Porco Rosso is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki,based on his 1989 manga Hikōtei Jidai. It stars the voices of ShūichirōMoriyama,Tokiko Kato,Akemi Okamura and Akio Ōtsuka. Animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten,Japan Airlines,and the Nippon Television Network,it was produced by Toshio Suzuki and distributed by Toho. Its score is by Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi.
Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime,video games,audio dramas,commercials,and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.
Dragon Ball is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation that ran for 153 episodes from February 26,1986,to April 19,1989,on Fuji TV. The series is an adaptation of the first 194 chapters of the manga series of the same name created by Akira Toriyama,which were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995. It was broadcast in 81 countries worldwide and is the first television series adaptation in the Dragon Ball franchise. The series follows the adventures of Goku,a young boy with a monkey tail and exceptional strength who battles evil-doers in hand-to-hand combat.
Majokko Megu-chan is a popular magical girl anime series. The manga was created by TomôInoue and Makiho Narita,while the 72-episode anime series was produced by Toei Animation between 1974 and 1975. This series is considered an important forerunner of the present day magical girl genre,as the series' characterization and general structure exerted considerable influence over future shows in the same genre. Most notably,several of the show's recurring motifs were recycled in Toei's Sailor Moon,AIC's Pretty Sammy,and Wedding Peach.
Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress and narrator. Throughout her life,she has been affiliated with Production Baobab,81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa;she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband,Masaaki Tsukada,was also a voice actor.
Michiko Nomura is a Japanese actress and voice actress.
Sally the Witch,originally titled Sunny the Witch,is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's monthly Ribon magazine from July 1966 to October 1967. Its 1966 anime adaptation was one of the most popular magical girl series of what would eventually become a genre in Japan. Due to its characteristics,it may be considered the first shōjo anime as well;while titles such as Himitsu no Akko-chan predate Sally in manga form,the Sally anime predates Himitsu no Akko-chan's,which came out in 1969.
Powerpuff Girls Z is a 2006 Japanese anime television series created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toei Animation. Planned by Cartoon Network and produced by TV Tokyo,Aniplex,and Toei Animation,the series is directed by Iku Ishiguro,with Yoshio Urasawa handling series scripts,Miho Shimogasa designing the characters and Hiroshi Nakamura and Taichi Master composing the music. The anime is based on the 1998 American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls,created by Craig McCracken and produced by Cartoon Network.
Dragon Ball Z:The World's Strongest is a 1990 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the second feature film in the Dragon Ball Z franchise. It was originally released in Japan on March 10 between episodes 39 and 40 of DBZ,at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival along with the second Akuma-kun film and the 1990 film version of Sally the Witch. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z:Dead Zone and followed by Dragon Ball Z:The Tree of Might.
Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken is a shōjo manga by Hideko Mizuno first published in 1968 and made into a 29-episode anime television series in 1981 by Kokusai Eiga-sha and animated by Toei Animation. The anime was released in the English language in the United States in 1984 as Honey Honey. It was also broadcast in various European countries and in Latin America.
Majokko Tickle,also known as Magical Girl Tickle or Tickle the Witch Girl,is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier Cutie Honey,Majokko Tickle is closer to the more traditional mold of magical girl anime such as Sally the Witch. And unlike Nagai's other,more popular works,was created for an audience of pre-teen girls.
Mahōtsukai Chappy or Chappy the Witch (魔法使いチャッピー) is an anime series that debuted in TV Asahi in 1972. It is the fifth magical girl anime in history,and the fifth produced by the Toei Animation studio. While the show was fairly popular,it was not as popular as Toei's earlier magical-girl series,and is relatively obscure compared to its predecessors.
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The series features the adventures of a young bee named Hutch. Son of a Queen bee,Hutch is separated from his mother when his native beehive is destroyed by an attack of wasps. The series follows Hutch as he searches for his missing mother,in the midst of a frequently hostile nature.
Reporter Blues is an Italian-Japanese animation television series written by Marco Pagot and Gi Pagot and directed by Kenji Kodama. It consists of 52 half-hour episodes. The first season was aired in France in 1991. The second season was aired in 1996.
The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion is an anime television series produced by Tezuka Productions that first ran from October 12,1989,to October 11,1990,on TV Tokyo. It is a remake of Osamu Tezuka's 1960s anime series Kimba the White Lion.
Miracle Girl Limit-chan is a Japanese magical girl anime television series consisting in 25 episodes. It was directed by Takeshi Tamiya and Masayuki Akehi,and it was first broadcast on TV Asahi in 1973. Based on an original story by Shinji Nagashima and Hiromi Productions,the series featured character designs by Kazuo Komatsubara and scripts by Masaki Tsuji. It is the sixth of Toei Animation's original majokko anime series,although,as with Cutie Honey,the title character's powers are derived from science rather than magic.
Toni Pagot was an Italian comics artist and animator.
Digimon Adventure is a Japanese anime television series. It is the eighth anime series in the Digimon franchise and a reboot of the original 1999 anime television series of the same title that follows the contemporary adventures of children in the world of Digimon,struggling to prevent a series of disasters spreading into real world.
Digimon Adventure is a 1999 Japanese animated short film,directed by Mamoru Hosoda in his directorial debut. A part of the Digimon media franchise,Digimon Adventure is the first Digimon film,and serves as a prologue to the 1999 anime television series of the same name. The film was released in theaters in Japan on March 6,1999,the day before the release of the Digimon Adventure television series.
The Wild Swans is a 1977 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation,based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale The Six Swans and on Hans Christian Andersen's variation The Wild Swans. The film was first shown in Japan on 19 March 1977 in the Toei Manga Matsuri.
