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Blue Sonnet
is a 19-volume manga series by Masahiro Shibata ( ja) which ran in ''Hana to Yume'' magazine from 1981 to 1987 as part of the '' Akai Kiba'' series of stories. A five episode anime OVA series was adapted from the manga by Mushi Production and released in 1989. The OAV series was licensed and released on VHS and LaserDisc in North America by Central Park Media in 1990. A dubbed version was released on VHS by Manga Entertainment in 1997. Characters ; : :Lan was in a plane crash with her parents just after she was born, and she was raised by wolves for five years. She possess the latent esper abilities which identify her as the "Crimson Fang". ; : :Sonnet is a 16-year-old esper cyborg soldier with silver hair (though it is blue in the OAV) who works as a scout for Talon. Her mother is Puerto Rican and her father is Russian, and she was raised in the slums of New York. When she was about 13 years old, her latent esper abilities began randomly manifesting themselves, causing peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Genre
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, suspense action, and action comedy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka Kanda
Waka may refer to: Culture and language * Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand ** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe ** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe ** Waka taua, a Māori war canoe ** Waka hurdling, a traditional Māori sport of jumping over canoes * Waka huia, a Māori treasure box * Waka (mythology), a Hawaiian lizard goddess * Waka language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria * Huaca or wak'a, in the Quechua language, a class of sacred objects Arts and entertainment * Waka (poetry), a genre of Japanese poetry * WAKA (TV), a television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, US * Waka music, a musical genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria * Waga sculpture or waka, a type of Ethiopian memorial statue * "Waka" (Diamond Platnumz song), 2017 * "Waka", song by 6ix9ine from ''Dummy Boy'', 2018 * Waka, a character in the video game ''Ōkami'' Places * Waka, Texas, a community in the Texas Panhandle * El Perú (Maya site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rei Sakuma
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series ''Soreike! Anpanman''; her most famous role in the English-speaking world, however, is probably as the Chinese Amazon Shampoo in ''Ranma ½''. Other popular roles include Yōko Sakakibara in ''Azuki-chan'', Mariemaia Khushrenada in '' New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', My Melody in ''Onegai My Melody'' and Mini-Doras in the Doraemon'' 1979 anime series Filmography Television animation *''The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love'' (1986), Sadie Dean *''Tales of Little Women'' (1987), Amy March *''Mami the Psychic'' (1987), Kaori Hana *'' City Hunter 2'' (1988), Azusa Nakayama *'' F'' (1988), Ruiko *''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988), Batako-san *''Ranma ½'' (1989), Shampoo *''Dash! Yonkuro'' (1989), Rinko Sumeragi *''Moomin'' (1990), Little My *''Miracle Girls'' (1993), Rumiko Daijōji *''Doraemon'' (1994), Mini-Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Tobita
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of Kamille Bidan (''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''), Albert Heinrich/004 (''Cyborg 009'' (2001)), and Sueo Maruo (''Chibi Maruko-chan''). His debut role is Bob in the 1982 anime television series ''Cybot Robotchi''. He has also voiced many characters for the story CDs in ''Sound Horizon''. Filmography Television animation ;1982 *''Cybot Robotchi'' (Bob) ;1983 *''Captain Tsubasa'' (Ken Wakashimazu) ;1985 *''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1986 *''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1987 *'' Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (Little Women)'' (Theodore "Laurie" Laurence) ;1991 *''Goldfish Warning!'' (Aoi) ;1993 *''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Mathis Walker) ;1994 *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (Ulube Ishikawa) ;1995 *''Fushigi Yūgi'' (Tomo) ;1996 *''Rurouni Kenshin'' (Takeda Kanryū) ;2001 *''Cyborg 009'' (Albert Heinrich/004) *''Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precognition
Precognition (from the Latin 'before', and 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly aware of, events in the future. There is no accepted scientific evidence that precognition is a real effect, and it is widely considered to be pseudoscience. Precognition violates the principle of causality, that an effect cannot occur before its cause. Precognition has been widely believed in throughout history. Despite the lack of scientific evidence, many people believe it to be real; it is still widely reported and remains a topic of research and discussion within the parapsychology community. Precognitive phenomena Precognition is sometimes treated as an example of the wider phenomenon of prescience or foreknowledge, to understand by any means what is likely to happen in the future. It is distinct from premonition, which is a vaguer feeling of some impending disaster. Related activities such as predictive prophecy and fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telepathy
Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and has remained more popular than the earlier expression ''thought-transference''.Glossary of Parapsychological terms – Telepathy – . Retrieved December 19, 2006. Telepathy experiments have historically been criticized for a lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that telepathy e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance (; ) is the magical ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception. Any person who is claimed to have such ability is said to be a clairvoyant () ("one who sees clearly"). Claims for the existence of paranormal and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance have not been supported by scientific evidence. Carroll, Robert Todd. (2003)"Clairvoyance" Retrieved 2014-04-30. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but the existence of the paranormal is not accepted by the scientific community. The scientific community widely considers parapsychology, including the study of clairvoyance, a pseudoscience. Usage Pertaining to the ability of clear-sightedness, clairvoyance refers to the paranormal ability to see persons and events that are distant in time or space. It can be divided into roughly three classes: precognition, the ability to perceive or predict future events, retrocognition, the ability to see pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emi Shinohara
is a Japanese voice actress and singer employed by 81 Produce who is most known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the original Japanese anime of ''Sailor Moon'' and Kushina Uzumaki in '' Naruto: Shippuden''. She was born in Fukushima Prefecture and raised in Nagano. She is married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari. Voice roles *Elizabeth in ''Dream Hunter Rem'' (Debut Role 1986) *B-Ko Daitokuji in ''Project A-Ko'' (1986) *Kekko Kamen in ''Kekko Kamen'' (1991) *Kyurene (ep. 6), Jumeau (ep. 18), Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (eps. 25 - 200), DD Girls V (ep. 45) in ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon'' (1992-1997) *Mirei in ''Tokyo Babylon'' (1992) *Kanako (Kana-chan) in ''Miracle Girls'' (1993) *Isabelle in ''Moldiver'' (1993) *Kagero in ''Ninja Scroll'' (1993) *Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in '' Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie'' (1993) *Mokuren in ''Please Save My Earth'' (1993) *Presea and Sierra in ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1994) *Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in '' Pretty Soldier Sailor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masashi Hironaka
Masashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese skier *, Japanese actor *, Japanese animator and character designer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese entertainer who lives in London *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor *, Japanese composer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese holdout *, Japanese basketball player *Masashi Kameda, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese freestyle swimmer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese manga artist * Masashi Kita, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese animator *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesshō Genda
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda." Along with such well-known voice actors as Akio Ōtsuka, Shigeru Chiba and Kōichi Yamadera, Genda is one of Japan's most prolific voice actors, with 234 roles credited to his name as of September 25, 2007. Among his other credits, Genda has performed the roles of Masami Iwaki (''Dokaben''), Suppaman (''Dr. Slump''), Gō Reietsu (''High School! Kimengumi''), Optimus Prime (A.K.A. Convoy) ('' The Transformers''), Umibouzu (''City Hunter''), Ichimi Araiwa (''Cooking Papa''), and Action Kamen ('' Crayon Shin-chan'') and is the current Japanese voice of Tigger in ''Winnie the Pooh'' media. He is also known for voicing Kurama in ''Naruto''. Like his Canadian counterpart Peter Cullen, Genda reprised the role of Optimus Prime (Convoy) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nozomu Sasaki
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is represented by the voice actor management firm, 81 Produce, and was previously represented by Arts Vision. In 1988, he voiced the character Tetsuo Shima in the movie '' Akira'', which was adapted from the manga of the same name. He also provided the voice of Yusuke Urameshi in the anime adaptation of the manga ''YuYu Hakusho'' and returned to that role in video games for that franchise. He is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actress Nozomi Sasaki, whose name is written the same way. Sasaki has emerged the victor of the Seiyū Grand Prix (in which votes were collected to compile a top ten list of voice actors) more times than any other voice actor. Sasaki was known for having a high-pitched voice, but it became lower due to constantly overworking in voice acting and singing, although it was suspected at first that the reason his voice changed was due to his constant smoking and drinking. He's an avid reader and can speak English. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson maintains a steady course in a changing environment by adjusting their steering in continual response to the effect it is observed as having. Cybernetics is concerned with circular causal processes such as steering however they are embodied,Ashby, W. R. (1956). An introduction to cybernetics. London: Chapman & Hall, p. 1. including in ecological, technological, biological, cognitive, and social systems, and in the context of practical activities such as designing, learning, managing, conversation, and the practice of cybernetics itself. Cybernetics' transdisciplinary and "antidisciplinary" character has meant that it intersects with a number of other fields, leading to it having both wide influence and diverse interpretations. Cybernetics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
