is a Japanese

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created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different Japanese

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, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''

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'', '' Shōnen Big Comic'', ''

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'', '' Shōjo Comic'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Monthly Comic Nora''. In 2012,

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acquired the digital distribution rights to Shotaro Ishinomori's catalogue, including ''Cyborg 009''.

Plot

Nine people from around the world are kidnapped by the evil Black Ghost organization, led by the tyrant Skull, to undergo experiments that would allow him to use them as human weapons to promote the production of cyborg warfare. While he succeeds in converting the group of nine into cyborgs with superhuman powers, his most reputable scientist, Dr. Isaac Gilmore, helps the cyborgs escape to rebel against Skull and Black Ghost. The nine cyborgs – from which the name of the series is derived – band together in order to stop Black Ghost from achieving its goal of starting the next world war by supplying rich buyers with countless weapons of mass destruction. After the destruction of Black Ghost, the nine cyborgs go on to fight a variety of threats, such as mad scientists, supernatural beings, and ancient civilizations.

Media

Manga

The first arc was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen King'' ( Shōnen Gahosha). It depicts Cyborg 009's origin story, the escape from Black Ghost, and the group running from the cyborg assassins. It ended with the battle against the

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Cyborgs. The second arc, called ''The Underground Empire Yomi Arc'', appeared in ''

'' (

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) alongside the release of the film version. The story is highly influenced by

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' ''Earth's Core'' series, including an expedition to the center of the Earth with a drill tank and a reptile race who can use telepathy and grow wings. The story ends with the final battle against Black Ghost. In the final scene, 009 and 002 fall into Earth's atmosphere and are seen as a shooting star by two small children, one of whom wishes for a toy gun and the other for world peace (a scene reminiscent of

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's ''

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''). As such, 001 was able to use his telekinetic powers at the last minute to retrieve 002 and 009 from their plummet before death. The third arc, serialized in ''

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'' (

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), contained 6 story arcs, including the Monster Island Arc, the Middle East Arc, and the Angels Arc. The series abruptly ended during the Angels Arc. The fourth arc, called ''The Battle of the Gods Arc'', was serialized in ''

'' (

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). Ishinomori resumed and retold the interrupted Angels Arc with a new plot, but the series once again ended abruptly. Ishinomori would not resume the series for a few years after this. The fifth arc was serialized in '' Shōjo Comic'' (

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), and included the ''Wind City Arc'', the ''Snow Carnival Arc'', and the ''Edda Arc''. The story deals with legendary and mythical like characters challenging the 00 Number Cyborgs. The sixth arc followed closely after the fifth arc. Arcs such as the ''

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Arc'' (appeared in ''

'' (

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)) and ''Green Hole Arc'' (appeared in ''Play Comic'' (

)) were depicted, then long after, the ''Underwater Pyramid Arc'' was serialized in ''Monthly Manga Shōnen'' (

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). The seventh arc was serialized in ''

'' (

) alongside the revival anime. A long arc consisting of many short arcs, this series dealt with the battle against Neo Black Ghost as well as the emotional trauma of the 00 Number Cyborgs. The story is set approximately 20 years after the ''Yomi Arc'', and the personalities and conduct of the cyborgs are depicted as more adult. The eighth arc was serialized in ''Monthly Comic Nora'' (

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). This longer arc was called ''People Drifting Through Time and Space Arc'', and is a sequel to the ''Immigration Arc''. The

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from the Underwater Pyramid Arc appears, but the design of his drawing is different.

Manga publication history

The series was written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori, serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen King'', published in Japan by

and other companies through its history, and published in North America by

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. Digital comics distributor

licensed the entire catalogue from

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in 2012, and has made the first 10 volumes of ''Cyborg 009'' available to the public. In April 2012, Shogakukan announced that the ''Cyborg 009'' manga would conclude in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. Entitled ''Cyborg 009 Conclusion: God's War'', the manga is to be illustrated by Masato Hayase and to be based on Ishinomori's original concept notes, sketches, and novel drafts, all of which had been gathered by his son, Jo Onodera. ''Conclusion'' debuted on April 13, 2012, and ran until February 2014. It was collected in 5 volumes.

''Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete''

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'' on July 19, 2019.

''8 Man vs. Cyborg 009''

A crossover manga between ''

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'' and ''Cyborg 009'' by Kyoichi Nanatsuk (script) and Masato Hayate (art), began serializing in ''

'' on July 18, 2020.

Graphic novel

A full-color

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based on the franchise was released at

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on July 21, 2013, to align with the anniversary of Ishinomori's original manga. The book is a condensed retelling of the 00 Cyborgs' battle against Black Ghost, led by Sekar (Skull). The full release was on September 11, 2013. The graphic novel is written by F. J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp, penciled and inked by

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, and published by Archaia Comics.

Films

1966 film

The first ''Cyborg 009'' film was released on July 21, 1966. It was produced by Hiroshi Ōkawa (uncredited) and directed by Yugo Serikawa. was the second film for Cyborg 009 and released on March 19, 1967. It was produced by Hiroshi Ōkawa and directed by Yugo Serikawa. The theme song for both films was (Lyrics: Masahisa Urushibara, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Singer: Tokyo Meister Singer)

=Cast

= *009: Hiroyuki Ōta *001: Kyoko Toriyama *002:

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*003:

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*005: Hiroshi Masuoka *006:

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*Professor Gilmore:

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*Black Ghost Leader:

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*Easel:

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*Narrator: Ryō Kurosawa

1980 anime film

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= *009:

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/Don Pomes *003:

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/James Keating *008:

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*Narrator:

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2012 film ('' 009 Re:Cyborg'')

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and Ishimori Productions, was released on October 27, 2012. Kenji Kamiyama was the director and writer.

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, who worked before with Kamiyama on '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' and '' Eden of the East'', composed the music. The film was released in Japan on October 27, 2012. It also opened simultaneously in more than five Asian regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. A manga adaptation by Gatou Asou, character designer for ''Moribito'' and ''

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'', was serialized in

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's ''

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''. The UK anime distributor Anime Limited announced that they acquired the movie and produced an English dub at

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also has rights to release the film in Australia and New Zealand. At

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2013,

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had announced that they acquired the film for North America. The English voice cast was announced on April 16, 2015.

2016 film trilogy (''Cyborg 009: Call of Justice'')

Another 3D film, produced by Production I.G. and animated by OLM Digital and

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and distributed by Toho, was released on November 25, 2016. The movie itself was divided into three parts, with Part 2 being released December 2, 2016 and Part 3 on December 9, 2016. Kenji Kamiyama was chief director of the project, and Kokai Kakimoto directed the film. Netflix acquired digital distribution rights to the movie, where the movie was shown first on Netflix Japan in Spring 2016, with other territories following later. The films, edited down into 12 episodes, were released worldwide on Netflix on February 10, 2017.

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Television series

1968 series

An anime adaptation was released on April 5, 1968, on

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and ended on September 27, 1968, with a total of 26 episodes. This series was directed by Yugo Serikawa, Takeshi Tamiya,

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, Toshio Katsuda, Taiji Yabushita, Ryōzō Tanaka, Yoshikata Nitta, Kazuya Miyazaki, Fusahiro Nagaki, Minoru Okazaki, Yoshio Takami. The opening theme song for the anime series was (Lyrics: Masahisa Urushibara, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Vocals: Tokyo Meister Singer. The outro theme was (Lyrics: Shotaro Ishinomori, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Singer: Vocal Shop)

=Cast

= *009:

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(as Setsuya Tanaka) *001:

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*Professor Gilmore:

=DVD Box

= The "サイボーグ009 モノクロ DVD BOX" was released in January 2006 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The low-priced edition "サイボーグ009 1968 DVD-COLLECTION" was released in July 2009 from TOEI COMPANY, LTD.

1979–1980 series

Another anime for Cyborg 009 was released on March 6, 1979, on TV Asahi and ended on March 25, 1980, with a total of 50 episodes. The opening theme song for the anime was . The lyrics were by Shotaro Ishinomori, the composer was Masaaki Harao, the arrangement was done by Koichi Sugiyama and vocals were provided by

Ken Narita is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. His real name is . He is currently a freelancer. He played Sesshomaru in ''Inuyasha'', and after Hirotaka Suzuoki's death, he took over the roles of Bright Noa and Saitō Hajime. Filmography Te ...

and Koorogi '73); the ending theme was . The lyrics were by Saburō Yatsude while the composer was Masaaki Harao, the arrangement was done by Koichi Sugiyama and vocals were provided by Koorogi '73. The show was a huge hit in Sweden where it was one of the earliest anime series to be dubbed into Swedish and released in its entirety on VHS. The success with the audience came despite the fact that the entire voice cast was provided by one actor, Danish national Timm Mehrens.

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Sachiko Chijimatsu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is most known for the roles of Pyonkichi ('' Dokonjō Gaeru''), Nobita's Mama (''Doraemon''), Kabu ('' Sally, the Witch'' 1966), Shippona (''Himitsu no Akko-ch ...

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Banjō Ginga , sometimes credited as his real name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to voice actress Gara Takashima. Known for his deep baritone voice ...

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Kōji Totani was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan who worked at Aoni Production. On February 6, 2006, at the age of 57, he died from acute heart failure. His final appearance was the Naruto 2006 New Year one- ...

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Kōsei Tomita was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo Prefecture who was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. He voiced Doraemon in the first half of the original 1973 ''Doraemon'' series. He voiced Shunsaku Ban, also known as Mus ...

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Toshio Furukawa is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actor Shino Kakinuma. Career He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (''Keroro Gunso''), Kai Shiden ('' Mobile Suit ...

*Vishnu: Takashi Tanaka *Shiva: Kōji Totani *Gandal: Kōji Nakata *Odin:

Shigezō Sasaoka , better known by the stage name , was a Japanese voice actor born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He died in 1998 from Typhoid. After his death, his ongoing roles were replaced with other voice actors. Filmography Television animation *'' Akū D ...

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Hidekatsu Shibata is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asakusa, Tokyo who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He was a classmate of former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda at Azabu High School. Shibata is married to fellow voice actor Akiko Sekine. He ...

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Rihoko Yoshida is a businessperson and a former Japanese voice actress. Among her most noteworthy roles are Megu-chan in '' Majokko Megu-chan'', Monsley in '' Future Boy Conan'', Maria Grace Fleed in ''UFO Robo Grendizer'', Michiru in ''Getter Robo'', Klara in ...

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A third television series, entitled ''Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' was broadcast on

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from October 14, 2001 to October 13, 2002 on Sundays at 18:30. It spanned a total of fifty-one episodes. The opening theme song for the third anime television series was "What's the Justice?" by

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. The first ending theme was "Genesis of Next" by Globe followed by "Starting from Here" by Globe and later was replaced with " I Do" by

Fayray , (born April 18 1976) stylized as FAYRAY, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She made her debut in July 1998 with the single " Taiyō no Gravity". She grew up in the United States and speaks English. Biography Fayray is the middle child of a fa ...

. The 2001–2002 series of ''Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' was dubbed by Animaze, Inc. and ZRO Limit Productions, and was shortened to its manga name. The English-dubbed version of ''Cyborg 009'' aired on

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as part of its weekday after-school action anime/animation programming block,

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in 2003 with the first 26 episodes, and was on its unnamed late Friday night/Early Saturday morning “Graveyard Shift” line-up in 2004 to air episodes 27 to 42, before it was dropped from their lineup. The edited version of the series was also distributed by

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Takahiro Sakurai is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'' and X in '' Mega Man X ...

Joshua Seth Joshua Seth is an American voice actor, comedian, and author. Biography Seth was born in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs at Kent State Universi ...

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Takako Honda is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with Office Osawa. She is the regular dubbing voice actress for Halle Berry, Hilary Swank and Milla Jovovich (especially in '' Resident Evil'' film series). In 2006, Takako was chosen to suc ...

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Kana Ueda is a Japanese voice actress and singer represented by I'm Enterprise.Doi, Hitoshi"Ueda Kana" ''Seiyuu Database''. June 11, 2010Archivedby WebCite July 6, 2010. She is a graduate of Kobe College's department of General Culture. She is best known ...

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Showtaro Morikubo is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs, and video games. He was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise, Sigma Seven and VIMS. His most notable roles were Shikamaru Nara from ''Naruto'', Sou ...

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Satsuki Yukino , better known by the stage name (previously , ), is a Japanese voice actress from Kyoto. She was a member of Ken Production until 2016. Filmography Anime series Movies and films OVA * ''Virgin Fleet'' (1998), Satsuki Yukimizawa * '' Love H ...

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Nobuo Tobita is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of Kamille Bidan (''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''), Albert Heinrich/004 (''Cyborg 009'' (2001)), and Sueo Maruo (''Chibi ...

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Akio Ōtsuka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He is attached to Mausu Promotion. The astringent and calm quality of his deep voice has landed him many roles in films, dubbing, animation, and video games. He is ...

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Chafurin , better known by his stage name is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with Office Osawa. After graduating from Toyo University is a university with several branches in Japan, including Hakusan, Asaka, Kawagoe, Ita ...

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Yūichi Nagashima Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇一, "courage, 1" *祐一, "to help, 1" *祐市, "to help, cit ...

Michael Sorich Michael John Sorich ( , born March 23, 1958) is an American actor, writer and director. Biography Sorich has been a prominent and ever-present voice actor for many different characters in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise (until the end of the '' W ...

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Mugihito , better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Musashino, Tokyo. Mugihito was formerly credited under his birth name and also . Filmography Television animation ;1976 *'' Dokaben'' (Domon) ;1978 *'' Fut ...

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Norio Wakamoto is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University. On adult works, like OVAs or dating sim ...

Richard Epcar Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise, The Joker in several proje ...

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Junpei Takiguchi , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture. Besides his many narration and dubbing roles, he was also known for his roles in ''Time Bokan'' (as Perasuke), ''Yatterman'' (as Dokurobei ...

Ray Michaels Mike Reynolds (November 21, 1929 – July 2, 2022) was an American voice actor and writer. Career Reynolds had been a voice actor in animation and anime movies since 1973 until 2004, and had also been a screen actor in movies. His most distinc ...

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Issei Futamata is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Misawa, Aomori. He is best known for the roles of Skullomania ('' Street Fighter EX'' and '' Fighting EX Layer''), Yusaku Godai ('' Maison Ikkoku''), Chibi ('' Urusei Yatsura''), Kiyoshi Shusse ('' Hi ...

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Akiko Koike is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Arts Vision. She was formerly affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Filmography Anime television *''Cyborg 009'' (2001) (Hilda, Shinichi Ibaraki (child)) *''Naruto'' (Kin Tsuchi) *'' Naruto Shipp ...

Lia Sargent Lia Sargent is an American voice actress. She is known for extensive anime and video game voice work and has also done ADR directing and script writing for Animaze.. iNC. She is the daughter of movie and TV director Joseph Sargent and actres ...

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Tōru Ōkawa is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. While he went to a College of Art, Nihon University, he started his career as a stage actor, but after he moved to Mausu Promotion, his current agency, he came to focus on voice acting. Filmograp ...

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Melora Harte Melora Harte is an American voice actress. In addition to voice acting in anime, she also adapted and directed several anime dubs. Her husband, Steve Kramer, is also a voice actor. Filmography Voice roles *'' Akira'' - Kiyoko (Streamline ...

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Kōsuke Okano is a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Tokyo, and is often featured on Japanese anime television network Animax as narrator along with fellow voice actor Yukari Tamura. Filmography Television animation * Asuka Jr. in ''Saint Tail'' (1995) * ...

Dan Woren Dan Woren is an American voice actor who is known for providing voice work for anime, television, and video games. His role was voicing Roy Fokker in the ''Robotech'' series in the 1980s. Other major voice roles include Jagi in ''Fist of the No ...

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Tetsuo Gotō was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Gifu Prefecture. Gotō died on November 6, 2018, from esophageal cancer. Filmography Television animation *''Master Keaton'' (1998) (Edward Langley (episode 6)) *'' Cyborg 009'' (2001) (Sukea) *''Saikan ...

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Mitsuaki Hoshino is a Japanese actor and voice actor who works for Arts Vision. He is married to Yūko Kobayashi. Filmography Television animation *''Kyojin no Hoshi'' (xxxx) (Tetsuharu Kawakami) *''Touch'' (1985) (Ishigaki, Nagao) *'' Magical Emi, the Mag ...

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Aruno Tahara is a Japanese voice actor. Filmography Television animation *'' Cat's Eye'' (1983) (Domon) *'' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'' (1991) (Baduck) *''Yu Yu Hakusho'' (1992) (Risho) *''Mahōjin Guru Guru'' (1994) (Bajāni) *''Hikaru no Go'' (2 ...

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Julie Maddalena Julia Maddalena is an American voice actress who has worked on dubs of Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of her major voice roles are Silvia Maruyama from ''Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan'', Arusu from ''Tweeny Witches'', Hikaru Shi ...

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Sachiko Kojima is a Japanese actress and voice actress who is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She is married to Makoto Yasue, a sound director employed by Glovision. On Twitter under the name chiffons, she reported the birth of her first son on August 3, 201 ...

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Yōko Sōmi is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born in Niigata Prefecture. She and fellow voice actor Akio Ōtsuka married on February 11, 2005, but they divorced three years later. Filmography Anime Drama CDs Video games Dubbing Li ...

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Jane Alan Mari Devon (born October 10, 1959) is a retired American voice actress, best known as the voice of Togemon from ''Digimon Adventure'', Renamon from ''Digimon Tamers'', Tammy Nobi from '' Doraemon 2005'', Haruka Urashima from the ''Love Hina'' seri ...

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Shōzō Iizuka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Fukushima Prefecture. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University. He is most known for the roles of Hakaider (''Android Kikaider''), Doctor Neo Cortex ( ''Crash Bandicoot'' ...

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Wataru Takagi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is affiliated with Arts Vision. He is best known for his roles in ''Detective Conan'' (as Genta Kojima and Wataru Takagi), '' After War Gundam X'' (as Garrod Ran), '' Slayers Try' ...

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Ryōtarō Okiayu is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Treize Khushrenada in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Hisashi Mitsui in ''Slam Dunk'', Meisuke Nueno in ''Hell Teacher Nūbē'', Kunimitsu Tezuka in '' ...

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Mitsuru Ogata is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Filmography Television animation ;1998 *''Detective Conan'' (Kenichi Hirai) *''Maico 2010'' (Kacchin, Katsuo) ;2001 *'' Baki the Grappler'' (Ian McGregor) ;2002 *'' Mao Dante'' ( ...

Jeff Nimoy Jeffrey Nimoy is an American voice actor and writer best known as the voice of Nicholas D. Wolfwood from ''Trigun'', and Tentomon (and his higher Digivolution forms) from the ''Digimon'' series. Jeff has reprised his roles of Tentomon and Gennai ...

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Tetsuo Kanao is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo attached to Theatre Company Subaru. Biography Filmography Anime Film Video games Drama CDs Tokusatsu Dubbing roles