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Black Magic (manga)
is a cyberpunk manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. It was first published as a ''dōjinshi'' in 1983, and was later reprinted in ''tankōbon'' format by Seishinsha in 1985. The series was later adapted into an original video animation, OVA in 1987 which was directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. Anime International Company, AIC and Animate (retailer), Animate provided the animation/production while Bandai Visual was chosen as the distributor. The OVA is very loosely based on one of the chapters of the manga and centers around the efforts of a female journalist named Sybel, trying to save a young girl from an out-of-control military android created by the girl's grandfather. Plot OVA A military transport chopper is flying to an undisclosed location with secret cargo – two fully equipped, but un-programmed M-66 battle androids. It becomes apparent that the chopper is suffering from some sort of attack, as one of the turbines flares up before exploding. Both men evacuat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-fi
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Sakakibara
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Career In 1981, Yoshiko made her voice acting debut as Flore in '' Six God Combination Godmars''. In addition to her voice acting roles, she has worked as a narrator for various news programs, including a long term position on TV Asahi News Station, where she narrated for over 10 years. She has been interested in theatrical performance since elementary school, and after gaining experience in the theater club in the middle and high school era, she majored in the theater department. While working with various theater companies, voice actors set up a new agency, and she joined upon invitation from a person who was the husband and teacher of Mari Shimizu, a participant in the launch. The president of the agency and senior colleagues also encouraged her to be a voice actor. Filmography Anime ;1980s * 1981 '' Six God Combination Godmars'' – Flore * 1981 ''Urusei Yatsura'' – Otama * 1982 ''Space Cobra'' – Armaroid Lady * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Woods
Mimi J. Woods (born October 18, 1965) is a former Los Angeles–based voice actress known primarily for voice-overs in Japanese anime. She is best known for being the English voice of Motoko Kusanagi in the original ''Ghost in the Shell'' film and video game. She was also credited as Mimi J. Davies and M.J. Davis. She has long since retired from acting. According to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (the voice of Kusanagi in the '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' series), Woods had moved away from Los Angeles. The last voiceover role she was featured in was the English version of the video game '' The Bouncer'', in which she voiced a television news anchor named after herself in the game's opening cinematic. Dubbing roles Animated film and series English dubbing * ''Battle Athletes Victory'' – Lahrri Fernando * ''Black Magic M-66'' – Nakamura * '' El Hazard series'' – Shayla-Shayla * ''Ghost in the Shell'' – Motoko Kusanagi * '' Moldiver'' – Agt. Jennifer * '' Outlanders' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōko Tongū
, is a Japanese voice actress from Okayama, Japan who retired for a time in 1992, when her husband was transferred to Milan, Italy. She returned to Japan and voice work there late in the same decade, now chiefly involved with dubbing of foreign movies and television programs. Her most recent anime work has been for '' Mermaid Forest'' and '' Star Fox: Assault''. During her earlier career, she was best known for her voice of Kei in '' Dirty Pair'', Smith in '' Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin'' and Nakamura in '' Black Magic M-66''. Her last regular role before her brief retirement was as the voice of Kikunosuke Abashiri in Abashiri Family. She is still currently active through her agency, Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of Voice acting in Japan, voice actors and other Japanese entertainers. It was founded in 1969 by Susumu Kubo. Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni All names are in Western order (g .... References External links Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Dubin
Gary Michael Dubin (May 5, 1959 – October 8, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Punky Lazaar, a friend of Danny Partridge on ''The Partridge Family''. He also voiced Toulouse in ''The Aristocats'' in 1970 and played the part of ill-fated teenager Eddie Marchand, who was eaten by the shark in ''Jaws 2''. Dubin portrayed a runaway boy on ''Green Acres'' in 1968. In 1969, he portrayed deaf boy Dal in the season 1 episode 25 of ''Land of the Giants'' titled, "Shell Game". He appeared in the James Bond film ''Diamonds Are Forever (film), Diamonds Are Forever'' in the carnival scene, where he lost to Jill St. John at the water balloons, complaining that he had been cheated and that she needed more wins to get the stuffed animal that, unknowing, contained the diamonds. Dubin was also a prominent voice actor in dubbing for Anime, Japanese animation throughout the 1990s to the early 2000s. He has also acted in many other projects, his most recent being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yū Mizushima
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko. In the 1980s, He proved to be a popular choice for many Japanese animation studios for the roles of male heart-throbs in many ''shojo'' anime. In May 2020, Mizushima announced he will take a hiatus in order to undergo vocal cord polyp surgery. Biography Filmography Television animation ;1970s * '' Chojin Sentai Barattack'' (1977) – Mac * '' Choudenji Machine Voltes V'' (1977) – Young Ragooru * '' Galaxy Express 999'' (1978) – Beethoven * '' Dokaben'' (1979) – Tomoaki Takashiro * '' Hana no Ko Lunlun'' (1979) – Serge Flora (Selge) ;1980s * '' Space Emperor God Sigma'' (1980) – Kajio * '' Beast King GoLion'' (1981) – Isamu Kurogane (" Lance") * '' Six God Combination Godmars'' (1981) – Mars/Takeru Myoujin * '' Tokimeki Tonight'' (1982-1983) – Shun Makabe * '' Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel'' (1983) – Toshio Otomo * '' Persia, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop''; Amon from ''The Legend of Korra''; Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax from '' Ben 10''; Garazeb Orrelios from '' Star Wars Rebels''; Starscream from '' Transformers: Prime''; Sub-Zero from the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise; Tank Dempsey from the ''Call of Duty'' Zombies franchise; Ares in ''God of War'', '' God of War: Ghost of Sparta'', and '' God of War: Ascension''; and Wolverine from Marvel's '' Wolverine and the X-Men'', '' Marvel Anime: X-Men'', and various other projects featuring the character. Blum has also been 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. As a child, Blum was overweight and bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichirō Nagai
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. Career Nagai played ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'''s Konaki Jijii, a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight and mass immensely and pinning them down between the 60s and 80s alongside Masako Nozawa and Keiko Toda (Kitaro), Isamu Tanonaka (Medama oyaji), Chikao Ohtsuka and Kei Tomiyama (Nezumi-Otoko), Nana Yamaguchi, Yūko Mita (Neko Musume), Yoko Ogushi, Keiko Yamamoto (Sunakake Baba), Yonehiko Kitagawa, Kenji Utsumi and Yusaku Yara (Nurikabe) and Jōji Yanami, Keaton Yamada and Kōsei Tomita (Ittan Momen). Nagai was cast as ''Sazae-san's'' character, Namihei Isono, Sazae's father and patriarch of the family in the longest running Anime in 1969 alongside co-stars Midori Katō (Saza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Prescott
Simon Prescott is an American voice actor who is best known for his work in the anime and film industries. Notable roles include Dr. Laughton in ''Metropolis'' and Aritomo Yamagata in ''Rurouni Kenshin''. Filmography Anime *'' Akira'' – Dr. Onishi (Pioneer dub) *'' Argento Soma'' – Air Force Official A, Scientist A *'' Bastard!!'' – Great Priest Goe Note Soto *'' Button Nose'' – Malcolm *'' Casshan'' – Slave Elder *''Cowboy Bebop'' – Doctor, Doohan *'' Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' – Professor Isaac Gilmore *''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' – King Louis XIII *''Ghost in the Shell'' – Nakamura *'' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' – Old Man *'' Kikaider 01: The Animation'' – Futen *''Lupin the Third'' – Doctor Oz *''Metropolis'' – Dr. Laughton *'' Mobile Suit Gundam movies'' – Degwin Sodo Zabi *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' – Eiphar Synapse *'' Mobile Suit Gundam F91'' – Meitzer Ronah *''Outlaw Star'' – Old Tao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahito Tsujimura
was a Japanese actor and voice actor who was represented by 81 Produce. Tsujimura died on November 27, 2018. Filmography Television animation *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971) - Satyr, Hans *'' Paris no Isabelle'' (1979) - Leon *''Galaxy Express 999'' (1979) - Great Chief *''Dragon Ball'' (1987) - Village Headman *''Dragon Ball Z'' (1995) - Dai Kaiōshin *'' Berserk'' (1997) - Foss *''One Piece'' (1999–present) - Banban *'' Negima'' (2005) - Konoemon "Dean" Konoe *''Dragon Ball Kai'' (2015) - Dai Kaiōshin Original video animation (OVA) *'' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'' (1985) – Chizamu *''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' (1991) - Eugen Richter Film Animation *''Arabian naito: Shindobaddo no bôken'' (1962) - Yasim *''Golgo 13'' (1973) - Eghbali *'' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (1984) - King Jihl *'' Patlabor: The Movie'' (1989) - Jitsuyama *''Porco Rosso'' (1992) *'' Slayers: The Motion Picture'' (1995) - The King Videogames *'' Arc the Lad'' (1995) - Goge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Fahn
Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in the Nickelodeon animated series ''Invader Zim'', Dendy in the Cartoon Network animated series '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'', Hello Kitty in '' Hello Kitty's Paradise'', as well as voicing many anime and video game characters like Himawari Uzumaki from Boruto, Radical Edward from ''Cowboy Bebop'', Silver Wolf in '' Honkai: Star Rail'', Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia and Rider and her various other incarnations in the '' Fate stay/night franchise''. She starred in the Broadway performance of '' Wicked'' and various theatre projects in Los Angeles. Early life and education Fahn was born in Long Island, New York to Michael and Millie Fahn. She is the youngest of four siblings. She performed dancing at the age of 3. Her family moved to Huntington Beach, California. Her father, a jazz drummer, encouraged her to learn singing and acting in addition to just dancing. She continued in co ... [...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 (''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 ''Fly Away Home'' ( ''Flying Wild'' and ''Father Goose'') is a 1996 children's film, family Adventure film, adventure drama (film and television), drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delan ...'', Amy Alden ( Anna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
