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Vor-Tech
''Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad'' is an animated television series produced by Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season of thirteen episodes in first-run syndication as part of Claster Television's "Power Block" package along with ''ReBoot'', '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe Extreme'', until the block's discontinuation in 1997. The series was based on a toy line developed by Kenner Products, which was acquired by Hasbro in 1991. Overview The VOR-Tech Undercover Conversion Squad is a group of secret agents led by Hudson Roarke. Their mission is to stop Hudson's older brother Damian Roarke—known as Lord Matrix—and his evil "Bio Mechs" from infecting the world with a techno-infectious plague. Similar to the '' M.A.S.K.'' franchise, the VOR-Tech agents had special masks and transforming vehicles, with special computer systems that imbue them and their vehicles with special powers. The series was canceled after only thirteen episodes, and has not been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Zann
Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian actress and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party. Before entering federal politics, she represented the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 until 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and from June 9, 2019, until September 12, 2019, as an independent. As an actress, Zann is known for providing the voice of Rogue in various X-Men series and games. Life and career Zann was born on November 22, 1959, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Janice, a high school teacher, and Paul Zann, a professor. Her great-grandfather, named Zaninovich (Zaninović), came to Australia from Croatia. She emigrated with her parents to Canada in 1968, first to Regina, Saskatchewan, then to Truro, Nova Scotia, and later graduated from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Animation Studios LLC, formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio and a division of Universal 1440 Entertainment, an home entertainment division of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, which in turn owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment division of Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as ''The Land Before Time'' (1988), ''An American Tail'' (1986), '' Balto'' (1995), and ''Curious George'' (2006), as well as other films and television series. The actual animation production is done overseas, usually by foreign animation studios such as AKOM, Wang Film Productions and Rough Draft Studios, while pre-production and post-production is United States–based. The television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged on August 23, 2016, after Universal completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, who began producing a majority of Universal Pictures' family-friendly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenner Products
Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy brand owned by Hasbro. Kenner Products began as a toy company founded in 1946, going on to produce several highly recognizable toys and merchandise lines including action figures for the original series of ''Star Wars'', ''Jurassic Park'' and ''Batman'' as well as die-cast toys, die cast models. The company underwent numerous acquisitions and mergers throughout its lifetime, starting with by General Mills in 1967, which eventually spun it off alongside Parker Brothers in 1985 as Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. In 1987, Kenner Parker was acquired by Tonka, which in turn was purchased by Hasbro in 1991. Hasbro closed and merged Kenner's offices and products in 2000. The brand was reintroduced by Hasbro in 2010 with the release of Star Wars: The Vintage Collection, ''Star Wars'': The Vintage Collection. History Kenner was founded in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, by brothers Albert, Philip and Joseph L. Steiner. The company was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Libman
Andrea Libman is a Canadian actress. She is known for providing voice acting in various animated shows, such as voicing the characters of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in the Discovery Family series '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' and its spinoffs. She has also appeared in ''Little Women'', '' Andre'', and a guest role on ''The X-Files''. Early life and education Libman was born in Toronto to Roselle (née Bourgeois) and Brian Libman. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering. Career Her voice roles include ''Dragon Ball'', ''Madeline'' (taking the role of the title character from Tracey Lee Smyth in 1995 and holding on to it until ''My Fair Madeline'' in 2002, whereupon the role was passed on to Chantal Strand), the season three version of X-23 in '' X-Men: Evolution'', young AndrAIa in ''ReBoot'', and Isabelle in '' Finley the Fire Engine''. Libman has also voiced Emmy in ''Dragon Tales'', Pinkie P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claster Television
Claster Television, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland–based television distributor founded in 1953 by Bertram H. (Bert) Claster and Nancy Claster (Goldman) as Romper Room Inc. It was originally a producer of the children's show '' Romper Room'', one of the first preschool children's programs. Production ''Romper Room'' was fairly successful in its early years. CBS offered to pick up the show, but the Clasters instead decided to syndicate and franchise it, by taping episodes and selling the tapes to local stations or giving the option to local stations to produce their own version of the show. In 1969, Hasbro bought Romper Room Inc. and renamed it Claster Television Productions. Throughout the 1970s, Claster continued to make ''Romper Room'' and did not distribute anything else until 1978 when it brought the anime ''Star Blazers'' into the United States. It also developed the television series '' Bowling for Dollars''. In the 1980s, Hasbro formed contracts with animation studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupuis
Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines. Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. Initially a French language publisher, it now publishes numerous editions in both the French language and Dutch language, Dutch. Other language editions are mostly licensed to other publishers. History Early years Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis (1875–1952). The growth of Dupuis towards becoming the leading comic book editor of Belgium started in 1938, when Dupuis added to its portfolio a men's magazine (''Le moustique'' [the mosquito] in French, ''HUMO, Humoradio'' in Dutch), a women's magazine (''Bonnes Soirées'' [good evenings] in French, ''De Haardvriend'' [the hearth's friend] in Dutch) and the children's comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou''. The latter was originally only in French, and contained a mixture of American comics (e.g. ''Superman'', ''Brick Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Newman (actor)
Richard Newman (born November 2) is an American-born voice, film and television actor based in Canada. Career Newman started his voice-over career in 1990 with ''Dragon Warrior (anime), Dragon Warrior''. He has also had roles in ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', ''Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century'', and ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' as well as ''InuYasha'', ''Oban Star Racers'', ''MegaMan NT Warrior'', and ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars''. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Rhinox in ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' (''Beasties'' in Canada) and M. Bison in the ''Street Fighter'' cartoon series. Newman also provided arch-villain Neosapien Commonwealth#Phaeton, Phaeton's voice in the animated television series ''Exosquad''. Among his most recent roles are Bear Hugger (a Canadian boxer) in ''Punch-Out!! (Wii), Punch-Out!!'', and Cranky Doodle Donkey in ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. In the late 1990s, Newman went over to Toronto to work with the suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian actor based in Canada, known for his live-action work as well as his roles in animation. His voice roles include Ace the Bat-Hound in '' Krypto the Superdog'', Voltar in '' League of Super Evil'', Jetfire, Backstop, Strongarm, Snarl and Omega Surpreme in The Unicron Trilogy, Rattrap, Waspinator, Silverbolt and Dinobot in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines: Transformers'', Hack in ''ReBoot'', Wolverine in '' X-Men: Evolution'', Duo Maxwell in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', Kōga in '' Inuyasha'', and the Hohenheim of Light in '' Fullmetal Alchemist''. Early life McNeil was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was four years old. He first appeared on stage at the age of three. McNeil first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland when he was twelve, when he learned that Paul Frees, who provided the voice greeting visitors to the Hau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Terzo
Venus Terzopoulos is a Canadian actress who played Detective Angela Kosmo in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in that same role. She also has voiced several roles in animated shows: Jean Grey in '' X-Men: Evolution'', Blackarachnia in '' Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'', the female Ranma Saotome from ''Ranma ½'', and the female Gintoki Sakata in ''Gintama°''. Selected filmography Film * Hostage Negotiator - ''Skyscraper'' * Marion Lane - '' Spectacular!'' * Bonnie - '' Meltdown: Days of Destruction'' * Barbarotious - ''Warriors of Virtue'' * Spanish Woman's Daughter Ruby - ''Immediate Family'' * Theresa Fernandez - ''Voyage of Terror'' * Carla Browning - '' Painkiller Jane'' * Susan Jennings - ''Circle of Friends'' * Kathy - ''Echo'' * Assistant - ''Born to Run'' * Stacey - ''To Grandmother's House We Go'' * Soap Opera Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of the animated series '' Being Ian'' and '' Yvon of the Yukon'' with Studio B Productions, with notable voice roles including Mega Man in Ruby-Spears' '' Mega Man'' series, Cheetor in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', and the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of '' Dragon Ball Z'' from 1996 to 1997. Early life Corlett was born on August 29, 1962, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In 1980 during his final year at Burnaby South Secondary School, Corlett made a video about life at the school starring his friend Alan McConnell getting into all sorts of antics, which became available on his YouTube channel after sitting in an archive for 43 years. Career Corlett began his career in 1984. Before becoming a voice actor, he programmed drum tracks and helped with computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album '' Operation: Mindcrime'', also selling the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ... and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its current Editor-in-Chief is Steve Wilson. Its former president and current President Emeritus is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hildreth (actor)
Mark Hildreth (born January 24, 1978) is a Canadian actor and singer, appearing in movie and television roles. A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, Mark Hildreth's theater credits include ''Hamlet (The Shakespeare Project)'', Bertram in ''All's Well that Ends Well ( Bard on the Beach)'', Richard of Gloucester in ''Richard III (NTSC)'' and ''Cale Blackwell in Fire (Teatre Lac Brome)''. He also starred as Pastor Tom Hale in the ABC drama ''Resurrection''. Life and career Active as an actor since 1986, Hildreth has provided voiceovers since the age of 10, when he was cast as the voice of Beany in DiC Entertainment's production of '' Beany and Cecil''. Since then, major roles have included: Caz in ''The New Adventures of He-Man'', Alex Mann in ''Action Man''; Hi-Tech in the direct-to-video CGI animated movies '' G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' and '' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom''; Quicksilver in '' Wolverine and the X-Men''; Terry Bogard in the ''Fatal Fury'' series; Oberon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |