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Cybuster
is a 26-episode anime produced by Bandai Visual, NAS, and TV Tokyo. It was animated by Ashi Productions and it aired in Japan between May 3, 1999, and October 25, 1999. It is loosely based on original characters and the Cybaster mech from the video game series ''Super Robot Wars''. Plot The story is set in 2040 after a disaster happens in Tokyo in 2029. The main character Ken Andoh joins up with a company designated to clean up Tokyo, called DC. After a mysterious robot begins attacking the DC cleanup crews, the organization starts a process of militarization with Ken learning of the secrets it hides. Characters ; : :New recruit of DC. ; : :New recruit of DC. ; : :Bian's daughter. ; / : :A mystery man who is piloting Cybaster. ; : :Next chief of DC after Bian's death. ; : :Shu's assistant. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Development Reception Carlo Santos of Anime News Network was critical of the series, stating that he felt its plot was generic and something that had been done ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Robot Wars
''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the ''Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to team up or battle one another. The first game in the franchise was released for the Game Boy on April 20, 1991. Later spawning numerous games that were released on various consoles and handhelds. Due to the nature of crossover games and licensing involved, only a few games have been released outside Japan, and in English. The franchise celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016, and its 30th anniversary in 2021. Games Most are standalone games, whose background stories may involve the plots of the included series, but no other ''Super Robot Wars'' titles. However, there are at least five main continuiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junpei Morita
is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Some of his major roles include Ryuzo in ''Cybuster'', Dr. White in ''Black Jack 21'', Nagato in '' Naruto: Shippuden'', and BUER in '' Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn''. Filmography Anime Film Video games Tokusatsu Dubbing roles Live-action Animation References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morita, Junpei 1954 births Living people Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Mausu Promotion voice actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon Ad Systems
, NAS for short, is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The "Ad" in its title is an abbreviation for "Animation Development". Along with animation studios Sunrise, Toei Animation and TMS Entertainment, it is co-founder and shareholder of the Japanese anime television network Animax. It has its headquarters in Toranomon Hills, Minato, Tokyo. List of productions TV series *'' Chikkun Takkun'' *''High School! Kimengumi'' *''Tsuide ni Tonchinkan'' *'' Dragon Quest'' *''Genji Tsūshin Agedama'' *''Hime-chan's Ribbon'' *''Akazukin Chacha'' *'' Captain Tsubasa J'' *'' Dino Adventure Jurassic Tripper'' *'' Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach'' *'' Nurse Angel Ririka SOS'' *'' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' *''Mizuiro Jidai'' *''Kodomo no Omocha'' *'' Kero Kero Chime'' *'' Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers'' *'' Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' *'' Hatsumei Boy Kanipan'' *'' Cho Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Masuda
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Her major roles include Yuri Sakakibara in the ''Sakura Wars'', Nami Amou and Nanami Sousuke in ''La Corda d'Oro'', Nicola in ''Kyo Kara Maoh!'', Maria Alucard in ''Tokyo Majin'', and Hibiki Amawa (female) in ''I My Me! Strawberry Eggs''. Filmography Anime Film Video games Drama CD Dubbing *Babs Seed in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' *Dulcy the Dragon (also by Mayuko Aoki) in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' Anime soundtracks * ''Flame of Recca is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 1995 to February 2002, with its chapters collected in 33 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was ad ...'' Ending 2 ("Zutto Kimi no Soba de") References External links Official agency profileat Mausu Promotion * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masuda, Yuki 1973 births Living people Japanese voice actresses Voice actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashi Productions
is a Japanese anime studio, located in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, known for its four magical-girl anime, especially ''Magical Princess Minky Momo''. It was established by Toshihiko Sato and other artists on December 20, 1975, as ''Ashi Productions''. It changed its name from ''Ashi Productions'' to ' on November 1, 2007. On February 12, 2019, the company changed its name back to Ashi Productions. TV series * ''Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster'' (1976-1977, co-production with Nippon Animation) * '' Chogattai Majutsu Robo Ginguiser'' (1977, co-production with Nippon Amimation) * ''Petit Ange'' (1977–1978) * ''Josephina the Whale'' (1979, co-production with Kokusai Eiga-sha) * ''Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha'' (1980, co-production with Kokusai Eiga-sha) * '' Monchhichi Twins'' (1980, co-production with Kokusai Eiga-sha) * ''Space Warrior Baldios'' (1980–1981, co-production with Kokusai Eiga-sha) * ''GoShogun'' (1981) * ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' (1982–1983) * ''Sp ... [...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] |
Yūsei Oda
, is a Japanese voice actor from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Filmography Anime *''Birdy the Mighty'', Mori *''Charlotte'', Udō (ep 2) *''Cybuster'', Ken *''Digimon Xros Wars'', Stingmon *''Dragon Ball Super'', Zenō's Attendant, Anato, Katopesla *''Eat-Man '98'', soldier *'' Enzai'', Guildias *''Eyeshield 21'', Masaru Honjo (ep 9) *'' Hareluya II Boy'', Makoto Ichijou *'' Haunted Junction'', Haruto Houjo *''Hell Girl'', Salaryman (ep 1) *''Hikarian'', Seven *'' Kaginado'', Kengo Miyazawa *''Magic User's Club'', Akane's Boyfriend No.1; Akane's Boyfriend No.2 *''Mouse'', Masatoshi Minami *'' Musou Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord'', Minamoto no Yoshitsune *''One Piece'', Gyaro, Izou *''Ranma ½'', Herb *''Rave Master'', Deep Snow, and L'Tiangle *''Saint Seiya'', Alraune Queen *''Saint Seiya Omega'', Dorado Spear *'' Shugo Chara!'', Tsumugu Hinamori *'' Shugo Chara!! Doki-'', Tsumugu Hinamori *''Sorcerer Hunters'', Sono Nii (ep 22) *'' The Law of Ueki'', Kageo 'Kurokage' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Nomura
is a Japanese Seiyū, voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in ''Genshiken'', Chairman Harabote in ''Kinnikuman, Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle'', Lorenzo in ''Ristorante Paradiso'', Gilles de Rais in ''Drifters (anime), Drifters''. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including ''Battle Spirits'', ''First Love Limited'', ''Jormungand (manga), Jormungand'', ''Kanokon'', ''Valkyria Chronicles'', ''Yes! PreCure 5, Yes! PreCure5'', and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. He voices several villain characters in ''One Piece''. Filmography Television animation ;1996 *''Case Closed, Detective Conan'' (Babysitter Onitsura) ;1997 *''The Kindaichi Case Files, Kindaichi Case Files'' (Mikihiko Wakaouji) *''Yume no Crayon Oukoku'' (Prime Minister Chameleon) ;1999 *''Cybuster'' (Izaki) *''One Piece'' (Kuromarimo, Braham, Bobby Funk, Jack) ;2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecha Anime And Manga
Mecha anime and manga, known in Japan as and , are anime and manga that feature robots (mecha) in battle. The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations. Mecha series cover a wide variety of genres, from action to comedy to drama, and the genre has expanded into other media, such as video game adaptations. Mecha has also contributed to the popularity of scale model robots. History The 1940 short manga featured a powered, piloted, mechanical octopus. The 1943 Yokoyama Ryūichi's propaganda manga featured a sword-wielding, steam-powered, giant humanoid mecha. The first series in the mecha genre was Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1956 manga ''Tetsujin 28-go'' (which was later animated in 1963 and also released abroad as ''Gigantor''). Yokoyama was inspired to become a manga creator by Osamu Tezuka, and began serializing the manga in ''Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneon USA
(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] |
Anime Spin-offs
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] |
1999 Anime Television Series Debuts
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
