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Zenki
is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was introduced and serialized in the Shueisha publication, '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1992 to September 1996. ''Zenki'' was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 and a single original video animation in 1997 by Studio Deen and also received five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime and its distribution rights. Synopsis Long long ago, the great Bodhisattva of Japan, , controlled the Demon Gods to defeat the Demon Goddess Karuma. After Karuma's defeat, he sealed away one of his Demon Gods, , in a pillar until needed again. Centuries later, his direct descendant, a school girl named (or Cherry Night in some dubs) is able to free Zenki, although the fierce demon lord currently has the form of a bratty demon child. To transform this extremely defiant demon into the form that made him useful by her ancestor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En No Gyōja
( b. 634, in Katsuragi (modern Nara Prefecture); d. c. 700–707) was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training practiced by the ''gyōja'' or '' yamabushi''. He was banished by the Imperial Court to Izu Ōshima on June 26, 699, but folk tales at least as old as the '' Nihon Ryōiki'' (c. 800) recount his supernatural powers and exploits. He is also referred to by the name , , or also under the full name En no Kimi Ozunu, where is his kabane or titular name. Historical references Even historical accounts of his life are intermixed with legends and folklore. According to the chronicle '' Shoku Nihongi'' ( 797 AD), En no Ozunu was banished to the island of Izu Ōshima on June 26, 699: On ''hinoto-ushi'' ( sexagenary "fire ox") day Mommu_(period).html"_;"title="4th_day_of_the_5th_month,_Mommu_(period)">Mommu_3_(June_26,_699_AD)_En_no_Kimi_Ozunu_was_banished_to__ Mommu_3_(June_26,_699_AD)">Mommu_(peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Deen
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa and ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (丹尼動画), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a digital work sub-contracting studio; and Umidori (うみどり), a 3DCG sub-contracting studio. Studio Deen has been operating as a subsidiary of IMA Group since 2011. Television series 1984–2000 * '' Urusei Yatsura'' (1984–1986, #107–195) *''Pro Golfer Saru'' (1985–88, co-produced with Shin-Ei Animation) * '' Maison Ikkoku'' (1986–1988) * '' F'' (1988) * '' Ranma ½'' (1989) * '' Ranma ½ Nettōhen'' (1989–1992) * '' DNA²'' (1994, with Madhouse) * ''Zenki'' (1995) * '' You're Under Arrest'' (1996–1997) * '' Violinist of Hameln'' (1996–1997) * '' Rurouni Kenshin'' (1997–1998, #67–95) * ''Eat-Man'' (1997) * '' Haunted Junction'' (1997) * '' Next Senki Ehrgeiz'' (1997) * '' Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy'' (1997) * '' AWOL -Absent Without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Buchholz
Robert Buchholz is an American voice actor, writer, story editor, and voice director. He has provided voices for anime and video games. He is the owner of Spliced Bread Productions. Filmography Anime * '' Akira'' - Ryu ( Animaze dub) * ''A Whisker Away'' - Kusugi-sensei * '' Battle Athletes Victory'' - Alfred Gurtlent * ''Beastars'' - Oguma (Netflix dub) * '' The Big O'' - Beck Gold/Jason Beck * '' Cowboy Bebop'' - Tom Wiles * '' Digimon: Digital Monsters'' - Additional Voices (Adventure and Adventure 02) * '' Digimon: The Movie'' - Andy, Uncle Al, Additional Voices * '' Duel Masters'' - Additional Voices * ''Fushigi Yûgi'' - Tokaki (Young) * '' Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045'' - Paz * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' - Pazu * '' If I See You in My Dreams'' - Director Hamaoka * '' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'' - Sora Hitoshi * ''Mazinkaiser SKL'' - Koujidani * ''Metal Fighter Miku'' - Tokichiro Harajuku * '' Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team'' - Pilot (Episode 9) * '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junji Nishimura
is a Japanese anime director and producer currently residing in Karatsu, Saga. After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University in 1980, Nishimura entered into the anime studio Nishiko Production. Nishimura had his first job as a producer for '' Baldios'' in 1980, and went on to be in charge of production in other series such as ''Six God Combination Godmars'', and ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' in 1982. An episode of '' Urusei Yatsura'' he directed in 1982, "After You've Gone" (episode #44), was voted the favorite episode of the TV series by Japanese fans. In 1984, Nishimura resigned from Nishiko and in 1985 had his director debut with ''Pro Golfer Saru''. Since then, he has worked as the director on many anime produced by Studio Deen, notably '' Ranma ½'' (serving as series director on later television seasons and for the OVA series as well) and '' Kyo Kara Maoh!''. In 2019, he was named as director of a new anime series, ''Vladlove,'' about a girl vampire that was written by Mamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotono Mitsuishi
is a Japanese voice actress, actress, singer, and narrator. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow, but is now freelance. Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. She graduated from high school and entered the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy in 1986. She is well known for her roles as Usagi Tsukino in ''Sailor Moon'', Misato Katsuragi in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', Boa Hancock in ''One Piece'', Murrue Ramius, Haro and Narrator in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY''. Early life Kotono Mitsuishi was born on December 8, 1967 in Toda, Saitama Prefecture and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated high school in 1986 and later entered the Katsuta Seiyū Academy. She then debuted as Seiyū in 1989. She is also known for her role of Sailor Moon in the manga and anime series of the same name since 1992. In 2011, she was the voice of Hummy in '' Suite PreCure''. Personal life She is married with one daughter. Filmography Television anime O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Ruff
Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her roles include Fujiko Mine in '' Lupin the Third'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Rukia Kuchiki in '' Bleach'', Aoi Sakuraba in '' Ai Yori Aoshi'', Elie in '' Rave Master'', Nat in '' The Promised Neverland'', Yuki Nagato in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yoko Littner in '' Gurren Lagann'', and Sinon in '' Sword Art Online''. In video games, she is the voice of Jill Valentine in the '' Resident Evil'' series, Yukari Takeba and Sadayo Kawakami in the '' Persona'' series, Cream the Rabbit in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and Crimson Viper in the '' Street Fighter'' series. Career Ruff grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chisa Yokoyama
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with Arts Vision but has since founded her own voice company called Banbina. When she was a high school student, she was an assistant of Jump Broadcasting Station of Weekly Shōnen Jump (1988–1996). Some of her major roles are Sasami Masaki Jurai ('' Tenchi Muyo!''), Ryoko Subaru ('' Martian Successor Nadesico''), Lucrezia Noin ('' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'') and Sakura Shinguji This article is a list of fictional characters from the '' Sakura Wars'' series. The visuals of the characters were created by Kōsuke Fujishima and designed by Hidenori Matsubara, while their scenarios were written by Satoru Akahori. The names ... ('' Sakura Wars''). She married musician Chaka from the band Tripolysm and their first child was born in September 2015. Filmography Animation Video games Audio dramas Dubbing *'' Clueless'', Cher Horowitz ( Alicia Silverstone) *'' Fly Away Home'', Amy Alden ( A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Shōnen Jump
was a shōnen manga magazine which was published monthly in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''. History The ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' magazine started as a spin-off issue of ''Weekly Jump'' called ''Bessatsu Shōnen Jump''. The second spin-off issue was called ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', which caught on and became its own separate independent manga magazine. Shōnen manga magazines in Japan in the 1980s focused on bishōjo characters, and ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' stood out due to the many product and toy tie-ins it had during that period and into the 1990s. An off-shoot, ''Hobby's Jump'', was published for 16 issues from 1983 to 1988. Another spin-off ''Go!Go! Jump'' was a collaboration between its sister magazine ''Weekly Jump'' and ''Monthly Jump''; it was published in 2005 and was only published once. On 22 February 2007, Shueisha announced that ''Monthly Jump'' would cease public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Films
Kitty Films (キティフィルム ''Kiti Firumu'') was a production company established in 1972 in Japan. History The company was first established in 1972 as Kitty Music Corporation under Hidenori Taga. It was a subsidiary of Polydor and MCA Inc., producing TV drama soundtracks. Their first was for the 1972 film ''Hajimete no Tabi''. By 1979 the company began to branch off into live action with the films ''Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai buru'' and '' Lady Oscar'' (adaptation of the manga '' The Rose of Versailles'', Kitty had no association with the 1979 anime version of the latter, which was made by Tokyo Movie Shinsha). However, major success first came with their anime version of Rumiko Takahashi's '' Urusei Yatsura''. Starting in 1981, it marked Kitty's entry into anime production. Over the next two decades, Kitty Films would become noteworthy in and outside Japan as the producer of most of the animated versions of Takahashi's manga series, including '' Maison Ikkoku'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōta Yamaguchi
is a Japanese anime screenwriter often associated with Studio Deen, Toei Animation, and Sunrise. He penned a number of scripts for Sunrise's anime TV series ''The Vision of Escaflowne'', as well as writing the movie version, '' Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea'' with director Kazuki Akane. He also worked on scripts for the 2002 '' Kanon'' anime television series. His other major works include '' Ranma ½'', '' Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'', '' Cutey Honey Flash'', '' Digimon Savers'', '' DokiDoki! PreCure'', and '' Blue Exorcist''. Anime Television * series head writer denoted in bold *''Madö King Granzört'' (1989): as Shizumu Higa *'' Mashin Hero Wataru 2'' (1991): as Shizumu Higa *''Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei'' (1992) *'' Ranma ½ Nettohen'' (1992) *''Super Zugan'' (1992-1993) *'' Shippū! Iron Leaguer'' (1993-1994) *'' Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (1994-1995) *''Zenki'' (1995) *'' Sailor Moon SuperS'' (1995-1996) *''Kuma no Putaro'' (1995-1996) *''The Vision of Escaflowne'' (1996) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Ogata
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from the Greater Tokyo Area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tokai University, but left due to lack of interest. She is best known for voicing Shinji Ikari in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', Yugi Mutou and Dark Yugi in the Toei version of '' Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the '' Danganronpa series'', Kurama in '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', Sailor Uranus in the '' Sailor Moon series'', Hanako and Tsukasa in '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun'' and Yukito Tsukishiro/ Yue in ''Cardcaptor Sakura''. Biography Ogata began working as a musical actress, attending the same classes alongside Rumi Kasahara and Shiho Niiyama. She used to be affiliated with Aoni Production. Because of her husky voice, she is often typecast as either young men and boys or tomboyish women (a famous example of this being Sailor Uranus, a popular character from '' Sailor Moon'', known for being a charming tomboy in her civilian form). It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Seth
Joshua Seth is an American voice actor, comedian, and author. Biography Seth was born in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs at Kent State University where he was admitted at the age of eight. Later, he attended Hampshire College and the New York University's film school Tisch School of the Arts where he trained as a performing artist. He has voiced many popular anime characters, including Taichi "Tai" Kamiya in ''Digimon Adventure'' series. He was the announcer of "Kids WB's Aftertoons Show" block and "Saturdays: Unleashed" block. He retired from voice acting in 2006 to focus on his other works. From 2006 to 2020, Seth toured the world as a mentalist and magician. He has won awards from Hollywoodʼs Magic Castle, appeared in five of his own TV specials in Japan and South Korea and performed at over 2,000 events in over 30 countries. Between 2016 and 2018, he came out of voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
