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Michiko To Hacchin
is a Japanese anime television series. The series was produced by Manglobe and directed by Sayo Yamamoto, her first directorial work. The two eponymous starring roles are portrayed by film actresses Yōko Maki (''The Grudge'') and Suzuka Ohgo (''Memoirs of a Geisha''). It was broadcast for 22 episodes on Fuji TV's (Noise) programming block from October 2008 to March 2009. The anime is licensed by Funimation in North America. The story takes place in the fictional country of Diamandra which has cultural traces from South American countries, mostly from Brazil. In the first episode, Michiko is introduced as a free-willed " sexy diva" who escapes from a supposedly inescapable prison fortress, while Hatchin is a girl fleeing her abusive foster family. The two join forces on an improbable escape to freedom. The music was composed by the Brazilian musician Alexandre Kassin and produced by Shinichirō Watanabe. Plot In a fictional South American country, the criminal Michiko Malan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Fiction
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of Romance (prose fiction)#Definition, romance fiction. History In the Introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: D'Ammassa argues that adventure stories make the element of danger the focus; hence he argues that Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed, whereas Dickens's ''Great Expectations'' is not because "Pip's encounter with the convict is an adventure, but that scene is only a device to advance the main plot, which is not truly an adventure." Adventure has been a common theme (literature), theme since the earliest days of written fiction. Indeed, the standard plot of Romance (heroic literature), Medieval romances was a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grudge
''The Grudge'' is a 2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film '' Ju-On: The Grudge'', it stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland, Clea DuVall, and Bill Pullman, and is the first installment in ''The Grudge'' film series, which is based on the Japanese ''Ju-On'' films. Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki, and Takashi Matsuyama portray the characters Kayako Saeki, Toshio Saeki, and Takeo Saeki from the original films. The plot is told through a nonlinear sequence of events and includes several intersecting subplots. After the success of American remake '' The Ring'' (2002), Sony Pictures had green-lit an American remake of ''Ju-On: The Grudge''. Shimizu, the writer and director of the original film, was hired to direct the film from a screenplay written by Susco. Principal photography on the film began on Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphanage
An orphanage is a Residential education, residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the Childcare, care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or the parent may simply be unwilling to care for the child. The legal responsibility for the support of abandoned children differs from country to country, and within countries. Government-run orphanages have been phased out in most developed countries during the latter half of the 20th century but continue to operate in many other regions internationally. It is now generally accepted that orphanages are detrimental to the emotional wellbeing of children, and government support goes instead towards supporting the family unit. A few large international charities continue to fund orphanages, but most are still commonly founded by sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Sakai
(born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as '' Daburu kitchin'' (1993) and '' Watashi no unmei'' (1994). She is a graduate of Jumonji Junior College. Filmography Film *''Time Leap'' (1997) *''Kano'' (2014) *''My Friend "A"'' (2018) *'' 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019), Mari Kaiba *''Show Me the Way to the Station'' (2019) *'' The Flowers of Evil'' (2019) *''Black School Rules'' (2019), Mari Machida *''Fictitious Girl's Diary'' (2020) *''461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son'' (2020), Sakie Endō *''The Brightest Roof in the Universe'' (2020) *''Runway'' (2020) *''Peaceful Death'' (2021) *''Brothers in Brothel'' (2021) *'' Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai'' (2021), Satō Nobu *''Every Trick in the Book'' (2021), Kanako *''I Am What I Am'' (2022), Natsumi Sobata *''Do Unto Others'' (2023) *''Ginga Tetsudō no Chichi'' (2023), Ichi Miyazawa Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bevins
Christopher Bevins is an American voice actor, ADR director and scriptwriter who has worked on English language adaptations of Japanese anime shows for Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment. He dubbed roles in anime including Yasuhiro Hagakure from the ''Danganronpa'' series, Kenji from '' Initial D'', Mercutio from ''Romeo × Juliet'', Joe from ''Prison School'', Life Cool from ''Yurikuma Arashi'', Japan from the ''Hetalia'' series, Hanta Sero/Cellophane from ''My Hero Academia'', and Shishiwakamaru from ''Yu Yu Hakusho''. Personal life Bevins was engaged to voice actress Rachel Robinson on October 26, 2018. They married on October 5, 2019. Filmography Anime Video games References External links * * * Christopher Bevinsat CrystalAcids English Voice Actor & Production Staff Database * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bevins, Christopher Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors American voice directors 21st-century American male actors Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji Tsuda
is a Japanese actor. Career Tsuda appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's ''Tokyo Sonata''. He co-starred in Sion Sono's ''Guilty of Romance'' with Megumi Kagurazaka. Filmography Film * '' Sonatine'' (1993) * ''119'' (1994) * ''Kids Return'' (1996) * ''Hana-bi'' (1997) * '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998) * ''April Story'' (1998) – Fukatsu * ''Audition'' (1999) – Bartender * ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'' (1999) – Fukazume * ''Himawari'' (2000) * ''Party 7'' (2000) – Desk Clerk * ''Monday'' (2000) * ''Love Song'' (2001) * '' Go'' (2001) – Henchman of Kato's father * ''Distance'' (2001) * ''Desert Moon'' (2001) – Masaru's elder brother * ''Drive'' (2002) * ''August Illusion'' (2002) * ''Mohou-han'' (2002) * '' Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final'' (2002) – Daisuke Okubo * ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2003) * '' Ju-on: The Grudge'' (2003) – Katsuya Tokunaga * '' Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost'' (2003) – Mina's Father * ''Dolls'' (2002) – Young Hiro * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jad Saxton
Jad Saxton (, born September 27) is an American voice actress and ADR Director who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Early life Her name is an acronym of her parents' names, Jimmi and David, and is pronounced "Jayd". She grew up with a good singing voice, which eventually led to her first voice role in '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club'' as Eimi Mori, and her first major voice role was Masako Hara in '' Ghost Hunt''. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is th ... with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2005. Filmography Anime Films Video games References External links Official agency profile * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxton, Jad Living people American video game actresses American voice actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Rial
Monica Jean Rial (born October 5, 1975) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. She provides voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series. Career Rial's first voice-over role was some walla in the 1999 dub of ''Martian Successor Nadesico''. In an interview with Otaku News, Rial said she had to talk for two minutes straight as folks in a crowd telling the Jovians to go home. She would later land main character roles as Miharu in ''Gasaraki'', Natsume in ''Generator Gawl'', and Hello Kitty in '' Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', the last of which was one of ADV's best-selling DVDs. In 2001, she voiced Izumi in the baseball anime ''Princess Nine'' and in 2002, she got to voice Hyatt in ''Excel Saga'', which she listed among her absolute favorites. In 2003, Rial voiced best-friend character Kyoko Tokiwa in ''Full Metal Panic!'', and got to reprise her for ''Full Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Hidaka
is a Japanese actress from Chiba Prefecture. Biography She became interested in the entertainment industry during kindergarten when she was watching television, and wrote on a script during Tanabata. Her grandfather, who saw the script, applied her to the Theater Academy, and Hidaka entered the entertainment industry. At the beginning of the program, she was mainly in extra roles to get used to the field. She became more dedicated when she passed the audition for ''Apparesanma Dai-sensei'' and ''Yokoko no Mikata'', in her first year of elementary school. Started performing as a voice actress when a voice actor selection lesson was opened at the Theater Academy. In 2008, she made her debut in the web animation ''Penguin Musume'', and since then her main focus shifted to voice acting. In 2009, Hidaka voiced Anne Shirley in '' Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables'' when she was 14 years old. She left AT Production on January 31, 2013, and moved to Office Osawa on February 1, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichirō Watanabe
is a Japanese anime television and film director, best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series '' Cowboy Bebop'' and ''Samurai Champloo''. An auteur of the industry, Watanabe's work is characterized by evocative uses of music, mature themes, and the incorporation of multiple genres. Career Watanabe was born in Kyoto. After joining the Japanese animation studio Sunrise, he supervised the episode direction and storyboards of numerous Sunrise anime, and soon made his directorial debut as co-director of the well-received ''Macross'' update, ''Macross Plus''. His next effort, and first full directorial venture, was the 1998 series '' Cowboy Bebop'', which received universal praise and is considered by many to be one of the greatest anime series of all time. It was followed by the 2001 film ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door''. In 2003, Watanabe directed his first American-produced anime, the short films '' Kid's Story'' and ''A Detective Story' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassin+2
The +2s is a Brazilian band from Rio de Janeiro that composes samba but, at the same time, incorporates the sounds of funk and psychedelia into their music. The music group consists of Moreno Veloso, Domenico Lancelotti, and Alexandre Kassin (who also recorded the music to the anime ''Michiko to Hatchin''). Each of them released a single album under their name with the suffix “+2” meaning “and two others”. +2 is signed to the record label Luaka Bop Luaka Bop is a New York–based record label founded by musician David Byrne, former lead singer and guitarist for the art rock– new wave band Talking Heads. What began with Byrne making cassettes of his favorite Tropicália tracks for his frien .... This world music label has released three +2 albums: ''Music Typewriter'', ''Sincerely Hot'', and ''Futurismo''. Discography * Moreno+2: ''Máquina de Escrever Música'' (2000, ROCKiT!) ** released by Luaka Bop first as Moreno Veloso+2: ''Music Typewriter'' (2001) and later as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Family
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family member approved by the state. The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home, or foster parent is compensated for expenses unless with a family member. In some states, relative or "Kinship" caregivers of children who are wards of the state are provided with a financial stipend. The state, via the family court and child protective services agency, stand ''in loco parentis'' to the minor, making all legal decisions while the foster parent is responsible for the day-to-day care of the minor. Scholars and activists are concerned about the efficacy of the foster care services provided by NGOs. Specifically, this pertains to poor retention rates of social workers. Poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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