital severed hand police assume taken prison man unable stop fill jail including emerges finds head replaced head miniature ronald_reagan world like people tiny dimension dumped waste trans dimensional portal turns man stop reagan body remains professor discovered portal travels dimension find head making contact authorities world believes loss hand wife child mother read story cuts right hand avoid assumes lost hand like punishment god tries killing girlfriend woods rat eating drag bodies time save attempt escape accidentally shot mother daughter team hunters dies spirit learns ghost sister vampire professor members staff adventures science find president bring studio discovery big news professor president appearance discovered people dimension homosexual bisexual professor violent death body confinement studio invaded recognize god television spirit returns body escape way hospital works gets revenge killing able sending hell number men secretly kidnapped provide larger wife lineup unconscious men president head stands chosen operation raid hospital finding reagan leave larger president place hospital hands claiming husband suspicious accepts newly endings ending appeared appeared book editions takes home children convinced father spends time house decide way better resemblance revealed twins separated birth church children kidnapped stone aliens saved monster brings washington find kidnapped real father zombie friend rescues clown makeup restored cheerful self goes visit learns apartment building burned casualty skeleton brought severed hand alternate ending later versions drops story follows death replacing new pages version severed hand visits apartment night rolls window shade vampire sunlight morning burns death sleeps reunited flames hell primary characters big headed clown like optimism despite hardships creator puts passive protagonist events occur spends story head miniature ronald_reagan dimension later discovers having president severed having new attached long lost twin sister brown considers adult pre adolescent sexuality fully formed working hospital plagued guilt cheating wife hand falls apparent reason having dream statue virgin mary turns girlfriend sex murders having sex stabbing woods vampire hunts eventually breaks neck sending hell short chester sees stand brown brown denies autobiographical elements story brown stated losing hand end ability draw named character beautiful girlfriend vampire actively engaging sin committing adultery boyfriend murders stabbing vampire self ends saving having eventually tracks kills sending hell alternate ending finds hell embracing consumed fire ronald_reagan bearing american president position reagan bears resemblance namesake comes head attached end falling portal president body remains people smaller homosexual brown intended use left wing politician changed right wing reagan believed obscure american readers later regretted decision said included explanation idea talking appeared number comics talking head young tim analysis spans range brown interests political skepticism humour vampires story dark surreal desperate humorous christian elements especially largely prominent book zombie named christian character believes found christ face piece tape fourth issue brown surreal christianity central cover depicts virgin mary holding infant christ severed hand story key motif loses hand finds appears mysteriously praying forgiveness adultery murdering lover hand restored according lives saints fictional severed hand version brown presents wife cuts catches husband rejecting advances altered ending reunited hell ghost sister devil brown mixes surreal sort condemn bloody revenge calls brown waters way makes hard pin anti story brown straight adaptations mark matthew run called adaptations best exploration christian mythology comparing excessive christian guilt retelling mark readers found live pit short strip man discovers underground forgotten mission states orders god prominently features content including nudity graphic violence racist imagery profanity brown grew strictly baptist household allowed swear depicted brown graphic novel liked brown challenged subjects humour imagery recurring characters language asserted reinforce old colonial imaging world natives style according comics historian brown arrived print fully formed artist style showing influence artists distinct predecessors continued mature artist run showing enormous growth beginning end graphic novel unlike brown compose pages draws panel separate sheets paper pages panels inch squares cheap paper placed block wood lap lieu drawing board number different drawing tools including technical markers ink printed work found faster produce spontaneous feel brown worked freely ruling lines lettering usually roughly artwork light blue pencil elaborated pencil stage said work brown pre vortex stories brush committed regular schedule felt brush slow switched cheap markers increase productivity continued use brush fill blacks letter dialogue balloons brown came favour quality brush end story run found slow work preferred sending artwork printer brown ensure copy printed sufficiently black occasionally scripted certain pages scenes frequently wrote dialogue having drawn artwork brown plan stories certain ideas prepared ideas found carried issues brown flashback scenes different perspectives alter story needs example brown revisited scene murder placed bush linking characters originally murder scene says know bushes couple feet away brown found dissatisfied work later abandoning printed pages intends reprinted found method work underwater 1990s series turned carefully scripting stories beginning influences brown started largely influenced comics grown especially monster stories night monster artists artists graduating high school brown underground starting work especially eventually getting disgust sex laden comics huge fan artist says book finally pulled underground included original short story affected graphic novel contract god brown fan book different wasn character mask face started drawing underground style submitting work raw work rejected publishers reason brown eventually convinced friend active toronto small press scene self publish result included earliest happy clown story book drew inspiration pulp science fiction religious literature television clichés comic strip effect brown discovered annie reprint books early 1980s primary influence later work brown publication story began july second issue brown original seven issues reprinted issues published ran eighteen issues features brown gospel adaptations brown envisioned ongoing character vein marvel comic book characters late 1980s came feel restricted character inspired revealing autobiographical work simple fellow toronto cartoonist turned autobiography main feature brown switched autobiographical comics straight adaptations mark matthew filled rest issues starting issue brown set work revised number pages stopped came believe new version better original drawn quarterly brown publisher reissued contents definitive collection issue series smaller sized pages titled happy clown new covers previously unpublished art extensive commentary brown contents came mainly issues issue seventeen pages original material remains including entire page ending appeared issue eighteen collection appeared brown decided end story collects stories twelfth issue includes cartoon foreword scripted drawn brown edition won brown harvey awards album comic art award year second edition came vortex brown taken drawn quarterly labelled definitive book marketing reasons edition reprinted edition altered ending material excluded material series death june drawn quarterly published edition contents series years earlier including somewhat modified new introduction brown replacing previous editions compared editions printed higher quality paper higher contrast printing artwork reduced size brown subtitled book graphic novel reflects brown reluctant acceptance term usage widespread sees brown like gesture emphasizing equal importance brown places word image book bestseller edition included page story called door brown anonymous public domain story horror comic book story couple door leads passage lost years clothes time exposing finally come door leads hell brown wrote found original story truly couple apparent deserve fate originally intended incorporate story narrative direction artwork appeared largest vortex issues somewhat smaller collected editions artwork smallest drawn quarterly edition size brown considered ideal stating smaller better long words edition wider page margins images reception legacy seen critics high point early alternative comics scene 1980s echoes seen later graphics novels like velvet glove cast story won praise mainstream publications village_voice rolling_stone placed hot list time placed seventh list time graphic novels publisher critic placed 27th comics 20th century editor critic called best time book appeared essential graphic novels large impact number brown contemporaries including fellow canadians taken brown storytelling saying brilliant sequences situation return later different perspective like death blew away called perfect book cite influence work include canadian canvas shows influence calls brown golden god lost sea heavily influenced calls completely amazing best comics placing comic books citing major influence spontaneous big questions critic placed tradition included like velvet glove cast iron flood wrote symbols appear frequency importance works suggest significance remaining symbolically finds predecessors works theatre absurd found hopeless funny trick like wish pull regularly likened story staring day old brown father offended reading fifth issue scene fictional putting wife advances panel hand view covered hand clearly visible vortex publisher panel covered illustration discussing brown brown agreed censorship annoyed marks later called mistake brown included scene following issue ronald_reagan marks objection future collections original panel censored portion panel covered note delivered rabbit brown self message read sorry folks picture hand censored want page originally drew send self addressed envelope age statement care send brown said readers sent requests panel stores wrapped plastic adults labels known banned stores diamond largest american comics distributor stopped carrying time publisher discovered boxes feminist publication lined discarded pages included pages stabs having sex publisher lodged complaint ontario based printer informed vortex longer handle issue drawn series seized canadian border later deemed critic initially found ending disappointing changed mind saying sad ending gave emotional punch wouldn found story putting later came admire critic wrote surprising brown settled conclusion story mean kind narrative closure premise makes sense big picture eventually relied moment moment published book details differences versions narrative awards media canadian filmmaker rights adapt film planned use title film use stop motion animation project ground point mcdonald hoped star ronald_reagan reported movie budget unable financial backing script written later commissioned brown live culture campaign strip magazine weeks episode zombie human girlfriend attend screening mcdonald adaptation year graphic novel scenes film fragments books journals magazines sources | Ed the Happy Clown | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
1600_DestinationMoon(comics) | destination moon comics destination moon french sixteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story initially weekly belgium magazine march september published collected volume plot tells young reporter friend captain receive invitation professor come working secret project secure government facility plan manned mission moon developed suggestions friends destination moon produced following extensive research possibility human space travel feat achieved cartoonist seeking work realistic possible story established brussels based team aid project concluded story arc begun volume explorers moon series defining comics tradition critics praised detail book expressed mixed views narrative story adapted animated series animated series adventures synopsis snowy captain travel join professor commissioned government secretly build spacecraft fly moon arriving meet centre managing director assistant engineer witnessing test new helmet planned mission informed plan idea hearing problems instead hears agreeing sub scale prototype rocket launched mission photograph far moon test nuclear rocket engine launch centre radar picks plane drops near centre incident arrival police detectives thompson initially mistaken sets locate spies telling follow base suspects spy base follows suspicion spots shot able time power goes inside base confusion explaining clearly happened incident confirms centre suspicions agents foreign power fears efforts trace leaked information futile rocket successfully launched moon planned return intercepted unknown foreign power leaked information concerning rocket radio control anticipated asked rig self mechanism rocket centre destroys rocket prevent falling enemy hands reasons inside spy leaked information suspects found preparations manned expedition moon argument accuses acting goat shows built look going falls ladder suffers amnesia failing bring memory recent events use violent shock overcome amnesia attempts repeatedly eventually saying phrase acting goat successfully memories regaining knowledge rocket construction eventually completed final preparations night launch initially backs hearing thompson feeling old angrily declares crew rock finally board rocket later lose consciousness rocket successfully takes sudden force despite attempting contact ground crew unable book ending rocket flying moon ground crew repeatedly calling moon rocket receiving history background devised idea sending mission moon working prisoners sun decision field science fiction influenced friendly rivalry colleague recently success science fiction comic secret decided volume story arc proved successful earlier arcs secret treasure seven crystal balls prisoners sun initially intended beginning story culmination prisoners sun wife close friend convinced proceed story previously left unfinished instead seeking advice story consulted friend authored non fiction book les man stars autumn developed script story gave version based lunar expedition fictional location united_states featured return professor character previously appeared time antagonist sold secrets mission order attain funds buy diamond actress early produced black white pages version story abandoning retained elements original script finished version scenes drinks whiskey gravity free environment goes space walk nearly satellite appear pages explorers moon thought influence story significant stating going books impression originally beginning broad outline hoped story realistic possible sought elements words contained monsters incredible surprises ensure realism collected wide range documents rockets space travel conduct research aided collected pictures rockets atomic research facilities research archive included article american magazine discussed humanity reach moon books work book space travel physicist began correspondence april visited striking subsequent correspondence director incorporated technical information story moments humour accessible young readership according literary critics possible fictional influences story include novel moon american film destination moon certainly inspired number photographic destination moon film published computer system space centre visually based computer created non military purposes based moon rocket designs rocket developed german scientists world war red white pattern rocket based illustration come book world war commissioned construction model rocket parts assistant took model paris showed asking realistic representation moon rocket look like model accurately sketch producing comic inserted cameo story basis scientist appears page destination moon nod inclusion reference blake mysteries mystery great pyramid publication announced upcoming story consecutive covers magazine depicting moon story began belgium magazine march french language began border france country edition magazine time changes conducted work april established public company studios based avenue house brussels making newly purchased country house main studios provide personal support technical support ongoing work hired primary apprentice studios march story collected published title choice having rejected suggestion publication book form story coloured changes instance version uniforms worn staff green changed blue book volume number scenes deleted sent copy message stating help knowledge enabling little characters moon bring safe sound english language translation book published marking apollo moon landings produced illustration nasa astronaut arrived moon greeted carrying sign welcoming year french magazine commissioned produce short comic documenting apollo landings critical analysis believed story belongs cosmic vision moves story forward expressed opinion unique character suggesting akin character john novel felt moon adventure best triumphant achievement level awarding halves story stars described entire moon adventure technical masterpiece result accurate depiction moon biographer felt moon adventures mark stage development work conversely biographer critical story arc stating secret red treasure supernatural quality seven crystal balls prisoners sun study literary critic praised destination moon explorers moon story arc meticulous attention scientific facts added resulted story tone added stories main division longer good evil previous adventures truth error opined despite somewhat ridiculous character scientific achievements grows stature giant arc sir secret series founding ancestor goes claim sacred ancestor voyage moon mystical quest science guiding religion drawing comparisons arc prisoners sun story drew symbolic links scientific centre temple sun noted high priest victim previous story moving discuss moon rocket stories described object penetrated virgin territory moon time described rocket maternal belly space explorers slept literary critic stated destination moon explorers moon story arc embodies wartime position spun post war environment representing genius driven work activities national political causes suggested scene captain rides hobby horse contrasted scenes thrown horse adventures mccarthy interpreted scene cries tears hair response rocket capture enemy reflecting having work published readers opinion scenes destination moon reflected recurring themes series suggested attempts smuggling echoed smuggling treasure secret correction thompson recognised spies reflected theme series believed example secret destination moon head scene resembling adaptation animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes destination moon adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company destination moon fourteenth story adapted divided minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels | Destination Moon (comics) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
1782_12Days | days days debut graphic novel global manga written illustrated basing plot partially story told stranger kim began early version days sophomore college help cope end relationship moving emotionally break stopped developing comic later left south_korea attend manhattan new_york united_states graduated following successful pitch days manga publisher resumed work early finished middle august days focuses decides drink ashes lover days way cope grief death published days north_america november generally positive reviews critics praised manga mature portrayal grief relationships realistic artwork choice print dialogue considered distracting reviewers discussed comic treatment issues love loss lesbian elements shut north american publishing branch status original global manga titles left unclear plot chapters days centers year old korean editor death lover korean american school nurse decides drink ashes days way grief younger half brother steals ashes use soon joins mourning met involved lesbian relationship ended relationship marry man father died returning honeymoon car accident month ago continues ritual begins feel ill eventually nick takes hospital recovers new year day parts nick returns apartment find taken engagement ring wanted unknown mixes remaining ashes days concludes chapter set events rest comic finds nick studying exams briefly discuss ancient greek queen drank ashes husband hints found ashes drink style issues june kim author illustrator days primarily drew artwork realism style occasionally rendered characters super deformed versions cover art incorporates red silver coloring artwork primarily appears black white occasional gray kim pen ink artistic medium toned art software application narrative explores characters dreams periodic flashbacks character traits chocolate presented reader exposition additionally kim uses brief korean song alongside predominantly english text critics focused issues love loss days primarily deals love affair aftermath according considered meditation loss explores relationship fully ended easily forgotten party considered story trying find way cope devastating loss according senior manga editor days contains lovely quiet observations way define family express desire remember moments hurt betrayal reviewer wrote action consuming ashes serves transition period way grief time able editor chief stated comic explores impact loss relationships supported broken times grief lesser extent critics discussed lesbian aspect martin felt lesbian element days addressed fellow reviewer suggested shame felt ultimately destroyed relationship comparison graphic memoir days founder lesbian themed anime convention considered story lesbian narratives narratives grief relationships missed opportunities communication production partially modeled story told kim stranger days began sophomore year college way end relationship kim soon abandoned unfinished comic moving emotionally breakup considered early concept poorly built completing junior year college seoul south_korea studying japanese language literature kim moved new_york united_states attended manhattan new_york years graduated addition illustrating cover australian rock band jet debut album born short comics published repeat san diego comic con international encountered editors helped pitch days publisher kim later expressed surprise successful pitch days commented believe room diverse stories resuming work days early kim felt slow speed projects family matters delayed production additionally south korean native kim speaks korean english japanese think ideas korean translate english ultimately leading change method thinking comic considered creation global manga bit ironic wanted different manga grown completed middle august days published north_america november year shut north american branch status global manga titles left unclear days published germany reception days received generally positive reviews critics advocate lgbt interest magazine highlighted days dark deeply emotional graphic novel complimented kim artistic attention background setting details summed comic sensitive depiction personally enjoying comic considered excellent worth reading noting potentially confusing martin stated days doesn easily fall normal manga manga like categories avoids kind providing mature piece difficult topic limit appeal certainly makes worth reading praised ambitious partly satisfying work nearly succeeds considered daring complex work disliked backgrounds self consciously literary ashes aspect enjoyed plot kim use artwork later placed list global manga recommended commenting emotions book carries familiar suffered loss love work conversely ign wrote story sacrificed attempt deeper level understanding concluded days simply trying hard burying absolutely beautiful illustrations sea chaotic storytelling | 12 Days | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
2076_Eyeshield21 | japanese hepburn japanese manga series written illustrated series tells story boy joins american football club secretary turns play wearing number pseudonym chose american football central subject realizing fit perfectly idea series manga originally serialized weekly jump july june series consists chapters collected volumes anime adaptation consisting television episodes produced tokyo television series aired japan tokyo network april march franchise spawned original video animations audio albums video games merchandise north_america manga released april october anime series later licensed north_america joint effort aired december site completion streaming service shut series streamed english licensed series distribution dvds japan manga sold million volumes manga anime featured times weekly lists best selling respective media anime watched large number television viewers japan helping raise american football popularity country publications manga anime commented received positive comments artwork characters negative responses non football scenes plot tokyo weak boy named enters high school choice remarkable physical abilities running speed agility noted school american football team captain forces join devil bats football team running protect identity teams want recruit forced publicly assume role team secretary enter field pseudonym wearing helmet hide features makeshift team initially takes spring football tournament hoping win strength new secret weapon extremely weak team eliminated early white knights best football teams japan defeat spring tournament revealed secondary importance fall tournament teams compete chance play christmas bowl high school football league championship slowly build real team students looking define baseball player catch characters slowly join team series follows building growth members rival teams achieve goal playing christmas bowl following christmas bowl japan begins gather best football players form team represent valuable player mvp awarded nfl contract million reaches final game ends tie teams declared winners teams return field improvised overtime causing chaos officials unclear team wins unofficial extra period holds mvp trophy aloft winning professional contract series concludes captain devil bats leave school attend college final year high school invites notre dame high school final chapter main characters college playing amateur league football employed production series published regularly published shots called march weekly jump original run magazine went times united_states college football matches visit space center collect reference materials use basis creating nasa aliens visited military base needed draw background revealed watched nfl game noted players transmitted intimidating powerful feeling saying facing mind created american player monstrous size despite having played american football chose theme deciding wanted create protagonist beginning perform sports game premise mind decided american football suitable material originally creating said wary want manga football fact football popular sport japan worried resort thought turn series rider style masked hero story met popularity required magazine asked work read manga noted cool design concepts uniforms equipment said turned great manga story happy challenge eventually chosen illustrating chapters mistakes hurt mistake dust draw characters sketches mechanical pencil considered special given publication manga series written illustrated originally serialized japanese magazine weekly july june manga consists chapters spanning collected volumes released december october published series magazine style books fourteen volumes released june february english translation manga published north_america label april october manga licensed countries france hong_kong indonesia italy south_korea taiwan anime adaptations original video animations original video animations based manga series developed named phantom golden bowl developed shown september jump second titled christmas bowl shown jump later released dvd released second compilation called jump super dvd released extra track sixth dvd anime series television series anime adaptation produced tokyo directed episode series television episodes aired japan april march tokyo japan distributed anime dvd format thirty volumes released july june initially planned air dubbed version internet video streaming service nfl rush site joint effort national_football_league nfl anime eventually posted episode available december completed cancellation december video streaming service announced begin stream subtitled site january episode available november premium users march free users february announced received license anime episodes released subtitled dvds february audio music anime adaptation composed series use pieces theme music opening seven ending themes opening themes breakthrough innocence blaze line running ending themes free blaze away goal run win day dreaming flower song power number audio cds linked anime series released japan original soundtrack released discs march title complete best album compilation albums featuring opening ending themes songs character team songs released august december march respectively maxi singles containing character songs published released october songs released january addition musical cds drama field audio drama released september related media art books based released published november second entitled paint jump art released december official published october pair light novels launched written based named published march second game written published original creator series worked light novels illustrated japan puzzles action figures dolls key chains medal game machine sold merchandise series released card game series video games produced games sony video game systems released let play american football playstation december portable edition playstation portable march nintendo secured rights video game license systems december releasing max devil power nintendo february game boy advance april game scheduled release nintendo gamecube later canceled nintendo published game wii entitled field greatest warriors released japan march non football games jump super stars stars released nintendo featured characters series devil bats appear support cameos reception manga sold million copies japan individual volumes frequently appeared lists best selling manga individual volumes appeared diamond comic distributors lists best selling graphic novels north_america times japanese website conducted online web poll best 21st century placed seventh poll best titles readers nonetheless want continue reading ranked twentieth anime adaptation featured times japanese television rankings episode having percent television viewership rating japanese television network conducted poll anime placed 47th series credited increasing number japanese teenagers playing american football critics generally given manga positive reviews wrote tying best continuing manga written characters dynamic artwork nail biting plus winning mix comedy action drama list listed best continuing able come series year elected best continuing manga series praised humor creators bring energy excitement game readers reviewing wrote delivers fresh entertaining standard sports clichés said art superb inch filled details gag left unseen ann declared convention turning consider bad idea able enjoy ann called typical sports story writing average series characters artwork wrote people think american football boring change minds seeing action sequences later said lot familiar clichés storyline sloppy job keeping track game making believable anime adaptation received positive mixed responses dvd talk praised rules american football explained foreign audience clue adding instructions commercial breaks similar lessons said explanations hilarious excellent introduction football field action praised saying sports action truly shines criticized scenes away football field pacing crawl storyline gets little boring review stated pace saving grace way boring time outs commercial breaks regular nfl game football hard understand explains byzantine rules entertaining way left waiting decision long minutes like real life lot dramatic tension carries action plays criticized artwork saying episode game clearly farmed inferior animation studio wrote good solid story idea showing young man finding way sports finding friends realizing potential sidelined frustrating deal situations | Eyeshield 21 | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
2544_G.I.Joe:ARealAmericanHero(MarvelComics) | joe real american hero joe real american hero known real american hero comic book published based joe real american hero line military themed toys series credited making pop culture phenomenon comic book advertised television called historically crucial moment media convergence series written issue run comic book writer artist editor notable realistic character based storytelling style unusual toy comic time wrote series spontaneously knowing story end finished worked closely artists giving sketches characters major scenes stories involved battling forces evil terrorist organization focused relationships background stories characters created characters collaboration system file cards track personalities fictional histories characters later major selling point action figure line joe marvel selling subscription title receiving fan letters week series credited bringing new generation comic book readers children introduced comic book medium joe later went read comics comic book printed times translated multiple languages addition direct spin offs comic book published 2000s publication history background early 1980s noted success wars action figures decided launch long running joe property joe real american hero inches scale action figures traditional inches scale decided wanted new figures story ceo president met coincidence charity fundraiser shared plans joe offered marvel services creative agreed allow marvel attempt design concept joe coincidentally editor marvel begun design characters background series concept pitching entitled fury force team futuristic super soldiers affiliated existing property combining military science fiction genre elements tells got job writing series marvel asked available creator write unable find writing work later said asked write soon hosted meeting discuss future property meeting suggested idea recurring enemy joe fight similar terrorist organization recurring enemies aforementioned organization prior considered giving joe enemy based results meeting contracted marvel produce comic book series featuring toys early development issue published june containing stories written story operation lady drawn drew early issues wrote issue second story hot potato drawn issue introduced basic concepts joe universe having base motor pool introduced iconic original members issue introduced recurring villains cobra commander cobra commander action figures issued earliest example joe character appearance comics conception action figure early stories completed issue multi stories began appear middle series year publication hints ongoing storylines later characterize series issue introduced new characters including action figure line villain frequently recurring character subsequent storylines involved power struggles cobra commander issue established pattern series marvel publish issue introducing group characters vehicles represented new year toy offerings early highlight snake eyes origin parts published issues issue established snake eyes complicated background tied character characters cobra considers favorite storyline marvel run echoing events portrayed series joe published introducing character genetically created history greatest warriors played significant role cobra civil war occurred issues landmark story event involved nearly joe cobra character control later years cancellation began toy tie comics lasted average years lasting years considered runaway success years comic book series chronicled adventures joe cobra consistent storyline early 1990s began drop quality canceled marvel issue low sales canceled toy line year lack new toys cancellation second series years earlier comic book count cross platform support enjoyed past target demographic changed considerably according reached end half life joe toy books life years years considered long time didn expect toy line life market changed completely started store lines block year old boys time story signing new_york_city everybody guys showed routes books signed final issue featured stand story titled letter snake eyes perspective snake eyes tells story comrades arms died years shortly final issue released february containing alternate art issue original issue artwork rejected unacceptable brought pencil final published version years following superstar comic artist marvel eventually decided print unpublished work promotion television advertising series aired featuring joe real american hero time commercial promote comic book commercials technically promoting comic books toys allowed television regulations toy commercials contain seconds animation showcasing characters toys outside comic book context able include thirty seconds animation marvel paid million produce commercials animation division relates genesis commercials seconds animation toy commercial toy people wouldn totally somebody actually sort genius named realized comic book protected amendment couldn restrictions based advertised publication toy line comic books commercials subsequent cartoon series marketing plan highly successful eventually industry standard early example practice years later described narrative adolescent male demographic traditional comic book reader result advertising tie ins attracted people traditional comic book readers interview stated think commercials opened different type audience lot letters girls lot letters young sort started watching cartoons kids sort started getting characters line picked comic book started following stories got caught continuity comic book popularity women attributed strong female characters featured comic joe action figures female tended frequently use female characters including created recurring characters comics writing style readers praised series attention detail realism area military tactics procedures military experience drafted vietnam war large research order date possible frequented military oriented new_york read field technical credits friend military historian helping research style plot structure comic use overlapping story threads according following basic storyline pretty comic issues sort like extended soap opera try real solid resolution end book like plot threads going sort episodic quality earlier books like episode issues resolve completely issues thread started given time probably overlapping threads story arcs coincided new lines toys producing comic book directly influenced toy products relationship observed toy company demand book written certain way final word happens book extremely open don write book don write joe differently way write wrote page page plots issues wrote pages having panels worked closely artists plotting book wrote series spontaneously knowing issue end got page characterization issue revealed team official moniker featured ensemble cast original thirteen characters breaker snake eyes rock roll grand slam flash reflected origins toy line initial characters action figures original release toy line team roster expanded additional action figures released created characters collaboration send character sketches brief descriptions character military create detailed characters giving distinct personalities background stories kept track character file cards eventually decided reprint shortened versions file cards packaging action figures file cards selling point toy line appealed children adults noted read levels year old kid able read think absolutely straight joke adult factors helped sell figures sold retailers selling point tended base personalities characters people knew credits technique realism characterization later said events continuity meant important thing characters reception initially response new comic book muted low status toy book popularity eventually grew credited bringing new generation comic readers months toy line launch cent boys ages joe toys survey conducted found boys ages owned joe figure boys drawn joe comic book association toy line went comics puts toy book fan boys time got reviewed fan press totally ignored kids bought joe totally new crowd coming comic shops time toys saw commercials started buy comics according comic book historian promotion comic resulted dramatic sales increases copies month copies month making marvel strongest titles according marvel number subscription title main title getting letters week read sent hand written replies week early issue attracted attention positive negative joe titled silent interlude told entirely words sound effects interview explained motivation story wanted story real complete story beginning middle end conflict characterization action solid resolution balloons sound effects issue controversial readers felt cheated words read quickly eventually series enduring influential issues issue recognized modern comic classic prime example comics visual storytelling power comic book artist theorist author understanding comics describes silent interlude kind watershed moment generation remembers things came like issue eventually ranked listing best single issues born issues ongoing comics prove single issues great spin offs real american hero spawned annual publication called joe differed typical comic book annual publication like magazine issue contained articles animated program summary comic book plot date original stories written ran success real american hero lead marvel produce second title joe special missions lasted issues artist run providing issues spinning joe set continuity series presented intense violence ambiguous morality main title faced enemies related cobra issue usually featured stand mission focusing small group mini series produced joe order battle issue mini series running december march data found action figures file cards edits written new artwork issues featured members issue focused members fourth highlighted vehicles equipment organizations trade paperback edition included material issues published second issue mini series running january april story joining forces stop cobra destroying world trade paperback later collected issues issues main series released thirteen titled subsequently tales joe reprinted issues joe higher quality paper stock main comic collected previous stories summarized events published new stories tied main title aside printed seminal issue series translated languages including german spanish portuguese polish french canada swedish norwegian finnish danish japanese arabic indonesian joe european missions published monthly june august european missions series action force monthly published unlike weekly action force series original stories seen written july devil publishing acquired rights released issue limited series entitled joe real american hero reinstated strong sales led reinstated upgraded ongoing lasted issues new series joe america elite lasted issues devil license expired renewed building success devil comics run marvel comics collected issues trade issues book covers trade drawn began publish original series classic joe like marvel collects issues volume collections slightly issues order conclude 15th paperback volume published august collections spin appeared november restarted reprint series hardcover joe vol intending reprint stories reading order revived original joe real american hero ongoing series special issue released free comic book day followed issue onwards july | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
2855_LittleSammySneeze | little little comic strip american cartoonist episode titular awkward disastrous strip ran july december new york herald staff successful comic strip followed dream later best known strip contrast imaginative confined rigid grid followed strict formula build frame frame protagonist face erupted second panel closing panel suffered consequences kick rear targeted middle class functions social order ensuring received punishment artwork finely detailed highly accurate persistent repetition modernist experimentation shattering fourth walls strip panel borders panel panel buildup displayed concern depicting motion concern pioneering animated films 1910s premise strip followed simple concept week little power havoc surroundings build release second panel panel suffer consequences driven away victims receiving kick rear examples little background worked museums cincinnati drew posters advertisements ability draw quickly great accuracy drew crowds painted advertisements public began working newspaper cartoonist time humor magazines moved new_york_city work leaving comic strip tale jungle january created number short lived strips finding popular success july noted exceptional drafting skills remarkable addition editorial producing regular comic strips little dream little progress style analysis strip laid rigid grid build panels release fifth consequences sixth contrast great variety panel sizes displayed earlier strip jungle later prominently degree applied backgrounds heavily detailed drew repetitive images great accuracy later applied skills animation work making little mouth noises adults manner invite careful reading artwork displays attention detail known backgrounds remain panel panel pass buildup took visual ideas experimented little dream fully explored began following year examples little technical little draws greatest share attention works finds formally lower key tested limits visual representation demonstrated comic strip potential vehicle modernist experimentation fond breaking fourth wall known example september episode gag according formula culminating destruction panel borders comic strip strip pay homage progression man photographs appeared known film unusual strip september episode blank background gestures echo concerned depicting seldom perceived movement scientific curiosity found emphasizes lack order human body concern pioneering animated films story children trouble caused typical comic strips day contrast popular strips kids brown havoc humor expense adults child likely appealed broad range readers appeal comic strips conservative middle class audiences audiences seen inevitable consequences restoration natural social order left rent comic strips given character design personality dull features expression invite reader sympathy character developed similar dress shirt lace collar style associated middle class aspirations popularized end 19th century wake success little lord time begun style subject ridicule age respectable society went lengths avoid drawing attention functions emphasized humorous face built tear symbols middle class expansive department store display goods christmas strip declared title simply couldn stop knew coming basic formula build release consequence use framing devices career reader rely protagonist awakening closing panel week saw attempt parody words thing objected idea calling strip excessive linked sense irony sense wonder compared eternal appetite infancy attributed christian god publication history little began july new york herald joined staff ran color came end december compilation volume strips appeared united_states france herald publisher based earliest american strips appear europe sunday released deluxe landscape format hardcover volume called little reverse page printed non strip complete run story hungry selections old tiny bonus strips appeared color time newspapers normally printed color page legacy half year run dropped strip continuing work dream progress best known work remembered precursor better known strips receiving little attention outside key strips strip concept later picked creators characters seal | Little Sammy Sneeze | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
3021_Time(xkcd) | time time strip beginning single frame published midnight march image updated minutes march updated periodically hour days days total ending july total unique images image represented single frame larger story essentially making comic video extremely low frame rate referred time attracted significant attention received online projects web communities built won hugo award category plot time begins stick figures woman man building sand castle complex beach woman notes sea visible right frame rising construction completed temporarily stopping sea castle away decide journey discover cause rising sea level leave frames slowly fade white beginning destruction construction shown journey finding river unaware couple follow river observations resting tree man finds remains discovering area inhabited later find massive oddly shaped trees markings find boat use cross river continue mountains climbing small hill man sees snake woman hear tree pause briefly observe bird chick nest resting miniature river woman discovers cliff large contemplating decide discover mountains like climb eventually reach small abandoned house man attacked big cat woman strikes away piece wood man unscathed woman wound leg wrap flag brought creating sand castle deciding traveling search people mountain structure better medical option heading home continue night falls rest wild man takes guard shift stars night sky time lapse wakes woman turn sleep eventually wakes characters press intention turning find people find small structure woman spots people leave structure think sand castle wondering fate screen flashes scene lone bucket floating body water flashes bit traveling characters contact people wearing woman attempts communicate native language people shows wound treat paste group man woman follow town receiving water man woman sleep following morning man locals drawing pictures dirt local informs sea level fact rising characters follow talk rest way man woman look map locals continue city castle led natives leader speaking language protagonists poorly explains reason sea rising reveals people erected calls planet river bay presently days away breaking flooding man woman home explains journey reach home warn living long choice remain mountain people ignoring man woman flee run home taking mountain people provisions way guiding maps woman stolen returning home characters attempt coordinate escape fellow people girl appears boat constructed wood sand castle beginning story causes tribe abandon original plans instead attempt float river expanding boat group loads sets sail soon join remaining members tribe smaller boat night drifting asleep man woman spot land reach story ends man woman depart going new wilderness explore boat seen water final frames comic boat water currently rotating pattern comic website conception development described reasons creating time interview rolling_stone stated came idea space animation daily comic wanting interview stated seen attempt project wanted work noted cases things interesting difficult access books deliberately story complicated hoped people slowly got world language readers deeper level according like time difficult reach people hour tool internet following ending story comic creator explained story details context article wired noted time set years future future civilization humanity present civilization long extinct takes place basin mediterranean_sea largely following activity shutting atlantic_ocean modeled similar occurrence incident approximately million years ago crisis eventual flooding crisis end story supposed flood reportedly researched plants wildlife region added comic offering hints story location according got suggestions file details species characters encountered talked like dwarf trees sand scene male female sleep shifts time lapse stars night sky occupies background help astronomy software render night sky characters location specific time accounting projected stellar motion years lacks star consulted told star date time set language language script written gave characters native mountains created help meaning words symbols given language fans dubbed later picked media opened possibility language future comic publishing frames time originally updated minutes frame updates hourly frame frames appeared quick succession showing shooting sky updates returned hourly technical details comic publishing described independent website follows inside page script uses simple download new image script easy follow number programmers taking time figure request new image difficult impossible future images created know links previous images resulted number sites putting frames produce animated pseudo video downloads frame turn reception time received online saying coming nicely publishing backstory conclusion wired called journey epic referred comic said comic slow paced entertainment fast paced world kind experiment keeps people coming best isn strip comic idea factory shared experience time got mentions verge writer washington_post blogger april comic announced nominee hugo award category won award august accepted award behalf dressing drawn earlier strip comic garnered obsessive attention viewers forum discussion thread exceeds pages posts fans created specific time invented terms describe comic | Time (xkcd) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
3239_TheSevenCrystalBalls | seven crystal balls seven crystal balls french les thirteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story daily belgium leading newspaper december amidst german occupation belgium world war story cancelled abruptly following allied liberation september accused collaborating occupying germans banned working cleared years later story weekly new magazine september april story revolves investigations young reporter friend captain abduction friend professor connection mysterious illness afflicted members archaeological expedition peru seven crystal balls commercial success published book form shortly conclusion concluded arc begun story prisoners sun series defining comics tradition critics ranked seven crystal balls best describing frightening instalment series story adapted film temple sun animated series adventures synopsis young reporter dog snowy friend captain spend evening music hall witness performance madame illness expedition members recently returned archaeological expedition view act knife recognises president meeting backstage introduces assistant learn deposed rival general day learn members expedition falling fragments shattered crystal ball found near victim concerned friend professor visit old friend professor expedition member affected professor police guard shows visitors body king expedition brought peru lightning storm strikes house sends ball lightning chimney worried states reflects culmination prophecy declares punishment descend tomb spending stormy night house dream involving find bed accompanying crystal nearby attacker bypassed guards climbing chimney day walking grounds house discovers places later realise gone missing kidnapped individual placed coma police set road blocks switch cars able evade visits hospital seven stricken members expedition housed precise time day scream figures attacking slipping abduction learning police spotted car port race believing seek board boat abroad docks spot boarding ship south_america reveals disappeared descendants captors having lost trail decide pay visit old friend chester docked nearby port miss chester instead discover hat docks indicating taken sea investigating realise aboard ship headed peru board flight intent arrival history background amidst german occupation belgium world war accepted position working belgian largest daily newspaper confiscated original owners german authorities permitted reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october aided old friend cartoonist upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration heavily size readership reached faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality need political types entertainment producer author observed concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively following culmination previous adventure treasure agreed proposal newspaper include detective story revolving characters thompson titled provided illustrations story authored crime writer began contemplating ideas new adventure idea story surrounding dangerous invention developed story probably inspired article authored science correspondent use time revived decade later basis affair previous stories secret treasure seven crystal balls designed story arc concluded unnamed prisoners sun planned story outline mystery characters undertake expedition solve use ancient curse narrative revolved inspired tales curse unearthed archaeologist discovery tomb time inspired tabloid story having previously autumn decided wanted fellow cartoonist collaborate initially hesitant eventually agreed adopting paid position january close friends artistic collaborators aiding developing aspects plot instance developing idea crystal balls story title different forms illustration narrative influenced greatly life model drew poses characters adopt story researcher sending study collections material corpse collection basis museum director professor exhibited similarities professor new character developed story included number characters previously appeared earlier adventures professor general king scenery background story copied existing sources car model types like escaped police drawn real examples closely adhered reality port docks saint professor house drawn real house identified purposes stationed outside house completed sketch building immediately grey cars containing german soldiers pulled house realised discovered interrogated publication story began title december health declined afflicted flu ear accompanied general exhaustion depression fear imminent collapse german administration face retribution collaborator accused collaborators killed experiencing breakdown took hiatus producing july message posted stating coming snowy course heard afraid dear readers bad happened sort snowy simply waiting excellent associate friend return better health sick weeks story returned july starting summary story far interrupted september brussels liberated german occupation allied forces september immediately ceased publication forced abandon story strips equivalent pages later published book volume story left hanging scene leaves hospital seeing seven members expedition having simultaneous fit days later entire staff fired new editorial team introduced arrested september having named collaborator resistance document known incidents arrested freed independence spent night jail september issued proclamation announcing journalist helped produce newspaper occupation time barred practising profession unemployed newspaper closely associated issued strip titled land nazis collaborator period witnessed widespread allegations accused collaborators military courts condemning minor charges charges sentenced life imprisonment capital punishment judiciary inquiry case launched deputy public prosecutor report urged stating inclined close case believe bring ridicule judicial system children book author illustrator hand worked war illustrations people buy newspaper unable work press worked home drawing older adventures publication book publisher completing second version starting supported ordeal remained grateful produced comic strip pseudonym publishers accepted period allowed escape pressure daily production affected working life family problems deal brother paul returned brussels german prisoner war camp mother highly moved psychiatric hospital october approached member conservative resistance group associates trio planning launching weekly magazine children fond childhood memories land soviets thought ideal agreed obtained clearance papers allowing work concerned judicial investigation wartime convinced leader charge censorship certificates good citizenship look comic creator file concluded traitor work decision stand trial belonged general der closed case december declaring regard particularly character drawings published bringing war tribunal inappropriate risky free threat prosecution continued support colleagues charged collaborators sentenced death lengthy prison sentences sentenced death friend sentence life imprisonment issued certificate good citizenship largely necessary obtain employment post war belgium celebrations marred mother death age april described post war period greatest life later described experience absolute horrible horrible considered post war trials collaborators great injustice inflicted innocent people belgian society way treated hid public persona new magazine titled advice believed help attract wide audience adopting slogan newspaper young aged magazine logo featured character inspired example set magazine weekly centred eponymous hero pages week accompanied comics time adventures colour outset assembled team artists purpose including magazine editor continued point left seven crystal balls prior embarking prisoners sun published title temple temple sun story beginning began new magazine summary story far presented press magazine instant success soon gaining weekly circulation belgium netherlands seven finally concluded april half years begun previous adventures began french catholic newspaper story finished publishing company divided volumes temple released respectively scenes found theatre removed story book form book contained additional backgrounds found original story drawn translated english publication number place names changed instance port renamed according author probably inspired real english coastal town english language translation published english translation adventures actually authored later seven crystal balls english version references events occur affair critical analysis biographer described seven crystal balls terrifying believed story come clear influence grows lush details streets suggested lines posters characters walking edge frame noted story produced gripping tale went direction supernatural fellow biographer believed seven crystal balls achieved complete integration narrative illustrations previous adventures point books begin form coherent body work stated theme seven crystal balls fear unknown adding blend humour menace remained frightening book noted story marks complete transition captain drunk introduced crab position chief sidekick comic attraction snowy relegated position normal dog described prisoners sun classic middle period commenting surprisingly balanced narrative noting exhibited evidence turbulent personal life felt seven crystal balls air doom mood europe time greater extent earlier work shooting star time thought simple detective story comparing hunt clues disappearance stories fictional detective thought story truly suspense cinematic presentation comparing use music hall story use film steps suggested scene sits awaiting news allowed step moment shoes autobiographical believed story arc represents leap forward graphic narrative skills result transition colour double pages initial means publication noted seven crystal balls surreal atmosphere knew create confronting dark oppressive force worthy hammer film asserted character professor sea adding resembled older darker hair ultimately awarded halves story arc literary critic praised character stating presence far expect novelist let cartoonist compared scenario trapped home affair professor tied house identified elements story believed reflected recurring themes argued way presented friend story manifestation recurring theme friendship thought appearance reflected use theme series removal tomb manifestation recurring concept tomb study academic believed seven crystal balls prisoners sun arc reflects confrontation sacred secular discussed position story noting scene theatre bull head mask falls head reflects constant themes union human animal added opinion transformation country gentleman believable suggested appearance start story injected feminine element story represented attempt round family dominated male figures snowy argued kidnapping represented rite passage allow join family adaptations animation company produced television series released feature length animated film temple sun adapted seven crystal balls prisoners sun story arc produced directed written cartoonist music song composed commented film based seven crystal balls suffers overly condensed timing reasons second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company seven crystal balls eleventh story adapted divided thirty minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels video game prisoners sun developed published based seven crystal balls prisoners sun turn new century remained popular seven crystal balls prisoners sun adapted theatrical musical temple sun premiered antwerp dutch language september production directed adapted music featured musical adapted french premiered year later temple production scheduled paris cancelled returned brief run antwerp october | The Seven Crystal Balls | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
3704_TheShootingStar | shooting star shooting star french tenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story daily belgium leading newspaper october amidst german occupation belgium world war story tells young belgian reporter travels dog snowy friend captain aboard scientific expedition international race find fallen earth commercial success published book form shortly conclusion volume originally published page colour format continued secret series defining comics tradition received mixed critical reception controversial series anti semitic portrayal villain story adapted animated series animated series adventures synopsis giant approaches earth spotted observatory professor self proclaimed prophet end world misses earth fragment determines object new material names sets find crew european scientists accompanied snowy ship aurora helmed friend captain team set aboard polar expedition ship backed expedition race land day departure plant stick dynamite aurora found thrown overboard north_sea aurora rammed ships way setbacks occur port informed fuel available come old friend captain chester reveals plenty fuel fuel monopoly owned secretly run chester ship aurora trick golden oil providing fuel need close aurora receives indistinct distress ship course help inquiries expose distress signal delay resuming journey intercept cable announcing expedition reached claimed crew rows uses aurora seaplane parachute plant expedition flag makes camp aurora engines repaired day discovers growth makes things larger apple core grows large tree grows huge butterfly giant spider immense explosive mushrooms rescue arrives sudden core sea snowy escape aurora piece learns expected tried crimes aurora returns home captain ship land refuel oil whiskey history background amidst german occupation belgium world war found employment belgium leading newspaper administrative control occupying military government latest serial shooting star initially featured united_states primary antagonists explaining asserted story revolved theme rivalry progress europe united_states americans strong disdain american big business exhibited anti american themes earlier works particular america december entered war allies coming direct conflict germany scientists featured axis neutral countries reflection strip anti allies political slant entertainment producer author stated interpreted strong bias nation states europe allies point soviet_union united_kingdom characters chester british featured sea travel careful obtain data ships possible order portrayals realistic design aurora based likely based ship seaplane expedition travels based german later criticised efforts area saying aurora real ship probably shared plot similarities chase golden novel pioneering french science fiction writer story novel features expedition north_atlantic find fragment containing new element stories competing expedition teams led eccentric professor jewish banker novel professor denied deliberately copying story saying read french novelist works possible influence came friend assistant fan genre swedish expedition member physically resembles real person later inspiration professor anti nazi control publishing variety anti semitic articles calling jews excluded public life describing racial enemies belgian people biographer noted remarkable anti semitic nature editorials shooting star depiction jews months story publication legislation passed collect jews belgium nazi concentration camps shooting star reflected trends belgian political situation time story time adopted perspective work recently provided illustrations number contained anti semitic stereotypes reflecting racism book similarly depiction character introduced america cited based anti semitic stereotypes appeared featured gag jews hear news end world near hands comments hear end world true responds hey hey gut solomon owe suppliers way von pay omitted scene collected edition character displays anti semitic stereotypes having nose manipulative businessman later dismissed concerns jewish caricature saying style assessment comics expressed opinion anti american stereotype anti jewish similarly reporter expert asserted parodied jew conversely asserted anti anti present united_states ruthless opponents nazi french holocaust shooting star evidence anti nazi sympathies graphic novel specialist competing expeditions presented simplistic race good evil displays stereotypes jews held advocates presented works anti semitic writes large nose rounded forehead black hair small eyes stock anti semitic imagery 1930s 1940s promoted journalist anti semitic paris based newspaper influential brussels according depiction overweight cigar reflected anti semitic stereotype jews financially powerful suggested scene learned tracked crimes recalled contemporary jews contrasts anti actions struck nazis lives hide jews publication shooting star daily october french title previous adventure crab weekly demise children supplement continuing daily main newspaper earlier serial ended day shooting star began shooting star adventure daily entirety story later france catholic newspaper appeared june page published book included cameo characters story introduced captain chester mentioned later adventures professor returns seven crystal balls shooting star concluded week later occupied government proclaimed jews belgium wear yellow badge clothing july began raids jewish premises followed jews nazi concentration camps camps resulting belgian jews killed later recalled saw jews wearing yellow star finally told jews gone people come sent away didn want believe earlier albums reproduced newspaper strips come appear weekly thursday page tiers page war shortages reduced space strip later disappeared completely comic appeared daily main newspaper panel strip publication book form insisted adhere new album format sixteen page signatures gave pages story plus cover page format reduced page count maintained story reducing size panels reproduced progressed cut laid strip exercise book preparation new volume originally published page colour format series standard opposed published black white newspaper strip reproduction format prior books published album september unlike previous books series printed immediately colour need totally daily strips original fill pages allotted added large panels half page panel giant page wanted include small gold star inside cover page refused deeming expensive began making changes story publication aware controversy surrounding anti semitic depiction renamed character adopting brussels dialect term store later discovered coincidence jewish trying tone book anti american sentiment changed united_states fictional south american nation called replacing flag flown crew fictional state new list changes artwork shooting star included altering nose changes postponed critical analysis remarked attention accuracy shooting star instance approach earth caused heat wave proceeded float surface ocean reality heat wave caused sea floor causing noted concept madness recurring theme story adventure fellow biographer asserted great power brilliant construction wrote book notable entry fantastic work deemed anti sad moment series awarding story stars felt pre apocalyptic stark believable giant mushrooms strange anticipation mushroom clouds produced atomic bombings focusing characters professor asserted resembled tradition eccentric professors according philosopher experts find caricature marshal france demanded french imaginary sins took power stated strips story kept reader daily story new twists humour described shooting star important wartime stories having air bizarre fantasy unlike prior work observed character professor prototype professor introduced later series asserted apocalyptic setting story reflected wartime mood europe opening pages story unique work feeling convey adding strip cartoonist recognised means denoting dream deliberately confusing reader felt flow narrative accomplished stories rushes followed slower passages rhythm pace literary critic shooting star describing final attempt rid preserve integrity values pointing thirteen pages devoted purely boy reporter argued represent halves ambivalent father figure story previous character suggests hiding aurora compared phantom opera steals stick dynamite climbs ship mast threatening detonate weapon believed shooting star religious mystery scientific perfect figure religious way analysed political component story terms incarnation capitalism spirit european values arguing vision pro german propaganda literary critic believed shooting star represents apex right wing strain work highlighted instance god order commands representing occasions sacred authority largely voice commanding voice guarantees power mccarthy observes image giant spider ball fire appears near start story reflects theme madness present series discussing political elements series mccarthy noted original publication story spider climbed observatory greatly initially termed saw intentional satire threat europe posed adaptations animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes shooting star sixth adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company eighth story adapted divided minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels american cartoonist authored graphic novel variety allusions scene protagonist discovers warehouse containing white eggs red spots akin mushrooms shooting star cover burns book paying homage original cover sketch book sold million european investor marina david | The Shooting Star | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
3975_TheKampungBoy | boy boy known boy simply graphic novel young boy experience growing rural 1950s book autobiographical account artist life telling adventures tin mines family school life basis eponymous animated series broadcast published commercial critical success printing copies times sold months release narrated english work translated languages japanese french sold abroad book international figure highly regarded cartoonist malaysia won awards released united_states outstanding international book choice boy franchise characters boy stamps malaysian theme park scheduled open fictional characters attractions popular southeast_asia gone sequel town boy followed protagonist teenage years city published spin boy yesterday today reused setting boy compare contrast differences malaysian childhood experiences 1950s 1980s problem boy tells story young boy childhood village graphic novel illustrates boy life pictures words aside protagonist narrator story opens birth malaysia traditional rituals surrounding event singing religious songs ceremonies grows older explores house gradually shifting story focus comic activities family outside starts stage formal education reading religious classes makes new friends joins adventures swimming rivers exploring parents worry lack interest studies acknowledges concern finds play academic pursuits reaches tenth year undergoes ritual ceremonies operation elaborate river proves like bite recovering tin friends teach gather mud left wake mining pan valuable ore activity illegal overlooked miners brings result labour father expecting praise instead punished studies future parents shown family rubber plantation finds push study rewarded efforts passing special examination qualifying high standard boarding school state capital rushing home inform parents discovers father negotiations tin mining company surveying land company offer large sum money family properties discover tin villagers hoping similar deals company plan buy houses hopes realised day depart village arrived excited depart sadness acknowledges emotions love village hopes place born remain unchanged returns changed conception boy autobiography author grew moved city graduating high school worked crime reporter drew cartoons supplement income hobby started age column cartoonist newspaper editors cartoons sent london study returning malaysia column scenes malaysian life editorial comic series proved popular fame grew began questioning city lifestyle life felt fellow citizens forgotten village origins wanted remind began working boy drawing scenes drawing scenes malaysian life labour came fruition released boy malaysian market art style presentation style boy follow commonly found western graphic novels page occupied fully single drawing accompanied text image presents scene stands forming story sequence flows facing pages story told local dialect english simpler structure words phrases editor found narration sense reader carries understated affection family neighbours village life reviewer age said achieved humour book illustrating scene contrary described agreed highlighting scene mat spoke mother fed illustration shows reviewer found layout easy inviting read said pen ink drawings relied strong contrast black white create space suggest substance drew children topped bare kids items adult world explained way boys drawn partly influence comics read 1950s naughty ones hair prominent male protagonists books adult characters easily distinguished exaggerated clothing accessories pants butterfly glasses short round shapes design characters distinctive characters display exaggerated expressions particularly drawn face readers librarian comics reviewer found scenes wonderfully detailed similarly comics journalist commented boy strange mix caricature careful fine detail views lend support assertion demonstrated strength boy eye detail extended characters importantly surroundings characters look dress act talk like real placed environments readily identifiable local villages cities faithful details sense familiarity malaysian readers scenes convincing adaptations paper working 1970s published english directive serve multi racial readership commented understood malaysian society need engage racial groups written published english request hired friend translate graphic novel version published title boy reprinted times translated languages portuguese french japanese countries printed versions boy include brazil germany korea united_states united_states adaptation united_states adaptation dropped definite article title published book smaller format inches inches sported time great cartoon books cover according publishers left story untouched altered contents american tastes change grammar spelling british english standard followed malaysia american version text font based second judged original book terms huge obstacles customers words clearly understood context text accompanying illustrations clarity language left publisher terms explain north american readers remained explained definitions replacing word english equivalent animated television series success boy led adaptation animated series started production took years complete international effort involving companies countries malaysia philippines united_states series uses characters graphic novel casting stories bear similarities simpsons comprising episodes features themes focus traditional ways life modern living balance environmental conservation urban development local episodes featuring tree won special animated episode minutes pilot episode shown television series began broadcasting satellite television network aside malaysia broadcast countries germany canada reception legacy according boy print copies sold months sold regarded finest work representative published united_states won children book council choice award awarded outstanding international book successful realistic presentation malaysia cultural past grew 1960s earlier remembered lives reading book said boy portrayal past fondness happy experience past unfamiliar ways relate universal themes childhood love according illustrations help clarify unfamiliar terms reader face narrative force story depends protagonist experiences details book appeal children adults lies success innocence childhood malaysian art historian said boy masterpiece clearly designed read novel compared graphical depiction childhood experience novel viewed boy finest sensitive rural childhood attempted malaysia creative medium thoughts compared autobiographical novel sun fun early childhood success boy created new opportunities set company private limited handle merchandising cartoon characters occasional publishing books project open indoor theme park malaysia end park attractions showcasing characters alongside distinctive characters boy common sight malaysia stamps financial guides sequel town boy town boy sequel boy published continues mat story city attends school learns american pop music makes new friends races notably chinese boy named mat town gets adventures friends bond common love rock roll playing air guitar elvis_presley tunes coffee shop run parents mat grows teens dates hottest girl town boy story collection teenage days account days moved capital city venture life adult later professional cartoonist wanted knowledge music write subtle story friendship representative diverse friends days common love music book layout varied featuring short multi panel sequences giant double page spread drawings comics artist commented drawings filled raw energy entirely based eccentric grounded eye capable wonderfully accurate observation real world certain points crowd scenes spread pages book filled broadly humorous humane characters comics journalist said readings scenes times reading town boy feels like watching street fair rains everyday existence altered event stand lost asian characters occasionally speak native words rendered chinese tamil translations find foreign words understanding enjoying work instead believed non english languages aided construction world different english speaking world depiction mat visit home culture portraying experiences children feel visiting foreign familiar new friend home mat growing friendship central theme book bond enjoy rock roll house notable scene readers journalist friendship marks shift story mat life focus family boy focus book revolves mat friendship ends chinese boy departure united_kingdom railway station reprinted times translated french japanese reviews town boy positive librarian liked book detailed crowd scenes diverse cast characters animal human energy drawings reminded reviewer los_angeles_times likened book cartoon melancholy typical work said delivered world characters interactions story heart warming believed single scene town boy superior book lesser cartoonist preferred narrower scope boy felt focus book gave personal deeper insight author growth young boy quicker pace felt like loose collection time experiences failed explore possibilities encounters boy yesterday today scholar comics described boy yesterday today achievement published yesterday today returns roots child described boy explores greater detail games played friends lifestyle 1960s yesterday today compares past events similar occurrences 1980s 90s contrasting humorous light opposition time frames enhanced rendering portrayals contemporary scenes past remain black white goal book tell children better old days like boy scenes yesterday today presented great detail shows children playing items constructed simple items found household nature illustrates toys compares games modern counterparts loss creativity modern youths comments societal changes book child taking swimming lesson pool watched parents maid tow items hands parents wildly son instructor sit pool watching boy smooth progress scene contrasted experience hands father terrified boy river letting swim details according past help readers better appreciate cartoons university lecturer viewed yesterday today comparisons criticisms society putting forth question people accept development simply mean old new regards value professor interpreted book ending parents questioning deny children relaxed childhood lent agreed saying asserted theme start showing childhood friends hurry grow hinted goal point environment malaysian urban children growing japanese edition yesterday today published | The Kampung Boy | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
4035_Tsubasa:ReservoirChronicle | reservoir chronicle japanese hepburn manga series written illustrated manga artist group clamp takes place fictional universe clamp manga series notably plot follows princess loses memories young archaeologist childhood friend goes quest save dimensional witch instructs people search memories scattered worlds form feathers gathering help save soul conceived clamp artists wanted create manga series connected previous works took designs main protagonists earlier manga called serialized publication october collected volumes manga adapted anime series animated aired episodes seasons production released interlude film seasons titled princess original video animations november acted sequel second season video games drama cds based series released sequel titled world chronicle started manga licensed english language release released volumes april licensed anime english release published episodes dvd volumes film released north_america january series received japanese english readers reached high positions best seller lists series sold million manga volumes japan manga anime positive response critics praised connections previous works artwork plot twists later parts story generally praised affect overall plot surprising criticized confusing plot series begins introducing childhood friends strong close friendship young archaeologist investigating ruin princess daughter late king visits ruins spirit takes form pair wings dimensions descends near death state meets begs help save visited wish wishes return home world banished world princess allow learn true strength wishes return home world avoid king exchange ability travel dimensions demands pay value offers sword offers tattoo enormous magical strength power offers memories involve presents creature named sends group journey dimensions search feathers obtaining feathers awakens state starts recovering memories adventures group gradually grows closer point jokingly labels relatives travel learn feathers unique abilities supernatural abilities possess journey tokyo group discovers reality clone half heart original years ago wizard caused lose memories took original prisoner created clone collect feathers shortly original breaks free hold clone loses heart puppet follows group original joins group journey wishing save clone future kills original forced curse gets stabbed place time splits body soul sending different worlds respectively clone destroys soul trying feathers soul reveals clone original taken prisoner takes body use stored power group departs rescue learning alternate dimension parallel dimension result wish save original curse years ago order grant wish prisoner assistant replace original world history group battles destroys clone uses strong ability strength accidentally frozen time halt death proving superior uses life magic payment clones past live know series events repeat clones seal shop battle group manages kill traps void time space dragging clone consequence connection creator death clones fade away leaving feathers escape void price continue traveling dimensions forever stay shop group rests decide join hope finding way bring clones exist feathers departing separate ways confess mutually strong close pure romantic love hope meet production reservoir chronicle began inspiration member team clamp link works set realistic world works set different fantasy worlds prior beginning work clamp created manga main characters taken clamp decided draw style conceived named father manga credited father anime known star system system characters design different settings drawing vast character pool works occasionally works unlike characters star system months prior release began clamp manga main characters characters series run parallel like works member clamp role different projects instead retaining set roles drew main characters drew characters backgrounds sole person charge storyline members clamp told advance plot word title easy read believing short added words chronicle reservoir notes special interview clamp editor took place story progressed past arc stated group conscious fact reservoir chronicle title youngest readership foray demographic members clamp ensure employ drawing style dialogue appropriate young male audiences manga incorporates makes reading japanese easier aid effort group holds conferences discuss plot stated interview time story significantly changed country jade arc went horror story vampires detective mystery following story clamp aimed series darker complex resulting receiving elements previously seen series story written introduce idea dead person revived somebody travels past changes history theme explored later story members clamp difficulty adjusting typical style deciding publish typical thinner lines desired impact expressed group desire lines thicker use simpler similar stories present stated original artistic style attract initial readers slowly transitioned new style story arc focused country took place art style gradually changing point thinking returning original style adjusting weekly schedule previous works monthly schedule expressed concerns strain artists concurrently weekly issue linked end approved accordance desire organized story clamp avoids putting references stories frequently main idea connecting series protagonists different manga different personalities designs ending stated share existence different paths connected characters designs meant similar like artwork influenced art style leads characters longer limbs asked series influenced concept parallel worlds replied fan sci series pointed worlds shown series works time wanted previous works explained characters traits personalities modified different thinking including character goods volume releases came idea releasing deluxe normal edition manga contemplating novels getting soft cover hard cover release manga received version new concept group experienced accidentally placing vertically flipped illustration deluxe edition group decided use practice keeping appeared magazine identical ones appear deluxe editions themes explores human relationships losing memories involving love interest despite tragedy manages friends characters journey furthermore develops feelings time starts falling development characters relationship demonstrates modern society depends existing severed reformed people time goodbye people met result having continue travelling despite losing new friends actions help grow young man theme series use identical people result characters travelling parallel worlds find alternative versions people met despite sharing physical appearances identical versions different experiences earning identities commonly referred time shares identity protagonist series character developed choose paths earn identities media manga written illustrated serialized japan october chapters called french chapter compiled volumes volume released august november volumes released deluxe editions containing color pages new illustrations time original release june announced new manga start august year connected titled world chronicle series licensed english release single chapter serialized february manga series licensed english release north_america acquired january released volume series april november format united_kingdom branch published volumes published united_kingdom august june series animation studio bee train adapted manga series season anime television series spanning episodes total seasons written directed joining director second season music series composed season aired saturday nights april october spanned episodes second season began april concluded november spanned episodes japan released series fourteen region dvd compilation volumes august february dvd box sets released october november licensed seasons title reservoir chronicle english language release january released series north_america region dvd compilation volumes released dvds collections contains dvds box set november december dvd box season film released january released blu ray format package included anime second season released season united_kingdom revelation films beginning september region dvd compilation volumes english dub season broadcast united_states previously confirmed release second season release dates set film film interlude princess adapted animation studio premiered japanese theaters august conjunction night dream seasons anime series plot continues journey group feathers locate confront world king order obtain directed written character designs provided music clamp artist liked films connected despite different themes released dvd film february japan regular premium editions released film single dvd english february north_america double feature film released alongside dvd box anime season january released blu ray format package included anime second season original video animations original video animation series animated production directed written music provided episode series titled tokyo revelations tokyo revelations released november march dvds bundled limited versions volumes manga plot set anime ending follows arrival group tokyo connection teenager identical revealed episode series titled spring thunder chronicles released dvds packaged volume manga released march second packaged volume released set characters journey search way soul return body announced licensed series released title reservoir chronicle collection dvd blu ray formats january june started streaming episodes official website audio cds original soundtrack anime released soundtrack albums titled future released anime july september normal limited edition featured additional merchandise additionally compilation album titled released december collected fourteen vocal tracks anime release charted oricon charts highest ranking album future peaked 39th remained charts weeks music albums released contains single piece theme music adaptations anime adaptation maxi singles titled released july anime film princess country maxi singles titled aerial released august august adaptations maxi singles studio albums titled released november february releases charted oricon charts highest ranking single loop peaked 7th remained chart weeks released series drama cds titled palace based anime adaptation featuring voice actors subtitled coral city water released december impossible goal followed february final subtitled lines released march releases charted oricon charts highest ranking album impossible goal peaking remaining chart week spin series drama cds titled private high school released chapter manga adaptation set alternate universe series features characters students teachers fictional school video games video game titled developed based anime adaptation released japan october role playing game gameplay requires player navigate world search memory fragments players compete sequel titled volume released april nintendo shares gameplay traits art different released anime reservoir chronicle released japan contain character illustrations information collection theme song videos interviews voice actors book published animation chronicle official animation official second book published animation chronicle 2nd season official animation 2nd season official june publishing released english titled mystery magic eighteenth mysteries secrets revealed series books different contain illustrations released japan book published animation chronicle best selection animation best selection april bearing isbn second book published original illustrations collection album album april containing art volumes english version album released december contained short stories titled world story featured manga volumes original illustrations collection album album released november containing art final volumes character guides released japan translated released north american contain worlds characters fan reports illustrations interviews reservoir chronicle character guide guide guide released april covering events volume volume released english december reservoir chronicle character guide guide guide released october released english october related book adventures released july set prior events tells lives creation focused soundtrack anime adaptation published japan album released august focused piano sheet music tracks series soundtrack album bearing isbn second piano solo album isbn published july piano sheet music soundtracks reception manga reception manga series received japanese readers appeared times lists best selling volumes september announced volumes sold million copies japan clamp best selling titles debut volume sold units volume english release april sold copies placing end sales month fifth list obtaining highest place manga volume consistently ranked list manga quarterly release based sales mainstream comic book shops release fourth quarter reaching rank number november million manga volumes series sold north_america series listed nineteenth best selling manga north_america winner category best manga action placed ninth article great manga missed awards album poll best manga book best manga awards category best nominee series announced error people charge fairly received reviewers described treat clamp fans large number crossover characters series initial fan response guys fans speculated series conclude clamp unfinished series sequel focused character critics described series marked plot twists writer twists seen anime manga time earlier half series described series settling predictable pattern described somewhat slow frankly bit boring found series appealing accessible readers read clamp series hoped remain accessible following volumes found relation persuade readers read series found introduction pretty simple love story liking characters personalities liked series connected hoped series continue crossing general overview manga comic book gave positive remarks characters complex personalities plot developed volumes recommended people buy series active anime found change settings noted story arcs dramatic charming volume onwards clamp series mind blowing plot twists frequently series twists described stunning executed sheer number storylines coming critics praised pacing letting story progress natural momentum keeping reader bored literary genre plot twists changing relationships manga main characters praised manga creators pull sort outrageous storytelling stunt active anime writer called plot twists shocking set events date finding despite twists secrets brought readers persuade read following volumes reviewed following volumes found plot revelations intriguing enjoyed strong connection revealed characters critics described artwork keeping standards expected clamp high level detail detail especially action sequences stylish dynamic characterized large number sweeping lines look unlike genre help bring action scenes life exciting experiences highlighted fact dimension protagonists visit characterized look feel worlds remotely similar detail lack contrast beautiful render scenes point reader left attacking critics praised inclusion english translation notes aid understanding plot especially crossover nature found translation good read liking japanese words translated instead explained notes anime reception critics described anime adaptation having slow pace having beautiful musical score director plot energy having flashbacks slow eyes create end product formulaic active anime mixed feelings finding romantic themes mature magical themes appealing younger audiences concluded teens series recommended series general praising plot themes ranked anime dvd box highly recommended liked despite borrowing elements series entirely self contained douglas pointed following second season anime kept entertaining viewers felt find reason dislike douglas enjoyed anime storytelling liked characters found dragging episodic nature praised musical score beautiful work similar comments praising series score animation commenting series accessibility said people unrelated clamp works like contrast people series episodic nature praised commented main plot connected story arcs english cast anime labelled solid ign felt best actor harris called anime nice looking times elegant looking pointing traits main characters criticized lack extras dvds releases reviewing anime films ign writer said film appealing viewers series despite short length liked films storylines interacted allowing parts plot explained film found artistic similarities films critical film called good art poll ranked ninth popular anime japan ranked ninth anime grand prix anime popularity poll listed honorable mention ign anime feature original animation dvds published manga volumes release helped term considered better quality series mainly developed instead darker storyline review found fascinating events occurring number revelations changed way people viewed series character designs felt similar manga ones series animation considered notch standard television themes noted mature brutally mentally number changes presented praised series conclude storyline built episode requested reviewers | Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
4112_TheBlueLotus | french fifth volume comics series belgian cartoonist commissioned conservative belgian newspaper children supplement weekly august october published collected volume continuing plot previous story left story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy invited china midst japanese invasion reveals japanese spies drug smuggling ring creating exhibited newfound emphasis accuracy documentation portrayal foreign societies heavily influenced close friend chinese student studying belgium work common european china criticising actions japanese invaders commercial success belgium soon france switzerland news book led chinese political leader inviting visit china continued series defining comics tradition drawn coloured distinctive claire style cartoonist team assistants process number minor plot elements changed adventure introduces recurring characters story adapted episode animated series adventures critical analysis story positive commentators considering finest works synopsis staying palace india approached visitor shanghai china visitor supplies japanese businessman based shanghai finishing message hit poison madness fox snowy travel shanghai meet warns danger return india surviving attempts life mysterious attempts leave india boat kidnapped reveal members secret society known sons dragon devoted trade spokesman explains japanese spy enlist fight stop agrees spies den following spy discovers blowing chinese railway japanese government use excuse invade taking shanghai control captured plans poison member sons dragon poison coloured water escapes unscathed discovers deception convinces corrupt chief police warrant arrest enters settlement search professor expert hopes develop cure discovers kidnapped police arrest hand japanese sentence death rescued travelling ransom money comes flood destroyed village rescues young chinese orphan accompanies spies realise trap detectives thompson employed arrest fail multiple occasions returning shanghai intends confront allows captured held prisoner revealed working film director head international smuggling organisation previously battled plan sons dragon appearing rescue arrested commits develops cure adopts son history background best known pen employed editor illustrator little twentieth children supplement twentieth century roman catholic conservative belgian newspaper based native brussels run comic strip exploits fictional young belgian reporter ordered set adventure soviet_union act anti socialist propaganda children land soviets set second adventure encourage colonial sentiment set adventure united_states use story american capitalism america november published fictional interview reporter announced travel china egypt india sri_lanka plotline resulted orient adventure set egypt india later titled ceased publication february provided standalone story west newspaper second half orient story begun knew little china soviet_union time held negative stereotype china viewing distant continent nation long believed view included chinese characters previous adventures instances depicting according traditional european clichés land soviets included chinese men hired torture america featured chinese plotted eat snowy learned bit country book based experiences country influenced portrayal china german film end world learning intention set adventure china roman catholic chaplain chinese students contacted asked cautious depiction country students read thought continued negative stereotypes chinese people sensitive ideas proceeded touch chinese students wife gave address chinese student year junior pair met soon close friends spending sunday afternoon year later commented akin brothers student painting sculpture brussels belgium taught chinese artistic styles giving set traditional chinese explaining art painting tree chinese alongside explaining philosophy artistic philosophical training profound effect gotten contact father andrew abbey near special interest china excited latest venture commenting contribute work inter racial understanding true friendship whites sent books father conflict origins conflict mother hand account chinese family life sent article discussing differences chinese japanese cultures time worked assistant chinese catholic moved belgium published book japanese invasion occupation area northern china mainstream western press broadly sympathetic japanese cause viewing soviet_union view original publication comic strip began august reporter far_east began france december later swiss magazine alongside protagonists included detectives thompson story introduced previous story alluded movie witnessed filmed cigar house having characters enter cinema screened actively typical european opinions china thompson dress perceived traditional chinese costume stand stark contrast actual clothing worn china story antagonists express racist attitudes chinese speech explaining western chinese took radical view expressing criticism western activity china depicting extremely corrupt interested commercial interests gained information issues informed political events occurring china chinese perspective building information depiction japanese invasion largely accurate served outright attack japanese depicted versions real life incident shifted location nearer shanghai japan walking contained mention central historical events period long march communist greater accuracy increasing use photographs draw chinese clothing street scenes landscape newfound emphasis accuracy documentation rest adventures relied arabic backgrounds drew appeared street signs advertisements story political nature proclaiming abolish unfair treaties japanese merchandise number images outline house signature included twice comic reflecting artistic contribution wanted include author gratitude created character honour friend realising anti japanese tone story japan diplomats stationed belgium issued official complaint conveyed lieutenant general president sino belgian friendship association diplomats threatened complaint learning congratulated stating expose actions japan china international scrutiny world famous strip came criticism belgian general commented story children problem asia story commercial success organised celebration commemorate return far_east sponsored department stores taking place royal attended fans series scouts involved actor portraying accompanied newspaper staff clown september returned china family request set preparing strip publication book form proud adventure encouraged increase level marketing advertising work advice renamed story far_east commenting new title short sounds chinese mysterious prompting inserted number coloured plates work devised new design cover book finally published october pleased product commenting bowled height luxury thought good children far expecting sent copy replied thank news publication reached china political leader enjoyed asked wife invite visit unable impending second world war finally took offer visiting island taiwan second version 1940s 1950s popularity increased team original black white adventures colour claire clear line drawing style developed visually fitted new stories created studios coloured little actually changed edition backgrounds embellished minor alterations included replacing highland briefly featured story map appears opening page smaller reference sir removed renamed continental company renamed anglo chinese sic company limited american drug smuggling ship known renamed later publications reappeared series years later republished original black white version french language collected volume broken ear second collection published version original british publisher felt story dated published year death translation english undertaken lost english accent british troops conveyed original french popular japan thought indicated japanese taken offence portrayal death original illustrated manuscript discovered studio subsequently exhibited exhibit commemorating 60th anniversary critical analysis commented masterpiece felt time series senses story important expresses purpose mission adventure commenting character thought endearing personality despite having little relevance plot believing characters adventure compared scene japanese invaded china america army force native americans land praised linear illustrations story opined original black white version better colour counterpart overall awarded blue lotus stars noted people believed depiction japanese toothed inherently violent racist thought accusations missed point story counter widespread racist attitudes east inclusion actual historical events thought comic lacked adventures piece comic strip art biographer thought book combined social realism spirit present work biographer thought obvious difference represented essential turning point shifted right wing ideas feeling work exceptionally moving noted far attitude non europeans belgian comic strips like blake continue negative stereotypes east decades stated adventure took control story opining politically involved entity series stated general agreement masterpiece better planned predecessors time having carefully devised structure time thought retained best qualities earlier works thinking prior adventures thought enjoyable story bring emotion tragedy series thought total absorption subject resulted gaining extraordinary feel allowed future political events china like finely tuned political commentator singled depiction incident particular praise thinking example political satire thought depiction build invasion brilliantly comparing scene ethnic america literary critic thought showed evidence left wing counter tendency rejected earlier right wing believed partly influence destroyed european overall thought visually rich books literary critic stanford_university thought forces good story represented evil character poisoned inverted model justice ruling world good saw similarity devotion good causes patience animal stalking prey furthermore argued desire people poison influence expressed complex substitute adaptations adapted episode television series french studio canadian animation company directed voiced character march steven_spielberg said basis film film series began cultural influence cult classic series final moments december episode stop heard seen reading lotus episodes seen reading adventures books | The Blue Lotus | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
4901_WanderingSon | wandering son wandering son japanese manga series written illustrated originally serialized december august issue published volumes july august series licensed english books released volume north_america july episode anime adaptation produced directed aired japan january march episodes aired television episodes edited single episode released individually respective dvd volumes story depicts young student named described author boy wants girl friend described girl wants boy series deals issues gender identity beginning originally going write story girl high school wants boy realized boy wants girl entering lot worries related growing changed story fit model wandering son selected recommended work awards jury tenth japan media arts festival series lauded use gender reversal core story emotional realism young characters called question plot start wandering son young feminine child assigned male birth fifth grade transfers new school quickly friends student tall soon learns desire girl friendship confesses similar desire boy friends girls class instantly takes liking continuously encourages wear feminine clothes friends enter sixth grade meets student age class secretly wants girl friends adult woman named living man named older sister model eventually friends teen model teen models gets boyfriend confesses crush feelings learns confesses likes return feelings results falling friends prepare enter junior high school junior high school meet tall eccentric girl befriends named friend especially eventually rejoin group friends says hates anna start dating surprise friends sister manage halfway repair friendship friends split classes entering second year junior high school friends previously teased wanting girl attends school boy uniform short time tries school dressed girl day laughed discouraged friends worry begins school eventually starts attending school regularly anna breaks relationship time friends enter year junior high school voice changing group friends start thinking future high school plans anna start dating begins attending boy high school begin attending high school uniforms required starts dating starts working anna modeling agency begins working cafe later starts writing semi autobiographical novel later tells think wanting boy anymore confesses romantic attraction identifies girl informing anna stays graduating high school moves goes college continues write novel given title boy girl characters protagonists voiced protagonists young child beginning wandering son fifth grade elementary school known nicknames assigned male birth wants girl cross dresses assume role female gender described cute characters able appear girl cross dressing feminine looking face physical build enjoys wearing cute clothes initially cross friends encourage dress act grows topic increasing concern growth body hair deepening voice onset exhibits signs gender displays outward attraction girls series anna date time junior high breaks relationship soon resume relationship interested indoor activities activities favored boys age playing sports enjoys sweet foods shown cooking conventional foods starting exchange diary interested writing stories joins drama club writer junior high school write rendition romeo juliet performed members class honest personality easily gets child attitude entering experiences intense emotion overly sensitive times shown crying personality easier associate girls age accordingly male friends voiced protagonist tall masculine child beginning wandering son fifth class known classmates mainly boys assigned female birth wants boy usually dressing traditionally feminine clothes skirts dresses despite mother insists buying clothes shortly friends gets style taking appearance boy age especially dressed male school uniform like increasingly concerned undergoing beginning growth breasts goes buy chest escape necessity wearing bra like shows signs indicating gender later stops thinking way personal exposure modeling prefers dress act like boy usually draw attention going school male uniform entering junior high occasion dress male school uniform neighboring cities dressed boy time enjoys hit older woman wants look cool wears clothes teased prone getting emotional known violent occasion takes interest basketball entering junior high school joins female basketball team junior high decides comment later cuts short style family consists father mother older brother older sister classmates voiced nicknamed girl fifth class beginning wandering son takes interest encouraging cross dress going far buy expensive dress birthday later returns displeasure finds difficult associate friends close tends convey mind says grows gradually bad relations teachers despite self centered attitude remains popular male classmates physical sensitive girl temper gets better cross dressing emotionally affected circumstances involving feelings converts christianity partly influence seek forgiveness previous actions attends mass feeling guilty behavior voiced usually referred surname girl fifth class beginning wandering son called lit beetle younger brother makes appearance chapter manga named volume short energetic girl thinks friend distressed friends fight acts friends times tries leave friends pre school later close innocent girl worries aside friends tends handful mother picks clothes helps ready school morning mentions thinks hard brain voiced appears cast sixth grade different class known short assigned male birth wishes girl shares interest cross dressing spurs closest friend facial round glasses able appear cute wearing feminine clothes primary reason wanting girl attraction men relate romantic wants relationship cool adult man unusually mature able think providing advice friends gets boys girls age good listening skills going characters lives child parents run voiced nicknamed tall girl appears classmate enter junior high school childhood friend stylish demeanor highlighted stature long hair meet described free spirit enjoys unconventional outrageous things surprise frequently acts thinking result projects personality behavior gets trouble characters quickly ashamed realizes consequences tries friend strongly joins girl basketball team junior high family runs restaurant voiced childhood friend classmate junior high school nicknamed constantly hangs visibly annoyed simply sits close inevitably starts fighting particularly respect talk voiced sister year older beginning wandering son sixth grade elementary school shows strong interest clothes spends money new big fan teen fashion model named meet auditions modeling agency hired recognized model enjoys asked complete strangers modeling career initially starts slowly soon gains confidence abilities friends models contrast younger sibling spoken tends rough hitting occasion forces things little consideration opinion like cross dressing gets angry disturbed finds dressed girl junior high school attracted classmate eventually starts dating voiced usually referred surname classmate meets enter junior high school generally soft spoken boy initially takes interest believes girl meet learns assigned male angry hiding soon eventually starts dating remains initial meeting voiced teen model good friend goes girl school similarly known experienced modeling considered outspoken sharp models anna dressing girl calls freak soon meeting anna initially tells interest weak sibling later dates time asks breaks soon resume relationship furthermore anna opinion presenting female changes saying actually suits date dressed girl feels interesting person says like cute little sister anna spends lot money clothes enjoys modifying voiced usually referred tall attractive trans woman living boyfriend takes early interest believes boy remains good terms learning assigned sex gives helpful advice troubled despite differences situations sees lot growing friend stood young called girls teased boys bullied change keeps positive attitude runs gay bar transition good terms parents run uniform store main character short story collection family consists father mother brother sister law appears revealed fan period actor voiced given unknown referred nickname adult friend classmate elementary school eventually boyfriend transition unlike friends school generally watches bold unexpected things grabbing meets feared dressed boy time having illicit affair voiced boy year older meets starts going church easily annoyed especially brings flowers parents flower shop takes early interest tries boyfriend meeting jealous interest finds cross dressing gross initially lying having interest cross dressing later seen dressed girl cultural festival school enjoys added attention comes cross dressing admits likes called cute production interview august stated theme similar second half previous manga series took junior high school teacher inserted teaches junior high school liked character originally planned use female high school student wants boy main character realized boy wants girl entering worries related growing changed story accordingly realization boy significant changes grew development story characters japanese title pun meaning son mainly found characters names looking took names acquaintances slightly changed train station names characters appearing characters pleased designs clothes female characters consulted fashion magazines girls early teens especially commented self volume like series characters look different panels white media manga manga wandering son written illustrated serialized monthly aimed younger adult men manga magazine december august issue individual chapters collected published volumes july august wandering son manga titles included launch december manga distribution service playstation store japanese playstation portable handheld game console series licensed english books began releasing series north_america hardcover format starting volume july books said interview licensed wandering son typical choice manga title published typical subject matter comics general saying subject perfectly legitimate literature comics series licensed taiwan korea anime episode anime series adaptation produced aired japan january march programming block anime streaming website released anime blu ray dvd compilation volumes japan april september episodes aired episodes edited single episode released individually respective dvd volumes anime story point characters enter junior high school following arrest voice actress played drug possession october removed series streaming catalog anime directed screenplay written chief animator based character design anime original concept main animator music produced sound director anime opening theme song single released march ending theme single released february original soundtrack released august reception reported june approximately million copies manga print japan wandering son selected recommended work awards jury tenth japan media arts festival nominated wandering son novels teens list anime awarded honorable mention prize technical achievement broadcast animation motion picture television engineering society japan awards review volume ann praised slow pace storytelling gives realistic feel praises making human protagonist notes children act older second volume featured ann right turn column march lauded series gender reversal actual heart story contrast series involving cross dressing use gender reversal goofy plot device art praised simple lines incredibly expressive claimed style difficult beautiful criticized emotional realism work having young characters mature attitude issues grade level english translator manga wrote fans rose versailles enjoy compared described art clean lovely went cite sweet thought provoking funny moving think readers regardless gender identity sexual orientation manga volume translated early debut toronto comic arts festival sold hours event | Wandering Son | 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4991_Uzumaki | japanese spiral horror manga series written illustrated appearing serial weekly manga magazine big comic spirits chapters compiled bound volumes published august september march released edition followed second version august north_america serialized english language translation series monthly magazine pulp february august published volumes october october release october february published hardcover edition october series tells story citizens fictional city plagued supernatural curse involving story originated attempted write story people living long row house inspired use spiral shape achieve desired length believes horror effective symbols normally positively portrayed japanese media theme protagonists struggling mysterious force stronger manga adapted video games japanese live action film directed manga received generally positive reviews english language critics nominated award placed list graphic novels teens plot follows high school teenager boyfriend citizens small fictional japanese town cursed supernatural events involving story progresses witness spiral curse affects people causing citizens obsessed paranoid eventually affected curse hair begins unnatural spiral pattern drains life energy citizens attempts cut able cut hair save curse continues plague town storm curse destroys structures remaining buildings ancient abandoned row houses citizens forced begin expanding grow crowded plan escape attempt escape efforts unsuccessful returning town discover years passed left citizens expanded row houses connect single structure forming spiral pattern decide search parents brings center spiral center fall pit discover corpses parents ancient city completely covered spiral patterns urges forward find way stop curse replies strength wishes stay embrace bodies twist wrap result curse lie notes curse ended time began concludes curse eternal events repeat new built previous laid development written illustrated initial desire create story strange changes occur people living long traditional japanese row house story based personal experience living house child process finding way draw long building inspired shape decided building long having spiral noted spiral mysterious pattern described writing attempt learn secrets spiral sought inspiration methods staring researching creating spiral patterns draining water bath eating foods spiral patterns raising looking series stated uncertain spiral stood thought representative infinity influenced positive representation media inspired create horror stating usually spiral patterns mark character japanese comedy cartoons representing effect warmth thought horror drew different way story hair cursed spiral reflects recurring theme work heroine hair life uses imagery horror association japanese feminine ideal flowing motions long hair describes noted horror writer inspirations creating stating gradual development spiral curse patterned storytelling regard atmosphere greatly creative impulse publication manga began serial weekly manga magazine big comic spirits compiled chapters bound volumes published august september celebrate release live action film manga series released volume march additional lost chapter released edition august content additional commentary north_america serialized english language translation series monthly magazine pulp february issue august issue published volumes series october october released series new covers october february published volume hardcover color pages october series translated languages spanish french brazilian portuguese polish swedish korean serbian notes related media video games video games developed published released february visual novel retelling events manga actor makes special appearance second game titled simulation spiral released march simulation game players tasked spiral master spread spiral curse objective spread curse town find hidden objects gain spiral power progress story title includes mini game involving human hybrids live action film live action adaptation released japan directed featured film consists parts erosion result produced manga conclusion uses different ending manga film received percent approval rating review aggregator website rotten_tomatoes general consensus uses creepy inspired effectively build sense ultimately fails reception nominated award category best edition foreign material chose volume list great graphic novels teens manga included list great graphic novels teens deluxe edition ranked diamond graphic novels october total copies sold ign placed horror thriller manga list placed list recommended horror manga describing classic genre appeared comics read die reviewer wrote reminded works magazine praised manga calling manga series manga gave half stars wrote taken manga succeeds elegant humorous story logic thompson featured manga house manga blog praising originality revolved certain way looking world author comic artist praised manga stating makes strong work precise mechanics meticulous way curse volume gave praising art style character designs including new cover design stated attempts horror good praising art ability form effective overarching plot loosely connected gave stating art clean simple works help maintain paranoia tone pacing story right altogether better horror stories read year gave praised effective use body horror noted curse effects humorous frightening second volume gave stating work simplicity flawless execution instead gave citing novel effects curse invented gave explaining unfortunately shift story format largely failed experiment overarching escape storyline hiatus good number disconnected episodes simple weird stuff happening lack creative spark exhibited collection reviewing final volume gave praising providing answers questions previously asked answered heavy mundane form gave conclusion criticized initial ending expanded background given | Uzumaki | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
5261_KitchenPrincess | kitchen princess kitchen princess japanese hepburn targeted girls cooking romance manga series featuring professional recipes dish end chapter written illustrated appearing serial manga magazine september issue october issue seven chapters compiled bound volumes published february november series marked time illustrated manga written set modern day japan kitchen princess follows cheerful thirteen year old searches prince boy rescued drowning young girl brought little happiness life parents death march published related light novel kitchen princess search angel cake written illustrated licensed series english language translation north_america published volumes january july following decision publish north_america imprint released volume edition june june series received english language readers appearance volumes bestseller lists series appearing twice annual list manga properties critical reception ranged positive lukewarm series won manga award children manga plot set modern day japan plot centers cheerful thirteen year old excellent sense taste hopes chef backstory revealed mysterious boy rescued drowning young recently orphaned girl gave cheer left promised best world journey find prince calls attends tokyo learned silver prince left unique school befriends substitute director academy younger brother teen model initially eventually friends eating disorder making grandmother recipe periodically competes cooking competitions formal informal working run skilled lazy chef falls love tells prince soon dies struck truck journey deliver ingredients final moments admits lied prince having fallen love loses sense taste sorrow quickly recovers death unable bring act love gives father demands protect kicked school student body president replace wealthy junior chef begins attend school clashes watched young girl eventually falls love tries romantically pursue gives realizes loves recovers memory mother death family trip attempted protect lying prince remembers actually prince having given accepts feelings joyful promise making development writer kitchen princess novelist published teen heart label deciding story creates names plot meaning seven rainbow designed ambiguous carry sense nature names meaning earth sky respectively meant match means deep red intended evoke evening sun reader kitchen princess marked time manga artist illustrated manga written despite changes original script suggested head elderly woman initially elderly woman rugged man personal rule splash pages contain illustration food media manga written illustrated seven chapters appeared serial targeted girls manga magazine september issue october issue collected chapters bound volumes published february november comic con announced licensed kitchen princess english language translation north_america published volumes january july following decision publish titles north_america imprint including licensed later published volume edition kitchen princess june june digital editions series published united_kingdom series licensed hong_kong korea thailand taiwan light novel march published light novel written illustrated kitchen princess search angel cake comprising story arcs named seasons novel follows quest duplicate recipe white cake classmate grandmother published english language translation november reception kitchen princess received english language readers original volumes volume placing list graphic novels new_york_times manga bestseller list sixth volume placed eighteenth list seventh volume appeared fifteenth spot list august tenth volume debuted seventh place new_york_times manga bestseller list week july following week dropped eighth place remained week second volume edition appeared ninth place week october series placed nineteenth manga properties dropping twentieth spot year later series placed seventh list properties appeared eighth spot series quarter kitchen princess won manga award children manga series received range reviews positive lukewarm enjoyed given magical power improving cooking skills reviewer described series perfectly ordinary romance manga praised adaptation manga listed manga best series rated series stars describing quick delightful read reviewer wrote found manga reminiscent romantic comedy film simply irresistible manga contained conventional aspects later review second volume described series entertaining forgettable like items drinks makes volumes feel familiar reading time expressed lukewarm feelings volume writing reader suspension disbelief vital enjoying manga disliked dimensional characterization illustrations characters felt food drawn comparing series cooking genre wrote differed cooking expression self means creating relationships drawing common ground like estranged follow reviews second volumes remained lukewarm series praised portrayal eating disorder disliked quest find prince plot praised protagonist believable enjoyed plot recipes wrote character designs lacked creativity criticized plot clichés antagonists weak characterization mixed feelings fourth volume emphasis conventional romance plot twists cost cooking aspect found artwork conventional able convey emotion wrote fifth volume finally balanced romance cooking elements disliked inclusion story preferring chapter instead review seventh volume concluded series takes elements romance drama cooking genres manages come greater sum parts reviews light novel varied wrote characters premise lacked strength novel compelling felt response differ grading novel wrote novel appeal fans manga found story arcs varying quality content junior high school romance philosophy death | Kitchen Princess | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
5411_OutlawStar | lit outlaw star warrior knight manga series written illustrated affiliated series takes place stars era universe spacecraft capable traveling faster speed light plot follows protagonist crew inherited ship dubbed outlaw star search legendary outer space treasure called originally serialized monthly magazine total chapters volumes collected chapters published japan august january official english version manga exists published chinese german italian spanish produced episode anime adaptation directed aired japanese station tokyo early animated series translated broadcast worldwide includes english version received edited airing blocks early later early licensed release australia new_zealand europe japanese exclusive audio cds light novels spawned start manga publication critical reception positive reviewers praised anime series particularly animation style balance dramatic comedic elements found fault pacing believing storyline quality begins episodes sunrise produced spin television series titled angel links lit angel links angels aired japan preliminary plans create direct sequel form single episode called sword wind production began staff expressed hopes day sequel television certain plot developments final episode survival gene longtime enemy crew heading space new adventure gene friend lovers leaving door open continuation anime plot space opera set fictional stars era universe past containing material known crashed fictional desert northern china scientists found contained properties related energy source allow spacecraft travel faster speed light traverse large distances universe short time new colonies formed vast reaches outer space pirates assassins began threaten humanity new frontier create order established internal power struggles factions conflicts abundant leading inevitable storyline starts shortly infamous outlaw named hot ice flees branch tin stolen highly advanced prototype ship dubbed containing android called capable ship opens planet protagonist year old business associate run small jack trades business job disguised engage brief skirmish gene jim find owners nickname outlaw star reveals ship true purpose locate lit dragon vein place popular claims holder immense treasure knowledge power course series crew grows include contract killer twilight alien manga series animated television series paced differently anime episodes involve gene comrades taking jobs missions fund ship massive maintenance costs travels crew encounters pair bounty hunters responsible death gene father acts rival gene harry wishes form bond android like instead develops strong feelings gene crew contends learn connection scientist wishing gain lord leader ruthless assassin organization seven seek gain ultimate power series parties meet physical plane end saved computer copy brother harry killed trying protect khan integrated data gene reveals love making shared wish forever eventually defeated conflict comes close gene friends return separate ways ultimately reunite continue adventures production created manga director writer chief artist aided duties pseudonym writers sunrise contributed work include producer starship designer character concept team production designers assistant artists takes place stars era universe lit future retro hero story pulp science fiction manga serialized described earlier work boy dream took mature scientific approach writing author referenced aspects chinese culture creating animated television series produced sunrise directed previous credits include comedy magical girl series princess script chiefly written wrote quarters episodes character designs handled armored vehicles designed artist designed ship composed musical score outlaw star anime series features opening theme night written performed closing themes lit daytime moon lit house moon written performed night chosen opening candidate songs sunrise agreed theme recent animation feature male vocals wrote song resemble story took account impact felt fit perfectly media manga serialized japan monthly magazine total chapters published chapters compiled collected volumes released japan august january volume contains information series universe detailed spaceship planet descriptions character profiles chinese version manga published hong_kong series published german italian official english translation exists official website suggests release united_states planned time anime episode anime adaptation began broadcasting japan tokyo january ended june broadcast began january time slot series licensed english version produced aired evening block beginning january broadcast heavily edited adult content profanity removed scenes violence behavior cut toned scenes containing nudity altered digitally clothing characters episode crew visits hot spring planet aired nudity suggestive themes instances adult language removed anime initial run creative director claimed edits licensed properties time period way preserves story role recurring homosexual character considerably toned specific editing policy regard gay characters overt sexuality implied sexuality kind allowed aired late night adult swim block broadcast cancelled late year according network allowed rights anime aired united_kingdom october released episodes dvd japan august remaining episodes november japanese remastered dvd containing entire series published september dvd emotion best outlaw star released japan september released series north_america dvd collections september february march dvd compilation entire series released september series released march additionally received dvd releases australia new_zealand june united_kingdom april following closure licensed release series sunrise announced rescued handful titles october entire series released japan time dvd set including features staff commentary art gallery board book breaks gene songs cds opening theme closing themes published japan singles respectively published volume original soundtrack series march june cds consist total background vocal music tracks disc album containing drama tracks released august light novels series light novels based released japan label outlaw star lit outlaw star chapter dragon vein written illustrated released volumes october february books adaptation anime series retelling early events trigger gene company search light novel lit covered clouds warrior knight outlaw star written illustrated released single volume july novel features original plot involving crew pursuing serial killer named mining town called merchandise hardcover titled outlaw star lit outlaw record warrior knight outlaw star published imprint november guide contains manga anime character profiles sketches animation interviews production staff released action figure set line based licensed anime franchises set contains ship characters gene animation directors compiled contributions stars era franchise art book reception critical reception favorable gave similarly positive reviews japanese manga japanese anime english anime versions respectively complimentary manga raw good distinctive artwork detailed backgrounds good placement characters annoyed women disturbing tendency characters typically wear mad found artwork anime version good particularly enjoyed opening sequence took issue occasionally inconsistent character designs appreciated humorous subject matter shown titular ship mode crew found main protagonist gene anime best characterization sly sharp shooting hero success gun ladies matched space sick imagine star space series continually worry control panel sort ironic comedy found creating excellent fantastic action sequences delightful characters intrigued characters impressed sharp fluid animation style spaceship designs appreciated artistic style specifically characters nearly incidentally found additionally noted high animation quality proclaimed vehicle designs superb writer judged animation character designs lucky lacking special sunrise acclaimed series authors denoted competition terms style content execution critical reception plot mixed found series features clichés science fiction anime manages maybe doesn series haven reviewer stated boy damn good time getting observed plot takes bang beginning begins drag noted anime pacing stating episodes begin narrative writers rely heavily advance went remark series suffers scripting endure occasional cheesy episode rewards clever pragmatic amusing regard english script writing voice acting called introductory narration episode reminder enjoyed commented plot original direction despite said direction clear received modest commercial success miscellaneous viewer recognition initial shipment manga volume sold nationwide japan according english website manga sold copies anime series successful television series aired japan late night timeslot likely obtain percent viewership like prime time shows voted 20th best anime japanese anime grand prix summer online poll determine return received approximately thirds votes cast august announced late night adult swim outlaw star received nielsen rating percent time slot delivery percent age range 21st best selling anime dvd united_states 25th north american division listed successful anime properties ign listed number anime themes soundtracks time noting stark opening ending themes legacy produced spin television series titled angel links lit angels stars angel links angel links place universe characters series appeared episode little relation drafted proposed sequel form single episode special titled sword wind official website character designs plot outline set years events continue adventures new starship named sword wind lack franchise popularity japan busy schedule animation director production date set october commented team static preliminary plans sequel series continue manga series future staff expressed hopes sequel television original anime series | Outlaw Star | Language and literature | 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5469_GinTama | japanese hepburn lit silver soul styled japanese manga written illustrated serialized beginning december weekly jump set conquered aliens named plot follows life point view works alongside friends order pay monthly rent added science fiction setting develop characters liking editor suggested historical series series adapted original video animation sunrise featured jump anime tour followed anime series debuted april tokyo finished march sequel titled premiered japan april ended march returning brief run october march continuation anime series titled began airing april ended march animated films produced anime series light novels video games based manga licensed north_america addition publishing individual volumes series serialized chapters manga anthology debuted january issue serialized rate chapter month initially licensed series website purchased anime streaming rights home video rights japan manga popular selling million copies anime dvds featured time respective media tokyo announced anime responsible high sales overseas anime adaptation publications manga anime commented manga positive response focused comedy characters series negative responses concern manga artwork plot story set alternate late period humanity attacked aliens called sky people japan join battle aliens realizes power aliens aliens writes unequal contract aliens allows aliens enter country places ban carrying swords public swords taken away longer resist aliens puppet government plot focused eccentric aka odd jobs helps teenager named save sister group aliens want impressed apprentice works freelance odd jobs man order pay monthly rent combination home office know rescue teenage alien girl named group wanted use strength kill people joins work known literally store job encounter police force times normally ally odd jobs work jobs commonly involve dangerous criminals eventually meet comrades fight invasion including revolutionary maintains friendly relationship despite terrorist activities hand acts major antagonist series wants destroy sees comrades enemies series story commonly episodic story arcs developed chapters story arcs starts gaining allies including brother elite unit prepare large scale coup état themes style main focus use gags manga second year started add drama story keeping comedy jokes manga comments clichés series example chapter fights group aliens protect complains fought page replies shut page long time manga artist exaggerated desire read causes fight readers order makes fun parts characters quote types comic situations general reader know japanese culture understand humour described publications bizarre weird described divided categories sci comedy comedy referring aliens tends point irritating modern society including celebrations days famous mythical figures additionally references historical figures characters story based series comedy aliens invasion japan bring social issues humans recurring lack social equality result main themes involves society trying preserve way living fulfilling dream like series production coming manga artist created shots magazine preparing write serialized series editor suggested create manga series based inspired upcoming drama 1860s troupe depicted idol actors attempted create series admitted liking ultimately failed ground instead abandoning idea completely remained focused historical japanese era began create story adding elements science fiction figures era create story liking original title series meant lit general impact great debate decided discussing family deciding sounded close edge completely considered shot poor setting shot served base addition alien characters liked periods eras change presented positive negative points humanity series set alternate bigger significance characters time low point lives main character series originally meant fan notably base saw film burn sword shake initial design decided use lead character added story pilot chapter series different plot met story story based new older recurring characters series removed thinking entertaining asked fan mentioned characters series based real life citizens character roughly based folk hero starting manga unpopular close cancelled pleased selling copies later learned afraid poor sales resulted minimum printed order increase popularity author introduce new characters felt memorable assistants little hope manga popularity noted people tell manga surpass number volumes volume released found fresh material use year series believed source popularity partially connected drama drama ran year series manga shorter stories established characters world felt uncomfortable making things related drama second year daring stories concepts creating longer storylines included drama keeping sense humor modern japan way fictionalized past planned series ending sure manga going reach point characters requiring development behave way wants working chapter problems finishing manuscript leaving supervisor revise figures write staying room going walk commented ideas random focuses fact related manga problems coming ideas helped editor thinking non sense manga writing chapter decides comedy drama defines science fiction human drama pseudo historical comedy illustrating usually uses felt tip pen fountain pen brush tip pen major characters uses felt tip pen fountain pen outlines media manga manga chapters written illustrated serialized manga anthology book weekly jump december publishing chapters online weekly jump official website licensed publication north_america page preview series featured january issue acquired license publish chapters series san diego comic con international chapters serialized january rate chapter month collecting chapters volumes published april volumes released japan north_america published imprint volume published july august published volume publication series ended volume reasons given original video animations original video animations developed sunrise having title composed stories meant introduce characters series second titled lit white demon birth initially set war aliens later revealed hoax september dvd named published contains audio commentary weekly jump 34th issue announced anime return episode special year jump special anime tour anime special dvd bundled limited edition manga volume released april announced weekly jump 8th issue volumes manga bundled original animation dvd manga volume scheduled release august manga volume scheduled release november adapt arc manga anime series anime adaptation sunrise debuted tokyo april ninety episodes initially directed episodes directed following episodes directed subtitle anime loosely translated starting point importance trying oneself right january mentioned going work fourth season series starting year february confirmed anime continue fourth year directed series ended march total episodes japan anime dvd format total thirteen volumes released season july june second season released set thirteen volumes july july season released thirteen volumes august august fourth season collected released thirteen dvd volumes october october november agreement reached tokyo streaming video service stream english subtitled episodes free week aired japan paying subscribers watch new episodes hour air japan january uploaded episode episode service alongside new episodes week episodes beginning series anime licensed north_america distribution commented seasons licensed option rest collection containing thirteen english subtitled episodes released dvd april episodes released releases stalled shortly licensing film announced based film performance consider releasing series north_america possibly english dub july announced release series blu ray dvd english dub april tokyo stations began airing high definition older episodes title literally best title parody best anime san addition broadcast new opening ending animations themes opening ending episodes dancer lit dancer lit season starting episode going opening changed lit like wind ending changed wave starting episode opening changed girl probable girl ending changed life starting episode opening changed flip ending changed sound march hinted anime continue staff material work claimed series absolutely hasn begun definitely return december stated anime resume april sequel original anime premiered japan april main staff series remain director premiere subscribers site dvd series released july episode released september contains crossover special series ended march total episodes collected thirteen dvds series premiered tokyo october continuation second anime ended march main staff second series remain director series ended march total episodes episodes collected total dvds december december super stage event announced new series works april premiere cast attended event key visual revealed new series aired tokyo episodes april march aired previous seasons films films based franchise lit new retelling arc retelling story arc attacked member army odd jobs start searching commercials film true scene anime film premiered april picking screens days earned million total released film dvd blu ray format north_america motion picture distributed film united_kingdom published australia second film announced august weekly script written time titled movie final chapter forever follows travels future deal mysterious group released japan july film marketed final director commented continuation hit film managed surpass success predecessor cds music anime composed september published soundtrack series known featured tracks including version opening theme ending themes second soundtrack original soundtrack released november included tracks versions opening ending themes series published june features total tracks including theme gag episode series fourth latest soundtrack composed thirty tracks released march apart soundtracks series cds known best include versions opening ending themes cds extra dvd original videos movies original soundtracks light novels series light novels based manga authored illustrated published feature series characters school setting acting teacher running jump square title lit grade class novel published february seven light novels published novelization second film authored released alongside film video games japan playstation game released august wii game general able cartoon released october game nintendo called silver ball quest job change save world released december games include huge fight silver souls characters appear weekly jump crossover jump super stars sequel stars nintendo appears playable fighter jump crossover fighting game stars victory playstation playstation acting support playstation portable game released january manga anime manga official character book channel released april features characters files interview original character second book official character book fifth grade published like previous book interview files new characters appeared series release anime named box published april celebrate airing anime 100th episode features commentaries japanese voice actors cast series followed april series anime character titled character book published japan live action film june announced series live action adaptation series slated premiere direction film script handled additionally said portrayed reception manga sold million units japan march announced sales volume passed million copies following volumes manga good sales having appeared times japanese comic ranking 17th volume manga ranked 10th bestseller volume japan manga ranked 10th bestseller series million copies sold hit number japan sold manga half list selling million volumes november featured oricon surveys ranked funniest manga 5th interesting manga survey listed sixth choice manga adapted live action film poll japanese manga magazine second category best long stories cited wooden swords popularity retailers experienced sales wooden swords foreigners north_america ranked best new manga readers poll best new manga nominated category best manga comedy losing english sales manga volumes good having appeared diamond comic distributors graphic novels light novel selling novel japan achievement novel anime adaptation featured times japanese ranking episodes having rating dvd sales series featured japanese anime dvd ranking times dvd season ranked ninth japanese best sellers dvds august tokyo announced contributed robust sales overseas rights fiscal year ended march poll won category best animation dvd selling japan having sold units weeks released oricon survey selling dvds japan dvd ranked category animation special effects dvds total units sold soundtrack received animation album year award dvd navigator japanese magazine critical response manga generally positive found manga kind comedy praising characters personalities gags hand artwork criticized hard follow fast scenes jokes clichés series positively received writer like found artwork thing considerable pleasures goofy manga characters designs praised variations including ones aliens appearing series pop culture shock remarked characters add visual interest life panel keeping reader invested stories stall negative comments manga number aliens appearing series chapters focused fights fight concluded review manga saying potential execution struggling liked comedy story mentioned truly compared comics thing jokes found context series hilarious like new jokes chapter like reviewers disliked artwork found manga great comedy great read comic book writer found large number characters different appearances series allow reader remain entertained series pages present unusual interesting visual anime adaptation received positive mixed responses humor noted improved series introduction jokes hard understand references japanese culture series notes dvd releases criticized lacking explanation cultural jokes additionally humor quality found inconsistent episodes depth bring point viewers abandon series quality series found improve series continues people intimidated large number episodes characters action praised knowledge tendencies break fourth wall female characters found appealing based unusual qualities series noted ability shift comedy drama loss quality controversy anime series depiction character referenced specific politician current minister government resulted cancellation series supervisor explained tokyo cancelled representative denied having objected episode report paper stated affected party contacted tokyo story arc episode belonged completed expressed doubts arc release dvd format | Gin Tama | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
5608_StrawberryPanic! | series japanese illustrated short stories written focus group teenage girls attending affiliated girl schools common theme stories intimate lesbian relationships characters original artist succeeded production manga light novels began following panic run months results began indicate series success fans growing number manga light novels followed reflection popularity series sufficiently popular license manga series light novels english language distribution debut titles company light novel manga production lines anime series produced licensed visual novel produced playstation slight difference title series media national affiliation original short stories manga light novels video game mark title anime excluded manga light novel series licensed english language distribution use mark title appearance logo changed times subtitle girls school added short stories stage later appeared japanese covers light novels manga video game version excluded anime adaptation english covers light novels manga plot setting setting large affiliated schools located school student council matters respective school periodically student councils meet school system employs scottish system grade numbering students ranged grades equivalent years junior high high school japan seventh twelfth grade north_america hill known sacred area men allowed enter prominent feature large catholic church center hill near small lake church seen long distance away horse ranch students study classes library lake shore implied anime manga explains library building secret garden known campus rendezvous secret lovers students living campus occupy dormitory referred lit correct named building triangular shape allowing segregation students schools section size built years story begins time established students homes far away student assigned roommate year graduation odd number students enrolled given year new students live student year transfers school building based similarity cross section viewed initially created schools arranged triangle center dormitory single building separate arranged triangle central courtyard story plot revolves lives attend affiliated girl schools share campus schools characters story revolves school story main character young girl entering fourth year transferred school entering campus grounds overcome joy overall appearance surrounding area joy soon turned sorrow accidentally hill causing lost walking grounds trying work comes older student named happens important person acts representative different schools specific duties fulfill instantly overcome beauty kisses forehead loses consciousness awakens school adjacent chair girl age informs dormitory ensuing story introduced students schools intimidated merely friends encountered attending series encompasses relationships characters build characters start dating central focuses lesbian relationships friendships girls schools position competition anime relationship heavy manga competition heavy story happens half pairing explored portion anime depending media type depiction relationships girls variously presented explicit fan service appealing visuals girls provocative situations anime adaptation manga light novels hint astronomical star imagery seen series minor catholic religious including mary statue campus large catholic church center main characters schools schools main characters comprise original characters created short stories series began appear subsequently adapted visual novel version characters introduced manga light novel versions create conflict additional characters featured anime adaptation oldest schools history years known old traditions founded monastery seen school reinforced existence classes including tea ceremony flower arrangement japanese dancing unusual students engaged graduation school uniform long black dress designed gothic fashion class names associated objects nature moon flower snow concept called room system students entering chosen serve room perform maid duties include cleaning room students assigned serve main character story cheerful girl finds pleasure making new friends finds easy open personality attitude person meets mysterious story begins gives significant influence finds strangely affected presence turn extremely interested manga anime girl meets close friend roommate regarded fellow students years seen viable candidate expresses light playful interest overt interest manga main character year student employed room anime deeply white colored buildings uniforms built school advancing independence women play role improving society known culture accomplishments sports program compared schools known chorus consists students perform special events concerts students hill class names numbers french compete aggressively ends dispute students schools shy quiet girl main focus main characters attend character rebellious girl best friend roommate dormitory anime sees friend manga prominent character members meets older girl named early story seen like prince fairy tale students riding white horse named star bright admired students students schools enjoy attention anime deeply mutual interest final girl young year student acts age gets nerves main motivation joining anime interest purely friendship manga like prominent character remarked skilled singing choir originally newest schools pink colored buildings uniforms uniform modeled traditional japanese school uniform style class names letters latin alphabet etc students traditionally free relaxed rarely seen fighting students enjoy lot freedom terms activities clubs allowed form effect wide range clubs ranging dancing cooking group people think schools emphasis romance characters characters typically found leader friendly group student council president born leader friendly supportive personality uses offer advice simply shoulder cry girls include outgoing girl enjoys following decisions finding fun expressive actions words chance introduce new close friend like personality accident prone pair agrees companion offer opinion need lastly youngest group typically accompanied stuffed bear talks alive talk express emotions heightened perception emotions tell distraught emotional pain system french word meaning star system employed internal politics schools school operations little shown influence teachers sisters inter school politics system designed time order work team anime sole having died explained story seen schools come school certain specific duties new students arriving hill participating important school events serving disputes student council meetings schools given private greenhouse grow flowers use school events elected going known consists competitions light novels manga versions higher scoring pairs competitions carry competition pair wins competition anime competition aspect story toned culmination story finale serves important purpose winners named special ceremony marks end election president student council school won election presents winners wear tenure identical colors red blue older student receives blue younger given red production issue published editors magazine hosted reader participation games outcome directly influenced people read magazine origin october issue announced ending previous work new reader participation project start following month november issue batch characters introduced revealed readers participate project initial system main girls given sisters time younger sisters readers magazine effectively putting reader position elder brother girl entered respective school main character school explained main characters classmate stay school attended example attended coupled character playing role elder brother reader gave advice younger sisters new lives schools readers ability influence formations later written short stories serialized december characters introduced january issue illustrations schools published drawn reader participation game began issue polls posted january issue readers vote story start progress following months votes counted short stories written published february issue story featured illustration girls couple paired respective story results polls printed march issue rules game changed original concept showing readers wanted focus relationships girls respect readers vote wanted coupled number votes round noting editorial staff lifted restriction school restriction allowing main girls couple resulted total different possibilities characters series issue explained events planned stories followed title born issue initially crown best couple voted readers events follow events going carried schools cooperation planning schools resulted triangle position having center reader position elder brother canceled issue game simple popularity vote new system ceased sisters later added clarify story arc short stories concluded shown number votes increased sharply new voting mechanisms voting announced july issue place month opposed months case deadline voting shifted middle month online voting introduced september voting shifted online voting arc mail voting reader participation game ended rounds voting february issue announced series continued forms light novels manga followed original short stories poll results reader participation game basis subsequent releases media short stories results polls reader participation project appeared form short stories resulted direct fan involvement march issue stories written illustrated following months stories continued producing story arc named chapter containing eighteen stories ran march july concerns time athletic festival early summer event cultural festival autumn event second story arc named containing seven stories began month running august january second arc stories longer earlier pieces involved taking main characters performing girls presenting situations original stories published bound volumes stories gave brief glimpse referred september revised series short stories produced month short stories published time period longer previous pieces individual story title stories collective title girls art heaven ending short compilation september decided original illustrator replaced future projects internet radio november december hosted radio entitled hosted voiced anime edition voiced anime contained episodes divided cds went sale march releases came july january japan radio included guests played voice acting roles anime version singer opening theme playstation game version manga panic manga written illustrated serialized september february new chapter released month bound volumes published japan comics label went sale march featuring cover second volume came october featuring cover manga story unfinished appearance publication april issue february major differences anime manga center plot character interaction characters vastly different character designs manga introduces election early anime waits series dramatic effect volume released english december second march additional chapters october published light novels announcement light novel series written based original short stories appeared april issue work writing illustrating novels began people worked manga announcement writing finished appeared september issue magazine novel published publishing label march volume cover second volume released august cover volume released december cover announced september licensed right release english translations light novels manga series delays english version light novel released march second volume light novel released july volume containing light novels released june anime anime series entitled panic mark produced japanese animation studio directed series composed featured character design working original designs later episode anime aired japan april september central theme anime series mainly based short stories manga preceded anime focuses slightly lesser extent girls close respective schools admire wish friend affections particular focus romantic relationships series election new pairing aspect story compared manga fan service giving appealing visuals girls nude provocative situations seen anime briefly japan dvd compilations regular special editions released containing episodes june january regular special editions similar content special editions packaged jacket sleeve contain original booklet includes additional merchandise portable plates special edition includes different versions opening closing themes deleted scenes media released english subtitled dvds march november english subtitled dvds contain episodes release contains series premiered united_states december audio cds original soundtrack anime adaptation released september september soundtrack video game released company opening themes anime sung single released april reached oricon chart position thirty released august achieved seven charts main closing themes anime released released august sung duet final closing theme episode slower remix version sung drama cds released based anime adaptation entitled panic lyric volume released japan july featured voice actresses anime featured thirteen characters came containing tracks small scenes involving characters situations second drama lyric volume released october released december titled lyric volume visual novel visual novel named panic girls school released playstation august japan versions game released regular edition limited edition included drama different cover versions drama contained tracks students school playable characters schools family names game series short stories published maintained role game performed voice game features boy mode girl mode choosing male version means story told player younger sister choosing female version means story told player diary player given chance pair chosen character available girls including possible playable characters seven different combinations depending girl player chooses start game game played course school semester day school april boy mode day concludes super deformed image heroine player chose onset game computer room email message girl interacted day monitor heroine sleeps object affection appears thought bubble head girl mode seen writing diary instead day game requires interaction player player gets day reading text getting acquainted girls game uses angel devil system miniature angel devil versions girl float critical decisions restricted playable characters features chance system outcome scenes changes player presses analog sticks fast message chance displayed upper right screen corner reception reader participation game running voting polls posted january issue determine subjects characters respective school results printed march issue votes cast couples highest number votes votes votes votes results second round voting published issue magazine included figures different combinations girls couples highest number votes time votes votes second time votes round voting july issue number votes increased dramatically number voted couple time row votes short stories initially panned distinctly derivative maria president anime convention geared fans anime manga publishing house dedicated described stories candy sweet support initially having stance entire series including early opinion anime version later changed opinion slightly writing anime turned pretty good went denying wasn brilliant considering meant pulled moments dignity trash regarded panic manga nearly cascade rushed difficult track characters plot subtitled dvds released media reviewed ann dvd declared rental worthy ann citing characters lot fun series laid work watch weekend content described getting series slow start limitations episodes lack fan service humor struggles find reason compelling second dvd containing episodes seven reviewed failing real plot content episodes described existing appeal excited content dvd compiling episodes sixteen shows signs actual plot contains sudden explosion fan service noted noteworthy developments review fourth dvd containing episodes seventeen series romantic finally pay romantic arc actually engages fifth final dvd containing episodes relationship described lacking chemistry pairing regarded satisfying premier titles manga production lines licensed english language distribution interview seven founder posed question attract fan base novel release english response try choose titles known like ballad terms attracting fan base end word mouth material great stand find audience small format publishing books frankly stunning definitely attract fans heard property panic girls school received total review score individual review scores japanese gaming magazine famitsu game listed popular game titles | Strawberry Panic! | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
5637_PrisonersoftheSun | prisoners sun prisoners sun french temple fourteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story weekly newly established magazine september april completing arc begun seven crystal balls story tells young reporter dog snowy friend captain continue efforts rescue kidnapped professor travelling villages mountains rain forests finding hidden prisoners sun commercial success published book form year following conclusion continued series defining comics tradition adventure adapted film temple sun studios feature length animated film prisoners sun adapted episodes 1990s television series adventures video game musical stage production synopsis synopsis continues plot begun seven crystal balls young reporter dog snowy friend captain arrive peru plan intercept arrival ship carrying friend professor held boards ship learns assistant executed wearing belonging king barely escapes ship life alert authorities evade police mountains pursue mountain town board train attempt kill attempt investigate whereabouts local prove tight befriends young boy named saving mysterious man observes act kindness gives telling save danger informs taken temple sun lies deep offers hardships including pursued try best leave stranded dead reach temple sun finding surviving outpost brought prince sun flanked mysterious man encountered saved harm gives sentenced death prince intrusion prince tells choose hour sun god set executed end chosen hour death coincide solar eclipse little play acting terrified believe command sun prince sun light command sun returns quickly set free prince sun tells seven crystal balls expedition members excavated tomb contained mystic liquid obtained deep sleep time high priest cast spell seven wax figures explorers use punishment convinces prince explorers wished known world prince orders destroy wax figures moment europe seven explorers swearing oath temple existence secret head home remains having accepted offer live history background amidst german occupation belgium world war accepted position working largest circulation french language daily newspaper country confiscated original owners german authorities permitted reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october aided old friend cartoonist upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration heavily impressed size readership reached faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality need political types entertainment producer author observed concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively previous stories secret treasure developed idea story arc resulting seven crystal balls prisoners sun planned story outline mystery characters undertake expedition solve use ancient curse narrative revolved inspired tales curse unearthed archaeologist discovery tomb time inspired tabloid story having previously story began title december interrupted september brussels liberated german occupation allied forces september immediately ceased publication forced abandon story strips equivalent pages later published book volume story left hanging scene leaves hospital seeing seven members expedition enduring simultaneous fit days later entire staff fired new editorial team introduced october approached member conservative resistance group associates trio planning launching weekly magazine children fond childhood memories land soviets thought ideal agreed obtained clearance papers allowing work influences adopted idea person abducted lost city novel bride sun idea solar eclipse appeared turn idea european explorers discovering lost city found history adventure use eclipse influenced accounts claiming subdued revolt indigenous groups jamaica knowledge solar eclipse predicted calendar principal source information book peru contained base illustrations way small details costume material culture accurately copied ceremonial costume worn priest based colour painting mexican produced copy files ensured depiction trains accurate basing examples found volume picture encyclopedia railways published sent assistant study collections material model poses characters adopt story striped specially asked model later concluded scene knowledge sun suggesting solar keen knowledge astronomy like aware sun publication prisoners sun entirety new magazine magazine launch day september readers years received pages week colour title temple temple sun began page previous book seven crystal balls included pages outlining crystal ball mystery presented press cutting completed cover issue finished seven crystal balls prior embarking prisoners sun included title temple sun workload portion pages strip explanatory block text society titled les covering issues geography history religion block signed collaboration ended argument jealous immediate success blake series turned request credited creator new june story disappeared doctors diagnosed suffering mental breakdown result recover spent time retreat abbey notre dame letter wife wrote life longer draw like breathe long ago longer boy scout spirit badly damaged followed holiday switzerland editors magazine posted sarcastic notice magazine stating friend need rest don worry fine refusing marshal forces bring new episode temple sun week friend little worked disappeared early time weeks according biographer accompanied young married woman having extra marital affair angered absence editorial board decided command artists writers continue story threat return work writing prisoners sun decided wanted argentina focused attention completing outstanding commissions focus emigration enlisted aid help finish prisoners gathered home avenue produced backgrounds story employed friend help ending story paid belgian ultimately changed mind moving argentina reasons remain unknown prisoners sun culminated april previous adventures title french catholic newspaper november story arc finished publishing company divided volumes temple released respectively fit page format number scenes deleted story publication book form included scene chases away cat aboard drawing picture wall provided shooting jaguar discovering gold temple sun unable british expert noted scenes integral narrative removal improved structure led error depiction solar eclipse original magazine depicted moon moving sun correct direction book publication drawings altered moon moving incorrect direction book banned authorities map south_america contained region ownership disputed peru ecuador shown country critical analysis described prisoners sun classic middle period commenting surprisingly balanced narrative fact exhibited evidence turbulent personal life felt inclusion paranormal elements story narrative convincing observes recurring depiction character disturbing dreams opined costumes drawn care great credit major opera house production landscapes worthy cecil film spectacular biographer noted prisoner sun adventures caught imagination attributed exceptional setting strength plot noted like red treasure prisoners sun epic journey suspense knowing happen end thought unlike red treasure successfully transfers fear unknown adversaries adventure second thought despite faced creating pacing retention suspense right end fine balance humour drama story troubled development believed story arc represents leap forward graphic narrative skills result transition colour double pages initial means publication thought improvement particularly evident scenes trek prisoners sun stated prisoners sun story switched thriller mode similar technique adopted number previous adventures described character basically version character introduced series described story philosophical hidden reflection spiritual way anticipating themes use ultimately awarded halves story arc literary critic identified elements story believed reflected recurring themes thought appearance reflected use jewellery theme series scene commands sun god bidding reflects wider theme series sacred authority voice scene causes snow reflected mccarthy considered wider theme danger sound decision stay interpreted reflection wider theme adoption commenting execution scene mccarthy believed represented sacrificed altar concept felt echoed series study literary critic believed seven crystal balls prisoners sun arc reflects confrontation sacred secular described society depicted noting land soviets approved political system drew comparisons king noting monarch threatened losing cultural foreigners believed eclipse scene reflects change power relations sacrificed prince commenting dream sequence dreams believed reflected homosexual desire comparing dream sequence crab adaptations animation company produced television series released feature length animated film temple sun adapted seven crystal balls prisoners sun story arc produced directed written cartoonist music song composed second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company prisoners sun twelfth story adapted divided thirty minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels french company released video game based seven crystal balls prisoners sun story arc titled prisoners sun seven crystal balls prisoners sun adapted theatrical musical temple sun premiered dutch antwerp netherlands september adapted stage production directed included music featuring role adapted musical french premiered year later temple production scheduled paris cancelled returned brief run antwerp october | Prisoners of the Sun | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
5638_CrossGame | cross game cross game romantic comedy baseball manga series serialized weekly sunday issue february issue collected volumes final volume published april shortly end anime series received 54th manga praised internationally quietly brilliant great success series adapted episode anime television series aired tokyo network april march episode anime covers time frame volume manga received high praise outside japan cross game story neighboring sisters born day hospital close treats boyfriend officially declared year younger hates taking sister away dies slowly grow closer fulfill final dream seeing play high school baseball championship manga divided multiple parts consists volume prologue takes place main characters elementary school ending death starts years later year junior high continues summer year high school continues story break ending traveling plot start son owner lives neighborhood batting center run family proximity relationship businesses families close years children forth homes age jealous time spends older sister natural pitcher excellent form secretly trains good publicly showing little interest baseball dies swimming accident summer camp fifth grade starts year junior high continues training secret enters joins baseball club childhood friends interim principal regular principal medical leave brought new head coach turn brings transfer students schools play baseball team led star clear favorite school friends refuse evaluation tests join string team placed second string portable team head coach use junior high school field practice causes rivalry parts team summer practice portable team loses narrow margin summer vacation string team plays qualifying tournament portable team practice recently closed elementary school support mysterious old man portable team practice matches local high schools reached semifinals higher regional near end summer vacation interim principal decides dissolve portable team asks rematch string team losing team dissolved coach leave portable team playing wins narrow victory string team dissolved head coach interim principal leave work schools spring second year student enters stays despite having string team moves family dormitory closed reformed team goes prove defeating round summer qualifying tournament lose second round opponents overtime ending hopes year subsequently reaches advances semifinals narrowly beaten goes win spring tournament later year enter summer break girl named striking resemblance moves door causes mixed feelings characters particularly liked soon friends begins working cafe year begins romantic expresses interest gains new assistant coach form older brother agrees marry makes summer baseball tournament starts starts dominating shutout round opponent second round face led string player round defeated team headed head coach wins nearly perfect game ending story starts tournament progress win hospitalized unspecified illness initially play affected worrying condition continues perform promises date reaches illness severe expected scheduled surgery morning final game begins tells loves way thinks lying wins extra innings berth final chapter morning traveling visits recovering hospital head train station holding hands main characters voiced protagonists fifth grade enters early despite age close families treat couple shows little interest baseball outsiders practiced daily mile hour cage old swing bat described characters including like particular competitive attributes frequent similarities game team elementary school inspired pitching form pitcher urging secretly adopts daily training play baseball junior high school convince join high school baseball team pitches control incredible fastball ace pitcher strong hitter describes having self confidence excellent despite odds share deep bond love takes heart values opinion voiced protagonist daughter family year younger seen characters loves baseball father played catch little strong pitcher poster famous fastball pitcher bedroom wall young told interested guy pitch fastball miles hour excellent pitching form based form wide variety pitches girl play official inter school games practice games plays center field replaces pitcher younger members baseball team inspired effort puts baseball coaching work hard claims secretly disappointed able pitch official game points close according jealous time spends frequently intense dislike series despite like behavior talents characters comment ace pitcher slowly comes admit qualities player reluctant offer advice teaches new breaking pitches eventually admits faith ability fulfill dream pitches teased similarities behaviors habits means green leaf fresh leaf media manga written illustrated published began manga magazine sunday issue concluded chapter february issue seventeenth final volume scheduled release april series divided multiple parts season consists volume takes place main characters elementary school season covering volumes chapter numbering restarted begins years later year junior high school continues high school october series went hiatus end resuming march start untitled covers volumes summer year high school series licensed france italy south_korea hong_kong taiwan indonesia thailand march confirmed series licensing north_america volume collecting volumes published october publication going anime adapted anime television series produced directed character designs music series aired tokyo network beginning april slot episodes began syndication later april channels japan finished airing march dvd volume episodes released japan july additional dvds released monthly opening theme song summer rain written sung released april regular limited edition versions peak ranked oricon singles chart ending theme song episodes heartfelt dream composed sung arranged released single regular limited edition versions april reached oricon singles chart ending theme episodes orange days days released single august ending theme song episodes released single november ending theme song episodes rehearsal final ending theme episode began streaming cross game anime north_america reception manga series received 54th manga japan volume french edition won manga manga academic paper presented conference example telling story silent scenes scenes dialogue convey message volumes japanese edition described ann quietly brilliant slice life genre best saying despite storytelling matching pleasant feelings come reading series french edition praised great success pure delight usual citing key ingredients appealing funny characters funny situations accessible drawing style talent staging baseball scenes praised ability mix sports world love relationships real implied awaited skill rendering moving scenes dialogue reviewer noted art style changed touch cleaner action scenes dynamic praised sense elliptical staging stories appealing secondary characters ability develop comedy panel reviewer claimed handling death remarkable event gave real meaning story episode anime series called masterpiece new season ann complimented musical score understated highly effective reviewers ann gave highest possible rating said given higher rating possible praised honest heartfelt storytelling saying easy episode pacing fourth reviewer found typical anime adaptations production values best mediocre times marginal viewing episode said series older feeling character designs reminiscent 1980s 1990s calling great look wonderful simplicity backgrounds filled detail called animation solid stated series lot potential making excited impressed way events episode handled second episode comparing pacing style orange road stated favorites series especially liked way romance shown elementary school days affected current relationship called episode understated moving slower pace helps begin showing true nature characters good pacing continues fourth episode dynamic developed praised character building fifth episode calling interaction charming reminiscent real things starting fall place main focus series high school baseball end sixth episode praises exposition seventh episode protective instinct comes use flashbacks past affecting characters present good pacing sets apart sports | Cross Game | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
6531_EarlCain | japanese hepburn known gothic manga series written illustrated consists parts series sound boy hatching seal sequel series appearing japanese manga magazine chapters sound boy hatching seal red ram ran chapters appeared issue october issue series spans volumes sound boy hatching seal drama cds based series released set 19th century england series focuses young earl named murders encountering father secret organization experiments reviving dead licensed english language release north_america published sound boy hatching seal volume published october final volume published june released simultaneously serialized manga anthology july june setting manga inspired darker victorian upper class admiration films set victorian time period traveled london historical research visited seven historical sites series refers bible real life literary works films people reviewers found range themes series critical reaction mixed felt mysteries detailed art found art crude short stories confusing predictable reviewers praised entertaining series detailed distinct art plot characters set late victorian era london series focuses eponymous protagonist seventeen year old son elder sister abused physically emotionally father subsequent insanity poisoned dying warned escape sea cursed son miserable life die inherited father title earl result presumed death accompanying year old butler medical student shares close bond uncle legal guardian tends upset behavior course action annoyed relationships women year old half sister outgoing lives previously lived streets mother died protect friends self proclaimed fiancé win father attention series progresses risks life protect realizes genuinely cares secret organization serve antagonists series conducts experiments revive dead creating deadly dolls resurrected corpses surviving fresh blood organs deadly dolls possess supernatural ability seeing future deadly dolls spider controlling doll daughter childhood love half brother illegitimate son works doctor organization conducting experiments humans physically abused emotionally refuses escape simultaneously bond believes love exist thirty year old assistant body stopped growing rare strain subsequently sold circus child parents shows concern involvement story having vowed end experiments dead murders periodically running members encountering sided love wants obsessed destroying organization learns secretly building memorial temple despite efforts delay riff second hidden cruel personality awakening suppressing breaks riff later declares secretly works loyal kind hearted riff known alternative personality intended develop close bond riff break remind riff departure resolves confront promises mary tea party conflict ends led brain adult body reaches tower temple plans sacrifice people london revive tower riff reveals intent overthrow riff longest surviving doll soon die riff attacks riff personality causing deliberately shoot riff loyal personality cruel separated riff wound heal commits suicide riff use blood briefly remain alive return successfully father death tower begins unable escape hurt falling debris reunites briefly riff ceiling collapses riff tries push away choosing stay disappearance mary head possesses seeks mary built leaving confront reveals manipulated sons trying amusement kill mary trap dies years later mary married oscar pregnant child waits return medium close sets tea party mary fulfilling promise found held riff corpse ruined tower exclusive epilogue expands ending slightly shows elderly mary lies deathbed attended woman nearby hears laughter ghost plays pet sheep sensing presence nearby dies taking form year old self soul joins hand hand tea party friends loved ones exist spirits boy nearby hear development manga artist chose victorian era setting liked films time period inspired darker victorian upper class considered vampire themed mystery introduced secret society led protagonist father beginning series plot pretty theme embarrassed time completing parts uncertain continuing series wrote supernatural fantasy manga series angel sanctuary chapter sunday self introduction convinced start historical research traveling london england visiting seven historical sites tower london thames river gap years publication final seal red ram volume volume included characters order previous appearance past episodes short explanations volume noted drawing style differed previous series darker plot worried helped decide series ending method creating suspense included adding lots black characters expressions having elaborate setting opening chapter everyday scene contrast scary scenes believed original story unclear added extra pages clarify twist ending series decision ending chapter pages longer usual thirty pages manga divided happy tragic ending noting readers wanted happy ending protagonists felt ending ambiguous survived blood fatal wound chose final line rhyme simple simon series conclude line finishing series said plans additional chapters stories despite included page epilogue release entire series influences cultural references contains references real life people literary works chapter mad tea party focuses mystery elements novel alice adventures wonderland work expressed fondness minor character victoria inspired character queen hearts nonsense poem hunting provided childhood pet additionally title series refers austrian writer translation line appears beginning volume based story princess chapter blade takes greek character killed father married mother incorporates tales children mysteries series example chapter sunday uses nursery rhyme twisted fairy tale refers tree references bible appear series protagonist shares murderer compared father additionally series alludes story kiss jesus roman soldiers identifying kiss influence films seen enjoys american television series reviewers noted influence felt minor characters appear chapter reminiscent series drew inspiration film young holmes boys stopped time based appearance aunt charlotte room view chapter double characters shares actor director served model antagonist model british actor left strong impression performance room view additionally riff comes considers visual influence films gothic legend jean aliens lost boys trilogy overall manga artist influenced western films mtv watched youth themes reviewers focused range themes noting themes suicide parts series thompson states portrayal classical sense results guilt madness punishment heaven characters according reviewer contributor blog good comics kids frequently uses power love theme works focuses darker love effects characters writes manga explore love source empowerment henderson notes theme betrayal present sixth volume writing ign writes issues beauty loneliness jealousy family ties appear volume mysteries french reviewer wrote theme childhood occurs series depicted abused children children items dolls playing role mysteries children items appear background little house major plot sunday media manga written illustrated collective sound boy hatching seal sequel series appearing serial japanese manga magazine chapters sound boy hatching seal red ram ran published volumes july october serialized manga magazine issue october issue published volumes november january later combined chapters sound boy hatching seal red ram volumes published december january released series volumes july march licensed english language release north_america serialized manga anthology july issue june issue published series volume march final volume released february published sound boy hatching seal released volume release october final volume released june licensed regional language releases germany sweden italy taiwan spain france ran multiple manga french swedish stars drama cds april released drama titled music featured riff allen company released second drama miss november drama featured included reception saga received mixed reviews critics awarded french edition volume stars describing excellent ign described wonderful introduction manga felt saga sequel appeal broad audience book report praised fine attention detail aesthetics art liked concept murder mysteries based children rhymes stories commenting masters art creating mystery conversely considered art refined later work commented tragedy series rated volume commenting male characters looked similar similar facial expressions contrast recognizable female ones manga rated series half stars stating best moments saga captures genuine victorian era stereotypes saga criticized scenes poorly organized artwork dimensional characters predictable mysteries confusing plot caused story characters conversely sequel received positive reviews chapter premiered critics commented art series found chapter confusing reviews bound volumes positive writing book report described mysteries unsettling filled line melodramatic horrific traditions cartoons wrote turns bizarre unsettling actually engaging difficult follow didn come beginning writing described masterpiece sense word reviews subsequent volumes lowered score praised characterization mysteries artwork concluded fantastic different story denied critics praised art series detailed distinct noting difference illustrations wrote senses immediately art evolved improved saga placed series recommended reading list horror manga commenting artwork lush gothic details describing series manga equivalent premise plain silly added distinctive artwork sensibility setup entertaining occasionally dialogue csi style victorian london setting according art consists odd angles abrupt jumps distant shots establishes mood enables readers sympathetic events character designs stuck certain conventions seen detailed perfect mood reviewers enjoyed conclusion series wanted fate commented rushed ending scenes criticized characters cruelty disturbing story limited appeal series universe | Earl Cain | Language and literature | Language 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6623_Kashimashi:GirlMeetsGirl | girl meets girl girl meets girl japanese manga series written illustrated manga originally serialized july issues later published bound volumes january story focuses normal albeit high school boy killed alien spaceship crash lands restored health girl results sex love triangle finds best female friends single light novel written illustrated manga artist published imprint january manga series adapted episode anime television series plus single original video animation sequel anime aired japan tokyo january march released october visual novel created based series playstation released march licensed manga series english language publication north_america released volumes december march media licensed anime series including released dvd volumes june october english subtitles media released anime english dub manga given positive reviews popular anime manga magazine online resources ign manga volume book month december noted fan focused translation effort humor mainstream american market july best selling title anime likened far mutual themes critics anime praised earth characters generally great animation quality soft detailed art style plot start young high school boy named declares love classmate close friend quickly rejects climbs killed alien spacecraft accidentally crash lands alien ship named brings life inadvertently female right dna level change serves catalyst development character interactions remainder series returns school unexpectedly love serves confuse new life girl feminine girl unique makes incapable seeing males instead sees males covered gray childhood friend athletic girl finds change difficult cope starts realize romantic feelings starts closer especially witnesses kissing day school conflict arises fight affection unable choose results love triangle emerging female main characters best male friend starts having romantic feelings tries best good friend intelligent girl interested sciences continuously observes ongoing development love triangle keeping stance watching originally came earth order study human emotions especially related love attempt save species extinction species long given emotions resulting loss sexual urges continuously population moves home warmly welcomed parents brings artificially intelligent named serves automatic pilot spaceship body modeled female body possesses energetic personality initially citing change accident later realizes unexpected result regeneration process time aware mistake tells friends month left live explains friends close donate life grains sustain life unaware friends know impending death continues live life comes fully accept fate day appointed die falls school roof jumps roof attempt save mid air transferring necessary life grains survive fall later wake confesses love effectively choosing anime ends differently life threatening situation choosing order help cure sight problem begins longer girls able people decides break saying stand follow original video animation episode confesses love christmas married ceremony held production decided girl meets girl begin manga magazine wondered kind message send readers eventually decided wanted write steady message true love noted creation works created far apart concept true love previous work involved lot content attempting avoid wondered story interesting surprise normal readers fans previous works wrote true love story fan service thinking write true love considered normal relationships boys girls eventually tends having sex order avoid chose cast female main characters felt audiences experienced thought idea changing main character boy girl knew problem normally changing person gender cause complications female character invariably want return male knew problems avoided wanted remove desire turn male reason devised character want turn male impact entire world having accepted fact gender changed decided alien crashed character revive character female broadcast entire world happens beginning felt necessary expand alien role story point development process felt begin writing story title loosely translates noisy derived japanese phrase women gather noisy main title originally accordance later changed english adaptations accordance hepburn media manga manga written illustrated original character designs created school uniform designed company serialized july issues monthly manga magazine sold march respectively bound volumes released japan january published comics imprint concluding series thirty chapters manga licensed english language release north_america revised hepburn title unlike traditional volume released december volumes released months fifth volume published march seven seas released manga volume collection roughly pages volume published june followed volume december series licensed french chinese taiwan internet radio shows internet radio shows series entitled radio produced beginning pre broadcast september concluding october episodes implied title hosted voiced anime respectively multiple guests appeared sung anime ending theme voice actors anime voiced voiced radio opening theme song compass sung listeners submit contributions radio form online audio containing episodes broadcast september early went sale second internet radio entitled produced available radio programs distributed broadcast december april concluding episodes hosted voice anime books light novel written illustrated published imprint january novel told person perspective alternating chapters prologue chapters epilogue novel prologue chapter told perspective chapter followed chapter finally chapter epilogue pages book contain written author page entitled official fan book released march book size manga bound volume printed color pages consists compilation promotional art separate media types character profiles original sketches comments characters plus interviews voice actors lastly original concept drawings school uniforms series middle book printed black white contains brief overview chapters manga interviews manga author illustrator anime director scenario writer light novel author brief explanation playstation visual novel audio cds anime version sixteen pages color consist anime episode manga format anime anime series produced directed series aired tokyo japan january march ending regular episodes episodes released seven dvd compilations released april october containing episodes original video animation episode released final dvd changed ending original television broadcast small additional portion bra shopping scene episode considered adult censored television broadcast included dvd release released dvd box set japan june anime series licensed november episodes dubbed english included subtitles english dvd went sale june contained episodes extras disc included minute talks voice actresses main female characters small collection japanese television advertisements opening videos second dvd went sale august final dvd went sale october dvds contain episodes including episode box set containing dvds released october episode series included june issue release titled girl meet girl vocal collection released april english dub audio cds anime opening theme main ending theme released january japan anime alternate versions ending theme sung voice actors episode sung episode episode episode opening theme ending theme episode song lit ending theme twelfth episode insert songs sung voice actors episodes episode seven song sung episode song compass sung songs compass image song single released december insert song lit half sung episode featured image song album released april album featured songs voiced anime version released april finally drama based anime version released featuring voice actors anime plot drama takes place final aired episode anime original video animation episode visual novel visual novel video game based series named meets girl summer story released playstation march japan game developed published released editions limited regular day limited edition came specially box original drama called triangle letter music featuring songs game piano arrange versions game later released edition november sold half price original game girl meets girl summer story received total review score individual review scores japanese gaming magazine famitsu game story begins outset summer vacation teacher suggests friends week trip small mountain village hot spring resort grandparents reside town new characters introduced story female characters introduced possible love interests age older resort goal game pair female cast characters gameplay main system comes personality player shows interest particular character characters annoyed ignoring displayed tension meter ignores particular character higher tension character ensures stays good friends possible love interests order view ending particular character certain tension characters great ending gameplay requires little interaction player duration game spent simply reading text appears game screen represents dialogue characters inner thoughts protagonist important aspect game nearly visual novel decision points appear player chance choose limited number options time decision points variable occur minute longer game moments depending choice player makes plot progress specific direction plot line achieved multiple reception manga july english version best selling title volume manga given positive reviews sources popular anime manga magazine volume named book month december review noted fan focused translation retained japanese efforts humor mainstream american market review goes state fans mainstream romantic productions neat twist traditional love triangle formula charming alternative boys meeting girls review ann commented fast moving events volume combine form story moods gender bending comedy sci touches romance touching expect time come love triangle review ign stated plenty enjoy book attempting buy bra pretty humorous occasional visits aliens situation place second volume manga positively reviewed wrote second volume title pushes fully realm romantic comedy story humorous anecdotes dealing head involved love triangle attempts funny story dramatic coming ann review manga volume wrote rarely effort backgrounds necessary strength character designs array female cast provides great contrast looks male characters easily distinguishable stand ann double review manga volumes martin commented volumes offer solid conclusion lovely little series handle things differently anime version irritated anime ending find liking manga volume generally panned felt characters flat story far ridiculous good story admitted art nice moments genuine humor review manga volume thought stories love gender switching protagonists change girl explores romance people sex interesting comedic way anime anime series compared similar series involved gender review reviewer wrote anime watch times problem raising wants characters bring despite alien elements earth pleasant look soft detailed art style help course generally great animation quality conclusion anime positively reviewed president anime convention geared fans anime manga publishing house dedicated described anime conclusion normal like thing actually happened real life kind went radar years watching unresolved restart endings finally real ending ending girl remains girl girl anime given overall score dvd volumes released media reviewed review dvd reviewer commented series different characters viewpoints puts audience position strongly director guides emotional content light gentle touch extensive internal speeches emotional instead draws soft evocative visuals simple beautifully understated score relying subtly shifting facial expressions meaning laden actions communicate quietly affecting emotional states characters second dvd volume commented element production style palette colors soundtrack contributes wonderfully look feel original story anime script exactly scenes manga power stay true spirit original writing finally volume wrote writers ill advised attempt remove bitter decidedly plot developments isn awful volume deeply satisfying conclusion emotional thrills possibly want dvd volumes released media reviewed review dvd reviewer described anime different norm mixes romance comedy pacing early felt awkward takes time find rhythm second dvd volume commented mixing relationships continues interesting goes state mild moments bad comes core cast characters solid material enjoyable finally volume wrote despite issues series turns bonus episode proven lot fun situations presented series seen close good fun enjoyable romantic lots heart emotion | Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
6682_TheBrokenEar | french published sixth volume comics series belgian cartoonist commissioned conservative belgian newspaper children supplement weekly december february story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy pursue thieves south american identifiable broken ear ends fictional nation embroiled civil war discovers tribe deep forest commercial success published book form shortly conclusion continued series defining comics tradition coloured introduces recurring character general include fictional countries story adapted animation adventures animated series adventures synopsis investigates created tribe south_america stolen brussels returned following day realises replacement fake draws connection local sculptor recently murdered witness murder obtained hispanic men try kill begins investigate connection crime discover murdered follow aboard ship bound south_america murder find original arranges arrest ship docks los capital city framed terrorist arrested sentenced death firing squad survives revolution government new leader general aide camp capture hope locating missing escapes aide camp opposes decision war neighbouring oil rich framed traitor international oil weapon companies escapes imprisonment aid mercenary decides enter forest find hope explain people wish steal british explorer living learns diamond stolen hidden inside statue returning belgium discovers brother produced range discovered deceased brother belongings learns original purchased wealthy american aboard ship united_states catching boat finds aboard struggle possession deck diamond falling sea struggle fall overboard rescued shown route hell gives stolen return museum repaired display history background research best known pen employed editor illustrator little twentieth children supplement twentieth century roman catholic conservative belgian newspaper based native brussels run comic strip revolving exploits fictional belgian reporter ordered set adventure soviet_union anti socialist propaganda children land soviets set second adventure encourage colonial sentiment set adventure united_states use story american capitalism america subsequently removed paper following scandal convinced stay condition salary increase preparing developed new habit keeping plot notes ideas began making photographs images magazines newspapers filing away future use basis drawings real events recently taken place south_america fictional countries based real countries war depicted strip allusion waged forces lucrative oil fields pun french grand meaning big hat pun rican capital city pun meaning manners character edition allusion real life greek weapons seller conflict supplying arms learned conflict western corporations issues anti belgian magazine mortar shell covered news stories ignored mainstream media likely read book mysterious european referenced based design genuine statue brussels pre statue wood dated access speakers creating access speakers indigenous languages language developed entirely fictitious based structure largely dialect spoken area brussels mixed spanish endings constructions developing rivals influenced accounts head tribes translated book english renamed pun crafting story possibly influenced similarities plots original publication december title les snowy february story french catholic newspaper collected single hardcover volume published title collected edition small change minor character renamed word spanish slang broken ear introduced character general series went recurring character appeared adventures series begin end belgium deal hunt specific object seen taking activity time adventures featured flat road chinese visible influenced films inserted illustration second frame reference contemporary news stories book having radio announcer discuss ongoing second italo war start story removed colour edition end story killed depicted dragged hell killing story antagonists repeated future stories upset editors asked change scene annoyed request later commented surface cost kind addition difficult story replaced particular frame souls god second version 1940s 1950s popularity increased team coloured original black white adventures claire clear line drawing style developed visually fitted new stories created early adventures undergo second edition published page volume unlike earlier adventures save minor revisions reduce length book sections including dream sequence appeared original process new series use colour basic later volumes book progresses evident lost interest rushed task instance block colour backgrounds detail later publications legacy republished original black white version french language collected volume blue lotus second collection published version original returned creating fictional nations allusions real countries subsequent adventures based largely yugoslavia nazi_germany based indonesia flight sydney elements pioneered later adventures crash affair vivid dream seven crystal balls firing squad returned characters brussels held exhibition marking years included artefacts featured series broken statue inspired centre piece feared stolen replica exhibited genuine article imitating events thief broke stole statue letter sent individual alleging thief stated item returned returned scene crime certain time copy book right arm carried book left arm thief appeared replica recovered critical analysis described noting shared elements previous adventure considered reminiscent earlier books like america inclusion comical natives elements like comical bombs thought exhibited marked improvement use plotting noting story clearly structured praising effective dramatic story plenty twists overall awarded broken ear stars felt slightly quality disappointing fact elements don believed artistic quality use research deteriorated adventure progressed complex plot long way asserted story develops classic reporter investigative journalist described moral condemnation capitalism war felt perfectly constructed detailed realistic thought image sea dragged hell demons truly medieval represented image entire series opined depiction south american military humour detail generally accurate biographer thought return pure adventure quasi documentary realism adventure politics remains second line instead let narrative rip succeeds praised work having formidable containing revolution narrative structure thought served perfect metaphor theories german philosopher published work art age mechanical reproduction read literary critic thought example interesting minor characters adventures commenting heel speaks volumes loneliness semi realised opined diamond describing pleasure wrapped thought homosexual believing scene bullet fired symbolic anal sex writing philosopher opined treatise literary critic stanford_university believed broken ear established remain rest series argued distances western values looks society outsider called revolution felt comic contrived superficial previous adventures loses position sole point identification reader characters identifiable opining constant theme story real fake thought character kind grown old natives solitary ill noting position akin position argued comic religious figure attained sacred quality blood revolt general government argued threats assassination martyr holy king adaptations adapted series animated belgian studio directed written broken ear divided minute black white episodes diverted original plot variety ways adapted episode television series french studio canadian animation company directed voiced character | The Broken Ear | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
6861_ICinaSunflower | japanese hepburn science fiction targeted women manga written illustrated collection seven unrelated short stories appeared japanese manga magazine stories collected bound volume japan october licensed english language release north_america published january positively received english language critics readers reviewers identified themes literary elements collection generally enjoyed short stories art seven short stories consist debut away kids set future aids destroyed desire sex iron maiden focuses young woman haunted childhood sexual abuse quality integrated circuit deals events surrounding couple robotic rose wire centers boy love girl caring elderly father fish water revolves captured mineral features disturbed college student alive set future human practiced plot consists seven short stories format frequently uses narrative stories unrelated featuring different protagonist stories incorporate twist ending away kids revolves future teenagers desire sex result aids story focuses taught sex school encouraged parents ultimately understands desire sex iron maiden focuses woman struggles create happy life despite childhood sexual abuse older brother backstory parents refused believe child brother abuse upset bites doll develops habit biting later adult husband child discovering battered doll memories unhappy childhood bites child quality integrated circuit centers android keeps house old man married younger woman man treats seeing daughter tea garden wife contrast abuses allows lover old man reveals plans divorce wife murders orders bury remains recognizes remains old man story ends garden keeping promise man having tea bloom rose wire boy falls love girl taking care elderly father fails appear father day finds dressed mourning clothes smile face burning basket kept fish water focuses captured refusal speak attempts pull living remembers girl mother tried lake years ago mother died survived imagined wakes finding hospital instead begin recover mineral revolves college student collects rocks memories frog learning girlfriend pregnant upset busy highway set future human practiced alive focuses clone sent live humans assignment meets cheerful girl named time taken killed organs revealed thought clone style themes works uses character designs incorporating fashion clothing style influenced style victorian eras explained particular style conveys characters showing delicate balance delicate strong selfish wild involved shaping gothic style fashion incorporates dark colors artwork illustrated covers fashion magazine book later returned illustrating covers seventh volume fall reviewers identified multiple themes literary elements manga according uses minimal dialogue narrative instead conveying emotion behavior characters ign stated theme stories meaning humanity oxford wrote manga contains themes society fragile nature human mind thought mental instability figures prominently stories according away kids deals nature sex oxford believed story raises question declining birth rate japan developed countries author manga considered quality integrated circuit elements film noir featuring mute fish water makes implicit reference little according oxford treatment elderly children focus stories according ain cool news speculated alive focuses meaning living release written illustrated seven short stories appeared japanese manga magazine debut manga artist away kids won contest feel young short stories published bound volume isbn japan october stories generally draws inspiration real life problems society unhappy times life licensed english language release north_america united_kingdom works beautiful people haunted house requiem translated japanese adapted english language audience published january isbn north american branch stopped publishing reception legacy positively received english language reviewers readers manga ranked eighth reader poll best new manga manga targeted women praised collection easily best work available english highly recommended manga describing darker counterpart beautiful people art frequent source praise reviewers wrote older stories art level later work doll storytelling went critics oxford commended ability create unrelated short stories commonly seen manga rating manga half stars thompson enjoyed stories felt occasionally predictable endings ideas story failed expand hurt manga learning illustrations stories general positively received west surprised pleased people overcoming cultural barrier getting message appearing serial feel young science fiction manga doll examines relationships eponymous human owners future narrative primarily consists unrelated short stories develops overall plot involving man illegally revenge corporation creates character quality integrated circuit appears doll prototypes discovered doll companion acts suffers psychological trauma recovering memories having bury master | IC in a Sunflower | Language and literature | Language and literature | 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6902_Bizenghast | debut gothic graphic novel series written illustrated seven volumes published final volume released late april placing rising stars manga competition short story successfully pitched series editors worked series set haunted new_england town story follows orphaned teenager tasked returning night ancient free ghosts building adaptations released including novel animated episodes game critics praised gothic atmosphere art noted traditional elements varying quality series plot set fictional new_england town focuses year old parents car crash leaves orphaned young age result moves aunt ghosts aunt house hospital later boarding school aunt doctor believe suffers day friend sneak aunt house search materials garden ancient reads aloud plaque discovers written contract return night free ghosts succeeds win freedom reward fails die stay corpse ghosts vincent tower guard help task course series meet guards cat like creature brother secretly likes vincent dies causing depressed later angel normally guards entrance appears stones talk help overcome depression resulted vincent death continues searching discovers sister missing seed link host stolen additionally sister found dead lock send home discovers girl hanged ghost control minds real world manipulating townspeople unsuccessful attempt stop flees receives special outfit melted gold tolls vincent paid gain access returning confronts orders kill ensuing battle faces friend accidentally process enraged attempts kill eventually points crying brother normally unable caused influence knowing compromised stabs sword leaving share kiss taking opportunity destroys thing potentially kill ends large monster captured body happens entity core decayed corpse monster finds piece cross stabbed hanging lodged chest allowing conclude piece keeps evil spirit anchored living world removes cross causing fade away wanting seek help stabs piece allowing temporarily ascend encounters mother gives seed takes living world uses seed revive killed incident armor coins flow fountain end remove piece killing walks funeral bidding mourning aunt goodbye wandering outside way encounters vincent don recognize find hidden graveyard vincent guards alongside revived young women happened graveyard having contracted series closes towers vincent commenting starting like town development young girl interested comics grew germany comics readily available freshman year high school discovered comics anime heard rising stars manga competition friend anime convention baltimore maryland story submitted won runner place competition published rising stars manga anthology successfully pitched editors second rising stars manga winner original series published worked series began art class assignment drew open door added angel statue class initial designs simple features short black hair vincent friends later removed friends story later lengthened hair depicted dressed fashion clothing influenced victorian eras changes included hair altered straight addition like armour tired thin female characters comics designed girlfriend super figured deciding names protagonist considered charlotte diana choosing reference pet cat protagonist novel alice wonderland comedy film inspired takes actress jane aunt shares sister takes daniel middle school picked random noted editors let story appeared risky character initially named character myths sister comes character orange rainbow animated television series minor character prince takes city new_jersey holy town northern inspired minor character takes wife russian word inspired antagonist comments series life death fabulous outfits order notes lot religious themes present town represents world cut sort constant access technology series initially written span fourteen volumes divided seasons seven volumes story arc second season volumes center relationship season focus consist volumes considered writing spin based guest artist finished story arc spin contain chapters present original series series completed continue concluded volumes minor controversy minor controversy occurred statement published july issue publication volume written editor authorized read meet best friend tell going characters better research going doesn like especially comes anime especially won tolerate dressing like big market character fabulous right don understand called way felt offensive noted reflects opinions fan reaction learning statement inaccurate generally relief felt didn personality stated love characters certainly wouldn want deter open kind afraid person authored piece felt favor putting edgy spin persona known prior printing allowed book media graphic novels written illustrated published north_america july seven volumes released released august recent published july north american branch stopped publishing final volume series released print demand agreement series distributed new_zealand australia hungary germany finland russia art books books based released february released page limited edition art book falling fear isbn included pages published coloring book based series color manga isbn november august published novel adaption novel isbn written illustrations electronic art adapted animated short episodes episodes featured music premiered space summer overall praised adaption liked background effects voice actor disliked high pitched voice imagined deeper slight edge sort like grim adventures billy episodes available cast television network acquired seventeen minute long episodes program acquisition deal strategic sales partnership game based series created merchandise included posters playing cards signed puzzle kit shirts additionally half hour dvd commentary volume editor interviews bonus material planned released mid august reception received english language readers volume debuted spot list best selling graphic novels august estimated copies sold named biggest titles june seventh volume sold copies ranking list best selling graphic novels received positive reviews critics september issue hot book month praised volume highly enjoyable read cartoons described series belong ing fantasy referred pop gothic relying atmosphere looks critics praised art detailed manga styled anime jump called series heavily gothic tradition commented series successfully develops inventive visual style owe classical art gothic comics artists like manga longtime reviewer found art reminiscent classic fantasy comics noted stock elements story reviewers found character design striking potential appeal fans gothic fashion criticism focused writing uneven pacing flat characters varying quality art heavily criticized slightly modified generic monster week cliché plot dimensional characters art compared horror manga wrote got handle central elements story character vague review novel adaption disliked large description inconsistent narration felt novel novelization literal sense word reading like adaptation spirit work copy source material conversely wrote novel adaption written engaging called best light novels market reviewer enjoyed detail perspective architectural drawings incredibly detailed costumes art book falling fear | Bizenghast | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
7570_HotarubinoMorie | japanese lit shot manga written published july issue japan july reprinted short story collection included romantic shot stories written tells story young girl named friendship strange young man wearing mask meets age mountain forest near grandfather country home learns friend supernatural touching cause disappear forever returns summer spend time relationship matures struggle limitations inspiration write story came suddenly immediately drew manga process went smoothly despite initial conflicting elements considered starting point best known work book friends minute anime film title produced anime studio brain base directed film starred japanese voice actors soundtrack included music film maintained strong following months japan opening september european premiere october festival won jury prize screened anime contents expo convention won animation film award annual film awards anime released dvd japan february additional story related original manga anime film titled released edition manga days prior release anime edition manga limited edition ranked japan oricon sales chart shortly release reported experiencing strong emotional reaction story recording voice acknowledged story positive impact career reviewers universally praised anime film beauty simplicity works criticisms commonly focusing short length plot original manga subsequent film tell story year old girl named gets lost forest inhabited mountain spirit strange japanese folklore found mask wearing human like entity named informs disappear forever touched human leads forest returns visit forest days friends despite limitations interactions summer end leave return city studies promises return visit summer holiday years hardly ages physically matures grows closer apparent age reaching begins struggle romance uncertain future wishes touch hold young woman reaches high school takes date festival forest hosted spirits night ends tragedy mistakenly touches young boy spirit festival disappears embrace confess love story ends accepting pain moving life anime film adaptation story follows events manga adding additional scenes published expands original story short episode told perspective teenager shares leaves end summer leaves attempt cheer bringing couple prized treats mountain impressed taste thinks sharing year discussing ways preserve spirit named sets find ice highest mountain peak disappointed find summer returns fruitless search ice feels sorry offers deliver knowing lives gets lost grows hungry returns unsuccessful attempt find apologizes eating story concludes seeing following summer wondering able tell feelings production manga author explained reprint idea story came easily work point planning write story challenging gained experience writing manga decided undertake project sooner idea story suddenly came afraid lose idea promptly began draw writing progressed smoothly despite having numerous conflicting ideas development story story came desire draw scenes interested drawing scene boy girl falling wanted draw forest allow expand range tones blacks manga inspiration desire depict summer festival drawn eager create mask worn festival resembled face fox typical eyes replaced oval ones mask creepy hybrid fox appearance supernatural love story considered starting point best known work book friends depicts ill fated interactions humans referred stories differences lifespan barriers relationships attempts understand prior anime film theatrical release published additional chapter story original story complete initially felt uncomfortable adding opted instead expand story perspective anime according animation director anime project originated personal wish original manga enjoyed project given approval early according film producer anime originally planned original video animation released theaters popularity book friends written developed production staff gave support needed create anime film film produced studio brain base directed starring japanese voice actors frequently worked previous projects staff included character design art color design photography editor anime film small staff short film produced domestically unlike series book friends primarily countries common trend anime production march midway production earthquake struck japan despite national tragedy production crew continued work according team hoped work help nation time recover speculated reason strong positive reception awards anime later received setting manga based shrine japan known dedicated japanese mythology animation crew spent hours searching location settings base art story set forest mountain god intended art represent different world background scenery obscure blue sky slightly brighter normal crew devoted extra attention lighting coloring making forest dim light coming canopy landing characters appropriate intensity contrast light dark festival scene emphasize bizarre nature reminding audience significance summer season story deliberately loaded film summer scenes leaves according idea opening scene suggested following traditional cinematography images scenes indirectly related main story played opening credits appeared originally intended life meeting allowed viewer decide relationship time main story opted start narration time story main events showing year old graduated high school heading visit relatives near forest having tell story retrospect thought provided human feel gave meaning final scene expresses hopes future saying come let difficulties adapting manga anime according developing relationship shown visually monologue way yearly change height subtly showing convergence length walking audience led perceive change relationship wanted portray depth character expanding school life manga depicted brief flash life middle school anime depicted scenes aspects life shared draft film composer write music match tempo disagreement ending theme discussed length email compromise key points issue eventually settled ending theme finalized voice actor anime film fan owned original manga interview mentioned thrilled audition ultimately role admitted shed tears recording played read manga audition confessed concerned portray character work feel good film initially pre scored voice acting recorded prior creation animation later recorded final version according allowed animation emphasize natural dialogue let cast set rhythm tempo media manga manga published july issue japan reprinted july entitled included previously published romantic shot stories addition titular short story book included april november january short story collection shot stories set different season spring summer fall winter stories arranged order spring winter originally published different order 19th printing september days prior anime movie premiere japan new story related published edition original manga page story titled short stories included edition includes original older works anime anime film categorized drama romance running time minutes march anime version display anime contents expo japan new work book friends event canceled following earthquake opening date film announced june film official website june special pre order tickets sold limited offer free poster week later television commercials focused anime main characters streamed film official website sixteen days official release second trailer posted japanese movie website film opened japan september playing osaka tokyo european premiere october festival glasgow followed interviews session animation director producer screened festival edinburgh october short films produced brain base studio late addition leeds international film festival shown free presentation november leeds town hall titles screened anime contents expo held late march shown june anime expo convention limited edition copies blu ray disc dvd released japan february limited edition sets included card set illustrations page booklet attached mask like limited time specials dvd released time extras music original soundtrack catalog number released august month prior release anime film music recorded ending theme lit watching summer sung songs written composed reception edition manga ranked japan oricon comic sales chart september copies sold week japan anime considered hit attracting fans screening tokyo months following european premiere festival glasgow awarded jury award january won animation film award annual film awards received awards ceremony held february japan limited edition blu ray disc ranked oricon weekly sales chart february copies sold days following release anime film received reviewers likened works attended screening festival said beautiful simplicity noting climax bit rushed sudden leaving audience struggle emotions described nostalgia praising anime detailed piece beautiful animation wrote favorably story progression noting dark grew heavier main character matured consistent characterization childhood early teens impressive especially given film length criticisms limited noting film short length clash depictions forest spirits rest movie issue element plot development near end film note sensitive viewers interpret aspects story inappropriate initial age difference main characters way child tries touch case noted romance developed began approach physical age noted harm intended cases mentioned cultural differences considered noted japanese anime panel discussion following main showing festival originally concerned foreign audiences fully understand appreciate work reaction audience glasgow showing concerns according elements story exhibited strong elements japanese culture included eating scene hits young head stick scene young gets scared night sees face patterns wood panels ceiling attributed success quality story noting readers original manga critical artwork drawn read story start finish speculated hiding face mask helped artistic issues earlier work criticized intense pressure experienced early manga writing career relieved result positive feedback received success expressed excitement new anime film having manga reprinted new short story collection remarking attempts write feelings recent experiences relation brought tears eyes described story precious work help build social connections | Hotarubi no Mori e | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
7760_Destiny(wordlessnovel) | destiny novel destiny german novel german artist appeared munich based publisher images story follows unnamed woman german city early 20th century life poverty drives prostitution murder book images instead common showed greater depth character cinematic sense previous novels book inspired american artist tackle medium beginning gods man ward success brought american publication destiny sold book impressed critics best known novels synopsis book follows unnamed woman german city early 20th century lives life poverty constant victim society especially men drunken abusive father traveling salesman gets pregnant imprisoned murder unwanted child release turns life prostitute police hunt murders man axe jumps upper floor window shoot dead background born cologne studied medicine switching art studied munich paintings successful illustrations magazines satirical books created novel images man passion followed year longest successful work passionate journey books achieved particular popularity germany sold hundreds thousands 1920s artwork drew inspiration german displayed socialist themes struggle social injustice themes common novel genre production publication medium engraved plates lead medium turned found wood short supply germany lead plates economical wood melted reused errors destiny novel employ lead prints black white book images range size inches inches originally printed thin japanese paper book published germany editions munich novel pictures new_york paris novel pictures new_york dover publications style analysis engraved plates multiple tool called lining tool sort cuts multiple parallel lines gives mechanical hatching texture print images vary dimensions focus close ups faces crowds contrast earlier works destiny focuses woman instead plight man found book greater psychological depth characters plot development skilled technical achievement artwork canadian artist believed plots original reception legacy american artist discovered copy book new_york inspired create novels beginning gods man year success gods man subsequent drum led number american publishers bringing novels print including destiny sold literary scholar called destiny memorable examples novel genre novel scholar judged book pioneering work development contemporary graphic novel complexity plot social consciousness focus individual character commended book narrative pull credited creating haunting edgy narrative rhythm story persecution satire art story suggests arose | Destiny (wordless novel) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
7939_TenjhoTenge | japanese hepburn lit heaven earth written japanese manga series written illustrated great story primarily focuses members opposition ruling student body high school students art combat story groups increasingly involved ongoing battle left unresolved years serialized magazine ultra jump collected volumes adapted episode anime series aired april september episode original video animation aired march versions series licensed release english language different companies manga licensed released beginning came criticism fans editing sexual content closed releasing volumes picked rights completed uncut release series anime licensed released beginning licensed etymology japanese phrase japanese hepburn lit heaven earth phrase japanese translated literally equal entire world heaven earth daily shortened form coming mean heavy handed traditionally phrase attributed purported said whilst taking seven steps immediately born supposed assert status plot plot begins friend going day high school intended rule school beating anybody got way previous schools soon learn ordinary high school school founded teach integrate different fighting styles students skilled arts combat students possessing supernatural abilities strength based abilities use spirit japanese altercation bob join surviving club opposes club storyline develops groups find increasingly involved long enduring conflict left unresolved japanese feudal era characters ancestors characters year student current leader skilled martial arts possess dragon eye like siblings reason father entrusted cursed sword early series use body manipulation technique revert childhood form conserve argument settle second year student younger brother time easy going personality somewhat shy demeanor changes angered happens formidable year student youngest family manga brown ankle length hair hair anime like brother power dragon eye problems consciously better control power brother love constantly tries win heart seen fighting swords possible year student self proclaimed wear black long coat manages surprise battling odds heir demon family family supernatural power called dragon fist gives ability supernatural powers use power feared misunderstood caused socially rejected actually stronger bob year student african descent friends elementary school athletic practices brazilian martial art cool head looks girlfriend important person current president head family year student ranked fighter school highly skilled dedicated martial artist incident dragon eye able use formidable abilities minutes time media manga serialized japanese monthly manga magazine author illustrator great crossover mainstream manga writing illustrating pornographic series twice year publisher compiled chapters volumes released second final volume november licensed english language publication imprint launch titles version manga heavily edited censored order teen rating widest possible distribution united_states according changes conjunction creator great examines changes censorship garnered bit controversy controversy section released eighteen volumes north_america company shut july november acquired rights manga stating version uncut faithful original japanese june february released series monthly volumes collects individual volumes single large releases includes color pages series original run release cover volumes second cover printed color page manga published countries taiwan france germany mexico brazil spain anime anime directed animated produced animation division group companies episodes originally aired weekly japan april september episodes volume dvd box sets additional episodes broadcast japan march released form original video animation named ultimate fight anime follows closely source material manga eighth volume exception sexual content toned anime dubbed english french german language anime series licensed english language released episodes dvd special named past chapter story told flashbacks second half anime series condensed size episodes series broadcast north_america cable channel mentioned website mini site available volume listed episodes australia series released seven volumes include seventh disc years closure licensed series dvd release music anime music including background music theme songs composed performed artists provided opening closing themes songs anime record label released soundtrack single released character collection albums reception manga manga described engaging mix action comedy wrapping large plot fairly dark violent times creator great known flavor works sex violence great uses sex important aspect storyline powerful negatively positively characters significance importance fighting meaning strength conscious reasoning objective truth characters aspect story considered rare manga said readers find great narrative occasionally hard follow times plot moves slowly great known characters unrealistic body proportions different majority female characters ultra large breasts males characters muscular characters personalities come distinctive features overall manga received having sold million copies volumes regularly best selling manga charts north american diamond comic distributors charts anime anime described significantly toned version japanese manga retains spirit predecessor nudity removed animators way sexual shots anime close adaptation manga critique plot comparable manga reviewers felt anime handled frantic ill planned manner conclusion satisfactory original video animation animation considered bright vibrant colors solid backgrounds plenty visible detail little movement times repeated character shots animations animation fight scenes real time close reality possible bending violating laws physics early fight scenes thought intense seen recent anime dvd times affirmed quality animation scenes drop somewhat time action looks better average fighting anime japanese english voice acting considered good english dub times little uneven english dub occasion poor dialogue according causes lose anime sincerity overall anime considered average suffers lack good ending mainly anime covered arc story series original soundtrack considered average music setting tone anime reviewers found somewhat repetitive found drama tracks unsatisfactory executed highlight soundtrack bomb head anime opening song controversy came great deal criticism edits readers edits included length breadth book felt questionable teen audience covering removing nudity sexual removal chapter brand promotional material asserts offers pure manga way original japanese creators want grievances edits severe noticeable review states possibly heavily censored title history north american manga industry response protesters boycott edited version started website immediately following controversy group editor resigned company widely blamed fan community inside sources suggest responsible decision censor manga face complaints internal discussions possibility publishing version decided complete current version anime expo announced planned change rating mature beginning volume warned edited lightly declared censorship series greatest censorship fails manga | Tenjho Tenge | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
8453_Yotsuba&! | ongoing japanese comedy manga series creator published japan monthly magazine collected thirteen volumes depicts everyday adventures young girl named learns world guided father neighbors friends characters previously featured shot manga called try try try phrase means fact reflected chapter titles form manga licensed english language distribution released volumes volume supposed released february delayed indefinitely order focus core business anime new_york comic con announced acquired north american license series reprinted volumes new translations volume september continuing later volumes story centered year old adopted girl energetic cheerful curious odd quirky odd quirky father calls strange initially ignorant things child age expected know air playground swings premise humorous stories learns frequently everyday things start series adoptive father relocate new city help best friend tall man nicknamed makes strong impression daughters neighboring family daily activities originate interactions characters series continuing plot focus stories daily voyage discovery chapters place successive days details chapters series follows literally characters daily lives tone summarized motto chapter title pages advertising today enjoyable day original translation enjoy main characters household depicted energetic year old girl child wonder world enthusiastic nearly moving present house live mother island according left known biological orphaned outside japan adopted people think excellent swimmer enjoys drawing praise art avoid hurting feelings translated phrase leaf green hair styled similarly namesake daddy adoptive father manga avoids subject adoption birth parents neighbor asks tells found visiting foreign country decided adopt bring japan details tells people silly depicted youthful dad lifestyle usually wears boxer shorts home apologizes people irresponsible clothes works home freelance translator materials translates described leave house usually shopping friends brings despite laid personality playful behavior aim good father proper role model feels household family lives door years old oldest sisters lives home attending nearby university depicted attractive young woman enjoys creating people especially parents friend called horrible person manipulating entertainment mother claims like young cute child turn annoyance come mother child example past presented leaf mother asked leaf instead unable locate young reduced tears refers pretty middle sister years old second year high school appears responsible sisters usually buys active community visit school student calls vice president finds going way help intend observed tendencies characters lightly ridicule making ban wearing shirts strange pictures father appears room bag referred pretty dismay youngest sister years old goes nearby elementary school closest age best friend play frequently generally liked arguably kind character series tries friendly telling people negative effects global warming limiting use air conditioning teaching benefits recycling level headed smart serves big sister figure attempts spare year old fragile feelings lead little white lies like praising drawings letting believe friend concealed cardboard costume real robot named translation translation landing trouble result free time sketches good drawing skills plays finely dressed bears eager willing try new experiences enthusiastic activities like holding large frogs cleaning live fish referred small mother sisters frequently guest tells visit day habit calling mom fond giving treats likes watch eat tolerant nature doesn mind water pistol acting dead play nostalgia visits younger years better days according constantly husband comments similar personalities deny likes ice likes come embarrassment disapproval father sisters seen home particularly regular profession revealed sort constant referring past tense dead good terms family tries protect personality laid optimistic sentimental treat extra respect like treat family friends friend known children characters centimeters especially referred works father flower shop discover chance helps frequently visits house usually gifts ice cream sees family tends jokes heads younger children like means time goes organizing impromptu activities younger children catching fishing star develops deep meeting shy awkward beautiful women directly act result takes advantage relationship schemes effective close friend classmate lives nearby high rise appearance speech noticeable japanese version gender differences spoken japanese wears short hair clothes sports active nature instance ride likes wear roller shoes time frank tends reply like manner feels ridiculed point verge tears hand smooth things end good heart good friends unlike hated sight fish scared large frog caught close friend attends university frequently plan trips hang focused cool cigarettes constantly means tiger girl enjoys calling tiger fond taking photos old camera meet assuming male boyfriend generally nonsense annoyed ended liking considers fun actual surname friend mentioned fourth chapters calls good making lame helping appear chapter shown petty plays including candy taking work prank calling enjoys acting nemesis refers junior context junior unknown lives eats instant paid end month eats frozen meals rest time miss stake friend given unknown official appearance chapter visits home recognizes trip high school chapter bit eccentric nickname miss stake comes mistake introduced class japanese auxiliary mean accident pun development published shot manga called try try try father unnamed appeared characters including largely different character design personality different spelling given try try try written meaning wind summer meaning wind scent media anime anime spin based cat versions character announced air october mini anime program project adapt despite popularity success plans announced anime adaptation entry posted website said plans animated reiterated december claiming stories style suited animation manga manga written illustrated published monthly aimed teenage boys manga magazine march issue going chapters collected thirteen volumes english originally licensed published volumes dropping license north american license picked republished volumes sixth september thirteen volumes released addition series licensed france spain germany italy finland korea taiwan vietnam comics thailand chapter takes place specific nearly day common year starting wednesday year initially believed coinciding date manga stated manga takes place present day allows appearance products created nintendo plays chapter monthly daily released year monthly calendar released constraints schedule edition monthly calendar featured pictures playing animals lions editions feature photographs altered include things playing children reaching balloon photographs drawings daily mix original manga artwork occasional fun items example calendar game ongoing year daily run april march following japanese school year instead calendar year monthly calendar released november music music cds released purely instrumental called image albums music designed mental images events described titles albums composed performed worked soundtrack album released april follows course typical day second album general winter released november depicts season winter including christmas new year celebrations general winter harsh winters similar picture books picture book published december isbn book pictures playing black white colored animals animal given japanese english scientific classification species book called released actually compilation calendar illustrations released previously reception drawn vertical panel strips earlier series page format giving artistic scope work noted clean art detailed backgrounds expressive faces praised tone slice life storytelling comedic writing eccentric realistic characters especially comics reporter described series read ing like love letter way kids age reviewer compared ability capture wonder childhood manga described light feel good manga like endless summer day said find wonderful world childhood calling french edition volume beautiful manga children adults praised skill making distinct secondary characters calling immediately saying story ways criticized creating characters clean perfectly functional outrageous expressions reactions dragging jokes long popular readers reviewers example volume best selling comic japan half volume second best selling comic japan volumes seven number comics chart week debuted volume sold copies making manga volumes oricon chart year volumes english translation selling graphic novels united_states month release volume english edition reached number new_york_times best seller list manga stayed list weeks volume debuted manga best seller list series sold total million copies worldwide december million published outside japan including france germany italy spain russia sweden finland korea china taiwan indonesia thailand vietnam awards received excellence award manga japan media arts festival jury citation praised vivid characters gentle atmosphere nominated 12th culture award award best publication kids category win runner annual award won grand prize 20th culture awards sharing english translation listed best comics best comics staff graphic novels teens volume named book month june issue exhibit artwork tokyo december lead article issue japanese design magazine idea study focusing book design interior layout translated editions handled | Yotsuba&! | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
8762_DragonBall | dragon ball japanese hepburn japanese manga series written illustrated originally serialized weekly jump individual chapters published volumes initially inspired classical chinese novel journey west series follows adventures protagonist childhood adulthood trains martial arts explores world search seven known dragon balls summon wish granting dragon gathered journey makes friends battles wide variety villains seek dragon balls adapted anime series produced dragon ball dragon ball broadcast japan additionally studio developed nineteen animated feature films television specials anime series titled revised faster paced version aired japan title original version footage featured manga removed fifth anime series titled began airing japan july companies developed types merchandising based series leading large media franchise includes films animated live action trading card games numerous action figures collections soundtracks large number video games manga series licensed english language release north_america united_kingdom australia new_zealand entire anime series licensed english language release united_states series dubbed studio films franchise including live action film adaptation produced taiwan 20th century fox acquired rights produce american live action film titled evolution received negatively critics fans movie released april united_states release successful manga anime series time manga volumes sold million copies japan million copies worldwide making best selling manga series history reviewers praised art characterization humor story widely regarded greatest manga series manga artists piece rave master black cat citing source inspiration popular works anime particularly dragon ball highly popular countries arguably influential popularity japanese animation western culture plot summary series begins monkey tailed boy named teenage girl named accompanies find seven summon dragon grant user wish journey leads desert later ally agrees marry man seeks dragon balls fulfill desire rule world undergoes rigorous training regimes martial arts master order fight strongest heavens martial arts tournament monk named training partner rival soon best friends tournament searches dragon ball grandfather left single defeats hired assassin reunites friends defeat fighters locate dragon ball revive friend killed years later allies oppose rival brother students killed tournament tracks defeated killer takes receives healing power boost fights leading deaths uses dragon balls regain youth destroying kills dying son directs original creator dragon balls restore revive slain friends trains years reuniting friends narrowly wins leaving promise marry years later young adult father son arrives earth identifies younger brother reveals members nearly extinct extraterrestrial race called sent conquer earth suffered severe head injury lost memory mission refuses continue mission sides sacrifices life defeat trains revived dragon balls save earth invading battle killed dragon balls cease exist learn set planet search revive friends subsequently earth leading battles standing alongside heroes fight team mercenaries long battle comes close transforms super legends defeats group artificial humans created member doctor appear years later seeking revenge time evil life form called cell emerges absorbing achieve perfect form holds fighting tournament challenge protagonists sacrifices life avail father defeating cell seven years later briefly revived day allies drawn fight numerous battles including destruction creation earth destroys sphere pure energy drawn intelligent beings earth wishes good person years later meets human leaving match unfinished departs train earth new guardian production loosely modeled classic chinese novel journey west redeveloped shot manga said fighting influenced movies famous martial arts actor wanted create story basic theme journey west little serialized magazine added idea dragon balls game like activity gathering thinking characters wish originally thought year end dragon balls collected stated stories easy understand specifically aimed readers older previous serial slump wanted break western influences common slump deliberately going chinese scenery referencing chinese buildings photographs china wife bought island held modeled wife assistant visited area spaceship consulted photos africa martial arts tournament began truly popular having recalled races tournaments slump anticipating readers expect win tournaments lose planning eventual victory said muscle tower storyline inspired video game enemies tended appear fast created truly evil villain result called arc interesting draw company strongest earth turned extraterrestrial opponents including forcibly took planets created time japanese economic bubble inspired real estate called worst kind people finding escalating enemies difficult created add balance series added time travel said hard time thinking week having discuss second editor cell death intended replace series protagonist felt character suited role changed mind going normal convention strongest characters largest terms physical size designed dragon ball powerful characters small including protagonist creating character process come face body type clothes thinking world inhabit fighters said plan details story resulting strange occurrences later series including changing colors characters mid story characters having screen tone found difficult use later explained grow means drawing fight scenes easier editor initially rare main character manga series change drastically including fights manga characters locations avoid difficulties drawing residents destroyed buildings personally idea naming fighting techniques time felt better proceeded create names techniques series signature lit wife came called order advance story quickly having characters travel created flying cloud lit cloud gave fighters flying technique lit air dance technique finally granted ability lit instant came idea felt way massive power transform initially concerned facial expression looked like villain felt transformation brought anger acceptable talking long time friend fellow manga artist stronger super suggested having characters fuse leading creation fusion technique completion continued add story background information universe published second half series said interested coming story actually drawing battles intense lines said letters readers complaining art square intentionally stated action manga important aspect sense speed draw elaborate going far suggest interested art said goal series tell unconventional contradictory story commenting global success said frankly don understand happened manga serialized thing wanted kept drawing japanese boys happy role manga work entertainment dare don care works left long entertained readers media manga written illustrated serialized manga anthology weekly jump november grew exhausted felt needed break drawing individual chapters published volumes september august chapters released collection volumes included slightly rewritten ending new covers color artwork weekly jump run february issue jump released december announced parts manga fully colored released volumes beginning chapter grouped story arcs released february july dragon ball manga licensed release english north_america originally released volumes chapters title dragon ball mimic anime series adapted volumes feeling reduce potential confusion readers initially released series chapter chapter monthly comic book format starting later began collecting graphic novels releasing monthly format began censor series response complaints parents argued parental complaints major chain stores stop selling series wide distribution concessions assured changes approval making suggestions obscure objects fan petition garnered signatures created year later announced stop series instead increased rating reprinted graphic novels dragon ball trunk appearance chapter published monthly magazine debut issue january april later collected volumes series released march imprint completed august finishing june releasing volumes company began censor series translating sound effects changing sexual references june began releasing series format called big edition collects individual volumes single large volume editions higher quality paper include original weekly jump color pages include new censorship releases november volumes series released hardcover collector editions began releasing new volumes similar big edition volume released june version uses japanese covers marks time english entire series released dragon ball serialized chapter fully colored version manga digital anthology february february began publishing dragon ball color edition large printed volumes february manga licensed english speaking countries distributed format separating united_kingdom release manga different distributors august november imprint released volumes dragon ball release books expand digital sales august australia new_zealand released volumes dragon ball manga big volumes spin offs created short series self parody appearing august chapter series released sporadically weekly jump monthly jump completed chapters compiled volume release april celebration 30th anniversary special manga titled super released september included characters series appearing special crossover chapters known manga chapter police station dragon ball crossover author year teamed create single crossover chapter piece chapter published december issue weekly jump april issue english final chapter manga series revealed set characters making appearances collected volumes contain bonus chapter depicting mother bonus chapter published digital english weekly colored spin manga titled dragon ball written published magazine debut issue released december manga condensed retelling adventures child details changed super deformed art style title collected volumes released april second april december fourth february chapter manga penned published monthly magazine jump august october manga sequel special father key details changed title indicates manga story revolves father special featured scenario die hands gets fight enemy super anime series dragon ball produced anime television series based manga chapters titled series premiered japan television february ran april lasting episodes dragon ball instead continuing anime animation decided carry adaptation new asked come title dragon ball commonly abbreviated picks years series left final chapters manga premiered japan television april taking predecessor time slot ran episodes conclusion january dragon ball dragon ball premiered february ran november episodes unlike anime series based original manga created sequel series called grand story original designed main cast spaceship design planets came title logo addition oversaw production series dragon ball dragon ball anime february announced begin broadcasting revised version series 20th anniversary celebrations series premiered japan april lit dragon ball revised episodes remastered featuring updated opening ending sequences vocal tracks original cast footage edited closely follow manga resulting faster moving story damaged frames removed new version created original footage shots remade scratch order fix continuity issues majority international versions including english dub titled dragon ball dragon ball super april announced new television series released years debuted july run weekly series sundays reprised roles original cast reprise roles reprise roles respectively story anime set months defeat earth peaceful credited original creator original story character design concepts adapted companion manga films anime nineteen animated theatrical films based dragon ball series released japan films based original anime series remaining films include dragon ball films tenth anniversary special based anime series films generally alternate certain story arcs extra stories timeline series exception dragon ball battle gods dragon ball resurrection released respectively films original creator deeply involved production live action unofficial live action chinese film adaptation series magic begins released taiwan december unofficial live action korean film dragon ball son released 20th century fox acquired feature film rights dragon ball franchise march began production american live action film entitled evolution directed produced released united_states april specials animations television specials based series aired japan son father renamed father shown october second special renamed history based special chapter original manga aired march story star ball badge courage renamed hero legacy aired march hour long crossover special piece referred dragon ball super collaboration special aired april episode original video animation titled plan created strategy guides video game remake titled dragon ball plan super created bonus feature playstation xbox video game dragon ball raging blast released november short film dragon ball son friends return created celebrated weekly jump 40th anniversary debuted november short animated adaptation manga dragon ball episode shown december jump event video games dragon ball franchise spawned multiple video games genres platforms earlier games series included system card battling released nintendo_entertainment_system following storyline series starting super nintendo entertainment system playstation games fighting genre rpg including series dragon ball game released united_states dragon ball final bout playstation playstation playstation portable games characters redone shaded graphics games included dragon ball series series dragon ball burst limit game franchise developed playstation xbox game franchise developed playstation xbox massively multiplayer online role playing game called dragon ball online available korea hong_kong taiwan shut soundtracks soundtracks released anime movies games music anime films composed music composed music composed anime soundtracks released dragon ball music collection dragon ball complete song collection reissued respectively second anime soundtrack series released produced released columbia_records japan july march entire lifespan september columbia released series cds released compilations video games films soundtracks music english versions companion books numerous companion books dragon ball franchise chief series comprising seven main volumes supplemental volumes covering manga anime series theatrical films dragon ball published japan released english printed contains colored illustrations drew magazines covers bonus specials covers includes interview work process remainder released english print japan february condensed versions updated information released volume series dragon ball perfect files released december jump comics selection imprint include series information illustration galleries scenes information print years released april accompanying japanese dvd release edition print coinciding volume release manga release entire series dvd time japan new released dragon ball forever cover manga volume numbers story points reference release dragon ball son cover dragon ball dragon ball anime respectively material books reused earlier volumes include new material including substantial interviews creator cast production staff series son particular showcases previously unpublished design sketches father drawn character designer prior creator revisions resulted final version following release japan new released volume dragon ball super exciting guide covering manga volume dragon ball extreme battle collection covering anime series despite series airing time extreme battle collection books reference earlier series content episode numbers books include new question answer sessions revealing new details world characters series saw release new dragon ball anime illustrations guide golden warrior sort anime counterpart manga oriented showcases anime original illustrations includes interviews principal character designers anime japanese dvd releases series movies released blu ray boxed sets released come dragon book guide contains details content contains new interview member cast staff series books reproduced release dragon ball dragon box sets cards cards based dragon ball dragon ball series released cards feature scenes manga anime plus exclusive artwork series released set united_states july reception manga popular manga series time continues enjoy high readership today million copies volumes sold japan number grown pass million japan million worldwide making second best selling weekly jump manga time credited main reasons period manga circulation highest mid-1980s mid-1990s 10th anniversary japanese fans voted greatest manga time survey conducted oricon people son main character franchise ranked place strongest manga character time journey growing strength resulted character winning admiration young boys manga artists piece creator creator stated inspired series main protagonists series structure manga critic stated dragon ball far influential manga years today artist lists favorites lifts ways says series turns gag adventure manga nearly pure fighting manga basic formula lots martial arts lots training sequences jokes model series thompson called art influential cited reason series popularity author manga claims chapters dragon ball play like slump like humour built slump previous manga clear early influence series feels series established unique identity occasion group trains story develops far action packed sinister tone battles aerial spiritual elements increased death count humor makes occasional appearance claims art shift occurs characters lose rounded innocent look established slump gain angles leap page energy intensity felt series worldwide appeal dramatic pacing martial arts action maintain tension levels hold audience attention spans little boy art japan commented dragon ball ending narrative moves forward seamlessly great commented manga art style series continued characters got refined muscular khan prefers manga slow pacing anime counterparts praised story humor manga good conveying characters personalities divers called translation best english editions series original japanese remarked manga volume superior humor title praised innocence insistence funniest parts series content manga controversial united_states november toys removed stores nationwide dallas parent complained series borderline soft porn bought year old son commenting issue explained difference culture ban reluctantly began censor series wide distribution releasing volumes censored announced reprinted fan reactions october maryland banned dragon ball manga school district depicts nudity sexual contact children sexual adults children anime anime adaptations received better known western world manga saying anime series way dragon ball certain generation television consumers characters known animated realm step wilderness anime satellite channel men lifestyle magazine japan largest video rental chain conducted poll fans anime series coming fourth conducted polls anime came second nationwide survey conducted multiple age groups online poll occasions dragon ball anime topped japan dvd sales summed dragon ball action packed tale told rare humor genuine sense adventure colleague noted reputation drastic alterations script praised dub critics fans japanese version critical english dub script years criticized voices including appearance combined feminine english voice left fans confused gender considered series characters different stereotypical stock characters noted undergo development despite praising dragon ball cast characters criticized having long repetitive fights known criticized long repetitive dragged fights span episodes martin commenting practically turned drawing fights art form explained comes fact anime created alongside manga dragon ball listed best animated ign animated series listed 50th greatest cartoon wizard magazine greatest cartoons list harris commented dragon ball downright mentioning material characters lost novelty fun criticized character designs goofy gave negative comments mentioning fights series simple exercise anime superior plot criticized giving formula predecessors episode earned viewer ratings percentage ahead piece following episodes lower ratings anime viewer ratings week japan run | Dragon Ball | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
8847_GrandGuignolOrchestra | grand orchestra grand orchestra japanese hepburn gothic horror targeted girls manga series written illustrated appearing monthly serial japanese manga magazine august issue june issue eighteen chapters collected bound volumes romantic shot manga garden appeared april issue published february august set world worldwide epidemic virus turned population zombies resemble grand orchestra focuses singer orchestra destroys music new york anime festival announced licensed series english language translation published series imprint october december series translated languages german grand orchestra positively received english language readers volumes placing list graphic novels series received range reviews english language critics illustrations premise generally received criticism series focused narrative page plot setting manga artist described setting middle ages sort french air series takes place fictional universe worldwide epidemic virus turned population zombies resemble certain types music restore humanity memories speeding destruction queen destroys music smaller unofficial grand orchestra area seventy percent infected virus queen sends divine lightning destroy area virus spreading virus originates queen father transformed subsequent queens potential successors grown cells opposed queen rule valentine chancellor regent governing century story plot follows unofficial grand orchestra led singer searches way rescue younger sister cold hearted queen convinced tricked queen place members include violence prone sculptor keeps daughter soon joined pianist lived identity twin brother attack left surviving child town periodically encounter unofficial orchestra pianist violence drove beloved away resurrected suicide characters include spy queen manipulate voice befriended male monastery child unofficial orchestra visits infected towns destroys fee eventually obtain rumoured able destroy queen virus performed having left protection unaware took fear effects orchestra orchestra confront find kidnapped queen fatally wounded servant cook secretly host original king cook responsible manipulation caused queen instead persuaded return kills cook attempts escape music broadcast world satellites divine lightning hearing music sing destroyed separated orchestra realizes live later reunites unofficial orchestra affected virus development noted title series potentially misleading orchestra composed chose word describes hand sound page limitations affected roles rival felt story ended planned faced difficulty character design initially planned appear body animal suit costume decided idea comical early character designs minor character assassin included bound volume release garden page romantic shot manga originally published april issue monthly targeted girls manga magazine focuses finds boys dormitory inhabitants ranks corresponding deck playing cards struggles solve mystery boys dormitory closed outside world death results rebirth allusions victorian poem lady english poet alfred lord retrospective felt setting best characters presented difficulty remembering release written illustrated appeared serial august issue june issue collected eighteen chapters bound volumes released february august new york anime festival announced licensed series publish series imprint published series october december released digital version series series distributed australia new_zealand translated languages german italian french volume list reception grand orchestra positively received english language readers volumes appeared list graphic novels volume sold copies appeared spot october reached fifteenth spot list graphic novels september second volume sold estimated copies appeared spot february fifth volume sold estimated copies appeared spot writing school library journal blog good comics kids reviewed volume positively wrote elements fans beautiful characters gender ambiguity horror themes blood gore course gorgeous costumes according unexplained aspects plot helped create interest readers comic world news mixed feelings volume praised aesthetic premise translation wrote work appealing strike balance creative focus intellectual abandon emotional reviewed negatively criticizing plot wrote appeal fans finding aspects setting costume design historically confusing trying reader suspension disbelief wrote backstory quick pacing detailed art frightening portrayal zombies volume winning entry fascinating series mixed feelings dense page according contributed narrative suspense affected reader ability easily read volume places review fourth volume praised character development ability create mysteries wrote readers enjoy numerous plot twists suggested possibility metaphor french revolution series reviewer gave volume praised illustrations ability create dramatic revelations wrote overshadowed confusing narrative reviewed series positively art characterization storytelling source praise expressed feelings annoyance frustration conclusion fourth volume saw female characters left purpose male members orchestra kidnapping wrote inclusion happy ending felt surprising compared rest story reviewing garden enjoyed grand orchestra wrote short story contained implicit reference children novel looking glass character sleeping | Grand Guignol Orchestra | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
8913_ThrudtheBarbarian | comics character created parody conan particularly depicted films inspiration character adventures adversaries drawn fantasy sources 1980s comic strip regular popular feature magazine comic antics forming memorable magazine golden age continued interest character role playing enthusiasts desire free experiment new artistic style prompted self publish series award winning length comics october continued develop new artistic style different stories contributing success particular use muted criticised style received praise highly unique appearances initial publications character created year old foundation art college graphic design tutor gave project producing comic strip time reading conan books inspired produce initial page strip published comics moved art college liverpool appearance comic dead authored artist dead featured strip titled black subsequently published 26th final issue warrior comic anthology black later appear enemies white dwarf seeing advertisement magazine asking submitted strips hired monthly feature issue september issue september time black white single page strip voted popular feature consecutive years collection strips published novel games workshop addition strips printed anthology included drawn version original strip origin story length comic strip run course worked comics including judge crossover story ultimate published work story fully painted considered impressive criticised forced confused muddy developing new style based line drawings computer having painter believe able interest different style attending gaming conventions found remembered work recognised interest character decided create self publish length comic way new style noticed total comics published june ice slice january lava june june jungle january found organising distribution comic shops devoted website able break financially new style noticed received positive comments cover images comics hand painted contrast computer coloured line art comic issue new style cover image fictional character biography origin story printed novel story tells group mercenaries lost searching pub abandoned baby deserted village mercenaries decide raise baby teaching fight drink beer age sent towers teachers fellow students children shoots shooter reaction kill seven pupils teachers leading expulsion school choosing return wilderness adoptive parents lives day hidden burial chamber finding small helmet large axe finding gold gems decides return newfound wealth quickly establishing reputation violent warrior years later finds mundane duties opportunities fight halt constant kill death destroy wise men kingdom collect stories heroism land read long night characterisation endowed strength speed jungle cat intelligence garden dimensional character engages slaughter strikes style poses remaining ignorant plot points depicted foot tall hugely exaggerated muscular physique small head dressed large boots caricature conan heavy tavern regularly causing unable desired flavour cause author conan books battle cry sacred pay supporting characters black appearing dead warrior black returned series strips titled destroyer story black leader warriors attack small village looting homes burning women livestock eating babies black returned issue self published comic leader group laying siege small town black depicted heavy black armour wearing helmet provided pair long horizontally extending horns appears number strips occasionally narrator drinking companion depicts hair large cap pulled low eyes claims northern tribes honorary chief savage known slayer depicted resembling silly accent meeting half sword returns join group mercenaries fighting black destroyer depicted line running middle face chest encounters sees chasing away wasp waving small cloth tower bedroom thinking distress storms tower killing father brothers cousins process seeking revenge attempts poison bottle poison succeeds putting sleep series strips subsequently joins group mercenaries brought fight black destroyer series strips depicted breasts barely covered shoulder leather bra similar british comedian evil regularly crosses paths depicted bald man wearing large encounters early strip turned frog subsequently tasks takes advantage state following failed assassination attempt force obtain items necessary spell destroyer revealed service providing army warriors drawn time including imperial appears villain issue length comic merchandise range merchandise produced character inception including shirt badge series produced different metal starting white dwarf personality miniature numbered limited edition followed consisting female admirer head introduced blood bowl player commissioned appropriate miniature produced including limited edition sold weeks release march limited edition released reception awards best loved pieces years strip ran voted popular feature consecutive years magazine golden age long term fans excited nostalgic return length comic concerned idea stretch pages reviewing issue writing strike considered comic success joke spread thin limited single page original strip found worked constraints single page stretched spun issue received similarly mixed reviews clark criticising comic themes joke issue comics bulletin found written light reading elements humour overall comic deemed success negative reviewers awarding looking forward issues writing received mixed reviews reception artwork entirely positive recalling heavy blacks bold outlines original strip found new style open expressive praised development artist judging comic beautifully drawn coloured clear line style carter thought art little flat places praised unique lot character commended risky decision write draw publish comic comic compared favourably professional quality comics lack viewed advantage offerings high production values praised glossy cover high quality paper inner pages won eagle award favourite british small press title nominated favourite colour british eagle award lost legacy october months issue published returned new computer drawn style story judge story written new style initially received review seen marked improvement previous fully painted style figures atmospheric story developed criticised narrow palette blues result story set underground review criticism subdued continued story gain pain conclusion style recognised truly unique previously criticised blues seen work coloured elements artwork stories october april received praised character designs style said easily having volume colour | Thrud the Barbarian | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
9125_FreeCollarsKingdom | free kingdom free kingdom japanese manga series written illustrated individual chapters serialized compiled volumes released february march set japan series revolves struggle stray cat groups young newly abandoned cat joins free cat appearances humans appear normal cats cats appear cat attack carry weapons drawing series changed art style previously asked use original noted series different works unsure audience respond free kingdom licensed english language release united_states released series united_kingdom released licensed regional release taiwan hong_kong italy free kingdom garnered mixed reviews critics series praised artwork humor criticized plot characters plot young cat lives boy named parents sick parents abandon leaving basement apartment complex soon discovers group stray cats called free control believe hold cats wild spirit given opportunity join provided removes collar symbol pet declines opting remain basement await return comes realize join free hopes survive reunite removes collar joins fight rival gang leader wants control plans rule world humans ensuing adventures grows close free frustrated continued advances teammates mount offensive attack convinced destroyed confronts learns free collar brother chased road humans killed bus able defeat reminded wishes farewell soon learns recovered moving away thought leaving free meets train station gives torn collar promises visit returns new friends characters free group stray cats removed refuse relationship humans young joins free abandoned tends members group scottish fold spends time free member discovered old american leader cat house kingdom household high class cats left feeling humans rat talented technology group easily angered maine swimming befriends named like fur opposing cat controls leader principal general distinct hatred humans sees potential slaves acting cats having previously lack tails pretended tails fearing rejection production originally asked draw free kingdom style previously works drawing style evolved development free kingdom volume free kingdom expressed feelings series release stating went press knew noted series bit different compared previous series worked idea audience respond explained fun reading happy volume having left open pages extra pages describe characters fun media written illustrated individual chapters free kingdom serialized japan chapters collected published volumes released february march july company released reprint series collected volumes series licensed english language release north_america published series january july united_kingdom published february august licensed regional language releases taiwan italy hong_kong volume list reception free kingdom received mixed reviews english speaking audiences praised artwork noting characters cute sexy wide variety clothing good job expressing character personality overall artwork clean attractive characters detailed backgrounds review second volume alexander wrote far story continues fun examination life like cat point view don know storyline going wrapped volume review volume alexander felt story probably received early ending concluded despite series volumes worthy read funny owned cat reviewing second volume felt good job laying framework executing plot fun adventures review volume wrote art enjoyable sequences going hard exactly eyes seeing noted fans series continue enjoy writing school library journal criticized series slow formulaic similarly formulaic character designs stated animal world portrayed fun interesting characters tiny artifacts human culture failed hold reader interest heavily criticized story grading calling large number manga anime clichés like intended manga artist unable sustain coherent unified storyline original creation praise artwork grading calling rich beautifully drawn manga notes series hook characters drawn hot anthropomorphic cat girls cat boys praises having unique twist | Free Collars Kingdom | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
10283_FairyCube | japanese hepburn fantasy gothic targeted girls manga written illustrated appearing serial japanese manga magazine february fairy cube chapters collected bound volumes published october july related short story appeared october issues magazine began intent writing shorter manga set fictional universe fairy inhabited exists alongside present day earth series focuses teenager childhood friend body stolen starts journey reclaim soon finds conflict group hope capture earth opening licensed english language release north_america previewed series manga anthology released series november digital edition published english translation published singapore series translated languages series received range reviews reviews volume generally positive reviewers differed thoughts conclusion final volume placed list graphic novels november plot takes place fictional universe inhabited variety entities exists alongside present day earth series focuses year old sees invisible normal people spirit backstory revealed start series mother left causing novelist father burn wing marks prevent abused childhood friend secret crush later returns city lives separated years scene murder seeing man retrieve cube victim body follows antique shop man actually named gives fairy cube cube belonging fairy allow fairy human soon killed father manipulated exists spirit possessing body returning shop trip small powerful vicious fairy love takes control body deceased young boy moved determination agrees aid quest regain body way encounters maternal aunt rise like explains left completely drained life force cross dressing girl born multi million land development company aims restore environment raven supernatural bodyguard clan guards demon door additionally learns grew abandoned parents loved non native fairy village tried sacrifice god war death slaughtered god escaped infiltrate allows captured beauty contest company plans harvest energy fairy open demon door rescues fairy god revealed inhabiting body father plan eventually returns body fairy magic body accepts having held captive series appears dying reveals twin killed cutting life line raven realizes fiancée actually demon door prior start series angry playing feelings secretly consciousness door sealing spell die sacrifice seal demon door help letting people earth glimpse energy belief development manga artist earlier related short manga appeared october issues japanese targeted girls manga magazine published twice month focuses teenager makes pact lonely ghost exchanging life wishes chasing spirits escaped demon door raven rescue ghost young girl died suddenly seal spirit feeds negative emotions wrote story reminder trait shares teenage protagonist started goal writing short series story nature serial faced page limitations deciding ending considered having sacrifice close demon door rejected feeling unpleasant readers expressed fondness sad endings unable include newfound friendship romantic relationship served focus story release eighteen chapters appeared serial february collected chapters bound volumes published october july comic con international convention held san_diego california announced licensed english language release north_america included preview april issue manga anthology published series november digital edition series released series licensed singapore published languages german italian french volume list reception final volume placed spot list graphic novels november estimated copies sold writing school library journal found accessible previous works despite covering subjects murder revenge ign gave volume favorable review enjoying series different view wrote story reminded pre victorian version snow white british review volume worried cover readers believing light kind story drive away target audience follow review final volume wrote conclusion series confusing earlier work thought story executed flaws rating series stars author manga wrote reminded covered original subject matter plotting highly recommended volume praising inclusion celtic mythology enjoyed plot described cover beautiful disliked artistic inconsistencies caused use assistants according review volume story succeeded use touches creating occasionally ridiculous mix horror romance revenge review final volume expressed feelings annoyance characters spent volume talking little action wrote story despite promising start went downhill introduction beauty contest second volume theater enjoyed conclusion wrote isn best work reviewer french edition disliked quickly story progressed commenting protagonists personalities fully explored result reviewer praised covers volumes magnificent | Fairy Cube | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
10406_Hibiki'sMagic | magic magic subtitled continental chronicle original version japanese manga series written illustrated story centers young girl named apprentice skilled wizard named skill magic thing good making tea accident teacher nearly dies comes stay famous magic academy works teacher magic started august issue later transferred november concluded issue licensed series north_america released volumes manga described having inspirational tone cute style storytelling describes manga solid story breaks mold plot magic revolves title character lonely young girl wing skilled wizard named story onset living training assistant learn art magic refers master searching key renowned expert craft known magic circles draws power art elaborate circles enact invites learn knows magic rarely succeeds spite repeatedly failing keeps trying teacher encouragement research interrupted group men break house experiment soul trapped inside like creature called real body lost fire results magical protection barely escape alive takes residence nearby capital city surprised reputation taken local given position professor attempts convince administration shortcomings meet failure forced learn cope professor famous magic school country meets new people help way meets hard handle student named hates magic eventually able friends continues hate magic help master creates form young girl names hard line share close relationship meets cursed girl named tries help alleviate curse friend turns granddaughter king land magic takes place world magic order gain magic sacrifice physical sacrifice experiencing pain mental sacrifice losing memories tries help making sacrifices little characters young girl little confidence abilities tea making met shy girl hide corner room house eventually warmed personality came consider important person helps people need talent magic relies master help regard somewhat clumsy best wins people abundant kindness warm heart skilled wizard took home order train assistant craft despite constant failures gets angry lets time right love young woman age named sacrificed memories loved ones magic young man enrolled student spite believe magic useful mankind forced academy grandmother parents died war conducting horrible experiments remarks deserved attitude stems series painful magical experiments involved child save girl age named died prematurely friends starts act little nicely sacrificed going pain magic physically injured healing eyes known female artificial human created joint effort despite looking like young girl maturity adult finds wrong reading newspapers smoking cigarettes originally created weapons magic guns weapons use taking care stray flies independent personality like told confirmed stable loves male wizard personality director likes magic surprise making flowers small birds appear sacrifice magic ages quickly example saved surprised aged years day assistant person meets makes mistake lectures informs member faculty act entirely fault low magical experience worries succeeding member staff like perform magic vast knowledge magic disposal adopted man constantly abused thing cheer book magic user saved hopes use female teacher specialty normally sweet young woman personality sinister performing shows skill asked new clothes woman age older sister lost young daughter war spent time researching human form able produce looks human incident finally able accept daughter death sacrificed magic young girl grandfather king land skilled sword fighter followed dead spirits baby chicks believe mother rest interfering sword training able help initially making disappear chicks come production release manga series magic written illustrated stated volume conceived magic short story wrote student story contains unspecified theme carried lot stories wanted collaborate favorite artists remembered earlier concept magic drew early character designs wanted continue story start manga artist manga premiered august issue later transferred magazine november magic went hiatus release volume chapters released august issue bonus chapter september issue finally special edition magazine july issue titled key station manga resumed regular publication april issue concluded issue volume released august volumes released february announced acquired magic distribution english north_america released volume january followed second volume september licensed series chinese reception ann review volume states magic focus ways magic effects everyday lives users personal focus welcome book little compressed rushed evoke exactly emotional response desires time describing volume having inspirational tone review ends saying don come magic expecting life changing examination magic heavy dose pure like sweet sour drama lots cheese volume magic featured ann right turn column january compares series someday heart portrays similar normal people weaknesses opposed tales magic focus cool different compared normal people visually series described similar fantasy series cites similarities magic robes school logo ign comics review said book ought fairly popular intended age group mistake book cute sense word time solid story breaks mold review comic book reviewer praised crafting gentle highly engaging story deep friendship strong love devotion cited art cute visuals emotionally potent review follows reviewers citing series cute describing funny real tear manga theme thought related finding hope times pain grief online appendix manga cites magic cross someday describes optimistic someday thompson goes pan manga dull title crude generic art | Hibiki's Magic | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
10754_TheSecretoftheUnicorn | secret secret french secret eleventh volume comics series belgian cartoonist story daily belgium leading newspaper june january amidst german occupation belgium world war story revolves young reporter dog snowy friend captain discover left ancestor 17th century sir lead hidden treasure pirate red obtain identical models sir francis ship discover criminals model ships willing kill order obtain secret commercial success published book form shortly conclusion concluded arc begun story treasure series defining comics tradition secret remained favourite works creating story adapted animated series animated series adventures feature film secret synopsis brussels market purchases antique model ship intends captain strangers model ship collector antique scout independently try persuade sell model sees police detectives thompson look flat snowy accidentally knocks model breaks mainmast having repaired shown ship discovers ship named ship commanded ancestor ship stolen apartment investigation discovers owns identical model named home discovers miniature realises hidden mast model snowy broken written brothers company sailing speak light light dawn shines forth eagle cross hearing captain explains 17th century warship captained ancestor sir seized pirate band led crew survive capture sir francis killed single combat destroyed later built models left sons requests meeting speak points cryptic clue identity later kidnapped perpetrators shooting bird brothers antique dealers model seek treasure plundered escapes bird brothers country estate captain arrives officers thompson arrest found lost stolen thompson track penchant collecting obtain containing missing combining holding light discover coordinates lost treasure plan expedition find history background amidst german occupation belgium world war accepted position working belgian largest daily newspaper confiscated original owners german authorities permitted reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october editor new children supplement assistance old friend cartoonist paper shortages forced daily main pages upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration heavily size readership reached faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality need political types entertainment producer author observed concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively secret collaborated significant degree biographer suggested considered story discussions led craft complex story prior adventures strongly influenced adventure novels writers like paul influence apparent story inclusion hidden parallels story children captain grant recommended acknowledged contribution including cameo market scene start story particularly purchased books brussels old market child secret half story arc concluded following adventure treasure arc utilised expert related blue lotus largely self sufficient self contained connection secret treasure far closer previous works drawn variety sources newspaper draw scenes characters secret drew unprecedented variety sources drawing old vessels initially consulted recently published art art sea seeking accurate depictions old naval vessels consulted friend owned brussels shop model ships produced plans 17th century french gun warship copy constructed decorated studied vessels period better understand 17th century ship design gained basis design boat ship named listed annals french_navy instead took british frigate active century fictional ship adopted frigate character red partly inspired fictional pirate appeared story alongside female pirates encountered november edition looks costumes inspired character appears novel captain connecticut 17th century french french based real belgian town actual design building based albeit outer wings removed introducing story captain character series introduced later family ancestry secret set entirely belgium adventure set favourite story historical parallels publishing book learned actually admiral served british_royal_navy late 17th early 18th centuries sir charge flagship earl sandwich naval battle anglo dutch war fighting set escaped rescued sea following bravery recognised british monarch king charles_ii subsequently took command ship royal charles naval administrator later life admiral grandfather named richard commanded ship line reign king individual known captain lived period commanded fire ship anne christopher recorded captain ship separated squadron whilst sea docked purchase goods taken britain sold profit action brought admiralty tribunal ordered profits transaction suspended command months publication secret began daily strip newspaper june previous adventures began french catholic newspaper march belgium published page book format fully coloured book included new cover design created completed original story large colour drawings printing sold copies secret treasure adventures published english language translations british market published editions sold poorly rare collector items stories republished british market seven years later time new translations provided english translation sir described serving british monarch charles_ii contrast original french version serves french king series danish publishers later located model century danish ship called gave constructed wrecked attempt navigate critical analysis secret resembled earlier use style colour content leading remark belongs 1930s considering best detective mysteries asserted story treasure marked central stage career stating converted reporter explorer cope new political climate added opinion successful adventures asserted sir best realised character story conversely describing relatively villains went state secret red treasure arc represents turning point series shifts reader attention far interesting character praised truly outstanding storytelling secret ultimately awarding rating commented scene story relates life ancestor stating reader alternately projected present past mastery periods enriched married stunning height powers biographer asserted secret treasure hold crucial position establish universe core set characters focusing comic described greatest narrative successes manner separate plots felt religious elements present previous stories stronger secret sequel attributed influence asserted explores prelude extraordinary narrative biographer stated story clearly influenced spirit detail book cater need described adventure new development work flight pirate adventures set distant expressed view ancestral figure sir reflected attempt incorporate family secrets aristocratic ancestor story believed remarkable factor book introduction sir highlighting mannerisms visual depiction distinguishable captain highlighted scenes captain relates tale ancestor carries merging dreams reality experimented crab noting unlike shooting star book story arc contains scarcely allusion occupation war praised arc narrative perfectly paced feeling present earlier work study academic characterised secret red treasure arc characters going treasure hunt turns time search roots stated arc ancestry deals meanings symbolic relations personal life discussing character sir states ancestral figure resembles making duo brothers close friends adds captain ancestor fight adopts soul transformed process comparing sir robinson draws comparison way caribbean natives sir statue manner end discusses noting red forbidden colour blood wine combines false brother french word highlighting potential link appears seven crystal balls draws parallels model ships containing secret containing rare diamond appears literary critic highlighted scene imprisoned observing parallels exploration tombs secret chambers series identified mystery left appearance adventures framed adds solving shows best reader series establishes hero mccarthy praised pivotal characters series presence far expect novelist let cartoonist discussed scene story imprisoned hall stated section offers embedded story kind interlude artist setting aside use value objects takes liberty giving powers akin certain adaptations animation company produced adventures series daily minute colour adaptations based original comics secret fourth adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes secret ninth story produced divided thirty minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels motion capture feature film secret directed steven_spielberg produced released world october november december film based partly secret partly treasure crab golden claws video game tie movie released october | The Secret of the Unicorn | Language and literature | Language and 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10759_GunnerkriggCourt | science fantasy created launched april updated online days week volume comic published print format ireland comic critically acclaimed won numerous web choice awards receiving positive reviews artwork storytelling comic tells story young girl started attending strange mysterious school called events embroiled political inhabitants wood forest outside school comic style themes include elements science fantasy creatures mythology variety traditions symbols theories literary style heavily influenced mystery manga comics production posted online april originally updated days week comic began days week december end seventh chapter marked end book published book longer print august explained comic standard comic book format useful sufficient pages print hard copy fourteen chapters printed edition pages bound hardcover collection titled orientation announced quit regular job work comic time addition books merchandising comic supported july format told series episodic chapters forming overall storyline functions individually stand plot arc themes topics chapters vary widely reviewer describes subjected plus pages intricate plot movement overall story arc lighter chapters focus unusual classes small moments build main characters chapter begins title page ends bonus pages integral main storyline offer details world minor characters chapters varied length pages eighty page drawn traditional page format divided frames recent page link comments thread page readers comment discuss day comic influences stated enjoyed reading investigators child heavily influenced literary style comic artistic style influenced artists cites favorites manga valley wind dragon ball notable feature comic blending mythological elements different cultural traditions especially british isles native american mythology attributes style experience child moved lot younger opportunity grow hearing stories different parts world fascinated addition mythology makes heavy use themes example main character named toxic chemical element pages feature artistic depictions symbols symbol appears frequently character wears necklace shaped like symbol character symbol wolf body symbol mark end chapter artwork described stylized simple character designs reviewer hand noticed backgrounds contrast characters elaborate comic described having rich look spite limited color palette stated developed idea comic limited number colors pieces artwork posted end printed book entitled treatise second treatise demonstrate artistic storytelling motifs integrate symbols mythological figures nature technology synopsis setting set boarding school country resembles united_kingdom identifiable grey skies mandatory uniforms comic contains clues setting house system described end chapter system similar schools including author attended stated school takes place modeled secondary school fictional school story revolves mysterious vast establishment characters suspect hides school school appears actively recruit talented extraordinary students story progresses soon revealed school inhabited wide variety supernatural creatures characters involved story plot ultra modern technology character explains court founded union technological design describes man endeavor god court built edge wide lies inhabited magical creatures time main story takes place sides exist kind truce court realm science technology wood realm nature allow technology wood rules court students leaving school grounds plot story involves different ongoing plot arcs main story protagonist deepening involvement forest outside accompanied storyline friend classmate companion demon living stuffed animal story progresses companions slowly learn surroundings relationship beings encounter story begins builds robot transport mysterious shadow forest outside chapters later comic apparently months later story timeline robot reappears bridge outside controlled creature pushes bridge goes spends night banks river bridge encounters ghost rescued taken school brief time outside sets dispute long return court visited god general caused robot attack bridge express anger robot visit forest damage caused left court time robot gone meets creature named tries body accident instead trapped body stuffed animal carries subject command relationship events nominated begin training medium individuals moderate disputes wood court beings decides return woods speak visits learns past travelled sea find powerful like given power trees given power bodies bodies took died left hardly strong stand help tree armor love mother power steal young man body man died imprisoned events surrounding meeting addition plotline story includes additional plot arcs interspersed main story concerns girls court gamma communicate sees monsters abilities turn reality relies gamma chapter student jack trapped briefly world escape find gamma storyline revolves attempts repair robot temporarily taken control pushed bridge time discover set highly complex robots speculates related way ghost encountered river main characters reception addition officially recognized web choice awards critically acclaimed number online reviews large readership active forum author interviewed work numerous times non mainstream online magazines comics bulletin listed series respect called listed people comic received praise artwork use color dark mood slowly revealed mysteries pacing called setting unique said comic fun spite moody backdrop evolution art style start comic reviewers praised age progression protagonists maturation plot reviewers hand criticized dark depressing tone potentially frightening younger audiences noting lots information times science fiction author praised blog brought comic attention readers awards nominated won number choice awards shown table web choice awards discontinued replaced list awards run won nominated award international category festival netherlands orientation won gold book year award foreword magazine graphic novel category orientation nominated award graphic novel category nominated harvey award best online comics work books tom orientation isbn diamond code archived original tom orientation isbn tom volume research isbn tom volume reason isbn tom volume isbn tom volume isbn comics tom annie forest walls tom annie forest walls tom traveller walls explanatory story notes | Gunnerkrigg Court | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
10945_PlanetLadder | planet ladder planet ladder japanese hepburn science fantasy targeted girls manga written illustrated appearing serial japanese manga magazine crimson march issue issue chapters published seven volumes december based japanese tale bamboo cutter girl discovered princess moon story focuses teenager named save parallel worlds quest bring peace universe finding true identity planet ladder licensed english language translation north_america released april march serialized manga anthology smile planet ladder line manga original right left format previously majority manga licensed united_states read left right western audience positively received english language readers volumes placing list best selling graphic novels series received generally positive reviews english language critics april went print north_america plot series focuses teenager lived japanese foster family found abandoned year old night men monk prince appear home fight gold robot modeled deceased brother brings world parallel earth orders exploring world gold encounters believes girl destined save parallel worlds collision explains worlds exist ancient world mysteriously destroyed world present day earth small world allied politically neutral world peaceful world control powerful worlds rival ninth world destroyed start series student trapped body giant join gold traveling learning watched people die virus spread decides change fate worlds confronting emperor ordered kidnapping instead route gold brings floating castle captures recruits army later makes broadcast announcing refusal save world instead plans find person help save worlds people begins destroy worlds increase survival chances deciding use political sends refuses help angered girl legend myth elaborated spread brief battle arrives rescue realizes love transforming dragon gold ancient persuaded combine magical weapons gold fix rift universe cause eventual collision worlds series ends epilogue seven years later explains fate meets young son picnic basket production according manga artist began manga dramatic feeling mind wanted start comic book young girls manga planned plot progress quickly reader remembers events digest events based japanese tale bamboo cutter focuses girl named discovered princess moon additionally protagonist takes discovering north american version planet ladder simultaneously released designed cover volume export friendly describing like japanese style slightly additionally considered magazine decided series close ending release written illustrated planet ladder appeared serial japanese manga magazine crimson march issue issue later published chapters seven volumes december released planet ladder volumes july august licensed planet ladder english language release north_america serialized manga magazine smile volume released april final volume published march planet ladder belonged line manga original right left format previously majority manga licensed united_states read left right western audience result displayed case manga boy skull man mars heavily advertised anime magazines fan sites planet ladder went print april north_america volumes given titles english language release fate dark planet volume star seventh volume volume list reception planet ladder positively received english language readers fifth volume placed 44th spot list best selling graphic novels february estimated copies sold sixth volume reached place list best selling graphic novels february estimated copies sold critical reaction generally positive manga wrote manga reminded prose science fiction citing time princes amber examples criticism series centered inconsistent designs crude faces looking stating planet ladder difficult title warm feels like middle story beginning considered effort worthy wrote sympathetic cost characters enjoyed pleasant especially unique art designed drawn characters occasional humor overall adaptation especially natural sounding dialogue criticized inconsistent handling sound effects praised plot original noted elements fantasy series follow reviews praised manga turning best fantasy manga stands apart rest expressed surprise changed halfway series explanation | Planet Ladder | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
11132_MINDMGMT | mind mind ongoing american comic book series created published issue released positive reviews received second printing april series continued receive positive coverage run art style common point criticism series concluded issue august story collected story true crime writer searches truth mysterious airline flight discovers secret government agency super spies espionage psychic abilities agent gone rogue working organization film rights optioned 20th century fox december producer screenwriter began pre production january publication history development idea mind came title friends gave worked concept year plot outlined page synopsis previous works story secret history giant man dark horse publisher asked pitch book sent proposal mind happy accepted publisher able pay living wage let exactly wanted matter series initially approved issues away excess material reduced run issues despite reduction length final product identical original pitch editor story originally slated work project handed newly promoted editor early production described input considers wright collaborator approved issues chance book sell poorly receive early cancellation decision receiving final sales number issue meaning guaranteed issues wanting risk series cut middle story designed issues stand necessary endings page issue prepared way took additional comic scripting work making mind mind priority scripted issues time worked art hours daughter school given time issue completed ready print said naming characters hardest story creation main character named student attended class taught main character reference film man visually based supporting cast names mix real people film references everyday objects like mineral water mind solo monthly series creating original graphic novels felt format easy creative standpoint wanted create monthly series partly nostalgia create dialogue readers publication incentive draw readers wait collected edition issue included material reprinted collected editions stated enjoyed experience increased interaction fans point saying graphic novel publication page preview issue included story secret files giant man issue continuation work april month short stories released online free promote series later printed issue november issue published series ran monthly november december short chapter appeared vol prologue second story arc series returned monthly schedule january issue reprinted price april additional short chapters appeared vol december vol february acted introductions fourth sixth arcs respectively page bonus strip written drawn included issue predator published jointly june final issue published new august page hardcover collecting issues collectively titled manager released april followed collecting issues short strips originally published collecting issues collecting issues vol short collecting issues final hardcover titled collect issues new short story vol mentioned possibility mind additional mini series exploring history series plot manager mind government agency spies formed world war psychic abilities recruited child greatest agent work retired breakdown loses control abilities causing city inhabitants murder decides mind dangerous exist flees effort cover escape accidentally causes aboard plane develop amnesia true crime writer investigates amnesia flight years later finds lead mexico meets cia agent named bill attacked mind agents escape eventually tells story learns child massacre saved erased memory event arranged foster family investigative career located times continuously causes forget leaves determined expose truth mind falls asleep instead waking apartment decides uncover truth amnesia flight mind agent tries reform agency tries assassinated recruits fellow agents dusty stop insistence team duncan jones agent future duncan aware manipulation insists continues lie agrees confess truth believing best way stop prevent contacting agents travel mind headquarters master list mind personnel finds library contains history world reads book containing life allies engage aware manipulated helps stop crew chooses remain instead leaves bill cia agent revealed mind sleeper agent previously romantically involved events parties know present whereabouts sleeper agent code named unaware originally mole russian mind counterpart known zero duncan try activate zero training begins subdivision groups prepare recruit reflect arrived present position regrets multiple currently mission adjusting recently awakened memories training mind agent dreams dead husband mind agent night framed murder plan massacre arrive time joins order revenge mind leaving undercover status agency dismantled bill reunite duncan dusty unable forgive previous actions decides lesser evil present situation allies travel germany find agent arrive acts unintentionally abilities performance decides ally spite recruits use help set trap duncan beaten coma left dead found taken hospital duncan escape disconnected bill dusty follow different lead hong_kong attacked resulting dusty bill deaths escapes resolved stop critical reception series debuted positive reviews issue sold copies making best selling issue units month caused issues sell distribution level reviewing gave issue stars described quality simply sublime art style common area criticism book writing said aesthetic won win reader lend perfectly story themes tone initially felt art weak point good story overcome changed mind subsequent issues later issues continued receive praise sales later issues fell orders issue seven sales began increase orders issue final issue estimated sales slightly hardcover collection released new_york_times bestseller list weeks blog praised storyline describing series innovative monthly comics stands today january included hardcover mind list great graphic novels following month new_york_times list comic books adapted television series appeared numerous comic media best lists film talks 20th century fox film adaptation began december project optioned year early late january announced producer film acting consultant film shared complete outline story scott screenwriter believes scott good mind faithful adaption option renewed twice screenwriter time work | MIND MGMT | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
11495_Boys'Ranch | boys ranch boys ranch issue american comic book series created veteran writer artist team harvey comics western prevalent kid gang vein popularized film series gang dead end kids series starred angel operate ranch bequeathed adult supervision supporting characters included citizens town native americans including fictional version real life noted use single double page illustrations series lauded simon significant creations briefly revived issues reprinted hardcover edition introduction publication history western style adventures involving boys ranch settings present american popular culture juvenile fiction authors mgm film boys ranch late 1940s writer artist team enjoying commercial success duo young romance young love romance comics titles formed studio employed artists launched new titles black magic imprint boys ranch harvey comics previously published short lived simon titles according biographical page issues simon claimed spent years researching traveling texas wyoming arkansas influenced films early western actor director previously created successful kid gang features legion boy comics simon autobiography recounted casual meeting september superman creator dropped offices showing art upcoming series reasoned harm products production boys ranch art coincidence said working title said like touch jerry said shook hands departed immediately boys ranch went sale harvey received letter working accusing lifting idea boys ranch harvey comics head requested version matter ended launched wave western trend american comic books series debuted october cover date page series lasted issues original cover title kid boys ranch shortened boys ranch issues featuring remained issue featured single page beginning book page issue rounded text western native american information pages boys ranch club news ride horse pair western according boys ranch comprises distinct groups issues featured work exception stories issue stories longer final issues use stories issue shorter stories actually final issue single story broken chapters issues average thirty story pages issues average feature special theme stories themes inspired films issue thought influence simon credited contributors issues given pencil credits fight blows title briefly revived issued edition boys ranch issues reprinted western tales marvel comics published hardcover reprint edition issues isbn boys ranch portfolio illustrations original series artwork appeared comic book makers boys ranch selections appeared anthology best simon isbn characters story indian scout serves boys ranch modelled serves role model boy characters young child duncan parents killed rescued passing band indians adopted alongside son reaching left frontier scout running bear parting words war clouds white man indian nations need warriors talk peace sides freeman words great spirit given mission occasionally takes jobs army scout mail delivery driver marshal horse ghost liked kid ready smile confident air served american civil war usually depicted wearing union_army uniform left adoptive parents small ohio farm explore west noticeably greater active interest opposite sex exemplified fight easy going springs hill folk dubious accompanied singing skills source comedy relief family history tale legend angel long haired blond youth inspired skilled possesses fiery temper nicknamed fire lead angel meeting presents got live want left ain like kids got mothers fathers don need handle man horse paint arrival boys ranch styled oldest boy boys ranch advanced years meals ranch dangerous boys ranch reveals lawyer youth happy boy young native american boy appeared ranch day appearing cover appear pin illustrations begins communicate sign language boys ranch plays prominent role story happy boy carries ball texas father wagon master arrived boys ranch trip wagon father driving intercepted indians survivor expressing desire involved fighting insists dangerous woman remain ranch agrees later joins offering assistance similar scenes subsequent appearances issues portrayed fierce military leader son running bear companion duncan position tribe bitter rivals clay duncan story native american tribes appear protagonists conflict american indians result manipulation exploitation example issue tribes falsely told white land seized sell rifles issue blamed mail wagons reality perpetrators white place blame début issue opens chance meeting opposite sides recent civil war friends decided head west meets angel come defence ranch belonging attack warriors story reveals leader band joins order band retreat dying act bequeathed ranch use shelter homeless boys later joined middle aged man cited didn specify maximum age qualify boy happy boy joins ranch shortly ranch near town called critical analysis series commentary boys ranch simon critically acclaimed creations held high esteem creators series having depth previous kid gang strips basic elements romance crime books thematically strong applied points certain drop quality later issues simon heavy use talents early issues new title frequent use artists boys ranch change dramatic titles issues good earlier issues according simon final effort kid gang genre showed signs evolving new directions boys ranch attempting going previous limitations team abandoning adolescent adventure adult concerns observer noted similarities kid gangs early 50s adult teams late 50s early 60s mother story issue mother singled simon finest cited personal favorite received accolades critics comic book professionals fans alike page tale betrayal revenge redemption referencing similarly themed biblical story story features angel character influenced character character named provides greek chorus like background commentary find love fortunate demand story final panel reads ends repeat reality rhyme love new morning hate old time analyzing story concludes hate springs desire vengeance desire angel discovers love turn hate love motive giving spirit giving love ultimate redemption | Boys' Ranch | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
11681_TheRedSeaSharks | french stock nineteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story initially weekly belgium magazine october january published collected volume narrative follows young reporter dog snowy friend captain travel fictional middle eastern kingdom intention aiding ben regaining control coup état enemies financed slave traders following previous volume series affair created aid team artists studios influenced human comedy story vehicle wide range characters appeared earlier installments series story dealt ongoing trade enslaved arab world 1960s story generate controversy repeatedly accused having portrayed racist manner upset claims alterations depiction later continued series defining comics tradition critically received commentators describing best adventures story adapted animated series adventures synopsis brussels captain bump old acquaintance general returning find acquaintance overthrown nemesis accordingly sent son stay protection police detectives thompson visit informing seeking purchase military aircraft investigating discovers sold military aircraft realising way rid restore control dog snowy travel middle eastern country trio narrowly survive bomb planted aboard plane kill able slip city meet old friend portuguese merchant helps escape city ride horseback hideout journey armoured cars fighter planes ordered intercept actually old antagonist pursuit ends mix order causes fighter planes destroy armoured cars revealing ongoing slave trade operated international businessman falsely offers transport african muslims pilgrimage sells slavery snowy leave red_sea coast board attacked fighter planes shoots rescues mercenary pilot picked yacht soon steamer turns old adversaries slave trading ships fire breaks aboard night ship commander crew flee leaving snowy aboard african slaves taking ship successfully able fire sends destroy ship taking manoeuvres survive ultimately rescued cruiser uss los_angeles los_angeles chases attempts capture death escapes mini submarine snowy return belgium learn recaptured return home cut short arranged use auto rally history background publication inspired develop plot reading magazine article detailing continued existence slave trade arab world claimed african pilgrims headed enslaved journey included reference slave trade story original french title board referred slave use enslaved people prior writing story read son world book written friend intrigued work inspired way introduced array characters earlier work human comedy subsequently adopted trait wide range characters introduced new character pilot later flight produce accurate illustrations assistant traveled aboard swedish cargo vessel antwerp took photographs drew sketches collected press depicting motor owned greek shipping magnate basis depiction ship aircraft cars machinery appear story drawn members scene story included depiction drawn press depiction palace cut rock based jordan seen issue growing interest art reflected story included copy canal hall included paintings aboard pseudonym story based british soldier final scene included cameos friend colleague story began belgium magazine october french edition magazine december published book form story british publication renamed racism alterations accused exhibiting racist attitude earlier story potentially hoped criticism depicting freeing african slaves preparing story consulted colleague worked african themed magazine africa world translated passages wished include story january article magazine criticised racist depiction story accusation echoed publications claims focused african characters simplistic use language similar speech patterns african speak wicked arab wicked poor black men want slaves poor black men want naturally realise repeat sold slaves want african slaves good muslims want biographer expressed view attacks extremely unfair emotionally affected accusations changes book reprint accordingly changed speech patterns giving improved grammar left speaking response version changes letter version formal prose stating beloved friend son improve english situation count friend care revised edition adopts prose style tell highly friend son situation descend like hawk innocent world life death sure find warmth affection refuge peace performing act expressed regret depicted death shark story later stating believed sharks big evil writing critical analysis commenting inclusion wide range characters referred story family reunion commenting story unusually type people captain liked avoid believed reviving older characters given marked retrospective quality thought story crowded leaving little room series regulars professor thompson leaving introduced figure nice supporting character stated house cleaning past works characters embarking personal resonance biographer described complex ambiguous story undoubtedly book ventured creation universe thought enters new phase author know family characters better better enjoys playing readers noted book respects continuation assessment shared thompson described partial sequel earlier book thompson added relative failure believing hasty finish rate thriller awarded stating effective modern political thriller far believable affair opined provided effective political commentary west relationship arab world analysis seek aid good leader selfish purposes western governments corporations build alliances arab leaders guilty human rights abuses order benefit interests thompson felt inclusion slavery key theme led book adult oriented adventures noted story contained good measure humour balance darker elements drew comparisons dance series novels contemporary similarly inspired human comedy biographer believed represented culmination golden age begun commented regained pace rhythm creative period story study literary critic expressed view reflected world traditional values degraded including human life added embodiment global market story tying characters replacing figure centre universe opined theme general present series serving kind retrospective introducing old characters establishing new relationships believed theme story appearing repeatedly forms clock concealed water employed characters narrative literary critic stated exhibited number themes believed scene men spies mountain reflected wider theme features series mccarthy highlighted actions returning expressing view wider running theme series hero takes abandoned children home instances included discovery adoptive family orphan delivery lost gypsy child family adaptations collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book | The Red Sea Sharks | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
11712_TheCalculusAffair | affair affair french eighteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story initially weekly belgium magazine december february published collected volume narrative follows attempts young reporter dog snowy friend captain rescue professor scientist developed machine capable destroying objects sound waves subject kidnapping attempts competing european countries following previous volume explorers moon affair created aid team artists studios story reflected cold war tensions europe experiencing 1950s introduced recurring characters series colonel continued series defining comics tradition affair critically received commentators having described best adventures story adapted animated series adventures animated series adventures synopsis thunderstorm glass items hall insurance salesman arrives house annoying captain heard hall grounds discover wounded man speaking foreign accent soon disappears morning professor leaves geneva attend conference nuclear physics use opportunity investigate laboratory discovering experiments responsible glass shattering previous night exploring attacked stranger escapes fearing danger snowy head geneva geneva learn gone meet professor expert group travel taxi car attacked men car force taxi surviving attack snowy continue find bound cellar questions professor house blows survive meet detectives thompson reveal wounded man invented device capable weapon mass destruction intelligence agents seeking obtain discovering spies kidnapped holding hostage embassy seek rescue attempt captured agents able escape plane home country morning learn fighters shot plane captured held travel capital intent rescuing city escorted hotel agents secret police ordered monitor duo police chief colonel aware monitored escape hotel hide opera house performing police come searching hide closet comes visit dressing room able steal papers secure release fortress coat pocket officials red_cross able released prison escape aboard tank hall reveals forgot plans device geneva left home destroys plans create weapon history background affair produced height cold war reflected conflict tensions published time espionage proving popular france belgium affair marked return single volume format persist rest volume started publication magazine december working book draft techniques pencil confirming sketches work drawings text ink development selected best sketch number versions traced page creating affair introduces recurring characters series belgian insurance salesman invited according bore original french version initially chose derived french expression english ultimately rejected found explicit harsh sounding settling alternative named insurance company english translation company second new character introduced story butcher named character pun french word bones referenced profession addition affair head secret police colonel derived brussels dialect term french brother model influenced image austrian american filmmaker influences key influence plot affair article read february issue belgian weekly face main article reported number incidents road portsmouth london southern england motorists reported car spontaneously shattering article author suggested caused experiments undertaken nearby secret facility develop plot consulted professor depiction switzerland avoided repeating national clichés instead seeking high level realism requested editor magazine switzerland send documentation swiss railways draw requested swiss friend send bottle wine use model draw subsequently travelled switzerland produce accurate sketches scenes geneva incorporate story included geneva international airport railway station road house despite realism number minor errors depiction geneva depiction based countries police force modelled soviet named political leader pun english renamed reference fact leader curved inspired soviet leader prominent symbol evidence accuracy depiction city highlighted closely resembled der completed 1970s furniture police headquarters drawn found studios premises idea sonic weapon unsuccessfully pioneered german scientists control world war book examines professor house world war retired major general army existed published strip preserved english language title book translating french altered book cover design remove prominent inclusion book instances reference second world war decision character reference character known italian included reference friend colleague opera singer story adding figure named billing opera performance alongside inserted cameo reporter final scene story publication affair began magazine christmas edition december continued appear pages publication february treasure began french edition february subsequently published collected book form volume designed cover initially simply showed hiding soldiers subsequently added shattered yellow glass edges image dramatic effect critical analysis opined story ending somewhat unsatisfactory rushed remained probably best books biographer agreed describing masterpiece classic strip cartoon referred brilliant books describing great figure added story atmosphere spy novel worthy similarly described affair finest creations biographer stated illustrations scenario vibrant rich story thread holds beginning end stated introduction represented turning point series praising characterisation bitter successful social satire critical inclusion antagonist story stating attempts kidnap strains appeared allies preceding volume story arc destination moon explorers moon earlier king ultimately felt plot somewhat shoe familiar universe feels heart action story ultimately awarding stars study literary critic declared affair marked beginning final period series believed characterised depiction world run dealing detective work takes precedence mystical quest considered affair triumph defeat felt figure preceding volume story arc destination moon explorers moon bad mother creation weapon threat poses world peace added scene end story burns plans device represents symbolic allows character father sons compete family hierarchy series literary critic believed affair illustrated longer political manner earlier works like land soviets instead travels rescue fight expose moving mccarthy stated story genius compromised role counter position flip represented moon books noted arrive treated honoured guests fact prisoners police state reversal situation believes prisoner fact guest stated crab affair long tobacco trail cigarettes representing clues story turning attention opera house scene spy compared scene film spies sexual activities adaptations animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes affair eighth story second series directed written known cartoonist later years editor chief magazine collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long affair sixteenth seventeenth episodes produced directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book | The Calculus Affair | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
12419_BinkyBrownMeetstheHolyVirginMary | meets holy virgin mary meets holy virgin mary comic book story american cartoonist published green takes persona tell struggled youth blamed strict roman catholic upbringing green later diagnosed obsessive disorder came problems light story thoughts control alarm objects literal project calls rays religious objects churches statues virgin mary develops internal set rules obey breaking comes reject catholic_church defiance source work combines wide variety visual narrative techniques style echoes protagonist immediate influence contemporaries underground soon turned producing similarly works gained reputation major work autobiography english language comics aspects approach widespread underground alternative comics background born jewish father catholic mother raised catholic child attended catholic school later transferred school students jews rejected catholic faith believed caused decades later diagnosed obsessive disorder green studying painting discovered work turned attracted called harsh drawing stuffed drawn panels experimented artwork find called inherent automatic style forms dropped program felt arms san_francisco nascent underground scene amid time comic books reputation low children entertainment public associated juvenile comics little cultural capital american challenged perception medium inherently incapable mature artistic expression synopsis green takes persona opens story writing confession tortured childhood knocks statue virgin mary feels intense guilt mother god raised catholic undergoes religious strict catholic school commonly employs corporal punishment forms image god fills feelings fear guilt thoughts bring believe body trying lead sin eternal punishment develops internal system rules cope thoughts violations thoughts fantasies control guilt repeating word sin approaches aware sexuality begins common objects project rays objects include fingers toes tries rays reaching holy items churches statues mary finds consuming destruction avoid spends hours praying god forgiveness adult confronts faith smashing set statues virgin mary declares free church influence composition publication green spent year working page meets holy virgin mary took months making cards called factual incidents habits incorporate seven months drew work green received monthly founder underground publisher published story shot comic book green solo title went print runs copies prohibited label cover green essay published entitled brown matter sun essay describes diagnosed years completing reprinted story brown anthology strips introduction expanded version brown matter green sold original artwork strip 1970s staff contacted owner artwork fresh standalone overseen editor print run copies artwork size originals page mimic actual pages including marks publisher published french translation titled published spanish translation titled editions style analysis story takes form guilt ridden confession opening adult hangs bound head toe listening draws pen mouth declares intention purge served officially left catholicism halloween work communicate slaves despite believing isolated number globe times vast chain common suffering green built autobiographical base fabricated scenes bullied suggest convey idea feeling order fear guilt critic displays radical calls question notion autobiography presentation non literal visuals despite heavy tone humor prominent work conscious creation green drawing frames narrative proper constant green patterned opening featuring tales series 1950s green adult narrator way tie past present narrator refers younger self references comics include alludes textbook cartoon background green employs numerous catholic symbols word balloon adorned symbols christ represent depth desperation catholic works treasure chest comics appear work despite strict censorship media explicit sexuality common underground work autobiographical comics depict explicit sexuality appear scene central symbol subtly images craft work explicitly like object green sees literal ray mind described artwork quirky appears awkward green considerable effort elements graphical perspective draws attention craft depicting drawing placing drawing backgrounds green makes wide use visual metaphors contrast mundane tales prominent early autobiographical comics symbols literal hell fish chased police officer wears work displays wide array visual techniques arrows mock scholarly documentation great variety panel size composition layout range contrasting mechanical organic rendering techniques alongside dense hand drawn hatching symbolic technical virgin mary point rays critic sees shifting different modes traditional comics representation times presents view panels symbolic approach analogous brown massively finds roots fractured psychological landscape comics earlier eras dreams shifting landscapes superman nemesis blames catholic_church psychological troubles years later diagnosed came episodes light fault church continued blame church contributing maintained religion influence condition said abandoning religion recreational drugs easier cope condition catholic priest raised concerns harmful minors green countered believed church minors green likened split vision slave detached observer literary scholar sees work addressing feminist concerns embodiment representation pictures non sexuality despite merits label graphic novel quality work approach parameters sensibility mark seriousness purpose reception legacy green recounted strong energy drew readership significant response got work story wide influence underground alternative comics self mocking approach inspired numerous expose intimate embarrassing details lives influence published strip autobiographical woman contemporary underground soon incorporate autobiography work followed year confessions continued numerous strips seen mid creation went far state prominent work year publication green asked contribute page strip issue funny green edited delivered page nazi cats jewish mice inspired father experiences concentration camp years later revisited theme graphic novel comics critic asserts underground associated movement enduring legacy autobiography strip went print decades selling initial print runs time enthusiasts traded copies green living painting signs contributed occasional cartoon strips publications aside occasional strips regular appeared ongoing strips sign game signs times magazine pulse later work attracted far attention autobiographical elements appeared earlier work underground spain meets holy virgin mary gained credit important work autobiographical comics english example literature comics visionary psychological troubles declared green work ahead curve declared sisters gothic romance sword autobiographical sic called work stone autobiographical comics meets holy virgin mary strip appealed comics fans gained little recognition mainstream audiences arts critics speculated neglect comes nature comics medium contrast explicit works complaint green work visual according underground historian green represents break past convention openly render personal demons emotional conflicts confines comic green denied credit calling autobiography low fruit examples literary works read accepted credit ing literature obsessive disorder decades knew precedent green persona years short strips prose pieces appeared underground periodicals arcade youth follows high school age thirty torn respected forms art cartoonist green autobiographical work surpassed autobiographical work jim draws dreams waking life british american cartoonist brown approach described talking feelings emotional state illustrating striking images sort absurd weird green influence extended overseas drew inspiration produce father collaborated nazis world war sees major themes isolation recurring autobiographical works stuck rubber baby sees echoes green approach dealing mental condition identity disorder story ranked list best english language comics 20th century featured cover artwork autobiographical comics issue journal biography vol artwork appeared exhibition green work shake records cincinnati autobiographical inspired brown meets holy virgin mary books journals magazines web | Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
12651_Arisa(manga) | manga japanese japanese mystery targeted girls manga series written illustrated appeared serial monthly manga magazine february issue september issue published chapters bound volumes april september set present day japan focuses teenager investigates mystery surrounding twin sister failed suicide attempt sister left poses hopes identity king person grants wishes class resulting violence licensed series english language translation north_america published volume october shortly afterward took publishing final volume published january series positively received english language readers volumes placing manga generally received positive reviews english language reviewers volume placed list great graphic novels teens plot set modern day japan plot centers twin sisters separated parents divorce contact letters finally meeting teenagers years later proud popular sister comparison school life referred demon princess receives letter school denouncing traitor attempts suicide shocked poses attending school find tried kill learns class sends wishes person called king friday king grants wish weekly resulting violence resolves stop king find person identity save hopes waking coma assisted investigations classmate learns identity encounters best friend king boyfriend transfer student befriended online serves messenger king childhood friend lost use legs failed suicide attempt provoked king awakens coma pretends amnesia returns reveals original king granted harmless wishes beginning eventually stole answers exam wish fearing disappointment refused caught act shared task granting class wishes injured mother attempt grant wish replaced king violence bullying grant wishes horrified cruelty perceived similarities reached twin hoping able uncover truth learns suffered psychological trauma childhood abandoned mother witnessing twin die neglect later attempt kill mother hated mother believed hated confesses loves noticing loneliness realizes loves conclusion mother spends time development manga artist concept art earlier models chin length shoulder length hair respectively initially felt worried absence potential romantic partner target audience girls manga progressed thought selling point result able focus emotions twin soon beginning manga created bonus chapter focusing pretending elder sister continued delay publication inappropriate bonus story appear main storyline according good chapter conclude series release written illustrated chapters appeared serial monthly manga magazine february issue september issue collected chapters bound volumes published april september announced licensed series english language translation north_america released volume october continued publication series final volume published january digital editions series published united_kingdom translated german reception positively received english language readers second fifth sixth volumes placed manga young placed volume list great graphic novels teens reviewed volume positively praising compelling darker tale previous work kitchen princess later placed list best new manga category magazine agreed plot darker kitchen princess described artwork pretty according initially characters plain premise helped provide strong contrast main storyline twisted nature class noting presence clichés plot holes enjoyed volume describing styled thriller built layers addictive mystery mixed feelings artwork writing conveyed plot possess distinct artistic style review volume reviewer wrote middle school setting felt believable mystery intriguing aspects plot trying reader suspension disbelief artwork usually enjoyable failed convincingly scary frightening scenes follow review eleventh twelfth volumes interpreted struggling stockholm syndrome wrote unsettling conclusion character remained emotionally abusive relationship enjoyed suspense wrote backstory explain actions concluding wild ride unexpected horror mystery gem | Arisa (manga) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
13042_AzumangaDaioh | japanese hepburn lit great king japanese comedy manga series written illustrated serialized magazine additional chapters published sunday celebrate manga tenth anniversary manga released english later issued television anime adaptation titled animation produced aired japan april september consisting minute segments compiled episodes compiled episodes released dvd english language version produced prior series theatrical short original net animation produced soundtrack albums released video games manga anime praised humor driven eccentric characters acclaimed master panel form art style comic timing title series title particular significance story author manga comes magazine originally published anime mentioned episode previews context meaning great king general term comics illustrations previous collections works including official tie comics pioneer animations published respectively later republished reduced size edition called plot chronicles everyday life unnamed japanese high school girls teachers child struggle fit girls years older reserved obsession cute animals hate osaka perspective world annoying best friend energy lack sense sided athletics rivalry teacher friend physical education teacher secondary characters include creepy male teacher obsession teenage girls female classmate crush story covers years tests talking classes culture festivals athletic events school time spent traveling school studying house summer beach home fictional theme park concluding graduation main cast generally realistic tone marked occasional bursts osaka imagining head episode featuring characters new year dreams media manga written illustrated largely panel format chapters serialized monthly magazine february series collected volumes volumes covers year characters lives new edition volumes released japan commemorate manga 10th anniversary volume covering year high school published june reprint edition contains additional page chapters serialized monthly sunday starting title series licensed english north_america united_kingdom released volumes later reprinted series edition isbn november acquired north american license released new translation december volume europe licensed french german spanish finnish asia series licensed korean thai vietnam comics chinese manga translated france anime anime television series animation produced aired week april week september broadcast tokyo osaka minute segments weekday repeated minute compilation weekend total minute segments collected episodes compilation episodes respective opening ending themes cake cake heaven performed compilation episodes versions include title credits sequences released dvds universal media discs dvd box set episodes released june minute segments distinguished individual titles anime television series animated adaptations short movie minute trailer released movie theaters upcoming television series web shorter original net animation available paid streaming beginning december offered paid download limited time web originally intended gauge interest create web released anime adaptation overwhelming demand original plan web release changed television release featured different voice actors music regular series united_states anime television series released dvds september later dvd volume set sixth dvd volume included short movie offered episodes phone service licensed series release australia new_zealand september catalog transferred distribution series later licensed soundtracks soundtrack albums anime released including volumes collecting score themes tribute albums collecting character image songs single released opening closing theme anime singles image songs released main cast members releases charted japanese oricon charts highest ranking album tribute number highest ranking single cake heaven opening closing themes 36th opening closing theme single cake heaven released april peak ranked 36th oricon singles chart volumes soundtrack released june october peak ranked oricon albums chart respectively soundtrack albums released disc set june conjunction 10th anniversary release dvd box set released united_states vocal collection collects character image songs performed voice actors characters played opening closing theme songs released december japan image song singles released characters songs volumes focused order osaka volumes released volume june july volume september volume september peak ranked 63rd 75th 49th oricon singles chart respectively released united_states july tribute albums tribute released october december tribute peak ranked oricon albums chart tribute live live album concert held october public hall tokyo media art books anime published titles animation isbn animation isbn published august december respectively video games released puzzle game similar released playstation april released arcade spin december card playing game released game boy advance april reception japan manga named jury recommended work sixth japan media arts festival manga named manga japan media arts festival english reviewers commented positively manga refers charming comedy quiet master panel form praising series comedic timing use running gags felt series best points character driven writing warn nature jokes revolve teacher newer readers manga later said totally innocent kind centered ing world girls girls things french manga dictionary noted despite series targeted appealed female readers celebrating friendships girls comedy describes slightly frequently oblique culturally biased humour says lighter maria describes characters individuals slightly personalities writing says character defining personality trait abnormal levels foil highlights traits prevents annoying unbelievable characters thomas said format lend complex story arcs story presented quick random moments daily routines noting narrative character driven writing considered funniest manga series read ign noted lack background art said expressive faces characters described anime witty educational window japanese high school life like anime dvd stated lot laugh cast characters grow quickly start finding favor don explains character girls extremely brought superb observation ability capture expression makes anime incredibly fun watch addition meeting story requirements action rich comedy wonderfully represented meaning charm minor expressions reviewers felt fans graduated high school feel nostalgic times watching licensed manga sales reached lists occasions included manga recommended retailers guide english dub received earning fans voting girls included anime osaka awarded 7th 21st second popular series female characters | Azumanga Daioh | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
14017_TintinandthePicaros | french les volume comics series belgian cartoonist final instalment series completed belgium serialized magazine september january published collected volume narrative follows young reporter dog snowy friends captain professor travel fictional south american nation rescue friend imprisoned government involved anti government revolutionary activities old friend general began work years completing previous volume series flight creating aid team artists studios setting plot inspired interest latin american revolutionaries particularly active cuban revolution book reflected changes appearance behaviour key characters series instance longer wears trademark plus instead wearing bell bottoms volume published poor reception continued receive negative reviews later commentators work continued story completed series defining comics tradition story adapted episode animated series adventures synopsis dog snowy visit friends captain professor hall learn maid pianist detectives thompson imprisoned allegedly attempting overthrow military government government alleged plot invites trio visit promising safe passage trap leaving captain professor taken rural villa closely monitored security services joins friends days later points villa recognises staff man saved life learns entire scenario plot organised colonel figure military assisting government order gain revenge events affair assistance snowy escape guards seek refuge general small band anti hiding san jungle realising double agent working escape attempt lives shelter time indigenous community live forest reunited old acquaintance explorer living leaving settlement eventually arrive meet wife realises able launch successful coup remain owing frequent parachute drops forces combat problem provides render taste alcohol secretly testing course story soon afterward troupe carnival performers arrive camp having lost way mean carnival suggestion disguise costumes enter carnival storm presidential palace seize control president banished country sent thompson rescued firing squad assistants released prison final panel book flight home departs newly named flies seen earlier flew country stroke political commentary government caused virtually change lives inhabitants history background years completing previous adventure flight prove book completed final years life decided develop story group latin american revolutionaries having idea early 1960s prior embarking particular inspired activities 26th july movement launching guerrilla war cuban revolution president specifically interested statement cut beard revolution succeeded adopting idea revolutionaries facial hair initially planned refer group reference spanish word meaning story initial working title los later settled les depiction band latin american revolutionaries influenced french leftist activist accounts time spent fighting alongside revolutionary depiction support government reference soviet_union support latin american regimes notably cuba depicted having governed ideological system political leader similarly included reference backed order reflect influence western multinational corporations latin_america depiction city visually based city brazil depiction public sculpture city inspired work sculptor paintings designed hotel stay based work incorporated characters previous adventures include tribe colonel affair character general mentioned previous adventures depicted introduced introduced new character based american secretary spokesman observed television documentary preparatory notes story considered introducing daughter arms dealer satirical depiction old times real life arms dealer appeared introduced story group based separate touring party groups encountered initially considered number alternative names troupe including decided update depiction clothes having influenced depiction character animated film temple sun young reporter depicted wearing motorcycle helmet symbol wears new brown trousers plus worn previous later commenting inclusion peace symbol stated normal anti war changed behaviour characters story instance depicting practising butler drinking new development added story revealing time depiction san carnival drawn largely images included dressed costumes different cartoon film characters included band known carnival scene developed creations friend colleague devised comic series street marching named birthday publication les began belgium france magazine september published collected volume publication page removed story fit standard page book format page question located pages published book featured attempting smash glass accidentally breaking statue political leader instead launch party held hotel brussels publication proved commercial success half million copies soon sold critically panned time contemporary critics condemned deemed political story pointed depiction regime change bring improvement nation populace critics belgium france work defended french philosopher stated criticism leveled astonishing talk revolution people stay government overthrow general aided assassins takes place general protected repetition movement reduced modern examples rivalry double identities want june travelled britain launch story english translation spent weeks giving interviews attending book critical analysis felt use characters earlier stories lent air finale biographer felt story characters passive earlier adventures submitting events setting particularly evident character stated changed evidenced change clothing felt image succeeds dating adventure adding alter appearance end career mistake stated story version noting end story prisoner palace sad appropriate ending suggested changes characters represented element characters traits believed present previous adventures flight study literary critic expressed view served kind retrospective return characters suggested carnival evoked figures previous stories scots chinese indians course inevitable saw adventure partial sequel set contained characters thompson considered overtly political book years felt unlike earlier political works campaigning element present agreed noting far cry political system found land soviets anti japanese tone thought story sense taken clear seizure power real revolution palace coup noted story showed 1930s 1970s manipulation multinational concerns condemned accepts little change ultimately highly critical awarding describing sad specifically felt magic line missing story believing caused work having turned assistants felt characters tired totally book cover takes lead thompson echoed similar views believing life characters normal absent drawings enjoyment added contained fine story missing genuine adventure thought comedy mechanical characters plot drawings ring true literary critic believed reflected number themes found instance believed theme exhibited scene butler argument expressed view imprisonment los hotel reflected uneasy host guest relationship theme mccarthy believed inclusion symbol motorcycle helmet start story sign left wing tendency won right wing perspectives dominated early work placed emphasis fact executions held revolution adding blood fail reference suggested loss ability drink alcohol served symbolic expressed view characters divided pairs considered pair noting masters power control science politics placed pair noting love maternal romantic paired driven succeed happy playing success private lie tries finally paired noting broken ear father son style relationship point equals adaptations collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long stories included television series directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book | Tintin and the Picaros | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
14477_PigBride | pig bride pig bride korean written illustrated story follows tricked year old boy fulfilling prophecy marrying mysterious pig bride young blonde girl hides supposedly face pig faced mask turns sixteen bride reappears causes havoc romance classmate series released volumes south_korea later localized north american distribution serialized pig bride manga anthology localization kept korean sound effects followed english translation reception initial volumes mixed entire series reviewed negatively worst manga artwork received mixed praise style artwork noted divisive aspect readers plot rebellious year old sent summer camp mountains senator father escapes finds lost saved finds house middle mysterious woman lives reveals ancient prophecy marry daughter descendant park family daughter small girl age hides face smiling pig mask tempted food agrees marriage night tells meet sixteenth birthday true words sixteenth birthday appears sister bodyguard holy priest serves family reveals marriage commence prophecy fulfilled die year ends attempts live life normally begins experience flashbacks involving past life volume epilogue reveals south_korea female president continues work scenes doctor head banker production difficulty designing pig girl mask attempted different designs rejected arriving chosen mask imagine wearing mask licensed pig bride english language release north_america began manga anthology final issue july contained conclusion pig bride english localization process included korean sound effects word followed english translations signage text commonly written english translations near panel appears instead replacing original text volume list reception praised art style saying characters distinctive criticized relationship lead couple saying sweet protective return feelings kim praised character interesting character series relationship interesting reviewed volume concluded despite somewhat visual storytelling art clean lovely easy follow nicely restrained use elaborate backgrounds imaginative panel character designs pretty distinct occasionally creepy smiling mask overall look undeniably draw turn noted distinct typical romance story volume found volume enjoyable noted interactions pig girl drive series despite volume ending strong development characters review volume gave despite confusion caused plot villain pig bride entertaining tale series received negatively listed fifth manga hall shame criticized series lack comedy art style personality girls stating author hate girls review disagreed praised characters art style response review led modifying review specify hatred women characters highlighted quote review personal website stated art makes title worthy read fine lines elegant details overall vision revealed inside book gorgeous dramatic comedic scenes played equal effectiveness making visuals joy | Pig Bride | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
14669_ExplorersontheMoon | explorers moon explorers moon french sur seventeenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story weekly belgium magazine october december published collected volume completing story arc begun preceding volume destination moon narrative tells young reporter dog snowy friends captain professor thompson aboard humanity manned rocket mission moon developed suggestions friends explorers moon produced following extensive research possibility human space travel feat achieved cartoonist seeking work realistic possible continued affair series defining comics tradition critics praised detail book expressed mixed views story volume adapted animated series animated series adventures synopsis synopsis continues plot begun destination moon professor snowy captain assistant aboard atomic rocket powered spacecraft leaving earth bound moon soon takeoff discover detectives thompson accidentally away onboard putting strain oxygen supply detectives accidentally turn nuclear motor disrupting artificial gravity sending floating problem suffered formula drug seen land black gold resulting hair growing rapidly multiple colours subsequently cure smuggled aboard rocket gets drunk takes impromptu briefly satellite point professor says tell earth new satellite able rescue rocket lands crater human step moon days later battery powered tank explore caves direction crater inside cave snowy slips ice covered rescues later aboard ship overwhelmed colonel spy smuggled aboard foreign power works help seeks ship return earth emergency sabotage cuts power engine strain oxygen supplies crew decides abandon equipment cut short lunar stay repair work completed slightly ahead schedule rocket cleared lift halfway earth escapes bonds thanks detectives tries kill seeks prevent struggle gun killed revealed oxygen aboard crew survive journey sacrifices opening floating space death crew fall unconscious wakes long set rocket auto pilot arrives safely history background devised idea sending mission moon working prisoners sun decision field science fiction influenced friendly rivalry colleague recently success science fiction comic secret decided volume story arc proved successful earlier arcs secret treasure seven crystal balls prisoners sun initially intended beginning story culmination prisoners sun wife close friend convinced proceed story previously left unfinished instead seeking advice story consulted friend authored non fiction book les man stars autumn developed script story gave version based lunar expedition fictional location united_states featured return professor character previously appeared time antagonist sold secrets mission order attain funds buy diamond actress early produced black white pages version story abandoning retained elements original script finished version scenes drinks whiskey gravity free environment goes space walk nearly satellite appear pages explorers moon thought influence story significant stating going books impression originally beginning broad outline hoped story realistic possible sought elements words contained monsters incredible surprises ensure realism collected wide range documents rockets space travel conduct research aided collected pictures rockets atomic research facilities research archive included article american magazine discussed humanity reach moon books work book space travel physicist began correspondence april visited striking subsequent correspondence director incorporated technical information story moments humour accessible young readership according literary critics possible fictional influences story include novel moon american film destination moon certainly inspired number photographic destination moon film published computer system space centre visually based computer created non military purposes based moon rocket designs rocket developed german scientists world war red white pattern rocket based illustration come book world war commissioned construction model rocket parts assistant took model paris showed asking realistic representation moon rocket look like assistants model accurately sketch producing comic introduced story character previously appeared antagonist added evidence water moon advice publication september broke story statement end felt need break work having fallen clinical depression wife went holiday switzerland returning brussels late september readers sent letters magazine asking explorers moon longer emerging died april published open letter magazine explaining absence result illness caused exhaustion included illustration planned return work covers magazine announced imminent return story explorers moon resume eighteen month hiatus returning april issue accompanied summary story far final installment appeared december serial publication faced criticism including suicide story suicide widely viewed sin catholic dominated belgium critics published book version added line miracle shall escape scene obvious suicide years later expressed regret issue story collected published sur unhappy title translates walked moon refused change critical analysis believed story belongs cosmic vision moves story forward expressed opinion unique character suggesting akin character john novel referring specifically explorers moon opined true epic human imagination believing depiction moon test time space exploration novels felt moon adventure best triumphant achievement level awarding halves story stars biographer felt moon adventures mark stage development work biographer praised gradual introduction story real dimension evil particularly effective expressed view brings tragic note story comparing characters stories critical story arc stating secret treasure supernatural quality seven crystal balls prisoners sun noted explorers moon widely regarded greatest artistic achievement describing entire moon adventure technical masterpiece result accurate depiction moon thompson expressed opinion explorers compared work science fiction writers focusing scene sons hair grows rapidly bright colours stated provides abrupt contrast nature rest story bright carefully restrained colour scheme praised depiction rocket landing magnificent spectacle worth double space spread given highlighting perceived ending unprecedented dramatic tension study literary critic praised destination moon explorers moon story arc meticulous attention scientific facts added resulted story tone added stories main division longer good evil previous adventures truth error opined despite somewhat ridiculous character scientific achievements grows stature giant arc sir secret series founding ancestor goes claim sacred ancestor voyage moon mystical quest science guiding religion drawing comparisons arc prisoners sun story drew symbolic links scientific centre temple sun noted high priest victim previous story moving discuss moon rocket stories described object penetrated virgin territory moon time described rocket maternal belly space explorers slept commenting specifically explorers moon commented protagonists story reverted childhood exploring moon believing treated like theme park literary critic stated destination moon explorers moon story arc embodies wartime position spun post war environment representing genius driven work activities national political causes suggested explorers moon wildly adventurous installment series felt inclusion smuggled aboard rocket reflected idea stranger penetrating home thought present adventures commenting scene bottle inside states text case hollow smuggling believed reversal appearance hidden model ship secret adaptation animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes explorers moon second adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company explorers moon fifteenth story adapted divided minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels | Explorers on the Moon | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
15054_Cobra(manga) | cobra manga cobra japanese hepburn japanese manga series written illustrated set far future series tells story cobra lives adventurous life enemies begin hunt cobra face memory hide foes normal life eventually regains memories reunites partner devised mix western stories aspects films varying james_bond disney manga originally serialized weekly jump november november later collected chapters published volumes cobra manga spawned sequel manga series shots feature length anime film anime series episode series episode series original video animations audio albums video games merchandise announced live action film production united_states portions manga published feature film licensed release american theaters british theaters released home video market acquired region release anime series licensed northern american region japan cobra manga sold million copies making weekly jump best selling manga series time publications manga anime media comparing series star wars main character attitude james_bond film adaptation received mixed reviews original anime series cobra animation received reviewers plot far future office worker named johnson leads dull mundane life sunday morning robotic servant ben suggests company enables customers experience dream reality johnson asks king command dream johnson instead cobra explores space android partner cobra arm laser gun fight monsters organized crime syndicate pirates battle guild cobra allows leader captain escape cobra picture pirates making wanted man dream ends johnson describes fantasy attendant surprised johnson dream reference pirates cobra way home johnson crashes speeding car driver looks like captain johnson mentions resemblance driver reveals asks johnson cobra threatens kill johnson answer johnson lifts arm ray shoots hand killing shot explodes johnson arm revealing embedded johnson rushes home ben notices weapon arm johnson realizes remembers years looking mirror finds turns reveal secret room finds revolver dream moment armed break house address cobra battle ben robot shell breaks reveal johnson kills johnson starts remember previous existence cobra hunted criminal enterprises tired life run cobra altered face memories erased tells cobra trip movie triggered regain access memories life cobra resume adventurous life characters cobra main protagonist eponymous character series cobra signature weapon target enemies having line sight drains cobra mental energy stamina carries revolver backup weapon cobra voiced film adaptation anime cobra animation voiced release voiced version originally lady cobra long time partner half duo cobra share deep trust times need help lady class mechanical derived advanced technology recovered ancient lost civilization mars possesses strength carry weapon rarely involved physical combat cobra away adventure lady supports cobra spaceship dub renamed voiced lady film anime cobra animation release voiced voiced dubbing daughters captain nelson cobra meets sister unique tattoo assembled sequence form map leading hidden gold diamonds dub renamed jane voiced film anime voiced release voiced version second cobra meets jane asks rescue catherine catherine school teacher sister involved violent occupation dub renamed voiced film anime release voiced voiced dubbing serves officer way patrol possesses great strength operates cobra looking way professional duties require arrest hires resolve unpleasant matter drug trafficking involving stadium dub renamed voiced film anime voiced release voiced version originally crystal cobra arch enemy regards cobra man worthy adversary crystal boy golden skeleton body glass works led lord signature weapon attach right hand crush uses victims built laser gun hook fired dub crystal boy renamed lord voiced film anime adaptations release voiced voiced dubbing serves ruthless cold hearted leader snow local branch home planet later cobra tracks planet hidden originally ordered retrieve weapon hand guild uses ends turns guild cobra stops dub renamed voiced film anime voiced release voiced version lord mysterious deep voiced man dressed armor command ambitions lead seek absolute control galaxy lord rarely appears person demonstrates powerful ability enemy enemies think uses trick powers dispose final episode revealed spirit adolf hitler revived years defeat lord voiced anime production cobra debut manga series previously written illustrated thirty science fiction targeted girls short stories manga contests held manga magazines earning honorable mention created cobra combining western japanese stories featuring wandering created titular character wanted create hero able carry concealed weapon according concept hero greatly influenced spin drew inspiration french actor general influenced films including james_bond film series films disney films prior little example performance cult science fiction film served direct model character jane inspired princess aurora disney animated film sleeping beauty storytelling panel layout narrative pacing general draws influence manga artist publication written illustrated cobra published japanese manga magazine weekly jump shot edition later serialized running november issue november issue weekly jump released magazine line eighteen volumes august august cobra published february november volume edition jump comics deluxe entitled space adventure cobra manga series partially released united_states series books english language publication covered origin story saga dialogue adapted american comic book writer published select comics line complete manga published countries france manga published later reprinted volume released 1990s brazil dealer manga published country manga published italy taiwan hong_kong thailand released cobra form title space adventure cobra included volumes october february later created magazine series based cobra manga line spanned volumes published october october spanned volumes published november november spanned volumes published june july published cobra edition simply called spawned volumes released august june cobra sold book space adventure cobra galaxy knights limited time sequels spin offs manga magazine published cobra sequel spin series titled cobra legend holy knight serialized special issue weekly jump published single magazine line space adventure cobra fully colored computer graphics manga serialized computer graphics sequel called space adventure cobra magic doll serialized series serialized published jump comics deluxe title space adventure cobra space adventure cobra magic doll serialized magazine published comics line cobra space pirate magic doll february september respectively addition published cobra shots cobra space pirate march cobra space pirate time drive april comics celebrate series 30th anniversary sixteen manga reprinted released released magic doll concluded release july october june cobra space pirate series anime adaptations film adapted manga film titled space adventure cobra released july japan directed screenplay cobra involvement fight released film british theaters american dub created released american theaters august later distributed vhs format june space cobra cobra adapted anime series titled space cobra directed aired october episodes released dvds dvd box set october japan series released parts released march second available november series added streaming service broadcast united_states canada english cobra animation cobra adapted television series created animated magic bus cobra animation line series 30th anniversary series released direct dvd august february written directed sequel released april june directed series later released blu ray box set february anime television series directed aired january march streamed series december january episodes time drive uploaded january aired japan series licensed released north american home video market cobra return based adapt arc series original animated series called cobra return collaboration girl rights series directed produced written announcement series promotional teaser released february arc choice based fact favorite cobra fans incorporate classic characters elements cobra universe rendering fans cobra according hope attract people economic reasons new story modern style animation target audience series primarily years slated premiere audio soundtrack film composed single opening theme single ending theme lyrics written composed romance opening music stay eve end subsequent anime music scored lyrics cobra secret desire opening ending themes respectively written composed sung anime music compiled albums space cobra original soundtrack space cobra complete soundtrack released september april respectively musical score cobra animation composed opening theme ending theme released singles august second time drive opening theme closing theme cobra space pirate respectively opening theme closing theme march released singles soundtrack containing music compilation music anime series released january april respectively encompassed music soundtracks film anime series released march live action film said received hollywood offer purchase rights live action film adaptation series stated record happened partly standalone separate original manga announced purchased rights planned direct live action film adaptation cobra inspired create film adaptation original manga childhood favorites said wanted create tent pole sized live action franchise wrote script production held studio budget million later teaser poster depicting promotional concept art cobra space pirate release date scheduled unveiled september admitted making film hard new kind star wars expensive stated trying july revealed estimated project require budget million seeking list actor help attract main difficulties said decide star film think going play cobra unable forward release guardians galaxy change aspects film differentiate related media cobra manga basis focusing female characters series released cobra girls february concept designs manga added cobra titled cobra wonder released july included cobra stories published included cobra ground vehicle japanese machine gained ability transform robot japan later exported idea united_states super designed japan action figures shirts dolls cobra stamps limited edition whiskey bottles sold merchandise series video games created hand held games followed cobra released engine cobra released engine released north_america europe sega space adventure cobra legendary reception approximately million copies cobra sold making weekly jump best selling manga series time cobra time little known famous english version cobra named translated english manga time wizard magazine online magazine praised rich fantasy said main character took james_bond albeit somewhat silly costumes bizarre worlds shade shy impressed series surprisingly devoid sexual exploitation anime fans come associate decorative female characters avoids stereotypical beautiful women instead creates extreme world said modern readers find manga dated discouraged reading despite improvement artistic quality series progresses writing ann described cobra significant piece manga history thompson wrote women series realistic physique explosion parody western action heroes star wars 1970s science fiction concept beauty titular character inspired video game designer create character devil cry series anime television series received praise asserted space adventure cobra interesting takes idea classic spins epic praised charming designs criticized main character lack development negative thing added isn ton depth doesn pretend fun sci galaxy ann praised surprisingly solid art series era affirmed stand high spirited fun loving action fare occasional darker overtones said simple adventure interesting characters locations sense fun definitely makes work good way solid visual design washington review commended entertaining overall overall fun vibe smooth art criticized called tendencies cobra animation received fans best selling weeks sixth volume anime series best selling dvds week praised anime series visual design comparing ones said unaware original series said anime healthy dose action kind sexuality trademark series good bit silly fun second episode review said following kind pace structure animation compared blues ann said gritty animation episode animation quality looks modern gritty said anime idea simple added doesn center teenagers schools concept said great gives different usual reason enjoyable | Cobra (manga) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
15436_WinnieWinkle | american comic strip appeared year span strip premise conceived stories artwork wrote strip years comic strips working women main character young woman support parents adopted brother serving reflection changing role women society ran newspapers decades translations strip sunday pages available europe focusing little brother gang originality longevity household icon inspiring pop art artist reprinted time face appeared cigar box lid retrospect seen comic strips new independent role american women world war publication history launched comic strip september running newspapers titled ran newspapers ended july years longest runs american comic strip history syndicate distributed comic strip felt character recognized contemporary role model 90s time strip carried handful newspapers characters story eponymous character young unmarried woman support parents making popular comic strip working women reflection new role women society seen comics writing associated_press noted women got vote joined work force family centered comics joined working girl strips like somebody drawn woman beginning politics social conscience drawing board years daily evolved simple gags complex humorous situations new character introduced form perry little boy adopted focus sunday pages shifted adventures perry home school streets compelled wear coat fancy clothes continued frequent old neighborhood local gang contrast wore torn clothing regarded member popularized catch phrase good boy major plot elements marriage engineer wright disappearance world war leaving pregnant realistic unfortunate situation newspapers dropped strip early pregnancy comic strip changed significantly years working fashion industry war seemingly widow husband returned decades took jobs endeavors years including stint artists employed number assistants including 1930s assistant young french author return europe created famous series assistant later created suffered stroke continued series later followed students finally veteran artist recalled years told days wrap felt terrible finished didn miss depressed lost good job didn miss maybe routine week didn miss lot good memories strip international spin offs translations adopted younger brother friends focus sunday pages europe sunday pages translated holland france local artists new comics perry number weekly pages longer sufficient dutch translated strip popular netherlands predecessor long running series france known published albums flanders belgium series directly inspired strip sunday page american comic published daily newspaper list appeared august lasted april beginning world war country perry hero renamed johnny allegedly group kids contemporary hollywood film series title adventurous johnny single christmas episode taking place published work unknown local authors albums collected stories published newspaper films movies produced written starring director awards received award archives houses collection original daily cartoons complete week year represented additional random cartoons year holdings daily cartoons display traces blue pencil tone brush pen ink illustration board measuring approximately inches volumes strip | Winnie Winkle | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
15549_BusoRenkin | japanese hepburn lit arms manga series written drawn follows warrior battle monsters known envisioned manga manga tried genre serialized magazine weekly june april individual chapters republished volumes series licensed north american release manga adapted anime television series produced broadcast japanese television network tokyo december anime announced north american dvd release series american television debut american broadcast rights acquired series spawned drama cds light novels playstation video game types themed merchandise japan manga sold million volumes nominated award received mixed reception manga anime publications art received positive comments reviewers aspects manga action characters divided critics opinions anime critics described generic fighting series received negative reception plot narrative follows saves killed monster known warrior feels responsible replacing destroyed heart device activated takes weapon form based user personality forming thing destroy creates joins fight master renamed killed later resurrected group led great great grandfather calling butterfly battles captain team leader destroy members learning butterfly believes weak useless rebels kills butterfly death butterfly drains energy students school heal revive victor superior humans victor confronted victor interested fighting leaves battle revealed type victor black created prototype philosopher stone black human life forces prevent happening death ordered captain tries kill finds alive team commissioned confirm death protégé fight way past members later death postponed leader explains priority defeat victor find white effects black guarded victor daughter victoria final battle victor applies white victor protect victor moon later creates white heal rescues creates white victor humanity reunited daughter victor asks turn tells daughter lead moon research way revert humans ending war activities warriors return daily lives urban legend japan production started writing thinking manga tried wanted genre unexpectedly experienced problems drawing manga fight scenes said struggled comedic elements drew references sources past works gun blaze west american comics films anime manga despite dealing initially avoided mentioning philosopher stone thought accused series mentioning said general knowledge series publication severe fourth cold weak finish chapter send weekly jump manga chapters written illustrated serialized magazine june april chapters serialized weekly jump final chapter published magazine installments published individual chapters series collected volumes released january april north_america released manga volumes august february manga licensed brazil france germany italy spain anime adaptation japan manga adapted anime series ran tokyo directed produced aired october march episodes later released dvd compilations january september dvd box sets containing episodes released november february released animation soundtrack january december announced release english dub released dvd sets thirteen episodes set containing episodes thirteen released april second set containing episodes fourteen released october launched channel april marking series american television debut december episodes series officially uploaded portal episodes uploaded weekly final episode uploaded march beginning october streamed neon alley related media released drama cds released second released october released expert cds features radio drama opening ending themes unreleased soundtrack songs expert released march second expert released june light novels written illustrated published jump books line double slash published october released titled published nintendo fighting games jump super stars stars featured characters series playstation video game developed published released june title park japan action figures shirts trading card game series key chains variety products sold merchandise series reception japan sold million volumes north_america volume featured best selling graphic novel ranking nielsen fourth volume series seventh best selling comic book march according year nominated best science fiction comic title year manga critical reaction mixed critics reached consensus high quality art describing crisp solid clean aspects series divided critics opinions praised enemy designs ann criticized adding series fun read certainly fun look writing active anime found points interest series story praised action said action got drive excitement action comic book called series mixture filled said storytelling action needed clarity described derivative called characters completely forgettable conversely writing site said distinctive interesting noted complexity plot said difficult follow added lot strong material developed series praised final volume stating fabulous job covering fronts characters effectively ends amazing way anime met negative critical reception ann critic said isn special criticizing plot exposition clichés praised way right action writing ann stated series generic bit light hearted moments ann said anime follows fighting formula praised characterization saying characteristic distinguish series praised way improves considerably twists plot called generic start said fairly decent stab second half praised balance humor lighter stated took clichés ideas ran engaging fun manner | Buso Renkin | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
15760_Neuro:SupernaturalDetective | known japan japanese lit demon detective japanese manga series written illustrated series follows demon depends mysteries having consumed mysteries demon world travels human world search recruits high school student facade detective agency supernatural themed manga created considered unable draw humans manga originally serialized weekly jump february april individual chapters collected released collected volumes episode anime series directed animated originally aired anime series licensed uploaded company website spawned light novel audio albums video games merchandise manga popular japan frequently ranking weekly list best selling manga sold million volumes april japan anime criticized fans work received low viewership critics anime manga compared case closed noting supernatural themes difference plot series central character demon eats mysteries eaten mystery demon world comes human world feast mysteries offered humans demon want presence human world widely known makes arrangement year old high school girl wants solve mystery father murder declared suicide police establish detective agency criminal hair called solve crimes feed appetite characters voiced title character series demon detective hell arrogant self centered personality came look ultimate mystery complex pleasing arriving surface met forced needed look mysteries working cases usually makes use demonic powers tools demon world find defeat culprit torture enjoys daily basis voiced year old high school girl character introduced manga meets appears father shrine promising help solve mystery father death meeting quickly leads partnership cover pretending investigator acts assistant purpose cover later proves worthy able criminal motive ability understand human psychology proves useful certain cases given unable understand humans operate voiced jack trades detective office referred second slave quick tempered lot shown responsible early chapters worked small finance house criminal connections forced work won bet office solving boss death manga left found use demon forcibly office currently running supervision corpse wall office took shown hair functions like hand offered brush care exchange work taken office short periods time merge hair longer gives control natural hair left merged long switch places completely later appears attached new cell phone voiced police officers assigned solve mystery father death classmate police department case father death gives access crime scenes arrests points deals aftermath appears times mind acts quickly emergency excellent shot usually takes kind cooperative attitude protective resemblance little sister appears somewhat suspicious later watches demon weapons learns demon share mutual understanding searching entire life person killed family finds killed goes turning killing way injured killed voiced young police officer mystery father death new partner typical modern young man low self respect share feelings citizens like interfere police business interested kinds toys models shown regularly collecting destroyed finds habit showing annoying attitude implied shared police department voiced boss department hot tempered capable man incompetent people point view went police training school rivals better day family killed given gave sided rivalry prove better holds slight thinks sort person common middle man arise world chaos change history voiced nineteen year old detective works police far sighted wears glasses computer letting rest forehead rest time care free personality highly intelligent look arc infected electronic drug guardians infection half complete wearing lenses specially protect arc forced watch shows anti virus british investigator dispatched acquaintance exchange student england capable vast amounts information extremely quickly picking single bit information listening multiple radio stations reading stack papers instant distant relative new kidnapped tortured point head organs remained held metal structure killed sick skin face pose member police female detective new addition team appeared slightly major debut case woman opposite looks sees rival approval high opinion respect originally believed replacement constantly police acts fact worried case team questioned insulted criminal motives murder promptly attacked saved noted seriousness way abilities detective noticeably asia voiced world class idol customer manga comes office hire detective team figure murdered managers friends culprit mistakenly believed crazy fan reveal ways real culprit murdered friends cold blood believed hired chance clear conscience singing voice affects humans influences plants insects seen prison conversation room need advice arrest believes somewhat liberated bit guilt real voiced world mysterious human supernatural powers believes identity desperate attempt find starts taking people apart studying find associate kills people puts red box better look cell structure intrigued demonic origins believes solve true identity reason chases tries kill times assistant government sponsored terrorist brought planes named image status prompting place murders simply takes closest gives away apparent displeasure depending day refers master child friend lover brother sister killed bullet wound head older brother smuggled weapons drugs supposed bringing company worked actually planning kill superior order managed stop later brother started smiling face ltd company smuggling drugs weapons black market trading organs illegal things seen smiling mask uses conceal real usually evil intentions younger brother nicknamed originally seen wearing heavy winter coat times uses hide weapons great deal loyalty older brother past brother lived cold poor town looked parents left long ago left fend street time buried brother saved life joined criminal company invites subordinate voiced genius computer scientist creator electronic drug finding hundreds people selected test subjects killed guardians students reason creating recreate patient slowly losing self mysterious brain disease voiced known artificial intelligence created copy created help project recreate brain person scratch seeing methods intelligence far inferior took greater lengths continue project invincible digital world electronic drug people protecting maintained system mystery equivalent banquet greatest mystery far series eating filled energy recover past wounds new entity referred absolute evil current head new group people distinguish humanity extent bred evil intent years aim humanity planet person truly considered enemy saying time unpleasant feeling met person humans creators food goal earth challenge signs impressions leaving number signature fingers fire obsessed member group spy instrumental capture joined serial wanted japan uncle taught kid pleasure fire member new ability manipulate fire able burn contact highly field element use gunpowder smallest fingers short dragon initials member new specialized line ability control water young academically talented lucky receive ability control water parents lacked parents feared ability cells capable transforming hand claws genuine loyal member fingers actress broadway audience members ease member ability able control air controlling usually calls witch self declared able train wants role drastically changes fight unsuccessfully tried train took away servant fingers able control earth appears chapters believes face icon important mindset able unhappy possessions encounters stripped naked supposed fans left calls descendant spanish spanish earth ground dirt alias real young skin boy fingers addresses nickname power involves understanding controlling plants creates chemicals puts sleeve chemicals able control forests turn stick tree plants poisonous gas refers fact ancestors thousand years ago plants tools considered india friend recruited production series regular weekly jump published shots published summer issue won jump horror mystery category extremely received according second shot released september issue weekly jump stated good drawing humans real life things lose self confidence threw things random create series said mixed creation real things style original create atmosphere series reference paintings japanese artist saw television illustrator creative process art begin drawing erotic images time humorous cute scenes wish create terrifying characters funny terrifying terrifying cute tried avoid men image women images heroes decided create characters exist real world acts reactions realistic want create detective reasoning manga like read draw said reasoning scenes placed jokes scenes prior start series sure detective manga romantic finally decided write detective story needed able eat mysteries creation followed work schedule worked sketches began outline help assistants finalized art drawing complex backgrounds leaving rest assistants charge talked editor chapter wrote plot sundays publication written illustrated manga originally serialized japanese magazine weekly jump february april compiled chapters collected volumes released july august published series magazine style books volumes released january march october october volumes published format line series started released format january lasted volumes published june volumes edition included shots preceded outside japan licensed countries france hong_kong italy spain south_korea taiwan anime adaptation production anime series announced 33rd issue jump released july anime adaptation directed produced series consisting television episodes originally aired october march japan later broadcast affiliated stations distributed anime dvd format volumes released december august dvd box set released september series acquired renamed streamed february july website official soundtrack composed released december related media audio dramas released november april light novel titled hate written published july november released book written titled march written released japan action figures bags shirts mouse pads products sold merchandise series video games nintendo game titled mystery produced audio released june battle playstation game released august appeared nintendo game jump ultimate stars battle character attacks appeared help characters appears support character crossover fighting game stars victory reception manga sold million units japan april individual volumes frequently appeared lists best selling manga fans manga series responded negatively anime adaptation criticizing alterations stories japanese website new hosted petition intended fans dissatisfaction ask faithful original work representative said low priority watched praised protagonist original unique criticized fact reader access facts help solve mysteries reviewer said unfortunate readers feels passive desirable crime series said good case closed design setting interesting constructed characters development relationship praised reviewer said series completely apart world manga genre unto styles appeal wider audience critic compared case closed said black humor cruel laughs said series walks line drama supernatural spell balancing occasional joke said graphic violence best series praised animation described case closed spirit powers said interesting concept competent fun twists apart supernatural elements bring case closed writing said anime operates principally main characters said interesting watch operate understand methods personalities actual event episode feels like drawn mystery added good production values criticized appearance bordering comical makes difficult series darker route | Neuro: Supernatural Detective | Language and literature | Language and literature | Comics |
15823_CardcaptorSakura | abbreviated known japanese manga series written illustrated manga group clamp manga originally serialized june published volumes november july story focuses elementary school student discovers possesses magical powers accidentally freeing set magical cards book sealed years tasked cards order avoid unknown world sequel clamp focusing junior high school began july issue series adapted episode anime series aired japan satellite television channel april march additional media produced include anime films video games art books picture books film comics initially released manga english north_america march august license expired acquired license released series editions october september licensed series film north american broadcast distribution renaming aired june december episodes dubbed english speaking territories received run version aired american television heavily edited episodes aired nickelodeon series films sub licensed released english subtitles series later released australia new_zealand critics praised manga creativity described manga critical work manga general manga series awarded award best manga anime adaptation praised target audience young children enjoyable older viewers artwork anime focus attention described average series magic casting scenes complimented nearly unique regular costume changes anime won grand prix award american edit heavily panned critics cutting character backgrounds essential understanding plot plot takes place fictional japanese city near tokyo year old accidentally releases set magical cards known cards book basement created named card unique ability assume alternate form activated guardian cards emerges book chooses retrieve missing cards finds card battles magical defeats sealing away acts guide best friend second cousin films exploits provides battle costumes older brother watches pretending unaware going boy age descendant arrives hong_kong recapture cards initially antagonistic comes respect begins aiding capture cards captures cards tested judge cards second guardian determine worthy cards true master true form best friend aided teacher passes test new master transfer student england arrives begins causing disturbances guardian like creatures suddenly unable use cards transforms beginning process evolving cards causes strange occurrences forces use transform certain cards cards transformed tells aided converting cards lose magic powers later confesses love comes realize loves concludes returning hong_kong promise return years later moves permanently plot anime series extended featuring cards manga original certain scenes stretched delayed true form revealed appearance creates 53rd card hope talent shown manga circumstances capturing cards changed capturing cards tested final judgment cousin fiancée introduced anime positions romantic rival later series friend returns hong_kong series leaves relationship unresolved confesses love end second anime film production conceived shortly conclusion clamp magic knight serialized clamp head editor asked series clamp decided esque series opposed clamp described unlike head clamp writer impulse create magical girl series despite genre wanted heroine age group majority readers fans relate different clamp normally conceived characters designed characters like clamp previous creations information characters artists clamp design based descriptions designing wanted mascot type companion tried forms including dogs designing final version conceived common type character featured clamp works titles suggested series card character suggested planned beginning end consulted plot members instead giving script chapter time initially drew look like love led surprise received script chapter reveals loves story planned theme try best work start definitely okay mindset wanted write story minorities feel comfortable referring sex taboo relationships featured manga series main theme expressed main character designed open minded different family structures kinds love addressed relationships featured series example explained reason end girl love romantic way central theme love human relationships series forms love showcased including sibling love childhood love true love times clamp ignores chapters focus relationships relationships presented clamp carefully avoiding passing judgment relationships particular romantic relationship elementary student teacher presented way seen sweet innocent tale wish examined seriously mildly disturbing story love artists especially told use thin lines try express things curved lines opposed straight lines style artwork decided beginning unify world view wanted series soft cute like feel asked artists use lot ink pages light multitude flower imagery manga looked books find appropriate flowers tried avoid flower chapter remarked draw flowers series point use roses clamp wanted incorporate transformation scenes magical girl manga girls wearing outfit clamp wanted wear different costumes clamp felt pretty sad girl wear outfit time media manga began manga series written illustrated manga artist group clamp serialized monthly aimed young girls manga magazine june issue individual chapters collected published volumes november july released volumes bilingual editions included japanese english july bilingual volumes experimental line helping japanese children learn english stopped releasing bilingual editions series licensed english distribution north_america sequel manga series titled clear card edition began july issue sold june sequel follows junior high school introduces mysterious clearing cards released volumes march august initially released volumes book flipped original japanese orientation book read right left western format text oriented left right volumes later released original orientation box sets containing volumes volumes seven released original orientation subtitle master entertainment english translation release series australia new_zealand published english edition series volumes containing original volumes october september manga series licensed additional regional language releases france italy germany brazil glory publishing taiwan spain argentina mexico series episode anime series adaptation produced animation studio aired japan television network spread seasons season consisting episodes aired april december second season episodes aired april june season containing episodes aired september march directed clamp fully involved project head writer writing composing screenplay overseeing costumes card designs series later released vhs dvd compilation volumes september licensed north_america dubbed series english featuring released version heavily edited original japanese version initial version dub covered episodes character names changed japanese text changed english controversial subjects sex relationships edited musical score completely replaced new music sound effects replaced separated separate tracks original opening ending themes dubbed english version aired australia network ireland nickelodeon canada aired episodes french dub alternative english dub series produced air asia shown entirely uncut making closer original japanese version broadcast english language networks southeast_asia aired united_states june december version aired alternate version dub heavily edited episodes ordered left completely editing original dub series action oriented appeal male viewers seen largest audience animation time episode aired version rival eighth episode series having removed episodes focusing start arrival series ran episodes changing original episode order finishing actual final episode released dubbed episodes vhs dvd compilation volumes november july released series original japanese audio tracks english subtitles dvds november november volumes released vhs series dvds went print end license expired licensed series released entire series japanese english audio track dvd blu ray august licensed original episodes uncut form japanese audio english subtitles australia new_zealand later released series dvd box collections consisting season consisting seasons dvd box set contained openings endings series second dvd box set contained exclusive interview japanese voice actress dvd box collection released september second dvd box collection released november films produced minute anime films extension anime series movie released august set second seasons series film shows friends going hong_kong encounter spirit hurt past released vhs dvd japan february released english dubbed version film retaining story changes main dub dubbed visual edits released cut uncut versions series released film original japanese audio english subtitles released bilingual dvd containing audio tracks edited versions released vhs dvd march released film blu ray disc dvd september north_america second film released japan july provided conclusion series returns tokyo hopes getting answer love confession confession interrupted appearance 53rd released limited edition dvd january vhs july released north_america dvd pioneer november featured english dub instead time retaining original character names content uncut films released pioneer later renamed remained print north_america late bonus short film titled leave played theatrical screening second film audio cds preview anime series released sized volume titled comic august containing character songs sung voice actors drama tracks drama cds released series san organ released july featuring script written clamp author depicts having dream mother playing organ choosing write following day school project second released february depicts single day life girls class including original soundtrack albums released anime series july march soundtracks included instrumental background music vocal theme songs soundtracks produced films film soundtrack released august followed second film soundtrack august theme song singles released series films opening theme song singles series catch catch released april released april platinum released october ending theme song singles series released september honey released fruits candy released november ending theme song singles films released august film melody released july second film theme song single anime short leave shown second film released july character song singles sung voice actors released june single contained short drama track character song album titled character released january containing tracks previously released character song singles new tracks sung voice actors album titled released december contains seven tracks children choir including joined voice actress compilation set released february compiling series theme songs tracks character song singles remixes previously released songs new music album containing theme songs series films titled theme song collection released december released albums singles original soundtrack titled songs released september video games video games produced based series released variety video game handheld consoles feature genres adventure role playing video games media published art books manga series art books anime series featuring art character designer books manga titled illustration collection released july december series titled released april september set cards featured series released august card fortune book contains information use replica set cards released march fan book manga titled published february containing illustrations series information branded merchandise based series interviews fan books title complete book released series films series fan books labeled released july june respectively films received fan book released october october respectively poster box containing posters shirt released august volumes film comic sharing manga anime series published august november covering anime seasons episodes published subtitle march february covering episode episodes picture books released series september november books released series august march reception manga series popular japanese readers ranking sellers release manga series awarded award best manga described series manga praised mature direction second half described critical work manga review series related interactions characters noted special interest anderson praised manga onset begins chasing takes big leap direction focusing characters manga lauded depth ann reviewer felt manga puts emphasis emotions character manga states series best kids manga translation best manga available english period praises clamp creativity business sense able create series clearly merchandising line utterly forgettable premise story warmth joy wonder sum parts manga cited cute critics cases cute anderson stated like magic knight cute story depth drama artwork manga praised detailed having beautifully drawn pictures cards cards described having blend magical fantasy reality anime adaptation popular viewers japan despite having timeslot normally low viewership anime adaptation won grand prix award best anime volumes anime release selling titles volume place 18th dvd volume eighth best selling anime dvd japan june contributor felt series sophisticated design sense allowed series target audience young children enjoyable older viewers fellow contributor found character appealing praised series art work felt calculated attract male readers series attractive fans clamp unique entertainment style incorporates perfectly time appearances fascinating villains unusual element having main character change costume capture magazine felt series animation far average series magic casting scenes nearly unique regular costume changes ann praised taking incredibly repetitive magical girl genre providing fun clever beautifully animated touching exciting goes series best magical girl produced animation described incredibly fluid character designs maintain ing consistent impressive level detail action scenes series described formulaic said enjoyment normally intended audience young girls anime lauded containing elements enjoyed regardless age gender providing open minded anime ranked 46th anime released north_america ranking kids version dub panned critics anime called worst thing happened anime good japanese dubbing worst worst dubbing program criticized editing saying demolished plot noting cut vital character backgrounds needed order understand reviewing dvd said attempt fan favorite anime dubbed voices described par originals ordering episodes dvd criticized noting starting episode meant cast left backgrounds approved episode stories left intact praised voices stating voices shine rest january restaurant chain began month long promotion toys available kids meals company expected distribute million toys month conservative christian political orientation complained promotion organization felt series similar cards eastern mythology organization complaints begin promotion scheduled end unsure complaints actual 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