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AnimeNEXT
AnimeNEXT (AN) is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The convention was previously held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, and the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey. Programming The convention typically offers anime music video (AMV) screenings, cosplay chess, a dance, dealer's room, karaoke, panels, masquerade, video gaming, and video rooms. History The first convention in 2002 was put on with limited staffing and was planned in eight months. In 2008 parts of the convention were held in the parking garage below the Meadowlands Exposition Center. The convention then moved to the Garden State Exhibit Center, although it experienced crowding issues in 2012 with outdoor space used for lines. AnimeNEXT moved to the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey for 2016, with the deal lasting until 2020. The convention moved due to outgrowing the Garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berryz Kobo
was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Promotion in 2004 and associated with Hello! Project. The group's members consisted of Hello! Project Kids members Saki Shimizu, Momoko Tsugunaga, Miyabi Natsuyaki, Chinami Tokunaga, Maasa Sudo, Yurina Kumai, and Risako Sugaya; Maiha Ishimura left the group in 2005. Berryz Kobo debuted with their first single in March of the same year. In 2007, Berryz Kobo became the youngest act ever to give a solo concert at Saitama Super Arena. In 2008, the group received the Best Asian Newcomer Award at the Asia Song Festival and a Cable Music Award at the 41st Japan Cable Awards ceremony. As of December 2014, the group had released 36 singles, nine studio albums, one EP and one compilation album. Berryz Kobo's combined CD and DVD sales exceeded one million copies in Japan alone. History 2002–2003: Hello! Project Kids All of the group's members were initially selected during the audition for Hello! Project Kids in 2002 and undertook profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williams (producer)
David L. Williams, sometimes referred to by his initials, DLW, is an American producer and ADR director (and, occasionally, a voice actor) that has been with ADV Films from the beginning when his living room was used as a production facility for their first show, ''Devil Hunter Yohko''. He left ADV in March 2008 and has since worked at Sentai Filmworks and Seraphim Digital. David regularly makes appearances at anime conventions as a representative of ADV. When asked questions about future productions, he often replies with his trademark phrase, "I can neither confirm nor deny." Production Credits ADR Director * '' All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku'' (co-directed with Janice Williams) * ''Angelic Layer'' * '' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' * ''Clannad'' (co-directed with Janice Williams) * ''Clannad After Story'' (co-directed with Janice Williams) * ''D.N.Angel'' * ''Dirty Pair'' (OVAs only) * '' Dirty Pair: Project Eden'' * ''Najica Blitz Tactics'' * '' Pretear'' * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wayland
Tom Wayland is an American voice actor, voice director and producer who is the Supervising Director at 3Beep productions, which works on English-language dubs of Japanese anime and other global animations. He previously worked for Central Park Media and 4Kids Entertainment. He founded TripWire Productions, which has produced more than 200 different anime titles and overseen the voice direction of many animation titles. He is also a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He was best known as the voice director for ''Pokémon'', ''Mew Mew Power'', '' Magical DoReMi'', ''ShootFighter Tekken'', '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6'' and ''The World of Narue''. He has also worked with related New York studios at DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, Real Recording, Matlin Recording, Beatstreet Studios and Audioworks Producers Group. Filmography Anime Animation Video games Film * ''Alien Nine'' - Kasumi's Brother * ''Chaotic'' - Drew, Cerbie, Mipedian * '' DNA^2'' - Kakimaro Someya * '' G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Timoney
Bill Timoney (born March 5, 1958) is an American actor, director, script writer and producer. Career Perhaps the best known of Timoney's roles on television is the character of Alfred Vanderpool on ''All My Children.'' The musical team Boyz II Men drew inspiration from Timoney's Vanderpool, and Nathan Morris, one of its tenors, used the stage name "Alex Vanderpool" in the character's honor early in the team's career. Timoney portrayed Vanderpool - known as "the preppie nerd of Pine Valley" - from 1982 through 1987, returning to the role on a cameo basis from 1998 through 2005. Timoney is also a well-known voice actor, specializing in "dubbing" voices for foreign language live action and animated programs. He has directed and script-adapted dubs of Japanese anime at Headline Studios. Timoney's eclectic career ranges from working as a stand-up comedian at NYC's famed Improv, to writing the recurring column "Heard But Not Seen: Adventures in Voice Acting" for Videoscope Magazine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Thompson (voice Actor)
Marc Thompson (born May 20, 1975) is an American voice actor who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video. Some of his major roles include Kevin Thompson, Anthony DeMartino, Timothy O'Neill in ''Daria''. He is notable for voicing the titular character in ''Robocar Poli''. He voices Casey Jones in the 2003 version of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoons and video games; and is also the voice of Tepig, Primeape, Gliscor, Krookodile, and Gengar in the ''Pokémon'' television series. He is the narrator of numerous ''Star Wars'' audio books including the ''Legacy of the Force'' and '' Fate of the Jedi'' series. He earned his BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ... in 1997. Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Arnold Taylor
James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969), also known by his initials JAT, is an American voice actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' franchise, the main character Tidus in '' Final Fantasy X'', Shuyin in ''Final Fantasy X-2'', Obi-Wan Kenobi in the '' Star Wars'' animated features such as '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and the franchise's video games, and the titular character in the animated series ''Johnny Test''. Early life Taylor was born in Santa Barbara, California on July 22, 1969. Career Taylor began his voice acting career in 1995. He has been an active member of the voice acting community since, appearing in numerous roles, including Ratchet in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' video game series and Tidus from '' Final Fantasy X''. From 2005 until 2011, Taylor also voiced Fred Flintstone in commercials and promotional material, following the death of Henry Corden Henry Corden (born Henry Cohen; January 6, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moneca Stori
Moneca Stori (born January 17, 1970) is a Canadian former voice actress known mostly for her role as the original voice of Kagome Higurashi in the English version of ''Inuyasha'', as well as her lead role of Laura Haruna from the long running ''Hamtaro series''. She began her career performing for thousands of children in theater for young audience productions and was also seen in the Vancouver TheatreSports' Jessie Award-winning production of ''Free Willy Shakespeare''. Stori is currently retired as an actress. Filmography * '' Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'' – Nadeshiko (Tenshu Monogatari segment), additional voices * ''Dragonball Z'' (Ocean Group Dub) – Videl * ''Elemental Gelade'' – Arc Aile Rep (Ep. 12) * ''Geronimo Stilton'' – Pandora Woz * '' Gundam Wing'' – Sally Po (Eps. 3, 8, 12), Catherine Bloom, additional voices (Eps. 1–13) * ''Hamtaro'' – Laura Haruna * ''Inuyasha'' – Kagome Higurashi, additional voices * '' Inuyasha: Feudal Combat'' – Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peelander-Z
Peelander-Z is a Japanese-American punk rock band formed in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas. They bill themselves as a "Japanese Action Comic Punk band hailing from the Z area of Planet Peelander". While the founding members of Peelander-Z were all born in Japan, they first met and formed their band while living in Buffalo, NY. The original three members of the band were billed as Peelander Yellow, Peelander Red, and Peelander Blue. Later members of the band have adopted the same naming structure, with mostly different colors, although one name, Peelander Green, has been used by two different drummers. They perform on stage and appear in color-coordinated costumes, which they state are not costumes, but their skin. The costumes range from sentai style suits, to kimono, to rubber Playmobil style wigs. There is also a tiger costume and a giant squid/guitar costume to coincide with the song "Mad Tiger". Another aspect of their routine is their on-stage antics such as human bowling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Malda
Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is an American Internet content author, and former editor-in-chief of the website Slashdot. Career Malda is an alumnus of Hope College and Holland Christian High School. In 1997, Malda and Jeff Bates created Slashdot while undergraduates of Hope College. After managing the site for two years "on a shoestring", they sold the site to Andover.net, which was later acquired by VA Linux Systems. Malda ran the site out of the SourceForge, Inc. office in Dexter, Michigan. Rob Malda also wrote a monthly column for the magazine ''Computer Power User''. In 2002, he was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world younger than the age of 35. On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot. On March 5, 2012, Malda was appointed as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large of WaPo Labs, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. After The Washington Post Company sold its ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehiko Itō
is a Japanese people, Japanese mangaka, manga artist best known for his work on the manga ''Outlaw Star'' from his affiliated Morning Star Studio. He was also the primary creative mind behind other works of fiction set in the ''Toward Stars'' universe including the ''Uchuu Eiyuu Monogatari'' manga and ''Angel Links'' anime series. Career Before founding Morning Star Studio in his late 20s, Itō studied planning and editing at the design office Shindosha. He began work as a manga editor, but found the job dull and began drawing manga himself. Some of his earliest works, including , were created under the pen name "Black Point". Many of Itō's animation works are credited to the name . Under this name he designed a transforming toy that would later become Unicron. Itō's science fiction manga started serialization in the monthly Kadokawa Shoten magazine ''Comic Comp'' in 1988 with five ''tankōbon'' (collected volume) releases between 1989 and 1991. During that time, Itō came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Grayson
Vincent "Vinnie" Penna Jr, who has primarily performed using the stage name Wayne Grayson, is an American voice actor and director primarily known for his work at 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video. Grayson played Joey Wheeler in the English-language version of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', Tokageroh in the English language versions of Shaman King and Michelangelo in the 2003 TV series ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Filmography Animation *''Arte'' – Angelo Parker *''Animation Runner Kuromi'' – Hassaku Hozumi *''Animation Runner Kuromi 2'' – Hassaku Hozumi *''Astroblast!'' – Comet * '' Emma – A Victorian Romance'' – Richard Jones * '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6'' – Buzzer'' * '' Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' – Galen, Master Storm, Otto, Silent Soldier, Suit Member, Governor of Sutos * ''Lu over the Wall'' – Kujirai * '' Mazinger Z: Infinity'' – Koji Kabuto * '' The Prince of Tennis II: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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