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Release The Spyce
''Release the Spyce'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series created by Sorasaki F., Takahiro, and Namori, produced by ASCII Media Works and animated by Lay-duce. The series aired in Japan from October to December 2018. A manga and a serial novel were published by ASCII Media Works. Plot The series follows Tsukikage, a group of female high school spies who gain power from spices and secretly fight against crime syndicates to protect the city of Sorasaki. Momo Minamoto, a girl with heightened senses and deductive abilities, is recruited to join Tsukikage and train under fellow member Yuki Hanzōmon. Together, Tsukikage battles against the female crime syndicate Moryo. Characters Tsukikage ; : :The main protagonist serving as a second-year student at Sorasaki High School, Momo wishes to protect her hometown like her late police officer father did. She becomes Yuki's apprentice before becoming a full-fledged member of Tsukikage. She has powerful eyesight, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASCII Media Works
, formerly , is a Japanese Publishing, publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It originally formed on April 1, 2008, as a result of a Mergers and acquisitions, merger between ASCII Corporation and MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president and CEO of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the first president and CEO of ASCII Media Works. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. The company specializes in publishing of books, entertainment and computer magazines, manga, and video games. ASCII Media Works is known for their brand magazines and book imprints which include such well-known magazines as ''Dengeki Daioh'', and ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', along with the company's main light novel publishing imprint (trade name), imprint Dengeki Bunko. Most of the company caters to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Simmons
Juliet Grace Simmons (born January 22, 1995) is an American voice actress. She works at Sentai Filmworks for English dub productions. Her notable roles are Tenri Ayukawa in ''The World God Only Knows'', Myucel Foaran in '' Outbreak Company'', Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc in '' Nobunaga The Fool'', Rei in '' Hamatora'', Kurome in '' Akame ga Kill!'', Kurumi Ebisuzawa in ''School-Live!'', Goshenite in '' Land of the Lustrous'', Shizuku Kurogane in '' Chivalry of a Failed Knight'', Chiyo Sakura in '' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'' and Kasumi Toyama in ''BanG Dream!''. Career Simmons created her YouTube channel with the name “JubyPhonic”. She started off by singing covers of songs, most commonly Vocaloid is a singing Speech synthesis, voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The s ... and anime songs. She recorded cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Taneda
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Office Osawa talent agency. She is also a member of the seiyuu idol unit ''Rhodanthe*'' () since 2013, along with Nao Tōyama, Asuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka and Yumi Uchiyama. Some of her major roles include Mirai Kuriyama in '' Beyond the Boundary'', Yukina Himeragi in '' Strike the Blood'', Rize Tedeza in '' Is the Order a Rabbit?'', Kaori Miyazono in '' Your Lie in April'', Erina Nakiri in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma. Biography At the 7th grade, Taneda first learned about voice acting and became interested in it after listening to radio programs hosted by voice actors. Meanwhile, Taneda was also into the fantasy world of Harry Potter series. "I want to play in the series!" aspired Taneda. She then started self-practicing voice acting skills in her middle school years. In 2007, Taneda went to university in Tokyo. She majored in Design and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Taneda also holds a certification as middle schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Antagonist
An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival of the protagonist and is often depicted as a villain.About.com, Literature: Contemporary "Antagonist." Online. 18 October 2007. * Retrieved 25 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. * Retrieved on 27 March 2015. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, rival," which is derived from ''anti-'' ("against") and ''agonizesthai'' ("to contend for a prize").Types Her ...
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Shizuka Itō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is represented by Ken Production. She won a "Best Actress in Supporting Roles" award at the 10th Seiyu Awards for her roles in '' Prison School'' and '' Sailor Moon Crystal''. She is well known for her anime voice roles as Akeno Himejima in ''High School DxD'', Sailor Venus/Minako Aino in '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', Kaori Kanzaki in '' A Certain Magical Index'', Lenalee Lee in '' D.Gray-man'', Irina Jelevic in '' Assassination Classroom'', Meiko Shiraki in '' Prison School'', Koko Hekmatyar in '' Jormungand'', Ryoko Okami in '' Okami-san and Her Seven Companions'', Hilda in ''Beelzebub'', Hinagiku Katsura in ''Hayate the Combat Butler'', and many. She and fellow voice actress Hitomi Nabatame formed a voice acting unit called "Hitomi Nabatame and Shizuka Itō". Together they are known by the name , which is Japanese for "a single droplet". In 2012, she announced that she had gotten married. On April 30, 2020, Itō a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikako Komatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Career Komatsu passed an audition held at the first corner of Nippon Broadcasting System "Takashi Fujii's All Night Nippon R". A member of "Younger Sister", she left the group in September 2007. She worked at Hirata Office in November 2009 and made her first leading role for the anime series ''Heroman''. On 25 April 2012, she made her debut as a singer with the ending theme song "Black Holy" from Starchild, which was used for '' Bodacious Space Pirates''. On 7 November 2012, the second single "Cold Room, Alone / Summer Solstice Fruit" was released. It was used for the series "K" and is produced by angela, a senior of Starchild. On 10 November 2013, she performed "Beyond the Emerald Hill", which she wrote, composed, and arranged. On 25 August 2014, she met Mai Kuraki, who admired her, in "Listen? ~ Live 4 Life ~". On 14 February 2015, she sang "Tonight, I feel close to you" with Mai Kuraki in "My Music" broadcast on that day, and played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Uchida
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She played Kotori Minami in ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' and Kaban in ''Kemono Friends''. She released the single "Sign/Candy Flavor", the song "Sign" was used as the ending theme for ''The Quintessential Quintuplets''. Her nickname is Ucchi. Filmography Television animation Original video animation (OVA) *'' Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0'' (2011), Hotaru Amatsuka Original net animation (ONA) *''Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre'' (2023), Izumi Murakami Films *'' Strike Witches the Movie'' (2012), Shizuka Hattori *'' Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark'' (2014), Warrant Officer Yuria Misaki *''Love Live! The School Idol Movie'' (2015), Kotori Minami *'' Trinity Seven the Movie: The Eternal Library and the Alchemist Girl'' (2017), Arin Kannazuki *'' Trinity Seven: Heavens Library & Crimson Lord'' (2019), Arin Kannazuki *'' Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'' (2019), Shizuka Hatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Noguchi
is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is best known for the roles of Shizuku Oikawa in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' video-game and anime series, and Reisalin Stout, the protagonist of the '' Atelier Ryza'' series of video games. Biography Filmography Anime ;2014 * ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (2014-2017) as Elementary school boy, boy, Haruko, passerby ;2015 * ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' as Shizuku Oikawa * ''World Trigger'' as Fumika Teruya, soldier, younger boy * ''Ultimate Otaku Teacher'' as operator * ''Case Closed'' as colleague (ep 789) * '' Yuru Yuri San Hai!'' as Store woman (ep 9) * ''Dragon Ball Super'' as Clerk (ep 71); Fairy (ep 27); Mouse (ep 74); Woman (ep 75) ;2016 * ''Dragon Ball Super'' (2016-2017) as fairy, clerk, mouse, woman * ''One Piece'' (2016-2019) as Tontatta, Kid Mink, Town Mink, Mink, maid * '' Reikenzan'' as florist * ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' as female student, clerk * '' Magic-kyun! Renaissance'' as schoolgirl * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Suzaki
is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She is widely known for her work, such as Tamako Kitashirakawa in '' Tamako Market''. Biography Suzaki is good at singing, and lists soft tennis and scuba diving as her favorite sport. Her hobbies are playing the trumpet and flower arrangement. She is also a licensed teacher. She performed the opening and ending themes to the anime '' Tamako Market'' under her character name Tamako Kitashirakawa. She received one of the Best Female Newcomers at the 9th Seiyu Awards in March 2015. In December 2019, Suzaki married anime writer Takashi Ifukube. Filmography Television animation ;2010 *'' Bakuman.'': Misayo Amane (Ep. 22) ;2011 *'' Manyū Hiken-chō'': Grass C ;2012 *'' My Little Monster'': Female Student B (Ep. 6) *'' To Love Ru: Darkness'': Female Student (Ep. 12), Schoolgirl B (Ep. 5) ;2013 *'' A Certain Scientific Railgun S'': Rikō Takitsubo *'' Bakuman. 3'': Keiko Naka (Ep. 23) *'' Da Capo III'': ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid Café
are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan and Taiwan. In these cafés, waitresses, dressed in maid costumes, act as servants, and treat customers as masters (and mistresses) as if they were in a private home, rather than as café patrons. The first permanent maid café, Cure Maid Café, was established in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, in March 2001, but maid cafés are becoming increasingly popular. The increased competition drove the cafes to employ more diversified themes, gimmicks and even unusual tactics to attract customers. They have also expanded overseas to several countries, including the United States. History Maid cafés were traditionally associated with Akihabara (秋葉原), a district in Tokyo famous for its extensive electronics and anime/manga related stores. Commonly a place for otaku to visit, Akihabara contains several themed cafes, including maid cafes. However, with the increasing media attention on these cafes, they have develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Kelly
Christina Marie Kelly (born November 13, 1991) is an American voice actress who provides voices for English language, English dubs of anime series. Biography Kelly was born in Newport Beach, California on November 13, 1991. She attended the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance, where she has appeared in shows such as ''The Miser'', ''Blood Wedding'', ''Ring Round the Moon'', and ''Zombie Prom: The Musical''. She graduated with a BFA in acting in 2015. In 2015, Kelly began voice acting with Sentai Filmworks while still attending the University of Houston. Her first lead role was Satone Shichimiya in the hit series ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb-''. She had only been voice acting for four months when she landed the lead role of Mine in the action anime ''Akame ga Kill!'', which would appear on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. She was also the voice of Koko Kaga in the romantic-comedy, ''Golden Time (novel serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akane Fujita
is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. After passing an audition in 2011, she made her debut as a voice actress in 2012, and she played her first main role in 2016. She is known for her roles as Sagiri Izumi in ''Eromanga Sensei'', Sistine Fibel in '' Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor'', and Celia Claire in '' Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles''. Life and career Fujita had an interest in voice acting since at least her junior high school years, since she had regularly been watching anime, and she had friends who were anime and voice actor fans. According to her, one reason she decided to become a voice actor was because she "wanted to do something that was fun". During her high school years, she was a part of her school's broadcasting club. As a third-year student, she participated in a national broadcasting competition sponsored by NHK. In 2011, she decided to participate in an audition organized by the agency Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
