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Adolescence Of Utena
is a 1999 Japanese anime film. It is a follow-up to the 1997 anime television series ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', created by the artist collective Be-Papas. The film is directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, written by Yōji Enokido based on a story by Ikuhara, and produced by the animation studio J.C.Staff. An English-language dubbed version of the film produced by Central Park Media was released in 2001 as ''Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie''. The plot follows Utena Tenjou, a tomboy high school student who is drawn into a series of sword duels to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious student known as the "Rose Bride". The film is noted for its extensive use of metaphor and symbolism; its focus on themes of gender, sexuality, and the transition from adolescence to adulthood; and for its more mature subject material relative to the anime series. Context ''Adolescence of Utena'' is the final of the three primary entries in the ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' media franchise, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunihiko Ikuhara
, also known by the nickname Ikuni, is a Japanese director, writer, artist, and music producer. He has created and collaborated on several notable anime and manga series, including ''Sailor Moon'', ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', ''Penguindrum'', '' Yurikuma Arashi'', and '' Sarazanmai''. Early life Ikuhara was born on December 21, 1964 in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1985. Career Toei Animation and ''Sailor Moon'' (1986–1996) After graduating, Ikuhara began work at Toei Animation, where he served as assistant director to Junichi Sato on '' Maple Town Monogatari'', ''Akuma-kun'', ''Toushou!! Ramen-man'' and ''Mōretsu Atarō'', and episode director on '' Kingyo Chuuihou!''. Ikuhara's most famous work with Toei was on the TV anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon''. He served as director of many episodes over the course of the series' run, and took over the position of series director from Junichi Sato during the second season, ''Sailor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a package or envelope by applying a seal which had to be broken to open the container (hence the modern English verb "to seal", which implies secure closing without an actual wax seal). The seal-making device is also referred to as the seal ''matrix'' or ''die''; the imprint it creates as the seal impression (or, more rarely, the ''sealing''). If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a ''dry seal''; in other cases ink or another liquid or liquefied medium is used, in another color than the paper. In most traditional forms of dry seal the design on the seal matrix is in Intaglio (sculpture), intaglio (cut below th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Ortiz
Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'' and Amy Rose in ''Sonic X''. She voiced Amy Rose in the mainline and spin-off '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games from 2005 to 2010. She was actor and director in ''Pokémon''. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime ''Shaman King''. Career She has performed the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in ''Record of Lodoss War'', Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'', and Serenity Wheeler in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Amy Rose in ''Sonic X'', and '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' from 2005 to 2010. She has appeared in titles for SDI Media, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Headline Studios, TAJ Productions, and DuArt Film and Video. At the 2002 Katsucon in National Harbor, Maryland, Lisa admitted that her start in voice overs came from her brother stealing her car, which led to series of adventures that led her to meeting a friend t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumiko Nishihara
is a Japanese voice actress from Chigasaki, Kanagawa affiliated with Aoni Production also known for her work on the stage. Biography While a student at Wako University, Nishihara attended voice acting classes run by Kaneta Kimotsuki. When Kimotsuki established in 1984, Nishihara went on to leave her undergraduate studies unfinished to become a founding member, taking numerous roles as a leading actress in several productions and appearing in the lead role of Alice from '' Alice in Wonderland'' three times. Theatre Company 21st Century Fox became known for producing numerous voice actors with a theatre background such as Kaneta, Nishihara, and Kappei Yamaguchi. Nishihara took on voice acting roles in anime starting with ''Little Memole'' and becoming known for major voice acting roles in anime such as ''Hello! Lady Lynn'', ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'', and '' s-CRY-ed'', in addition to voice acting roles in a number of Japanese games. Nishihara is known for taking on voice act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Kusao
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. He was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, and works for Aoni Production.Doi, Hitoshi"Kusao Takeshi" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011. Among his many roles, he is best known as the voices of Trunks (''Dragon Ball Z''), Hanamichi Sakuragi (''Slam Dunk''), Ryo Sanada (''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers''), Parn (''Record of Lodoss War''), Coco/Kōji Kokoda (''Yes! PreCure 5''), Ky Kiske (''Guilty Gear''), Yukimura Sanada (''Samurai Warriors'', as well in ''Warriors Orochi'' series), Dororo (''Sgt. Frog'') and Mao (''Code Geass''). Biography In May 2015, he married fellow voice actress Yuka Saitō and they have a child. He and his wife later had a second child born on November 13 2021. Filmography Television animation 1988 * ''Saint Seiya'', Wolf Nachi * '' Transformers: Super God Masterforce'', Clouder/Double Clouder * ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'', Ryo Sanada 1989 * ''Akuma-kun'', Kirihito * ''Dragon Ball Z'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Zoppi
James Carter Cathcart (born March 8, 1954) is an American voice actor, script adaptor, voice director, pianist and vocalist known for providing the English voice for James, Meowth and Professor Oak in the ''Pokémon'' franchise since 2005. Career Cathcart has been playing with bands since high school, including The Laughing Dogs who released two albums on Columbia in 1979-80 and has been the vocalist of the Carter Cathcart Band since 1981. Cathcart also co-wrote the song "Remember Me" with Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley that ended up on Frehley's 1989 solo album Trouble Walkin'. Cathcart's first voiceover part was O.G. Readmore on the ABC Weekend Special. After that, he recorded voice overs for Kit Kat candy bars, Good Humor, Coors Light, and others. Cathcart later auditioned in voice acting and has since become known for a prolific amount of anime dub voice work for Central Park Media, Media Blasters, DuArt Film and Video, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post NYAV Post is an Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Hisakawa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In addition to releasing various solo CDs, Hisakawa is well known for her voice roles in anime and video games. Some of her major roles are Retsu Unohana in ''Bleach'', Sailor Mercury in ''Sailor Moon'', Skuld in ''Oh My Goddess!'', Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight in '' HeartCatch Pretty Cure!'', Kero from ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' Haruko Kamio from Air, & Michie Matsumoto from ''Sound! Euphonium''. She performs some of her roles in her native Kansai-ben. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. On February 14, 2018, she was announced as the new voice of Bulma in the ''Dragon Ball'' series, replacing original voice actress Hiromi Tsuru, who had held the role from the original anime's debut in 1986 to her death in 2017. Filmography Anime Films Video games Tokusatsu Other dubbing Drama CDs Discography Albums *Kyasha *Aya~Toki wo Tsumuide~ *Fantasy *Hi-Ka-Ri *for you for me *MARCHING AYA *PORTRAIT *wish *yakusoku *decade: Charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Goodman
Amanda Goodman, also known by her former stage name Mandy Bonhomme, is an American voice and television actress who has worked on the properties of Central Park Media, Media Blasters and The Right Stuf International. Goodman studied acting in New York and is best known for voicing Juri Arisugawa and Keiko Sonoda in Revolutionary Girl Utena, as well as Komaki Asagiri in Genshiken and its spinoff Kujibiki Unbalance. She also lends her voice to video games and audiobooks. Non-anime work includes Running Man on Cartoon Network, Pup 2 No Good, The Star Maker, and the Shadowy Woman in the Nicktoons series Speed Racer: The Next Generation and Amber, one of the Solid Gold Elite Dancers in the machinima This Spartan Life. Goodman currently resides in New York City. Filmography Voice roles * The Star Maker - Mom * Pup 2 No Good - Victoria, Farmer's Wife * ''Adolescence of Utena'' - Juri Arisugawa *''Assemble Insert'' - Kagairi Sonoba, Hostess *''Ayane's High Kick'' - Kimiyo Tasaka, Ayane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotono Mitsuishi
is a Japanese voice actress, actress, singer, and narrator. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow, but is now freelance. Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. She graduated from high school and entered the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy in 1986. She is well known for her roles as Usagi Tsukino in ''Sailor Moon'', Misato Katsuragi in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', Boa Hancock in ''One Piece'', Murrue Ramius, Haro and Narrator in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY''. Early life Kotono Mitsuishi was born on December 8, 1967 in Toda, Saitama Prefecture and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated high school in 1986 and later entered the Katsuta Seiyū Academy. She then debuted as Seiyū in 1989. She is also known for her role of Sailor Moon in the manga and anime series of the same name since 1992. In 2011, she was the voice of Hummy in ''Suite PreCure''. Personal life She is married with one daughter. Filmography Television anime Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispin Freeman
Crispin Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Graywords in ''Slayers'', Kyon in ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Togusa in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' franchise, Alucard in ''Hellsing'', Kirei Kotomine in '' Fate/Zero'' and '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Itachi Uchiha in ''Naruto'', Gyomei Himejima in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Hagi in ''Blood+'' and Shizuo Heiwajima in '' Durarara!!'' Early life Freeman was born in Chicago His father is Jewish. He is the oldest of three children. His sister, Cassidy Freeman is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. He then earned an MFA in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehito Koyasu
is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Doi, Hitoshi"Koyasu Takehito" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded in October 1998.「子安武人、野中政宏、安井邦彦 スーパートークバトル'97」《ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'97 〜オフィシャルコレクション〜》, Shinseisha, September 27, 1997, page 26 His son is , a fellow voice actor. Koyasu has taken over many of the characters played by Kaneto Shiozawa after his death. Career When Koyasu was in junior high school, he, as an aspiring screen actor himself, was such a movie buff that he would watch movies every day without going to school. By chance, he saw the scene before Tetsurō Hoshino's departure in '' Adieu Galaxy Express 999'' where a group of nameless soldiers take him on the 999 and send him on his way, and was impressed by it. This sparked hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Becker
Sharon Becker is a New York-based make-up artist and a former voice actress. Arguably her most notable roles are Reiko Mikami in ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' and Anthy Himemiya in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. She frequently worked with Central Park Media from 1997 to 2004. Filmography Voice roles *''Adolescence of Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya *''Adventure Kid'' - Michiyo *'' Alien from the Darkness'' - Annie *''Alien Nine'' - Additional Voices *''Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' - Alka *''Art of Fighting'' - King *''Big Wars'' - Lieutenant Darsa Keligan *''Cybernetics Guardian'' - Leyla *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Movie'' - Reiko Mikami *'' Guardian of Darkness'' - Motoko *''Legend of Himiko'' - Fujina *''Ping-Pong Club'' - Kyoko *''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' - Anthy Himemiya, Shadow Girl B *''Slayers Next'' - Mazenda, Miwan (Ep. 17), Queen of Femille (Ep. 17) *''Strange Love'' - Yoshida Chizuru *''Wrath of the Ninja Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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