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Naoki Bandō
, often credited as Naoki Bandou, is a Japanese voice actor who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in ''Shadow of the Colossus'', and the voice of Larikush in '' Baten Kaitos''. Some of his anime voiceovers include the role of Gatō in Naruto. He is the voice of Splatter in the Japanese version of the film ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. Filmography Television animation * ''Hikaru no Go'' (2001) - Shinoda Insei Instructor (ep 63) * '' Rockman EXE Beast'' (2005) - Zoano DarkMan * ''One Punch Man'' (2019) - Elder Centipede Unknown date * '' Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Heretic Saint'' - Elder C (ep 3); Officer (ep 5); Pope Theo VIII * ''Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto'' - Hata Meifuu (eps 5-8); Tatsugorou Shinmon (eps 6, 9-14) * '' Battle Spirits: Brave'' - Elder * '' Battle Spirits: Shōnen Gekiha Dan'' - Old Otherworld King (ep 26) * '' Berserk'' - Owen * '' Betterman'' - Officer * ''The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiyū
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, and actresses have devoted fan clubs due to a crossover with the idol industry, and some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor. Many voice actors have concurrent singing careers and have also crossed over to live-action media. There are around 130 voice acting schools in Japan. Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors. Magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with '' Voice Animage'' being the longest running. The term character voice (abbreviated CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as ' and ''Newtype'' to describe a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character. Definition and role A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Of Gold Goldran
is a Japanese anime television series begun in 1995, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the sixth in the '' Yūsha''/''Brave'' metaseries. Goldran follows the adventures of three young boys who are tasked with finding alien robot fighters, or Braves, that are sleeping in the form of crystals. Their major antagonist is the flamboyant and thoroughly incompetent Walter, and the villains that follow him are often similarly humorous. The entire show is extremely focused on comedy and silliness almost to the exclusion of much in the way of storytelling, although the series does develop some running plot lines towards its end. In terms of television ratings, Goldran was the peak of the Brave series' popularity. Plot Three boys, Takuya, Kazuki, and Dai are from Ishinowa elementary school in the sixth grade. They are actively a strong, curious, mischievous trio. They obtained a mysterious jewel's "Power Stone". They bring back Dran, the golden r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimera (manga)
, stylized as ''Ki*Me*Ra'', is a two-volume manga series written and illustrated by Kazuma Kodaka and serialized in '' Super Jump''. It was adapted into a single episode original video animation by Toho in 1996. Both the manga and OVA were licensed and released in English by ADV Films. It focuses on a man named Osamu, who falls in love with an androgynous vampire-like man named Kimera, being held by the Air Force and hunted by two other vampires. One vampire wishes to use Kimera for his/her hermaphroditic nature as the mother to revive their dying race, while another wishes to kill Kimera to save him/her from a fate Kimera did not desire. Plot (OVA) The story begins when a mysterious space shuttle crash lands on Earth, which is then witnessed by a middle-aged man and his dog who decide to investigate the scene. After coming across the now wrecked-up space shuttle, they begin to hear strange noises coming from the woods; suddenly they see a pair of red tentacles coming from ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyper Police
is a Japanese manga series and written and illustrated by Minoru Tachikawa. It is set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. The series mostly follows the offices of a private police company and focuses on the life of Natsuki Sasahara, a young catgirl, and her co-workers: foxgirl Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, werewolf Batanen Fujioka and his cousin Tomy Fujioka. The manga was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series animated by Pierrot and directed by Takahiro Omori in 1997. For many years, the only western language to have official translations of the ''Hyper Police'' manga was Spanish. English translations have been completed by US company Tokyopop. Setting The anime takes place in the year 22 HC (Holy Century), in the Tokyo ward of Shinjuku. Although theoretically about the competition of rival private police corporations (licensed bounty hunting firms) in an Earth where humanity is in danger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Dog Warriors
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters rather than gods, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokudō-kun Man'yūki
is a Japanese light novel series written by Usagi Nakamura and illustrated by Takeru Kirishima. The light novel was first serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in their light novel magazine Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko. It was later adapted into a manga in 1995 and released in Dengeki Daioh magazine. An anime adaptation was produced by Trans Arts and aired on from 2 April 1999 to 24 September 1999, with a total of 26 episodes. Enoki Films holds the United States anime license under the name ''Jester the Adventurer''. In 2001, AnimeWorks translated and released the anime on DVD as simply ''Gokudo''. On 18 July 2016, Discotek Media announced it had licensed the anime from Enoki Films. A DVD collection was released on 27 September later that year. Story The story focuses on an adventurer named Gokudo. Unlike most protagonists he is an antihero, willing to resort to violence to fulfill his agenda. He does not hesitate to abuse the needs of people, sell out his friends to save himself, run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Five Star Stories
is a mecha manga series created by Mamoru Nagano, building on his work on the anime series ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim''. The story takes place cluster of four major planetary systems. Amaterasu, the immortal emperor of the Grees Kingdom on the planet Delta Belune, is destined to rule the whole Joker System. He and Lachesis, his bride (and a ''fatima'', an artificial life-form), are the main characters of this epic story. An anime film adaptation of the first volume, directed by Kazuo Yamazaki, was released in 1989. Overview ''The Five Star Stories'' takes its name from the Joker Star Cluster where the stories take place. The star cluster is made up of four stars: Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern. The "fifth star" is a large comet named Stant that passes through that sector of space every 1,500 years pulling with it its own collection of orbiting planets. In the distant past the Farus Di Kanon Empire, now commonly known as the "Super Empire", controlled all four solar systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in List of Case Closed films, animated feature films, List of Case Closed OVAs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daa! Daa! Daa!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in ''Nakayoshi'' from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into 9 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a 78-episode anime television series produced by NHK, animated by J.C.Staff, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, which was broadcast between March 2000 and February 2002 on NHK's BS2 broadcast satellite network. The series was one of the top-rated anime series during its initial broadcast. The story follows two junior high school students, Miyu and Kanata, who find and care for an abandoned alien baby without any of them discovering that they are living together without adult supervision. The anime adaptation concluded before the manga was completed, resulting in different endings for each series. Kawamura later wrote a sequel to the manga, . Plot Miyu Kouzuki is an 8th-grade student whose parents left for the United States to work for NA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelouch Of The Rebellion
Lellouche is a North-African surname; a variant form of '' Lellouch'', ''Lelouch'', '' Alloush'', ''Allouch'' and '' Allouche''. It is derived from the early Afroasiatic-Semitic family, where it is seen in the Berber and Arabian Peninsula Arabic cultures as ''el allouch'' (alush), meaning "the lamb". It is most-often used to signify a young male lamb, and remains a nickname or term of endearment in some North African and Arabic cultures. ''Louche'' also means "cross-eyed" in French, and ''le/la Louche'' serves as nickname in its figurative meaning, a "shady" one, for some historical people in French texts. Notable people with the name include: People and places named Allouch People named Allouch * (born 1939), French psychoanalyst. * Moustapha Allouch (born 1958), Lebanese politician. * Roula Allouch, Wisconsin born American with Syrian descent, chairwoman of the Council on American–Islamic Relations. * Soulaïman Allouch (born 2002), Moroccan-Dutch footballer. Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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