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Stephanie Young
Stephanie Young-Brehm is an American voice actress and singer primarily known for her voice-over work in English-language dubs for Japanese anime. Her best-known roles include Nico Robin in the Funimation dub of ''One Piece'', Arachne in '' Soul Eater'', Towa in ''Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2'', Clare in ''Claymore'' and Olivier Armstrong in '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. Young graduated from Baylor University with a degree in theatre performance and was nominated twice for the Dallas Theatre League's Leon Rabin Award. She has also appeared in various TV and film projects, including the Lifetime film and web series ''Inspector Mom''. Personal life Young is a singer/songwriter for the Dallas-based jazz band, The Brehms, along with her husband, David Lee Brehm, who is also a songwriter and guitarist. Filmography Anime series Film Television films, specials and direct-to-video Video games References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Stephanie Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh! Edo Rocket
is a 2001 stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima and directed by Hidenori Inōe, with a novelization released in August of the same year. A manga adaptation illustrated by Una Hamana was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from February 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in three ''tankōbon'' volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television series by Madhouse was broadcast in Japan from April to September 2007. It is a comedic story often breaking the fourth wall, that involves a fireworks maker in medieval Edo and his efforts to build a rocket to carry an alien back to her people on the moon. The anime series was licensed in North America by Funimation. Plot The story is set in Edo in 1842, the thirteenth year of the Tenpō era. Government reforms have banned all luxuries, including plays, performances, inventions, and fireworks. Despite the political climate, Seikichi, a young fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho-Pass
''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized as ''PSYCHO-PASS'') is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, with character designs by Akira Amano and featuring music by Yugo Kanno. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 2012 and March 2013. Set in a dystopia of Sibyl System's governance of Japan, the plot follows the young woman Akane Tsunemori. She is introduced as a novice Inspector assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division, in charge of solving crimes with latent criminals, Enforcers. ''Psycho-Pass'' originated from Production I.G.'s interest in making a successor to Mamoru Oshii's achievements. The series was inspired by several live-action films. Chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro aimed to explore psychological themes in society's youth using dystopian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenchi Muyo! War On Geminar
, released in North America as ''Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar'', is a Japanese OVA series that is a spin-off of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' series created by Masaki Kajishima. Produced by AIC Spirits and BeSTACK, the series aired thirteen episodes on pay-per-view network Animax between March 20, 2009 and March 19, 2010. It chronicles the story of a young boy named Kenshi Masaki, the younger brother of ''Tenchi Muyo!s protagonist Tenchi, who is transported to the world of Geminar. The story shares some character names and general terms from the anime ''Photon'', another series created by Masaki Kajishima. A light novel adaptation by Atsushi Wada was published by Fujimi Shobo on August 20, 2009 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation was serialized in '' Comic REX'' and published by Ichijinsha on June 9, 2010, spanning two volumes. At Otakon 2012, Funimation Entertainment announced they had licensed the series for release in North America. The anime is part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fam, The Silver Wing
is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo. It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda. The three had previously worked together in ''Blue Submarine No. 6'', one of the first CG anime series. ''Last Exile'' aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2003. A sequel series, , aired from October 2011 to March 2012. A film adaptation of the series, ''Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-: Over the Wishes'', was released in February 2016. The story is set on the fictional world of Prester, where its inhabitants use aerial vehicles known as vanships as a means of transportation. On this world which is divided in eternal conflict between the nations of Anatoray and Disith, sky couriers Claus Valca and Lavie Head must deliver a girl who holds the key to uniting the two factions. Although Prester itself is not a representation of Earth, it features technology reminiscent of nineteenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Certain Magical Index
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004 in a total of three separate series. The first ran from April 2004 to October 2010, the second from March 2011 to July 2019, and the third from February 2020 to present. The plot is set in a world where supernatural abilities exist. The light novels focus on Toma Kamijo, a young high school student in Academy City with an unusual ability in his right hand as he encounters an English nun named Index. His ability, which allows him to cancel other powers by touching them, and relationship with Index prove dangerous to other sorcerers and espers who wanted to discover the secrets behind him and Index, as well as the city. A manga adaptation by Chuya Kogino began serialization in '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' since April 2007. J.C.Staff produced two 24-episode anime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fractale
is an 11-episode Japanese anime television series created by Mandelbrot Engine, an artist collective consisting of critic and novelist Hiroki Azuma, screenwriter Mari Okada, and director Yutaka Yamamoto. The anime aired in Japan between January and March 2011 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. A manga illustrated by Mutsumi Akasaki was serialized in Square Enix's '' Gangan Online'' between September 2010 and November 2011. Plot The story takes place on an island resembling a 22nd-century Republic of Ireland (certain scenes are taken directly from Galway, a city in the west of Ireland), in a world ruled by "Fractale", a satellite-based virtual reality and content delivery system which ensures mankind's stability and prosperity. One day, Clain meets a fleeing girl called Phryne, who disappears during the night leaving a pendant. When he is able to activate the pendant (which turns into a "doppel" named Nessa), Clain sets out on a journey with the girl-shaped avatar Ness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiki (novel)
is a Japanese horror novel written by Fuyumi Ono. It was originally published in two parts by Shinchosha in 1998, it was then reprinted into five parts in 2002. A manga series adapting the story, drawn by Ryu Fujisaki was serialized in the Japanese monthly magazine ''Jump SQ.'' from December 2007 to June 2011. An anime adaptation of the manga by Daume aired on Fuji TV from July to December 2010. North American anime distributor Funimation simulcasted the series on their online video portal and released the series on DVD and Blu-ray in May 2012. Plot The story takes place during a particularly hot summer in 1994, in a small quiet Japanese village called Sotoba. A series of mysterious deaths begin to spread in the village, at the same time when a strange family moves into the long-abandoned Kanemasa mansion on top of a hill. Megumi Shimizu, a young girl who wanted to leave the village and move to the city, pays them a visit never to return. She is later found lying in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okami-san And Her Seven Companions
The series is a collection of Japanese light novels by Masashi Okita, with illustrations by Unaji. The series started with the release of the first volume in August 2006 titled , and as of January 2011, 12 volumes have been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Kurumi Suzushiro started serialization in the April 2010 issue of ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Daioh''. A 12-episode anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired in Japan on AT-X between July 1 and September 16, 2010, and has been licensed and dubbed into English by Funimation Entertainment to be aired on American network television and released to DVD. The English-dubbed version of the anime adaptation was subsequently licensed and distributed by Madman Entertainment and Manga Entertainment to Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Plot Set in the fictional Otogibana City, ''Okami-san & her Seven Companions'' follows the lives of Ryoko Okami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tail
''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the popular wizard guild Fairy Tail, as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel. The manga has been adapted into an anime series produced by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc., Satelight, Bridge, and CloverWorks which was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 2009 to March 2013. A second series was broadcast from April 2014 to March 2016. A third and final series was aired from October 2018 to September 2019. The series has also inspired numerous spin-off manga, including a prequel by Mashima, ''Fairy Tail Zero'', and a sequel storyboarded by him, titled '' Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest''. Additionally, A-1 Pictures has developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rideback (manga)
''Rideback'' (stylized as ''RɪᴅᴇBᴀᴄᴋ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsurō Kasahara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' from April 2003 to October 2008, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. Set in Japan in the 2020s, it follows the story of college student Rin Ogata, as she comes across a two-wheeled automobile robot known as a Rideback. It was adapted into a twelve-episode anime television series by Madhouse broadcast from January to March 2009. In North America, Funimation licensed the anime series for English release. Plot In the year of 2020 (2025 in the anime), an organization called the (GGF) has taken control of the world. Rin Ogata was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer but suffered a serious injury while dancing and decided to quit. Years later in college, she comes across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
