#Tony Azzolino

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Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

There's something particularly devastating about watching a bad movie that could’ve been good if circumstances beyond the filmmaker’s control hadn’t mucked things up. Right before the end credits of Cinderella and the Hidden Prince, we see concept art of what the characters should’ve looked like. They look great. As good as anything Disney has put on-screen. I'm certain the voice actors saw these images and got all excited. I can picture the art director/character designer telling their friends and family about this animated fairy tale they were working on and then dying of shame once they saw the final product.

Ella “Cinderella” (voiced by Cassandra Morris) is forced by her wicked stepmother and step-sisters to work as a scullery maid in her own home. When her mouse friends Alex (Chris Niosi), Manny (R. Martin Klein) and Walt (Tony Azzolino) discover an apprentice fairy godmother in the woods (Crystal, voiced by Kirsten Day), Ella gets the chance to go to the royal ball and meets the kingdom's prince. Unfortunately, Olaf (Stephen Mendel) isn’t a prince at all. He’s a puppet of the Wicked Witch (Stephanie Sanditz), who has transformed the real prince into a mouse!

If you’ve had the misfortune of seeing 2012’s Cinderella 3D, this one’s cut from the same cloth. Ugly characters are REALLY ugly but not in an intentional way. The "handsome" prince has his eyes set just a bit too far apart, making him look like he’s a fish man. Cinderella’s mouse friends (well, two are mice, one’s a hamster) are hideous creatures whose size changes from scene to scene. At best, this looks like a bargain-bin knockoff of Tangled. Most of the time, it doesn’t even reach the level of Happily N’Ever After. Some assets were obviously taken from an animation library because you can see their cycles end in the middle of a scene.

Despite the lackluster visuals, you can picture the movie this could've been if it weren’t trying to tell the Cinderella story. When you think of the classic fairy tale, certain elements come to mind: a poor girl forced to do labor, a fairy godmother and most iconic of all… a crystal slipper left behind at midnight. That last one? not in this movie! Instead, we have a quest for a magic ring to restore the not-so-secret prince to his human form. This mission takes over the entire film, which would be fine if it was what we’d signed up for.

As Hoodwinked has taught us, all could've been forgiven if the writing had done some heavy lifting. At several points, it feels like there are scenes missing. One moment, Cinderella and her friends spot a colossal ice mountain all the way across the forest. Seconds later, they’re inside, exploring a cave that looks like it belongs to a completely different film. The characters are thin, unlikeable, or both. At several points, the story contradicts itself. We learn, for example, that the prince was turned into a mouse when he was five years old. When he’s restored to his true form, he suddenly knows how to ride a horse and is an expert swordsman. Did he master these skills when he was a toddler? Then there’s a reveal about the evil witch that makes no sense and an epic conclusion that raises far too many questions. It’s clear some people on the team were trying but they were outnumbered by people who just didn’t care.

You can appreciate a film wanting to take a familiar story in a new, fresh direction but good intentions don't mean anything if the end product is kind of ugly, often annoying and poorly written. Don’t get me started on the one musical number. It’s so bland and generic you'll forget the lyrics as soon as the following line begins. Even for little kids who don’t discriminate, Cinderella and the Secret Prince would be a hard sell. (May 7, 2021)

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Violetta (English dub)

Dialogue (🇺🇸):

Violetta Castillo - Cristina Valenzuela "Cristina Vee" 🇺🇸.

León Vargas -

Sam Riegel 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Michael Sinterniklaas 🇺🇸 (seasons 2-3).

Diego Hernández - Tony Azzolino 🇺🇸.

Ludmila Ferro - Melissa Fahn 🇺🇸.

Maximiliano "Maxi" Ponte - Bryce Papenbrook 🇺🇸.

Andrés Calixto - Jason Palmer 🇺🇸.

Natalia "Nati" Vidal - Christine Marie Cabanos 🇺🇸.

Francesca Caviglia - Dorothy Elias-Fahn 🇺🇸.

Camila Torres - Cindy O'Conner 🇺🇸.

Federico - Todd Haberkorn 🇺🇸.

Songs (🇺🇸, 🇩🇰):

Violetta Castillo -

Maggie McClure 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Clara Rugaard-Larsen 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

León Vargas -

Sam Riegel 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Tue Sander 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Diego Hernández - Mads Engaard 🇩🇰

Ludmila Ferro -

Kate Higgins 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Katrine Falkenberg 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Maximiliano "Maxi" Ponte -

Shane Henry 🇺🇸 (singing, season 1)

Bryce Papenbrook 🇺🇸 (rapping, season 1)

Simon Nøiers 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Andrés Calixto -

Shane Henry 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Rasmus Cundell 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Natalia "Nati" Vidal -

Christine Marie Cabanos (?) 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Gry Trampedach 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Francesca Caviglia -

Jessica Rau 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Clara Oxholm 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Camila Torres -

Colleen O'Shaughnessey 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Mette Dahl Trudslev 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Federico:

? 🇺🇸 (season 1)

Claus Storgaard 🇩🇰 (seasons 2-3).

Dubbing studio #1 (dialogue, season 1 songs): SDI Media (Los Angeles, California) 🇺🇸.

Dubbing studio #2 (songs, seasons 2-3): SDI Media (Copenhague, Denmark) 🇩🇰.

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Ella and the Little Sorcerer

When Prince Alex is trapped in the body of a mouse, Ella and her friends set off on a journey to find the magic potion ingredients that can change him back. On a quest that tests fate itself, they discover that friendship is the most potent cure of all. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Ella: Geri Courtney-Austein Crystal: Ashley Bornancin Walter: Tony Azzolino Film Crew: Director: Alice…

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The Dragon Dentist (Original title : Ryu no Haisha ) -Official Trailer 2017- NHK World

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The Dragon Dentist (Original title : Ryu no Haisha ) -Official Trailer 2017- NHK World

The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds in the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate. Directed by: Kazuya Tsurumaki Cast: Tony Azzolino, Doug Erholtz, Barbara Goodson (function(d,s,id)var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/imdb/plugins/rating/js/rating.min.js";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);)(document,'script','imdb-rating-api');

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English Cast Announced for the Drifting Dragons Anime

English Cast Announced for the Drifting Dragons Anime

The English cast has been announced for the Drifting Dragons anime: Cristina Vee is Aschera Doug Erholtz is Berko Christine Marie Cabanos is Capella and Creature Jake Green is Crocco Tony Azzolino is Faye Kaiji Tang is Gaga Keith Silverstein is Gibbs Johnny Yong Bosch is Giraud Robert Buchholz is Giraud’s Father Laura Post is Grandmother Daman Mills is Hiro Kayli Mills is Katja Kyle McCarley is…

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Netflix Adds Gantz:O CG Anime Film With English Dub

Netflix Adds Gantz:O CG Anime Film With English Dub

Kaiji Tang, Austin Chase, Doug Erholtz, Tony Azzolino, more star in English dub …read more

Source:: AnimeNewsNetwork

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The Dragon Dentist (Original title : Ryu no Haisha ) -Official Trailer 2017- NHK World

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The Dragon Dentist (Original title : Ryu no Haisha ) -Official Trailer 2017- NHK World

The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds in the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate. Directed by: Kazuya Tsurumaki Cast: Tony Azzolino, Doug Erholtz, Barbara Goodson (function(d,s,id)var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/imdb/plugins/rating/js/rating.min.js";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);)(document,'script','imdb-rating-api');