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Black Heaven
, also referred to as ''The Legend of Black Heaven'' and ''Kacho-Ōji'', is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Hiroki Hayashi and produced by Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer LDC Inc., AIC and A.P.P.P. It is directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, with Naruhisa Arakawa handling series composition, Kazuto Nakazawa designing the characters and Kōichi Korenaga composing the music. The series is about the middle-aged members of a short-lived heavy metal band and their unexpected role in an alien interstellar war. The Japanese title of the anime is a multi-layered pun; it can be translated as "Section Manager Ouji" or literally "Section Manager Prince." Plot summary Middle-aged Ouji Tanaka has a wife, a child and a mundane job as a salary man in Tokyo's modern society. But his life wasn't always so dull; 15 years ago he was known as "Gabriel", lead guitar of a short-lived heavy metal band called "Black Heaven". Ouji's life takes a sudden turn when he is invited by an enig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer LDC
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brianne Siddall
Brianne Siddall (born August 25, 1963 in Encino, California), also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Koromon, Keenan Crier, and Calumon in over a hundred episodes of the popular anime ''Digimon'' and its video games, as well as for voicing Tsukasa and Elk in the anime '' .hack//Sign'' and the '' .hack'' games. Career In the late 1990s, Siddall, under the stage name Ian Hawk, was hired to perform as the voice of Yahiko Myojin for the Sony dub of the '' Ruroni Kenshin'' anime and OAV, which premiered in the United States under the title ''Samurai X.'' This initial attempt to market the series proved unsuccessful and the series was later re-dubbed by Media Blasters, who chose to hire Bang Zoom! Entertainment to redub the series. She also voiced characters for Pioneer and Bang Zoom! including Kunikida in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of '' Lovedrive'', and then to form MSG. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists of the 1970s, and has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar." Career Early career and rise to fame: Scorpions and UFO Schenker started playing guitar at nine years old. His brother Rudolf got a Gibson Flying V guitar for his birthday, which captured his imagination. His main influences were Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Leslie West, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down To Earth (Rainbow Album)
''Down to Earth'' is the fourth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow. It is their last album to feature drummer Cozy Powell, their first with bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey and their only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet. Released in 1979, it contains Rainbow's first hit single " Since You Been Gone", marking a more commercial direction of the band's sound. Writing and recording The writing of ''Down to Earth'' began at Ritchie Blackmore's house in Connecticut in January 1979. By that time, he had dismissed both bassist Bob Daisley and keyboardist David Stone before singer Ronnie James Dio quit the band. Blackmore had already recruited his old Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover as producer and started auditioning musicians for the vacant slots in the band, while songwriting progressed with Blackmore, Cozy Powell and session bassist Clive Chaman. The songs were largely written by Blackmore and Glover. "It was a great opportunity for me, and why ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stairway To Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV''), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The song has three sections, each one progressively increasing in tempo and Dynamics (music), volume. The song begins in a slow tempo with acoustic instruments (guitar and Recorder (musical instrument), recorders) before introducing electric instruments. The final section is an uptempo hard rock arrangement, highlighted by Page's guitar solo and Plant's vocals, which ends with the plaintive a cappella line: "And she's buying a stairway to heaven". "Stairway to Heaven" was voted number three in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the "100 Greatest Rock Songs", in 2004 ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked "Stairway to Heaven" numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop''; Amon from ''The Legend of Korra''; Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax from '' Ben 10''; Garazeb Orrelios from '' Star Wars Rebels''; Starscream from '' Transformers: Prime''; Sub-Zero from the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise; Tank Dempsey from the ''Call of Duty'' Zombies franchise; Ares in ''God of War'', '' God of War: Ghost of Sparta'', and '' God of War: Ascension''; and Wolverine from Marvel's '' Wolverine and the X-Men'', '' Marvel Anime: X-Men'', and various other projects featuring the character. Blum has also been credited as David Lucas, Richard Cardona, Roger Canfield, Tom Baron, and Daniel Andrews in various anime and other live-action appearances. Early life Steven Jay Blum was born on April 29, 1960, to a Jewish family in Santa Monica, California. As a child, Blum was overweight and bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuzou Ishino
is a Japanese voice actor most notable for providing the voice for Chang Wufei in ''Gundam Wing'' and Chousokabe Motochika in ''Sengoku Basara''. Voice roles Anime *'' .hack//Roots'' as Smile (ep 23) *''Ahiru no Quack'' *''Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin'' as Male Student *'' All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' (OAV) as student A (phase I) *'' Amatsuki'' (Susutake) *''Ashita he Free Kick'' as announcer (ep 4); Carl Henderson; *Megalo (ep 9) *''Dragon Knight'' (OAV) as Lizard B *''Fuma no Kojirou: Fuma Hanran-hen'' (OAV) as Fûma A *''Gintama'' as Brother-in-law (Ep. 39) *'' Golden Boy'' (OAV) as Animator *''Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Special Edition'' (movie) as Chang Wu-Fei *''GUNxSWORD'' as Zapiero Muttaaca *'' Hyper Police'' as Tommy Fujioka *''Kikou Sennyo Rouran'' as Jimushi *''Kuma no Puutarou'' as Narration *''Kyouryuu Boukenki Jura Tripper'' as God *''Manmaru the Ninja Penguin'' as Ratsubi (ep14) *'' MegaMan Maverick Hunter X: The Day of Sigma'' (OAV) as Penguin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Romersa
Joe Romersa is an American musician, composer, voice actor, and music producer. Romersa started his career as a drummer, but early on he branched out into sound engineering. As Romersa tells it, "After a tragic early tour I did at age 19 which left me homeless sleeping on a park bench in New Jersey, I had to find a way to make money and still be close to what I love; music." Romersa later studied sound engineering. Combining his fledgling career as a professional musician with the more stable income of sound engineering allowed Romersa to hone his craft as both a drummer/percussionist and as a sound engineer. Career Early career Romersa started touring as the drummer for the Marc Tanner Band. On April 19, 1979, they would open for Firefall, at the Palace Theater in Cleveland Ohio. The Marc Tanner Band also opened for Jefferson Starship. Romersa was a drummer, percussionist, and composer on Tanner's second album, ''Temptation'', along with guitarist Ritchie Zito and bassist R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidenari Ugaki
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is currently affiliated with 81 Produce. He is best known for his roles as Argo Gulskii in ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', Donatello in the TV Tokyo edition of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Kaminari-san in the 2005 ''Doraemon'' series, and Goro Majima in the ''Yakuza'' video game series. Filmography Television animation * ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (1994) – Argo Gulskii, subordinate #B, thief #A * '' Digimon Adventure'' (1999) – Nanomon * '' Initial D: Second Stage'' (1999) – Papa (eps. 3-4) * '' Crush Gear Turbo'' (2001) – Ming Wu * ''Digimon Frontier'' (2002) – Wizardmon * '' Rockman EXE'' (2002) – Bomberman * '' Rockman EXE Stream'' (2005) – Bomberman * ''Doraemon'' (2005 series) – Kannari-san * '' Aikatsu!'' (2012) – Miteru Itsumo * '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' (2015) – Khan, Chaka's father * '' Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga'' (2019) – Shibata Katsuie * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fahn
Thomas Fahn (born 1962) is an American voice actor. He is known for his portrayals as Sho Fukamachi in '' Guyver'' and Agumon in the ''Digimon'' franchise. Personal life His sister and brother, Melissa Fahn and Jonathan Fahn, respectively and wife, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, are also voice actors. His brother, Mike Fahn, is a jazz trombone player. Fahn is married to fellow actress Dorothy Elias-Fahn. They have one daughter. Filmography Animation * ''What a Cartoon!'' - Woim Live action * ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' - Firecat (voice) * '' Masked Rider'' - Dread Dragon (voice, uncredited) * ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' - Skelerena (voice, uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'' - Chameliac, Green Shark (voice) * '' Power Rangers: Turbo'' - Count Nocturne, The Demon Racers, Wicked Wisher (voices, uncredited) * ''VR Troopers'' - Trooper Terminator, Dream Master (voices) Film * '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' - Stu, Male Ox (voice) * ''The Adventures of Panda Warrior'' - Bruce Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūji Ueda
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Akito Tenkawa in '' Martian Successor Nadesico'', Valerino in the 1992 series of '' Calimero'', Takeshi/Brock and Sonansu/Wobbuffet in ''Pokémon'', Horohoro in ''Shaman King'', Johannes Krauser II in '' Detroit Metal City'', Keitarō Urashima in '' Love Hina'', Shiro Iori in '' Kill la Kill'', and Yousuke Fuuma in '' Wedding Peach''. Biography He was born in Fukuoka as 上田祐司 (same pronunciation). In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa. Yūji is frequently called "Yū-chan" by veteran voice actresses; usually co-voice actresses from Pokémon. He is married to voice actress Omi Minami. In March 2012, Ueda and Minami both left Osawa, and launched a new agency called PomaRancz. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayako Kawasumi
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "", "","" and "". She is a skilled pianist as she has played the piano since childhood. She performed "...To You", the opening theme to ''Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart, Piano,'' and played pianists in the anime ''Piano'' and ''Nodame Cantabile. ''She is one of the most prolific and well-known voice actresses in Japan. Throughout her career, she has voiced plenty of iconic and famous characters, such as List of To Heart series characters#Akari Kamigishi, Akari Kamigishi (''To Heart''), Saber (Fate/stay night), Saber (''Fate/stay night''), Elie (''Rave Master''), Melfina (''Outlaw Star''), Nodame (''Nodame Cantabile''), Lafiel (''Crest of the Stars'' – ''Banner of the Stars''), Fuu (''Samurai Champloo''), Leina (''Queen's Blade''), Aoi Sakuraba (''Ai Yori Aoshi''), Mahoro (''Mahoromatic''), Shenhe (''Genshin Impact'') and Natsuki Mogi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
