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Gundam 0083
is a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May 23, 1991. Subsequent volumes, containing one 30-minute episode each, followed every one or two months; the final volume went on sale on September 24, 1992. The series was directed by Mitsuko Kase (episodes 1–7) and Takashi Imanishi (episodes 8–13). A movie compilation, also directed by Imanishi was released in Japan on August 29, 1992, a month before the final OVA volume went on sale. The characters were designed by Toshihiro Kawamoto. Mechanical designs were by Shoji Kawamori (of '' Macross'' fame) and Hajime Katoki. ''Gundam 0083:Stardust Memory'' was licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and was available on VHS and DVD. The OVA series aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2002. Plot The year is Universal Century 0083, and three years have passed after the One Year War ended with the Principality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecha Anime
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 ''Shon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Suit Gundam
, also known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is an anime television series, produced and animated by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network and its affiliated ANN stations on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the first ''Gundam'' series, which has subsequently been adapted into numerous sequels and spin-offs. Set in the futuristic calendar year "Universal Century" 0079, the plot focuses on the war between the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation, with the latter unveiling a new giant robot known as the RX-78-2 Gundam piloted by the teenage civilian mechanic Amuro Ray. In 1981, the series was re-edited for theatrical release and split into three films. The characters were designed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and Kunio Okawara was responsible for the mechanical designs, including the eponymous giant robot, the RX-78-2 Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam GP02A
is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Thornton
Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows. Career His major roles include Brandon Heat in ''Gungrave'', Hotohori in ''Fushigi Yūgi'', Klein in ''Sword Art Online'', Jin in ''Samurai Champloo'', Hajime Saito in ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Jet Link in ''Cyborg 009'', Don Patch in ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', Ensign Nogami in ''The Cockpit'' and numerous Digimon. Additionally, Thornton co-directed for the popular anime series ''Bleach'' alongside Wendee Lee and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Number VII Organization XIII member Saïx in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series and Shadow the Hedgehog (since 2010) and Orbot (since 2008) in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. In early February 1989, he also appeared as a contestant on the game show ''Classic Concentration''. Personal life Thornton is married to Julie Nesbitt. Together they have two children. Filmography Anime An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akio Ōtsuka
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He is attached to Mausu Promotion. The astringent and calm quality of his deep voice has landed him many roles in films, dubbing, animation, and video games. He is most known for the roles of second generation Jigen Daisuke (''Lupin III franchise''), Black Jack ('' Black Jack''), Solid Snake, Naked Snake, Solidus Snake and Venom Snake (''Metal Gear'' games), Gamigami Devil (''Popolocrois''), Ryoma Hoshi ('' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony''), Shunsui Kyouraku (''Bleach''), Lieutenant Garuru (''Sgt. Frog''), Gwendel von Voltaire (''Kyo Kara Maoh!''), Batou (''Ghost in the Shell'' series and movies), Blackbeard/Marshall D. Teach (''One Piece''), Tadakatsu Honda (''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series), twin police inspectors Sango and Jugo Yokomizo (''Detective Conan''), Bryan Hawk (''Hajime no Ippo''), All For One (''My Hero Academia''), Thorkell ('' Vinland Saga''), Wamuu ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaku II F2
The is a fictional line of manned robots (mecha) from ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', part of the Universal Century fictional universe, where they are the Principality of Zeon's most commonly fielded Mobile Suits. The most widely known model is the MS-06 Zaku II series. It is redesigned by Kunio Okawara based upon the earlier draft by the series director Yoshiyuki Tomino, in which only the name was kept. The Zaku II has seen various redesigns and variants for hundreds of pieces of merchandise, and the Japanese post office has two stamps with Zaku IIs on them. The Zaku's aesthetic can be seen in more symbolic homages in the Gundam mythos, such as the GINN and ZAKU Warrior from ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', the Busshi from ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', and the Jenice from ''After War Gundam X''. After the original show's run, Okawara and other designers created a number of variants of the Zaku. Many of these modified configurations never appeared in animation, but they are official Mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam GP03
is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam GP01Fb
is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and Original Video Animation, OVAs as well as manga, Novel, novels and Video game, video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model, plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam GP01
is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stephen
Paul Stephen is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Kou Uraki in '' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory''. He also did the voice of Sion Barzahd, the protagonist in '' The Bouncer''. Filmography Animation/Anime Roles *''Fist of the North Star'' as Sela (ep. 16) * '' Giant Robo: The Animation'' (Original Dub) as Daisaku Kusama (eps. 6–7) * ''Hyper Doll'' as Additional Voices * '' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' as Kou Uraki * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' as Additional Voices * ''Sentou Yousei Yukikaze'' as Ito (eps. 1–2) * ''Serial Experiments Lain'' as Additional Voices * ''Trigun'' as Juilus (ep. 11) * ''Wolf's Rain'' as Huss (ep. 9) Video Game Roles * '' The Bouncer'' as Sion Barzahd * ''Suikoden IV is a role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami exclusively for the PlayStation 2 video game console and is the fourth installment of the '' Suikoden'' video game series. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
