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Miracle Girls
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Nami Akimoto. It was adapted into an anime series by Japan Taps in 1993. Tokyopop licensed the manga for English release in North America. Plot Tomomi and Mikage Matsunaga are identical twins with special powers. Together, they are able to teleport and communicate telepathically. The athletically challenged Mikage begs Tomomi to switch identities with her for her school's sports day track meet, where she and Tomomi are teamed with Mikage's arch-enemy Yuya Noda, in the relay race. Tomomi, however, finds herself drawn to Yuya. Tomomi's success in the relay causes the captain of the track team, Hideaki Kurashige, to try to recruit Mikage. So, once again the sisters switch identities. However, the science teacher, Shinichiro Kageura, finds out about their psychic powers, and begins to stalk Tomomi. Sensing that Mikage (who was really Tomomi) has been behaving strangely, Yuya visits them at home. Characters Original Japanese names/N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Girl
is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered around young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. The genre emerged in 1962 with ''Himitsu no Akko-chan'', followed by ''Sally the Witch'' in 1966 produced by Toei Animation. A wave of similar anime produced by the studio in the 1970s led to being used as a common term for the genre. In the 1980s, the term was largely replaced by "magical girl", reflecting the new popularity of shows produced by other studios, including ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' and ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel''. In the 1990s, '' Sailor Moon'' introduced the concept of a "transforming heroine" who fights against forces of evil, a synthesis of elements from hero shows that became a staple for magical girl series that followed. The growth of late-night anime in the early 2000s led to a demographic shift for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Yamaguchi
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was represented by OYS Produce. His son is a fellow voice actor . He was most known for the roles of Ashuraman, The Omegaman, Prisman ('' Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne''), Genji Togashi (''Sakigake!! Otokojuku''), Flazzard ('' Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure''), Black Dragon (''Saint Seiya''), and Ein (''Fist of the North Star''). Yamaguchi died on October 24, 2011, due to acute heart failure. Filmography Television animation * ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (1988) (Genji Togashi) * ''Zatch Bell!'' (2003) (Hosokawa, Nakata-sensei) * ''Black Lagoon'' (2006) (Ibraha) * ''Lemon Angel Project'' (2006) (Danny Yamaguchi) * ''Sgt. Frog'' (2006) (Merosu Seijin) Unknown date * '' Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne'' (Ashuraman, Prisman (First), The Omegaman) * ''Yaiba'' (Snakeman) * ''La Blue Girl'' (King Seikima, Narrator, Ninja) * ''Warrior of Love Rainbowman'' (Gota Yamada) * ''Fist of the North Star 2'' (Ein) * ''Adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a simulcast of Canale 5 in high-definition. Since January 2013, Canale 5 has been directed by Giancarlo Scheri. History In 1978, Telemilano, a local Milan-based broadcaster became Canale 5 two years later and began broadcasting nationally. Canale 5 was subsequently joined by Italia 1 (in 1982) and Rete 4 (in 1984). 2000s Since 2003, the channel is also free of charge in digital terrestrial areas in areas covered by Mediaset 2 and Mediaset 4 mux, and from 26 November 2010 also in the areas covered by the Mediaset 6 mux through the deferred version of one hour ''Canale 5 +1'', Transferred from 11 July 2011 on mux Mediaset 5. It was also available until 11 July 2011, in high definition (though forced) Canale 5 HD in regions where transiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack. The process usually takes place on a dub stage. After sound editors edit and prepare all the necessary tracks—dialogue, automated dialogue replacement (ADR), effects, Foley, and music—the dubbing mixers proceed to balance all of the elements and record the finished soundtrack. Dubbing is sometimes confused with ADR, also known as "additional dialogue replacement", "automated dialogue recording" and "looping", in which the original actors re-record and synchronize audio segments. Outside the film industry, the term "dubbing" commonly refers to the replacement of the actor's voices with those of different performers speaking another language, which is called "revoicing" in the film industry. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TOKYOPOP
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well as original German-language manga. Tokyopop's US publishing division publishes works in English. Tokyopop has its US headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Its parent company's offices are in Tokyo, Japan and its sister company's office is in Hamburg, Germany. History Early history Tokyopop was founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy. In the late 1990s, the company's headquarters were in Los Angeles. Tokoypop published a manga magazine called MixxZine which serialized four classic manga including Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, and Ice Blade. Eventually, MixxZine became an Asian pop culture publication entitled Tokyopop M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Narahashi
, professionally using the Hiragana , is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress who works for Arts Vision. She was born in Tokyo. Notable voice roles *Masao Tachibana in Captain Tsubasa (1983) *Misae Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan (1992–present) Unknown date *Akiko Narahashi in Crayon Shin-chan *Ma-kun in Cyborg Kuro-chan *Hanako Migiwa, Junko Takamiya, Yoshiko Uesugi in Chibi Maruko-chan *Protagonists in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar#Swan White, Swan White and Protagonists in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar#Reiko Komori, Reiko Komori in ''King of Braves GaoGaiGar'' *Tiffany Lords in the ''Rival Schools'' series *Taro in Tenchi Muyo! (OVA), Tenchi Muyo! OVA 2nd series *Shigeru Yamaoka in Mister Ajikko *Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon (Gigaros (R - 52), Chagāma (S - 104), Kotaro (SuperS - 154), Sonoko Ijuuin (Stars - 187)) *Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (Ball Girl, Fake Sick Girl) *''Bonobono'' (Dai Nee-chan) *Miracle Girls (Risa Sarashina) *Fushigi yuugi- Mumin *Don and Kats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Horikawa
Ryo may refer to: * Ryō, a gold currency unit in pre-Meiji Japan Shakkanhō system * Ryō (actress) (born 1973), Japanese model, actress, and singer * Ryō (given name), a unisex Japanese given name * Ryo, Georgia Ryo is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States G ..., an unincorporated community in Gordon County, in the U.S. state of Georgia See also * RYO (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norio Wakamoto
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University. On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims, he goes by the alias . Overview After graduation from Waseda University, Wakamoto initially found employment as a police officer assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Anti-Riot Squad division before becoming a voice actor. The quality of Wakamoto's voice is known for uniting astringency and sharpness, usually leading him to villain roles in dubbing work and games. Examples include Oskar von Reuenthal in ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'', Barbatos Goetia in ''Tales of Destiny 2'', Charles zi Britannia in ''Code Geass'', Black Shadow in '' F-Zero GP Legend'', Xemnas in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, Oda Nobunaga in ''Sengoku Basara'', Cell in ''Dragon Ball Z'', and Count Dracula in various ''Castlevania'' titles, and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Tōma
, known professionally as , is a Japanese voice actress, narrator, author and singer from Chiba. She has been part of the singing group Goddess Family Club. Tōma once worked for Aoni Production before she founded her own agency ALLURE&Y. Because of her mature voice, she often plays strong and beautiful women. Tōma is married to Toei Company producer Tatsuya Yoshida. Voice roles TV animation *''Dragon Ball'' (–87) – Girl (ep. 28), Young Girl (ep. 45), Boy (ep. 79) *'' City Hunter 2'' () – Misa Williams (eps. 17–18) *''Dragon Ball Z'' () – Attendant (ep. 14), Rom (ep. 16) *'' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'' (1991) – Gome-chan *''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (1993) – Kalinga Wogel, Elena *''Miracle Girls'' (1993) – Emma Winston (Second) *''Sailor Moon R'' () – Ann / Natsumi Ginga *''Tonde Burin'' (1994) – Buritī Koizumi *''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1994) – young Ferio, Hasegawa-senpai *''Fushigi Yūgi'' (1995) – Yui Hongo, Tama *''Mobile Suit Gundam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okimoto Fumiyo
Okimoto is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dana Okimoto (1966–), American Branch Davidian * Jerry T. Okimoto (1924–1998), a Japanese-American artist * Kevin Okimoto, a Hawaiian singer and musician *, a Japanese professional wrestler * Poliana Okimoto (1983–), Brazilian swimmer * Val Okimoto, American politician Okimoto is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, head to the Mōri clan The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power ... {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
