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Animazement
Animazement is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend. The convention is designed to be family-friendly. Animazement is run by unpaid staff and volunteers. Programming The convention typically offers an artist alley, classes, concerts, cosplay chess, cosplay contests, dealers room, gaming tournaments, manga library, masquerade ball, musicians, panel discussions, raves, various gaming rooms (arcade, console, retro), video screenings, and voice actors. Animazement raised over $12,000 for several charities in 2015. History The convention originates from a 1997 36-hour anime marathon, organized by the Triangle Area Anime Society (TAAS) at North Carolina State University. It was first held in Raleigh, North Carolina at the North Raleigh Hilton in 1998, moved to the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, North Carolina for 2001, and to the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Cesario
Juliet Cesario (born July 14, 1967) is an American actress best known for her voice work in anime, Miyuki Kobayakawa in '' You're Under Arrest'', Belldandy in ''Oh! My Goddess'' the OVA series, Peorth in the 2nd season TV series '' Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy'', and Nokoru Imonoyama in ''Clamp School Detectives''. Cesario has also appeared in many television series, films, and stage productions. Biography Cesario has attended several anime conventions, including Otakon in 1997 and 1998, and Ohayocon and JACON in 2003, and Animazement in 2007. She has also made appearances in many television shows and films. She has previously worked with Coastal Studios for voice overs. Cesario is now currently active as an actress in television, film, and animation. She starred in a television movie called ''What you Want'' that aired on YTV in September 2008. She can be seen in ''Surface'', '' One Tree Hill'', among many other TV shows and movies including '' Star Trek: The Next Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in 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 comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traci Dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddie is an American film and television actress. Biography Dinwiddie was born in Anchorage, Alaska, of Syrian and Cherokee descent. She made her debut in 1998 movie ''Target Earth''. She has appeared in films including '' Summer Catch'' (2001), ''Black Knight'' (2001), ''The Notebook'' (2004), ''End of the Spear'' (2006), '' Mr. Brooks'' (2007), ''Elena Undone'' (2010), ''Raven's Touch'' (2015), and ''Stuff'' (2015). She has also appeared on the TV shows ''One Tree Hill'' for one episode, ''Dawson's Creek'' for two episodes and has appeared in ''Supernatural Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...'' for 6 episodes. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dinwiddie, Traci 20th-century American actresses 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Tipton
Amy Tipton is an American film and television actress. She is also a voice actress and an art coordinator. Early life and education She was born in Fayetteville, Georgia. Career Acting Since 1992, Tipton has worked as an actress in at least six films and eight television productions including guest appearances in the television series ''One Tree Hill'', ''Little Britain USA'', and ''Unscripted''. She has voiced a number of anime characters, and is the English-language voice of Pai Chan in the anime series ''Virtua Fighter''. Tipton also voiced the role of Aoi Futaba in the television series '' You're Under Arrest!'' Filmography Voice-acting roles *'' Babel II — Beyond Infinity'' as Aira (television) *''Clamp School Detectives'' as Miyuki, Hikori *''Red Dead Redemption 2'' as The Local Pedestrian Population (videogame) *'' Soccer Dog: European Cup'' as Group Walla *''The 27 Club'' as TV Reporter *''Virtua Fighter'' as Pai Chan (television) *''Voogie's Angel'' as Voog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham, North Carolina
Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County and Wake County. With a population of 283,506 in the 2020 Census, Durham is the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 74th-most populous city in the United States. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont region along the Eno River. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 649,903 as of 2020 U.S. Census. The Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the Research Triangle, which has a population of 2,043,867 as of 2020 U.S. census. A railway depot was established in 1849 on land donated by Bartlett S. Durham, the namesake of the city. Following the American Civil War, the community of Durham Station expanded rapidly, in part due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Weaver
Brett A. Weaver (born November 16, 1966 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American voice actor working with ADV Films, Funimation, OkraTron 5000, and Sentai Filmworks. He is known for his roles in the English-language dubs of anime series. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, cartoonist and graphic novelist E.K. Weaver. Weaver got his start in radio before providing anime voice-over roles with ADV Films. He was also a member of a theatre group with fellow ADV alumni Chris Patton, Laura Chapman, Christine Auten, and Amanda Winn Lee. Anime roles * ''Attack on Titan'' - Gunther * '' Attack on Titan: Junior High'' - Gunther * ''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'' - Kane * '' Burst Angel: Infinity'' - Commissioner * ''Case Closed'' - Hamilton Timberman, Hadrian Timberman, Mark Newman (FUNimation dub) * '' Casshern Sins'' - Tetsu (Ep. 11) * ''Dark Warrior'' - Joe Takagami * '' Dragon Half'' - Damaramu * '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'' - Toji Suzuhara * ''Excel Saga'' - Nabeshin * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiho Saito
is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for '' Kanon''. She is part of the Be-Papas was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating original works. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Y ... manga artist collective. Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo. Works * ''Anastasia Club'' (2001-2008) * (1990) ** (1992) ** (1994) ** (1995) * ** * * (1996 – 1997) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (''Published in 2 English Short Story Volumes by Tokyopop") * * * * References External links PRISMS - Saitou Chiho manga database fan site entry * Romance Symphony of Saito Chiho 1967 births Japanese graphic novelists Living people Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Ortiz
Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'' and Amy Rose in ''Sonic X''. She voiced Amy Rose in the mainline and spin-off ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games from 2005 to 2010. She was actor and director in ''Pokémon''. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime '' Shaman King''. Career She has performed the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in ''Record of Lodoss War'', Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'', and Serenity Wheeler in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Amy Rose in ''Sonic X'', and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' from 2005 to 2010. She has appeared in titles for SDI Media, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Headline Studios, TAJ Productions, and DuArt Film and Video. At the 2002 Katsucon in National Harbor, Maryland, Lisa admitted that her start in voice overs came from her brother stealing her car, which led to series of adventures that led her to meeting a friend to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuto Nakazawa
is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym . His directorial work includes ''Parasite Dolls'', the anime sequence in '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'', and the Moondrive segment of '' Genius Party Beyond''. He has designed characters for many anime, such as ''Ashita no Nadja'' and '' Samurai Champloo'', for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of ''Tales of Legendia'' and was the animation director of ''Devil Kings''. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as '' The Animatrix'''s " Kid's Story" and " A Detective Story". He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song " Breaking the Habit." Filmography TV series *''El-Hazard'' (1995) – character design, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Lillis
Rachael Lillis (born July 8) is an American voice actress and scriptwriter. She studied acting in Boston and New York City and has appeared in various theater productions, animated series and independent films. She was formerly based in New York City, but has since moved to Los Angeles in 2013. Filmography Voice roles Film Anime Animation Video games Audiobooks Production credits Script adaptation Translator References External links * Rachael Lillisat the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database Rachael Lillisat Live Oak Media audiobooks * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lillis, Rachael 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American women writers Actresses from Dallas Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses American television actresses American television writers American video game actresses American voice actresses American women screenwriters Living people A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
is a Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter. Kitakubo began work in the anime industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' television series. He debuted as a director with the ''Cream Lemon'' episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including ''Black Magic M-66'' with Masamune Shirow and '' Akira'' with Katsuhiro Otomo. Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from ''Robot Carnival'', the original video animation (OVA) series '' Golden Boy'', and the films ''Roujin Z'' and '' Blood: The Last Vampire''. In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film. ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' also won grand prize at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kamiya
is a Japanese voice actor. He played several notable roles in Japanese manga and anime television series, including Kenshiro in '' Fist of the North Star'', Ryo Saeba in '' City Hunter'' and Shutaro Mendo in '' Urusei Yatsura''. In mecha anime, he voiced Ryoma Nagare in '' Getter Robo'', Akira Hibiki in ''Brave Raideen'', Sanshirō Tsuwabuki in '' Gaiking'', Roy Focker in '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', and Sincline in '' Beast King GoLion''. Biography Early life Kamiya was born in Yokohama. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shiba Commercial High School and became a freelancer after being affiliated with Theatre Echo, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ups. Kamiya then founded Saeba Shoji, a talent agency. Background His father ran a furniture manufacturing factory, but it suddenly closed and his parents divorced. After that, Kamiya's mother raised him and his brother. As a result of his mother's search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
