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Brave Raideen
, also known as "Brave Reideen" or "Heroic Raydeen", is a super robot anime series created by Tohokushinsha and Produced by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). It aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. The series is marked as the first mecha anime series to introduce and popularize the concept of Transforming Mecha, which is also tied to its marketing gimmick in the 1970s. Two spiritual remakes based on the series were made later after the original aired: the first one titled was broadcast from 1996 to 1997 on TV Tokyo, and another called '' Reideen'' was broadcast in 2007 on WOWOW. Story After a slumber of twelve millennia, the Demon Empire awakens to seize control of the Earth. Reideen, the giant robot-like protector of the lost continent of Mu, senses the evil presence and awakens within its golden pyramid. A young Japanese boy, Akira Hibiki, is alerted about the Demon Empire by a mysterio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mu (lost Continent)
Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis. The name was subsequently identified with the hypothetical land of Lemuria by James Churchward (1851–1936), who asserted that it was located in the Pacific Ocean before its destruction. The place of Mu in both pseudoscience and fantasy fiction is discussed in detail in '' Lost Continents'' (1954, 1970) by L. Sprague de Camp. Geologists state that the existence of Mu and the lost continent of Atlantis has no factual basis, and is physically impossible, as a continent can neither sink nor be destroyed in the short period of time asserted in the legends, folklore and literature about these places. History of the concept Augustus Le Plongeon The mythical idea of the "Land of Mu" first appeared in the works of the British-American antiquarian Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), after his investigations of the Maya ruins in Yucatán. He claimed that he had transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga artist, which had been his dream since childhood. His manga have been critically acclaimed and have won numerous awards. Early life Born 1947 in Engaru, Hokkaidō, Yasuhiko started to draw manga in third grade of elementary school. In high school, he learned the basics of Marxism from a teacher and was inspired by it. At the time, the world's focus was on the Vietnam War, a proxy war between the capitalist United States and socialist Soviet Union. Yasuhiko said seeing a superpower such as the US burn down a small country naturally made him " anti-American". Additionally, he viewed Japan as complicit in the war by supporting the US through Yokota Air Base and Misawa Air Base, while claiming to have a pacifist constitution, someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asatsu
d/b/a ADK, formerly known as Asatsu-DK, is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in the Toranomon Hills building complex in Minato, Tokyo since June 2014 (previously in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo), the firm is Japan's third largest advertising agency after Dentsu and Hakuhodo. The agency has 80 offices in over 20 countries. One, Asatsu-DK Europe, was established in 1993 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bain Capital has owned the company since 2018. History Asatsu Inc. was established in 1956 by Masao Inagaki. In August 1998, it entered a business tie-up with the WPP Group. It soon merged with fellow advertising agency Dai-ichi Kikaku Co., Ltd. (established in 1951) to form Asatsu-DK (the DK stands for Dai-ichi Kikaku) on January 1, 1999. Inagaki died on April 16, 2015. In October 2017, it was reported that U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital was looking to buy Asatsu-DK for ¥152 billion ($1.35 billion). On January 1, 2019, it was reported that Asatsu-DK fully acquired d-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seizō Katō
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who worked for Haikyo (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society). Kato was born in Tokyo. He was noted for his role as Megatron and Galvatron from the 1st Transformers series until '' Transformers: The Headmasters''. He also did the ADR for Takeshi Katō's character in Akira Kurosawa's '' Ran'' after the original actor had become injured. He died of bladder cancer at a hospital in Itabashi, Tokyo on January 17, 2014 at age 86. Filmography Television animation *''Kimba the White Lion'' (1965) – Totto *''Star of the Giants'' (1968) – Ittetsu Hoshi *'' Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster'' (1976) – Professor Genrai Yuri *'' Chōdenji Machine Voltes V'' (1977) – Dr. Hamaguchi *'' Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F'' (1978) – Sosai Z *''Fist of the North Star'' (1984) – Barcom *'' Star Musketeer Bismark'' (1984) – Hyuza *'' Transformers: The Headmasters'' (1987) – Galvatron *''Detective Conan'' (1996–2014) – Polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junpei Takiguchi
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture. Besides his many narration and dubbing roles, he was also known for his roles in '' Time Bokan'' (as Perasuke), '' Yatterman'' (as Dokurobei), '' Mazinger Z'' (as Count Brocken), '' Tekkaman: The Space Knight'' (as Ranbos), '' Brave Raideen'' (as Barao), and for his narration roles in ''Burari Tochūgesha no Tabi'' and ''Pittankokan Kan''. Death Takiguchi died at 7:33am JST on August 29, 2011, aged 80, from stomach cancer. Filmography Television animation *'' Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse'' (1960) – Narrator *'' Moomin'' (1969) – Moran *'' Himitsu no Akko-chan'' (1969) - Dark King *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971) - Mole *''Lupin III'' (1971) – Mr. X *'' Mazinger Z'' (1972) – Count Brocken *'' New Moomin'' (1972) – Moran *'' We Know You, Moonlight Mask-kun!'' (1972) – Satan's Claw *'' Vicky the Viking'' (1974) – Snorre *'' Tekkaman: The Space Knight'' (1975) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaneta Kimotsuki
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. Career During his life he had been attached to TBS broadcast theater company and then Aoni Production, Production Baobab, he became a director of his own agency 21st century FOX; he was attached to 81 Produce at the time of his death. He was known to voice many characters in anime series for 62 years. He appeared in children's anime and educational programmes. In addition to ''Doraemon'', he had prominent roles in '' Cyborg 009'' (as 007/Great Britain), Dracula ( Kaibutsu-kun), Kemumaki Kemuzou ( Ninja Hattori-kun), Pāyan ( Perman), Iyami (Osomatsu-kun), Quackerjack ( Darkwing Duck), Tom (Tom and Jerry), Benzou Karino ( Kiteretsu Daihyakka), Horrorman ( Soreike! Anpanman), Conductor ( Galaxy Express 999) and Jiminy Cricket (Japanese dub of Pinocchio and all other appearances). He was the mentor of Kappei Yamaguchi. Gian In 1973, he was cast in the Nippon TeleMovie Productions adaptation of Fujiko F. Fujio's ''Doraemon'' series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiro Murakoshi
, also known mononymously as , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the next 12 years with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Suzuki then played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees and three with the Miami Marlins before returning to the Mariners for his final two seasons. He won two World Baseball Classic titles as part of the Japanese national team. He also became the Mariners' special assistant to the chairman in 2019. He is regarded as one of the greatest contact hitters, leadoff hitters and defensive outfielders in baseball history. In his combined playing time in the NPB and MLB, Suzuki received 17 consecutive selections as an All-Star and Gold Glove winner, won nine league batting titles, and was named his league's most valuable player (MVP) four times. In the NPB, he won seven consecut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makio Inoue
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is most noted for his two longstanding roles, as the title character in Captain Harlock from 1978 through the 1980s and 1990s, and Goemon Ishikawa XIII of ''Lupin III'' from 1977 to 2011. Career Inoue's childhood of watching mobile theater troupes gave him a longing to be an actor, and by the time he was in high school, he was appearing in TV movies. At the time, he also admired poets, and his stage name “Makio (Inoue himself uses the English name “Maqio”).” was derived from his pen name at that time. Around 1960, he and a friend founded a theater company influenced by Underground culture and began working as stage actors. However, the money to maintain the stage soon disappeared and his life became difficult, so he decided that he had to earn money. It was then that he was invited by an acquaintance to audition for the Japanese dubbed version of the TV series “ The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” and was chosen for the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuo Nishikawa
is a Japanese voice actor who works for Production Baobab. Filmography Television animation *''Star of the Giants'' (1968) (Mishima) *'' Judo Boy'' (1969) (Sanshiro) *'' Wandering Sun'' (1971) (Yumemaro) *'' Casshan'' (1973) (Casshern) *''Brave Raideen'' (1975) (Tarou Sarumaru) *''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1980) (Jim) *'' New Tetsujin-28'' (1980) (Robby) *'' The Irresponsible Captain Tylor'' (1993) (Robert J. Hanner) *'' Nintama Rantarō'' (1993) (Rantaro's Father) *'' Mahōjin Guru Guru'' (1994) (President of Darkness) *''Rurouni Kenshin'' (1996) (Saizuchi) *'' Berserk'' (1997) (Godo) *''Rozen Maiden'' (2004) (Motoharu Shibasaki) *'' Samurai 7'' (2004) (Gisaku) *''Naruto'' (2005) (Sukeza) *''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2005) (Principal of Magic Academy) *'' Romeo × Juliet'' (2007) (Balthasar) *'' Naruto: Shippuden'' (2009) (Fukasaku) *'' Fate/Zero'' (2012) (Glen Mackenzie) OVA *''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' (1996) *'' Blue Submarine No. 6'' (1998) (Hugh W. Conwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Kousaka
is a unisex Japanese name although it is more commonly used by males. As a noun, Makoto means "sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真, 眞). People Given name * Makoto (musician) (born 1977), drum and bass artist *Makoto (Sharan Q) ( まこと), drummer of Sharan Q *Makoto (streamer) ( まこと), Japanese streamer, voice actress * Makoto (wrestler) (born 1989), professional wrestler *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese writer *, Japanese academic *, landscape designer often credited with inventing the fortune cookie *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, birth name of , Japanese actor and voice actor *, professional baseball player *, professional golfer *, Japanese economist * Mako (actor) (岩松 誠, 1933–2006), Japanese-American actor and voice actor frequently credited as Mako *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
