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Wild Arms (anime)
is a Japanese animated television series based on the ''Wild Arms'' series of video games. The series was animated by Bee Train, and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and Kōichi Mashimo. ''Twilight Venom'' aired on WOWOW from October 18, 1999 to March 27, 2000, totaling 22 episodes. Plot The story follows the exploits of a gunslinger named Sheyenne Rainstorm, who is trapped in the body of a 10-year-old boy. Though he does know what happened to his old body, he is equipped with the powerful ''ARMS'' weapon, which is one of the most destructive weapons in the whole world. While imprisoned, he runs into the bandit Kiel Aron nax, vampire girl Mirabelle, and card-throwing dame Loretta. Once the quartet escape prison, they are equipped with a famous and mysterious ''ARMS'' weapon. The series follows Sheyenne and his newfound allies as they search for the mystery of Sheyenne's missing body. Along the way, they discover more about the ''ARMS'' weapon and how it can change the fate of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure (genre)
Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the Introduction to the ''Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction'', Critic Don D'Ammassa defines the genre as follows: D'Ammassa argues that adventure stories make the element of danger the focus; hence he argues that Charles Dickens's novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed, whereas Dickens's ''Great Expectations'' is not because "Pip's encounter with the convict is an adventure, but that scene is only a device to advance the main plot, which is not truly an adventure." Adventure has been a common theme since the earliest days of written fiction. Indeed, the standard plot of Medieval romances was a series of adventures. Following a plot framework as old as Heliodorus, and so durable as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamieson Price
Jamieson K. Price is an American actor, best known for his deep and booming voice in numerous anime and video games. He is known as the voice of the Count of Monte Cristo in '' Gankutsuou'', Sojiro Sakura in ''Persona 5'', Ovan in '' .hack//G.U.'', and Galbalan, and Milton Grimm from ''Ever After High''. Price also had a part in the 2000 movie '' The Patriot''. Biography Price became interested in acting as a young child, starting from when he was in the fourth grade and later did theatre performances even during his adolescent and young adult years. In high school, Price got involved with dramatic interpretations-(focusing on poetry and prose reading) as well as voice competitions in his teens and became Virginia State Champion in his senior year of high school which later lead him to get into acting and voice acting by a close friend of his during the late 90s after graduate school. He eventually got a job in the voice acting business by Dorothy Fahn who is a friend of his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Train Production
, commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with '' Noir'', '' .hack//Sign'', and ''Madlax'' (among other series) they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively ambiguous relationships. History The studio Bee Train was founded on June 5, 1997, by Kōichi Mashimo, who was previously a director at Tatsunoko Productions and the founder of Mashimo Jimusho, a small freelance staff working for other studios. Originally, Bee Train was a subsidiary of Production I.G along with Xebec but in February 2006, it ended its relationship and became independent. Koichi Mashimo's goal when he founded Bee Train was to create a "hospital for animators", an animation studio interested in nurturing young talents and artistic quality of production rather than in corporate strategies and profit. This studio-as-hospital approach was alle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniplex
is a Japanese anime, music production and anime licensee company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Established in September 1995, Aniplex has been involved in the production and distribution of several anime series, such as both ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' anime television series, ''Bleach'', ''Sword Art Online'', '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', ''Fate'', '' the Monogatari series'', ''Angel Beats!'', ''The Promised Neverland'', ''Rurouni Kenshin'', and more. Additionally, Aniplex produces and distributes music and soundtrack records, including the original soundtracks for all of Sony Interactive Entertainment's computer and video games. Since the 2010s, Aniplex is also involved in the production and publishing of video games. Aniplex is also involved in retail merchandising, producing toys, games, stationery, food and other items featuring popular characters. In addition, Aniplex puts together events to promote the anime franchises. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime Television Series Based On Video Games
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics ( manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Anime And Manga
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Motivation Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his ''Man's Fate'' (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?". Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Anime Television Series Debuts
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Arms
, also written as ''Wild ARMs'', is a media franchise developed by Media.Vision and owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. The franchise consists of several role-playing video game, role-playing video games and related media. Since the launch of the original ''Wild Arms'' title in 1996, the series has gone on to encompass several media, including toys, manga, Mobile game, mobile phone applications, and a 22-episode anime. The series has largely been overseen by producer Akifumi Kaneko. Series development Production ''Wild Arms'' was the first role-playing video game project of Media.Vision, a company that had been known primarily for their shooter game series ''Crime Crackers'' and ''Rapid Reload''. Looking for a way to capitalize on the growing role-playing game market of the mid-1990s, Sony commissioned Media.Vision to create a game that would combine elements of a traditional RPG with limited 3D computer graphics, 3D graphics to promote the hardware of their newly released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Arms 2
''Wild Arms 2'', stylized as ''Wild ARMs 2'' and known in Japan as , is a 1999 role-playing video game for the PlayStation, and the second installment in the '' Wild Arms series'', developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. When a terrorist organization called Odessa tries to conquer the world, an international anti-terrorist group called ARMS is formed to combat them. They recruit several heroes to help them, including Ashley, a gunfighter; Lilka, a teenage sorceress; and Brad, a former war hero. ''Wild Arms 2'' was released for the PlayStation Network in Japan on November 28, 2007 and in North America on July 23, 2009. Gameplay ''Wild Arms 2'' is a role-playing game that involves the player controlling several characters as they progress through a number of environments, battle enemies, and solve puzzles. The game is presented in an isometric fashion where the player has an overhead view of all the action taking place on a particular screen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his most well-known roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series '' Cowboy Bebop'', Garazeb Orrelios from the animated series ''Star Wars Rebels'', Wolverine from various Marvel projects, TOM (Toonami Operations Module) as the second and current host of Toonami and the current host of Toonami Latin America (2000–2008; 2012–present), Terence and Bomb on Angry Birds Live Action and Sub-Zero from the video game franchise ''Mortal Kombat''. He is sometimes credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances. Early life Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960 to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California. Career Blum began his career in 1992. His credits include the voice of Spike Spiegel in '' Cowboy Bebop'', Zeb Orrelios in ''Star Wars Rebels'', Mugen in ''Samurai Champloo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Iwata
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama.Endo, Akira et al. "Voice Actor Spotlight". (November 2006) ''Newtype USA''. pp. 110-111. He is married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa. Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyuu". Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from ''Outlanders''. Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe ('' Golden Boy'') that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role". He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film '' Akira'' and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Filmography Television animation *'' DNA^2'' (1994) (Kakimaro Someya) *'' Hikaru no Go'' (2002) (Atsushi Kurata) *''Inuyasha'' (2004) (Suzaku) *''Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philece Sampler
Debra Philece Sampler (July 16, 1953 – July 1, 2021) was an American film, television and voice actress. She got her start on the soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' as Renée DuMonde and '' Another World'' as Donna Love Hudson. In addition to her acting career, Sampler provided the voice to various characters in animated series, such as Toph Beifong in ''The Legend of Korra''. She also voiced characters in English-language dubs, such as Mimi Tachikawa and Cody Hida from '' Digimon: Digital Monsters'', Tiptory in ''Eureka Seven'', and Hiyori Tamura from '' Lucky Star''. Life and career Sampler was born in San Angelo, Texas, on July 16, 1953. She graduated from J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas in 1971. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1975 with a drama degree, Sampler moved to Hollywood and quickly landed guest roles in a few television movies and series, including ''The Incredible Hulk'' in season 4, episode 59 titled "Dark Side". Sampler firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
