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Black Heaven
, also referred to as ''The Legend of Black Heaven'' and ''Kacho-Ōji'', is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Hiroki Hayashi and produced by Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer LDC Inc., AIC and A.P.P.P. It is directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, with Naruhisa Arakawa handling series composition, Kazuto Nakazawa designing the characters and Kōichi Korenaga composing the music. The series is about the middle-aged members of a short-lived heavy metal band and their unexpected role in an alien interstellar war. The Japanese title of the anime is a multi-layered pun; it can be translated as "Section Manager Ouji" or literally "Section Manager Prince." Plot summary Middle-aged Ouji Tanaka has a wife, a child and a mundane job as a salary man in Tokyo's modern society. But his life wasn't always so dull; 15 years ago he was known as "Gabriel", lead guitar of a short-lived heavy metal band called "Black Heaven". Ouji's life takes a sudden turn when he is invited by an enigmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer LDC
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan (manga by Hiromu Arakawa), The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', ''Danganronpa: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsuko Enomoto
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Her debut voice acting role was Yukino Miyazawa from ''Kare Kano'' in 1998, which she auditioned for while still in high school. Her debut single was ''Be My Angel'' the opening theme of the 2001 anime Angelic Layer. She was affiliated with talent agency 81 Produce until 2015.Doi, Hitoshi"Enomoto Atsuko" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011. Her former husband is voice actor Mark Ishii. In 2018, she discussed harassment in the industry and how she desperately wanted to quit in her first years as a voice actress. Filmography Television animation Original video animation (OVA) *'' Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman'' (2000) – Miki Makimura *''Puni Puni Poemy'' (2001; 2 episodes) – Mitsuki Aasu *'' .hack//Unison'' (2002–2003; 3 episodes) – Mistral *''Netrun-mon'' (2004) – Ranna *''Cyborg 009 VS Devilman'' (2015) - Sachiko *'' Landreaall'' (2017) – Ion Lucafort Video games *''Memories Off'' (1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger The Engineer
''Roger the Engineer'' (originally released in the UK as ''Yardbirds'' and in the US, Germany, France and Italy as ''Over Under Sideways Down'') is the only UK studio album and third US album by English rock band the Yardbirds. Recorded and released in 1966, it is also the only Yardbirds album with guitarist Jeff Beck on all tracks and it contains all original material. It was produced by bassist Paul Samwell-Smith and manager Simon Napier-Bell. Although the British edition is still officially titled ''Yardbirds'' by authoritative chart sources, such as Official Charts Company, it has since been referred to, first colloquially, then semi-officially, as ''Roger the Engineer'', a title stemming from the cover drawing of the record's audio engineer Roger Cameron by band member Chris Dreja. It is the only Yardbirds album to appear in the UK Albums Chart, where it reached number 20. In the US, it reached number 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, making it the band's highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to found the Michael Schenker Group. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar." Career Early career and rise to fame: Scorpions and UFO Schenker started playing guitar at an early age, after his brother Rudolf got a Gibson Flying V guitar for his birthday, which captured his imagination. His main influences were Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Leslie West, Johnny Winter and Rory Gallagher. He played his first gig when he was 11, with Rudolf and the Scorpions in a nightclub. Schenker debuted with Scorpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down To Earth (Rainbow Album)
''Down to Earth'' is the fourth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow. It is their last album to feature drummer Cozy Powell and their only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet. Released in 1979, it contains Rainbow's first hit single "Since You Been Gone", marking a more commercial direction of the band's sound. Writing and recording The writing of ''Down to Earth'' began at Ritchie Blackmore's house in Connecticut in December 1978. By that time, he had dismissed both bassist Bob Daisley and keyboard player David Stone soon after singer Ronnie James Dio quit the band. Blackmore had already recruited his old Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover as producer and started auditioning musicians for the vacant slots in the band, while songwriting progressed with Blackmore, Cozy Powell and session musician Clive Chaman on bass. The backing tracks were largely written by Blackmore and Glover. "It was a great opportunity for me, and why should I bear a grudge '' bout being dismis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stairway To Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page and lead singer Robert Plant for their untitled fourth studio album (often titled ''Led Zeppelin IV''). The song is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.September 2002 Issue '' SPIN''. SPIN Media. The song has three sections, each one progressively increasing in and . The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his most well-known roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series '' Cowboy Bebop'', Garazeb Orrelios from the animated series ''Star Wars Rebels'', Wolverine from various Marvel projects, TOM (Toonami Operations Module) as the second and current host of Toonami and the current host of Toonami Latin America (2000–2008; 2012–present), Terence and Bomb on Angry Birds Live Action and Sub-Zero from the video game franchise ''Mortal Kombat''. He is sometimes credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances. Early life Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960 to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California. Career Blum began his career in 1992. His credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in '' Cowboy Bebop'', Zeb Orrelios in ''Star Wars Rebels'', Mugen in ''Samurai Champloo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuzou Ishino
is a Japanese voice actor most notable for providing the voice for Chang Wufei in Gundam Wing and Chousokabe Motochika in Sengoku Basara. Voice roles Anime * .hack//Roots (TV) as Smile (ep 23) *Ahiru no Quack (TV) *Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin (TV) as Male Student *All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (OAV) as student A (phase I) *Amatsuki (Susutake) *Ashita he Free Kick (TV) as announcer (ep 4); Carl Henderson; *Megalo (ep 9) *Dragon Knight (OAV) as Lizard B *Fuma no Kojirou: Fuma Hanran-hen (OAV) as Fûma A *Gintama (TV) as Brother-in-law (Ep. 39) * Golden Boy (OAV) as Animator * Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Special Edition (movie) as Chang Wu-Fei *GUNxSWORD (TV) as Zapiero Muttaaca *Hyper Police (TV) as Tommy Fujioka *Kikou Sennyo Rouran (TV) as Jimushi *Kuma no Puutarou (TV) as Narration *Kyouryuu Boukenki Jura Tripper (TV) as God *Manmaru the Ninja Penguin (TV) as Ratsubi (ep14) *MegaMan Maverick Hunter X: The Day of Sigma (OAV) as Penguin *Midnight Horror School ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Romersa
Joe Romersa is an American musician, composer, voice actor, and music producer. Romersa started his career career as a drummer, but early on he branched out into sound engineering. As Romersa tells it, "After a tragic early tour I did at age 19 which left me homeless sleeping on a park bench in New Jersey, I had to find a way to make money and still be close to what I love; music." Romersa later studied sound engineering. Combining his fledgling career as a professional musician with the more stable income of sound engineering allowed Romersa to hone his craft as both a drummer/percussionist and as a sound engineer. Career Early career Romersa started touring as the drummer for the Marc Tanner Band. On April 19, 1979, they would open for Firefall, at the Palace Theater in Cleveland Ohio. The Marc Tanner Band also opened for Jefferson Starship. Romersa was a drummer, percussionist, and composer on Tanner's second album, ''Temptation,'' along with guitarist Ritchie Zito and ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidenari Ugaki
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He is currently attached to 81 Produce. He is best known for his roles in ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (as Argo Gulskii), the TV Tokyo edition of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (as Donatello), the 2005 ''Doraemon'' series (as Kannari-san), and the ''Yakuza'' video game series (as Goro Majima). Filmography Television animation *'' Digimon Adventure'' (1999) – Nanomon *'' Initial D: Second Stage'' (1999) – Papa *'' Digimon Frontier'' (2002) – Wizarmon *'' Rockman EXE'' (2002) – Bomberman *'' Rockman EXE Stream'' (2005) – Bomberman *''Doraemon'' (2005 series) – Kannari-san *''Aikatsu!'' (2012) – Miteru Itsumo *'' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' (2015) – Khan, Chaka's father *'' Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga'' (2019) – Shibata Katsuie *'' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' (2019) – Gatai *''Shenmue'' (2022) – Chen Yao Wen *'' The Human Crazy University'' (2022) – Professor *'' The Aristocrat's Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fahn
Thomas Fahn (born 1962) is an American voice actor. He is known for his portrayals as Sho Fukamachi in '' Guyver'' and Agumon in the '' Digimon'' franchise. Personal life His sister and brother, Melissa Fahn and Jonathan Fahn, respectively and wife, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, are also voice actors. His brother, Mike Fahn, is a jazz trombone player. Fahn is married to fellow actress Dorothy Elias-Fahn. They have one daughter. Filmography Animation * ''What a Cartoon!'' - Woim Live action * ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' - Firecat (voice) * '' Masked Rider'' - Dread Dragon (voice, uncredited) * ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' - Skelerena (voice, uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'' - Chameliac, Green Shark (voice) * '' Power Rangers: Turbo'' - Count Nocturne, The Demon Racers, Wicked Wisher (voices, uncredited) * ''VR Troopers'' - Trooper Terminator, Dream Master (voices) Film * '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' - Stu, Male Ox (voice) * ''The Adventures of Panda Warrior'' - Bruce Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūji Ueda
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Akito Tenkawa in ''Martian Successor Nadesico'', Takeshi/Brock and Sonansu/Wobbuffet in ''Pokémon'', Horohoro in ''Shaman King'', Johannes Krauser II in ''Detroit Metal City'', Keitarō Urashima in ''Love Hina'', Shiro Iori in '' Kill la Kill'', and Yousuke Fuuma in ''Wedding Peach''. Biography He was born in Fukuoka as 上田祐司 (same pronunciation). In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa. Yūji is frequently called "Yū-chan" by veteran voice actresses; usually co-voice actresses from Pokémon. He is married to voice actress Omi Minami. In March 2012, Ueda and Minami both left Osawa, and launched a new agency called PomaRancz. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *'' Calimero'' – Giuliano ;1994 *''Blue Seed'' – Yosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
