Martin conducting the episode 1 live performance.
Martin Billany, better known by his screen name LittleKuriboh, is the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series, a parody of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime considered to be the first major fandub. LittleKuriboh originally voiced all of the Abridged Series characters, but has gotten assistance from other voice actors over time, namely TeamFourStar.
From 2007 to 2009, he was married to Abigail (Abi), better known by her screen name Safty. In 2011, he married Marianne Miller.
Biography[]
Online[]
LittleKuriboh started a LiveJournal (Little Kuriboh's Dan Marino) where he stated in his first entry that he's "nobody special" and that he is a little ashamed of his love for the anime Yu-Gi-Oh!. He later began creating and uploading anime music videos on YouTube. Soon afterward he created Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. LittleKuriboh was not listed among the top subscribed channels although his subscribers count was high enough to earn a spot. After having his channel restored after his first ban, he was included on this list.
As an April Fool's Day joke, in 2008 LittleKuriboh announced the cancellation of The Abridged Series.
Aside from "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series", LittleKuriboh also does voice acting in the Machinima "Eden: The Zhang Chronicles" and has lent his voice to the "Naruto" Abridged Series. Most recently he has been the narrator for Dragon Ball Z: The Abridged Series, as well as providing the voice for several characters including Freeza, one of the main villains of the series.
LittleKuriboh also voices Sugoroku Mutou in Project YGO's fandub of "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters". He has also made a cameo appearance in Go Go Parody Rangers the movie, where he plays one of Evan Splooge's rat henchmen. He is also a creator of a second Naruto the abridged series called "Naruto the abridged comedy spoof series show" known as NINJABRIDGED for short. He has also appeared as Haru Tsukumo in "Yu-Gi-Oh: Zexal-Abridged".
He has also made various charity donation by using money he got from promoting through a video with various Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards that he auctioned off.
He is also known for promoting various Anime conventions through his videos by creating stories using the Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series universe.
Account suspensions[]
YouTube began taking down some of LittleKuriboh's videos for copyright infringement, causing him to set up new pages and an account on Dailymotion. In response to the first Abridged Series episode being taken down, he posted a live performance of Episode One of the Abridged Series. Using no clips to avoid copyright infringement, the video was of himself voicing the entire episode in an alleyway, and this allowed fans to see what he looked like for the first time. Shortly after creating the Abridged Movie, LittleKuriboh had his account suspended on YouTube again. Soon afterward it was reinstated, and LittleKuriboh was moved to the top subscribed lists, which he had been previously excluded from.
Shortly after posting a video in which he proposed to his then-girlfriend, his account was suspended again.
On December 23, 2010, his CardGamesFTW YouTube channel was terminated. His next video was posted on his Ninjabridge channel. CardGamesFTW was later reinstated in January 2011, as the result of copyright claims were from a bot. The account was suspended later on February 26, 2011 for copyright infringement.
Currently, his LittleKiriboh YouTube channel remains active, and episodes continue to be uploaded, albeit at a slower pace.
| Further suspensions | Reinstated |
|---|---|
| March 1, 2010 | March 14, 2010 |
| Around March 29, 2011 | April 12, 2011 |
| May 31, 2011 | about a month later |
| July 27, 2011 | Shortly afterwards |
| March 3, 2012 | A week later |
| June 26, 2012 | June 29, 2012 |
| July 29, 2012 (terminated simultaneously) | August 7, 2012 |
| December 16, 2012 | December 31, 2012 |
| February 24, 2013 (terminated the next day) | March 18, 2013 |
| March 27, 2013 | April 4, 2013 |
| April 28, 2013 | May 11, 2013 |
| June 26, 2013 | July 1, 2013 |
Personal life[]
LittleKuriboh is from Great Britain. His hobbies include the rock band Devo and playing video games. He also loves indulging in Ianthony Fanfiction.
On August 11, 2007, LittleKuriboh proposed to his then girlfriend Abigail on a public YouTube video. She accepted, and the two were engaged. On September 6, 2008, he and Abigail were married. On his wedding day, he Rickroll'd his wife at the reception.
On July 18, 2009, he announced on his blog that he and his wife were going to separate and the two had an annulment.
On October 29, 2011, Martin and voice actress Marianne Miller got married. The two live together in California.
External links[]
- Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series: Home
- Martin Billany at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with LittleKuriboh on 91.8 The Fan
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