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Animal Treasure Island
is a 1971 Japanese anime adventure comedy film directed by Hiroshi Ikeda and based on the 1883 novel ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was produced by Toei Animation and released on the studio's 20th anniversary. It was licensed and distributed in English-language countries by Discotek Media. Plot Jim, the young assistant of the keeper of the ''Admiral Bembo'' inn, and his mouse friend Gran (Rex in English) are one night asked by a rough, one-legged stranger for a room and to watch out for suspicious-looking characters. The latter, a band of black-cloaked assassins, soon arrive, and the man asks Jim to take care of the casket he's been carrying before engaging the intruders. Jim and Gran narrowly escape. After they return to the ransacked inn later, they open the casket in hopes of gaining some money as compensation for the damage. Inside they find a map to the treasure hidden by the infamous pirate Captain Flint. Jim and Gran immediately set out wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Ikeda (director)
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the ''Creative Department'', a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both served as managers of the EARD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the ''Donkey Kong'', ''Mario (franchise), Mario'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''F-Zero'', ''Star Fox'', ''Animal Crossing'', ''Pikmin'', and ''Wii (video game series), Wii'' series. Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development division in September 2015, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long John Silver
Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1883 novel '' Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular culture. His missing leg and parrot, in particular, have greatly contributed to the image of the pirate in popular culture. Profile Long John Silver is a cunning and opportunistic pirate who was quartermaster under the notorious Captain Flint. Stevenson's portrayal of Silver has greatly influenced the modern iconography of the pirate. Long John Silver has a parrot, named Captain Flint in honor—or mockery—of his former captain,Stevenson (1883), "The Voyage" h. 10 pp. 80f. who generally perches on Silver's shoulder, and is known to chatter pirate or seafaring phrases like " Pieces of Eight", and "Stand by to go about". Silver uses the parrot as another means of gaining Jim's trust, by telling the boy all manner of exciting stories about the parrot's buccan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Children's Films
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Shimbun
is a Japanese newspaper published by The Chunichi Shimbun Company. The group publishes newspapers under the brand name of The Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and under The Chunichi Shimbun in the Nagoya Metropolitan Area. The group's combined daily morning circulation is 2.3 million. As of July 2021, according to the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the average daily circulation of ''The Tokyo Shimbun''s morning edition was 407,777 and its evening edition sold 133,708 copies daily. The Chunichi Shimbun Company's headquarters is in Nagoya, Japan. Its total workforce number is 2,783. ''The Tokyo Shimbun'' newspaper is also the owner of the Chunichi Dragons, a professional Japanese baseball team. History The group dates back to 1888 when a regional newspaper was founded in Nagoya. In 1942, the newspaper merged with the ''Miyako Shimbun'', which was another Nagoya-based newspaper. The publication took its current form by merging with a Tokyo-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie-in
A tie-in work is a work of fiction or other product based on a media property such as a film, video game, television series, board game, website, role-playing game or literary property. Tie-ins are authorized by the owners of the original property, and are a form of cross-promotion used primarily to generate additional income from that property and to promote its visibility. Types Common tie-in products include literary works, which may be novelizations of a media property, original novels or story collections inspired by the property, or republished previously existing books, such as the novels on which a media property was based, with artwork or photographs from the property. According to publishing industry estimates, about one or two percent of the audience of a film will buy its novelization, making these relatively inexpensively produced works a commercially attractive proposition in the case of blockbuster film franchises. Although increasingly also a domain of previo ... [...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] |
Sachiko Chijimatsu
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her voice acting roles as Pyonkichi ('' Dokonjō Gaeru''), Tamako Nobi (''Doraemon''), Kabu ('' Sally, the Witch'' 1966), Shippona (''Himitsu no Akko-chan'' 1969), and 001/Ivan Whiskey (''Cyborg 009'' 1979). Chijimatsu was previously affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab, but is currently with 81 Produce. Filmography Television animation *'' Sally, the Witch'' (1966) (Kabu) *''Himitsu no Akko-chan'' (1969) (Shippona) *''Tiger Mask'' (1969) (Chappy) *'' Sobakasu Pucchi'' (1969) (Pucchi) *'' Pinch to Punch'' (1969) (Pinch) *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971) (Mary) *'' Sarutobi Ecchan'' (1971) (Miko) *''Gatchaman'' (1972) (Yamori) *''Moomin'' (1972) (Menmen-kun) *'' Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1972) (Boy) *'' Umi no Triton'' (1972) (Moya) *'' Cutey Honey'' (1973) (Twin Panther 1) *'' Calimero'' (1974) (Deppa) *'' Great Mazinger'' (1974) (Haruna Shiratori) *''Majokko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isamu Tanonaka
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Taitō, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Medama Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's '' GeGeGe no Kitarō'' made during his lifetime. Career During his life he had been attached to Gekidan Tōgei and then Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He had a naturally deep voice but became famous for voicing characters with a high pitched voice. In addition to '' GeGeGe no Kitarō'', he also had prominent roles in '' Tensai Bakabon'' (as the first voice of Honkan-san), '' Mazinger Z'' (as Mucha), '' Paul's Miraculous Adventure'' (as Doppe), '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'' (as Sindbook), '' Akuma-kun'' (as Youaltepuztli), '' Dr. Slump & Arale-chan'' (as Gara and Akira Toriyama), '' Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken'' (as Brass), and the ''Persona'' series (as Igor). Medama Oyaji In 1968, he was cast in the first '' GeGeGe no Kitarō'' anime as the title character's father Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunihiko Kitagawa
is a Japanese voice actor represented by Aoni Production. He was formerly credited as . He is a graduate of Hosei University. Filmography Television animation ;1966 *''Sally the Witch'' (Mephisto, Dump Driver, Charlatan) ;1968 *''Akane-chan'' (Uncle Kusuke) *'' GeGeGe no Kitarou'' ''1st Series'' (Konaki Jijii ''(ep. 7 only)'', Akamata) ;1969 *''Tiger Mask'' (Michiaki Yoshimura, Master Arashi, Lionman, Red Mask of Death, others) *''Attack No.1'' (Headmaster) *''Mōretsu Atarō'' (Kumagorō Omawari-san) ;1971 *''GeGeGe no Kitarou'' ''2nd Series'' (Miage Nyuudou) *''Lupin III'' ''1st Series'' (Lupin II) ;1972 *''Umi no Triton'' (Poseidon, Narrator) *'' The One Who Loves Justice: Moonlight Mask'' (Satan's Claw) *''Mazinger Z'' (Dr. Nossori) *''Mahōtsukai Chappy'' ;1973 *'' Doraemon (NTV anime)'' *''Dororon Enma-kun'' (Principal Teacher, Yano's Father, others) *''Babel II'' (Yumiko's Father) *''Little Wansa'' (Rolf) ;1975 *'' Ikkyū-san'' ;1977 *''Lupin III'' ''2nd Series'' ;1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 is most known for his roles in '' Mazinger Z'' (as Baron Ashura), '' Great Mazinger'' (as Kenzo Kabuto), ''Galaxy Express 999'' (as Count Mecha), '' Kamen Rider Stronger'' (as General Shadow). He's also mostly known for giving his voice to some iconic powerful old characters such as in ''One Piece'' (as Monkey D. Dragon), ''Naruto'' (as Hiruzen Sarutobi), ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (as Führer King Bradley) and ''Fairy Tail'' (as Igneel and the narrator). Filmography Anime television *''Angel Beats!'' (Computer Technician, ep. 11) *'' Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion'' (Sō Sukekuni) *'' Armored Trooper Votoms'' (Wiseman) *'' Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders'' (Nurzak) (Japanese dub) *'' Blood Blockade Battlefront'' (Raju Jugei Shizuyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Yanami
Joji (じょうじ, 丈二, or 譲二, 城二, 譲治 multiple variants) is a Japanese masculine given name. It is also the Japanese pronunciation of the Western name "George" (ジョージ). It commonly refers to: * Jōji, an era in Japanese history * Joji (musician), stage name of musician and former Internet personality George Miller Joji, Jouji or Jōji may also refer to: People with the name * Marampudi Joji (1942–2010), Archbishop of Hyderabad * (1943–2020), Japanese manga artist *, pseudonym of Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter Shin Kibayashi * Joji Banuve (1940–2009), Fijian politician *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese violinist and conductor *, Japanese film and television director *, Japanese ice hockey player * Jōji Jonokuchi, pseudonym of writer Kiyohiko Azuma *, Japanese author *, Japanese speedskater * Joji Kotobalavu, Fiji civil servant *, Japanese manga artist *, legal scholar, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
