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Tōru Ōhira
was a Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. He was the founder of Ōhira Production and was also attached to 81 Produce. One of his best-known roles was the dub voice of Darth Vader in ''Star Wars'', on the series' home video releases and playing the title character Moguro Fukuzō in the original The Laughing Salesman. He was also known for his many narration roles, most notably in the ''Super Sentai'' series. Overview Ōhira was a very influential figure in the dubbing industry during the Shōwa period. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan University Jōnan Senior High School (in which he was also the supervisor of the school's volleyball team), he went on to graduate from the Meiji University Department of Political Science and Economics. In 1954, he joined the Nippon Broadcasting System, in which he became an announcer and producer. In 1955, with the opening of the Tokyo Broadcasting System, he enlisted in its theatrical company. He left the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaming Crossover
Crossovers in video games occur when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media in a video game meet and interact with each other. These may exist as a gimmick if two separate games in question are developed by the same company. Otherwise, they may exist as a gag from a rival company. The following is a list of games in which crossovers appear in either the form of a cameo of any kind, a guest character, or the theme of "crossover" in general in a video game itself. Many crossover games include third-party companies. First and second-party crossovers This list includes crossovers and cameos of characters from video games owned by one company and close affiliates. These can range from a character simply appearing as a playable character or boss in the game, as a special guest character, or a major crossover where two or more franchises encounter. Third-party crossovers This list includes video games that have crossovers from two or m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 104 ''tankōbon'' volumes . The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece" in order to become the next King of the Pirates. The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film produced by Production I.G, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!
This is a list of television specials of the Japanese media franchise ''Lupin III'', based on the manga series by Monkey Punch that debuted in 1967. In a tradition that began in 1989 with ''Bye Bye, Lady Liberty'', every year since until 2013 featured a new 90 minute ''Lupin III'' anime television special that aired on NTV at 9:03 on Friday evening. Since then, they have been released irregularly. Each television special features its own plot, but the general theme centers on the adventures of Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels. He is joined by Daisuke Jigen, crack-shot and Lupin's closest ally; Fujiko Mine, the femme fatale and Lupin's love interest who works against Lupin more often than with him; and Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a master swordsman and descendant of Ishikawa Goemon, the legendary Japanese bandit. Lupin is often chased by Inspector Koichi Zenigata, the rather cynical detective who has made it his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osomatsu-kun
is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name, the first of which was produced by Studio Zero in 1966, and the second by Studio Pierrot in 1988. A new anime series by Pierrot, ''Mr. Osomatsu'', began airing in October 2015 to celebrate Akatsuka's 80th birthday, with a manga adaptation by Masako Shitara serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' magazine from January 2016. This series helped establish Akatsuka's reputation as a gag comic artist, long before his other popular manga, ''Tensai Bakabon,'' was released. Several adaptations of Charlie Chaplin routines can be found in the manga. ''Osomatsu-kun'' has appeared in numerous special issues of ''Shōnen Sunday''. In 1964, Akatsuka won the 10th Shogakukan Manga Award for ''Osomatsu-kun''. Chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Police Urashiman
is a Japanese manga series written by Hirohisa Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and Haruka Inui and was published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shonen Champion. It was adapted into an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and ran from January 9 to December 24, 1983, on Fuji TV. It was later released in Germany and Sweden as ''Rock 'n Cop'', in Finland as ''Rocki-kyttä(Rocki-Cop)'', in France as ''Super Durand'' (roughly, "Super Jones" or "Super Smith"), and in Italy as ''Ryo, un ragazzo contro un impero'' ("Ryo, a boy against an empire"). Saban Entertainment dubbed it under the title ''Rock 'n Cop'', but this dub was never released in the United States. The Saban version was however used as the base for the German, Swedish and Finnish versions. A film version was in the works, but also abandoned. The anime is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. Plot The story tells of a young man and his cat who are being pursued by the police during a particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dash Kappei
is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda and first published in 1980 in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. The manga had 158 chapters. The manga was also adapted into a 65-episode anime television series by Tatsunoko Production in 1981, chiefly directed by Masayuki Hayashi. The anime was aired across Japan on Fuji TV Sundays at 6 p.m. from 4 October 1981 to 26 December 1982. Story The hero of the story is a teenage boy named Kappei Sakamoto, who is a high school student with amazing athletic abilities who joins the basketball team of Seirin High School and quickly becomes one of the most skilled players. Kappei has one unusual handicap for a basketball player - his height; he stands not even one meter tall. His Achilles' heel is female undergarments; he has a particular interest in white panties, and is even more enthusiastic about joining the basketball team when he discovers that the team's female coach, Coach Natsu, wears white panties (al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series, which debuted in 1972, was eponymously entitled ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman'' and is best known in the English-speaking world as the adaptation entitled ''Battle of the Planets'' (1978). The series had additional English adaptations with '' G-Force: Guardians of Space'' (1986) and ADV Films' uncut 2005 release. Tatsunoko also uses the official translation ''Science Commando Gatchaman'' in related products and media. The original ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman'' series was followed by an animated film and two direct sequel series, '' Gatchaman II'' (1978) and ''Gatchaman Fighter'' (1979). During the 1990s, episodes from both series were dubbed into English by Saban as '' Eagle Riders''. In the years since, the franchise has spawned many different productions, some that were left unproduced or evolved significantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Genie Family
is an anime television series by Tatsunoko Productions. that originally ran from October 1969 to September 1970, with a total of 52 episodes on Fuji TV. It tells the story of a boy who finds a bottle with a mysterious power - each time its user sneezes or yawns, a genie will come up and must grant the user's wish. A 1992 Saban Entertainment English dub called ''Bob In A Bottle'' was shown internationally and a remake was shown in 2020. Plot An old bottle has found its way into the household of a modern family, which consists of a boy named Kan and his parents. A genie, Hakushon, and his daughter, Akubi, reside inside it. When Kan finds the bottle, he discovers that a sneeze summons Hakushon and he must grant the wish of whoever sneezed, while a yawn summons Akubi and she must do the same for whoever yawned. Getting wishes granted by either genie may not be a good thing, for Hakushon messes them up due to his own extreme clumsiness, while the more capable Akubi likes to cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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