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Kick-Heart
is a 2013 Japanese anime short film that uses surreal animation and storytelling to tell a love story between a professional wrestler and a nun. The film was directed by Masaaki Yuasa through Production I.G studios, who ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the short. The short screened on Toonami in 2013 and has screened at several festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival. Regarding the film's production, Yuasa stated that he completed ''Kick-Heart's'' script and story before beginning work on the storyboards. Plot The short opens with Masked Man M taking on an extremely obese female wrestler in the ring. She traps him in her skin folds, but Masked Man M manages to escape. The obese wrestler tags out to Lady S, who kicks Masked Man M in the chest - a move he appears to greatly enjoy. This prompts him to accidentally swap out with his partner Chicken, who tries and fails to attack Lady S. She proceeds to beat him while an envious Masked Man M watches, begging for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Yuasa
is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator on the landmark television series ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (1990–1992) and '' Crayon Shin-chan'' (1992–present), before moving into directing with the feature film ''Mind Game'' (2004) and developing a cult appeal following. Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, '' Kemonozume'' (2006), ''Kaiba'' (2008), and ''The Tatami Galaxy'' (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film ''Kick-Heart'' (2013). During the production of ''Kick-Heart'', Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Ichikawa, Chiba. He is affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Lantis. He is the former lead vocalist of Oldcodex, in which he performed under his stage name Ta_2. Biography ''Shūkan Bunshun'' reported that Suzuki was engaged to LiSA in May 2019. In January 2020, the two publicly revealed their relationship and announced they had married. On August 4, 2021, Suzuki went on hiatus due to poor health issues, following a report published on July 30 by ''Shūkan Bunshun'' alleging that he was involved in an extramarital affair with a female work associate. The same report also alleged that Suzuki had possibly violated non-disclosure agreements during the affair regarding music he and Oldcodex had been working on for other anime series. On August 30, 2021, Suzuki released a statement apologizing for his "careless behavior." As a result of the hiatus, he withdrew from ''Ultraman''. He was also recast in ''Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger'', the CD bonuses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the '' Mortal Kombat'' franchise, The Joker in several projects (including ''Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe'', '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', ''Injustice 2'' and ''Mortal Kombat 11''), Zangetsu in '' Bleach'', Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'', Etemon and Myotismon in '' Digimon'', Batou in ''Ghost in the Shell'', Xehanort/Ansem in '' Kingdom Hearts'', Joseph Joestar in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' and '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', Black Ghost/Skull in ''Cyborg 009'', Akuma in ''Street Fighter V'', Daisuke Jigen in ''Lupin the Third'' and Andrall in ''Gormiti Nature Unleashed''. He and fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production service company based in Los Angeles. Filmography Anime Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otaku USA
''Otaku USA'' is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective. The issues were accompanied by a DVD featuring three anime episodes but as of 2009 the DVD feature was dropped and the double sided poster feature of the Magazine was also dropped starting with the February 2010 issue. ''Otaku USA'' began publication in August 2007. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Patrick Macias. After the shutdown of ''Newtype USA'' in February 2008, ''Anime Insider'' in March 2009, '' Shonen Jump'' in April 2012, and the discontinuation of ''Protoculture Addicts'' since August 2008, ''Otaku USA'' is the only remaining anime news magazine published for the North American market. Its only remaining trans-Atlantic competitor is '' Neo'', a British-based title that cover similar topics and is sold in American stores. Content Each issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting with 2004's ''Guard Dog''. Early life Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Wilda Jean (Jerman) and Donald F. Plympton, and was raised on a farm in nearby Oregon City with five siblings: Sally, Tia, Peggy, David and Peter. From 1964 to 1968, he studied Graphic Design at Portland State University, where he was a member of the film society and worked on the yearbook. In 1968, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he majored in cartooning. He graduated from SVA in 1969. Career Plympton's illustrations and cartoons have been published in ''The New York Times'' and the weekly newspaper ''The Village Voice'', as well as in the magazines ''Vogue'', ''Rolling Stone'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''Penthouse'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitch Film
Screen Anarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is a Canadian English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films. The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowd funding and viral marketing site, and with Indiegogo in 2013. Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and ''Variety'' credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films. Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "...quickly established itself as the online world’s leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion." He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellyn Stern
Ellyn Stern is an American voice actress and voice director. The wife of fellow voice actor Richard Epcar, she has worked on various shows, including '' Genma Wars'', ''Noein'', and ''MÄR''. She also voiced Masaki Kurosaki in the hit anime series '' Bleach''. Filmography Anime roles * '' Armitage III: Poly-Matrix'' - Rosalind Holhess * '' Bleach'' - Masaki Kurosaki * ''Fight!! Spirit of the Sword'' - Himeno * '' Fighting Spirit'' - Nurse Tomiko * '' Genma Wars'' - Parome * '' Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence'' - Haraway * '' Legend of the Gold of Babylon'' - Rosetta * ''Lupin III Part II'' - Marguerite Tiffany * '' Lupin III Part IV'' - Elena Gotti, Additional Voices * ''MÄR'' - Jack's Mom * ''Metal Fighter Miku'' - Sayaka; Maki Yoshihara * ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'' - Martha Vist Carbine * ''Noein'' - Miyuki Goto * '' Patlabor WXIII'' - Keiko Misaki, Additional Voices * ''Skip Beat!'' - Mrs. Taisho * ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' - Moru (Ep. 20); Sato (Ep. 21) * '' Zenki'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JB Blanc
Jean-Benoît Blanc is a French-British actor and director of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles. Early life Blanc was born in Paris, the son of an English people, English mother and a French people, French father. He moved to England with his mother at the age of five, where he was educated at Bramcote School in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Sedbergh School in Sedbergh, Cumbria. At the age of 16, he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. In 1987, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the youngest person to do so that year. He graduated in 1990 and, after a short sabbatical travelling, began his theatre career. Career At one time, Blanc helped run the Arts Threshold theatre company and was working with companies on the London scene, collaborating with directors, including Rufus Norris, Howard Davies (director), Howard Davies and Peter Hall (director), Peter Hall a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Sheh
Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer who has worked for several major companies, including Cartoon Network and Sony. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games and films. Her notable voice roles include Hinata Hyuga in the ''Naruto'' franchise, Orihime Inoue in '' Bleach'', Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the Viz Media redub of '' Sailor Moon'', Yui Hirasawa in ''K-On!'', Eureka in ''Eureka Seven'', ''Katana'' in DC Super Hero Girls, Mikuru Asahina in ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Mona and Kat in ''WarioWare Gold'', Yui in ''Sword Art Online'', Illyasviel von Einzbern in ''Fate/stay night'', Mamimi Samejima in ''FLCL'', and Mitsuha Miyamizu in ''Your Name''. Career Sheh was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and was raised in Northern California. She spent much of her childhood in Taiwan, where half of her relatives still live and speak Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien. Sheh became interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Kaida
Yuko may refer to: * Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition * Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band * Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Yuko, a Belgian band * Yuko people Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles La P ..., an Amerindian ethnic group See also * Yukou (Japanese citrus) {{disambiguation ... [...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] |
Kokoro Kikuchi
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Kenyuu Office. She currently plays Sarada Uchiha in '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations''. Filmography Anime *''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' (2003) *'' Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters'' (2016) (Gatchmon) *''Chaos;Child'' (2017) (Yūto Tachibana) *'' Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka'' (2019) (Sacchū) *''Insect Land'' (2022) (Maxime) Unknown date *''Aikatsu!'' ( Miu Hanazuki) *''Air Gear'' ( Akito/Agito Wanijima) *'' Aria the Origination'' (Boy B) *'' Ayakashi'' (Jiroukichi) *''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' (Makoto) *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (girlfriend) *'' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' (Sarada Uchiha, embroidery shop woman, Yuina Itomaki) *''Coyote Ragtime Show'' (August) *''Cross Ange'' (Tomomi) *''Digimon Savers'' (Chika Daimon) *''Digimon Xros Wars'' (Sparrowmon/Pickmon) *'' Digital Monster X-Evolution'' (Kokuwamon X) *''Eyeshield 21'' (young Sena Kobayakawa, Haruko) *''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' *''Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart'' (Pation) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
