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Vor-Tech
''Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad'' is an Animated series, animated television series produced by Universal Animation Studios, Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season of thirteen episodes in Broadcast syndication, first-run syndication as part of Claster Television's "Power Block" package along with ''ReBoot'', ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe Extreme'', until the block's discontinuation in 1997. The series was based on a toy line developed by Kenner Products. Overview The VOR-Tech Undercover Conversion Squad is a group of secret agents led by Hudson Roarke. Their mission is to stop Hudson's older brother Damian Roarke—known as Lord Matrix—and his evil "Bio Mechs" from infecting the world with a techno-infectious plague. Similar to the ''M.A.S.K. (TV series), M.A.S.K.'' franchise, the VOR-Tech agents had special masks and transforming vehicles, with special computer systems that imbue them and their vehicles with special powers. The series was cancel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Libman
Andrea Eva Libman (born July 19, 1984) is a Canadian actress whose most popular on-screen appearances are in ''Little Women'', '' Andre'', and a guest role on ''The X-Files''. She is also known for providing voice acting in various animated shows, most notably her worldwide recognition for voicing the characters of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and its spinoffs. Career Her best-known voice roles include ''Dragon Ball'', ''Madeline'' (taking the role of the lead character from Tracey Lee Smyth in 1995 and holding on to it until ''My Fair Madeline'' in 2002, in which the role was passed on to Chantal Strand), the season three version of X-23 in '' X-Men: Evolution'', young AndrAIa in ''ReBoot'', Emmy in the PBS Kids children's animated series ''Dragon Tales'' and Isabelle in ''Finley the Fire Engine''. Libman has voiced Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''; Cylindria in ''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claster Television
Claster Television, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland–based television distributor founded in 1953 by Bertram H. (Bert) Claster and Nancy Claster (Goldman) as Romper Room Inc. It was originally a producer of the children's show ''Romper Room'', one of the first preschool children's programs. Production ''Romper Room'' was fairly successful in its early years. CBS offered to pick up the show, but the Clasters instead decided to syndicate and franchise it, by taping episodes and selling the tapes to local stations or giving the option to local stations to produce their own version of the show. In 1969, Hasbro bought Romper Room Inc. and renamed it Claster Television Productions. Throughout the 1970s, Claster continued to make ''Romper Room'' and did not distribute anything else until 1978 when it brought the anime ''Star Blazers'' into the United States. It also developed the television series ''Bowling for Dollars''. In the 1980s, Hasbro formed contracts with animation studios t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Donovan
Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''Kevin * ''A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation''Ning * ''Action Dad''Chuck Ramsey, Slam McJackson, Ms. Poundpenny, additional voices * ''Action Man (2000 TV series), Action Man''Narrator * ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues''Sock, Socrates, additional voices * ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''Wes Weasley, Mad Mike * ''Animated Classic Showcase''Guest voices * ''Batman Gotham Knights (TV series), Batman: Gotham Knights''Gun Runner #3 * ''Batman: The Animated Series''Guest voices * ''Billy the Cat (TV series), Billy the Cat''Mr. Hubert, Magician, Blackie, additional voices * ''Boom Boom Sabotage''TV Narrator/Commercial VO * ''Bumble Braynes''Burwin * ''Camp Candy''Grannie Knot, various guest roles * ''Captain N: The Game Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series ''Being Ian'' and ''Yvon of the Yukon''. One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'' in 1996–1997. Career Corlett began his career in 1984. In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album '' Operation: Mindcrime'', and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. His most notable voice roles included the title character of the ''Mega Man'' TV show, Cheetor in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', Glitch-Bob in ''ReBoot'', and Andy Larkin in ''What's with Andy?''. Another notable, yet brief starring role of Corlett's was Goku in Funimation/ Saban's original dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Corlett has also lent his voice to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenner Products
Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy company founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the Kenner brand produced several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including action figures like the original series of ''Star Wars'', '' Jurassic Park'' and ''Batman'' as well as die cast models. The company was closed by its corporate parent Hasbro in 2000. History Kenner was founded in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, by brothers Albert, Phillip and Joseph L. Steiner. The company was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located, just north of Cincinnati Union Terminal. It was a pioneer in the use of television advertisement for the marketing of merchandise across the United States, beginning in 1958. In the early 1960s, Kenner introduced its corporate mascot, The Kenner Gooney Bird, which would be used in both its company logo (''"It's Kenner! It's fun!"'') and TV ads, in both animated form and puppetry. One commercial was produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Terzo
Venus Terzo is a Canadian actress who played Detective Angela Kosmo in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff, ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in that same role. She also has voiced several roles in animated shows: Jean Grey in '' X-Men: Evolution'', Blackarachnia in ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'', the female Ranma Saotome from ''Ranma ½''. She was the voice of Rainbow Dash and Sparkleworks in the "Generation 3" ''My Little Pony'' DVDs, and voiced Rainbow Dash in ''My Little Pony Live''. Selected filmography Film * Hostage Negotiator - ''Skyscraper'' * Marion Lane - ''Spectacular!'' * Bonnie - '' Meltdown: Days of Destruction'' * Barbarotious - ''Warriors of Virtue'' * Spanish Woman's Daughter Ruby - ''Immediate Family'' * Theresa Fernandez - ''Voyage of Terror'' * Carla Browning - ''Painkiller Jane'' * Susan Jennings - ''Circle of Friends'' * Kathy - ''Echo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably '' Dragon Ball Z'', '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', '' X-Men: Evolution'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', '' Inuyasha'' and ''Fullmetal Alchemist''. He has done live action work as well. Early life McNeil was born in Brisbane, Australia, but moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada when he was 4 years old in 1966. He first appeared on stage at the age of three. He first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland at the age of 12. That was when he learned that Paul Frees, the person who provided the voice that greeted visitors entering the Haunted Mansion, was the same person who provided the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy. Even though he knew about voice acting, McNeil pursued the theater. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios) is an American animation studio and a division of Universal Pictures, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as ''The Land Before Time'', ''An American Tail'', ''Balto'', as well as other films and television series. The actual animation production is done overseas, usually by either Wang Film Productions or Rough Draft Studios, while pre-production and post-production is United States-based. The television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged on August 23, 2016 after Universal completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, who began producing a majority of Universal Pictures' family friendly TV shows. History Universal Animation Studios was established in 1990 as Universal Cartoon Studios, the animation division of MCA Inc. Its debut work was '' Back to the Future: The Animated Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Zann
Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian actress and former politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party. Before entering federal politics, she represented the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 until 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and from June 9, 2019, until September 12, 2019, as an independent. Life and career Zann was born on November 22, 1959, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Janice, a high school teacher, and Paul Zann, a professor. Her great-grandfather, named Zaninovich (Zaninović), came to Australia from Croatia. She emigrated with her parents to Canada in 1968, first to Regina, Saskatchewan, then to Truro, Nova Scotia, and later graduated from Cobequid Educational Centre, a high school in Truro, which was noted for its student musical pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Newman (actor)
Richard Newman (born November 2) is an American actor who is notable for his numerous voice roles in ''Transformers''. Career Newman started his voice-over career in 1990 with ''Dragon Warrior''. He has also had roles in ''Dragon Ball Z'', '' RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', ''Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century'', and ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' as well as ''InuYasha'', ''Oban Star Racers'', '' MegaMan NT Warrior'', and ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars''. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Rhinox in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' (''Beasties'' in Canada) and M. Bison in the ''Street Fighter'' cartoon series. Newman also provided arch-villain Phaeton's voice in the animated television series ''Exosquad''. Among his most recent roles are Bear Hugger (a Canadian boxer) in ''Punch-Out!!'', and Cranky Doodle Donkey in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. In the late 1990s, Newman went over to Toronto to work with the successful animation company Nelvana and lent his voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hildreth (actor)
Mark Hildreth (born 24 January 1978) is a Canadian actor appearing in movie and television roles. A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, Mark Hildreth's theater credits include ''Hamlet (The Shakespeare Project)'', Bertram in ''All's Well that Ends Well (Bard on the Beach)'', Richard of Gloucester in ''Richard III (NTSC)'' and ''Cale Blackwell in Fire (Teatre Lac Brome)''. He also starred as Pastor Tom Hale in the ABC drama ''Resurrection''. Life and career Active as an actor since 1986, Hildreth has provided voiceovers since the age of 10, when he was cast as the voice of Beany in DiC Entertainment's production of ''Beany and Cecil''. Since then, major roles have included: Caz in ''The New Adventures of He-Man'', Alex Mann in '' Action Man''; Hi-Tech in the direct-to-video CGI animated movies '' G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' and '' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom''; Quicksilver in '' Wolverine and the X-Men''; Terry Bogard in the ''Fatal Fury'' series; Oberon in " A Midsumme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Boyd
Lynda Boyd (born January 28, 1965) is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, musician, and writer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films '' Final Destination 2'' (2003), ''An Unfinished Life'' (2005), '' She's the Man'' (2006), and ''On Thin Ice'', with Diane Keaton. She had minor roles in ''I Spy'' (2002), '' About A Girl'' (2007/08), '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), and ''Intern Academy'' (2004). She was also the voice of Cologne in '' Ranma ½'', and the voice of Viv the Bunny on the Sunbow cartoon series ''Littlest Pet Shop''. Career She played the lead role for four seasons in WTN's ''You, Me, and the Kids''. Boyd also wrote three of the episodes. Boyd appeared as recurring villainess Dana Whitcomb in six episodes of SyFy Channel's ''Sanctuary'' from 2008-2009. Boyd has garnered Gemini Award nominations for ABC Family Channel's '' Falcon Beach'' and '' Republic of Doyle''. A singer for many years, Boyd has starred in such musicals as '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |