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Yoshio Kawai
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. Biography Filmography Anime television series *The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (Mach Lander) *Captain Tsubasa (Kōzō Kira) *Geneshaft (Asimov) * Kakyūsei (Dogeza Master) *Macross (Matsuki) *Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Kennedy Grahman) * Rockman.EXE Stream (Bengel) *Slam Dunk (Aiwa Academy Coach) *The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Haruaki Matsumoto) *Tenchi Universe (Tetta) * Urotsukidoji (Airplane Pilot, Gashim, Caeser's Colleague, Cop) Video Games *Summon Night (Sutauto, Guramusu Bānetto) Tokusatsu *Hikari Sentai Maskman (1987) (Skull Doguler (ep. 5)) *Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988) (Hihi Zuno (ep. 11)) *Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (1989) (Inugami Boma (ep. 25)) *Chikyu Sentai Fiveman (1990) (Torarugin (ep. 3), Galactic Ninja Batzlergin (ep. 24), Samejigokugin (ep. 34), Kamerezarugin (ep. 41), TeranoTVgin (ep. 43)) *Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (1991) (Para brain A320 (ep. 1)) * Choujin Sentai Jetman (1991) (Majin Mu (ep. 30)) *K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Acting In Japan
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, and actresses have devoted fan clubs due to a crossover with the idol industry, and some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor. Many voice actors have concurrent singing careers and have also crossed over to live-action media. There are around 130 voice acting schools in Japan. Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors. Magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with '' Voice Animage'' being the longest running. The term character voice (abbreviated CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as ' and ''Newtype'' to describe a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character. Definition and role A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inugami
, like kitsunetsuki, is a spiritual possession by the spirit of a dog, widely known about in western Japan. They have seemed firmly rooted until recent years in the eastern Ōita Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, and a part of Kōchi Prefecture in northern Shikoku, and it is also theorized that Shikoku, where no foxes (kitsune) could be found, is the main base of the inugami. Furthermore, traces of belief in inugami exists in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, all of Kyushu, even going past the Satsunan Islands all the way to the Okinawa Prefecture. In the Miyazaki Prefecture, the Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Yakushima, the local dialect pronounces it "ingami" and in Tanegashima, they are called "irigami." It can also be written in kanji as 狗神. Origins The phenomenon of inugami spiritual possession was a kojutsu (also called "kodō" or "kodoku", a greatly feared ritual for employing the spirits of certain animals) that was already banned in the Heian period that was thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue SWAT
is the thirteenth installment in the Metal Hero Series franchise. It ran from January 30, 1994 to January 27, 1995 for a total of 51 episodes and one theatrical film, aired as part of the 1994 ''Manga Matsuri'', which compiled episodes 1 and 2. ''Blue SWAT'' deviated from the Metal Hero trend by using a realistic vibe for the series instead of fantastic, over-the-top action by focusing on the martial arts and gunplay aspects of the series. While the mood of the series appealed to the genre's adult fanbase and older viewers, the show was not well received by children, which resulted in a change into a lighter tone midway through the series. The Blue SWAT team later appeared for a special team-up in the final episodes of ''Juukou B-Fighter''. Plot When Earth is tearing itself apart by means of crime, pollution and war, aliens choose the time to invade, taking advantage of the lowering of everyone's guard. The Japanese government establishes an elite police organization known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōnyūdō
Ōnyūdō is a yōkai, or supernatural monster, told about in parts of Japan. Summary Their name has the meaning of "big monk," but depending on area, there are various legends where their actual appearance is that of an unclear shadow, simply a giant rather than a monk, among others.村上2005年、60-61頁。 The ones that look like a monk (bōzu) are also called ōbōzu. In size, there are those that are about two meters tall, slightly larger than that of a human, to giants that about the size of a mountain.水木2004年、29頁。 There are many legends where ōnyūdō menace people and many legends where those who see one become ill. There are also stories where they are foxes (kitsune) or tanuki in disguise, or something that a stone pagoda shapeshifts into, but many of them are of unknown true identity. Legends by area Ōnyūdō that inflict harm to people ;Example from Hokkaido :In the years of Kaei, an ōnyūdō appeared in an Ainu village near Lake Shikotsu ridge and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is ''Ninja Rangers''. Action footage from the series was used in the third season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. The core ''Zyuranger'' costumes from ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' and the Kiba Ranger costume from ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' were mainly used in the third season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' while the core ''Kakuranger'' costumes were used in ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. In January 2016, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'': The Complete Series" on DVD in North America. ''Kakuranger'' was released on DVD in North America on May 17, 2016. This is the third Super Sentai Series to be released in North America. In addition on May 22, 2017, Shout! streamed the series on their we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimera (mythology)
The Chimera ( or ), also Chimaera (''Chimæra'') (Ancient Greek: , ''Chímaira'' means 'she-goat'), according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature, composed of different animal parts from Lycia, Asia Minor. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling. Family According to Hesiod, the Chimera's mother was a certain ambiguous "she", which may refer to Echidna, in which case the father would presumably be Typhon, though possibly (unlikely) the Hydra or even Ceto was meant instead. However, the mythographers Apollodorus (citing Hesiod as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladon (mythology)
Ladon (; Ancient Greek: Λάδων; gen.: Λάδωνος ''Ladonos'') was a monster in Greek mythology, the dragon that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides. Family According to Hesiod's ''Theogony'', Ladon was the last of the progeny of Phorcys and Ceto. A scholion on Apollonius of Rhodes' ''Argonautica'', however, cites Hesiod as calling him the son of Typhon, and the same scholion on Apollonius of Rhodes claims that one "Peisandros" called Ladon born of the earth. The mythographer Apollodorus calls Ladon the offspring of the monstrous Typhon and Echidna, a parentage repeated by Hyginus and Pherecydes; similarly, Ladon is called the son of Typhon in Tzetzes' '' Chiliades''. According to Ptolemy Hephaestion's ''New History'', as recorded by Photius in his '' Bibliotheca'', Ladon was the brother of the Nemean lion. Mythology Ladon was the serpent-like dragon that twined and twisted around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goblin
A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon, such as the ability to shapeshift. Similar creatures include brownies, dwarves, duendes, gnomes, imps, leprechauns, and kobolds, but it is also commonly used as a blanket term for all small, fay creatures. The term is sometimes expanded to include goblin-like creatures of other cultures, such as the pukwudgie, dokkaebi or ifrit. Etymology Alternative spellings include ''gobblin'', ''gobeline'', ''gobling'', ''goblyn'', ''goblino'', and ''gobbelin''. The term "goblette" has been used to refer to female goblins. The word ''goblin'' is first recorded in the 14th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeleton (undead)
A skeleton is a type of physically manifested undead often found in fantasy, gothic and horror fiction, and mythical art. Most are human skeletons, but they can also be from any creature or race found on Earth or in the fantasy world. Myth and folklore Animated human skeletons have been used as a personification of death in Western culture since the Middle Ages, a personification perhaps influenced by the valley of the dry bones in the Book of Ezekiel. The Grim Reaper is often depicted as a hooded skeleton holding a scythe (and occasionally an hourglass), which has been attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (1538). Death as one of the biblical horsemen of the Apocalypse has been depicted as a skeleton riding a horse. ''The Triumph of Death'' is a 1562 painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting an army of skeletons raiding a town and slaughtering its occupants. " The Boy Who Wanted the Willies" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale in which a boy named Hans joins a circle of danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the sixteenth installment in the long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of superhero programs. Produced by Toei and Bandai, it aired on TV Asahi from February 21, 1992 to February 12, 1993, with a total of 50 episodes. It was the first Sentai series to have a regular Sixth Ranger, and the first to introduce the concept of sentient, living mecha, a theme that has been used frequently in the franchise ever since. It was also the first Sentai series to be adapted into an installment of the American ''Power Rangers'' series. Footage from all 50 episodes was extensively used for the first season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. The core ''Zyuranger'' costumes were used in all three seasons of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and were used as the original ''Power Rangers'' costumes while the Dragon Ranger costume was adapted into the Green Ranger's costume and was used throughout Season 1 and in early Season 2. The title Toei give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chōjin Sentai Jetman
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Bandai. It is the fifteenth entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, following the previous series ''Chikyu Sentai Fiveman''. The series aired on TV Asahi on February 15, 1991, to February 14, 1992, with a total of 51 episodes. It was the last Sentai series until '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' to not get adapted into a ''Power Rangers'' series. It was also the first series to have a third robot, Tetraboy. The international English title is listed by Toei as simply ''Jetman''. Shout! Factory released this series in North America on September 25, 2018. This is the 10th incarnation of ''Super Sentai'' to be released in North America and was the first series released that did not have a ''Power Rangers'' counterpart. Plot This series takes place in 199X. On the Earth Ship, the command center of a defense agency called Sky Force, the guardians of peace on Earth, scientists have developed "Birdonic Waves", a newly de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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