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Iria
, stylized as ''I・Я・I・A ZЁIЯAM THE ANIMATION'', is a six-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by Ashi Productions and directed by Tetsurō Amino. The series serves as a prequel to the original live-action film ''Zeiram'', taking place several years earlier when the female bounty hunter protagonist Iria is still a rookie and detailing the events surrounding her first encounter with the unstoppable Zeiram. This does somewhat contradict the films, which imply that Iria's first encounter with Zeiram was in the first film. The animation was followed up by the Super Famicom video game ''Hyper: Iria'' and the PlayStation video game ''ZeiramZone''. Anime OVA Plot The story begins with Iria as an apprentice to her older brother, Gren, a veteran bounty hunter, and his partner Bob, who work for Ghomvak Security along with a somewhat loutish hunter named Fujikuro. During a rescue mission to a hijacked spaceship called the ''Karma'', they discover that the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeiram
, stylized as ''ZËIЯAM'' (originally marketed in English as ''Zeram''), is a 1991 Japanese science fiction film directed by Keita Amemiya. The film stars Yūko Moriyama as an alien bounty hunter named Iria, who comes to Earth to do battle with Zeiram, an immortal alien creature. With the help of her AI partner Bob and two ordinary Japanese electricians, she fights Zeiram in an artificial dimension called "the Zone". In 1994, the film was followed by an original video animation (OVA) anime series known as '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'' (a prequel to the film) as well as a 1994 sequel film titled ''Zeiram 2''. Plot Bounty hunters Iria and Bob accept a job to apprehend Zeiram on Earth, setting up an alternate dimension called a Zone to help combat and capture him. Iria and Bob's use of stolen electricity results in electric company employees Kamiya and Teppei investigating their base just as Zeiram enters Earth's atmosphere. Kamiya accidentally flips a switch that transports Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Hisakawa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In addition to releasing various solo CDs, Hisakawa is well known for her voice roles in anime and video games. Some of her major roles are Retsu Unohana in ''Bleach'', Sailor Mercury in ''Sailor Moon'', Skuld in ''Oh My Goddess!'', Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight in '' HeartCatch Pretty Cure!'', Kero from ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' Haruko Kamio from Air, & Michie Matsumoto from ''Sound! Euphonium''. She performs some of her roles in her native Kansai-ben. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. On February 14, 2018, she was announced as the new voice of Bulma in the ''Dragon Ball'' series, replacing original voice actress Hiromi Tsuru, who had held the role from the original anime's debut in 1986 to her death in 2017. Filmography Anime Films Video games Tokusatsu Other dubbing Drama CDs Discography Albums *Kyasha *Aya~Toki wo Tsumuide~ *Fantasy *Hi-Ka-Ri *for you for me *MARCHING AYA *PORTRAIT *wish *yakusoku *decade: Charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacie Lynn Renna
Stacie Lynn Renna (born 1973) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She has worked in television and films since she was ten years old. In 2002, she founded the ANTG Management talent agency in Sherman Oaks, California, in which she represented approximately 75 actors for television and movie roles. Early life Renna was born in 1973 and grew up in the Hillsborough, New Jersey section of Montgomery Township, New Jersey. She is a graduate of The High School for Performing Arts and attended DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Theatre and Publicity. Professional background Theatre Renna has appeared in 42 professional theater productions, including Broadway and regional theater productions. Her background in theatre includes appearing in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", in which she portrayed Margaret, George Street Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, and Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia, to name a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masakazu Katsura
is a Japanese manga artist, known for several works of manga, including ''Wing-Man'', ''Shadow Lady'', ''DNA²'', '' Video Girl Ai'', '' I"s'', and '' Zetman''. He has also worked as character designer for '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'', ''Tiger & Bunny'' and '' Garo -Guren no Tsuki-'', as well as the video game '' Astral Chain.'' Career Masakazu Katsura was born in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan. The turning point in his life was an illness for which he was bedridden, during which time he taught himself a different way to draw. Katsura entered the manga industry in his second or third year of high school, when he entered a work for the Tezuka Award to win the prize money. However, he says he did not grow up reading manga, instead he read novels and watched movies. '' Video Girl Ai'' was made into an original video animation and has been released in North America. A live-action movie was also made of the story. The five-volume series ''DNA²'' was adapted into a television ... [...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] |
Jūrōta Kosugi
is a Japanese voice actor. His major roles include Arlong in ''One Piece'', Asuma Sarutobi in ''Naruto'', Akio Ohtori in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', Isamu Kenmochi in ''Kindaichi Case Files'', Big Zenki in ''Zenki,'' and Jotaro Kujo in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)''. In video games, he provides the voice of Nobunaga Oda in the ''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series. He also provides the Japanese voice for Billy Blanks, David Duchovny, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Luke Perry. He was also the first dub-over artist of Daniel Craig and Andy Lau in their early days. Filmography Anime Film Drama CDs Tokusatsu Video games Overseas dubbing References External links * Official agency profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosugi, Jurota 1957 births Living people Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Yokohama 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wataru Takagi
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is affiliated with Arts Vision. He is best known for his roles in ''Detective Conan'' (as Genta Kojima and Wataru Takagi), ''After War Gundam X'' (as Garrod Ran), '' Slayers Try'' (as Valgaav), the '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' series (as Cheetor), ''Great Teacher Onizuka'' (as Eikichi Onizuka), ''Hajime no Ippo'' (as Masaru Aoki), ''Naruto'' (as Obito Uchiha), the fifth series of ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' (as Nezumi Otoko), ''Yes! PreCure 5'' (as Bunbee), and more recently, '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'' (as Okuyasu Nijimura). Takagi is the official Japanese voice of Daffy Duck. Career He was a member of Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy. In 2014, he performed the voice of John H. Watson in the puppetry ''Sherlock Holmes'' written by Kōki Mitani. 2 years later, he played Oyamada Shigemasa in the NHK Taiga drama ''Sanada Maru'' through Mitani's connection. It was his first appearance in a telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keita Amemiya
is a prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba. Amemiya is known for his distinctive fantasy designs and directorial style. Biography After graduation from the Asagaya College of Art and Design, he joined the Den Film Effect in 1981. As a film director, he made his debut in 1988's '' Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden''. Major works include science fiction film ''Zeiram'' released in 1991 and tokusatsu franchise '' Garo'' created in 2006. Filmography TV and film * '' Choujin Sentai Jetman'' (TV): director, character designer (Demon Machine Veronica) * ''G-9'' (OVA): screenplay, original creator and director * ''GARO'' (TV): creator, character designer and director * '' Iria: Zeiram the Animation'' (OVA): original concept, visual setting * ''Jikuu Senshi Spielban'': monster designs, director * ''Kamen Rider BLACK'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider BLACK RX'' (TV): character designer * ''Kamen Rider Decade'' (TV): character designer (Kai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugihito
, better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Musashino, Tokyo. Mugihito was formerly credited under his birth name and also . Filmography Television animation ;1976 *''Dokaben'' (Domon) ;1978 *''Future Boy Conan'' (Many minor characters) ;1979 *''Mobile Suit Gundam'' (Rose) ;1980 *''Space Battleship Yamato III'' (Dagon) ;1981 *''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' (Original Japanese version' ''WanWan Sanjushi'') (Cardinal Richelieu) *''Dr. Slump'' (Bubibinman) *''Urusei Yatsura'' (Mendou's Father) ;1982 *''Andromeda Stories'' (as "Makoto Terada") (Shopkeep) *'' Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo'' (Kanpachi) *'' Sasuga no Sarutobi'' (Torazô Demon) ;1983 *''Ai Shite Knight'' (Kumahachi, Fujiki) *''Armored Trooper Votoms'' (Kanzellman) ;1984 *''The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'' (Rolf Emerson) ;1986 *''Maison Ikkoku'' (Mitaka's Uncle) ;1987 *''City Hunter'' (Announcer) ;1990 *''Robin Hood'' (Richard I of England) ;1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Harris Katz
Jason Harris Katz is an American voice actor and a former television host. He was the host of the short-lived ''Double Dare 2000'' on Nickelodeon. He also was a host of Nickelodeon's ''Big Help on the Road'' in the late 1990s. He appeared on '' Codename: Kids Next Door'' voicing the character Chad Dickson/Numbuh 274 and in a commercial for Olive Garden. In 2002, Harris voiced Bill Dickey in the failed Adult Swim pilot, ''Welcome to Eltingville''. He also did several minor voices in the video game ''Destroy All Humans! 2'', and he played Top Cat from 2011 to 2015. Since 2003, he has been married to actress Peter Pamela Rose. He had a voice-acting role in ''Turok'' as Carter and starred in the movie, '' Top Cat: The Movie'', as the English dub voices of Top Cat ''Top Cat'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Chiba
, known by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, talent and sound director from Kikuchi, Kumamoto. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce. He is most known for the roles of Yoshihiro Kira from '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', the narrator of ''Fist of the North Star'', Megane from ''Urusei Yatsura'', Rei Ichidō from''High School! Kimengumi'', Kazuma Kuwabara from ''YuYu Hakusho'', Pilaf from ''Dragon Ball'', Raditz and Garlic Jr. from '' Dragon Ball Z'', Buggy the Clown from ''One Piece'', Kefka Palazzo from '' Dissidia: Final Fantasy'', and Kōichi Todome from ''Kerberos saga''. He was also the voice acting mentor to Megumi Hayashibara. Career Originally a stunt actor, Chiba also appeared in the ''Nikkatsu Roman Porno'' series of movies. He starred in the "Let's Make a Chiba Shigeru Promotion Film" project movie ''Kurenai no Gankyō'', as well as the Mamoru Oshii films ''Cerberus, Hell's Watchdog'' and ''Talking Head''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzuru Fujimoto
was a Japanese voice actor. Filmography Television animation ;1960s *'' Gigantor'' (1963) – Narrator *''Ōgon Bat'' (1967) – Narrator *'' Yōkai Ningen Bem'' (1968) – Narrator ;1970s *'' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (1972) – A detective *''Doraemon'' (1973) – Papa *''Brave Raideen'' (1975) – Professor Steam *''Gaiking'' (1975) – Namura *''Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster'' (1976) – Yoshitarō Harao *'' Nobody's Boy: Remi'' (1977-1978) - Policeman (episode 10) *''Paul's Miraculous Adventure'' (1977) – Gabriel *''Angie Girl'' (1978) – Johann ;1980s *''Astro Boy'' (1980) – Professor Ikisugi *''Invincible Robo Trider G7'' (1980) – Tetsuo Atsui *'' Ninja Hattori-kun'' (1981) – Kentarō Mitsuba *''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13'' (1983) – Frederick Roden *''Magical Fairy Persia'' (1984) – Goken Muroi *'' Princess Sarah'' (1985) – Mr. Barrow *''Mister Ajikko'' (1987) – Ajiō-sama *''Zillion'' (1987) – Gord *''Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato'' (1989) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |