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Amon Saga
is an anime OVA released in 1986. The OVA is based on a manga from 1984 which was written by Baku Yumemakura and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. It was released by Manga Entertainment in 2001. World The world of ''Amon Saga'' is a medieval one, filled with bizarre creatures, such as the giant turtle that holds the Valhiss fortress, home of the Emperor, on its back. The world is populated by both human and humanoid creatures. The story is set in a time where the Valhiss Empire is trying to take over the world through a map. Amon is a warrior seeking vengeance for his late mother, who was killed by the Emperor Valhiss. He enlists in the Emperor's military forces to gain entry to the fortress. On a mission he meets one of the Emperors' captives, Princess Lichia, who aids him. Characters ;Amon : The title character of the movie, Amon is a young swordsman similar in appearance to Elric of Melniboné, with amazing skill. He joins the Valhiss army with the intention of avenging his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brimmer
David Brimmer is an American voice actor and fight choreographer. He also goes by the names David J. Brimmer and J. David Brimmer. As a voice actor, he has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, Headline Studios, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Brimmer has been choreographing violence in New York City, as well as in regional theaters around the country for over 20 years: from the current national tour of Jekyll & Hyde and the Off-Broadway productions of Bug and Killer Joe to the Joseph Papp Public Theater's Blood Wedding. His choreography has been nominated for a Douglas Fairbanks Award for Excellence in Theater and his work is currently on file at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Recently he choreographed the violence in the musical ''Spring Awakening'' on Broadway He is the creator and current instructor of the stage combat program at New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, and has taught at The Meisner Extension, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Anime OVAs
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13– 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamio Ōki
was a Japanese voice actor. He was affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Filmography Anime Film Drama CDs Video games Tokusatsu ;1967 * The X from Outer Space (Dr. Berman (Actor by Franz Gruber) ;1976 *Choujin Bibyun ( Sakasabashira (ep. 16)) ;1998 * Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack ( Master Ranking) ;2008 * Engine Sentai Go-onger (Savage Water Barbaric Machine Beast Pot Banki Banki may refer to: * Banki turbine, a type of water turbine * Donát Bánki, inventor of the carburetor * KB Banki, a northern European bank, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland * Kamen Rider Banki, a character from ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' *Bańki, ... (ep. 14)) Dubbing roles References External links Official agency profile * * * Tamio Okiat Moviewalker {{DEFAULTSORT:Oki Tamio 1928 births 2017 deaths Japanese male video game actors Male voice actors from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sims, he goes by the alias . Biography Wakamoto studied in Waseda University under the Faculty of Law. During his time there, he participated in Shorin Kempo activities. Wakamoto entered the Nakano Police Academy, intending to become a police officer. He sought advice from a career counselor after his professor did not agree with his plans to do graduate studies. He was later assigned to his first post at the Kuramae Police Station. Later on, he was assigned to be in an anti-riot unit and was deployed to arrest rioters participating the Shinjuku riot in 1968. Wakamoto became disillusioned with his duties and decided to leave. Wakamoto joined the Consumers Union of Japan after leaving the force. But he got into trouble at times as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichirō Nagai
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. Career Nagai played ''GeGeGe no Kitarō'''s Konaki Jijii, a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight and mass immensely and pinning them down between the 60s and 80s alongside Masako Nozawa and Keiko Toda (Kitaro), Isamu Tanonaka (Medama oyaji), Chikao Ohtsuka and Kei Tomiyama (Nezumi-Otoko), Nana Yamaguchi, Yūko Mita (Neko Musume), Yoko Ogushi, Keiko Yamamoto (Sunakake Baba), Yonehiko Kitagawa, Kenji Utsumi and Yusaku Yara (Nurikabe) and Jōji Yanami, Keaton Yamada and Kōsei Tomita (Ittan Momen). Nagai was cast as ''Sazae-san's'' character, Namihei Isono, Sazae's father and patriarch of the family in the longest running Anime in 1969 alongside co-stars Midori Katō (Saza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He was attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He was a graduate of the arts department of Nihon University. He was best known for his role as Daisuke Jigen in the '' Lupin the Third'' series, voicing the character for over 50 years. He also voiced roles in '' Humanoid Monster Bem'' (as Bem), the ''Droopy'' cartoons (as the Wolf) and '' Shazzan'' (as Shazzan); Kobayashi was the official dub-over voice of James Coburn and Lee Marvin for Japan. History Since junior high school, Kobayashi had excelled in English and had vague aspirations of becoming a writer in the future. After graduating from high school, he took the entrance examination for the University of Tokyo, but failed because he took the French literature course instead of the English literature course due to the trend at the time, and also failed in his re-take the following year. Therefore, he was still open for admission after that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Hunter D
is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983. As of January 2025, 56 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, making ''Vampire Hunter D'' one of the best-selling book series in history. The series has also spawned anime, audio drama, manga, comic adaptations, a video game, as well as a short story collection, art books, and a supplemental guide book. Premise Vampire hunter D wanders through a far-future post-nuclear war Earth that combines elements of pulp genres: western, science fiction, horror and Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy, folklore, and occult science. The planet, once terrified by the elegant but cruel vampires known as , ancient demons, mutants, and their technological creations, is now slowly returning to a semblance of order and human control—thanks in part to the decadence that broug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, his most well-known roles include Gihren Zabi (''Mobile Suit Gundam''), Crocodine ('' Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken''), Jean Paul Rocchina ('' Armored Trooper Votoms''), Shōhei Harada (''Touch''), Souther (''Fist of the North Star'', original 1980s series), Babbo (''MÄR''), Bayman in the ''Dead or Alive'' series, Heihachi Mishima and the various models of Jack in the ''Tekken'' series, and Liquid Snake and Zero in the ''Metal Gear'' series. His hobbies include painting, salsa dance, riding horses and playing music. On November 5, 2020, it was announced Ginga had tested positive for COVID-19. On November 16, 2020, it was announced that he had recovered. Filmography Television animation ;1975 *''Grendizer'' - Zuril ;1977 *'' Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debora Rabbai
Debora Rabbai (born January 14) is an American voice actress based in New York City. Biography Rabbai is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is best known as the voice of Aika Sumeragi from '' Agent Aika'', Rika Sena from ''Kare Kano'', Hakufu Sonsaku from '' Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny'', Leina from the '' Queen's Blade'' series, as well as Futaba Murata and Nayuta Moriyama from '' Shingu''. Rabbai is an accomplished improv comedian, and is the producer, co-creator and a performer in the musical comedy ''Broadway's Next Hit Musical!''. She teaches improv comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv or impro in British English, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers. In its ... at the American Comedy Institute. Dubbing roles Anime Video games References External links * *Debora Rabbaiat CrystalAcids Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshino Takamori
is a Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Biography Takamori was born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. She has younger sister. Her father is a dentist and professor of dentistry.『フューチャーランド』1990年10月号、pp.10-13 She started learning the piano at the age of 3. She went to high school attached to the Tokyo College of Music, and entered the piano department of the Tokyo College of Music. Although she applied for the Nippon Broadcasting System-sponsored amateur voice actor contest while in college and was defeated, she entered Hisashi Katsuta's voice acting school (now voice actor Katsuta Gakuin) in 1983, her sophomore year at university. In the second graduation in the same period, Ayako Shiraishi, Miki Itō, Maya Okamoto and Omi Minami were among the older people of the first generation. In the fall of 1984, while still enrolled in college and the voice acting class, she made her voice acting debut as Patty Pumpkin, the heroine of ''Supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-hour special, where he voiced Hoki. Following Totani's death, his ongoing roles were taken up by other voice actors. Filmography Anime television ;1979 *'' Mobile Suit Gundam'' (Uragan, Cozun Graham) ;1984 *'' Fist of the North Star'' (Club, Fox, Baron, Jagi, Shikaba, Young Ryuuken, Ren, Han, Zebra) ;1987 *'' Dragon Ball'' (Draculaman) ;1990 *'' Dragon Ball Z'' ( Kiwi) ;1996 *'' Dragon Ball GT'' (Don Kiar) Unknown date *'' Air'' (Minagi's father) *''The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird'' (Guard Wing and Super Guardion) *'' Brave Police J-Decker'' (Kuze) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (Kacricon Cacooler, Gady Kinzei) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (Gottn Goh, August Gidan) *'' Galaxy Express 999'' (Locomotive, others) *'' Ginga: Nagareboshi G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
