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Alison Viktorin
Alison Ruth Viktorin (née Retzloff; born February 1, 1981) is an American former voice actress who has worked with Funimation, her most notable role being Conan Edogawa in the detective series '' Case Closed''. She also voiced Kuroko Shirai in '' A Certain Magical Index'' and its spinoff, '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'' and QT in '' Space Dandy''. Early life Alison Ruth Retzloff was born on February 1, 1981, to Sally (née Simonsen) and Albert Retzloff. In 2003, she graduated from California Lutheran University earning a BA in drama. Retzloff married Dustin Kayne Viktorin of Euless, Texas, on August 27, 2005, in Fredericksburg, Texas. Career Viktorin has provided voices for English-language versions of many anime dubs, such as the title character Sasami Iwakura in '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club'', Kobato Hasegawa in '' Haganai'' series, Kyo Soma in ''Fruits Basket'', Kuroko Shirai in '' A Certain Magical Index'' and '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'' series, Shelia in '' Fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the List of North American cities by population, sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat and largest city of Harris County, Texas, Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the List of Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fruits Basket Characters
The characters of '' Fruits Basket'' were created by Natsuki Takaya in the manga written and illustrated by her. The manga was serialized in 136 chapters in the monthly manga magazine '' Hana to Yume'' between January 1999 and November 2006, and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. The series was adapted as a drama CD distributed as a promotional item with an issue of ''Hana to Yume'' and as a 26-episode anime television series produced by Studio DEEN initially broadcast on TV Tokyo between July 5 and December 27, 2001. The manga is licensed in English by Chuang Yi in Singapore, Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand, and Tokyopop in North America. The anime is licensed in English by FUNimation Entertainment, which distributes it in North America itself, in the United Kingdom through Revelation Films, and in Australia and New Zealand through Madman Entertainment. The series tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan Edogawa
, known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series ''Case Closed'', created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school detective, he is forced to ingest the lethal poison after an encounter with Gin and Vodka, agents of the mysterious Black Organization, while they were having a secret deal in an amusement park. Due to a rare side effect, the poison did not kill him. Instead, it shrinks him into a child and he adopts the pseudonym to hide from those who poisoned him. He lives with his childhood friend Ran Mouri and her father Kogoro Mouri as he awaits the day he can take down the Black Organization and regain his original size. Creation and conception The idea that Shinichi Kudo would be turned into a child stemmed from the idea of a Tortoiseshell cat Sherlock Holmes as a protagonist. Gosho Aoyama's idea was the cat would indicate the crucial evidence needed to solve the case; a performance the child-turned Shini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Case Closed
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 '' tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kiddy Grade Characters
This article is a list of characters from the 2002 anime series ''Kiddy Grade''. Main characters Éclair Éclair (Lightning) works for the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs or GOTT for short. While her primary job is to be a receptionist, her job also incorporates being sent on missions as an ES member of the so-called "Shadow Unit" in order to ensure normal economic operation on the various planets around the Galaxy. She does this with the assistance of her younger partner and fellow receptionist Lumière, her Guard robot Donnerschlag and the space-ship ''La Muse''. She is 165 cm tall, her three sizes (in cm) are 80-54-85, her favourite foods are celery and carrots and her favourite phrase is "Que será, será". Known for her childish nature, she often dresses up in either a skimpy or amusing, but loosely related to the situation, costume. For instance when she was sent to take a letter of attorney to the Faunusian government, she dressed up in a pizza deliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiddy Grade
is a Japanese 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment. In October 2006, news of a ''Kiddy Grade'' sequel was announced, under the working title of (K-G.2), to be animated by as read (''Shuffle!'' anime). On February 26, 2009 it was re-announced under the new title along with news of a new manga adaptation, . The sequel is set 50 years after the original series and introduces two new female protagonists, and . Overview Story and setting ''Kiddy Grade'' takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs (GOTT, German for "God") is formed as a sort of universal police force. Within this organization, there is a special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United States, it has resulted in confirmed cases with all-time deaths, the most of any country, and the twentieth-highest per capita worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic ranks first on the list of disasters in the United States by death toll; it was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 3years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9years for African Americans, and 1.2years for white Americans. These effects persisted as U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 in 2021 exceeded those in 2020, and life expectancy continued to fall from 2020 to 2021. On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 United States Capitol Attack
On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-United States President, U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol, United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The mob was seeking to keep Trump in power by preventing a Joint session of the United States Congress, joint session of United States Congress, Congress from 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, counting the electoral college votes to formalize the victory of President-elect of the United States, President-elect Joe Biden. According to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, House select committee investigating the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, overturn the election. Five people died either shortly before, during, or following the event: Killin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smite (video Game)
''Smite'' is a 2014 free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna.SMITE arriving soon on the Xbox One , Hi-Rez Studios, Inc . Hirezstudios.com (August 12, 2014). Retrieved on August 15, 2014. In ''Smite'', players control a god, goddess or other and take part in team-based combat, using their abilities and tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player-controlled ''minions''. The game has multiple |
High School DxD
is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The story centers on Issei Hyodo, a perverted high school student from Kuoh Academy who desires to be a harem king and is killed by his first date, revealed to be a fallen angel, but is later revived as a devil by the red haired devil princess Rias Gremory to serve her and her devil family. Issei's deepening relationship with Rias proves dangerous to the angels, the fallen angels, and the devils. ''High School DxD'' began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's '' Dragon Magazine'' in its September 2008 issue. The first volume was released on September 20, 2008. A total of twenty five volumes is available in Japan as of March 2018 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Hiroji Mishima began serialization in the July 2010 issue of ''Dragon Magazine'' and later in the March 2011 issue of ''Monthly Dragon Age'' with eleven volumes released. An anime adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Children
is a 2012 Japanese anime drama (film and television), drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki. The story's central theme is "parent and child", depicting 13 years in the life of a young woman, Hana, who falls in love with a werewolf while in college, and following his death must raise the resulting half-wolf half-human siblings, Ame and Yuki, who grow and find their own paths in life. Hosoda established Studio Chizu for production. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, of ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (1990) and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995), designed the characters. ''Wolf Children'' had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on July 21, 2012 in Japan. Funimation licenses the film for North America and Manga Entertainment handles UK rights. Plot In Tokyo, college student Hana fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Wars
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō. The film tells the story of Kenji Koiso, a timid eleventh-grade math genius who is taken to Ueda by twelfth-grade student, Natsuki Shinohara to celebrate her great-grandmother's 90th birthday. However, he is falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world by a self-aware, sadistic artificial intelligence named Love Machine. Kenji must repair the damage done, and find a way to stop the rogue computer program from causing any further chaos. After producing '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'', Madhouse was asked to produce something new. Hosoda and writer Satoko Okudera created a story about a social network and a stranger's connection with strange family. The real-life city of Ueda was chosen as the setting for ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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