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Bowser (Nintendo)
, or King Koopa, is a fictional character, the primary antagonist in Nintendo's Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise, and the arch-nemesis of Mario. In Japan, the character bears the title of . Bowser is the leader of the turtle-like Koopa Troopa, Koopa race. Despite the fact that Bowser has teamed up with Mario in a few games, his ultimate goals are to kidnap Princess Peach and to defeat Mario and Luigi to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser's defining traits are his monstrous appearance with dragon-like elements, full-throated roar, fire-breathing abilities, cruel personality, bestial reptilian voice, never-ending conflict with Mario, and persistent kidnapping of Peach. Bowser initially appears as Mario's opponent in the 1985 video game ''Super Mario Bros.'' He was originally envisioned as an ox based on the Ox-King from the Toei Animation film ''Alakazam the Great'', but Nintendo Designer Takashi Tezuka remarked that the character looked a lot more like a turtle than an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario (franchise)
is a media franchise, produced and published by video game company Nintendo, created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and starring the fictional Italian plumber Mario. It is primarily a video game franchise, but has extended to other forms of media, including television series, comic books, a 1993 feature film, an upcoming 2023 animated film and theme park attractions. The series' first installment was 1983's ''Mario Bros.'', although Mario had made his first appearance in 1981's ''Donkey Kong,'' and had already been featured in several games of the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Game & Watch'' series. The ''Mario'' games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, and AlphaDream. Most ''Mario'' games have been released exclusively for Nintendo's various video game consoles and handhelds, from the third generation onward. The main ''Mario'' subseries is the ''Super Mario'' series of platform games started with 1985's ''Super Mario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Wada
is an ethnically Korean Japanese singer, tarento and businesswoman from Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. She has various nicknames, one being "Akko". Due to her above-average height (174 cm or 5'8.5"), she is also nicknamed "jotei" (女帝), meaning "empress". Biography Akiko Wada is Japanese with Korean ethnicity. She was born Kim Bok-ja (Korean: 김복자, Hanja: 金福子, ''Kim'' is the family name). Like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a Japanese-style name for everyday use, . When she took Japanese citizenship, her name became , which upon marriage became . She is signed to the Horipro entertainment agency. Career At age 17, she dropped out of school and performed in clubs. She was signed to the Horipro entertainment agency and released her debut single, "Hoshizora no Kodoku" in 1968 and had her first hit the next year with "Doshaburi no Ame no Naka de". She performed on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, a music show broadcast live every New Year's Eve, in 1970 and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Capades
The Ice Capades were traveling entertainment shows featuring theatrical ice skating performances. Shows often featured former Winter Olympic Games, Olympic and United States Figure Skating Championships, US National Champion figure skating, figure skaters who had retired from formal competition. Started in 1940, the Ice Capades grew rapidly and prospered for 50 years. A decline in popularity ensued in the 1980s, and the show went out of business around 1995. There have been several attempts to revive the show and its name. Similar traditional ice-skating entertainment shows included the Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice. History Ice Capades was founded in February 1940 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, by nine men who called themselves the Arena Managers Association. They met to discuss forming an ice show to play in their arenas during the 1940-1941 entertainment season. The arenas represented were all well-known venues of the day: * Boston Garden (Massachusetts) – represented by Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hewett
Christopher George Hewett (5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001) was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere on the ABC sitcom ''Mr. Belvedere''. Career Hewett was born in Worthing, Sussex to Christopher Fitzsimon Hewett (an army officer and a descendant of Daniel O'Connell), and his wife Eleanor Joyce Watts (an actress whose professional name was Rhoda Cleighton). He was educated at Beaumont College and at Wimbledon College, and at aged 7, made his acting debut in Dublin stage production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. At age 16 Hewett joined the Royal Air Force, leaving in 1940. Hewett then joined the Oxford Repertory Company and made his West End theatre debut in 1943. He later appeared on Broadway in the musicals ''My Fair Lady'', '' First Impressions'', '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', ''Music Is'' and ''Kean'' and in the plays ''Sleuth'' and '' The Affair'', among others, and directed the 1960 Broadway revue ''From A to Z'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Koopa's Kool Kartoons
''King Koopa's Kool Kartoons'' is a local, American Live action, live-action children's television program, television show broadcast in Southern California during the Autumn of 1989. The show was produced by DIC Entertainment in association with Fox Television Studios for the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television station KTTV, KTTV - 11 Los Angeles by Gerry Passwho developed and rolled out the Fox Kids Cluband DIC Animation City, in association with Nintendo. It was a live-action spin-off to ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!,'' a popular animated show based on the ''Super Mario'' video games. The show was discontinued after 65 episodes. The show stars King Koopa, based on an animated version of Bowser (character), Bowser, the central arch-villain from the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' video game series. The 30-minute wrap around program was originally broadcast during late afternoon time slots, normally around 4:30pm to 5:30pm on the Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles-based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Pinney
Patrick Cullen Pinney (born June 30, 1952) is an American television, film and voice actor. Early life, family and education Pinney was born in San Francisco County, California. His mother's maiden name is his middle name. He attended college at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where producer and director Dennis Jones was a classmate and roommate of his. Pinney's friends included assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris, with whom he costarred in ''The Deputy'' at the school's Rotunda Theatre. Career Pinney has performed in theaters in the United States and in Europe. After relocating to Los Angeles, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice. He has also done work on the television series ''Harry & the Hendersons''. Voice-over career Pinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Collins
Christopher Charles Collins (born Christopher Lawrence Latta; August 30, 1949 – June 12, 1994) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as the voice of Cobra Commander in the ''G.I. Joe'' animated series and Starscream in the first ''Transformers'' animated series. He had a few guest roles in the ''Star Trek'' series ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'', he voice acted Moe Szyslak and Mr. Burns in the first season of ''The Simpsons'' (1989–1990), and he had many other roles in television series and films. He also had a successful stand-up comedy career. Early life Christopher Lawrence Latta was born in Orange, New Jersey to Robert Latta, a New York stage actor, and Jane Morin, an advertising executive. He grew up in the Morningside Heights (sometimes called "West Harlem") section of Manhattan, New York City. His legal name became Christopher Charles Collins when his stepfather adopted him. In his stand-up routine, he claimed to have grown up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenta Miyake
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with 81 Produce. Career Miyake was born in Okinawa Prefecture. As a teenager, he dreamed of becoming a voice actor in hopes of meeting an actress that he admired and wanted to co-star with. After graduating from the Amusement Media Research Institute, he joined the talent agency 81 Produce. He has continued roles after the deaths of Masashi Amenomori, Shigezō Sasaoka, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Daisuke Gōri, Nobuyuki Furuta and Unshō Ishizuka and Yuu Shimaka and Kiyoyuki Yanada. In addition, Miyake also played Elephantus in ''Yatterman Night'' as a tribute to the veteran Kazuya Tatekabe. In 2019, Miyake won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award at the 13th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Animation Films Drama CD Live action Video games Dubbing roles Live action Japanese dubbing Animation Japanese dubbing References External links 81 Produce profile * * Kenta Miyakeat Ryu's Seiyuu Infos * * {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Arikawa
was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with Engekishūdan En. Formerly affiliated with Gekidan Haiyūza, Arikawa enrolled in Gekidan Kumo in 1965. It wasn't until 1975 that Arikawa would enroll in Engekishūdan En. On October 16, 2011 he died of acute respiratory failure. Filmography Film *''Hibotan bakuto: Tekkaba retsuden'' (1969) *''Seito Shokun!'' (1984) *''Early Spring Story'' (1985) *''Matamata abunai deka'' (1988) *''Hashire! Shiroi okami'' (1990) - Cal (voice) *''Sharaku'' (1995) - Tsuruya Kiemon *'' Berserk: The Golden Age Arc'' (2012) - Hassan (voice) (final film role) Television drama * ''Fuun Lion-Maru'' (1973) - Koreshinji Tamakage * ''Shinsengumi'' (1973) - Okita Sōji * ''Mito Kōmon'' (1975–2010) - Kudō Shinpachirō, Kyōnosuke Tachibana, Abe Masatake, etc. * ''Hissatsu Shōbainin'' (1978) - Sakaguchi * ''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) - Ōtani Yoshitsugu * ''Haru no Hatō'' (1985) - Uchimura Kanzō * ''Sanada Taiheiki'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takanobu Hozumi
, better known as , was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Ōhito, Shizuoka (now Izunokuni, Shizuoka) attached to Mausu Promotion. He died of gallbladder cancer at the age of 87. Filmography Live-action Film * ''Baka ga Tank Deyattekuru'' (xxxx) (Officer Momota) * ''Mr. Baseball'' (xxxx) (Hiroshi Nakamura) * '' Otokoniha Tsuraiyo: Kuchibuewofuku Torajirō'' (xxxx) (Osamu) * '' Tora-san's Love Call'' (1971) (Osamu Suwa) * ''Sayonara Morocco'' (xxxx) (Mura-san) * '' Shigen'' (xxxx) (Tabuchi) * '' Uchū Daikaijū Guilala'' (xxxx) (FAFC technical officer) * '' Kichiku'' (1978) (Mizuguchi) * '' Chōchin'' (1987) Voice acting Television animation * '' Cybersix'' (xxxx) (Doctor Von Reichter) * '' L/R: Licensed by Royalty'' (xxxx) (Taylor) * '' Tenshi no Takutikusu ~Yume no Kakera wa Koroshi no Kaori~'' (xxxx) (Chingensai) OVA * '' Ginga Eiyū Densetsu'' (xxxx) (Neguroponty) Theatrical animation *'' Boku no Son Gokū'' (xxxx) (Tentei) *'' Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario To Yoshi No Bōken Land
is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in List of video games featuring Mario, over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italians, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa Troopa, Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's Twin, fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong (video game), Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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