Age: 34
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Kevin Penkin (born 22 May 1992) is a British-Australian anime and video game music composer. He is best known for composing the Crunchyroll Anime Award-winning score of Made in Abyss. Kevin Penkin grew up in Perth, Western Australia. Penkin's interest in game music came from listening to the "Phendrana Drifts" theme from Metroid Prime; in a 2012 interview, he referred to the theme's electronic synths and acoustic instruments as "absolute bliss". Penkin began his career with composition credits in the 2011 short films Play Lunch and The Adventures of Chipman and Biscuit Boy. In the same year, Penkin composed the soundtrack of the video game Jūzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden (十三支演義~偃月三国伝~); this soundtrack represented Penkin's first collaboration with Nobuo Uematsu. Penkin has continued to collaborate with Uematsu in titles such as Norn9 and Defender’s Quest II: Mists of Ruin. In 2015, Penkin graduated from the Royal College of Music with a Master's degree in Composition for Screen. In 2016, Penkin collaborated with Kinema Citrus on the Norn9 anime and the Under the Dog original video animation soundtracks. Penkin's relationship with Kinema Citrus continued through to 2017 for the soundtrack of Made in Abyss, winning the 2017 Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score with it. In 2018, Penkin composed the score for the video game Florence. Penkin composed the music for Kinema Citrus' adaptation of The Rising of the Shield Hero and NetEase's VR game Nostos in 2019. He composed the score for the 2020 anime adaptation of the South Korean webtoon Tower of God.
Kevin Penkin
Composer
for Composer in Pokemon Adventures: The Animated Series - Alola Arc
Suggested by demurelyhydrated
The idyllic Alola region is facing a crisis! Mysterious wormholes are opening in the sky, and the region's guardian deities, the Tapus, are furious! To quell their rage, the Kahunas of Alola decide to send a strong Pokemon trainer to mediate on their behalf, but who? The answer comes in the form of Sun, a determined and business-minded courier who aims to get ten million in his bank account for a personal goal, and Moon, a pharmacist from the Sinnoh region who came to Alola seeking ingredients for a special medicine. Following a rough first meeting, the two are set to cure the Tapus' rage and find the source of these strange wormholes in a journey that will take them to dimension unlike any other... ║ Fancast for an anime adaptation of Pokemon Adventures/Pokemon Special. This specific arc would cover the "Sun & Moon" and "Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon" sagas of the manga, and only includes characters who debuted/gained larger roles in this arc - for characters from the past arcs, see their respective fancasts. Professional VAs only, no celebs, English and Japanese voice options available. For an additional challenge if you want it, don't use any voice actors who previously portrayed the cast's game/anime counterparts.
