Happy Birthday to Nova from ....

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hello to All Anime fans or cartoon loving fans,                                                                                   A couple of months ago I had sadly found out that the voice of one of the characters from the  Japanese cartoon series that I know made me a very loving fan of their animation style in the science fiction story called Space Cruiser Yamato, in their home country as to if they change the subject matter of the series when they sold it world wide, I only know that for here in the United States was they cut out Japanese historical background of  the real Yamato itself. And  the overturning  violence that they felt their offspring can understandingly handle and cope with.  Still I myself am very curious as to if the young woman who played Yuki Mori in the other Yamato productions is still alive?                                               For today happens to be the date that the voice actress who voiced the English (United States) version of Yuki's character who here was called Nova in the animated series called Star Blazers. Her name was Amy Howard when she was doing the recording of Nova in nineteen seventy-eight and seventy-nine for seasons one and two, better known to Star Blazers fans as "The Quest For Iscandar" and "The Comet Empire". She was born in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan to John and Dolores Howard,  the family moved to New Jersey when she was ten years old. After graduating from high school in 1973 she attended the American Academy of dramatic arts and PACE in New York,  and worked before getting chosen for Nova at Sotheby's in New York also for AT&T in Bridgewater. If you happen to be a fan of old game shows in the summer of 1978 she appeared on 20,000 Pyramid, her  TV star player,                                                                                                                                                                             

               was Jack Kulgman's girlfriend Anita Gillette from the series "Qinncy" seen here. While she will be always known best for Nova, years later when Animes were a very common thing in nineteen ninety three to ninety six she lent her voice to the character of Miranda seen on the far right in the screen cap seen here 

                         in "The Irresponsible Captain Taylor" series. Here she was with her costars of STAR BLAZERS being interviewed for the 30th anniversary of StarBlazers on March27,2010.  

The gentleman who is behind her was Desslok in the series his real name is Eddie Allen,  and the young man who is in front of her is Ken Meseroll better known as Derek Wildstar. Before I end this very blog posting I know that I want to be looking for more of both Ken and Eddie's work as far as I know for certain Ken was in a episode of another science fiction series that I love known as Star Trek The Next Generation.  So I guess that it will be fun looking on the internet for those many other works of the D men of Star Blazers fame. Happy 66th Birthday Amy Howard Wilson it will be interesting to find more of your work if that is possible? Yes I will be looking for either a DVD or Blu-ray version of The Irresponsible Captain Taylor series.