Land Of The Lustrous (TV Series)
is a 2017 anime television series based on Haruko Ichikawa's manga series of the same name. It is produced by the computer graphics (CG) animation studio Orange and directed and written by Takahiko Kyōgoku and Toshiya Ono, respectively. It follows the Lustrous – immortal humanoid life forms who are the embodiments of gemstones – who defend themselves against the Lunarians, who seek to harvest their bodies for decorations. Phosphophyllite is the youngest of the Lustrous, and is given the task to assemble a natural history since they are too brittle to fight. Orange created the series with 3D animation as a base, a decision made partially due to the difficulty in depicting translucent gemstones using hand-drawn animation. Yoichi Nishikawa's concept art greatly influenced Kyōgoku's vision for the series, with several shots directly based on Nishikawa's art. While the manga is more ambiguous and subtle, the anime had to be clear on a single viewing, so Phos was given more ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Action Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, suspense action, and action come ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikako Komatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Career Komatsu passed an audition held at the first corner of Nippon Broadcasting System "Takashi Fujii's All Night Nippon R". A member of "Younger Sister", she left the group in September 2007. She worked at Hirata Office in November 2009 and made her first leading role for the anime series ''Heroman''. On 25 April 2012, she made her debut as a singer with the ending theme song "Black Holy" from Starchild, which was used for ''Bodacious Space Pirates''. On 7 November 2012, the second single "Cold Room, Alone / Summer Solstice Fruit" was released. It was used for the series "K" and is produced by angela, a senior of Starchild. On 10 November 2013, she performed "Beyond the Emerald Hill", which she wrote, composed, and arranged. On 25 August 2014, she met Mai Kuraki, who admired her, in "Listen? ~ Live 4 Life ~". On 14 February 2015, she sang "Tonight, I feel close to you" with Mai Kuraki in "My Music" broadcast on that day, and played a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mamiko Noto
> is a Japanese actress and singer. Some of her prominent anime roles include Kotomi Ichinose in ''Clannad'', Rin in ''Inuyasha'', Kotori Monou in '' X'', Aoi Kannazuki in ''Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel'', Durandal in ''Honkai Impact 3rd'', Haruka Nogizaka in ''Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu'', UMP9 in ''Girls' Frontline'', Fiel Nirvalen in ''No Game No Life'', Sawako Kuronuma in ''Kimi ni Todoke'', and Satellizer L. Bridget in ''Freezing''. Noto was nominated in the 1st Seiyu Awards for her work as Yakumo Tsukamoto in ''School Rumble'' and as Masane Amaha in ''Witchblade''. Noto has released several character songs and albums which have charted in Oricon and was a guest at the Otakon and Anime Expo conventions held in the United States. Biography Noto was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Baba Elementary School in Kanazawa City in 1992, she entered Kanazawa City Koshomachi Junior High School. In 1995, Noto entered Hokuriku Gakuin High School. After gradu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Allison Sumrall
Allison Leigh Sumrall (born July 21, 1979) is an American voice actress working with ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks, known for her roles in the English-language dubs of anime series. She is a veteran of the former Masquerade Theatre and Generations Theatre in Houston, Texas, and received her education in performing arts from the University of Houston. In anime, she is known as the voice of Miia from ''Monster Musume'', Mui Aiba from ''Magical Warfare'', Kagura from ''Azumanga Daioh'', Lilith Asami from ''Trinity Seven'', Nana Astar Deviluke from the ''To Love Ru is a Japanese manga series written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from April 2006 to August 2009, and the chapters collected into 18 ''tank ...'' series, and Taiga Fujimura from the ''Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya'' series. Filmography Anime Film Video games References External links * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Junko Minagawa
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in ''The Prince of Tennis'' anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which have charted in Oricon's single rankings. Other major roles include Ayaka Yukihiro in the ''Negima'' series, Akira in ''Aria'', Cao Chun Yan in ''Fighting Beauty Wulong'', Cornelia Li Britannia in ''Code Geass'', Khamsin in ''Shakugan no Shana'', Yoshitaka Nakabayashi in ''He Is My Master'', Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus in ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', Mereoleona Vermillion in ''Black Clover'', and Yun in ''Yona of the Dawn''. Biography Before becoming a voice actor During childhood, Junko actively participated in school plays. In kindergarten, she plays the difficult role of a duck in ''The Ugly Duckling'', and in elementary school, she was in ''Kaguya-hime''. During junior and senior high school, Junko devoted herself to volleyball club act ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Karbowski (born ; June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation, Sentai Filmworks and ADV Films. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986 in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated Kempner High School in 2004 and attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater. Career Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as '' Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Seussical'', and ''Pirates of Penzance'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series ''Gantz''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''Gilgamesh'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Himika Akaneya
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Akita Prefecture who is a member of the idol group i☆Ris. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. She has also revealed that "Himika Akaneya" is not just her stage name, but her actual name as well. Filmography Television animation *'' Freezing Vibration'' (2013), Female Student B *'' Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live'' (2013), Customer 3 *''Noragami'' (2014), Nayu; Student A *'' Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection'' (2014), Laala Manaka *'' PriPara'' (2014), Laala Manaka *'' SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation'' (2014), Santa girl B *''Dance with Devils'' (2015), Ritsuka Tachibana *'' Himōto! Umaru-chan'' (2015), Woman, Saleslady, Female Student, Female Announcer *'' Junjo Romantica 3'' (2015), Girls *'' PriPara'' (2015), Laala Manaka *''ReLIFE'' (2016), Honoka Tamarai *'' Izetta: The Last Witch'' (2016), Izetta *'' In Another World With My Smartphone'' (2017), Lapis *''Land of the Lustrous'' (2017), Zircon *''How to Keep a Mummy'' (2018), Asa M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayahi Takagaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Jasmine in '' Deltora Quest'' and Lucia Nahashi in ''Venus Versus Virus''. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening themes of the anime series ''First Love Limited'' in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere with their single "Future Stream". She announced her marriage on her blog on August 22, 2019. Voice acting career Takagaki has a fairly wide acting range, from little kids to romantic teens to gentle weak girls to elder sister types to proper young ladies to boyish girls to serious young women. She had her first major role as voice actor in 2007, providing the voice of Jasmine, a main character of the anime series '' Deltora Quest''. She was subsequently featured in ''Venus Versus Virus'' and ''Da Capo II'' as Lucia Nahashi and Asakura Otome, respectively., as well as Feldt Grace in ''Mobile ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shelley Calene-Black
Shelley Calene-Black is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series. She has worked for Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her leading voice roles include Mireille in '' Noir'', Kyou Fujibayashi in ''Clannad'', Medaka Kurokami in ''Medaka Box'', Hamyuts Meseta in '' The Book of Bantorra'' and Hime in ''Princess Resurrection''. In live action films, she played the lead role of Maria Patterson in the Mariusz Kotowski-directed Holocaust film '' Esther's Diary''. Biography Calene-Black was born and raised in Texas. She studied theatre at the University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ... and worked on stage in New York City. After returning to Hou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yumi Uchiyama
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Office Osawa. Biography Uchiyama signed to Arts Vision and made her debut in 2005. However, she retired and got a job when she was 20 years old while she was in college because of family circumstances. After three years away, she rejoined Arts Vision in 2010 and made her comeback with the dubbing role of Abbey in the overseas drama ''Let's Love Vampire'' delivered on BeeTV. The following year, she won the first regular role as Nagisa Tennōji in '' A Channel''. In April 2017, it was reported that Uchiyama moved from Arts Vision to Office Osawa. Filmography Anime ;2005 *''Aria the Animation'' (voice-acting debut) ;2011 *''A-Channel'': Nagisa "Nagi" Tennōji *''Blue Exorcist'': Kashino *'' Kimi to Boku'': Junko; young Kaname Tsukahara; The Asaba twins mother *''Ro-Kyu-Bu!'': Kikuchi *'' Shinryaku!? Ika Musume'': Tomomi Mochizuki *''Usagi Drop'': Kazumi Kawachi ;2012 *''Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero'': Valkyria (Ep. 1) *'' Bakuman. 3'': ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juliet Simmons
Juliet Simmons (born January 22, 1995) is an American voice actress. She works at Sentai Filmworks for English dub productions. Her notable roles are Tenri Ayukawa in ''The World God Only Knows'', Myucel Foaran in ''Outbreak Company'', Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc in ''Nobunaga The Fool'', Rei in ''Hamatora'', Kurome in '' Akame ga Kill'', Kurumu Ebisuzawa in ''School-Live!'', Goshenite in ''Land of the Lustrous'', Shizuku Kurogane in ''Chivalry of a Failed Knight'', Chiyo Sakura in ''Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'' and Kasumi Toyama in ''BanG Dream!''. Career Simmons created her YouTube channel with the name “JubyPhonic”. She started off by singing covers of songs, most commonly Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, in 2000 and was not originally intended to b ... and anime songs. She recorded covers, before bec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saori Hayami
Saori (written: 沙織, 早織, 佐織, 砂織, 沙保里, 沙緒里, 紗央里, 紗央莉, 左多里 or さおり in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Saori (television personality) (born 1981), Japanese-Korean model and singer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese AV actress *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese gravure idol *, Japanese politician *, Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer and karateka *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese video game composer and pianist *Saori Kondo (born 1956), Japanese badminton player *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese archer *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese manga artist *Saori Sarina Ohno (born 1970), German classical pianist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |