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Clarine Harp
Clarine Harp is an American voice actress and the Director of Blu-ray, DVD, and video production at Funimation. Her performance as Hibari Ginza in the 2006-2007 release of ''Speed Grapher'' won her an ADR Award as "Actress of the Month" for October 2006 as voted by members of the websites Dub Review and Anime on DVD. Harp is also the inspiration for Aubrey Chorde, one of the main characters in the webcomic ''Something Positive'' by her friend R.K. Milholland. He claims he decided to make the comic after she told him to do "something positive" with his life. She lives and works in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area of Texas. Her hobbies include knitting, crafts and collecting oddities, including creatively styled taxidermy. Filmography Anime voice roles * '' Aquarion'' - Esperanza (Ep. 15) * '' BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' - Kayo * ''Burst Angel'' - Sei * ''Case Closed'' (FUNimation dub) - Michelle Hamlin, Famke Hotta, Nancy Schmidt, Heidi Xanderbilt * ''Casshern Sins' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Desu Kan
Nan Desu Kan (NDK) is an annual three-day anime convention held during September at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado. The convention is the largest anime convention in the Rocky Mountain region and each one takes eighteen months to plan. Its name in Japanese roughly means , "what is it?". The parent company, Rocky Mountain Anime Association, is a registered 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Programming The convention typically offers an anime music video contest, art showings and auctions, cultural panels, dances, dealer's room, games, masquerade, musical guests, screenings of anime, and workshops. NDK at one time hosted a contest for attendees who decorate their atrium hotel rooms, with the winners receiving a free hotel room. The convention has held various fundraisers since 2000 to support organizations that include: American Diabetes Association, American Red Cross, Child's Play, Japan America Society of Colorado, Susan G. Komen Foundation, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrome Shelled Regios
is a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series was serialized in ''Dragon Magazine''. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine ''Dragon Age Pure''. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine ''Monthly Dragon Age''. A third manga adaptation drawn by Watari is serialized in ''Beans Ace'' magazine. A four-panel comic strip adaptation drawn by Masumi Futaba started serialization in ''Monthly Dragon Age'' on November 8, 2008. A science fiction light novel series titled ''Legend of Regios'' is set in the past world of ''Chrome Shelled Regios'' series, and published by Fujimi Shobo under its Style-F label. An anime adaptation produced by Zexcs aired on January 11, 2009 to June 20, 2009 and is licensed in North America by Funimation Entertainment. Plot On an alternate reality Earth overrun with mutated nano-machine-beasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaze No Stigma
is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of Yamato on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at twelve volumes. A 24-episode anime adaptation directed by Junichi Sakata and animated by Gonzo aired from April–September 2007. Plot Kazuma Kannagi was the eldest son of the Kannagi family and presumed heir. However, due to his inability to use , the power to control flames, within his family he was considered to be useless. Despite his inability to wield fire, his father insisted on him competing for the right to wield , a powerful heirloom sword traditionally wielded by the family heir. The 18-year-old Kazuma was soundly defeated by 12-year-old Ayano Kannagi, his second cousin, and his father banished him from the family. Four years later, he returns as a master of , the power to control wind, and with a new name: Kazuma Yagami. Soon after his return, several Kannagi family members are killed by someone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyu Oh Sei
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. The manga was first serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, ''LaLa'' in December 1993. Several chapters of the series were serialized in Hakusensha's other bi-monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine, Melody. The chapters released were then collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes and later re-released into three ''kanzenban'' volumes. It was licensed and released in English in North America by Tokyopop, with translations by Yuya Otake and English adaptation by Clint Bickham. An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered on April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. On May 2, 2009, the series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel. The series deals with the adventures of twins Thor and Rai, who live on space colony Juno, a planet resembling earth, until they are abandoned and sent to Chimaera, a secret planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jormungand (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keitaro Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from April 2006 to January 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series produced by White Fox was broadcast between April and June 2012. A second season titled ''Jormungand: Perfect Order'' aired from October to December 2012. The manga was licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media. Both seasons have been licensed by Funimation in North America and Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Plot The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, an international shipping corporation and illegal smuggling operation. As one of the company's unofficial weapon dealers, she sells weapons in a variety of countries while avoiding both local and international authorities. Traveling with her is a team of bodyguards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven's Lost Property
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. The plot revolves around Tomoki Sakurai, a boy who desires to live a peaceful life but encounters a fallen girl with wings, named Ikaros, who becomes his servant. The manga began monthly serialization in the May 2007 issue of manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'' and concluded with the March 2014 issue. The first ''tankōbon'' was released by Kadokawa Shoten on September 26, 2007, with a total of 20 volumes released. An anime adaptation produced by AIC aired in Japan in 2009, followed with a second season, a feature film, and two video games. A second film was released in Japan on April 26, 2014. The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation. Plot Tomoki Sakurai is a perverted teenage boy whose motto is "Peace and quiet are the best", and often has dreams of meeting an angel. He finds it difficult to live in comfort when he has to put up with Sohara Mitsuki, his next-door neighbor with a killer kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis Powers
The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies of World War II, Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion. The Axis grew out of successive diplomatic efforts by Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the Italo-German protocol of 23 October 1936, protocol signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936, after which Italian leader Benito Mussolini declared that all other European countries would thereafter rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The following November saw the ratification of the Anti-Comintern Pact, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
