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Andrew Kavadas
Andrew Kavadas is a Canadian actor who works in Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Kavadas has played several roles in anime, most notably Patrick Zala in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED''. He also played Kate Beckinsale's character's father in '' Underworld: Evolution''. One of his best recognised roles outside anime also includes a depiction of Simon Belmont in '' Captain N: The Game Master'', stylized as an egotistic, narcissistic and (occasionally) cowardly vampire hunter. He also made several appearances on ''Stargate'', most notably as Olaf in Thor's Hammer (Stargate SG-1), and appeared alongside Katherine McNamara and Dove Cameron in Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls as Dr. Hysteria. Selected filmography Anime *''Death Note'' (Kyōsuke Higuchi) *''Dragon Ball Z'' (Ocean Dub) (Maraikoh) *''Human Crossing'' (Hiroshi Tsuruhashi) *''InuYasha'' (Nimenka Tree) *''Master Keaton'' (Edward Langley) *''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' ( Alejandro Corner) *''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' (Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam SEED
is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has developed into two subspecies: Naturals, who reside on Earth, and Coordinators, genetically enhanced humans capable of amazing feats of intellect who emigrate to man-made orbital colonies to escape persecution by natural humans. The story revolves around a young Coordinator Kira Yamato who becomes involved in the war between the two races after a third, neutral faction's space colony is invaded by the Coordinators. The television series was broadcast in Japan between 2002 and 2003, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television and MBS TV networks, beginning a broadcast partnership with the ''Gundam'' franchise. The series spawned three compilations films and was adapted into a manga as well as light novels. A sequel series, ''Mobile Suit Gundam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Crossing
''Human Crossing'', originally titled , is a Japanese manga written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. The manga is about a series of unrelated stories of people's life and their lessons in life. ''Human Crossing'' received the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for the General category. Manga Shogakukan published ''Human Crossing'' in 27 ''tankōbon'' between October 1, 1981 and March 1, 1991. The series was republished into 19 '' bunkoban'' between November 17, 1994 and June 15, 1996. Anime The series was adapted into a 13-episode anime in 2003 by A.C.G.T and produced by OB Planning. Directed by Issei Kume, it was broadcast on TV Tokyo between April 5, 2003 and June 28, 2003. It was licensed by Geneon in 2004. Each episode is a separate story of little relevance to each other. The anime is released in France by Kaze, and in Taiwan by Muse Communication. The anime uses two pieces of theme song. "REVENGE ~Asu e no Chigai~" by Nana Katase is the opening theme, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of Isla Nublar
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters rather than gods, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Arthur And The Knights Of Justice
''King Arthur and the Knights of Justice'' is an animated series produced by Golden Films, C&D (Créativité et Développement) and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Jean Chalopin along with Diane Eskenazi (Golden Films) and Avi Arad (Toy Biz chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios) who were also executive producers of the series, which lasted for two seasons of 13 episodes each. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993. It aired as part of Bohbot's ''Amazin' Adventures'' programming block. Plot The show's premise had King Arthur Zelenski and the Knights of the Round Table trapped in the Cave of Glass by Arthur's sister, the evil enchantress Queen Morgana. Unable to free King Arthur and the Knights himself, the wizard Merlin searches the timeline for replacement Knights. He finds the quarterback of the New York Knights football team Arthur King and transports him and his teammates to Camelot after one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricanes (TV Series)
''Hurricanes'' is an animated series produced by DIC Entertainment L.P., Scottish Television Enterprises and Siriol Productions. The series first aired in 1993 and ended in 1997. Summary The series focused on a fictional football team headed by the heiress of the teams' legacy, Amanda Carey, and their coach, Jock Stone. During the series, the Hurricanes football team would either be battling a renegade football club, the Gorgons, managed by Stavros Garkos, for pitch supremacy, or having wild, unpredictable adventures off the field in exotic world touring locations. Television airing In the United States, but only got the first series, which had been aired in weekly first-run syndication in the United States in the 1990s as part of Bohbot Entertainment's '' Amazin' Adventures'' strand, and later rerun on Pax TV in 1999 as part of DIC and PAX's "Cloud Nine" block. The series was rerun again in 2012, when it was added to the weekday morning schedule of the Cookie Jar-controlled Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulk
The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book appearances, the character, who has dissociative identity disorder (DID), is primarily represented by the alter ego Hulk, a green-skinned, hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a limitless degree of physical strength, and the alter ego Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, a physically weak, socially withdrawn, and emotionally reserved physicist, both of whom typically resent each other. Following his accidental exposure to gamma rays while saving the life of Rick Jones (character), Rick Jones during the detonation of an experimental bomb, Banner is physically transformed into the Hulk when subjected to emotional stress, at or against his will. This transformation often leads to destructive rampages and to conflicts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Greatest Heroes
''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four'' comic book series. This is the team's fourth foray into animation. The series is co-produced by American company Marvel Entertainment and French company MoonScoop Group, with the participation of M6 and Cartoon Network Europe, and distributed by Taffy Entertainment. Airing In the United States, the show had an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of Toonami on September 2, 2006. It ran for only eight of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled. It subsequently returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. The second launch of the show aired only nine episodes, leaving nine installments not televised in the USA. The show aired on Boomerang for a brief time before moving to Nicktoons in 2009 for the final episodes. The series was produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Dinosaurs
''Extreme Dinosaurs'' is an American animated series produced by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment in 1997 based on a 1996 toy line from Mattel. This show is a spin-off of ''Street Sharks'' (where they first appeared as the Dino Vengers). The show is in the same vein as ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and '' Jurassic Park''. ''Extreme Dinosaurs'' was broadcast in syndication as part of Bohbot Entertainment's Bohbot Kids Network block where it aired for one season in 1997. Plot The series starred a ''Tyrannosaurus'', a ''Triceratops'', a ''Stegosaurus'', and a '' Pteranodon'' that were transformed into super warriors by an interdimensional criminal named Argor Zardok. They rebelled against the alien criminal and battle with Argor's second group of warriors known as the evil Raptors. Eventually, the Raptors' objective is to cause global warming by increasing the Earth's temperature, which will make life on earth more comfortable for dinosaurs. Characters Extreme D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy The Cat (TV Series)
''Billy the Cat'' is an animated series based on the comic strip of the same name, created by cartoonists Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg. It was aired from 1996 to 2001 for two seasons, accompanied by two compilation films. The series was produced by EVA Entertainment, in co-production with Les Films du Triangle, Dupuis, NOA Network of Animation, Sofidoc S.A., and Cologne Cartoon for France 3, with the participation of Canal+, ZDF, WIC Entertainment, and RTL-TVI. Plot A boy named Billy is transformed into a cat due to an angry magician who decides to teach the boy a lesson after seeing him bullying a cat. In order to keep his family from worrying, the magician also uses his magic to make his cat, Dandelion, assume Billy's own form and live with his family. No matter how much he begged during the series, Billy was never turned back into the boy he used to be. Characters * Billy Colas (voiced by Jesse Moss in season 1, and by Brian Drummond in season 2) − A young rogue t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzors
''Transformers: Beast Wars'' is an entertainment franchise from Hasbro, and is part of the larger ''Transformers'' franchise. The franchise directly follows the '' Transformers: Generation 1'' continuity established by the 1984 series and animated film. It ignores the continuity established by the Japanese Transformers series, though this franchise would have two exclusive Japanese series of its own. Previous to ''Beast Wars'', Hasbro had attempted to relaunch the original toys and animation as '' Transformers: Generation 2''. Hasbro intended another franchise titled ''Transtech'' to follow, combining ''Beast Wars'' and ''Generation 1'' characters and aesthetics, but this was cancelled. Instead the franchise began a series of reboots, beginning with the Japanese-produced '' Transformers: Car Robot'' series, internationally known as ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''. ''Beast Machines'' ''Beast Wars'' was succeeded by ''Beast Machines'', a new series with a new creative team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Of The Stranger
is a 2007 Japanese animated '' jidaigeki''-'' chanbara'' adventure film produced by Bones and released by Shochiku. It depicts Kotaro, a young orphan hunted by Ming swordsmen, who receives unexpected protection from Nanashi, a troubled ronin. The film was commissioned in 2005, directed by Masahiro Andō and written by Fumihiko Takayama. It features the voices of Tomoya Nagase and Yuuri Chinen, with animation direction by Megumi Endô, character design by Atsushi Morikawa, and its orchestral score composed by Naoki Satō. ''Sword of the Stranger'' was theatrically released in Japan on September 29, 2007, and began a limited release in the United States on February 5, 2008. It received positive critical reception, with praise for the animation, action sequences, and music. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards and was Japan's submission for Best Animated Feature at the 81st Academy Awards. Plot The story begins during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Corner
This is a list of fictional characters from the Japanese anime television series, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', the eleventh incarnation of the ''Gundam'' media franchise. Celestial Being Gundam Meisters The series focuses on the four mobile suit pilots of the paramilitary organization Celestial Being. The pilots, referred to as , pursue the complete eradication of armed conflict mainly through the deployment of the revolutionary Gundam units in aggressive armed interventions. ; : Setsuna F. Seiei is the primary protagonist of the series and was discovered by Celestial Being at the age of 16 for having special potential as a pilot. He is currently a Gundam Meister and pilots Gundam Exia, specialized in melee combat. Setsuna's real name is ( ''Suran Ibrahim''); with Setsuna F. Seiei being his codename. He was once a child soldier of Kurdish descent in the war-torn Krugis Republic. During this time, he murdered his own parents under Ali Al-Saachez's influence in order to prove hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
