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Bridget Hoffman
Bridget Hoffman (born 1961/1962) is an American voice actress and automated dialogue replacement, ADR writer who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, usually under an alias such as Ruby Marlowe. Prior to her involvement in anime, she had some on-screen acting roles in films and television including ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and other media produced by Sam Raimi. Some of her major voice roles are title characters such as Belldandy in ''Ah! My Goddess: The Movie'', Mizuho Kazami in ''Please Teacher!/Please Twins!,'' Mima Kirigoe in ''Perfect Blue'', and Lain Iwakura in ''Serial Experiments Lain''. She also voiced lead ensemble characters as List of El-Hazard characters#Rune Venus, Rune Venus in ''El Hazard'', Miaka Yuki in ''Fushigi Yûgi'', List of Scrapped Princess characters#Raquel Casull, Raquel Casull in ''Scrapped Princess'', Fuu Hououji in ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', Shinobu Maehara in ''Love H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College (SMC) is a Public university, public community college in Santa Monica, California. Founded as a Junior college#United States, junior college in 1929, SMC enrolls over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college initially served pre-college Secondary education in the United States, high school students, eventually expanding its enrollment to educate college-age and non-traditional students with the intention to transfer to a four-year university. The college has high transfer rates to four-year universities such as the University of California and California State University campuses, being a leader among state community colleges in transfers to the former. History 20th century Santa Monica Junior College was established in September 1929 with seven faculty members and 153 students in classes held on the second floor of Santa Monica High School. Attended primarily by high school students, it was originally part of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate/Zero
''Fate/Zero'' is a Japanese light novel written by Gen Urobuchi, illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi, and is a prequel to all routes in Type-Moon's visual novel, ''Fate/stay night''. ''Fate/Zero'' is set ten years before the events of ''Fate/stay night'', and tells the story of the Fourth Holy Grail War, a secret magical tournament held in Fuyuki City, Japan, where seven mages known as Masters summon Servants, reincarnations of legendary souls and heroes from all across time, where they fight in a deadly battle royale where the winner obtains the Holy Grail, a legendary magical chalice capable of granting wishes. The main protagonist, Kiritsugu Emiya, the foster father of ''Fate/stay night'' protagonist, Shirou Emiya, is known as a ruthless assassin who joins the tournament on behalf of his wife's family, the Einzberns. An anime adaptation was produced by Ufotable, the first season of which aired from October 1 to December 24, 2011, and the second season of which aired from A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fate/Zero Characters
The Japanese adult visual novel ''Fate/stay night'' features a number of characters created by Type-Moon, some of whom are classified as Servants with special combat abilities. The characters listed have appeared mainly in two anime television series adaptations (''Fate/stay night'' and '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'') with a movie trilogy adaptation ('' Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel'') produced by Studio Deen and Ufotable respectively, and its visual novel sequel, '' Fate/hollow ataraxia''. A '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'' animated film was released prior to its TV series. Creation Kinoko Nasu wrote only one ''Fate/stay night'' in college intending Shirou and Saber to be the only couple. In his early drafts, ''Fate''s heroine Saber was a man, and the protagonist was a girl with glasses. This early draft was later embodied in the short original video animation (OVA) ''Fate/Prototype'', which was released with the final volume of the '' Carnival Phant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimetsu No Yaiba
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously on the ''Manga Plus'' platform by Shueisha. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered and the sole survivor, his younger sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon, in the hopes of turning her human again and defeating the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Ufotable aired from April to September 2019, with a sequel film, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'', released in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all time. An 18-epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurren Lagann
''Gurren Lagann'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima. ''Gurren Lagann'' takes place in a fictional future where the Spiral King, Lordgenome, rules Earth and forces mankind to live in isolated subterranean villages. The plot focuses on two teenagers, Simon and Kamina, who live in a subterranean village and wish to go to the surface. Using a mecha known as Lagann, they reach the surface and start fighting alongside other humans against Lordgenome's forces before fighting the forces of their true enemy. In North America, although initially announced to be licensed by ADV Films in 2007, the license was transferred to Bandai Entertainment in 2008 and then to Aniplex of America in 2013. In the United Kingdom, it was licensed by Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nia Teppelin
This is a list of primary characters from the anime series '' Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''. Most of them are people who became the first members of Kamina's Team Gurren. The plot of ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' is divided into two main story arcs, separated by a seven-year timeskip. After the timeskip, most characters undergo important changes in their appearances and/or personalities, and some of them have their own unique roles in the overall story. Protagonists Simon Personal Gunmen *Lagann *Gurren Lagann *Arc-Gurren Lagann *Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann *Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann *Tengen Toppa Lagann (movie only) (true) *Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (movie only) The series' protagonist, (pronounced SEE-mohn) is a boy who initially suffered from low self-esteem due to being an orphan, with his parents having died in a cave-in, and a fear of earthquakes. Despite being physically underdeveloped for his age and adults and girls ignoring him, Simon is a valued digger in Giha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Hina
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 volumes by Kodansha. The series tells the story of Keitarō Urashima and his attempts to find the girl with whom he made a childhood promise to enter the University of Tokyo. The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop, in Australia by Madman Entertainment, and in Singapore by Chuang Yi. Two novelizations of ''Love Hina'', written by two anime series screenwriters, were also released in Japan by Kodansha. Both novels were later released in North America and the United Kingdom by Tokyopop. A twenty-four episode anime adaptation of the manga series, produced by Xebec, aired in Japan from April to September 2000. It was followed by a bonus DVD episode, Christmas and Spring television specials, and a three episode orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Maehara
This is a list of fictional characters in the anime and manga series ''Love Hina'' created by Ken Akamatsu. The character names are listed in Western order, with the given name before the family name. ''Note'' because the story spans over several years, any characters age mentioned below describes their age at the point of their introduction. Main characters The main characters are residents of the Hinata Inn, a former hot springs resort that is converted to an all-girls dormitory managed by Keitaro Urashima, the sole male resident. Keitaro Urashima is a 19-year-old second-year '' ronin'' studying to enter Tokyo University (abbreviated as "Todai"). As a child, Keitaro made a promise to a girl, based on a story the children overheard, that two people who love each other will live "happily ever after" if they enter 'Todai'. Keitaro is set on gaining entrance to Todai to fulfill the promise he made to his childhood friend, even though he cannot recall her name or her face. Later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Knight Rayearth
is a Japanese manga series created by CLAMP. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha. They were published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue. It was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from July 1995 to April 1996. The series follows three eighth-grade girls who find themselves transported from modern-day Japan into a magical world, where they are tasked with rescuing a princess. ''Rayearth'' combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy. The manga was adapted into two anime series in 1994 and an original video animation (OVA) in 1997. A new anime project has been announced. Plot ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' focuses on three eighth-grade girls: the tomboyish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuu Hououji
The list of characters from the ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' anime and manga series by CLAMP. (Note: many characters' names are either taken from or related to cars). The Magic Knights Hikaru Shidou is an eighth-grader with bright red eyes and scarlet hair (pink hair in the manga version), who is small for her age and often teased for her boyishness. She helps her parents and her three older brothers (Masaru, Satoru and Kakeru) to run a school for Kendo. She is headstrong and determined, and in many ways very childish, but she is fiercely loyal to her friends. In particular, she wants to save Cephiro in the first arc in order to return home to her dog, Hikari, her precious childhood friend. She uses fire-based spells, such as ''Arrow of Fire'' (Honoo no Ya) and ''Crimson Lightning''. Hikaru is very popular with fans, especially with boys, because of her sometimes childish behavior; for example, in the manga, where Fuu is "asking" Ferio to help them, Umi catches on to what she's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
