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Wolf Children
is a 2012 Japanese anime drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki. The story's central theme is "parent and child", depicting 13 years in the life of a young woman, Hana, who falls in love with a werewolf while in college, and following his death must raise the resulting half-wolf half-human siblings, Ame and Yuki, who grow and find their own paths in life. Hosoda established Studio Chizu for production. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, of '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (1990) and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995), designed the characters. ''Wolf Children'' had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on July 21, 2012 in Japan. Funimation licenses the film for North America and Manga Entertainment handles UK rights. Plot In Tokyo, college student Hana falls in "fairy tale" love wit ...
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Mamoru Hosoda
is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Animation Hosoda was born in Kamiichi, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama, Japan. His father worked as a railway engineer, and his mother was a tailor. Hosoda initially felt inspired to take up animation as a career after seeing ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame. He majored in oil painting at the Kanazawa College of Art in Ishikawa Prefecture. After graduation, Hosoda was able to land an animation job at Toei Animation, after submitting a short film that he had animated in his spare time. He initially applied at Studio Ghibli; though he did not get the job, he received a rejection letter of praise from Hayao Miyazaki himself. During his time at Toei, Hosoda worked his way up, garnering publ ...
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Funimation
Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes in the dubbing and distribution of East Asian media, with a long history of working with Japanese anime. The company was founded in May 1994 as Funimation Productions by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy Brennan in Silicon Valley, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company, which then relocated to North Richland Hills, later to Flower Mound, Texas, and after that in Coppell, Texas. Funimation was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It licensed popular series, such as ''Dragon Ball'', ''One Piece'', ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', ''My Hero Academia'', '' Attack on Titan'', ''Fairy Tail'', '' Black Clover'', ''Fruits Basket'', '' Assassination ...
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Jason Liebrecht
Ernesto Jason Liebrecht is an American voice actor who voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games produced by Funimation/OkraTron 5000 and ADV Films. Some of his major roles include Lavi and the Millennium Earl in the '' D.Gray-man'' series, Tapion in '' Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon'', Syaoran in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' and '' Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'', Rob Lucci in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Akira Takizawa in ''Eden of the East'', Train Heartnet in ''Black Cat'', Hei in ''Darker than Black'', Larcade Dragneel in the final season of ''Fairy Tail'', Dabi in ''My Hero Academia'', Vulcan Joseph in '' Fire Force'', Hiroto Suwa in ''Orange'', Yato in ''Noragami'', Mars in '' Black Clover'' Zeke Yeager in '' Attack on Titan'', andKageyama in the third season of ''Mob Psycho 100''. Biography Liebrecht had a leading role in the indie film ''Home'' about which the ''Philadelphia City Paper'' said "The performances ...
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Alison Viktorin
Alison Ruth Viktorin (née Retzloff; born February 1, 1981) is an American former voice actress who has worked with Funimation, her most notable role being Conan Edogawa in the detective series ''Case Closed''. She also voiced Kuroko Shirai in ''A Certain Magical Index'' and its spinoff, ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'' and QT in ''Space Dandy''. Early life Alison Ruth Retzloff was born on February 1, 1981, to Sally (née Simonsen) and Albert Retzloff. In 2003, she graduated from California Lutheran University earning a BA in drama. Retzloff married Dustin Kayne Viktorin of Euless, Texas, on August 27, 2005, in Fredericksburg, Texas. Career Viktorin has provided voices for English-language versions of many anime dubs, such as the title character Sasami Iwakura in '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club'', Kobato Hasegawa in ''Haganai'' series, Kyo Soma in ''Fruits Basket'', Kuroko Shirai in ''A Certain Magical Index'' and ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'' series, Shelia in ''Fairy Tail,'' ...
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Micah Solusod
Micah Solusod is an American voice actor. His best-known role in anime has been the title character Soul Evans in '' Soul Eater'', which was broadcast on Adult Swim's programming block ''Toonami''. He debuted as Malek Yildrim Werner in ''Blassreiter'', and later went on to play Toma Kamijo in ''A Certain Magical Index'', Yuichiro Hyakuya in ''Seraph of the End'', Yuno in ''Black Clover'', and Yuri Plisetsky in ''Yuri on Ice''. Personal life Outside of voice acting, Solusod is a freelance artist, where he posts on DeviantArt. He also works on original web comic series called ''Ties That Bind.'' Solusod married voice actress Apphia Yu in 2016. He is of Japanese and Filipino descent. Filmography Anime Animation Films Video games References External links * Micah Solusodconvention appearances on AnimeCons.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solusod, Micah Living people American male actors of Filipino descent American male actors of Japanese descent American male film ...
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Lara Woodhull
Lara may refer to: Places * Lara (state), a state in Venezuela *Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia * Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey * Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia * Lara de los Infantes, a place in Spain * LARA, the airport code for Jacinto Lara International Airport, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela Personal name * Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti'' * Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages Art, entertainment, and media * ''Lara'' (film), 2019 film * Lara (character), the biological mother of the comic book character Superman * Lara (novel), 1997 novel-in-verse by Bernardine Evaristo * Lara & Reyes, an instrumental band * ''Lara's Theme'', the generic name given to a leitmotif written for the film ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) by composer Maurice Jarre * ''Lara, A Tale'' (1814), a poem by Lord Byron Computing and technology * LaRa, a spacecraft inst ...
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Jad Saxton
Jad Saxton (, born September 27) is an American voice actress and ADR Director who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Early life Her name is an acronym of her parents' names, Jimmi and David, and is pronounced "Jayd". She grew up with a good singing voice, which eventually led to her first voice role in '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club'' as Eimi Mori, and her first major voice role was Masako Hara in '' Ghost Hunt''. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is th ... with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2005. Filmography Anime Films Video games References External links Official agency profile
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David Matranga
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistin ...
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