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Animazement
Animazement is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) .... It is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend. The convention is designed to be family-friendly. Animazement is run by unpaid staff and volunteers. Programming The convention typically offers an artist alley, classes, concerts, cosplay chess, cosplay contests, dealers room, gaming tournaments, manga library, masquerade ball, musicians, panel discussions, raves, various gaming rooms (arcade, console, retro), video screenings, and voice actors. Animazement raised over $12,000 for several charities in 2015. History The convention originates from a 1997 36-hour anime marathon, organized by the Triangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Cesario
Juliet Cesario is an American actress best known for her voice work in anime, Miyuki Kobayakawa in '' You're Under Arrest'', Belldandy in '' Oh! My Goddess'' the OVA series, Peorth in the 2nd season TV series '' Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy'', and Nokoru Imonoyama in '' Clamp School Detectives''. Cesario has also appeared in many television series, films, and stage productions. Biography Cesario has attended several anime conventions, including Otakon in 1997 and 1998, and Ohayocon and JACON in 2003, and Animazement in 2007. She has also made appearances in many television shows and films. She has previously worked with Coastal Studios for voice overs. Cesario is now currently active as an actress in television, film, and animation. She starred in a television movie called ''What you Want'' that aired on YTV in September 2008. She can be seen in ''Surface'', '' One Tree Hill'', among many other TV shows and movies including '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traci Dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddie is an American film and television actress. Her most notable roles were in ''Supernatural'' (2008–2010 + 2019), and as Regina in season 8 of '' The Walking Dead'' (2017-2018). Early years Dinwiddie was born in Anchorage, Alaska, of Syrian descent She graduated from Northwest Guilford High School in Guilford County, North Carolina in 1992. She lived in Wilmington, North Carolina,12 years, and for part of that time she operated a front-end loader and forklift at a landscaping supply business in nearby Ogden, North Carolina. She moved to Los Angeles in 2007. Career While living in North Carolina, Dinwiddie portrayed the title character in City Stage's production of the musical ''Always … Patsy Cline''. Dinwiddie made her film debut in 1998 movie ''Target Earth''. She has appeared in films including ''Summer Catch'' (2001), ''Black Knight'' (2001), ''The Notebook'' (2004), ''End of the Spear'' (2006), ''Mr. Brooks'' (2007), '' Elena Undone'' (2010), ''Raven's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Tipton
Amy Tipton is an American film and television actress. She is also a voice actress and an art coordinator. Early life and education She was born in Fayetteville, Georgia. Career Acting Since 1992, Tipton has worked as an actress in at least six films and eight television productions including guest appearances in the television series '' One Tree Hill'', '' Little Britain USA'', and ''Unscripted''. She has voiced a number of anime characters, and is the English-language voice of Pai Chan in the anime series ''Virtua Fighter''. Tipton also voiced the role of Aoi Futaba in the television series '' You're Under Arrest!'' Filmography Voice-acting roles *'' Babel II — Beyond Infinity'' as Aira (television) *''Clamp School Detectives'' as Miyuki, Hikori *''Red Dead Redemption 2'' as The Local Pedestrian Population (videogame) *'' Soccer Dog: European Cup'' as Group Walla *''The 27 Club'' as TV Reporter *''Virtua Fighter'' as Pai Chan (television) *''Voogie's Angel'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham, North Carolina
Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County. With a population of 283,506 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Durham is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fourth-most populous city in North Carolina and the List of United States cities by population, 70th-most populous city in the United States. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region along the Eno River. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham–Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. The Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh–Durham–Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the Research Triangle, which had an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Weaver
Brett A. Weaver (born November 16, 1966) is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles in the English-language dubs of anime series. He lives in Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ... with his wife, cartoonist and graphic novelist E.K. Weaver. Weaver got his start in radio before providing anime voice-over roles with ADV Films. He was also a member of a theatre group with fellow ADV alumni Chris Patton, Laura Chapman, Christine Auten, and Amanda Winn Lee. Anime roles * '' Attack on Titan'' - Gunther * '' Attack on Titan: Junior High'' - Gunther * '' Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'' - Kane * '' Burst Angel: Infinity'' - Commissioner * '' Case Closed'' - Hamilton Timberman, Hadrian Timberman, Mark Newman (FUNimation dub) * '' Casshern Sins'' - Tet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiho Saito
is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga '' Revolutionary Girl Utena''. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is ... for shōjo for '' Kanon''. She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective. Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo. Works * ''Anastasia Club'' (2001-2008) * (1990) ** (1992) ** (1994) ** (1995) * ** * * (1996 – 1997) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (''Published in 2 English Short Story Volumes by Tokyopop'') * * * * References External links PRISMS - Saitou Chiho manga database fan site entry * Romance Symphony of Saito Chiho 1967 births Women manga artists Japanese graphic novelists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Ortiz
Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'' and Amy Rose in ''Sonic X''. She voiced the latter character in the mainline and spin-off ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games from 2005 to 2010. Ortiz has served as voice director for the English dub of ''Pokémon'' since 2016, in addition to having performed several voice roles during the anime's first season. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime ''Shaman King''. Career Lisa has appeared in titles for SDI Media, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Headline Studios, TAJ Productions, and DuArt Film and Video. Her first major voice acting role was the Gym Leader Sabrina in the long running Pokémon anime series. At the 2002 Katsucon in Baltimore, Maryland, Lisa admitted that her start in voice overs came from her brother stealing her car, which led to her meeting a friend to retrieve the car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuto Nakazawa
is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym . His directorial work includes '' Parasite Dolls'', the anime sequence in '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'', and the Moondrive segment of '' Genius Party Beyond''. He has designed characters for many anime, such as '' Ashita no Nadja'' and '' Samurai Champloo'', for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of ''Tales of Legendia'' and was the animation director of ''Devil Kings''. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as '' The Animatrix'''s " Kid's Story" and " A Detective Story". He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song " Breaking the Habit." Filmography TV series *'' El-Hazard'' (1995) – character designer, chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Lillis
Rachael Lillis (July 8, 1969 – August 10, 2024) was an American voice actress. She was best known for her performances as Misty, Jessie, and Jigglypuff in the first eight seasons of the English dub of the TV series ''Pokémon''. In addition to voice roles in other animation works, she also provided voices for many video games. Early life Rachael Lillis was born to John and Constance Lillis (née Zafuto) in Niagara Falls, New York, on July 8, 1969. Her father served in the U.S. Navy and was a maintenance manager. She was the youngest of six children. Lillis and her family later moved to Plano, Texas. Lillis attended Smith College, where she was a premed student. She also trained in opera before she became a voice actor. She studied voice acting in Boston and moved to New York City in 1996. Career Lillis became known for voicing Misty and Jessie in the English dub of the ''Pokémon'' anime. She also voiced Pokémon such as Goldeen, Jigglypuff, Vulpix and Venonat on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
is a Japanese director, animator, and screenwriter. Kitakubo began work in the anime industry as a teenager, having worked on the 1979 ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' television series. He debuted as a director with the '' Cream Lemon'' episode "Pop Chaser" in 1985, then worked on films including ''Black Magic M-66'' with Masamune Shirow and '' Akira'' with Katsuhiro Otomo. Kitakubo went on to direct the "A Tale of Two Robots" segment from '' Robot Carnival'', the original video animation (OVA) series '' Golden Boy'', and the films ''Roujin Z'' and '' Blood: The Last Vampire''. In 2001, Kitakubo won the "Individual Award" at The 6th Animation Kobe for the latter film. ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' also won grand prize at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival was an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kamiya
is a Japanese voice actor. He played several notable roles in Japanese manga and anime television series, including Kenshiro in ''Fist of the North Star'', Ryo Saeba in '' City Hunter'', Shutaro Mendo in ''Urusei Yatsura'' and Kogoro Mori (first voice, 1996-2009) in ''Detective Conan''. In mecha anime, he voiced Ryoma Nagare in ''Getter Robo'', Akira Hibiki in ''Brave Raideen'', Sanshirō Tsuwabuki in '' Gaiking'', Roy Focker in ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', and Sincline in ''Beast King GoLion'' Biography Early life Kamiya was born in Yokohama. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shiba Commercial High School and became a freelancer after being affiliated with Theatre Echo, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ups. Kamiya then founded Saeba Shoji, a talent agency. Background His father ran a furniture manufacturing factory, but it suddenly closed and his parents divorced. After that, Kamiya's mother raised h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
