Nelvana

Nelvana - an
Animation
Franchise licensing
Children's entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario, It maintains international offices in France, Ireland & Japan, as well as smaller offices in the top 3 cities in the U.S. Many of its films, shows & specials are based on licensed properties & literature, but original programming is also part of its roster. But the company specializes in children's media,

If you grew up between the 1970s and mid 2010s you may have seen this company
At the end of a tv show.

Similar companies include

Dic entertainment , film roman &

Saban Entertainment.

Nelvana a Canadian animation studio & entertainment company .

Founders: Michael Hirsh,Patrick Loubert
,Clive A. Smith.

Headquarters Official office:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

International offices:
Paris, France
Shannon, Ireland
Tokyo, Japan

Founded : July 30, 1971

The company's production logo is a polar bear looking at Polaris, the North Star. Nelvana Enterprises Inc.

Hokkaido Japan

Hokkaido Japan - the 2nd largest island of Japan & the northern-most prefecture.

Hokkaido was formerly known as Yezo/Yeso, or Yesso. Japanese settlers ruled the south tip of the island , the 16th century, Hokkaido was primarily inhabited by the Ainu people.

Japanese settlers conqured the Ainu of their land & forced them to assimilate. In the 21st century, the Ainu are almost totally assimilated into Japanese society ,lots of Japanese of Ainu descent have no knowledge of their heritage & culture !

Japan's coldest region, Hokkaidō has relatively cool summers & icy/snowy winters.

Hokkaidō celebrates its winter weather at the Sapporo Snow Festival.

Sports

USA Football Association: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Japan B-ball L : Levanga Hokkaido (basketball)

Loco Solare (curling)

Nippon Paper Cranes (ice hockey)
Oji Eagles (ice hockey)

Food & drink
Sapporo is the oldest brand of beer in Japan. It was 1st brewed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, in 1876 by brewer Seibei Nakagawa.

Sapporo ramen a fish or meat-based broth enhanced with red miso & thick, chewy noodles. The miso broth's bold flavors !

Hokkaido's popular fruits - Furano melons

Hokkaido is a popular place for skiing & snowboarding in winter, due to its abundant powder snow & top resorts like Niseko, Rusutsu & Furano. Sapporo, Hokkaido's main city, famous for Sapporo beer, Sapporo ramen & the annual Sapporo Snow Festival.

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🇯🇵 Made in Hokkaido Japan !

Country: Japan
Region : Hokkaido Island / northern Japan
Capital: Sapporo
Largest city: Sapporo
Subdivisions Districts: 74,
Municipalities: 179

Hokkaidō's largest city is the capital, Sapporo, which is a designated city. The island has two core cities: Hakodate in the south & Asahikawa in the central region. Other important population centers include Tomakomai, Iwamizawa, Kushiro, Obihiro, Kitami, Abashiri, Wakkanai, and Nemuro.

Popular foods here are

Soup Curry

Sapporo ramen

Miso Ramen

Jingisukan

Hokkaido soft serve ice cream

Yubari King

Ishikari Nabe

Genghis Khan

Hokkaido crab

Butadon

Crab

Hokkaido fried chicken

Sapporo soup curry

Sushi

Zangi

Horsehair crab

Ice cream

Sapporo Beer

Seafood

Seafood donburi

Bbq lamb (genghis khan)

Food in Hokkaido

Imo-mochi

Ishikari nabe (hot pot)

Hokkaido maintained Jomon culture known by hunting & fishing until about 2,000 years ago, which was then followed by Ainu culture.

Tren De Aragua

Tren De Aragua - A Venezuelan gang similar to

MS-13 .... as of 2022 - 2024 they have been spotted

In Chicago Illinois and NYC.

much like ms-13, Tren De Aragua do not wear

Gang colors , but they sport tattoos.

Tren De Aragua is a Venezuelan gang , they do not wear gang colors , instead they sport tattoos of a Train , machete, ak-47 gun, Air Jordan symbol .

Tren De Aragua

Tren De Aragua - Tren de Aragua (English: Aragua Train) is the largest criminal organization in Venezuela, with over 2,700 members. In addition to its home-state of Aragua, the organization also has a presence in other states in Venezuela, such as: Carabobo, Sucre, Bolívar, Guárico, Trujillo and Miranda. as early as 2022 - 2024 they have been found in the USA , NYC and Chicago.

much like MS-13 they do not wear gang colors , instead the wear tattoos such as gang member tattoos include the Nike logo of NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan along with his uniform number, 23 — with the number referring to “23 de Enero,” or 23rd of January, a Venezuelan neighborhood that spawned a revolutionary group in the 1980s.

Other common gang tats include a crown, weapons like AK-47 assault rifles, stars & gas masks.

Some “Tren de Aragua” members wear tattoos with the initials “HJ,” for “Hijos de Dios,” or Sons of God, which can be part of the gang’s lingo, or the phrase “Hasta la Muerte,” or Until Death, in body ink.

Tren De Aragua gang commit crimes

such as protection racketeering, drug-trafficking, human-trafficking, human smuggling, kidnappings-for-ransom, illegal mining, bribery, and money laundering.

New York State National Guard troops are being told to check all migrants arriving in the Big Apple for distinctive tattoos linking them to the vicious Venezuelan “Tren de Aragua” street gang,

Tren de Aragua” — Spanish for Aragua Train, a shout-out to the gang’s origins as a railroad labor union in Aragua, Venezuela — is growing in numbers in the Big Apple and has been linked by law enforcement to a recent spree of cellphone robberies, The brutal gang is now firmly on the NYPD’s radar, with the new bulletin warning: “Tren de Aragua’s newly established presence in New York City may incite further gang-related violence — including stabbings, assaults and robberies — raising public safety concerns

Tren De Aragua

Tren de aragua - gang from Venezuela, spanish for

Train of aragua a place in Venezuela as well as Caracas
Is also a place in Venezuela.

Tren de aragua is like a Venezuelan version of ms-13.

Much like ms-13 , tren de aragua do not have gang colors

They have tattoos instead .

Chirico Cuvie

Chirico Cuvie - the main character of the Armored Trooper Votoms . After discovering a strange capsule during a shady mission, the ex-Melkian soldier is pursued by his own military.

V.O.T.O.M.S. came out in 1983
Armored Trooper VOTOMS (装甲騎兵ボトムズ, Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu) is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara.

Votoms stands for

Vertical One-man Tank for Offense & ManeuverS.

The character K9999 from SNK'S KOF 2001 & 2002

Was based on Chirico Cuvie & Tetsuo shima from

The anime movie Akira.

Astragius Galaxy, year 7213. For 100 years the space nations of Gilgamesh & Balarant have warred against each other for reasons long forgotten. Severly exhausted, they both agreed to a ceasefire. With peace just over the horizon, some Gilgamesh soldiers turned traitor and attacked a Gilgamesh research station to steal its contents.

Their only problem is that Chirico Cuvie, a last-minute transfer from the Special Forces who is not in the know about the whole treason thing, finds their main objective first: a strange woman locked inside a container filled with blue light. Almost dying from the traitors' attempt to silence him, Chirico is picked up by the main Gilgamesh force, who brutally interrogate him about the operation. He escapes, and sets out to find the truth behind that day and that woman.

The series follows a main character named Chirico Cuvie, a special forces Armored Trooper pilot and former member of the Red Shoulder Battalion, an elite force used by the Gilgamesh Confederation in its war against the Balarant Union. Chirico is suddenly transferred to a unit engaged in a suspicious mission, unaware that he is aiding in the theft of secrets from what appears to be his side. Chirico is betrayed and left behind to die, but he survives, is arrested by the Gilgamesh military as a traitor, and is tortured for information on their homeworld. He escapes, triggering a pursuit extending across the entire series,

Azov Regiment

Azov Regiment - The Special Operations Detachment "Azov" Ukrainian also known as the Azov Battalion , is a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name.

The Azov Battalion has been described as a far-right militia with connections to neo-Nazism and members wearing neo-Nazi and SS symbols and regalia, and expressing neo-Nazi views.

They are active in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine War.

They wear the colors Blue and yellow on their insignia / patches.

The azov regiment unit was founded in May 2014 as a volunteer paramilitary militia under the command of Andriy Biletsky to fight pro-Russian forces in the Donbas War, and was formally incorporated into the National Guard on 11 November 2014. They wear the colors

Blue and gold.

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