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Occult Academy
is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and directed by Tomohiko Itō (director), Tomohiko Itō. The 13-episode anime premiered in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network on July 6, 2010. ''Occult Academy'' is the third and final project of ''Anime no Chikara''. It was shown by Crunchyroll an hour after the Japanese broadcast. A manga adaptation of the anime is currently serialized in Media Factory's ''Monthly Comic Alive''. A series of DVD/Blu-ray releases are made over six volumes. Volumes one through five each contain two episodes from the series and comes with extras, such as bonus songs sung by various voice actors for the characters. The final volume covers the last three episodes. There are also four spinoff episodes, the first of which is included with the second volume. The series has been picked up in North America by Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America, who released the series on Blu-ray on May 8, 2012. Plot Maya is the daughter of ... [...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] |
Apocalypse
Apocalypse () is a literary genre originating in Judaism in the centuries following the Babylonian exile (597–587 BCE) but persisting in Christianity and Islam. In apocalypse, a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imagery drawn from the Jewish Bible, cosmological and (pessimistic) historical surveys, the division of time into periods, esoteric numerology, and claims of ecstasy and inspiration. Almost all are written under pseudonyms (false names), claiming as author a venerated hero from previous centuries, as with the Book of Daniel, composed during the 2nd century BCE but bearing the name of the legendary Daniel from the 6th century BCE. Eschatology (from Greek ''eschatos'', last) concerns expectations of the end of the present age. Thus, apocalyptic eschatology is the application of the apocalyptic world-view to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowsing
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, Petroleum, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in Germany ''alone'' can generate a conservatively-estimated annual revenue of more than 100 million DM (US$50 million)"''GWUP-Psi-Tests 2004: Keine Million Dollar für PSI-Fähigkeiten'' (in German) an. Grave (burial), gravesites, malign "earth vibrations" and many other objects and materials without the use of a Scientific instrument, scientific apparatus. It is also known as divining (especially in water divining), doodlebugging (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum or treasure) or water finding, or water witching (in the United States). A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones, called dowsing rods or divining rods are normally used, and the motion of these are said to reveal the location of the target ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehito Koyasu
is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Doi, Hitoshi"Koyasu Takehito" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded in October 1998.「子安武人、野中政宏、安井邦彦 スーパートークバトル'97」《ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'97 〜オフィシャルコレクション〜》, Shinseisha, September 27, 1997, page 26 His son is also a voice actor. Koyasu has taken over many of the characters played by Kaneto Shiozawa after his death. Career When Koyasu was in junior high school, he, as an aspiring screen actor himself, was such a movie buff that he would watch movies every day without going to school. By chance, he saw the scene before Tetsurō Hoshino's departure in ''Adieu Galaxy Express 999'' where a group of nameless soldiers take him on the 999 and send him on his way, and was impressed by it. This sparked his i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Takahashi
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. His major roles include Eiji Kikumaru in ''The Prince of Tennis'', Tobias in ''Pokémon'', Kenji Harima in '' School Rumble'', Hisoka in '' Hunter × Hunter (1999)'', Katsuya Jonouchi in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' and Takato Saijō in '' Dakaichi''. On video games, he voiced Ryu in the ''Street Fighter is a Media mix, Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom. Street Fighter 1, The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by List of Street Fighter video games, six other ma ...'' games. He is married to voice actress Aiko Aihashi. Their first son was born on June 24, 2016. Filmography Anime Audio recordings Tokusatsu Video games Dubbing Live-action Other roles Discography Albums Singles source: * (心を信じて) () * (今日もまた太陽は容赦なく輝く) () * "Be Yourself" () * (まだ見ぬ先へ) () * (ダイヤモンド� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Death Experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death, which researchers describe as having similar characteristics. When positive, which the great majority are, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, joy, the experience of absolute dissolution, review of major life events, the presence of a light, and seeing dead relatives. While there are common elements, people's experiences and their interpretations of these experiences generally reflect their cultural, philosophical, or religious beliefs. NDEs usually occur during reversible clinical death. Explanations for NDEs vary from scientific to religious. Neuroscience research hypothesizes that an NDE is a subjective phenomenon resulting from "disturbed bodily multisensory integration" that occurs during life-threatening events. Some transcendental and religious beliefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Hanazawa
is a Japanese actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several film and television credits since her debut in 2003. She won the Seiyu Awards, Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, and won the Newtype Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress three times in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Her debut single, , was released on April 25, 2012, under the Aniplex/Sony Music Entertainment Japan label. Career Hanazawa began acting when she was in kindergarten. She made regular appearances at the variety program ''Yappari Sanma Daisensei''. She made her voice acting debut as Holly in ''Last Exile.'' She played Ryoko Kaminagi in ''Zegapain''. She signed up with the voice acting agency Office Osawa. Hanazawa went to university in 2007, at the same time, she began to make her mark as a voice actress. She voiced the title character in ''Kobato.'', Suou in ''Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor'', Nadeko Sengoku in ''Bakemonogatari'', Angel Beats#Kanade Tachib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayahi Takagaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Jasmine in ''Deltora Quest (anime), Deltora Quest'' and Lucia Nahashi in ''Venus Versus Virus''. Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening Theme music, themes of the anime series ''First Love Limited'' in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere (Japanese band), Sphere with their single "Future Stream". She announced her marriage on her blog on August 22, 2019. Voice acting career Takagaki has a fairly wide acting range, from little kids to romantic teens to gentle weak girls to elder sister types to proper young ladies to boyish girls to serious young women. She had her first major role as voice actor in 2007, providing the voice of Jasmine, a main character of the anime series ''Deltora Quest (anime), Deltora Quest''. She was subsequently featured in ''Venus Versus Virus'' and ''Da Capo II'' as Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yū Kobayashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Holy Peak. Some of her most prominent roles include that of Tadamichi Aoba in '' Dan Doh!!'', Setsuna Sakurazaki in ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', Dan Kuso in ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'', Misaki Hijiri in '' Saint October'', Kaede Kimura in '' Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei'', Sasha Braus in ''Attack on Titan'', Lucina in the Japanese version of the ''Fire Emblem'' series, Luka Urushibara in ''Steins;Gate,'' and Charlotte Roselei in ''Black Clover'', among others. Biography Before venturing as a voice actress, Kobayashi worked as a model for magazines. In 2003, she auditioned for the role of Setsuna Sakurazaki in ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', beginning her career as a voice actress. In 2007, she made her debut as a singer with the single ''Sora no Kotoba'', which was the second closing theme of the Saint October anime. In 2008, she was nominated for "Best New Actress" at the second edition of the Seiyū Awards. Also in tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minori Chihara
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and singer who has had roles in several anime series.Doi, Hitoshi"Chihara Minori" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. She is well known for her voice role as Yuki Nagato in ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' and List of The Idolmaster characters#961 Production, Leon in ''The iDOLM@STER'', while in her musical career, she has been signed under King Records (Japan), King Records and Lantis (company), Lantis. She was born in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Tochigi and was raised in Saitama Prefecture, Saitama. She was affiliated with the talent agency Horipro, HoriPro International. Career ;2003 * From April to September, Chihara served as the assistant to Mariko Kōda's Osaka Broadcasting Corporation, OBC radio program ''Kōda Mariko no GM,'' a position she gained through an audition. She won first place at the Seiyū Grand Prix Club and the right to work in the ''Avex Trax, avex ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayuri Yahagi
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She is the narrator of Animax. Biography Yahagi lived in Hachinohe, Aomori. She thought "Anime is a picture talking" and said that she had no idea about voice acting until her friend talked about it. She attended junior high school in the wake of a friend telling her that she "sounds like anime". Without a theater club, she joined the softball club in accordance with her father's recommendation. On January 31, 2015, the official site of her office announced that Yahagi was married to a man outside of the industry. Filmography Anime series ;2005 *'' Chibi Vampire'' – Karin Maaka ;2006 *'' Fairy Musketeers'' – Gretel, Kyupi *'' Kanon'' – Shiori's Classmate *'' School Rumble: 2nd Semester'' – Mio Tennōji *'' Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'' – Yuuka Fujikawa *'' Buso Renkin'' – Hanaka Busujima *'' Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin'' – Audrey ;2007 *'' Venus Versus Virus'' – Tsukuyo *'' Over Drive'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Mizushima
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. When voicing adult games, he is known as . After leaving the former office AXL-ONE on March 31, 2022, he changed his stage name to "Daichū Mizushima" while keeping the kanji. Biography Mizushima is a former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official. He entered the JGSDF Youth Technical School, a boarding school for boys, as a member of the 38th class of JGSDF students, and graduated in 1994. He has been a member of Production Baobab since around 2000, and left at the end of May 2011 to become a member of Axlone in June 2011. In 2012, he became an instructor at Axl Zero, a training school directly under the Axlone office. In 2014, he announced the start of his music career under the name TAKA, and made his debut as a singer with his first mini-album "Reflection" in March of the same year. Filmography Anime television ;2002 * '' Shrine of the Morning Mist'' – Tadahiro Amatsu * '' Crush Gear Turbo'' – Rudolf Steiner * '' Forza! Hidema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
