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Berserk Golden Age Arc
is a Japanese anime film trilogy, which adapts Kentaro Miura's ''Berserk'' manga series, specifically its Golden Age arc, and was produced by Studio 4°C. The first two films, ''The Egg of the King'' and ''The Battle for Doldrey'', were released in Japan in February and June 2012, and the third film, ''The Advent'', was released in February 2013. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the trilogy for English home video release. A remastered edited version for television, labeled as "Memorial Edition", was broadcast for 13 episodes from October to December 2022. Plot summary ''The Egg of the King'' A soldier named Guts attracts the attention of a mercenary group, The Band of the Hawk, when he kills an enemy champion during a siege. He is forced into joining the group after being defeated in single combat by its leader, Griffith. The Band of the Hawk are employed by the Kingdom of Midland for its Hundred Year War against the Tudor Empire, and Griffith rises in the kingdom's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Fantasy
Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate disturbing and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy dark tone or a sense of horror and dread.Stableford, Brian, "Dark Fantasy", in ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'',(p. 97), Scarecrow Press,Plymouth. 2005. Definition A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L. Grant''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders'', Volume 1, edited by Gary Westfahl, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. and Karl Edward Wagner are credited with having coined the term "dark fantasy"—although both authors were describing different styles of fiction. Brian Stableford argues "dark fantasy" can be usefully defined as subgenre of stories that attempt to "incorporate elements of horror fiction" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Goodson
Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, starting with ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and including ''Power Rangers Zeo'', '' Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'', and ''Power Rangers in Space''. Other ''Power Rangers'' characters she has played include Prince Sprocket and Orbus in ''Power Rangers Zeo'', and Mandilok in ''Power Rangers Wild Force''. She also voiced Red Fraggle and Wingnut in Jim Henson's cartoon ''Fraggle Rock'', Ladyborg in ''Beetleborgs Metallix'', and Mother Talzin on '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', the last of which she won a Best Actress award from the website Behind The Voice Actors. She also voiced in HBO's '' Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' as Tom and ''FLCL'' as Naota. For her work in the series ''CloudBread'', in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma, and Teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Keranen
Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress, production manager, producer and voice director. She is best known for her work with 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, Studiopolis and Funimation. Her roles include Satsuki Kiryuin in '' Kill La Kill'', Casca in '' Berserk'', and Alya Césaire in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir''. In her live-action work, she has played Piper Tate in ''Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time''. Career Keranen grew up in Oak Park, Michigan. She had always been involved in acting, including high school plays, but in an interview with Everything Geek Podcast, she said she was more active in sports. She attended University of Michigan, and originally intended to major in international business with a specialization in Japanese but would be drawn back into doing plays and subbing in for major roles there. She graduated with a BA in theatre and linguistics, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Diraison
Marc R. Diraison (born February 7, 1975) is an American voice actor, Dubbing (filmmaking), ADR director, and screenwriter, script writer who has worked for Bang Zoom! Entertainment, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment and DuArt Film and Video. He is best known as the voice of List of Berserk characters#Guts, Guts in ''Berserk (manga), Berserk'' and Tokiomi Tohsaka in ''Fate/Zero.'' Filmography Anime Animation Films Video games References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diraison, Marc Living people People from California Actors from California American male voice actors American voice directors American male video game actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 1975 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Miyamura
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. Her nickname is . She played Kazuha Toyama in ''Detective Conan'', Casca in Berserk and Asuka Langley Soryu in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. Personal life Miyamura was born in Kobe, and graduated from the theater division for Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. She was diagnosed with Graves' disease and exophthalmos in May 2007. She was initially married to manga artist, Nakatani D. from 1998 to 1999. Miyamura married stuntman Takayuki Seki in 2004. They had two children together, a daughter born in 2004 and a son born in 2011, before they divorced in 2016. The family lived in Melbourne, Australia, until she returned to Japan. Career Miyamura released various CD albums as a singer, which feature collaborations with well-known Japanese musicians, such as P-Model vocalist/Berserk series composer Susumu Hirasawa, Yapoos vocalist Jun Togawa and Pizzicato Five vocalist Yasuharu Konishi. Additionally, she also had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyuki Morikawa
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011. His name is also sometimes mistranslated as Tomoyuki Morikawa. In 2003, he and Fumihiko Tachiki formed the band "2Hearts", one of their works being the ending theme of the video game '' Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires''. He has voiced many characters in anime and video games, including Yoshikage Kira in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Kengo Akechi in ''Kindaichi Case Files'', Sephiroth in the ''Final Fantasy'' series and '' Kingdom Hearts'' series, Dante in ''Devil May Cry'', Kagaya Ubuyashiki in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Isshin Kurosaki in '' Bleach'', Minato Namikaze in '' Naruto: Shippuden'', Julius Novachrono in '' Black Clover'', Mard Geer Tartaros in ''Fairy Tail'', Eizen in ''Tales of Berseria'', Boros in ''One Punch Man'', both Eneru, Hatchan and Scopper Gaban in ''One Piece'', Tyki Mikk in '' D.Gray-man'', Naraku in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Sakurai
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in ''Code Geass'' and X in ''Mega Man X'', as well as villains such as Maximilien Robespierre in ''Le Chevalier D'Eon'', Hiltz in '' Zoids: Guardian Force'', Sasori in ''Naruto Shippūden'', and Rohan Kishibe in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable''. He voiced the main character Miyuki Kazuya in ''Ace of Diamond.'' He is the official Japanese dub voice for Robert Pattinson since ''Twilight''. His range is tenor. He is currently affiliated with INTENTION. Early life Sakurai is the eldest of three siblings born to a family that owned a rice shop. When he was a child, he became interested in voice acting after watching a television interview with a voice actor. He graduated from Okazaki Johsei High School. After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Academy in Nagoya a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobutoshi Canna
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He first started acting as a child. Canna is best known for his performances as Tasuki (''Fushigi Yûgi''), Ban Mido (''GetBackers''), Nnoitra Gilga (''Bleach''), Lancer (''Fate/Stay Night''), Basara Nekki (''Macross 7''), Kabuto Yakushi (''Naruto''), Cao Pi in ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series, Kai Kogashiwa in ''Initial D'' anime and mostly video game is ''Initial D Arcade Stage'' series from '' Arcade Stage 4'' all the way to ''Arcade Stage 8 infinity'', Guts ('' Berserk''), Knuckles the Echidna ( ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise, since 1998), Lancer ( Fate (series) ) Lee Pai-Long (''Shaman King is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Iwanaga
is a Japanese model, actor, and voice actor. Filmography TV series Films Video games References External links Official profile at G-Star.Pro {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwanaga, Hiroaki Japanese male models 21st-century Japanese male actors 1979 births Living people Models from Nagasaki Prefecture Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Actors from Nagasaki Prefecture Fukuoka Institute of Technology alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith (Berserk)
is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the manga series ''Berserk'' by Kentaro Miura. Extraordinarily handsome, charismatic, and skilled. Griffith is the leader of the mercenary group the Band of the Hawk. After meeting Guts, Griffith defeats him in battle and forces him to join the Band of the Hawk as the latter proclaims he now "owns" him. The dynamic and turbulent relationship between Guts and Griffith, forms the primary focus of the manga. During the Eclipse, to achieve his dream of obtaining a kingdom, he sacrifices the Band of the Hawk to become the new member of the God Hand and is rechristened as "the wings of darkness" . Critical response to Griffith has been highly positive. He has been praised for how he serves as a foil to Guts, and his development into a villain. Concept and creation In an interview, author Kentaro Miura revealed that his friendship with later fellow manga artist Kōji Mori partially inspired the relationship between Guts and Griffith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guts (Berserk)
is a fictional character and the protagonist from the manga ''Berserk (manga), Berserk'' by Kentaro Miura. Guts is a mercenary who travels from company to company and companionship to companionship. After meeting Griffith (Berserk), Griffith, Guts is defeated in battle by Griffith and is forced to join the Band of the Hawk as the latter proclaims he now "owns" him. The dynamic and turbulent relationship between Guts and Griffith, the leader of the Band of the Hawk, forms the primary focus of the manga. After the events of the Eclipse, during which he loses his left forearm and right eye, Guts seeks revenge on Griffith. The character has also appeared in the animated adaptations of ''Berserk'' as well as video games with multiple voice actors. Miura conceptualized Guts' character while they were an assistant to Jyoji Morikawa, George Morikawa. He mentions multiple influences including ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Dororo'', Mad Max (film), ''Mad Max'', ''Conan the Barbarian (1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
