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Arcadia Of My Youth
is an anime film depicting the origin of Leiji Matsumoto's seminal character Captain Harlock. At one time, it was considered to be the central hub of the so-called Leijiverse with the events depicted in other works such as ''Galaxy Express 999'' and 1978's ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' television series occurring sometime after. It is directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, with Kazuo Komatsubara as animation director. Plot :''"At the end of their lives, all men look back and think that their youth was arcadia."'' — Goethe During the early 20th Century, some time after World War I, aerial explorer Captain Phantom F. Harlock is embarking on what is to be the magnum opus of his long career, the traversing of the Owen Stanley Mountains in New Guinea. His major obstacle is the phantom of the witch that haunts these mountains. In a last desperate attempt to cross the mountains, Harlock ditches all but ten minutes of fuel in order to gain altitude. He carries on to his fate, amidst the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoharu Katsumata
is a Japanese film director best known for his work on various anime works. A leading director at the Toei Animation studio during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Katsumata worked as a director on several of Toei's anime television adaptations of manga by Go Nagai, including ''Devilman'' (1972), ''Mazinger Z'' (1972), ''Cutey Honey'' (1973), ''Great Mazinger'' (1974), ''UFO Robo Grendizer'' (1975) and ''Gaiking'' (1976) (both Grendizer and Gaiking became later part of Jim Terry's ''Force Five'' package on U.S. television). Katsumata also directed a TV adaptation of ''Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin-'' in 1986. Katsumata graduated from Nippon University's film school in 1960 and began working with the Kyoto division of the Toei Company that same year as an assistant director to Masahiro Makino, Eiichi Kudo, Tomotaka Tasaka on his samurai dramas. After a few years, Katsumata moved to Toei Doga (Toei Animation) in Tokyo, working as a director on some of Toei's early television seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ross (actor)
was a Tokyo-based company dedicated to the dubbing of Japanese films and media for the English language. Frontier did jobs for Toho International, Toei Animation and Shochiku Company, dubbing their films into English for export. Along with New York’s Titra Studios, Rome's Associated Recording Artists, and Hong Kong’s Axis and Omni Productions, Frontier was one of the early pioneers in English-language dubbing. History Frontier Enterprises was founded in 1964 by Cincinnati-born Korean War veteran William Ross, whose initial postwar plans were to join the Japanese State Department but instead became involved with the Japanese film industry. He became involved in the dubbing industry in 1959, upon recommendation by Japanese actor So Yamamura. He showed such a talent for the industry, that the Japanese dubbing director left Ross in charge on the first day. As the other Tokyo-based dubbing companies began to fold, Ross decided to found Frontier Enterprises, which soon be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarō Ishida
, born , was a Japanese actor, voice actor and Shin Buddhist priest from the city of Kyoto. He was affiliated with Granpapa Production. Biography Ishida was born in Kyoto, Japan on March 16, 1944, the son of actor Shigeki Ishida. He attended the Foreign Language Department (Spanish) of Sophia University, but quit without graduating. Ishida was also a chief priest at the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple ''Jōkei-ji'' at Kanazawa, Ishikawa. He was married to actress Fusako Tachibana until her death in 2006. Ishida died on September 21, 2013 from myocardial infarction.Taro Ishida's obituary Filmography Films *'' |
Yuriko Yamamoto
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Hino, Tokyo. She is represented by Aoni Production. Her debut role was the title character in ''Hello! Sandybell'' in 1981. She has voiced many major roles in 1980s and 1990s anime such as ''Fight! Iczer One'', ''Gall Force'', ''Saint Seiya'', ''Magical Taluluto'', and ''RG Veda is a manga created by Clamp, consisting of ten volumes in all. It was first published in Japan in 1989 as Clamp's debut manga. The story features elements of Vedic mythology; the title itself is pronounced ''Rigveda'', the name of one of t ...''. Biography Filmography Anime Drama audio recordings Yamamoto has voiced in drama CDs and cassettes. Video games References External links Official agency profile * 1960 births Living people Voice actresses from Tokyo Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Mutō
was a Japanese people, Japanese actress and Voice acting in Japan, voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for playing the voice of Elizabeth Taylor in Japanese language, Japanese dubbing (filmmaking), dubbed television and films, and playing main characters in ''Marvelous Melmo'' (as Melmo), ''Astro Boy'' as Uran (Astro Girl in the English version), and ''Moomin (1969 TV series), Moomin'' (as Non Non). As a child, she found she enjoyed acting after joining the child acting troupe Group Komadori, Gekidan Komadori. Mutō died of acute heart failure on October 29, 2006 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Roles Anime television series *''Mighty Atom (anime), Mighty Atom'' (1963–1966, Uran) *''Princess Knight, Ribbon Knight'' (1967–1968, Hecate, Venus) *''Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' (1968–1969, Midori) *''Star of the Giants'' (1968–1971, Kyōko) *''Dororo'' (1969, Mio) *''Kamui the Ninja'' (1969, Tone (ep.8)) *''Moomin (1969 TV series), Moomin'' (1969– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Tomiyama
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Anshan, Manchukuo. Tomiyama was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. Tomiyama is best known for his roles in ''Tiger Mask'' (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (Susumu Kodai), ''UFO Robo Grendizer'' (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon), the ''Time Bokan'' series (Narrator), '' GeGeGe no Kitaro 3rd Series'' (Nezumi-Otoko), ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (Tomozō Sakura, Shintarō Honami), and ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' ( Yang Wen-li). Life Kunichika Tomiyama was born on October 13, 1938 in Anshan, Fengtian, Manchukuo (in modern-day China). Tomiyama dropped out of Nihon University's art department. His first few roles were secondary characters in shows such as ''Gigantor'' (1963), '' Prince Planet'' (1965), ''Astro Boy'' (1965), ''Oraa Guzura Dado'' (1967), ''Speed Racer'' (1967), ''Ōgon Bat'' (1967), '' Princess Knight'' (1967), ''Animal 1'' (1968), and ''Dokachin th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanny Broyles
Lanny Marshall Broyles (born February 25, 1949) is a Tokyo-based American voice actor and choreographer. Career A graduate of the University of Southern California with a major in "Speech", "Theater" and "English Literature", Broyles appeared in supporting roles in various early 1980s films; most notably Roger Corman's ''Battle Beyond the Stars''. Wishing to live in a foreign country, Broyles moved to Japan in the 1980s, where he did dubbing work for Frontier Enterprises. He currently works as an English-teacher at the Waseda College of International Language Vocational School. Filmography Dubbing Anime films * '' Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy'' (1980) – Commander Garro * ''Arcadia of My Youth'' (1982) – Captain Harlock, Phantom F. Harlock I * ''The Dagger of Kamui is a Japanese novel series by Tetsu Yano released by Kadokawa Shoten from 1984 to 1985. The series was adapted in 1985 into an anime film directed by Rintaro and animated by Madh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makio Inoue
Makio may refer to: * Makio, grind used in Aggressive Inline Skating * ''MakiO'', the yearbook of Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ... People with given name *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese former cyclist People with surname *, Japanese architectural translator {{disambiguation, given name, surname Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Emeraldas
is a manga written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a four-episode anime OVA of the same name. ''Queen Emeraldas'' is the story of the pirate spaceship, ''Queen Emeraldas'', which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful Emeraldas, a strong and powerful privateer. Sometimes, the character Emeraldas is referred to as Pirate Queen Emeraldas. Plot The storyline follows a young boy named who sneaks aboard a freighter in order to leave Earth. As the freighter is flying through space they are attacked by an Afressian ship bearing the Skull and Crossbones insignia. However, the train is saved by a mysterious and incredibly powerful spaceship (which also bears the insignia) and is able to make it to their destination, a desert planet with a Western atmosphere, complete with saloons and bar fights. The boy meets up with another stowaway, an old man, and becomes friends with him. He tells the old man that he came to the planet in order to become a stronger ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. Planets grow in this disk by the gradual accumulation of material driven by gravity, a process called accretion. The Solar System has at least eight planets: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These planets each rotate around an axis tilted with respect to its orbital pole. All of them possess an atmosphere, although that of Mercury is tenuous, and some share such features as ice caps, seasons, volcanism, hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology. Apart from Venus and Mars, the Solar System planets generate magnetic fields, and all except Venus and Mercury have natural satellites. The giant planets bear plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrial Life In Popular Culture
An extraterrestrial or alien is any extraterrestrial lifeform; a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word ''extraterrestrial'' means "outside Earth". The first published use of ''extraterrestrial'' as a noun occurred in 1956, during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody ''True History'' by Lucian of Samosata. Gary Westfahl writes: History Pre-modern Cosmic pluralism, the assumption that there are many inhabited worlds beyond the human sphere predates modernity and the development of the heliocentric model and is common in mythologies worldwide. The 2nd century writer of satires, Lucian, in his ''True History'' claims to have visited the moon when his ship was sent up by a fountain, which was peopled and at war with the people of the Sun over colonisation of the Morning Star. Other worlds are depicted in such early works as the 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
