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Key The Metal Idol
is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series that was released from December 1994 to June 1997. The series consists of fifteen episodes divided into four parts. ''First Program'' consists of episodes 1 through 7. ''Second Program'' is 8 through 13. ''Third Program'' and ''Final Program'' are feature length (a.k.a. episodes 14 and 15) respectively. ''Key'' is a serious and somewhat dark drama with elements of mecha and science fiction. Plot The central character of the story is Tokiko Mima (nicknamed "Key"), who believes herself to be a robot crafted by her scientist grandfather, Murao Mima. Every year, on her birthday, Key believes Dr. Mima builds her a new body, each one size larger. Upon his deathbed, Mima records his will on audio tape, revealing that Key can become human with the aid of 30,000 friends. Key believes she must do this quickly before her battery runs down, and attempts to gain the amount of friends by becoming a Japanese idol. The series details the sl ...
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Pierrot (company)
, previously known as until 2002, is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, previously an animator and director for Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo. Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as ''Naruto'', ''Bleach'', ''Tokyo Ghoul'', '' Tokyo Underground'', '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', '' Black Clover'', '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', '' Ghost Stories'', '' Great Teacher Onizuka'', and '' Gensomaden Saiyuki''. ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' and ''Saiyuki'', two of the company's anime series, won the Animage Anime Grand Prix Award in 1994 and 1995, and 2000, respectively. History The studio was founded in 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, Hisayuki Toriumi, , and . Prior to the studio's founding, all four animators previously worked at Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Nunokawa was the studio's first president and CEO, a position which he held until 2012. That year, Nunokawa retired and was elect ...
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Miki Nagasawa
is a Japanese voice actress. She was raised in Fukushima. Formerly affiliated for Haikyo, she is affiliated with Atomic Monkey. On anime roles, she voiced the eponymous character in ''Vampire Princess Miyu'', Wedy in ''Death Note'' and Maya Ibuki in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. In video games, she voiced Shelinda in '' Final Fantasy X'' and '' X-2'', Kuyo in '' Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'', Karin in '' Shadow Hearts 2'', and Sleigh Presty in ''Super Robot Wars''. Nagasawa attended Nan Desu Kan in 2009. Filmography Animation ; 1994 * '' Key the Metal Idol'' (OVA) – Sakura Kuriyagawa * '' Macross 7'' – Jessica ; 1995 * ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' – Maya Ibuki ; 1996 * ''After War Gundam X'' – Perla Ciss * '' Brave Command Dagwon'' – Maria Tobe, Gunkid * '' Martian Successor Nadesico'' – Izumi Maki ; 1997 * ''Vampire Princess Miyu'' (TV series) – Miyu ; 1998 * '' Anpanman'' – Creampanda'' * '' Blue Submarine No. 6'' – Mutio * ''Cowboy Bebop'' – ...
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Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969) is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, he is often cast in antagonistic or authoritative voice roles. Career Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. A graduate of the acclaimed Studio 58, he started out as a theatre actor, but eventually found himself moving into voice acting full-time. Based out of Vancouver, BC, he works on various animated programs. Most well known for his role as Vegeta, Yajirobe, and Vegito in the Ocean Studios English dub of the anime series ''Dragon Ball Z'', Drummond tends to be cast as either an impassive warrior (Andrew Waltfeld), or a kind-hearted father-figure ( Reverend Malchio). Lately, he has also played the role of the cowardly Yuna Roma Seiran in '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' as well as Ryuk in ''Death Note''. He has l ...
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Shin-ichiro Miki
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo.Doi, Hitoshi.Miki Shinichirou. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 13, 2010. He is a member of 81 Produce. Miki is known for his distinctively smooth voice and often calm delivery in the roles he has landed. He often gets cast as handsome young men in anime, perhaps the most notable being Youji Kudou – Balinese ('' Weiß Kreuz'') and Kojirō ("James") ('' Pokémon''). Other famous roles include Takumi Fujiwara ('' Initial D'' anime, video game and mostly '' Arcade Stage'' series from ''Arcade Stage 4'' to ''Arcade Stage 8 Infinity''), Kisuke Urahara ('' Bleach''), Akira Yuki ('' Virtua Fighter''), Lockon Stratos ('' Mobile Suit Gundam 00''), Tatsuma Sakamoto ('' Gintama''), Teppei Iwaki ('' Area no Kishi''), Aikurō Mikisugi ('' Kill la Kill''), Hitomi ('' Code: Breaker''), Kagetora Aida ('' Kuroko's Basketball''), Roy Mustang ('' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''), Zamasu ('' Dragon Ball Super''), Bob Makihara ('' Tenjho Tenge''), Keisuke ...
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Saffron Henderson
Saffron Henderson (born December 27, 1967) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who often works with Ocean Productions in numerous anime dubs. Career Henderson tends to be cast as mature and flirtatious women, young boys and teenage girls, as well as foreign women and motherly figures. Her best known roles are Kid Goku and Kid Gohan in ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'', Shenhua in ''Black Lagoon'', Sachiko Yagami in ''Death Note'', Lucrezia Noin in ''Gundam Wing'' and Oxnard in ''Hamtaro''. She's the daughter of Bill Henderson, the lead guitarist and singer of the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, and has a younger sister named Camille, who is also a singer. Henderson has appeared in live-action work roles, (including a brief appearance in '' The Fly II'' as Veronica Quaife replacing Geena Davis who had starred in the first film), the romantic comedy ''Cousins'' as Terri Costello, and '' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' as rocker J.J. who is killed by ...
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Chiyako Shibahara
is a Japanese voice actress. Previously affiliated with 81 Produce, she became a freelancer as of November 30, 2022. Filmography Anime * ''Akuei to Gacchinpo'' (Akuei) * ''Bakkyuu HIT! Crash Bedaman'' (Sabu Nishijima) * ''Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go WGP'' (Nieminen, Tamtam) * ''Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie'' (Xuehua Li) * ''Duel Masters'' (Kintaro Nanba) * ''Harimogu Harry'' (Gaburinu) * '' Hyper Police'' (Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari) * ''If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord'' (Old Woman Venn) * ''Key the Metal Idol'' (Beniko Komori, Miho Utsuse) * ''Legend of Himiko'' (Kiyomizu) * ''MegaMan NT Warrior'' (CutMan, BubbleMan) * '' Midnight Horror School'' (Ampoo, Tubee) * ''Nodame Cantabile TV'' (Kazuo (Puri Gorota - episode 7)) * ''Nodame Cantabile'' live action (Kazuo (Puri Gorota - episode 4)) * ''Outlaw Star'' (Iraga) * ''Paranoia Agent'' (unnamed character in episode 3) * ''Petite Princess Yucie'' (Kobold) * ''Pikachu's Summer Vacation'' (Karakara) * ''Pilot Can ...
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Don Brown (voice Actor)
Don Brown is a Canadian voice actor and comedian A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertainment, entertain an audience by making them laughter, laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop c ... best known as the voice of Jaken in '' Inuyasha'' and Kurumazo in '' Kurozuka''. Voice roles References External links * * * * * Tony Valdezat CrystalAcids * Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian male voice actors Canadian impressionists (entertainers) {{Canada-voice-actor-stub ...
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Eken Mine
was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Nagasaki. He was lifelong friends with Ritsuo Sawa, performing various ''Kamen Rider The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until ''Kamen Rider Decade, Decade'' and except Thailand), is a Japanese superhero fiction, superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by ...'' characters together; they became convinced of their impact on children after watching them imitate their roles. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mine, Eken 1935 births 2002 deaths Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Nagasaki Prefecture ...
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Mark Gibbon
Mark Gibbon is a Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ... television, film and voice actor known for his distinctive deep voice. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * * *The Stargate OmnipediCharacters - M'zel(with photo) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbon, Mark Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Year of birth missing (living people) ...
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David Sobolov
David Sobolov (born October 23, 1964) is a Canadian voice actor and director, best known for his roles as Gorilla Grodd in various DC media, Drax the Destroyer in various Marvel media, Kaido in ''One Piece'', and various characters in the ''Transformers'' franchise; noticeably Depthcharge in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', Shockwave in '' Transformers: Prime'', and Battletrap and Apelinq in '' Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''. Sobolov was born in Windsor, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it .... Filmography Animation Anime Anime films Film Television Video games References External links Official website* * * Sobolov's personal website (Short Interview) Video Interview shot at Austin GDC 2007 by GameZombie.tvDavid Sobolov interview with Supe ...
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Peter Kelamis
Peter Kelamis is an Australian actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for voice roles including Goku in Ocean's English dub of the animated series ''Dragon Ball Z'' (succeeding Ian James Corlett and preceding Kirby Morrow), Rolf from ''Ed, Edd n Eddy,'' Tail Terrier in ''Krypto the Superdog'', Dr. Adam Brody in ''Stargate Universe'', and Wing Saber in '' Transformers: Cybertron'', replacing the character's previous voice actor Colin Murdock. Career Some of his appearances on television were in ''Eureka, The Outer Limits, Corner Gas, Sliders, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Universe, The Sentinel'', ''NCIS'' and ''The X-Files''. Film appearances include; ''Happy Gilmore'', ''Fear of Flying'', ''I'll Be Home for Christmas'', '' Best in Show'', ''The Sport Pages: The Heidi Bowl'', and ''Everything's Gone Green''. Kelamis also had a recurring role in '' Beggars and Choosers''. As a voice actor, he replaced Ian James Corlett as the voice of Goku during 1997 in FUNimation/Saban's sh ...
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