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___MASK34___ Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U . S . state of Texas . Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake , the town derives its name from a prominent mound located in the center of town . Animation is the process ___MASK75___ making the illusion ___MASK75___ motion and the illusion ___MASK75___ change by means ___MASK75___ the rapid display ___MASK75___ a sequence ___MASK75___ images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion  as in motion pictures in general  is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon . Animators are artists who specialize in the creation ___MASK75___ animation . Animation can be recorded with either analogue ___MASK38___ , a flip book , motion picture film , video tape , digital ___MASK38___ , including formats with animated GIF , Flash animation , and digital video . To display animation , a digital camera , computer , or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced . ___MASK68___ is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth - most populous city in the United States after Chicago , located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico . With a census - estimated 2014 population of 2 . 239 million within an area of , it also is the largest city in the Southern United States , as well as the seat of Harris County . It is the principal city of ___MASK68___  The Woodlands  Sugar Land , which is the fifth - most populated metropolitan area in the United States of America . John Michael Gremillion ( born June 11 , 1967 ) is an American voice actor who works for Funimation and Seraphim Digital / Sentai Filmworks . He has provided voices for a number ___MASK75___ English - language versions ___MASK75___ Japanese anime series and video games . Gremillion attended the University ___MASK75___ Texas at Austin film school and studied ___MASK41___ at the Juilliard School . Early life . Tezuka was the eldest ___MASK75___ three children in Toyonaka City , Osaka . His nickname was " gashagasha - atama " (" gashagasha " is slang for messy , " atama " means head ). His mother often comforted him by telling him to look to the blue skies , giving him confidence . His mother ' s stories inspired his creativity as well . Tezuka grew up in ___MASK45___ City , Hygo and his mother often took him to the ___MASK45___ Theatre . The ___MASK45___ Revue is performed by women , including the ___MASK71___ characters . The ___MASK45___ Revue is known for its romantic musicals usually aimed at a female audience , thus having a large impact on the later works ___MASK75___ Tezuka , including his costuming designs . He has said that he has a profound " spirit ___MASK75___ nostalgia " for ___MASK45___ . ___MASK61___ Corp . was a public distribution and publishing company founded in 1983 by Eric H . Paulson . The company is headquartered in New ___MASK37___ , Minnesota . ___MASK61___ owns two subsidiary companies : a software publisher , Encore , Inc ., and a distributor , ___MASK61___ Entertainment ___MASK38___ . The company formerly offered niche films through BCI Home Entertainment a . k . a . BCI Eclipse Company ( formerly ___MASK32___ ), but this division was closed in a 2008 re - structuring due to the recession , after 2 years of being unprofitable . The " Dragon Ball " manga ' s 42 " tankbon " have been adapted into two anime series produced by Toei Animation : " Dragon Ball " and " Dragon Ball Z ", which together were broadcast in ___MASK12___ from 1986 to 1996 . Additionally , the studio has developed nineteen animated feature films and three television specials , as well as two anime sequel series titled " Dragon Ball GT " ( 1996 - 1997 ) and " Dragon Ball Super " ( 2015 - present ). From 2009 to 2015 , a revised , faster - paced version of " Dragon Ball Z " aired in ___MASK12___ under the title " Dragon Ball Kai ", in which ___MASK60___ of the original version ' s footage not featured in the manga is removed . Several companies have developed various types of merchandising based on the series leading to a large media franchise that includes films , both animated and live - action , collectible trading card games , numerous action figures , along with several collections of soundtracks and a large number of video games . Seraphim Digital is an American post - production studio located in ___MASK68___ , Texas . It was founded as Industrial Smoke & Mirrors , the in - house studio to ADV Films . It was renamed ADV Studios in 2005 . Afterwards in 2006 , when ADV began offering its services to other companies ' the studio was renamed called Amusement Park Media before it was sold off by A . D . Vision . It was then renamed Seraphim Digital . The studio is best known for producing English language dubs of Japanese anime series and live - action Japanese films released by ADV Films , Sentai Filmworks , Switchblade Pictures , and Maiden Japan . Other notable clients include Warner Bros ., Sony Pictures , Microsoft , PBS and Toei Animation . Funimation is an American entertainment , anime , and foreign licensing company based in ___MASK34___ Mound , Texas . The studio is one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America alongside Viz Media , Sentai Filmworks and Aniplex of America . Their most popular property is Toei Animation ' s action - adventure series " Dragon Ball Z ", which had a successful run on Cartoon Network ' s Toonami block from 1998 to 2003 , and has been ___MASK51___ - released on DVD and Blu - ray several times since . It was founded on May 9 , 1994 by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy as FUNimation Productions , with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family , who became investors in the company . Funimation was sold to Navarre Corporation on May 11 , 2005 and the company was renamed FUNimation Entertainment . In April 2011 , Navarre sold Funimation to a group of investors including Fukunaga for $ 24 million . Around the same ___MASK89___ , the company ' s trademark ball , star and blue ___MASK36___ were dropped from its logo and the company was renamed to simply Funimation . In May 2013 , Funimation consolidated its divisions under its new holding company Group 1200 Media . Funimation is a portmanteau of the English words " fun " and " animation ". The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917 , and production ___MASK75___ anime works in ___MASK12___ has since continued to increase steadily . The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works ___MASK75___ Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century , developing a large domestic and international audience . Anime is distributed theatrically , by television broadcasts , directly to home media , and over the Internet . It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences . Toonami is a ___MASK77___ name geared towards action - oriented programming , primarily consisting of American animation and Japanese anime . Originally an afternoon and evening block on Cartoon Network and ended on September 20 , 2008 , it is now ( as of May 18 , 2012 ) a late Saturday night adult - orientated animation block on Adult Swim . The ___MASK77___ was created by Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by Williams Street . The name is a portmanteau of the words " cartoon " and " tsunami ", suggesting a " tidal wave " of animated shows . Microsoft Corporation ( commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS ) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in ___MASK96___ , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , Microsoft Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . Genre ( or ; from French " genre " , " kind " or " ___MASK21___ ", from Latin " genus " ( stem " gener -"), Greek  , " gés ") A . D . Vision ( simply known as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films ) was an American multimedia entertainment studio that served as the largest American and British anime distributor in the late 20th to early 21st centuries . Headquartered in ___MASK68___ , Texas , ADV Films was formed in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Greenfield and David Williams . The company spent the next 17 years in the fields of home video production and distribution , broadcast television , theatrical film distribution , merchandising , original productions , magazine and comic book publishing . In 2002 , most of ADV Films ' back catalog were used to program its new channel , the Anime Network . ___MASK55___ Bros . Entertainment Inc . ( known professionally as ___MASK55___ Bros . Pictures , often referred to as ___MASK55___ Bros . and ___MASK55___ Brothers and abbreviated as WB ) is an American entertainment company , film studio and film distributor that is a division of ___MASK89___ ___MASK55___ and is headquartered in Burbank , California . It is one of the " Big Six " major American film studios . A portmanteau (; plural " portmanteaus " or " portmanteaux " ) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend ___MASK75___ words , in which parts ___MASK75___ multiple words or their phones ( sounds ) are combined into a new word . as in " smog ", coined by blending " smoke " and " fog ", or " popportunity ", from " popping " and " opportunity ", or " motel ", from " motor " and " hotel ". In linguistics , a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes . John Ledford ( born August 19 , 1968 in ___MASK68___ , Texas ) is a creative entrepreneur and business pioneer in the American anime industry . Most known for founding A . D . Vision , Anime Network , Newtype USA and Sentai Filmworks , Ledford has been an executive producer for hundreds of anime titles including , " Halo Legends ", " Appleseed Alpha ", " Short Peace ", " Sailor Moon ", " Hello Kitty ", and the live - action spinoff of " Neon Genesis Evangelion ". Biography . Fukunaga was born in ___MASK70___ , Hygo , ___MASK12___ , and grew up in West ___MASK62___ , Indiana in the United States . He graduated from West ___MASK62___ High School in 1979 . ___MASK29___ is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south central part ___MASK75___ the country , ___MASK29___ shares borders with the U . S . states ___MASK75___ ___MASK6___ to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states ___MASK75___ Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf ___MASK75___ Mexico is to the southeast . Entertainment is a form ___MASK75___ activity that holds the attention and interest ___MASK75___ an audience , or gives pleasure and ___MASK17___ . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one ___MASK75___ the activities or events that have developed over thousands ___MASK75___ years specifically for the purpose ___MASK75___ keeping an audience ' s attention . Although people ' s attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in entertainment , ___MASK60___ forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , ___MASK41___ , dance , and different kinds ___MASK75___ performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over ___MASK89___ became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products . Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array ___MASK75___ pre - recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type ___MASK75___ party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . History . The studio was founded in 1948 as . In 1956 , Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name . It has created a number ___MASK75___ TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series , many popular worldwide . Hayao ___MASK1___ , Isao Takahata , Leiji Matsumoto and Yoichi Kotabe have worked with the company . Toei is a shareholder in the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax with other anime studios and production companies , such as Sunrise , TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems Inc . The company is headquartered in the Ohizumi Studio in Nerima , Tokyo . Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc . ( known professionally as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE ) is an American entertainment company that produces , acquires and distributes filmed entertainment ( theatrical motion pictures , television programs and recorded videos ) through multiple platforms . It operates as a subsidiary ___MASK75___ Sony Entertainment Inc ., which is the ___MASK13___ company for both the music and motion picture businesses ___MASK75___ Sony Corporation . Based in ___MASK28___ City , California , it encompasses Sony ' s motion picture , television production and distribution units . Its group sales in the fiscal year 2015 ( April 2015 - March 2016 ) has been reported to be ___MASK75___ $ 8 . 3 billion . Sentai Filmworks is an American anime licensing company based in ___MASK68___ , Texas , specializing in Japanese animation and film . The company was formed in 2008 by John Ledford , formerly of A . D . Vision . Cartoon Network is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that operates daily from 6 : 00 AM to 8 : 00 PM ( ET / PT ) and is owned by ___MASK89___ Warner through the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary . It was launched on October 1 , 1992 . VIZ ___MASK38___ LLC is a Japanese - American manga , anime , and entertainment company headquartered in San ___MASK7___ , California . It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC . In 2005 , VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ ___MASK38___ LLC , which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha , Shogakukan , and Shogakukan - Shueisha Productions ( ShoPro ). ___MASK12___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK12___ ") is a sovereign ___MASK23___ nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of ___MASK42___ , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East ___MASK42___ Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest .