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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 - Kalos Arc
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X has always been a talented Pokemon trainer. When he was young, he was known as a child prodigy in the world of Pokemon battling, and even came close to achieving fame and his dream, but just as his star started to rise, a traumatic incident caused him to give up Pokemon battling and become a recluse. Despite the protests of his childhood friends—spunky aspiring Sky Trainer Y Gabena, chipper Shauna who dreams of being a Furfrou groomer, atheletic and easygoing Tierno who wants to be a dancer, and timid Trevor who aspires to be a scholar—X refuses to face the world... That is, until a brawl between two ancient Pokemon from Kalosian history devastates his home town! With his town in ruins and its other residents missing, X and his friends vow to find out the true nature of the matter, and for the first time in years, X steps foot outside of his house... ║ Fancast for an anime adaptation of Pokemon Adventures/Pokemon Special. This specific arc would cover the "X & Y" saga 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.
