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Hōko Kuwashima
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is capable of playing a variety of roles, ranging from young boys to feminine women. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her first major role was as Yurika Misumaru in ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' and she has had lead or major roles in a number of others. She has voiced characters in several video games. On film, she has had voice roles as the title character in ''Princess Arete'' and in '' Space Battleship Yamato 2199'', '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa'' and '' Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom''. She has performed songs for anime, such as , which was used as the opening theme to ''Blue Gender''. Biography Although a shy child, she was interested in acting as an escape from her real self, especially when she saw the musical and television dramas at the Shiki Theatre Company. While in elementary school, Kuwashima watched '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' while dreaming of becoming a voice actress. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon Tarento Meikan
is a Japanese illustrated annual directory of Japanese entertainers, or ''tarentos'', issued by VIP Times Inc. that was first published in 1970. The directory's company established on 1969 and its current representative director is Mutsuko Igusa. Overview Genres of entertainers and their offices are described in many profiles which are active in Japan. It is adopted as a portal site of entertainer database. It is first published on 1970 as . It is renamed to ''Nihon Tarento Meikan'' from 1973. VIP Times Company is founded by Shigetaro Igusa who has an experience of television stations during his time at office, and felt the need of the photos, names, and agencies can be triggered in its first issue. History VIP Time's predecessor Leisure Tsūshin-sha was established on 1968, which Shigetaro Igusa was appointed as representative director. It issued the leisure newspaper, ''VIP Times'', that introduced attractions, historic sites, and entertainment industry news around Japan. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Anime, Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in Tokyo City, Miyazaki expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age. He joined Toei Animation in 1963, working as an inbetween artist and key animator on films like ''Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon'' (1965), ''Puss in Boots (1969 film), Puss in Boots'' (1969), and ''Animal Treasure Island'' (1971), before moving to Shin-Ei Animation, A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed ''Lupin the Third Part I'' (1971–1972) alongside Isao Takahata. After moving to Zuiyo, Zuiyō Eizō (later Nippon Animation) in 1973, Miyazaki worked as an animator on ''World Masterpiece Theater'' and directed the television series ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filia Ul Copt
The ''Slayers'' light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship, they battle difficult overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' has been adapted into several manga series, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations, and five anime films where events and characters differ significantly from the original novels. Major characters Lina Inverse : is the main protagonist and central figure of the ''Slayers'' franchise. Although still a teenager, she is a powerful and well-known sorceress with nicknames such as the "Bandit Killer" and "Black Witch". Born to a merchant family, she has a great love of money, treasure, and food. After meeting in the first novel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slayers Try
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in '' Dragon Magazine'' since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits. ''Slayers'' inspired several spin-off novel series and has been adapted into numerous manga titles, anime television series, anime films, OVA series, role-playing video games, and other media. Including the spin-off series and digital copies, the novels have sold over 22 million copies. The anime series is considered to be one of the most popular of the 1990s. Plot Setting In the ''Slayers'' universe, the ultimate being is the Lord of Nightmares, the creator of at least four parallel wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Martian Successor Nadesico Characters
The following is a list of characters from the Japanese manga and anime ''Martian Successor Nadesico''. Character names are listed in Western order, with the given names preceding the surnames. Nadesico crewmembers ; : : Born on Mars and orphaned after his parents died in an apparent military coup, Akito's dream to become a cook stemmed from the quality of the raw food available. Though he has a nanomachine controller enabling him to pilot machinery, he refused to become a military pilot; his first time in an ''Aestevalis'', a humanoid combat robot, was an accident, though he quickly showed capable piloting skill. Due to the lack of pilots on the ''Nadesico'', Akito was officially made one for the duration of the tour of duty. A fan of the anime ''Gekiganger'', his devotion to the series is rekindled by fellow pilot Gai Daigoji. Akito is romantically adored by nearly all the girls aboard the ''Nadesico'', especially the ship's captain Yurika Misumaru, who he later proposes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Moon (TV Series)
''Sailor Moon,'' originally released in Japan as and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'', is a Japanese superhero anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is based on the manga of the same title written by Naoko Takeuchi that was published from 1992 to 1997 in ''Nakayoshi''. ''Sailor Moon'' first aired in Japan on TV Asahi from March 7, 1992, to February 8, 1997, and was dubbed for release in various regions around the world, including North America, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. The series follows the adventures of the titular protagonist whose name is Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student who is given the power to become a Pretty Soldier. Joined by other Sailor Soldiers, she defends Earth against an assortment of evil villains. The anime also parallels the maturation of Usagi from an emotional middle school girl to a responsible young adult. Following the success of the anime in the United States, the manga co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Gender
''Blue Gender'' is a Japanese anime television series created by Ryōsuke Takahashi, the creator of '' Armored Trooper Votoms'' and '' Gasaraki'', broadcast in Japan from 1999 to 2000 and spanning 26 episodes. ''Blue Gender'' was animated by the Japanese studio AIC and distributed in the United States by Funimation—one of the company's first non–''Dragon Ball'' licenses. In 2003, ''Blue Gender'' was released on American television as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, though it had originally been planned for a Toonami broadcast, and was thus edited to remove more of its graphic violence, nudity, and sex scenes than usual, even for Adult Swim's standards. However, it aired uncut on the Funimation Channel in the United States. ''Blue Gender'' is set in the 2030s, in which Earth has been overrun by the Blue-alien insectoid creatures containing a newly evolved B-cell, that kill and harvest humans for food. Most of the surviving human race has moved to Second Earth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Thief Jeanne
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura. The story is about the adventures of a high school girl, Maron Kusakabe, who is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) and transforms into a phantom thief magical girl to collect the scattered pieces of God's power, which are also coveted by demons hiding in beautiful art works. The manga was published by Shueisha in ''Ribon'' between February 1998 and July 2000. The individual chapters were collected and published in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was formerly licensed for English-language publication by CMX and is now licensed by Viz Media. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 44-episode anime television series that was broadcast on TV Asahi from February 1999 to January 2000. The manga was reissued by Shueisha in 2007, with all chapters fitting into only 6 volumes, instead of the original 7; all volumes had new covers. Plot 16-year-old high-school gymnast Maron Kusakabe is visited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
, commonly abbreviated as or ''BBB'', is a ''CoroCoro Comic'' series created by Koichi Mikata, based on Bomberman and B-Daman. An animated television series was created and originally broadcast on Nagoya TV and TV Asahi at 17:00. It was also broadcast internationally on Taiwan Television (Taiwan), TVB Jade (Hong Kong) and Spacetoon (Arab world) The series was superseded by ''Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V''. Story One thousand years ago, the beautiful B-da City was attacked by the Dark B-da in their quest to control the entire Blue Solar System. The heroic B-Daman, drawing on their legendary power and ingenious technology, were able to restore peace to the universe. But, it is only a matter of time before evil forces strike again. Our hero, White Bomber, and his friends continue to patrol the Kingdom, fight against Dark B-da, and are always on the alert for danger, but they're always ready for fun as well. The setting is similar to Bakugaiden III toys, but with slight cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Game
The fighting game video game genre, genre involves combat between multiple characters, often (but not limited to) one-on-one battles. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as Blocking (martial arts), blocking, grappling, counter-attacking, and chaining attacks together into "Combo (video games), combos". Characters generally engage hand-to-hand combat, often with martial arts, but some may include weaponry. Battles are usually set in a fixed-size arena along a two-dimensional Plane (mathematics), plane, where characters navigate the plane horizontally by walking or dashing, and vertically by jumping. Some games allow limited movement in 3D space, such as ''Tekken (video game), Tekken'' and Soulblade while some are set in fully three-dimensional environments without restricting characters' movement, such as Power Stone (video game), ''Power Stone'' and ''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm''; these are sometimes referred to as "3D arena" fighting games. The fighting game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo Geo (system)
The , stylized as NEO•GEO, is a video game platform released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK, SNK Corporation. It was initially released in two ROM cartridge-based formats: an arcade system board (Multi Video System; MVS) and a home video game console (Advanced Entertainment System; AES). A CD-ROM-based home console iteration, the Neo Geo CD, was released in 1994. The arcade system can hold multiple cartridges that can be exchanged out, a unique feature that contrasted to the dedicated single-game Arcade cabinet, arcade cabinets of its time, making it popular with arcade operators. The Neo Geo was marketed as the first 24-bit computing, 24-bit system; its Central processing unit, CPU is actually a 16-bit, 16/32-bit Motorola 68000, 68000 with an 8-bit Zilog Z80, Z80 coprocessor, while its Graphics processing unit, GPU chipset has a 24-bit graphics data Bus (computing), bus. It was a very powerful system when released, more so than any video game console at the time, and man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technōs Japan
was a Japanese video game Video game developer, developer, best known for the ''Double Dragon'' and ''Kunio-kun (series), Kunio-kun'' Media franchise, franchises (the latter including ''Renegade (video game), Renegade'', ''Super Dodge Ball'' and ''River City Ransom'') as well as ''Karate Champ'', ''The Combatribes'' and ''Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer''. As of June 2015, Arc System Works owns the intellectual properties of Technōs Japan. History Initially operating from a single-room apartment, Technōs was founded in 1981 by three staff members of Data East. Their first game was ''Minky Monkey'', released in 1982. A few months after their foundation, a lawsuit was brought up against the company by Data East under allegations that Technos had stolen data from Data East's arcade game ''Pro Tennis'' with the intent of producing and selling a bootleg of it. The two companies settled in August 1983 and Technos would go on to create two arcade games published by Data East, ''Tag Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
