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The Wonderland
''The Wonderland'', known in Japan and the UK as , is a 2019 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. Based on the 1988 children's story ''Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi'' (''Strange Journey from the Basement'') by Sachiko Kashiwaba, it stars Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe and Kumiko Aso. The characters were designed by Ilya Kuvshinov. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 2019, and was screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019. It was the final Japanese film to be released in the Heisei era, five days before the 2019 Japanese imperial transition. Voice cast * Mayu Matsuoka as Akane * Anne Watanabe as Chii * Kumiko Aso as Midori * Nao Tōyama as Pipo * Keiji Fujiwara as Zan Gu * Akiko Yajima as Doropo English voice cast * Lisa Reimold as Akane * Allegra Clark as Chii * TBA as Midori * Jackie Lastra as Pipo * Ben Lepley as Zan Gu * Jennifer Losi as Doropo * Zach Aguilar as Prince * Frank Todaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Hara
is a Japanese director of animated films. Biography What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was visiting an animation film company as part of his job hunting activities after graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). He recklessly left the tour, an act normally forbidden for visitors, and then begged an artistic director to give him a job. A few days later he returned with some continuity drawings he created, as requested. As a result, he was introduced to a commercial film studio. After working at the studio for eighteen months, he joined Shin-Ei Animation on the recommendation of the president Keijiro Kurokawa. At Shin-Ei he began working on a TV series '' Kaibutsu-kun'' as a production manager, then was moved to ''Doraemon''. There for the first time he took on the role of animation director. In working on ''Doraemon'', he was influenced by the chief director Tsutomu Shibayama. Since Hara admired Fujiko Fujio, ''Doraemons original author, he worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Kuvshinov
Ilya Kuvshinov (born 20 February 1990) is a Russian illustrator who created the character designs for '' Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045'' and ''The Wonderland'' (2019). Early life He is popular on Instagram, where he had 2 million followers as of 2022. Dai Nippon Printing hosted a VRChat virtual exhibition of Kuvshinov's illustrations in May 2019 and PIE published an artbook of his illustrations later that year. The Japanese fashion magazine ''An An'' featured his depiction of ''Ghost in the Shell'' Motoko Kusanagi in July 2020. Career Kuvshinov was born in Penza, Soviet Union (now Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...), where he worked in the video game industry and pursued character design on the side. Kuvshinov moved to Japan around 2015 to work full-time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Films
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy, the catastrophic menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it's a year of inside-movies practicalities, of special attention to the business at hand, because of the structural threats to the movie business from new and powerful players. The major crisis specific to cinema outleaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Shout! Studios, Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. History Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records, as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution. After selling Rhino to Warner Bros., the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label. The company's first product was ''Red, White & Rock'', a joint release with PBS station WQED-TV that was produced with Warner Strategic Marketing. In August 2002, Retropolis acquired Biograph Records. Other early releases included blues and jazz CDs from the Biograph labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set Piece
In film production, a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires complex logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money. The term is often also used more broadly to describe a sequence in which the film-maker's elaborate planning is considered to allow for the maximum pay-off for the audience, such as a thrilling action sequence or awe-inspiring science-fiction sequence. The term is often used to describe any scenes that are so essential to a film that they could not be edited out or skipped in the shooting schedule without seriously detracting from the enjoyability, intensity, impact, coherence or memorability of the finished work. Often, screenplays are written around a list of such set pieces, particularly in high-budget "event movies". The term is sometimes extended to refer to cinematic portions in video games. Set pieces are very often planned meticulously using storyboards, screen-tests, and rehearsals, in contrast to smaller scenes where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in ward of Tokyo, expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age, and he joined Toei Animation in 1963. During his early years at Animation he worked as an in-between artist and later collaborated with director . Notable films to which contributed at include '' Doggie March'' and ''Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon''. He provided key animation to other films at , such as ''Puss in Boots'' and ''Animal Treasure Island'', before moving to A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed ''Lupin the Third Part I'' alongside . After moving to (later known as Nippon Animation) in 1973, worked as an animator on ''World Masterpiece Theater'', and dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by Motosada Zumoto on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan to participate in the international community. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the paper's editors experienced mounting pressure from the Japanese government to submit to its policies. In 1933, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Hitoshi Ashida, former ministry official, as chief editor. During World War II, the newspaper served as an outlet for Imperial Japanese government communication and editorial opinion. It was successively renamed ''The Japan Times and Mail'' (1918–1940) following its merger with ''The Japan Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Todaro
Frank Todaro (; born Francesco Todaro, ; July 15, 1889 – November 29, 1944) was an Italian-American mobster, who was the boss of New Orleans crime family during 1944. Early life Todaro was born in the area of San Cipirello, Province of Palermo, Sicily on July 15, 1889, to Giuseppe Todaro and Giuseppa DiMaggio. Todaro along with brothers Calogero "Charlie", Giuseppe "Joe", and Salvatore "Sam" Todaro immigrated to the United States in 1907 and settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, while his brother Angelo remained in Sicily. Frank married Nancy Giamalva on July 14, 1914, in New Orleans, and they two sons children; Joseph and Clement Todaro, and two daughters, Jacqueline Leggio and Josephine Gallo. Career Todaro was underboss of the New Orleans Mafia and succeeded Corrado Giacona as boss, after his death on July 25, 1944. He was boss for four months, until his death. Carlos Marcello, who became boss of the family in 1947, married his niece Jacqueline "Jackie" Todaro, the daughter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Aguilar
Zachary Aguilar (born February 21, 1998) is an American voice actor who has appeared in various English dubbed versions of Japanese anime and video games, working for Bang! Zoom Entertainment, Viz Media and Funimation. Aguilar's first major role was Genos in ''One Punch Man'', and has since appeared as Tanjiro Kamado in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Koichi Hirose in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable,'' Arthur Pendragon in ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' and David Martinez in '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners''. He is also known for his roles in video games, such as Byleth Eisner in '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'', Aether in ''Genshin Impact'', Espresso Cookie in ''Cookie Run: Kingdom'', and Calem in ''Pokémon Masters (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of what each of those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Yajima
is a Japanese voice actress from Kashiwazaki, Niigata. Her best-known role is as the title character Shinnosuke Nohara in the long-running anime series '' Crayon Shin-chan''. She also voices Mipple in the original ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'', Sally Yoshinaga in ''The Brave Express Might Gaine'', Paffy Pafuricia in ''Haō Taikei Ryū Knight'', Relena Peacecraft in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Ayumi Himekawa in ''Glass Mask'', Riku and Diva in ''Blood+'', Longlong in '' Shizuku-chan'' and Kohaku in ''Inuyasha''. In video games, she voices Annie Barrs in '' Tales of'' series, and has dubbed for Anakin Skywalker and Harry Potter in some of the live-action films and video games. She is also known for being the voice of Spyro the Dragon in the ''Spyro'' video games, which she retired from in 2000. On June 29, 2018, Akiko Yajima retired from her career as Shinnosuke Nohara's voice actress and newly announced that Yumiko Kobayashi took over the role as Shinnosuke Nohara. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Fujiwara
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series '' Crayon Shin-chan'', Maes Hughes in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Holland in ''Eureka Seven'', Axel in '' Kingdom Hearts'', Leorio in ''Hunter × Hunter'', Shiro Fujimoto in ''Ao no Exorcist'', Shingo Shoji in Initial D, Zenzo Hattori in Gintama and Esidisi in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency''. In the live-action field, he was most known for dubbing actor Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark. Fujiwara founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006. Biography Fujiwara was born in Tokyo. He spent the majority of his childhood in Iwate Prefecture.''声優DO'' radio show, 2011.11.06 In high school, he handled vocals in a band he formed with his friend Kotaro Furuichi, future guitarist of rock band The Collectors. Around 18, he moved back to Tokyo on his own and joined the Bungakuza acting sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nao Tōyama
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with the agency Intention. Before joining Intention, she was affiliated with Arts Vision. She debuted as a voice actress in 2010, and played her first leading role as Kanon Nakagawa in ''The World God Only Knows''. She is also known for her roles as Chitoge Kirisaki in '' Nisekoi'', Yui Yuigahama in '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'', Tomoe Koga in ''Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai'', Karen Kujō in ''Kin-iro Mosaic'', and Rin Shima in ''Laid-Back Camp''. In 2019, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award with Yū Serizawa and the Game Award in the 13th Seiyu Awards. Her music career began when she released songs for ''The World God Only Knows'' under her character name Kanon Nakagawa. She later made her solo debut as a singer on February 1, 2017, with the release of the double A-side single "True Destiny" / "Chain the World" under the Flying Dog label. She also voiced a member of the music uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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