LittleKuriboh



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 people over time.

From 2007 to 2009, he was married to Abigail (Abi), better known by her screen name Safty. In 2011, he married Marianne Miller.

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 was the narrator for episode 4 of Dragon Ball Z: The Abridged Series; this was the first time he has provided a guest voice and the cameo isn't specifically referred to. He appears to narrate the series in several episodes, as well as providing the voice for Frieza, one of the main villains of the series. He has stated he will continue to do what the makers want him to do. 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 the Grandmother in "Yu-Gi-Oh: Zexal-Abridged".

He has also made various charity actions by using money he got from promoting through a video 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, 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. 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, 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 26 February 2011 for copyright infringement.

Due to more copyright claims by bots, his account was suspended on March 1, 2010 and reinstated on March 14, 2010, suspended around March 29, 2011 and reinstated on April 12, 2011, banned on May 31, 2011 and reinstated about a month later, banned on July 27, 2011 and reinstated shortly afterwards, suspended on March 3, 2012 and reinstated a week later, banned on June 26, 2012 and reinstated on June 30, 2012 and banned on December 16, 2012 and was reinstated January 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.