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Adventures Of The Little Prince
''The Adventures of the Little Prince'' is an anime series based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Made by the animation studio Knack Productions, the series, originally titled , aired in Japan on the TV Asahi network from July 1978 to March 1979. Dubbed into English, the series premiered in the United States in 1985 on Nickelodeon and was rerun through June 1, 1985 to December 29, 1989. It was also broadcast on TVOntario throughout the 1980s beginning in 1985, a station that would later pick up the dub of the 2010 French adaptation. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, of ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' fame, was involved in this series as a director. In total, there were 26 episodes aired in English, with 39 episodes made for the original Japanese run. Discotek Media picked up the North American license for the anime in 2017. In May and December of that same year, Discotek Media has uploaded a Japanese language (with English subtitles) of the first episode on YouTube, and all 39 episodes of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeyuki Kanda
was an anime director for Sunrise who was known for directing '' Vifam'', ''The Ultraman'' anime, '' Kiko Senki Dragonar'' and the first six episodes of '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team''. He was a close friend and coworker of Ryosuke Takahashi. On July 27, 1996, Kanda suddenly died. Umanosuke Iida took over for the remaining episodes of ''The 08th MS Team''. The final episode of ''The 08th MS Team'', the movie ''Miller's Report'' and the first episode of ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13'' were all dedicated in his loving memory. Works as a director * '' The Adventures of the Little Prince'' (1978) (co-directed with Kôji Yamazaki) * ''The Ultraman'' (1979) (co-directed with Hisayuki Toriumi) * '' Uchū Taitei God Sigma'' (1980) (directed episodes 1-10) * ''Fang of the Sun Dougram'' (1981) (co-directed with Ryousuke Takahashi) * ''Doraemon: What Am I for Momotaro'' (1981) * ''Shiroi Kiba White Fang Monogatari'' (1982) (co-directed with Soji Yoshikawa) * ''Ginga Hyōryū Vifa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga artist, which had been his dream since childhood. His manga have been critically acclaimed and have won numerous awards. Early life Born 1947 in Engaru, Hokkaidō, Yasuhiko started to draw manga in third grade of elementary school. In high school, he learned the basics of Marxism from a teacher and was inspired by it. At the time, the world's focus was on the Vietnam War, a proxy war between the capitalist United States and socialist Soviet Union. Yasuhiko said seeing a superpower such as the US burn down a small country naturally made him " anti-American". Additionally, he viewed Japan as complicit in the war by supporting the US through Yokota Air Base and Misawa Air Base, while claiming to have a pacifist constitution, someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Yokozawa
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress, actress, and narrator. She is most well known for the roles of Dorami (''Doraemon''), Mami Sakura ('' Esper Mami''), Benio Hanamura ('' Haikara-san ga Tōru''), and Sheeta ('' Castle in the Sky''). Biography Yokozawa was born on September 2, 1952, in Niigata City as the daughter of Kyūhachi Yokozawa, who was a junior high school English teacher. Although she did not want to become a voice actress originally, both of her parents wanted Yokozawa to speak standard Japanese as she frequently struggled with Niigata dialect, so they decided to enroll her into a children's theater company. The company ended up disbanding three years after she joined, but she was able to become a regular in radio dramas thanks to the close acquaintances she made during the time. In her kindergarten years, Yokozawa took ballet, piano, and art lessons, but didn't like piano or ballet very much, and only had liked doing art. From that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Smith (actor)
Harold John Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American actor. He is credited in over 300 film and television productions, and was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's '' The Andy Griffith Show'' and for voicing Owl and Winnie the Pooh (replacing Sterling Holloway) in the first four original '' Winnie the Pooh'' shorts (the first three of which were combined into the feature film '' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'') and later '' Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons'', '' Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore'' and in the television series, ''Welcome to Pooh Corner'' and '' The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', and Goofy from 1967 to 1983. He also did a cameo in '' The Apartment'' as a drunken Santa Claus, and provided the voice of Goliath in the TV series '' Davey and Goliath'' from 1961 to 1965. Early life Harold John Smith was born on August 24, 1916, in Petoskey, Michigan to Jay D. Smith and Emma Smith (nee Ploof). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Masuoka (voice Actor)
was a Japanese actor, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator from Minami-Saitama District, Saitama, Minami, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He voiced the roles of Masuo-san, Masuo Fuguta in ''Sazae-san'' and Jam Ojisan in ''Anpanman, Soreike! Anpanman''. He also voiced Kame-Sennin during the last episodes of ''Dragon Ball Z'' and all of ''Dragon Ball GT'', following Kōhei Miyauchi's death. He worked for the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society until his death in 2020. On August 5, 2019, it was announced that Masuoka had retired from his roles in ''Sazae-san'' and ''Anpanman, Soreike! Anpanman'', which would be taken over by Hideyuki Tanaka and Kōichi Yamadera respectively. Masuoka died on March 21, 2020, from rectal cancer. Filmography Television animation *''Ashita no Joe'' (1970) – Tarō *''Sazae-san'' (1979–2019) – Masuo Fuguta *''Touch (manga), Touch'' (1985–1987) – Toshio Asakura *''Anpanman, Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988–2019) – Jam Ojisan *''Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Waldo
Janet Waldo (born Jeanette Marie Waldo; February 4, 1919 – June 12, 2016) was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson in various Hanna-Barbera media, Nancy in ''Shazzan'', Penelope Pitstop, Princess from '' Battle of the Planets'', and Josie in '' Josie and the Pussycats''. On radio, she was the title character in '' Meet Corliss Archer''. Early life Jeanette Marie Waldo was born in Yakima, Washington. Her mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin Franklin Waldo, was, according to Waldo family lore, a distant cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She had three older siblings, one of whom, Elisabeth, is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film '' Song of Mexico'' (1945). Waldo attended the University of Washington, where her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and brought her to the attention of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Leigh
Katie Leigh is an American voice actress. She has voice acted in both television, film and occasionally video game roles. Career Katie Leigh is known for her voice roles such as Sunni Gummi in '' Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', Zuzu in '' Poppy Cat'', Alex in the first two seasons of '' Totally Spies!'', and as Connie Kendall in the Focus on the Family radio program '' Adventures in Odyssey'' since 1987 and is one of two remaining original cast members of the show (the other being Chris Anthony). She also did the voice of the 2010 ''Red Rover'' electronic game. Personal life Leigh identifies as a Christian. Filmography Film * '' A Martian Christmas'' — Roxy * '' Babe: Pig in the City'' — Kitten * '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' — Fizzy, Baby Sundance * '' Surviving: A Family in Crisis'' — ADR for Heather O'Rourke * ''Puss in Boots: A Furry Tail'' — Voice of Queen Marie * ''Tappy Toes'' — Voice of Pingo * '' Gallavants'' — Voice of Koosh * '' Monster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie McWhirter
Julie McWhirter, also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees, is a retired American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of '' Jeannie'', Bubbles in '' Jabberjaw'' and Baby Smurf and Sassette in ''The Smurfs''. McWhirter graduated from DePauw University DePauw University ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1837 as Indiana Asbury College and changed its name to DePauw University in 1884. The college has a Methodist heritage and was ... in 1970, with a degree in speech. Filmography Animated series Television live-action appearances Animated film References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McWhirter, Julie Living people American voice actresses American impressionists (entertainers) American stage actresses American television actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American women comedians DePauw Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiki Matsuno
, (October 16, 1967 – June 26, 2024) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He was attached to Aoni Production. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was Tatsuya Matsuno (). Matsuno is most known for the role of Hajime Kindaichi in ''Kindaichi Case Files'', Kōga in '' Inuyasha'', SpongeBob in the Japanese dub of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (starting from the first movie), Tart in '' Fresh Pretty Cure!'', Ling Tong and Liu Shan from ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series, Agumon in '' Digimon Savers'' and Shurikenger in '' Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger''. Matsuno died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 26, 2024. Filmography Film *'' Kamen Rider X: Five Riders vs. King Dark'' (1974) *'' Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger Shushuuto: The Movie'' (2002) *'' Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger vs Gaoranger'' (2003) *'' The Hidden Blade'' (2004) *'' About Her Brother'' (2010) *'' Tokyo Family'' (2013) *''Tora-san, Wish You Were Here'' (2019) *''It's a Flickering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen McCarthy
Helen McCarthy (born 27 February 1951) is the British author of such anime reference books as ''500 Manga Heroes and Villains'', ''Anime!'', ''The Anime Movie Guide'' and ''Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation''. She is the co-author of ''The Erotic Anime Movie Guide'' and the exhaustive '' The Anime Encyclopedia'' with Jonathan Clements. She also designs needlework and textile art. Background McCarthy was the first English-speaking author to write a book about anime, in addition to being "the first person in the United Kingdom to run an anime programme at a convention, start a dedicated anime newsletter, and edit a dedicated anime magazine." In 1991, she founded '' Anime UK'' magazine, and in 1992 became one of the principal contributors to '' Super Play'', an SNES title with a heavy anime and manga bias. ''Anime UK'' became ''Anime FX'' after a change of backer and closed at the end of 1996. Andy Frain of Manga Entertainment, then the most influential anime distrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Michael Clements (born 9 July 1971) is a British author and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Koxinga and Qin Shi Huang, as well as monthly opinion columns for '' Neo'' magazine. He is also the co-author of encyclopedias of anime and Japanese television dramas. Background Clements speaks both Chinese and Japanese, and many of his works relate to East Asia. He wrote his master's degree at the University of Stirling on manga and anime exports, predicting the rise of several trends in the international industry including back-to-front printing, direct American investment in anime, and the proliferation of attempts to substitute non-Japanese products. Subsequently, he translated over 70 anime and manga works for British distributors, and worked as a voice director and actor. He wrote his PhD at the University of Wales on the industrial history of Japanese animation, later published by the British Film Institute as ''Anime: A History'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anime Encyclopedia
''The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917'' is a 2001 encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy. It was published in 2001 by Stone Bridge Press in the United States, and a "revised and expanded" edition was released in 2006. In the United Kingdom, it was published by Titan Books. The third edition was released on 3 March 2015 with the subtitle of ''A Century of Japanese Animation''. It gives an overview of most of the famous anime works since 1917. Reception ''Anime News Network''s George Phillips commends the encyclopedia for "In-depth analysis of several major series, and discussions on hundreds of anime series rarely (if ever) heard of in the West" but criticizes it for titles that "aren't listed under the names you suspect; can be quite confusing at first" though "the appendix in the back lists every title, including the Japanese and alternate English titles". ''Animation World Network''s Fred Patten comments on the book being " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
