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Urmel
''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (german: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel '' Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot summary On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make a marvelous discovery: a baby dinosaur frozen since prehistoric times. Little Impy, as they call him, is loving his new family and ready to explore the strange new world. But when a king from a faraway country vows to capture the lovable baby dino for his private collection, all the inhabitants of Impy's island must join together to save their new friend. Cast The film stars the voice talents of: * Wigald Boning as Professor Habakuk Tibatong * Anke Engelke as Wutz * Florian Halm as Diener Sami * Christoph Maria Herbst as Doctor Zwengelmann * Kevin Iannotta as Tim Tintenklecks * Stefan Krause as Ping * Oliver Pocher as Schusch * Domenic Redl as Urmel * Frank S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmel From The Ice Age
''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (''Urmel aus dem Eis'') is a children's book written by German children's author Max Kruse. Plot At the time of the dinosaurs, a mother Urmel lays an egg. A short time later, however, an Ice Age begins and the egg is covered in snow. It eventually freezes in the ice. A long time later, the natural history professor Habakuk Tibatong developed a method of teaching animals to speak. Because of the envy and attacks of his professor colleagues, he has to leave his home to settle with Tim Inkblot, a little orphan boy, and the talking domestic pig Wutz on the small island of Titiwu. There are other animals on the island that Tibatong taught to speak at the beginning of the story. Each of the animals is through a typical speech errors characterized: The Penguin Ping articulates the sibilant " sh" as "pf" the Waran Wawa lisp, the elephant seal soul-Fant constantly singing songs whose dismal effect through consistent diphthongization respectively affection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Kruse (author)
Max Kruse (19 November 1921 – 4 September 2015) was a German writer, mostly known for his children's books ''Der Löwe ist los'' (The Lion is on the loose) and ''Urmel aus dem Eis'' (Urmel from the Ice Age). Life Max Kruse was born in 1921, the youngest of seven children of the sculptor Max Kruse and his wife Käthe Kruse, a well-known dollmaker. He briefly studied Philosophy and Business economics at the University of Jena until it was shut down due to the Second World War. After the war he worked as a freelance ad writer and later as an author. Besides writing he was part of the advisory council of the Giordano Bruno Foundation. He lived in Penzberg with his third wife. Probably his most famous work is ''Urmel aus dem Eis''. It is widely recognized and referenced in Germany, especially the TV-adaption by the Augsburger Puppenkiste and the Hessischer Rundfunk. Based on this novel there is computer-animated feature film Impy's Island. Works Selected bibliography Max ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir. From 1994 to 2000, Engelke was married to the keyboardist Andreas Grimm with whom she has a daughter. She was married to musician Claus Fischer from 2005 to 2015, with whom she has two sons. Career From 1979 to 1986, she was the presenter of the daily children's television show broadcast from the Funkausstellung (a German radio exhibition, held every other year in Berlin), and the weekly children and youth's sports magazine show ''Pfiff''. From 1978 to 1980, she hosted the show ''Moment mal'' (Wait a minute) on RTL. SWF3 first brought her on board in 1986 as an editor; later on, she was the presenter there until 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian. Early life Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. Career Theatre In 1986, Herbst was a founding member of the private ''Theater in Cronenberg'' and its acting school. He's still performing in German theatres. Most recently, he performed "Männerhort" (''Men nursery'') at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' in Berlin together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel. He is married to Gisi Herbst. Television Herbst made his first appearance in German television in the show '' Sketchup – The Next Generation'' in 1997. From 2002 to 2004, he performed as a supporting actor in ''Ladykracher''. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the ProSieben series '' Stromberg''. In October 2006, the work on the third season of ''Stromberg'' began, airing in early 2007. Herbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayzie Rogers
Kayzie Rogers is a retired American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, commercials, and video games and is known in voicing the characters in the ''Pokémon'' universe. She has appeared in titles for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, and TAJ Productions. Career Rogers has worked extensively for the ''Pokémon'' anime franchise. She has also voiced many characters, including Jessie's Wobbuffet, a role that she had voiced for 16 years, from 2001 to 2017. Rogers retired from acting in 2017. Her role of Wobbuffet is subsequently replaced by Erica Schroeder. Filmography Anime *'' Gall Force: Enternal Story'' - Rumy *'' Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' – Tuff, Lady Like, Hana (Mrs. Mayor), Honey, Vee, Princess Rona *''Magical DoReMi'' – Todd, Miss Shannon *'' Now and Then, Here and There'' – Sara Ringwalt *'' One Piece'' (4Kids Entertainment edit) – Koby, Alvida, Miss Groundhog Day *'' Ping Pong Club'' – Kamiya, Softball P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddie Blaustein
Madeleine Joan Blaustein (born Adam Blaustein, October 9, 1960 – December 11, 2008), also known as Kendra Bancroft, was an American voice actress and comic writer who was known for her voice acting work for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video and NYAV Post, for her reprising role as the character Meowth from the ''Pokémon'' anime series and for comics written for Milestone Comics, in which she introduced one of superhero comics' first transgender female characters. She was the first intersex and transgender voice artist for many of her respective agencies. Career In the late 1980s, Blaustein worked for Marvel Comics, as an editor (several issues each of ''Web of Spider-Man'', '' Marvel Tales'', and '' Marvel Saga'') as a writer (several issues of ''Conan the King''), and penciling a one-shot of ''Power Pachyderms.'' She wrote assorted comics published by DC Comics in the early 1990s, including a few for the Impact Comics imprint and TSR line. In 1994 she went to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoebill
The shoebill (''Balaeniceps rex'') also known as the whalebill, whale-headed stork or shoe-billed stork, is a very large long-legged wading bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. It has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified with the storks in the order Ciconiiformes based on this morphology. However, genetic evidence places it with pelicans and herons in the Pelecaniformes. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are more brown. It lives in tropical East Africa in large swamps from South Sudan to Zambia. Taxonomy The shoebill may have been known to Ancient Egyptians but was not classified until the 19th century, after skins and eventually live specimens were brought to Europe. John Gould very briefly described it in 1850 from the skin of a specimen collected on the upper White Nile by the English traveller Mansfield Parkyns. Gould provided a more detailed description in the following year. He placed the species in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Schemmel
Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games. His most notable voice role has been the adult version of Goku, Son Goku in the Funimation dub of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. He has worked for Funimation, OkraTron 5000, NYAV Post, Central Park Media, 4K Media Inc. and DuArt Film and Video, DuArt Film & Video. Career Initially, Schemmel never planned on becoming a voice actor; he trained to be a Classical music, classical French language, French horn player. When a friend persuaded him to audition for ''Dragon Ball Z'', he tried out for a minor character who was going to be killed in the first season of the show. He had been recording for two weeks before he was told that he was going to be the lead. Since being cast as Goku, Son Goku by Funimation in 1999, he has been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monitor Lizard
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus ''Varanus,'' the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from in some species, to over in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct varanid known as megalania (''Varanus priscus'') may have been capable of reaching lengths more than . Most monitor species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating eggs, smaller reptiles, fish, birds, insects, and small mammals, some also eat fruit and vegetation, depending on where they live. Distribution The various species cover a vast area, occurring through Africa, the Indian subcontinent, to China, the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sinterniklaas
Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (; born August 13, 1972) is a French voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as cartoons and video games. He has worked for Funimation, Studiopolis, Konami Cross Media NY, Central Park Media, Bandai Entertainment, Viz Media and Media Blasters. He is the founder and owner of NYAV Post, a Bi-coastal studio located in New York City and Los Angeles, which dubbed many different anime titles and recorded several original prelay works. He is best known for his roles as Leonardo in the 2003 series of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Dean Venture in ''The Venture Bros.'' and Taki Tachibana in the English dub of ''Your Name''. Early life Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas was born on August 13, 1972, in Nice, France, to Dutch parents. He lived in London and Lucerne as a child and moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Zoppi
James Carter Cathcart (born March 8, 1954) is an American voice actor, script adaptor, voice director, pianist and vocalist known for providing the English voice for James, Meowth and Professor Oak in the ''Pokémon'' franchise since 2005. Career Cathcart has been playing with bands since high school, including The Laughing Dogs who released two albums on Columbia in 1979-80 and has been the vocalist of the Carter Cathcart Band since 1981. Cathcart also co-wrote the song "Remember Me" with Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley that ended up on Frehley's 1989 solo album Trouble Walkin'. Cathcart's first voiceover part was O.G. Readmore on the ABC Weekend Special. After that, he recorded voice overs for Kit Kat candy bars, Good Humor, Coors Light, and others. Cathcart later auditioned in voice acting and has since become known for a prolific amount of anime dub voice work for Central Park Media, Media Blasters, DuArt Film and Video, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post NYAV Post is an Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
