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QUASIMODOfromThe Hunchback of Notre Dame(1996)

VOICE ACTOR: Tom Hulce

Born in 1953, Hulce made his acting debut in 1975, where he played opposite Anthony Hopkins in the Broadway play Equus. He is most known for his roles as Larry “Pinto” Kroger in the comedy film Animal Farm and as Amadeus Mozart in the biopic Amadeus. Some of his other film credits include The Inner Circle, Parenthood, The Heidi Chronicles, and Shadow Man. Throughout his career, he has been nominated for multiple awards at The Tony’s, Golden Globes, Academy Awards, Obie Awards, and Emmy’s. In recent years, he has been a leading producer on Broadway for shows such American Idiot, Ain’t Too Proud,andSpring Awakening - the latter for which he won a Tony Award. As of 2022, he is 68 years old.

FUN FACT:  While it is said in the film that Quasimodo is named such because it means “half-formed,” this is not the case in the original novel. There, Quasimodo is the Italian name of the holiday in which the character was left on the steps of Notre Dame.

Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015)

Number of Episodes: 12

Genre:Comedy (Parody)

DIRECTED by Yoshihide Ibata

WRITTEN by Midori Goto(Based on the manga by Saki Nakagawa, further inspired by the manga by Hajime Isayama)

Available to stream on Crunchyroll

Alex Organ

DECIMfrom Death Parade(2015)

LOID FORGER / TWILIGHT fromSpy x Family(2022)

SHOGO MAKISHIMA fromPsycho-Pass(2012-2019)

SHOTA AIZAWA / ERASERHEAD fromMy Hero Academia [Season 1] (2016)

DORANBOLT / MEST GRYDER fromFairy Tail(2009-2019)

SIMBAfromThe Lion King(1994)

VOICE ACTORS:  Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Young- Speaking), Jason Weaver (Young - Singing), Matthew Broderick (Adult - Speaking), & Joseph Williams (Adult - Singing)

Born in 1981, Jonathan Taylor Thomas began his television career in 1990 as Kevin Brady in The Brady’s, a spin-off of The Brady Bunch. At the time of The Lion King’s release, he was most known for his role as Randy Taylor, Tim Allen’s son, in Home Improvement. He has worked with Disney multiple times since providing his voice for Young Simba. Some of his other roles include Ben Archer in Man of the House, Tom Sawyer in Tom and Huck, and Jake Wilkenson in I’ll Be Home for Christmas. As of 2022, he is 40 years old.

Jason Weaver was born in 1979 and is most known for his performance as Marcus Henderson in the sitcom Smart Guy. One of his earliest roles was in Oprah Winfrey’s 1990 TV series The Brewsters, and he portrayed Michael Jackson in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream. In 1995, a year after The Lion King’s release, he released his debut album Love Ambition. As of 2022, he is 42 years old.

Born in 1962, Matthew Broderick has had an extensive career on both the stage and screen. His first major acting role was in a workshop of Horton Foote’s On Valentine’s Day, in which he acted opposite his father. He holds the record for youngest person to ever win the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, which he won at only 21 years old for his performance in Brighton Beach Memoirs. He also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 1995. Some of his other prominent stage credits include The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, and The Producers, in which he starred alongside Nathan Lane, the voice of Timon in The Lion King. Broderick became a household name, however, for his starring role as the title character in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in 1985, as well as some of his other films including The Cable Guy andManchester By the Sea. After Simba, he was considered for many other Disney voice roles like Buzz Lightyear, Mike Wazowski, and Chicken Little, and while he didn’t get those, he has given his voice to other animated films such as Bee Movie, The Tale of Despereaux,andThe Thief and the Cobbler. He also reprised his role as Simba for all of the sequels. He married actress Sarah Jessica Parker in 1997, and in 2006 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As of 2022, he is 59 years old.

Joseph Williams was born in 1960 as the son of composer John Williams and actress Barbara Ruick. He was the lead vocalist for the band Toto in the mid-to-late 1980s, as well as releasing his own solo albums. Before The Lion King, he had worked with Disney when he sang the theme song for the 1985 TV series Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Since then, he has composed scores for many television and film projects, such as the series RoswellandThe Lyon’s Den. As of 2022, he is 61 years old.

FUN FACT:  Simba was the first animated Disney character to have a villain as a biological relative. He would be followed by Hercules and Elsa & Anna in Frozen II.

Manga Volumes vs. Anime Episodes

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: 27 Volumes / 64 Episodes(Brotherhood)

HAIKYU!!:45 Volumes / 87 Episodes (Currently 32 1/3 Volumes Adapted)

FRUITS BASKET: 23 Volumes / 63 Episodes(2019 Reboot)

MY HERO ACADEMIA: 33 Volumes (Ongoing)/113 Episodes(Ongoing: 26 Volumes Adapted)

JUJUTSU KAISEN: 20 Volumes (Ongoing)/24 Episodes + Canon Film(Ongoing: 8 1/3 Volumes Adapted)

TO YOUR ETERNITY: 16 Volumes(Ongoing)/20 Episodes (Ongoing: 6 Volumes Adapted)

DEATH NOTE: 12 Volumes / 37 Episodes

“A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES” fromCinderella(1950)

Music and Lyrics by Mark David, Jerry Livingston, & Al Hoffman

Performed by Illene Woods

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you’re fast asleep
In dreams, you will lose your heart aches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true.

Takuya Eguchi

LOID FORGER / TWILIGHT fromSpy x Family (2022)

DOMASfromRanking of Kings(2021-2022)

KAKERU MANABE fromFruits Basket(2019-2021)

HACHIMAN HIKIGAYA fromMy Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU(2013)

SHIBISUfromTower of God(2020)

NERO VANETTIfrom91 Days(2016)

YUJI TERUSHIMA fromHaikyu!!(2014-2020)

Facts About MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (1999)

The film is based on the manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, which was originally just several four-panel comic strips. Because of this, My Neighbors the Yamadas does not follow one single storyline, but rather is made up of 5-15 minute vingettes.

The movie is was the third in Studio Ghibli’s lineup to be directed by Isao Takahata, his works before this being Grave of the Fireflies (1988) & Only Yesterday (1991).

Different from other Ghibli works with done with traditional oil paint-on-cel animation, the film is done in watercolor, giving it an almost unfinished look. In order to achieve this look, the production team had to draw all of the frames on computers, making this the first Studio Ghibli movie to be fully digitally animated.

David Ogden Stiers plays the Narrator in the English dub of the film. You may also recognize Stiers from his performance as Governor Ratcliff in Disney’s Pocahontas.

The film won an Excellence Award for Animation at the 1999 Japanese Media Arts Festival

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