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This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
is a Japanese anime television series created by Shouji Saeki and Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was animated by Gainax and Shaft. The series aired on BS-i from April 2, 2004 to June 18, 2004, totaling 12 episodes. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Ashita Morimi, was serialized in Hakusensha's '' Young Animal''. Plot Takeru and Ryou are high school students who work doing deliveries for the former's uncle. One night, the two go to investigate a mysterious light in the woods only to find a young girl emerging from the light. Takeru and Ryou are attacked by an alien, which is defeated when Takeru transforms into a powerful and strange-looking beast himself. The girl, whom the boys name "Hikari" (light), is taken in by Takeru when she confesses to having no memory of who she is. They are later joined by Jennifer Portman, an American scientist with an interest in the boys and Hikari; Ioneos, a shape-shifting robot loyal to Hikari; Kuon, a little floating alien; and Akari, Hikari's "sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braden Hunt
Braden Hunt is an American voice actor who dubbed roles in Japanese anime for ADV Films. Roles * '' The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok'' as Bandit 2 (ep. 8) * '' Diamond Daydreams'' as Tezuka * ''Full Metal Panic!'' as Shirai Satoru (ep 8) * '' Gravion Zwei'' as Hans * '' Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick'' as Shiro Tokisada * '' Madlax'' as Chris Krana * '' Misaki Chronicle'' as Male Cadet * ''Peacemaker Kurogane'' as Souji Okita * '' Saiyuki'' as Cho Hakkai * '' Saiyuki Gaiden'' as Gensui Tenpou * ''Sister Princess'' as Wataru Minakami * ''This Ugly Yet Beautiful World'' as Takeru Takemoto * ''Ushio and Tora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in 33 volumes. The series f ...'' as Construction Worker (ep 5), Friend (ep 7–8), Man in Crowd (ep 9), Villager (ep 9) External links * * Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Kisaichi
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Filmography Anime ;1992 * ''Crayon Shin-chan'' as Yuji ;1994 * ''Shoot! (manga), Aoki Densetsu Shoot!'' as Tooru Endo * ''Slam Dunk (manga), Slam Dunk'' as Miura * ''Dragon Ball Z'' as Citizen (ep 243), Reporter (ep 231) * ''Sailor Moon S'' as Boy B (ep 105), Chin-Chin Tei (ep 107) * ''Marmalade Boy'' as Alex ;1995 * ''Sailor Moon SuperS'' as Editor 2 (ep 134) ;1996 * ''Hell Teacher Nūbē, Jigoku Sensei Nube'' as Kimu Takera "Kimutake", Narumi * ''Dragon Ball GT'' as Oob, Ax (ep 25), Man in Store B (ep 3) * ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' as Host (ep 191), Newscaster (ep 169), Resident (ep 183) * ''Brave Command Dagwon'' as Ryuu Hashiba ;1998 * ''Kare Kano, His and Her Circumstances'' as Hideaki Asaba * ''Kocchi Muite Miko'' as Kenta * ''Nazca (TV series), Nazca'' as Kendo Judge * ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' as Rintarou Shimazaki * ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' as Hirata (ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1996. The story is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy recruited by his father Gendo to the mysterious organization Nerv. Shinji must pilot an Evangelion, a giant biomechanical mecha, to fight beings known as Angels. The series explores the experiences and emotions of the Evangelion pilots and Nerv members as they battle Angels. They are called upon to understand the ultimate cause of events and the motives behind human action. The series has been described as a deconstruction of the mecha genre, and features archetypal imagery derived from Shinto cosmology and mystical Judeo-Christian traditions, including Midrashic tales and Kabbalah. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritsuko Akagi
The Japanese anime television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' has an extensive cast of characters that were created by Gainax. The show's protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy whose father Gendo Ikari, Gendo recruits to the shadowy organization Nerv to pilot a giant, bio-machine mecha called an Evangelion (mecha), Evangelion and fight against beings called List of Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Angels. The character designs were drawn by the artist, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who designed each character to be easily identifiable from their silhouette. The personalities were based on that of Hideaki Anno, the show's director and main scriptwriter. Many of the heroes in the second half of the series suffer trauma or physical violence that exacerbates their anxieties and fears, and the episodes give ample space to their inner monologues, in which they question the meaning of their actions and lives. This narrative choice culminates in the two final episodes, whose narrative p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misato Katsuragi
is a fictional character from the Gainax-created media franchise ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. In the eponymous anime television series, Misato is head of the operations department of the special agency Nerv, and is in charge of directing and devising war strategies needed to defeat mysterious beings named Angels. Due to childhood emotional traumas, she developed a frivolous, exuberant character and a disordered lifestyle. The character also appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, including video games, the original net animation '' Petit Eva: Evangelion@School'', the '' Rebuild of Evangelion'' films, and the manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. For the creation of the character, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' director Hideaki Anno took inspiration from his personality. Misato is also inspired by several real-life figures and other anime characters, including Usagi Tsukino from '' Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon''. Critics have drawn parallels be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Calene-Black
Shelley Calene-Black ( ) is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series. Her leading voice roles include Mireille in '' Noir'', Kyou Fujibayashi in '' Clannad'', Rutile in '' Land of the Lustrous'', Medaka Kurokami in '' Medaka Box'', Hamyuts Meseta in '' The Book of Bantorra'' and Hime in '' Princess Resurrection''. In live-action films, she played the lead role of Maria Patterson in the Mariusz Kotowski-directed Holocaust film '' Esther's Diary''. Biography Calene-Black was born and raised in Texas. She studied theatre at the University of Houston The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in ... and worked on stage in New York City. After returning to Houston, she worked on loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Takada
is a former Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. Notable voice roles *Chitose Fujinomiya in Goldfish Warning! *Alice Knox in Power Dolls * Ayeka Masaki Jurai in Tenchi Muyo! *Ayeka Takada (OVA)/Romio (TV), Ghost Girl (TV; episode 8) in Pretty Sammy *Etsuko in Hanappe Bazooka *Flare in Reyon Densetsu Flair *Hatsuho Kazami in Please Teacher! *Hiroe Ogawa in F3 (anime) (uncredited) *Keikounitten Ruuan in Mamotte Shugogetten *Saeko in Twin Dolls *Ash in Demon Beast Invasion *Kayo in Demon Beast Invasion *Megumi in Urotsukidoji *Nurse in Urotsukidoji *Yumi in Urotsukidoji *Alector in Urotsukidoji *Midori in Adventure Kid *Charlotte Flowers in Majokko Tsukune-chan *Jennifer Portman in This Ugly Yet Beautiful World *Midori-sensei in Ranma ½ *Noriko Okamachi/Sailor Ojo (ep 178) in Sailor Stars *Shelley Godwin in Xenosaga *Shikijou Saori in Mahoromatic * Yoshinaga-sensei in Crayon Shin-chan *Yumi in Immoral Sisters *Etoile in Tensai Terebi-kun MAX Tokus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luci Christian
Luci Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films. Life and career Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in '' Those Who Hunt Elves'' that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in '' Neo Ranga''. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asami Sanada
is a Japanese actress from Nagano Prefecture. She voiced the role of Vita in the '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series, Jun Sakurada in the ''Rozen Maiden'' series, Kurumi Tokisaki in the ''Date A Live'' series, Sawako Yamanaka in the ''K-On!'' series, and Dejiko in ''Di Gi Charat''. Filmography Anime ;1999 *''Di Gi Charat'' – Dejiko/Di Gi Charat *''Pokémon'' – Charmaine ;2000 *'' Mon Colle Knights'' – Cooking King Pole of Heating, Southern *'' Daa! Daa! Daa!'' – Seiya Yaboshi *'' Muteki Ō Tri-Zenon'' – Ai Kamui ;2001 *'' Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy'' – Phil *'' Angel Tales'' – Nana *''Mahoromatic'' – Chizuko Oe ;2002 *'' Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo'' – Michael Steiner *''One Piece'' - Carol *''Lightning Attack Express'' – K-kun, Suguru Shinagawa *'' Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful'' – Chizuko Oe *'' Petite Princess Yucie'' – Student A (ep 8) *''Sister Princess: Re Pure'' – Boy *'' Galaxy Angel A'' – Waitress Robo (ep 9) ;2003 *''Mouse'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Boone
Jessica Boone is an American film, television, theatre, and voice actress. Her earlier career while she lived in Houston involved work primarily for ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Seraphim Digital. She has since focused more on theatre work, including both Shakespeare and musical theatre. Career Boone has been a leading player with the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and is co-CEO and an associate artist for Prague Shakespeare Company, the Czech Republic's professional English-language theatre, where her roles have included Rosalind, Juliet, Helena, Regan, Ophelia, Innogen, and Lady Macbeth. Boone is also an accomplished voice actress, known throughout the anime world for her work voicing hundreds of characters in Japanese animated series such as Mimmy in ''Hello Kitty'', Misaki Suzuhara in ''Angelic Layer'', Chiyo Mihama in ''Azumanga Daioh'', Fuki in ''Mushishi'' from Episode 19, and Sheele in ''Akame ga Kill''. Her film and TV work includes feature films ''U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Shimizu
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and professional wrestler. She has a career as a singer, signed to Lantis (company), Lantis. She has released 14 singles (including Split album, joint and Image song, character singles) and four albums. She covered Yumi Matsutoya's "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1983 film)#Soundtrack, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" as the A-side and B-side, B-side of her first single "Angel Fish" in 2003. She is known to have a close relationship with Mai Nakahara, having collaborated in eight anime where most of the characters they voiced in together had close connections: ''DearS'', ''Kage Kara Mamoru!'', ''My-HiME'', ''My-Otome'', ''Please Twins!'', ''Sola (manga), Sola'', ''Strawberry Panic!'' and the ''Lucky Star (manga), Lucky Star'' Radio drama in Japan, drama CD. Shimizu has worked sporadic professional wrestling matches since December 2013. Voice roles Anime television series 2001 *''Parappa The Rapper'', Baby Miran *''Mahoromatic'', Minawa Andou 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
