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List Of Space Battleship Yamato Characters
This list of ''Space Battleship Yamato'' characters is a list, with biographical details, of major characters appearing in the anime series ''Space Battleship Yamato'' and its American dubbed version, ''Star Blazers'', as well as the 2010 live-action film remake. Not all the American voice artists are known for the first two seasons (owing to their non-union status they were not credited in the shows' closing titles), and a different group of actors provided voices in the third season. Yamato Crew First season * Captain (Captain Abraham Avatar): The stern captain of the ''Yamato'', utterly devoted to his mission to save Earth from the Garmillas threat, even at the cost of his own life. Before becoming a captain of the UNCF he was a famous captain, star of a popular fish brand called Findus, but, after the declaration of war against the Garmillas he joined the United Nation Space Fleet. He is in fact dying, and becomes increasingly ill during the course of the first season, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miura Peninsula
is a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamakura. The northern limit of the peninsula runs from Koshigoe, Kamakura in the west, across to Mt. Enkai, in the southern wards of Yokohama in the east, overlooking Tokyo Bay. Overview The peninsula is a bedroom community for those who work in Tokyo and a popular tourist destination for people from Tokyo. It is also an important area for Japan's self-defense, with the eastern side hosting the National Defense Academy of Japan and the Yokosuka Naval Base, serving both the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force and the United States Seventh Fleet. A significant portion of Tokyo's electricity is generated at Tokyo Electric's power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichi Tsutsumi
is a Japanese stage and screen actor. Internationally, he is best known for his roles as Koichi Takagi in the ''Monday'' films, Tetsuya Ishigami in the '' Suspect X'' films, and Jo Sawashiro in '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon.'' In Japan, he is best known for his roles as Ōsuke Nakahara in ''Yamatonadeshiko'' drama series, and Norifumi Suzuki in '' Always: Sunset on Third Street'' films. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for '' Always: Sunset on Third Street''. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in ''Yasu – A Single Father’s Story''. Life and career Tsutsumi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He began training at the age of 18 with Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba's Japan Action Club. When he was at Japan Action Club (JAC) he had been the manager of Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroyuki Sanada (; ; born 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, two Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuru Miyamoto
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is attached to Theatre Company Subaru. He is best known for Keiichi Nakagawa in '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'', Roger Smith in ''The Big O'', Ougai Mori in ''Bungo Stray Dogs'', Gaku Yashiro in '' Erased'', Steven A. Starphase in ''Blood Blockade Battlefront'' and Maiza Avaro in ''Baccano!''. He Is the Japanese voice of adult Simba in ''The Lion King''. In the live action field, Miyamoto is the famous dubbing over artist of Ethan Hawke, Adrien Brody, Matthew Modine, Gil Bellows and Guy Pearce, and the first dub-over artist of Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt. Filmography Anime series ;1990s *''YuYu Hakusho'' (1993) (Akarenja) *'' H2'' (1995) (Hideo Tachibana) *''Baby and Me'' (1996) ( Harumi Enoki) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (1996) (Keiichi Nakagawa) *'' Kinda'ichi Case Files'' (1997) (Takuya Ogi) *''Fancy Lala'' (1998) (Katsunoshin Asaka-sensei) *'' Super Doll★Licca-chan'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichirō Hirokawa
was a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Tokyo on February 15, 1939, and died on March 3, 2008, in Shibuya from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards. Roles Film *'' Lupin the Third: Pilot Film'' (1969) (Arsène Lupin III) *'' It's Tough Being a Man'' (1969) (Michio, Sakura's boyfriend) *'' Warau Michael'' (2006) (Narrator) Television dramas *''Phantom Agents'' (1964) (Tsukiaki) Television animation * ''Moomin'' (1969) (Snorken) * ''Tomorrow's Joe'' (1970) (Carlos Rivera) * ''Andersen Monogatari'' (1971) (Ib) *''Star of the Giants'' (1971) (Nishioka) *''Tensai Bakabon'' (1971) *''Space Battleship Yamato'' Series (1974) (Mamoru Kodai) *''Vicky the Viking'' (1974) (Snope) *''La Seine no Hoshi'' (1975) (The Black Tulip, Narrator) *''Captain Future'' (1978) (Captain Future) *''Sherlock Hound'' (1984) (Holmes) *''Miracle Girls'' (1993) (Narrator) * ''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1998) (Hamled) *'' Mezzo DSA'' (2004) (Kenichi Kurokawa) OVA * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Harlock (character)
is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' manga series created by Leiji Matsumoto. Harlock is the archetypical Romantic hero, a space pirate with an individualist philosophy of life. He is as noble as he is taciturn, rebellious, stoicism, stoically fighting against totalitarian regimes, whether they be Earth-born or alien. In his own words, he "fight[s] for no one's sake... only for something deep in [his] heart". He does not fear death, and is sometimes seen wearing clothing with the number 42 on it. In Japanese culture, the number 42 is associated with death (the numbers, pronounced separately as "four two", sound like the word "shini"—meaning "dying/death"). He is a descendant of the Harlock clan, an ancient Germanic clan of pirate-knights based in Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken, Heiligenstadt. The character was created by Leiji Matsumoto in 1977 and popularized in the 1978 television series ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock''. Since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Pirate
Space pirates are a type of stock character from science fiction. A take on the traditional seafaring piracy, pirates of history or the fictional air pirates of the 19th century, space pirates travel through outer space. Where traditional pirates target sailing ships, space pirates serve a similar role in sci-fi media: they capture and plunder spacecraft for cargo, loot and occasionally steal spacecraft, and kill or enslave the crewmembers and passengers. In science fiction The archetype evolved from the air pirate trope popular from the turn of the century until the 1920s. By the 1930s, space pirates were recurring villains in the Buck Rogers comic strip. However, their dress and speech may vary; it may correspond to the particular author's vision of the future, rather than their seafaring precursors. On the other hand, space pirates may be modeled after stereotypical sea pirates. They may be humans who originate from Earth or a specific race of aliens. Space pirates are commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titan (moon)
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the List of Solar System objects by size, second-largest in the Solar System. It is the only Natural satellite, moon known to have an atmosphere denser than the Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's and is the only known object in space—other than Earth—on which there is clear evidence that stable bodies of liquid exist. Titan is one of seven List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System, gravitationally rounded moons of Saturn and the second-most distant among them. Frequently described as a Planetary-mass moon, planet-like moon, Titan is 50% larger in diameter than Earth's Moon and 80% more Mass, massive. It is the second-largest moon in the Solar System after Jupiter's Ganymede (moon), Ganymede and is larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury; yet Titan is only 40% as massive as Mercury, because Mercury is mainly iron and rock while much of Titan is ice, which is less dense. Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamoru Kodai
is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling up to 26 episodes. It revolves around the character Susumu Kodai (Derek Wildstar in the English version) and an international crew from Earth, tasked during an interstellar war to go into space aboard the space warship ''Yamato,'' derived from the World War II battleship of the same name, in response to a message of aid from the planet Iscandar in order to retrieve a device which is able to reverse the radiation infecting Earth after being bombed by the Gamilas (Gamilons). ''Space Battleship Yamato'' is one of the most influential anime series in Japan. Its turn toward serious themes and complex storylines influenced later works in the medium, including ''Gundam'', ''Macross'', and '' Evangelion'', in addition to influencing the style of vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Kimura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. In the media, he is known as a huge heartthrob in Japan, and a sex symbol, having been voted Japan's sexiest man for 15 years in a row by readers of one magazine. A 1996 television drama series, ''Long Vacation'', in which he landed his first lead role, became a massive success, creating a phrase called the "Lon-bake phenomenon". He was given the title, "The King of Ratings", as his subsequent television series continued to generate high ratings and each show became a social phenomenon as it aired. Five of his most successful television series, ''Hero (2001 TV series), Hero'' (2001), ''Beautiful Life (Japanese TV series), Beautiful Life'' (2000), ''Love Generation (TV series), Love Generation'' (1997), ''Good Luck!!'' (2003), and ''Long Vacation'' (1996) are ranked in the top t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Ono
is a Japanese voice actor and singer who won the 4th and 9th Seiyu Awards for best lead actor for his role as Sebastian Michaelis in '' Black Butler'', Jotaro Kujo in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' and Shukuro Tsukishima in ''Bleach'', as well as "Best Personalities" at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Other notable roles include Erwin Smith in ''Attack on Titan'', Itsuki Koizumi in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Seishū Handa in '' Barakamon'', Silver the Hedgehog in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', Drole in '' The Seven Deadly Sins'', Shizuo Heiwajima in '' Durarara!!'', Jyushimatsu in '' Osomatsu-san'', Shintarō Midorima in '' Kuroko's Basketball'', Subaru Asahina in '' Brothers Conflict'', Hades Aidoneus in '' Kamigami no Asobi'', Killer T Cell in '' Cells at Work!'' and Ushiromiya Battler in '' Umineko When They Cry'' and Nobuyuki Sanada in '' Samurai Warriors 4'' and '' Warriors Orochi 4, Jing Yuan in'' Honkai: Star Rail, and ''Wriothesley'' in Genshin Impact. Ono was also feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
