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Jeff Winkless
Jeffrey Alan Winkless (June 2, 1941 – June 26, 2006) was an American actor. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts (U.S.). Two of his younger brothers, Terence H. Winkless and Daniel Owen Winkless, worked with him on ''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour''. He was also credited as Jeffrey Brock. He did voice-overs for several anime titles including ''Castle in the Sky'', '' Vampire Hunter D'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'', '' Wicked City'' and '' Lupin the Third''. Winkless died of a brain tumor on June 26, 2006 in Evanston, Illinois (U.S.). Filmography Anime * '' Honeybee Hutch'' (1970) * ''Babel II'' (1973) - Yamazaki * '' Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo'' (1978) - Police commissioner / Boris * '' Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro'' (1979) - Interpol Chairman / Jodo (Streamline Dub) * ''The New Adventures of Gigantor'' (1980-1981) * '' Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie'' (1982) - Crystal Boy / Preacher Dakoba * '' The Professional: Golgo 13'' (1983) - Informan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle Of Cagliostro
''The Castle of Cagliostro'', also known as ''Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro'' and known in Japan as is a 1979 Japanese animated action-adventure comedy film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with animation produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS). It is the second feature film featuring Monkey Punch's master thief Arsène Lupin III, from his manga series ''Lupin III''. The film was directed by Miyazaki after having previously worked as an animator for Toei Animation and Telecom Animation Film and directing several television shows, including ''Lupin the Third Part I''. ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' follows gentleman thief Arsène Lupin III, who successfully robs a casino – only to find the money to be counterfeit. He heads to the tiny country of Cagliostro, the rumoured source of the bills, and attempts to save the runaway Princess Clarisse from the Count Cagliostro's men; the Count plans to marry Clarisse in order to cement his power and recover the fabled anci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Women (1987 TV Series)
, also simply known as ''Little Women'', is a Japanese animated television series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel '' Little Women'', produced by Nippon Animation. It was first aired in 1987 (January–December) by the Fuji TV network. A sequel series, '' Little Women II: Jo's Boys'', premiered in 1993. Plot The animated series is loosely derived from Part One and partly on the beginning of Part Two of the book, and introduces new material and characters. The series begins with the introduction of the March family happily living near Gettysburg (the nearby town of York in the English version), until one day during a picnic, Mr. March notices Confederate scouts at a riverbank. As an officer of the Union Army on leave with a broken arm, Mr. March hesitantly leaves his family to inform his superiors and to prepare for the upcoming battle. Meanwhile, his family endures the Confederate occupation and even helps an escaped slave named John from bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Of The Cockroaches
is a 1987 anime/live-action film written and directed by Hiroaki Yoshida that combines live-action footage with animation. The plot concerns a society of cockroaches who live peacefully in the apartment of a bachelor named Saito, until a woman moves in and the humans begin to exterminate the cockroaches. The cockroaches are depicted through animation, and the humans are depicted through live-action footage. Famed Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano worked on the film as an art director and character designer. Director Yoshida has stated that the film is "about Japan" and that the "concept of a 'hated' species is like the racial and cultural enmity with which Japan is perceived". In his ''New York Times'' review, Vincent Canby wrote: "The publicity material for ''Twilight of the Cockroaches'' describes the film as an allegory about the fate in store for affluent Japan if it doesn't meet its international responsibilities. The film may read that way in Japan. In this country, it l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-Tokyo (film)
, also titled ''Manie-Manie'' on its title card, is a 1987 anime science fiction anthology film produced by Project Team Argos and Madhouse. The film was conceived and produced by Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama and Rintaro, the latter of whom served as composition organizer alongside Katsuhiro Otomo on the project. The 50 minute-long film has three segments, each under a different screenwriter and film director: Rintaro's "Labyrinth Labyrinthos," an exploration into the maze of a little girl's mind, Yoshiaki Kawajiri's "Running Man," focusing on a deadly auto race, and Katsuhiro Ōtomo's "Construction Cancellation Order," a cautionary tale about man's dependency on technology. In addition to original music by Godiego's Mickie Yoshino, two prominently feature famous pieces of Western classical music: the first of Erik Satie's ''Gymnopédies'' and the "Toreador Song" of Georges Bizet's '' Carmen'' in "Labyrinth" and "Morning Mood" from Edvard Grieg's ''Peer Gynt'' score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple Town
''Maple Town'', also known as , is a 1986 Japanese anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series, animated by Toei Animation, consists of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on TV Asahi in Japan from January 19, 1986 to January 11, 1987. The show focuses on the adventures of Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear and their families, in a small anthropomorphic city named Maple Town. The series was followed by a 50-episode sequel, ''New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter'', which retained only Patty Rabbit (and her voice actor, Maya Okamoto) from both series, although Maple Town's citizens made cameos from time to time. To date, this has not had an official English release. The show was dubbed into English and syndicated in the United States in 1987. The program spawned collectable figurines with changeable clothing, as well as houses, furniture and vehicles. Tonka was the US licensee and manufacturer. VHS compilations of ''Maple Town'' appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windaria
, also called ''Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria'' and ''Once Upon a Time'', is a Japanese animated film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama in his directorial debut, and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. Plot The mountainous kingdom of Paro and the coastal city-state of Itha had been at peace for over a century. They would have remained that way but for the ambitions of Paro's power-hungry king. Paro invaded Itha, despite the love between Jill, Paro's prince, and Ahanas, Itha's princess. Caught between duty and emotion, the star-crossed lovers were forced to fight a war to its bitter conclusion. Meanwhile, Isu was a simple farmer from the neutral village of Saki, but he saved Itha from being destroyed by a spy from Paro, and found himself hungering for wealth and glory that the Ithan monarchy couldn't provide. Agents from Paro made him an offer to fulfill his wishes, and he left his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noozles
', also known as ''The Wondrous Koala Blinky'', is a 26-episode anime by Nippon Animation Company that was originally released in Japan in 1984. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year-old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and Pinky, who are from the extra-dimensional realm of Koalawalla Land. ''Noozles'' aired in Japan on Fuji TV in Tokyo and affiliated stations in its original run from July to December 1984. An edited, dubbed version later aired in the United States on Nickelodeon from November 1988 to April 1993. The show usually aired at 1 P.M. on the weekdays, immediately following another koala-themed cartoon, ''Adventures of the Little Koala'', and in the UK on BBC, later on The Children's Channel. The series has also been dubbed into French (under the title ''Les Koalous''), Korean, Spanish (under the title ''Sandy y sus koalas''), Arabic and German. The series features episode direction by Noboru Ishiguro, best known for his work on the sci-fi anime series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Pair
is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The first stories that make up the first volume were first published on the ''S-F Magazine''. The franchise has been published in multiple formats, and adapted into various other media, resulting in eight novels and several shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year. The stories take place in the years 2138–43, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called "tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Hunter D
is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983. As of April 2022, 40 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, making ''Vampire Hunter D'' one of the best-selling book series in history. The series has also spawned anime, audio drama, manga, comic adaptations, a video game, as well as a short story collection, art books, and a supplemental guide book. Premise Vampire hunter D wanders through a far-future post-nuclear war Earth that combines elements of pulp genres: western, science fiction, horror and Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy, folklore and occult science. The planet, once terrified by the elegant but cruel vampires known as , ancient demons, mutants and their technological creations, is now slowly returning to a semblance of order and human control—thanks in part to the decadence that brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megazone 23
is a four-part Japanese cyberpunk original video animation created by Noboru Ishiguro, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It was originally titled but the title was changed just before release. The story follows Shougo Yahagi, a delinquent motorcyclist whose possession of a government prototype bike leads him to discover the truth about the city. Released on the VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc and VHD formats, the first part was a major commercial success in Japan upon release in 1985. It was also adapted into '' Robotech: The Movie'' (1986) in North America. The film's concept of a simulated reality has drawn comparisons to later films including '' Dark City'' (1998), ''The Matrix'' (1999) and '' Existenz'' (1999). It also inspired the video game '' 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim'' (2019). Plot ''Megazone 23''s story is set in the far future of the human race, after, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (film)
is a 1984 Japanese post-apocalyptic anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1982 manga. It was animated by Topcraft for Tokuma Shoten and Hakuhodo, and distributed by the Toei Company. Joe Hisaishi, in his first collaboration with Miyazaki, composed the score. The film stars the voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Iemasa Kayumi.Kaze No Tani No Naushika . ''bcdb.com'', 13 May 2012 Taking place in a post-nuclear futuristic world, the film tells the story of Nausicaä (Shimamoto), the young teenage princess of the Valley of the Wind. She becomes embroiled in a struggle with Tolmekia, a ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
