Apollo Smile is a pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 songwriter

Songwriter

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, singer and voice actress. Among her earliest efforts was a track on the Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....

 film Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

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and a self-titled 1991 album. Later on, she billed herself as "The Live Action

Live action

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 Anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 Girl" and was invited to several science fiction

Science fiction

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 conventions

Fan convention

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 as a guest. Her convention appearances usually showcased music concerts featuring her original upbeat music and demonstrations of her martial arts

Martial arts

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 abilities. Her typical look during this time was skin-tight spandex

Spandex

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 clothing, with her blonde hair in pigtails tied off with pink bows.

Smile hosted Sci-Fi Channel's

Sci Fi Channel (United States)

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 Anime Week in the summer of 1998. Other notable projects included a self-published comic book featuring herself as the central character and the voice of Ulala in the Space Channel 5

Space Channel 5

Space Channel 5 is a music video game developed by United Game Artists under the direction of Tetsuya Mizuguchi and published by Sega. The gameplay features a system where the player must copy sequences of dance steps performed by the computer...

video game series.

In more recent years, Apollo Smile has seemingly moved away from the "anime girl" role she created for herself, seeking small but more conventional film and television roles. She also toured for a short while with the Virginia

Virginia

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 "Atari

Atari

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" band Rockbot

Rockbot

began in Richmond, Virginia in 2001 when bassist Jonathan Sullivan approached guitarist/skateboarder Clark Fraley about finishing off some songs they had been working on. The sound envisioned would be atari rock: a combination of 80s synth pop, atari-like sound effects, and straight up metal. The...

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She is currently listed among the staff at The Dance Corner dancing school in Killingworth, Connecticut

Killingworth, Connecticut

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Apollo Smile

• "Thunderbox"
• "Dune Buggy"
• "I Want You To Love Me"
• "Love Comes Your Way"
• "Theme For All Nations"
• "Friends"
• "Hymn To The Sun"
• "Temple Of Love"
• "Peace"
• "Theme (Reprise)"
• "Dune Buggy (Bonus Remix)"

Dune Buggy (Promo CD Single)

• "Dune Buggy (Remix/Edit)"
• "Dune Buggy (Remix/Edit without Vocal Breakdown)"
• "Dune Buggy (LP Version)"
• "Dune Buggy (Full Drivin' Mix)"
• Remixes by Shep Pettibone

Love Kisses And Grenades

• "Battle Cry"
• "Hikigane"
• "Feelin' Groovy"
• "Purrr..."
• "Last Stand in Discoland"
• "Tite Pants"
• "Rainbow Rider"
• "T.S.T."
• "Trigger Finger"
• "Call Me"
• "Going Back"
• "Live Wire"
• "Hikigane - Joe 90 Mix"
• "Lets Rock"

Wrecking Ball

• "Smile"
• "Sunshine Slayer"
• "Superball"
• "TF2000"
• "Love Comes Your Way"
• "Aim High Get Down"
• "Love Slave"
• "Tired Wings"
• "Shorty's Theme"
• "Girl's Got Rhythm"
• "Humble"
• "Thanks From Apollo"

Voice roles

• "Coco Hearts" in Wild Cardz
  Wild Cardz
  Wild Cardz, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written by Noritaka Suzuki. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation anime in 1997, directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka. It was released in Japan by Studio OX, Movic and BMG Victor Japan...
  
  (OVA)
• "Karin Son" in Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie
  Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie
  Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie is a three episode Science fiction/superhero OVA series released in 1997 based on the Neo Geo video game Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer. It was directed by Masami Ōbari, who provided the character designs in the original game, as well as in the OVA. An English...
  
  (OVA)
• "Tracy" in Battle Arena Toshinden
  Battle Arena Toshinden
  is a weapons-based fighting game for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC in 1994. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D environment, and it is credited for taking the genre into "true 3-D" due to its introduction of the sidestep maneuver.It was an early killer...
  
  (OVA)
• "Nova" in Megas XLR
  Megas XLR
  Megas XLR is an American animated television series that aired on the Toonami block on Cartoon Network and is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was created by Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic...
  
  
• "Ulala" in Space Channel 5
  Space Channel 5
  Space Channel 5 is a music video game developed by United Game Artists under the direction of Tetsuya Mizuguchi and published by Sega. The gameplay features a system where the player must copy sequences of dance steps performed by the computer...
  
  (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
  PlayStation 2
  The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
  
  )
• "Ulala" in Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
  PlayStation 2
  The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
  
  )
• "Ulala" in Space Channel 5: Special Edition (Playstation 2
  PlayStation 2
  The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
  
  )

External links

• The Official Apollo Smile Website via the Internet Archive
• 1998 Sci-Fi.com Interview
• Coast-Con 1999 Interview
• Anime Convention Personality of the Week - 2/10/98 at A Fan's View
• Ask John: "What Ever Happened to Apollo Smile?" at AnimeNation