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Yumekui Merry
is a Japanese action fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitaka Ushiki. The series was serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' from 2008 to 2020. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by J.C.Staff which aired in Japan in 2011. Plot Yumeji Fujiwara is a young male student like any other who, after an event that occurred 10 years previously, gained the power to see the aura of other people's dreams, and the ability to predict what kind of dream they will have next. Since then, he has started to have strange dreams of cats following him for an unknown reason. The boss of the cat army, John Doe, tells him that his body is needed to access the real world. One day, as he was returning home from his errands, a mysterious girl falls on top of him. This girl, named Merry Nightmare, is actually a , who's searching for a way to get back to her world. Yumeji decides to help her, and a gate to the world of dreams ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action (fiction)
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Haag
Hilary Haag () is an American voice actress who is known for her work for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Haag has been involved in several lead roles in anime series, including Nene Romanova in ''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'', Teletha Testarossa in the ''Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic series'', Seth Nightroad in ''Trinity Blood'', Rebecca Miyamoto in ''Pani Poni Dash!'', Rosette Christopher in ''Chrono Crusade'', and Chloe in ''Noir (anime), Noir''. She attended Lamar Consolidated High School and later studied English Rhetoric at Texas A&M University. Haag resided in Los Angeles for almost 2 years after she graduated from Texas A&M University, but moved back to Houston where she grew up. Because of her distinctive natural child-like voice, she is often given the roles of younger female characters. Filmography Anime Film References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haag, Hilary American voice actresses Living people People from Baytown, Texas Texas A&M Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Ayres
Christopher Owen Ayres (May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021) was an American actor, director and scriptwriter. He worked on voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows at Funimation, OkraTron 5000, New Generation Pictures and Seraphim Digital / Sentai Filmworks. In anime, he was known as the voice of Frieza from ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' and ''Dragon Ball Super'', Kei Kurono from ''Gantz'', Prince Soma from ''Black Butler'', and Shingen Takeda from the ''Sengoku Basara'' series. He was also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions. Early life and career Ayres had his first professional acting gig in a commercial for Lollipop Soft Drinks in Richmond, Virginia when he was six years old. The Ayres family moved to the Alief, Houston area of Houston, Texas when he was 12 where Chris attended Alief Middle School and then Alief Elsik High School. He graduated in 1983. After graduating high school Ayres attended Lon Morris Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōji Nakata
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator who is affiliated with the Office Osawa agency. His major voice roles include Alucard in ''Hellsing'', Hijikata Toshizo in Golden Kamuy, Roy Revant in ''Solty Rei'', Giroro in ''Sgt. Frog'', Kirei Kotomine in ''Fate/stay night'', and the title character in '' Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo''. In video game franchises, he voices Ieyasu Tokugawa and Kenshin Uesugi in ''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series, Albert Wesker in the ''Resident Evil'' franchise, Sol Badguy in the ''Guilty Gear'' series since '' Guilty Gear 2: Overture'', Naobito Zen'in in '' Jujutsu Kaisen'' and Kazuya Mishima in the first, second and first Tag installments of the '' Tekken'' series. Biography Nakata studied at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. His first roles were for live-action works where his major characters portrayed included Sir Cowler in '' Choushinsei Flashman'' and Great Professor Bias in '' Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratītyasamutpāda
''Pratītyasamutpāda'' (Sanskrit: प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद, Pāli: ''paṭiccasamuppāda''), commonly translated as dependent origination, or dependent arising, is a key doctrine in Buddhism shared by all schools of Buddhism. It states that all dharmas (phenomena) arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist". The basic principle is that all things (dharmas, phenomena, principles) arise in dependence upon other things. The doctrine includes depictions of the arising of suffering (''anuloma-paṭiccasamuppāda'', "with the grain", forward conditionality) and depictions of how the chain can be reversed (''paṭiloma-paṭiccasamuppāda'', "against the grain", reverse conditionality).Fuller, Paul (2004). ''The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism: The Point of View.'' p. 65. Routledge.Harvey, Peter. ''The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Emerick
Shannon Emerick is an American voice actress who voices a number of English language localizations of Japanese anime shows with ADV Films, Seraphim Digital and Sentai Filmworks. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theater Studies and English. In anime, she is known as the voice of Charlotte Dunois from the ''Infinite Stratos'' series, Kei Kishimoto from ''Gantz'' and Riki Naoe from the ''Little Busters!'' series. Outside of voice acting, she is a stage actress in the Houston area. She won the Best Actress award from ''Houston Press'' for her theater work twice in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Biography In 2017, Emerick is slated to voice Arata Wataya as a young child in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series ''Chihayafuru is a Japanese ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''josei'' manga magazine '' Be Love'' from December 2007 to August 2022, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luci Christian
Louisa Michelle Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer at Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films. Life and career Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in ''Those Who Hunt Elves'' that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in ''Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Akiya
is a Japanese voice actress and former model. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the ''Ojamajo Doremi'' series, and Suzume Mizuno in ''Zatch Bell''. Career Prior to voice acting, Akiya had been a model. Filmography Anime *''Ojamajo Doremi'' – Hazuki Fujiwara *''Zatch Bell!'' – Suzume Mizuno *'' Penguin Musume Heart'' – Riff *''Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z'' – Miss Keane *''Casshern Sins'' – Sophita *'' Dream Eater Merry'' – Yui Kounagi Video games *''Zatch Bell! ''Zatch Bell!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' between January 2001 and December 2007, with ...'' series – Suzume Mizuno *'' Paper Mario: The Origami King'' – Olivia References External links * * 1976 births Living people Voice actresses from Chiba Prefecture Japanese voice actresses {{Japan-voice-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Karbowski (born ; June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation, Sentai Filmworks and ADV Films. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986 in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated Kempner High School in 2004 and attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater. Career Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as '' Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Seussical'', and ''Pirates of Penzance'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series ''Gantz''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''Gilgamesh'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Kayano
is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day'', Inori Yuzuriha in ''Guilty Crown'', Alice Zuberg in '' Sword Art Online: Alicization'', Utaha Kasumigaoka in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Mashiro Shiina in ''The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'', Saori Takebe in ''Girls und Panzer'', Shiro in ''No Game No Life'', Darkness in ''KonoSuba'', and Mamako Oosuki in ''Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?''. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series. Biography Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching ''Aria''. While attending school, Kayan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Shepard
Blake Thomas Shepard is an American voice actor who works on anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. He has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and films; notable credits include Ikki from '' Amnesia'', Yuzuru Otonashi from ''Angel Beats!'', Soma Yukihira from '' Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma'', Arata Wataya from ''Chihayafuru'', Tanaka from '' Tanaka-kun is Always Listless'', Birthday from ''Hamatora'', Agito Wanijima from ''Air Gear'', Godo Kusanagi from ''Campione!'', Taro Sado from ''MM!'', Kei Takishima from '' S · A: Special A'', Kyosuke Natsume from the '' Little Busters!'' series, Futoshi from ''Darling in the Franxx'', Akiyuki Takehara from '' Xam'd: Lost Memories'', and Hiro Hiyorimi from ''Princess Resurrection''. Outside of voice acting, Shepard is the lead singer and guitarist in a band called Electric Attitude. Career In 2017, Shepard voiced Arata Wataya, who is Chihaya's childhood friend that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
