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Arsene Lupin III
, referred to in some English adaptations as Arsène Lupin III, is a fictional character created by Kazuhiko Kato aka Monkey Punch as the protagonist for his manga series '' Lupin the Third'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Lupin is the grandson of fictional gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by Maurice Leblanc. Acknowledged across the globe as the world's number one thief, Lupin is a master of disguise and deduction, marksmanship, and inventor of numerous handy gadgets. His fun-loving, foolhardy incongruity covers a brilliant mind always extemporizing and re-evaluating. As such, he has been responsible for heists no right-minded individual would believe possible. While occasionally arrested and jailed, typically by his ICPO nemesis Inspector Koichi Zenigata, he always succeeds in escaping unharmed. The original manga differs significantly compared to the family-friendly anime incarnations through its explicit depictions of sex and violence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupin III
, also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of the book series by Maurice Leblanc. The Lupin III (manga), ''Lupin III'' manga, which first appeared in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967, spawned a media franchise that includes numerous manga, two versions of an anime, animated Television pilot, pilot film, six animated television series, one spin-off animated television series, eleven theatrically released animated films, two live-action films, five Original video animation, OVA works, List of Lupin III television specials, twenty-seven animated television specials, two musicals, List of Lupin III soundtracks, many music CDs, and List of Lupin III video games, several video games. Many different companies have owned the English-language distributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bergen
Robert Bergen (born March 8, 1964) is an American voice actor. He voices Warner Bros. cartoon characters Porky Pig and Tweety and has voiced characters in the English dubs of various anime. He formerly hosted the children's game show '' Jep!'', adapted from the game show ''Jeopardy!'' Life and career Bergen, in his childhood, watched the Daffy and Speedy cartoons in theaters and didn't like them, saying it didn't make sense. He then watched The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Show in his later childhood. As a teenager in 1980, Bergen appeared as a contestant on a Teen Week episode of ''Wheel of Fortune'', winning prizes including a watch. Bergen had taken acting lessons with Daws Butler at his weekly voice-over workshop. Bergen is the current voice of the animated character Porky Pig, and has also voiced Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester Jr., and Speedy Gonzales. Bergen is responsible for the voice of Arsène Lupin III for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discotek Media
Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, focused on distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. Formed in 2005, Discotek primarily focuses on licensing retro titles from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, a lot of them "license rescued" from other companies such as Funimation, Viz Media, ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Geneon, Manga Entertainment, etc. Their licenses include most of the ''Lupin the Third'' franchise (including the Hayao Miyazaki film ''The Castle of Cagliostro''), the first season of '' Digimon'', ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Sonic X'', '' Hajime no Ippo'', ''Urusei Yatsura'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', and ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', as well as OVAs such as ''Giant Robo'' and ''Gunbuster'' and films such as ''Memories'' and ''Project A-ko''. The company has also acquired several recent titles and has collaborated with streaming service Crunchyroll on several releases including ''KonoSuba'', ''Kem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Bang Zoom! Entertainment is an audio post-production studio with its headquarters in Burbank, California, in Greater Los Angeles. It has worked on anime, video games, television series, feature films, and original animation projects. Their work for '' Lost in Oz'' won Bang Zoom! two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing and Outstanding Sound Editing. ''Adventures in Voice Acting'' Bang Zoom! Entertainment released a series of interviews with "close to 100 oiceactors, producers, and casting directors" on DVD, titled ''Adventures in Voice Acting: Anime, Games and Animation''. Many of the interviews took place on set and in their respective studios. Production list Anime * '' 86'' (A-1 Pictures/ Crunchyroll) * '' A Lull in the Sea'' (NIS America) * ''A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-'' (Bones/Netflix; 2nd release) * '' Accel World'' (Viz Media) * ''Ai Yori Aoshi'' (Funimation) * '' AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission'' (Bandai Entertainment) * '' Aldnoah.Zero'' (Aniplex of America) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Silverstein
Keith Silverstein is an American voice actor, known for lending his voice to English Versions of Japanese anime and video games, affiliated with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, Studiopolis and Funimation. He is best known for his roles as Johan Liebert in '' Monster'', Vector the Crocodile in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games, Robert E.O. Speedwagon in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Hisoka in the 2011 version of ''Hunter × Hunter'', Ōgai Mori in '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', Ulric, Brute, and Rascal in '' Glitter Force'', Gabriel Agreste a.k.a. Hawk Moth (Shadow Moth in season 4 and Monarch in season 5) in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'', and Zhongli in ''Genshin Impact''. Personal life Silverstein has been married to Rosemary Do since October 10, 2010. They have two daughters. Filmography Anime * '' 86'' – Ernst Zimmerman * '' Accel World'' – Red Rider (Previous Red King) * ''A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-'' – Susumu Kurose * '' Attack on Titan (season 4)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Oliver
Tony Oliver is an American voice actor best known for voicing Rick Hunter from ''Robotech'', Lancer from ''Fate/stay night'', and Arsène Lupin III from ''Lupin the Third''. He helped produce the live action shows ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''VR Troopers''. Filmography Anime Animation Live-action roles Film Video game roles Documentaries [Baidu] |
Funimation
Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes in the dubbing and distribution of East Asian media, with a long history of working with Japanese anime. The company was founded in May 1994 as Funimation Productions by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy Brennan in Silicon Valley, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company, which then relocated to North Richland Hills, later to Flower Mound, Texas, and after that in Coppell, Texas. Funimation was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It licensed popular series, such as ''Dragon Ball'', ''One Piece'', ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', ''My Hero Academia'', '' Attack on Titan'', ''Fairy Tail'', '' Black Clover'', ''Fruits Basket'', '' Assassination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Strait
Sonny Strait is an American voice actor, ADR director, and writer at Funimation, known for his work on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and as an illustrator for the independently published comic book series '' Elfquest.'' Career Strait began voicing Krillin in the English dub version of Dragon Ball for Funimation in 1999. He has since consistently voiced the kid, teen and adult incarnations of Krillin in every anime series produced to date ('' Dragon Ball'', '' Z'', '' GT'', '' Kai'' and '' Super'') and numerous of animated movies and video game adaptations, as well as other characters such as Bardock. Besides voicing Krillin in ''Dragon Ball'', Strait has worked on many popular animated characters including Usopp in ''One Piece'', Maes Hughes in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', and Cartoon Network’s laid back, robot host ''Toonami'' TOM, until the T.I.E., ''The Intruder'', when he was replaced by Steve Blum. He has also worked as a writer and director on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animaze
Animaze.. iNC was an American production company known for producing English language dubs for many high profile anime series, such as '' Cowboy Bebop'', ''Trigun'', ''Code Geass'', and ''Wolf's Rain'', and video games, such as '' Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht'' and the ''.hack'' series. It was also known for its work on anime films such as ''Ghost in the Shell'' and the redub of ''Akira''. The company was founded by Kevin Seymour, formerly of U.S. Renditions. The company closed when Kevin Seymour died in 2014. Production list Anime * '' Ah! My Goddess: The Movie'' ( Pioneer-Geneon) * ''Ambassador Magma'' (Dark Image Entertainment/Manga) * ''The Adventures of Mini-Goddess'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * '' Akira'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * '' Appleseed'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * ''Armitage III'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * ''The Big O'' (Bandai Entertainment) * ''Bastard!!'' (Geneon) * ''Battle Athletes'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * ''Black Heaven'' (Pioneer-Geneon) * '' Black Jack OVA'' (Central Park Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle Of Cagliostro
is a 1979 Japanese animated action-adventure comedy film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with animation produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS). It is the second feature film featuring Monkey Punch's master thief Arsène Lupin III, from his manga series ''Lupin III''. The film was Miyazaki's feature-length directorial debut after having previously worked as an animator for Toei Animation and Telecom Animation Film and directing several television shows, including ''Lupin the Third Part I''. ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' follows gentleman thief Arsène Lupin III, who successfully robs a casino – only to find the money to be counterfeit. He heads to the tiny country of Cagliostro, the rumoured source of the bills, and attempts to save the runaway Princess Clarisse from the Count Cagliostro's men; the Count plans to marry Clarisse in order to cement his power and recover the fabled ancient treasure of Cagliostro, requiring Clarisse's ancestral ring. Lupin enlists his as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hayter
David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series. He wrote the film ''X-Men'' and co-wrote '' X2'' and ''Watchmen'', and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on ''X-Men''. Hayter voices King Shark on ''The Flash''. Early life Hayter's father, Stephen, worked in the pharmaceutical industry. He started acting at the age of nine. He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved to Kobe at the age of 15, graduating from its international Canadian Academy in 1987. After this, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for two years until transferring to the Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto. He stayed there until the age of 20, when he moved to Hollywood. Career Early acting career Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyroll UK and Ireland, Crunchyroll Ltd. since 2022, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc. (now owned by Lionsgate). Despite its name, the company's principal business was the distribution of anime rather than manga, although they have published some manga (such as ''Crying Freeman'') under the Manga Books imprint. History Manga Entertainment (formerly Island World Communications) was founded in London in 1991 by Chris Blackwell and Laurence Guinness as a subsidiary of Island Records' Island World Group. IWC took over the company number for Golden Square Music, but had no relationship to IWC or Manga. Manga Entertainment expanded into North America in 1993 with the purchase of L.A. Hero, forming Manga U.S. while Manga UK ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
