Alice And Zoroku
is a Japanese manga series by Tetsuya Imai. It began serialization from December 2012 in Tokuma Shoten's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Ryū''. It has been collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga won the Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2013. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from April to June 2017. Summary The existence of humans with supernatural powers is kept a dark secret, hidden from the outside world save a research facility created to understand the principles behind these people, known as 'Dreams of Alice'. The story centers around Sana, an orphan girl belonging to the research facility as an experimental test subject, and nicknamed "Red Queen" due to her immense power despite her youth and childlike demeanour. After a narrow escape from the research facility, she wanders to the city of Shinjuku and meets an old man named Zouroku Kashimura, who kindly takes her in after sympathising with her story. Soon, he ad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient mythology, myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic (paranormal), magic or other supernatural elements as a main Plot (narrative), ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone-book-sized weekly or monthly anthology manga magazines (such as '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' or '' Weekly Shōnen Jump''). These anthologies often have hundreds of pages and dozens of individual series by multiple authors. They are printed on cheap newsprint and are considered disposable. Since the 1930s, though, comic strips had been compiled int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brittany Lauda
Brittany Lauda (born February 18, 1993) is an American voice actress and voice director who has appeared in English-language dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Her debut role was in '' Queen's Blade Rebellion,'' where she voiced Mirim. Biography Lauda has been involved in many productions for Media Blasters. Some of her major roles are Ichigo in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Yuzuriha Ogawa in '' Dr. Stone'', Plug Cryostat in ''Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!'', Audrey Belrose in ''HuniePop'', Cammot in ''Holy Knight'', Riko in ''Made in Abyss'', and Ui Wakana the title character in '' My Wife is the Student Council President''. She and fellow voice director Melanie Ehrlich had a production company called MB VoiceWorks which worked on the dub for ''Holy Knight'' and casting for '' Ladies versus Butlers.'' She graduated from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York, and the State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. She has also been ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akari Kitō
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. She debuted in 2014, acted her first main role in ''Time Bokan 24'', and has since received more major and leading roles. Her nickname is Akarin. She made her debut as a solo singer under Pony Canyon in October 2019. Biography At an early age, she became familiar with anime, games, and manga due to her father's influence. She was in the Light Music Club at her high school and chose to play the bass because she did not want to stand out, but little did she know that others would have had the same thought, so she instead took up the role of vocalist. She had always thought she would become an illustrator, but right before graduating from high school, she was told by her parents that they could not afford to pay for her university education and that instead, she would have to apply for a scholarship. Because she was from Aichi Prefecture which is four hours away from Tokyo, moving to Tokyo never crossed her mind. A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Karbowski (born ; June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation, Sentai Filmworks and ADV Films. Early life Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986 in Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated Kempner High School in 2004 and attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater. Career Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Seussical'', and ''Pirates of Penzance'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'', she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series '' Gantz''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''Gilgamesh'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natsumi Fujiwara
is a Japanese voice actress represented by Arts Vision. She graduated from the Japan Narration Performance Institute. She voiced Chihiro Komiya in ''Shōnen Maid'', Tōru Mutsuki in '' Tokyo Ghoul:re'', Daigo Shigeno in '' Major 2nd'' and Abigail Jones in '' Great Pretender''. Filmography Television animation OVA/Film Video games ;2017 * ''Fire Emblem Heroes'' as CLARISSE, Lieu * '' Exile Election'' as YURI HIMENO ;2018 * '' Dragalia Lost'' as CHILD RANZAL ;2019 * '' AI: The Somnium Files'' as OTA MATSUSHITA ;2021 * ''World's End Club'' as kansai * ''Azur Lane'' as ;2022 * '' Shadowverse'' as Itsurugi * '' Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness'' as Raul ;2023 * ''Final Fantasy XVI'' as Joshua Rosfield *'' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'' as Katsuragi Ace Dubbing Live-action *''Annika'', Morgan (Silvie Furneaux) *''Malignant'', CST Winnie (Ingrid Bisu) *'' Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway'', Liam (Owen Beamond) *''West Side Story'', Maria (Rachel Zegler Rachel An ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tia Ballard
Tia Lynn Ballard (born May 11, 1986) is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her notable roles are Kusano in '' Sekirei'', Mizore Shirayuki in '' Rosario + Vampire'', Rin Ogata in '' Rideback'', Happy in ''Fairy Tail'', Eris in '' Cat Planet Cuties'', Nanami Momozono in ''Kamisama Kiss'', Kokomi Teruhashi in ''The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'', Zero Two in ''Darling in the Franxx'', Itsuki Nakano in ''The Quintessential Quintuplets'' and Yashiro Nene in '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''. Biography Ballard was born and grew up in Paris, Texas. She developed an interest in voice acting when she attended a local anime convention, seeing the panel of voice actors, and learned that Funimation was only two hours from her hometown. While attending Paris Junior College, she was a participant in the Disney College Program, after which she changed her major to theatre. Ballard graduated in 2006 with an associate degree in theatre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aki Toyosaki
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Amuro Ninagawa in '' Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō'' and Su in '' Shugo Chara!''. She was named "Best New Actress" at the 4th Seiyu Awards in 2010 for her role as Yui Hirasawa in '' K-On!'' and Kana Nakamachi in '' Kanamemo'', and received the "Best Lead Actress" and "Best Personality" awards at the 5th Seiyu Awards in 2011. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening and ending themes of the anime series ''K-On!'' in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere with their single "Future Stream". Later, ''K-On!''s ending theme was given Animation Kobe's "Best Song" award. She released her first solo single "love your life" in October 2009, and has since released two albums and eleven singles that have placed in the top 20 of Oricon's weekly charts. She was a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Swasey
John Allan Swasey is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and script writer known for his work at Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His most notable roles include Gendo Ikari in the ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' films, Sir Crocodile in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Lord Death in '' Soul Eater'', and Van Hohenheim in '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. Outside of voice acting, Swasey is also the founder of Anime Dallas, an anime convention which debuted in 2018. Filmography Voice roles Anime ;1996 * '' Golden Boy'' – Director (Ep. 6, Debut Role) ;1997 * ''Sol Bianca'' – Dr. Delapaz ;1998 * ''Dirty Pair Flash'' – Andre (Ep. 3), Additional Voices * '' New Cutey Honey'' – Dr. Kisaragi ;1999 * '' Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' – Dr. Stingray, Quincy Rosenkroitz * ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' – Seiya Uribatake, Cowboy Johnny (Ep. 9), Einstein (Ep. 18), Ge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 most known for the roles of second generation Jigen Daisuke (''Lupin III franchise''), Black Jack ('' Black Jack''), Solid Snake, Naked Snake, Solidus Snake and Venom Snake (''Metal Gear'' games), Gamigami Devil ('' Popolocrois''), Ryoma Hoshi ('' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony''), Shunsui Kyouraku ('' Bleach''), Lieutenant Garuru ('' Sgt. Frog''), Gwendel von Voltaire ('' Kyo Kara Maoh!''), Batou (''Ghost in the Shell'' series and movies), Blackbeard/Marshall D. Teach (''One Piece''), Tadakatsu Honda ('' Samurai Warriors'' and '' Warriors Orochi'' series), twin police inspectors Sango and Jugo Yokomizo (''Detective Conan''), Bryan Hawk (''Hajime no Ippo''), All For One (''My Hero Academia''), Thorkell ('' Vinland Saga''), Wamuu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sarah Wiedenheft
Sarah Wiedenheft is a voice actress known for her voice work on English dubs of Japanese anime series and films associated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Wiedenheft is known as the voice of Tohru from '' Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'', Phosphophyllite from ''Land of the Lustrous'', Ruby Kurosawa from ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'', Power from ''Chainsaw Man'', Pony Tsunotori from ''My Hero Academia'', Takagi from '' Teasing Master Takagi-san'', Suika from '' Dr. Stone'', Mage from '' Bikini Warriors'', Non Toyoguchi from ''Keijo'', Riri Hitotsuyanagi from '' Assault Lily'', Rinka Urushiba from '' Tokyo ESP'', Kiriha from ''Tsugumomo'', Hina from '' Plunderer'', Azusa Mursasaka from ''Orange'', Aika Tenkubashi from '' Shomin Sample'', Aika Tsube from '' Gonna be the Twintail'', Sonia from '' Puzzle and Dragons X'', and Akemi Soryuin from ''How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? is a Japanese manga series written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by MAAM. It has been seri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hitomi Ōwada
is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Filmography Television animation *'' Teekyū 2'' (2013), Mika-san *'' Teekyū 3'' (2013), Mika-san, Shrine Maiden, Light music club member B *'' A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd'' (2014), Child, Female Student B, Teacher A, Waitress 2 *'' Free! Eternal Summer'' (2014), Coach *'' Hamatora'' (2014), Girl, Female College Student *''Majimoji Rurumo'' (2014), Yumi-chan *'' Sakura Trick'' (2014), Ayumi Yoshida *'' Shirobako'' (2014), Midori Imai *'' Castle Town Dandelion'' (2015), Hitomi Ichijō *''Charlotte'' (2015), Sugimoto, Female Student Aida, Female Student Katō, TV Commercial Voice *'' Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace'' (2015), Copycat Criminal, Girl *'' Teekyū 6'' (2015), Mika-san *'' Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid'' (2015), Resident, Hekuse, Kosugi *'' And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?'' (2016), Nanako Akiyama/Sette *''Rilu Rilu Fairilu'' (2016), Carrot *'' Alice & Zouroku'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |