Shigeru Nakahara
Also Known As: 中原茂
Biography: Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂, Nakahara Shigeru) is a Japanese voice actor bron in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nakahara is attached to Local Dream, and was formerly attached to Arts Vision, Sigma Seven, Vi-Vo and Beat-One. He was married to Satomi Korogi.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Overview: Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Suminawa, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Gin no Otoko
Overview: One day, nineteen-year-old university student Yuji gets dumped by his girlfriend Keiko for no apparent reason. Sad and baffled by this sudden development, he opens a newspaper and sees an advertisement of an agency called Evening saying they hire hosts to work with female customers. Yuji calls them and soon begins working as a gigolo. In this new job he faces some unexpected trouble at first; however, his kind and honest attitude eventually wins the hearts of his clients.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-10
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Haruka - Beyond the Stream of Time 3: Endless Destiny
Overview: The war between the Heike clan and the Genji clan continues. This time, Nozomi has to fight a powerful supernatural enemy and make a choice: protect her friends and stay by Kurou's side, or choose her first love, Masaomi, which is the leader of the Heike, and her enemy.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-03
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Kyousougiga
Overview: Three kids are stuck in a strange city causing massive mayhem through the land. They are searching for an atypical rabbit in order to return home. Koto, the eldest of the three, seems to have some sort of connection to this weird place ruled by a monk, a demon, and a priest.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-01
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Captain Tsubasa Movie 01: The Great Competition of Europe
Overview: Tsubasa and his comrades take on the "All-Europe Boy's Soccer Team", a league of players with skills that they have never seen before in previous matches. Will Team Japan come out on top against this diverse group of players?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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Captain Tsubasa Movie 02: Danger! All Japan Junior Team
Overview: The return match between the All-Europe and All-Japan Junior teams comes home to Japan, but what sort of problems will occur with the game on Tsubasa's home turf?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-21
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Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition!! The Junior World Cup
Overview: Japan and Europe goes continental! This time, they arrange a tournament with 4 teams: Japan, USA, "All-Europe", and "All-South America". South America is rising to the tops of the bracket with their hidden weapon, Carlos Santana, who manages to avoid the tricks of his international opponents. How will Team Japan counter this impressive player?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-11
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Captain Tsubasa Movie 03: Run Towards Tomorrow!
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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Ushiro no Hyakutarou
Overview: A boy named Ichitarou Ushiro deals with various horrifying phenomena with the help of his guardian spirit Hyakutarou.
Genres: Animation Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-21
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Seito Shokun! Kokoro ni Midori no Neckerchief o
Overview: Students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior... Naoko was at a loss when she was assigned as a new high school teacher. Times have changed and students are no longer easy to control, but she chose not to look away. Instead, Naoko reaches out to try and discover the various issues hidden in the modern education system.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-02-23
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Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi
Overview: This is an educational anime short produced to be shown in schools and designed to prevent child abduction. It follows a young girl named Yumi who dreams about a video game she is playing which teaches her what to do if a strange man tries to force her into a car.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-21
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Space Family Carlvinson
Overview: After hitting a passing spaceship and causing it to crash, a troupe of aliens and robots rescue the only survivor. It is a human baby named Corona that they decide to raise on their own, using the data they retrieved from the computer to mimic the life she would have had on Earth.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz
Overview: After Colony (A.C.) 196. One year after the events of the "Gundam Wing" television series, peace has spread through the Earth Sphere and the colonies. The Gundam pilots now find themselves attempting to rebuild their lives in this new era. No longer having need of their weapons of war, they have sent their Gundams into the sun to be destroyed. But suddenly, Relena Darlian, who has become a high-ranking government official, is kidnapped by a colony with aspirations of total dominance. The Gundam pilots and their allies find themselves called into action once again. The Endless Waltz has resumed...
Genres: Drama Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-01
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Bats & Terry
Overview: A story of two mates, Pitcher and catcher on a pro-baseball team, devoted to their game, bikes, girls and having a good time. When they meet a girl who is still mourning the death of her boyfriend in a bike accident, they try to help - though her beauty means their motives may not be entirely altruistic!
Genres: Drama Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Blue Flames
Overview: Ryuuichi is a high-school student tired of living in a small town with small people. He's determined to claw his way to the top of Tokyo, and he'll use any woman he can to do it.
Genres: Romance Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-24
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In a Distant Time
Overview: One rainy day, Akane crosses path with a kind young man who tacitly offers to her his coat. On their second encounter, he confesses that he has no recollection of who he is, his name or his past, but feels contented by just being with her. Besotted, Akane sets out to find his name, and to unravel his enigmatic connection with a famous cursed dance rumoured to kill anyone who attempts to perform it.
Genres: Animation Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-19
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Arion
Overview: The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.
Genres: Adventure Action Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-15
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Aura Battle Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well
Overview: Taking place 700 years after the Dunbine TV Series, "The Tale of Neo Byston Well" revolves around Shion Zaba, the reincarnation of series protagonist Sho Zama. Together with Silkie Mau, Reml Jilfried (the reincarnation of Remile Luft), and the Aura Battler Silbine, Shion must stop a twisted Shot Weapon from launching a custom-made nuclear ICBM missile that's poised to wipe out the realm.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-02-25
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Rhea Gall Force
Overview: The last remaining human soldiers of a devastated Earth fight against the machines for one last chance for their species to escape and survive.
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Action Adventure War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-20
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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
Overview: It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-24
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Otaku no Video
Overview: A hilarious mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Overview: "Shiro" is a black cat who loves her family very much. She loves them so much she wants to help them out in times of need and trouble…but it’s difficult to do this if she’s just a cat. So one night, she wishes on the moon to make her able to help, and the next day, she has turned into a human girl.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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Domain of Murder
Overview: On the trail of a missing husband, private investigator Goro crosses paths with a deranged killer.
Genres: Mystery Animation Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-01
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Hunter × Hunter Pilot
Overview: The stand-alone pilot OVA which was shown as part of the "Jump Super Anime Tour" of 1998. Shortly before the TV series, a summary is presented of the story of Gon who wants to become a hunter and the friends he makes in the process.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-26
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Goddamn
Overview: Car racing anime, based on the manga by Kaoru Shintani that serialised in Big Comic Superior from 1988 to 1990.
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-04-27
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Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band
Overview: Japanese rock band Ziggy comes to London and gets attacked upon arrival at the hotel after a recording session. The musicians barely escape the attack; however, soon they learn that their producer has been murdered, and they are the suspects! Chased by police and some mysterious organization, they find shelter at a local rockers' place and even give a performance there; but it is not too long before their pursuers appear again.
Genres: Animation Music Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
Overview: Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the "Choujin" (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.
Genres: Animation Action Horror Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-18
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Love Wedge 1
Overview: On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; anyone silver/blond are the elite, with dark/black hair as the bottom of society, often known as "mongrels". Blonds have "pets", which are usually young boys kept for a few years, who are especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blond's voyeurism entertainment. The pets are not supposed to be kept for long, nor are Blonds allowed to interact sexually with them; but one Blond, named Iason Mink, has kept a pet for years. Mink is also rumored to sleep with his pet named Riki and refuses to let go of him; despite Jupiter's disapproval. Riki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friend/lover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Riki, and Riki doesn't know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-31
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Love Wedge 2
Overview: Riki returns to Iason Mink to live as his "pet," but Riki's friend Guy tries to take him back.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-21
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Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
Overview: When the Spirit World is flooded due to an unusual rainfall which overflows the River Sanzu (aka the River Styx), Lord Koenma senses an extremely powerful enemy. He entrusts Death God Botan, to deliver to Spirit Detective Yusuke, a mysterious item which must be protected from the invading enemy. However, by the time Botan finds Yusuke, she's too weak to explain the situation. Yusuke and his friends are left in the dark about the new enemy, but not for long. Soon it is a battle for Earth between mere Spirit Detectives and the almighty king of the Netherworld.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-09
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The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
Overview: "Do not toy with the supernatural." Two stories of the consequences that descend upon humans who venture beyond the safe confines of their ordinary worlds.
Genres: Animation Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-01
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Chôjin densetsu 3: Kanketsu jigoku hen
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-10
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