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Piano (anime)
''Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart'' (ピアノ ''Piano'', stylized as ''PIANO'') is an anime television series which aired from November 11, 2002 to January 13, 2003, and ran for 10 episodes. Three volumes were released on DVD by Right Stuf under their Nozomi Entertainment label in the North America as well as a complete collection in one collectors edition package, with their English dub being produced by NYAV Post. Centering on Miu Nomura (野村 美雨 ''Nomura Miu''), the story follows her as she struggles to rediscover the joy in music and playing piano she once knew as a child. Character designs were done by Kōsuke Fujishima who came up with the concept and idea for the show. Plot summary Miu Nomura always played the piano and found it to be one of the greatest joys in her life. Even when she was a little girl the music she played on her piano made her heart soar, a feeling she desired to share with anyone who would listen, as she eagerly shared her talent on wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Stuf
Right Stuf Inc. (formerly known as The Right Stuf International Inc.) is an American video publisher and distributor of video programming that specializes in Asian entertainment (anime and live action films). The company since 2022 is owned by Crunchyroll, a joint venture run by Sony through its Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan divisions, with the latter company running it via Aniplex. It has several divisions including: Nozomi Entertainment (production), RightStufAnime.com (online store) and 5 Points Pictures (live action). In March 2012, Right Stuf launched 5 Points Pictures, its live action label. Right Stuf also offers production services and distribution for Japanese labels Sunrise Inc., Eleven Arts, Pony Canyon, and its corporate sibling, Aniplex of America. Right Stuf was founded on July 31, 1987, by Robert Ferson and current CEO Shawne P. Kleckner. The company is headquartered in Grimes, Iowa. The company's e-commerce site at www.rightstufanime.com is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Fukuyama
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He played Lelouch Lamperouge in ''Code Geass'', Koro-sensei in '' Assassination Classroom'', Ichimatsu in ''Osomatsu-san'', Yuta Togashi in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Kraft Lawrence in ''Spice and Wolf'', Hero in ''Maoyu'', Kimihiro Watanuki in '' xxxHOLiC'', Joker in ''Persona 5'' and Riku Riku is both a masculine Finnish given name and a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer * Riku Hahl (born 1980), Finnish NHL hockey player *, Japanese footballer *Riku Heini (born 1990), Finnis ... in '' Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon''. Filmography TV animation Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Live-Action Drama/Film Anime films Video games The Japanese vocal tracks for these characters also appear in the Chinese and Korean versions of the game. Drama CDs Live-action films Dubbing Discography Jun Fukuyama Persona Show PONY CANYON Fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Los Angeles Times
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Ueno
is a Japanese recording artist. She has performed in the bands, Oranges & Lemons, Vita Nova, Marsh-Mallow, and Zabadak. Discography CDs * "Voices" (December 5, 1993 Biosphere Records) * "Nursery Chimes" (ナーサリーチャイムス)(May 25, 1997 NTT Pub.) * "*1" (January 23, 2002 Toera Records) * "Puzzle" (January 23, 2002 Victor Entertainment) * "SSS -Simply Sing Songs-" (July 24, 2003 Nippon Crown) * "Shizen Genshō"(自然現象(means "Natural Phenomena")) (May 25, 2005 Nippon Crown) * "*2" (December 6, 2006 Toera records) * "YK20 udio(上野洋子 デビュー20周年記念ライヴ“YK20”~20周年につき初ソロ~) (March 4, 2007 tilde disc) * "Tokyo Humming" (September 10, 2008 Geneon) Remix CD * "Yoko Ueno e-mix" (March 25, 1996 Biosphere Records) DVDs * "YK20 isual (上野洋子 デビュー20周年記念ライヴ“YK20”~20周年につき初ソロ~) (March 25, 2007 tilde disc) Soundtracks * " Brigadoon Marin-To-Meran" Original Sound Track 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misa Watanabe
is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. She is well known for voicing Nefertari Vivi in ''One Piece''. Filmography Television Animation ;1990s *''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' (1991) – Mother *'' Baby and Me'' (1996) – Yukako Enoki *''Master Keaton'' (1998) – Anna ;2000s *''Detective Conan'' (2000) - Yumiko Niikura *''Ghost Stories'' (2000) – Momoko's Mother *''Saiyuki'' (2000) – Kanzeon Bosatsu *''Geneshaft'' – (2001) Ann *''One Piece'' – (2001) Nefertari Vivi *'' X/1999'' – Tokiko Magami *''Naruto'' – (2002) Tsunami, Tsukiko Kagetsu *''Ashita no Nadja'' (2003) – Marie *''Absolute Boy'' (2005) – Hana Tokimiya *''Basilisk'' (2005) – Akeginu *''Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z'' (2006) – Kiyoko Gotokuji *''Air Gear'' (2006) – Kyo *''Ergo Proxy'' (2006) – Swan *''Hataraki Man'' (2006) – Midoriko Shirakawa *''Dinosaur King'' (2007) – Ursula *''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' (2007) – Rina Mamiya *''Fresh Pretty Cure!'' (2009) – No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Caplan
Matt Caplan is an American actor and musician in the theatre. Career Matt Caplan has released two studio albums and a single. Caplan has appeared on Broadway in ''Rent (musical), Rent'' as Mark Cohen, in the revival of South Pacific (musical), ''South Pacific'' and in High Fidelity (musical), ''High Fidelity''. He has also been featured in the films Across the Universe (film), Across the Universe and Painting Abby Long, and on the television show New Amsterdam (2008 TV series), New Amsterdam. Most recently, he originated the role of Tunny in the stage adaptation of Green Day's ''American Idiot (musical), American Idiot'', which premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California in September 2009. The show ended its run in Berkeley on November 15, 2009, and the role of Tunny was taken over by Stark Sands when the show moved to Broadway. Caplan appeared in the original cast of the new Broadway musical ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'', in many roles, among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Kisaichi
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Filmography Anime ;1992 * '' Crayon Shin-chan'' as Yuji ;1994 * ''Aoki Densetsu Shoot!'' as Tooru Endo * ''Slam Dunk'' as Miura * ''Dragon Ball Z'' as Citizen (ep 243), Reporter (ep 231) * ''Sailor Moon S'' as Boy B (ep 105), Chin-Chin Tei (ep 107) * ''Marmalade Boy'' as Alex ;1995 * ''Sailor Moon SuperS'' as Editor 2 (ep 134) ;1996 * ''Jigoku Sensei Nube'' as Kimu Takera "Kimutake", Narumi * ''Dragon Ball GT'' as Oob, Ax (ep 25), Man in Store B (ep 3) * ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' as Host (ep 191), Newscaster (ep 169), Resident (ep 183) * ''Brave Command Dagwon'' as Ryuu Hashiba ;1998 * ''His and Her Circumstances'' as Hideaki Asaba * '' Kocchi Muite Miko'' as Kenta * ''Nazca'' as Kendo Judge * ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' as Rintarou Shimazaki * ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' as Hirata (ep 17), Male Student (ep 10) ;1999 * ''Pokémon'' as Isao (ep 87) ;2000 * ''NieA_7'' as George * ''Mushrambo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Kawakami
was a Japanese voice actress. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death. Career Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in ''Metal Fighter Miku''. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in ''Fushigi Yuugi''. Two years after, she landed her first starring voice role as Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena. Aside from Chiriko and Utena, her famous roles are in ''Air'' (Misuzu Kamio), ''Bleach'' ( Soifon), ''Chrono Crusade'' ( Rosette Christopher), ''Hikaru no Go'' (Hikaru Shindo), ''Sgt. Frog'' (Fuyuki Hinata), ''Ape Escape'' ( Natsumi),Yukiko Kawasaki (Dear Boys), Sugar (A Little Snow Fairy Sugar) & Aria (Athena Glory). Kawakami provided voices for young boys, girls and comical characters. The best-known genre of her roles are tomboyish characters (Soifon, Utena Tenjou). With such a powerful voice, she was often affiliated in paranormal and yuri-themed anime. She also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Conley
Shannon Conley (also credited as Sonny Dey, Holly Bobbit, Ursula Conlon, Vibe Jones, Candi Washington and Deborah Zane) is an American voice actress and musician based in New York City. She has done voice work in English dubs of Japanese anime for Central Park Media and NYAV Post. She is also the former lead vocalist for the all-female tribute band, Lez Zeppelin. She made her Broadway debut in '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' as the understudy for the role of Yitzhak. Filmography Anime * ''Ah! My Goddess'' – Urd * '' Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' – Melody Honey – As Vibe Jones * ''Grave of the Fireflies'' - Additional Voices * '' Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl'' – Pokemon Hunter J * ''Queen's Blade Rebellion'' – Annelotte, Dark Annelotte Live action dubbing * ''Cutie Honey (film)'' – Gold Claw Non-anime roles * '' As Told By Ginger'' – The Little Seal Girl * ''Astonishing X-Men: The Motion Comic'' – Abigail Brand * ''Ellen's Acres'' – Connie * ''Kappa Mikey ''Kappa Mikey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiko Neya
is a Japanese voice actress. Prior to 1998, she was affiliated with Arts VisionAffiliation with Arts Vision in the 1990s:* 1998 profile: * Roster as of January 1998: * Roster as of May 1998: and is currently freelancing. Some of her major roles in anime include the title character in ''New Cutie Honey'', Jun the Swan in '' Gatchaman 94'', Ritsuko Takahashi in '' Hell Teacher Nube'', Melissa Mao in ''Full Metal Panic!'', Riza Hawkeye in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Vinsmoke Reiju in ''One Piece'' series and Doll Izumi in ''Super Doll Licca-chan''. In video games, she has voiced characters in many franchises, including Hsien-Ko/Lei-Lei in '' DarkStalkers'', Mako Sato in '' Initial D'', Sophitia in ''Soul Edge'' / ''Soulcalibur'', Rose in ''Street Fighter Zero 3'', Leona in ''Popolocrois'', Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear in ''Tales of the Abyss'', Amy Burklight in ''Tales of Phantasia'', Dai Heart & Tomoko in ''Sailor Moon S'', '' Sailor Moon Super S'', Chie Sagamiōno in '' You'r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Taylor
Kathleen Charlotte McInerney, also known by her stage name Veronica Taylor is an American voice actress known for her dubbing work in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, in particular for voicing Ash Ketchum and his mother Delia in the ''Pokémon'' anime for its first eight seasons. Other voices she has done include Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun from ''Slayers'', Sailor Pluto from '' Sailor Moon'' and ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', Nico Robin in the 4Kids dub of ''One Piece'', April O'Neil in the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series and has voiced video game characters like Cosmos from ''Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy'', ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' and ''Dissidia Final Fantasy NT''. Additionally, using her real name, she is a narrator for various audio books, such as the fourth arc from the Warriors series. Early life Taylor wanted to act professionally since she was in her first play when she was five. She studied acting at The Catholic University of America and Brandeis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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