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My Beautiful Girl, Mari
''My Beautiful Girl, Mari'' (; lit. "The Story of Mari") is a 2002 South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences. The English-language dub was directed and produced by Carl Macek and licensed by A.D. Vision. Plot Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing. Cast * Nam-woo—Ryu Deok-hwan (Korean), Alejandro Fallick (English) * Adult Nam-woo—Lee Byung-hun (Korean), Jay Hickman (English) * Jun-ho— Sung In-gyu (Korean), Clint Bickham (English) * Adult Jun-ho—Gong Hyung-jin (Korean), Chris Patton (English) * Nam-woo's Mom—Bae Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sung-gang
Lee Sung-gang (born October 25, 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is recognized for the lyricism in his animated films, the best known of which are '' My Beautiful Girl, Mari'' (2002) and ''Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox'' (2007). Career Lee Sung-gang graduated with a Psychology degree from Yonsei University in 1991. He started his career as an animator in 1995 by directing numerous animated short films such as ''Soul'', ''Lovers'', ''Umbrella'', and ''Ashes in the Thicket''. He debuted as a feature-length animation director with '' My Beautiful Girl, Mari'' in 2002. For his sophomore effort, he directed the live-action feature film ''Texture of Skin'' in 2005 (which received a theater release in 2007). He returned to animation in 2007, with ''Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox''. Lee was awarded the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Grand Prix, Best Feature Film) in 2002, Animafest Zagreb (Special Award) in 2004, and Chicago International Children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Hickman (actor)
Jay Hickman (born May 23, 1973) is an American film and voice actor, best known for his prolific voice work on English language dubs of Japanese anime shows for ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks and Funimation. Career Hickman lent his voice to the character of Mark in the 2002 Canadian film ''Touching Wild Horses'', starring Jane Seymour. He has also a number of on-screen appearances, including an uncredited bit part in the 1998 film '' Rushmore'' opposite television and movie actress Alexis Bledel and ''Apollo 11''. In anime, he is known as the voice of Kurama from ''Elfen Lied,'' Kagetane Hiruko from ''Black Bullet'', Crusty from the ''Log Horizon series'' and Ryuya from ''Air''. Filmography Anime [Baidu] |
Ahn Sung-ki
Ahn Sung-ki (born January 1, 1952) is a South Korean actor. One of the country's most respected actors, he has appeared in more than 130 films during his career of over 60 years. Career A native of Seoul, Ahn was the son of a veteran filmmaker and producer and started out as a child actor, appearing in director Kim Ki-young's celebrated film '' The Housemaid'' (1960). He stopped acting in films to concentrate on his studies but was active in theater as a student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He completed mandatory military service in 1976 as an artillery officer after earning his commission via the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. After his discharge, Ahn resumed his acting career. He won recognition in the 1980 film '' A Fine, Windy Day'' and was named Best New Actor at the Grand Bell Awards. This was followed by a Best Film Actor Award at the 1982 Baeksang Arts Awards for his role as a Buddhist monk in Im Kwon-taek's critically-acclaimed ''Mandala'', stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kira Vincent-Davis
Kira Vincent-Davis is an American voice actress best known for her work in English-language versions of Japanese anime. She voices Lucy/Nyu in ''Elfen Lied'', Anchovy in ''Girls und Panzer'', Izuna Hatsuse in ''No Game No Life'', Ayumu Kasuga in ''Azumanga Daioh'', Mirai Kuriyama in ''Beyond the Boundary'', Kansai in ''World's End Club, Minagi Tohno in Air, ''Mizuki Tachibana in ''Gravion'', Rino Rando and Pucchan in ''Best Student Council'', Chaika Trabant in '' Chaika - The Coffin Princess'', and Mio Sakamoto in the '' Strike Witches'' series. She has worked with dubbing production companies ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks, and Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes .... Filmography Anime Film Video games Music * ''Voices for Peace'' (2006 album) – Vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Nari
Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese surname *Lý (Vietnamese surname) or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname * Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname * Lee (English surname), a common English surname * List of people with surname Lee **List of people with surname Li ** List of people with the Korean family name Lee Geography United Kingdom * Lee, Devon * Lee, Hampshire * Lee, London * Lee, Mull, a location in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a location * Lee, Shropshire, a location * Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire * Lee District (Metropolis) * The Lee, Buckinghamshire, parish and village name, formally known as Lee * River Lee - alternative name for River Lea United States * Lee, California * Lee, Florida * Lee, Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Swasey
John Allan Swasey is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and script writer known for his work at Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His most notable roles include Gendo Ikari in the ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' films, Sir Crocodile in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Lord Death in '' Soul Eater'', and Van Hohenheim in '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. Outside of voice acting, Swasey is also the founder of Anime Dallas, an anime convention which debuted in 2018. Filmography Voice roles Anime ;1996 * '' Golden Boy'' – Director (Ep. 6, Debut Role) ;1997 * ''Sol Bianca'' – Dr. Delapaz ;1998 * ''Dirty Pair Flash'' – Andre (Ep. 3), Additional Voices * '' New Cutey Honey'' – Dr. Kisaragi ;1999 * '' Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' – Dr. Stingray, Quincy Rosenkroitz * ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' – Seiya Uribatake, Cowboy Johnny (Ep. 9), Einstein (Ep. 18), Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Hang-sun
Jang Hang-sun (born Kim Bong-soo on February 22, 1947) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * * 1947 births Living people 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors Gwangsan Kim clan {{Korea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Na Moon-hee
Na Moon-hee (; Na Kyung-ja, ; November 30, 1941) is a South Korean actress. Since 1960, Na has had a prolific acting career in television and film spanning more than five decades. She established a classic Korean mother persona with her Korean drama, TV dramas ''Even if the Wind Blows'', ''The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World'' (written by Noh Hee-kyung), ''My Lovely Sam Soon, My Name is Kim Sam-soon'', ''My Rosy Life'', ''Goodbye Solo (TV series), Goodbye Solo'', ''Amnok River Flows'' (based on ''Der Yalu fließt''), and ''It's Me, Grandma''. On the big screen, Na has received acclaim for her roles in ''Crying Fist'', ''You Are My Sunshine (2005 film), You Are My Sunshine'', ''Cruel Winter Blues'' and ''I Can Speak''. Her critically acclaimed film ''I Can Speak'' (2017) won her the Best Actress trophy in three prestigious award ceremonies: 54th Baeksang Arts Awards, 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 55th Grand Bell Awards — a feat that has yet to be repeated. After a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Auten
Christine McPeters Auten is an American voice actress, ADR director, and ADR scriptwriter who works for Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Auten performs the voice of Esdeath, the main antagonist from the popular anime ''Akame ga Kill'', Mesousa from ''Pani Poni Dash'', Kurenai from ''Samurai Gun'', Yufan Xia from '' Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid'', Priscilla Asagiri from Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, and Sakaki from ''Azumanga Daioh is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks; three additional chapters were published i ....'' Personal life As of 2017, she lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Andrew Auten. Filmography Anime Films References External links *2005 interview of Christine Auten(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Auten, Christine American voice actresses Living people American voice di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bae Jong-ok
Bae Jong-ok (born May 13, 1964) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a TV actress after she was recruited by KBS, and has since been active in both film and television. While concurrently maintaining an acting career, Bae completed a doctorate at Korea University. Her thesis was on the correlation between production crews and reactions of netizens. She has taught Theater and Film Studies at Chung-Ang University as a visiting professor since 2003. Personal life Bae married a pilot in 1994, but the couple divorced in 1996. She has a daughter studying in the United States. Bae adheres to a pescatarian Pescetarianism (; sometimes spelled pescatarianism) is the practice of incorporating seafood into an otherwise vegetarian diet. Pescetarians may or may not consume other animal products such as eggs and dairy products. Approximately 3% of adul ... diet. Filmography Film *Note: the whole list is referenced. Television series Variety show Theater Awards and nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Patton
Chris Patton is an American voice actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series that have been dubbed by ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks. Some of his major roles at ADV include Sousuke Sagara in ''Full Metal Panic!'', Ikki Minami in ''Air Gear'', Ayato Kamina in ''RahXephon'', Fakir in ''Princess Tutu'', Hajime Aoyama in ''Ghost Stories'', and Tatsuhiro Sato in '' Welcome to the N.H.K.''. At Funimation, he voiced Greed in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Turles in '' Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might'', Graham Specter in ''Baccano!'', Manabu Yuuki in ''The Galaxy Railways'', Creed Diskenth in ''Black Cat'', Asura in '' Soul Eater'', and Agito in '' Origin: Spirits of the Past''. With Sentai, he voiced Keima Katsuragi in ''The World God Only Knows''. Personal life Patton was born in Houston, Texas. He moved to Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |