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| name = Kansai International Airport
| name = Seth MacFarlane
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| caption = Seth MacFarlane at a reception after giving a speech at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]]
| nativename-a = 関西国際空港
| birthname = Seth Woodbury MacFarlane
| nativename-r = Kansai Kokusai Kūkō
| birthdate = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|10|26}}
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| birthplace = [[Kent, Connecticut]], [[United States]]
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| emmyawards = '''[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]]'''<br>2000 ''[[Family Guy]]''<br>'''Outstanding Music and Lyrics'''<br>2002 ''[[Family Guy]]''
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| location = [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
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'''Seth Woodbury MacFarlane''' (born October 26, 1973) is an [[Emmy]] award-winning [[United States|American]] [[comedian]], [[animator]], [[screenwriter]], [[television producer|producer]], [[actor]], [[voice acting|voice actor]] and [[composer]]. MacFarlane is best known as the creator and executive producer of [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]'s [[list of animated television series|animated series]] ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[American Dad!]]''. He was [[Executive_producer#Television|executive producer]] of the short-lived television series ''[[The Winner (TV series)|The Winner]]''. MacFarlane's series are produced through his company, [[Fuzzy Door Productions]].<ref name="Bartlett" />
{{nihongo|'''Kansai International Airport'''|関西国際空港|Kansai Kokusai Kūkō}} {{Airport codes|KIX|RJBB}} is an international [[airport]] located on an [[artificial island]] in the middle of [[Osaka Bay]], off the shore of the cities of [[Sennan, Osaka|Sennan]] and [[Izumisano, Osaka|Izumisano]] and the town of [[Tajiri, Osaka|Tajiri]] in [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. (It should not be confused with [[Osaka International Airport]], which is closer to the city and now handles only domestic flights.) It was ranked 4th overall in the Airport of the Year 2006 awards named by [[Skytrax]], next to [[Singapore Changi Airport]], [[Hong Kong International Airport]] and [[Munich International Airport]].


MacFarlane voices several characters from his cartoon programs ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[American Dad!]]''. He also voices The English Yokel from ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.<ref>Wortham, Jenna. [http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/05/first-look-fami.html First Look: Family Guy Spinoff, The Cleveland Show]. May 22, 2008. Wired News. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.</ref> As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' and ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]''. MacFarlane's interest in [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] has led to cameo and guest appearances on ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' and voicing the character of [[Johann Kraus]]s in [[Guillermo del Toro]]'s ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]''. His cartoon shows are known for spoof references to ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]''. He recently made his own YouTube channel called [[Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy]].
It is colloquially known as {{nihongo|関空|Kankū}} in [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
During [[Financial year|FY]] 2006, KIX, which serves the city of [[Osaka]], had 116,475 aircraft movements, of which 73,860 were international (31 countries, 71 cities), and 42,615 were domestic (19 cities). The total number of passengers was 16,689,658 of which 11,229,444 were international, and 5,460,214 were domestic. Freight volume was at 802,162 [[tonnes]] total, of which 757,414&nbsp;t were international (18th in the world), and 44,748 t were domestic.<ref name="kiac-stats">[http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/data/index.html Kansai International Airport Statistics] – Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.</ref> The 4,000 meter runway&nbsp;2 was opened on [[August 2]], [[2007]]. Kansai Airport has become an Asian hub, with 499 weekly flights to [[Asia]], 66 weekly flights to [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]], and 35 weekly flights to North America. With the start of Cebu Pacific's flight to Manila, it will be Japan's first international [[low cost carrier]] service.


He occasionally speaks at [[universities]] and [[colleges]] throughout the [[United States]]. A recent deal signed with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|The Fox Broadcasting Company]] has made MacFarlane the highest-paid television writer and producer in history. He resides in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] where he recently purchased a $13.5 million home and is reportedly being paid $100 million by 20th Century Fox TV for his most recent contract with them.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/hotprop/la-rew-hotpropmacfarlane10-2008jul10,0,1232493.story Seth MacFarlane buys Beverly Hills home for $13.5 million]</ref>
== Flights data ==
*Weekly international passenger flights: 614
*Weekly international freighter flights: 200
*Weekly domestic (passenger and freighter) flights: 493


== Early life ==
(Summer 2008 schedule)<ref>[http://www.kiac.co.jp/news/2007/709/08summerHP.pdf Flight plan on summer '08]</ref>
MacFarlane was born on October 26, 1973, in [[Kent, Connecticut]].<ref>[http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p1.html "An Interview with Seth MacFarlane: The creator of Family Guy discusses his career."] p. 1. IGN. Published July 21, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> His mother, Ann Perry (née Sager), and father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, reside in [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]], and are of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] and [[Welsh people|Welsh]] descent, partly by way of [[Canada]].<ref>Child, Christopher. [http://www.wargs.com/other/macfarlane.html Ancestry of Seth MacFarlane]. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> During his childhood, MacFarlane developed an interest in illustration and began drawing cartoon characters [[Fred Flintstone]] and [[Woody Woodpecker]].<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news | first=Gary | last=Levin | coauthors= | title='Dad' joins 'Guy' for yuks | date=[[2005-02-02]] | publisher=Gannett Co. Inc. | url =http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-02-02-macfarlane_x.htm | work =USA Today | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-21 | language = }}</ref> When he was eight years old, he drew "Walter Crouton", a comic strip for the ''The Kent Good Times Dispatch''.<ref name="E"/>


MacFarlane received his [[high school]] diploma in 1991 from the [[Kent School]] in Connecticut. His [[Head teacher|headmaster]], the Rev. Richardson W. Schell, publicly rebuked MacFarlane for his "low" style of [[humor]] and later asked Fox not to air Family Guy.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bernard | last=Weinraub | coauthors= | title= The Young Guy Of ''Family Guy''; A 30-Year-Old's Cartoon Hit Makes An Unexpected Comeback | date=2005-04-07 | publisher=The New York Times Company | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4D6173BF934A35754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-22 | language = }}</ref> MacFarlane's parents, who both taught at the school, resigned in protest.<ref>{{cite news | first=Bernard | last=Weinraub | coauthors= | title= The Young Guy Of ''Family Guy''; A 30-Year-Old's Cartoon Hit Makes An Unexpected Comeback | date=2005-04-07 | publisher=The New York Times Company | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4D6173BF934A35754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-22 | language = }}</ref><ref>Carter, Bill. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/guy01.shtml Advertisers shunning ''Family Guy'']. ''[[New York Times]]''. Published July 1, 1999. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF920E64F34493&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "One-man campaign out for `Family Guy'"], ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', July 2, 1999. Accessed February 13, 2008. "Seth MacFarlane has been out of prep school for eight years, but the headmaster is still on his case. The top administrator of the Kent School is leading a one-man campaign to get advertisers to drop The Family Guy, an animated TV comedy created by MacFarlane, a 1991 Kent alumnus."</ref>
== History ==
[[Image:Kansai International Airport Boarding Lobby.jpg|thumb|3rd floor boarding lobby, part of the longest airport concourse in the world.]]
In the 1960s, when the [[Kansai]] region was rapidly losing trade to [[Tokyo]], planners proposed a new airport near [[Kobe]] and Osaka. [[Osaka International Airport]], located in the densely-populated suburbs of [[Itami, Hyōgo|Itami]] and [[Toyonaka, Osaka|Toyonaka]], was surrounded by buildings; it could not be expanded, and many of its neighbors had filed complaints because of [[noise pollution]] problems.


MacFarlane went on to study animation at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD) where he earned a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]].<ref name="E"/> As a student, he wanted to work for [[The Walt Disney Company]], but changed his mind upon graduating from RISD. As he recalled, "Like a lot of animators, I felt Disney is God. Now, it's become Disney is Satan".<ref name="yahoo">[http://tv.yahoo.com/seth-macfarlane/contributor/663655/bio;_ylt=Aon954w635FJbS9IA6nuh_2.o9EF "Seth MacFarlane - Biography"]. [[Yahoo]]. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> During [[college]], he created his [[thesis]] film entitled ''[[Larry shorts|The Life of Larry]]''.<ref name="E">[http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=a315fdae-d12b-4aef-9aaf-c3dac1bcf838 "Seth MacFarlane - Profile"]. ''[[E!]] Online''. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> His professor at RISD submitted MacFarlane's cartoon to [[Hanna-Barbera]], where he was later hired.<ref name="harvard"/>
After the protests surrounding New Tokyo International Airport (now [[Narita International Airport]]), which was built with [[expropriation|expropriated]] land in a rural part of [[Chiba Prefecture]], planners decided to build the airport offshore. The new airport was part of a number of new developments to revitalize Osaka, which had been losing economic and cultural ground to Tokyo for most of the century.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DC143DF93AA35751C1A96F948260 Osaka Journal; Impatient City's Mission: Steal Tokyo's Thunder], ''New York Times'', December 9, 1989.</ref>


==Career in animation and television==
Initially, the airport was planned to be built near Kobe, but the city of Kobe refused the plan, so the airport was moved to a more southerly location on Osaka Bay. There, it could be open 24 hours per day, unlike its predecessor in the city. Local fishermen were the only group to protest, but they were silenced by hefty compensation packages.
At Hanna-Barbera, MacFarlane worked as an animator and writer for [[Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network's]] ''[[Cartoon Cartoons]]'' series.<ref>[http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p3.html "An Interview with Seth MacFarlane: The creator of Family Guy discusses his career."] p. 3. IGN. Published July 21, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> He also worked on ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'', and ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''.<ref name="stlouis"/> MacFarlane also created and wrote a short titled "Zoomates" for [[Frederator Studios]]' ''[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]'' on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]].<ref>[http://frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2006/02/25/rumor-confirmed/ "Rumor Confirmed"]. Published February 25, 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2008.</ref> In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to ''The Life of Larry'' called ''[[Larry shorts|Larry and Steve]]'', which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog Steve. The short was broadcast as one of [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[What-A-Cartoon!|World Premiere Toons]]''. Executives at Fox saw both ''Larry'' shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters, to be called ''[[Family Guy]]''.<ref name="Bartlett">{{cite web |url = http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/11/|title = Seth MacFarlane – he’s the “Family Guy”|accessdate = 2007-12-31|last = Bartlett|first = James|date = 2007-03-12|work = greatreporter.com|publisher = Presswire Limited|quote = ... his company, Fuzzy Door Productions ...}}</ref>


At twenty-four, MacFarlane was television's youngest [[executive producer]].<ref name="usatoday"/> Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a fifteen minute short, giving him a budget of fifty thousand dollars.<ref>{{cite news | first=Nellie | last=Andreeva | coauthors= | title="Family Guy'' creator seals megadeal | date=[[2008-05-05]] | publisher=[[Hollywood Reporter]] | url =http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/entertainment_macfarlane_col | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-31 | language = }}</ref> MacFarlane stated that the pilot for ''Family Guy'' took six months to create and produce.<ref name="harvard"/> Recalling the experience in an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', MacFarlane stated, "I spent about six months with no sleep and no life, just drawing like crazy in my kitchen and doing this pilot".<ref>{{cite news | first=Bernard | last=Weinraub | coauthors= | title= The Young Guy Of 'Family Guy'; A 30-Year-Old's Cartoon Hit Makes An Unexpected Comeback | date=[[2007-07-07]] | publisher=The New York Times Company | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4D6173BF934A35754C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 | work =The New York Times | pages =2 | accessdate = 2008-01-06 | language = }}</ref> MacFarlane's heavy involvement with ''Family Guy'' caused him to expand to other animation projects, such as ''American Dad!'' and ''The Cleveland Show''.
===Construction===
[[Image:Wfm kansai overview.jpg|right|thumb|Satellite photo of Kansai Airport (''lower-right island'') in Osaka Bay. [[Kobe Airport]] is being built on the unfinished island near the middle of the photo. Central Osaka is in the upper-right corner.]]
[[Image:Kansai_closeup.jpg|thumb|Closeup of the artificial island]]


Bolstered by high DVD sales and established fan loyalty, ''Family Guy'' developed into a $1 billion franchise.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0435504220080505 "Seth MacFarlane seals megadeal"]</ref> On May 4, 2008, after approximately two and a half years of negotiations, MacFarlane reached a $100 million dollar agreement with Fox to keep ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' until 2012. The deal makes him the world's highest paid television writer.<ref>[http://www.buddytv.com/articles/family-guy/family-guy-creator-signs-lucra-19173.aspx ''Family Guy'' Creator Signs Lucrative Deal with Fox.] BuddyTV. May 7, 2008. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.</ref>
A [[man-made island]], 4 km long and 2.5 km<!-- including 2nd island --> wide, was proposed. Engineers needed to overcome the extremely high risks of [[earthquake]]s and typhoons (with [[storm surge]]s of up to 3 meters).
Construction started in [[1987]]. The sea wall was finished in [[1989]] (made of rocks and 48,000 [[Tetrahedron|tetrahedral]] concrete blocks). Three mountains were excavated for 21 million cubic meters of landfill. 10,000 workers and 10 million work hours over 3 years, using 80 ships, were needed to complete the thirty-meter layer of earth over the sea floor and inside the sea wall. In [[1990]], a three-kilometer bridge was completed to connect the island to the mainland at [[Rinku-Town]], at a cost of $1 billion. Completion of the artificial island increased the area of [[Osaka Prefecture]] just enough to move it past [[Kagawa Prefecture]] in size (leaving Kagawa as the smallest by area in Japan).


MacFarlane has come under some fire by many critics for 'blandness' in his characters, most notably was a review of ''American Dad!'' by Jeff Cohen, who stated, "It's the same chemistry as ''Family Guy''. The daft father, indifferent mother, older and uncool daughter and younger, nerdy and thick son are all too the same. The variety? Instead of a talking dog, we get a talking fish, or, in the case of his latest show, ''The Cleveland Show'', talking bears. And instead of a super-intelligent baby we have an undiscovered alien. And ''The Cleveland Show'' is looking set to head right down that route."<ref name=Advocate>{{cite news |first=Voss |last=Brandon |title=Big Gay Following Seth MacFarlane |url=http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid51793.asp | format=Magazine |publisher=Michael Phelps |location=The Advocate |pages=22-23 |date= February 26, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-15|archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
The bidding and construction of the airport was a source of international trade friction during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prime Minister [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]] responded to American concerns, particularly from Senator [[Frank Murkowski]], that bids would be rigged in Japanese companies' favor by providing special offices for prospective international contractors,<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7DD143DF931A35756C0A961948260 Some Minor Gains on Trade Conflicts], ''New York Times'', May 2, 1987.</ref> which ultimately did little to facilitate the participation of foreign contractors in the bidding process.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD71631F934A15753C1A965958260 US Cancels A Plan To Begin Sanctions After Japan Acts], ''New York Times'', October 27, 1993.</ref> Later, foreign airlines complained that two-thirds of the departure hall counter space had been allocated to Japanese carriers, disproportionately to the actual carriage of passengers through the airport.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/1992/08/24/nobo.php Osaka Notebook], ''International Herald Tribune'', August 24, 1992.</ref>
=== ''Family Guy'' ===
[[Image:Familyguy2.jpg|230px|thumb|Seth MacFarlane and [[Seth Green]] perform in ''Family Guy Live'' in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].]]
:''Main article'': ''[[Family Guy]] ''
''Family Guy'' first aired on January 31, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/information-services/5639961-1.html |title=''Family Guy'' Returns to Production with an Initial Order of 22 New Episodes to Premiere in Early 2005 |accessdate=2004-03-26 |date=2008-05-31 |work=Business Wire}}</ref> MacFarlane's work in animating ''Family Guy'' has been influenced by [[Jackie Gleason]] and [[Woody Allen]]'s work, along with examples from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''.<ref name="personal">{{cite news | first=Thomas | last=McLean | coauthors= | title=Seth MacFarlane: ''Family Guy,'' ''American Dad!'' | date=[[2007-06-01]] | publisher=Reed Business | url =http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117966166.html?nav=eproducer07 | work =Variety | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-05 | language = }}</ref> In addition to writing three episodes, "[[Death Has a Shadow]]", "[[Family Guy Viewer Mail #1]]" and ''[[North by North Quahog]]'' MacFarlane voices ''Family Guy'''s main characters—[[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], [[Brian Griffin]], and [[Glenn Quagmire]] as well as [[Tom Tucker]] and his son Jake and additional characters.


MacFarlane's success with ''Family Guy'' has opened doors to other ventures relating to ''Family Guy''. On April 26, 2005, he and composer [[Walter Murphy]] created ''[[Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]''. The soundtrack features a Broadway show tune theme, and MacFarlane voiced Stewie in the track "Stewie's Sexy Party".<ref>Spence D. [http://music.ign.com/articles/608/608337p1.html "''Family Guy Live In Vegas'': Unnecessary gutter humor and pointless profanity drain the wit right outta this CD."] (April 28, 2005) IGN. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref> A fan of Broadway musicals,<ref name="Bartlett" /> MacFarlane comments on using musicals as a component to ''Family Guy'':
The island had been predicted to gradually sink as the weight of the material used to construct the island would cause it to compress downwards. However, by this time, the island had sunk 8 meters, much more than predicted. The project then became the most expensive civil works project in modern history after 20 years of planning, 3 years of construction and several billion dollars of investment. However, much of what was learned went into the successful [[artificial islands]] in silt deposits for [[New Kitakyushu Airport]], [[Kobe Airport]], and [[Chubu International Airport]]. The lessons of Kansai Airport were also applied in the construction of [[Hong Kong International Airport]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/1992/01/22/hang.php Sinking Feeling at Hong Kong Airport], ''International Herald Tribune'', January 22, 1982.</ref>
{{cquote|"I love the lush orchestration and old-fashioned melody writing... it just gets you excited, that kind of music," he said. "It's very optimistic. And it's fun. The one thing that's missing for me, from popular music today, is fun. Guys like [[Bing Crosby|[Bing] Crosby]], or [[Frank Sinatra|[Frank] Sinatra]], or [[Dean Martin]], or [[Mel Torme]]...these are guys who sounded like they were having a great time."<ref name="norton"/>}}
In addition, a [[Family Guy Video Game!|''Family Guy'' video game]] was released in 2006.<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Adams | coauthors= | title="Family Guy'' creator seals megadeal | date=[[2005-05-03]] | publisher=IGN | url =http://ps2.ign.com/articles/585/585012p1.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-31 | language = }}</ref> Two years later, in August 2007, he closed a digital content production deal with AdSense.<ref>[http://ypulse.com/archives/2007/08/ypulse_essentia_626.php "Ypulse Essentials: Urban Disney, Marketing's Child, Teen Hackers"]. YPulse. August 20, 2007. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref> MacFarlane takes cast members on the road to voice characters in front of live audiences. ''Family Guy Live'' provides fans with the opportunity to hear future scripts. In mid-2007, [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] fans had the opportunity to hear the then upcoming [[List_of_Family_Guy_episodes#Season_6:_2007-2008|sixth season]] premiere "[[Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest]]". Shows have been played in [[Montreal, Canada|Montreal]], [[New York City]], Chicago, and Los Angeles.<ref>Schneider, Michael. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970158.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 "''Family Guy'' hits the road: McFarlane and Co. to perform in Chicago"]. (August 13, 2007) ''Variety''. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref>


In spite of its popularity, ''Family Guy'' has not been immune to criticism. It has been cancelled twice, although strong fan support and [[DVD]] sales have caused Fox to reconsider on both occasions.<ref>{{cite news | first=Jesse | last=McKinley | coauthors= | title=Canceled and Resurrected, on the Air and Onstage | date=[[2005-05-02]] | publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/arts/television/02fami.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-31 | language = }}</ref> MacFarlane mentioned how these cancellations affected lineup of writers each time Fox again gave ''Family Guy'' the [[green light]], "One of the positive aspects of 'Family Guy' constantly being pulled off [the air] is that we were always having to restaff writers".<ref name="norton"/>
In 1991, the terminal construction commenced. To compensate for the sinking of the island, adjustable columns were designed to support the terminal building. These could be extended by inserting thick metal plates at their base. Government officials proposed reducing the length of the terminal in order to cut costs, but architect [[Renzo Piano]] insisted on keeping the terminal at its full planned length.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDA1F39F930A35754C0A967958260 Osaka Journal; Huge Airport Has Its Wings Clipped], ''New York Times'', July 3, 1991.</ref> The airport opened in [[1994]].


During the sixth season, episodes of ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'' were delayed from regular broadcast due the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]]. On February 12, 2008, the strike ended,<ref>{{cite news|title=Strike over, Hollywood writers head back to work|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/13/writers.strike/index.html|work=CNN.com|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref> and the series resumed airing regularly, beginning with "[[Back to the Woods (Family Guy)|Back to the Woods]]".
On [[January 17]], [[1995]], Japan was struck by the [[Kobe earthquake]], whose [[epicenter]] was approximately 20 km away from KIX and killed 6,434 people on Japan's main island of [[Honshū]]. The airport, however, emerged unscathed, mostly due to the use of [[sliding joint]]s in its construction. Even the glass in the windows stayed intact. Later, in 1998, the airport survived a typhoon with wind speeds of up to 200 km/h.


=== ''American Dad!'' ===
On [[April 19]], [[2001]], the airport was one of ten structures given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]]. <ref>[http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/pr041901_kansai.cfm U.S. Engineering Society names Kansai International Airport a Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium] – Press release from American Society of Civil Engineers</ref>
:''Main article'': ''[[American Dad!]] ''
Seth co-created ''American Dad'', with Matt Weitzman and Mike Barker. ''American Dad!'' was first shown after [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] as a sneak preview on February 6, 2005. The show began airing regularly on Fox on May 1, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/American-Dad |title=''American Dad'': Series Overview |accessdate=2007-12-22 |work=MSN |publisher=Microsoft}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Tim | last=Goodman | coauthors= | title=Fox isn't sly. ''American Dad'' is a wannabe. | date=2005-02-04 | publisher=Hearst Newspapers | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/04/DDGIFB4H5E1.DTL | work =San Francisco Chronicle | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-22 | language = }}</ref> MacFarlane describes the show being similar to ''[[All in the Family]]''.<ref name="norton">Norton, James. [http://www.flakmag.com/features/macfarlane.html "Seth MacFarlane's Third Act"]. ''Flak Magazine''. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref>


''American Dad!'' received its inspiration from [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]]'s policies.<ref>Rogers, Troy. [http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17297 "Seth MacFarlane, American Dad Interview"]. Underground Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref> The show focuses on [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]], a straitlaced [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer and fanatical neoconservative. Stan's wife ([[Francine Smith|Francine]]) and children, ([[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve]] and [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley]]), share a typical middle class home with [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]], an [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial alien]] rescued by Stan from [[Area 51]], and [[Klaus (American Dad!)|Klaus]], a [[goldfish]] who hosts the transplanted brain of an [[East German]], 1986 [[Olympics|Olympian]] skier.<ref>{{cite news | first=Alexandria | last=Stanley | coauthors= | title=Dad Is a C.I.A. Operative, the Kids Have a Weird Pet | date=2005-02-04 | publisher=The New York Times Company | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/04/arts/04tvwk.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-22 | language = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Jay | last=Goyette | coauthors= | title=''Family Guy''s Seth MacFarlane's Speech Rescheduled | date=2005-02-04 | publisher=University of Vermont | url =http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=1561 | work =The View | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-22 | language = }}</ref> Seth MacFarlane provides the voices of Stan and Roger, and based Roger's voice on [[Paul Lynde]] as he played Uncle Arthur in ''[[Bewitched]]''.<ref name="usatoday"/> His sister Rachael MacFarlane provides the voice of Hayley Smith.<ref name="rachael">[http://www.fox.com/americandad/bios/hayley.htm "Rachael MacFarlane Biography"]. [[FOX]]. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref>
The total cost of Kansai Airport so far is $20 billion. This includes the land reclamation, 2 runways, and terminal and facilities. The additional costs were mostly borne initially due to the island sinking, expected due to the soft soils of Osaka Bay, but after construction the rate of sinking was considered so severe that the airport was widely criticized as a notorious structural engineering disaster. The rate of sinking has since fallen from 50 cm during 1994 to 9 cm in 2006.<ref>[http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/tech/sink/sink3/index.html Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. – Condition of Settlement]</ref>


===Operation===
=== ''The Winner'' ===
:''Main article'': ''[[The Winner (TV series)|The Winner]]''
[[Image:Finair MD-11.JPG|thumb|Aircraft in front of the terminal building]]
[[Image:Kansai International Airport Departures.JPG|thumb|4th floor ticketing hall, illustrating the terminal's airfoil roof.]]
(Airlines that operate only cargo flights into the airport)
Opened on [[September 4]], [[1994]], the airport serves as a hub for several airlines such as [[All Nippon Airways]], [[Japan Airlines]], and [[Nippon Cargo Airlines]]. It is the international gateway for Japan's [[Kansai region]], which contains the major cities of [[Kyoto]], [[Kobe]], and [[Osaka]]. Other Kansai domestic flights fly from the older but more conveniently located [[Osaka International Airport]] in [[Itami, Hyogo|Itami]], or from the newer [[Kobe Airport]].


MacFarlane was the executive producer of a live-action sitcom starring [[Rob Corddry]] called ''The Winner''.<ref>[http://www.stuffmagazine.com/video/968/JackIt.video?src=stuff_ed "Jack It"] (video). ''Stuff'' Online. Retrieved March 16, 2007.</ref> The show premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007.<ref>Matheson, Whitney. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2007/02/sample_the_winn.html Sample ''The Winner'']. ''USA TODAY'' Blog. Published February 19, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref> The plot has a man named Glen discussing the time he matured at thirty-two and has him pursuing his only love, after she moves in next door. Glen meets her son and both become good friends.<ref>Hooper, Barrett. [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-03-08/goods_remotecontrol.php "Winner’s one big loser: Not all ex-Daily Show correspondents make great sitcom stars"]. ''Now Toronto''. Published March 8, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref>
The airport had been deeply in debt, losing $560 million in interest every year. Airlines had been kept away by high landing fees (approximately $7500 for a [[Boeing 747]]), the second most expensive in the world after [[Narita International Airport|Narita]]'s. In the early years of the airport's operation, excessive terminal rent and utility bills for on-site concessions also drove up operating costs: some estimates before opening held that a cup of coffee would have to cost US$10.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/08/05/airport.php Will Fees Sink New Osaka Airport?], ''International Herald Tribune'', August 5, 1994.</ref> Osaka business owners pressed the government to take a greater burden of the construction cost in order to keep the airport attractive to passengers and airlines.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1D71039F935A25751C1A965958260 Pride and (Ouch!) Price: The $14 Billion Airport], ''New York Times'', December 16, 1993.</ref> Nowadays, after deep discounts, the number of flights is increasing.


After six episodes, the show was officially canceled on May 16, 2007.<ref>[http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/05/2007_cancelled_shows_fox_cancels_plenty_of_series.php 2007 Canceled Shows: Fox Cancels Plenty of Series"]. TV Series Finale. Retrieved May 16, 2007.</ref> However, at ''Family Guy Live'' in Montreal on July 21, 2007, Seth MacFarlane stated, "It is looking like there could be a future life for ''The Winner''".<ref name="winner-may-return">{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id9fbcaf5600044bfbfe12b9a82711a8f |title=''Family Guy'' pic possible, MacFarlane says |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=2008-02-29 |date=2007-07-22 |first=Georg |last=Szalai}}</ref> After MacFarlane's statement neither Fox nor MacFarlane has released any details of plans for the show to return.
On [[February 17]], [[2005]], [[Chubu Centrair International Airport]] opened in Nagoya, just east of Osaka. The opening of the airport is expected to increase competition between Japan's international airports. Despite this, passenger totals were up 11% in 2005 over 2004, and international passengers increased to 3.06 million in 2006, up 10% over 2005. The opening of [[Kobe Airport]], less than 25 km away, in [[2006]] is expected to further give KIX competition on domestic flights, as well as nearby [[Tokushima Airport]] in [[Shikoku]] will have its runway lengthened in 2007 enough to accommodate some jumbo jets.


=== ''The Cleveland Show'' ===
The main rationale behind the expansions is to compete with [[Incheon International Airport]] and [[Hong Kong International Airport]] as a gateway to Asia, as [[Tokyo]] area airports are severely congested. However, with the regional trend in [[open skies]] agreements being signed, it is possible that all airports can see increases in traffic.
:''Main article'': ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''


MacFarlane is currently developing a ''Family Guy'' [[spin-off]] called ''The Cleveland Show'', which focuses on the character of [[Cleveland Brown]] and his family. The idea for the show originated from a suggestion by ''Family Guy'' writer and voice of Cleveland, [[Mike Henry (television writer/producer)|Mike Henry]]. Fox has ordered 13 episodes and the series is expected to be announced as a part of the 2009 FOX lineup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/871/871629p1.html |title=Big New Deal for Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane |author=Eric Goldman |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=2008-05-05 |accessdate=2008-05-05}}</ref>
Kansai has been marketed as an alternative to Narita Airport for international travellers from the [[Greater Tokyo Area]]. By flying to Kansai from [[Tokyo International Airport|Haneda Airport]] and connecting to international flights there, travelers can save the additional time required to get to Narita: up to one and a half hours for many residents of [[Kanagawa Prefecture]] and southern Tokyo.


=== ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy'' ===
===Expansion===
{{main|Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy}}
[[Image:Kansaiviewfromplane.JPG|thumb|Second phase of Kansai International Airport under construction]]
On September 10, 2008, MacFarlane released a series of web episodes known as ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy''. These animated shorts are distributed by [[Burger King]] and released weekly. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080910-family-guy-creator-opens-cavalcade-of-comedy-for-business.html |title=Family Guy creator opens Cavalcade of Comedy for business |author=Jacqui Cheng |publisher=[[arstechnica]] |date=2008-09-10 }}</ref> The series saw a successful launch with Seth MacFarlane's [[YouTube]] Channel, SethComedy, becoming the most watched YouTube channel of the week obtaining over 3 million video views only 2 days after the first episode was released. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webtvwire.com/seth-macfarlane-scores-a-hit-with-cavalcade-of-comedy-most-popular-video-on-youtube/ |title=Seth MacFarlane Scores A Hit With ‘Cavalcade Of Comedy’|author=Dave Parrack |publisher=[[WebTVWire]] |date=2008-09-12 }}</ref>


==Guest appearances==
The airport was at its limit during peak times, owing especially to freight flights, so a portion of Phase II expansion—the second runway—was made a priority.<ref>[http://www.kiac.co.jp/2nd/target/index.html The reason for construction of The 2nd runway]– Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.</ref> Thus, in 2003, believing that the sinking problem was almost over, the airport operators started the construction of a 4,000 m second runway and terminal.
[[Image:Seth Macfarlane flipped.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Seth MacFarlane signs autographs at the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Convention in [[Los Angeles]] on May 26, 2007.]]
MacFarlane has appeared in sitcoms, comedy and news programs, independent films, and other animated shows. MacFarlane served as a host to the [[Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts]]'s Second Annual Elan Awards on February 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite news | title=Seth MacFarlane Joins CAEAA Family to Host 2nd Annual Elan Awards | date=[[2008-01-07]] | publisher=Intent Media | url=http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/34247/Seth-MacFarlane-Joins-CAEAA-Family-to-Host-2nd-Annual-Elan-Awards | work =Market for Home Computing and Video Games | accessdate = 2008-01-13 }}</ref> In 2002, MacFarlane appeared in the ''Gilmore Girls'''s episode "Lorelai's Graduation Day".<ref name="harvard">[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html "''Family Guy'' Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day: Creator and executive producer of 'Family Guy' will headline undergraduate celebration]. ''Harvard Gazette''. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref> Four years later on November 5, 2006, MacFarlane guest starred on Fox's ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]'' as "Hillary's Date", an unnamed 33-year-old man who secretly dates teenaged Hillary in the episode "I Wash My Hands of You".<ref name="yahoo"/><ref>[http://www.variety.com/profiles/Episode/main/173522/60078/I%20Wash%20My%20Hands%20of%20You.html?dataSet=1 The War at Home - "I Wash My Hands of You" Synopsis]. ''Variety''. Retrieved January 1, 2008.</ref> MacFarlane has also appeared as the engineer Ensign Rivers on the show ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' in the third season episode "[[The Forgotten (Enterprise episode)|The Forgotten]]" and the fourth season episode "[[Affliction (Enterprise episode)|Affliction]]".<ref name="startrek"/>
During 2006, Seth had a role in the short independent film ''Life is Short''. His character is Dr. Ned, a [[psychologist]] who advises a short man (played by ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' star [[Samm Levine]]) to have relationships with taller women.<ref>{{cite news | first=Adam | last=Finley | coauthors= | title=Seth MacFarlane and Samm Levine in new short film - VIDEO | date=[[2007-06-30]] | publisher=Webblogs (in partnership with AOL) | url =http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/30/seth-macfarlane-and-samm-levine-in-new-short-film-video/ | work =TV Squad | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-05 | language = }}</ref> He is also a frequent guest on the radio talkshow ''Loveline'', hosted by Dr. [[Drew Pinsky]].


In Fox's comedy show [[MADtv]] on November 11, 2006, MacFarlane appeared and showed a live action re-enactment of a scene from the ''Family Guy'' episode "[[Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High]]". In the scene, Peter and Lois suspect [[Chris Griffin|Chris]] of murdering his teacher's husband. As a reaction, Meg jumps out the window in fear. The actress playing [[Meg Griffin|Meg]] was cut and bled after her window stunt. A version with Seth as Peter, [[Nicole Parker]] as Lois, [[Ike Barinholtz]] as Chris, [[Nicole Randall Johnson]] as Meg, and [[Keegan-Michael Key]] as Stewie was recorded over the original cartoon.<ref>[http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=18343 "MAD TV Gets More Animated on FOX"]. AWN Headline News. Published on November 2, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2008.</ref>
The second runway opened on [[August 2]], [[2007]], but without the originally planned terminal portion, now postponed to a later date. This lowered the project cost to ¥910 billion (approx. US$8 billion), saving ¥650 billion from the initial estimate.<ref>[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070729TDY02002.htm - Daily Yomiuri Online - Opening of new KIX runway celebrated]</ref> The additional runway development, which was opened in time for the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|IAAF world athletics championships]] in [[Osaka]], has expanded the airport size to 10.5 km².


MacFarlane has also appeared on news shows and late night television shows such as ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]''<ref>[http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index?pn=gallery&g=4711&ep=4877 ABC.com: ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' Gallery.] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Retrieved December 22, 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/wahoo/index/php/20050328.phtml |title=Monday, March 28, 2005: Show #2339 |accessdate=2007-12-22 |last=McIntee |first=Michael Z|work=Late Show with David Letterman |publisher=[[CBS]]}}</ref> On January 19, 2007, MacFarlane appeared on ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'' on [[MSNBC]] to discuss [[Stephen Colbert|Stephen Colbert's]] appearance on ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]'s return appearance on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. MacFarlane introduced the segment by saying in Stewie's voice "Oh, wait Bill. Hold still, allow me to soil myself on you. Victory is mine!"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16753986/
Further into the future, the airport is planning to construct a new terminal building, several aprons, a third runway (6C/24C) with a length of 3500 meters, a new cargo terminal and expanding the airport size to 13 km². However these plans are being postponed by the Japanese Government due to economic reasons. The new runway is only used for landings unless there are incidents prohibiting take off use of runway A.
|title='Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Jan. 19|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|publisheddate=2007-01-19|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Three months later on March 24, 2007, MacFarlane was interviewed on Fox's ''[[Talkshow with Spike Feresten]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/talkshow/showinfo/index.htm |title=TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten |accessdate=2007-12-22 |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |work=FOX}}</ref> and closed the show by singing the [[Frank Sinatra]] song "[[You Make Me Feel So Young]]".<ref>[http://www.spike.com/video/seth-macfarlane/2839155?cmpnid=800&lkdes=VID_2839155 Seth MacFarlane sings "You Make Me Feel So Young".] (Video) FOX. Hosted on Spike. Retrieved May 31, 2008.</ref>


Other than ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'', MacFarlane voices characters in other cartoon shows and movies. He voiced Wayne "The Main Brain" McClain in an episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flakmag.com/features/aquateen.html |title="'Just Bring 'em In From Space': An Interview With the Creators of Aqua Teen Hunger Force" |accessdate=2007-12-22 |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |work=Flak Magazine}}</ref> He has also voiced various characters on [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[Robot Chicken]]''—including a parody of [[Lion-O]] and [[Emperor Palpatine]] as well as Peter Griffin himself in the Season 2 premiere —and the villain "The Manotaur" in Bob Boyle's animated kids series ''[[Yin Yang Yo]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/seth-macfarlane-2 |title=''American Dad'' and ''Family Guy'' Creator Seth MacFarlane Is Animated About Work and Play |accessdate=2007-12-22 |date=2007-05-11 |work=The TV Tattler |publisher=AOL}} p. 2.</ref> In addition, MacFarlane voiced [[Johann Kraus]]s in the 2008 film ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]''.<ref>[http://io9.com/381830/hellboy-2s-psychic-entity-voiced-by-family-guy "Hellboy 2's Psychic Entity Voiced By Family Guy"]. io9. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref>
The airport now expects to handle 129,000 flights during the year 2007, an increase of 11% compared to 2006 figures of 116, 475 flights. The new runway allowed the airport to start 24 hour operations in September 2007.<ref>"Kansai opens its Second Runway", Airports - September/October 2007 (Key Publishing), P7</ref><ref>"24 hours operation from 1st September 2007" from Sankei Newspaper (Japanese) on [[August 24]], [[2007]].</ref>


==Speaking engagements==
==Terminal==
MacFarlane is a frequent speaking guest on college campuses.<ref name="gwu"/> On April 16, 2006, he was invited by [[Stanford University]]'s ASSU Speakers' Bureau to address an audience of over 1,000 at Memorial Auditorium.<ref>Fitzgerald, Patrick. [http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2006/4/17/familyGuyVisitsFarm "Family Guy Visits Farm"] ''The Stanford Daily''. Published April 17, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> MacFarlane was invited by [[Harvard University]]'s class of 2006 to deliver the "class day" address on June 7, 2006. He spoke as himself, as [[Peter Griffin]], as [[Stewie Griffin]], and as [[Glen Quagmire]].<ref>Powell, Alvin. [http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/06/07-classday.html "Class Day offers laughs, wisdom, weather: MacFarlane bids Class of '06 a 'Family Guy' farewell"]. ''The Harvard University Gazette''. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> He has also delivered speeches at [[George Washington University]],<ref name="gwu">[http://www.adultswim.com/williams/news/090406/index.html#1 "Seth MacFarlane coming to George Washington Univ.!"] [[Adult Swim]]. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> [[Washington University in St. Louis]],<ref name="stlouis">Broom, Caroline. [http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/4921.html "Creator of Family Guy to speak at Assembly Series"]. ''Record''. Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> the [[University of Texas]],<ref>[http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/04/16/TopStories/family.Guy.Creator.Brings.Insights.To.Ut-2842963.shtml "'Family Guy' creator brings insights to UT"]. ''The Daily Texan''. Retrieved April 22, 2007.</ref> and the [[University of Missouri]].<ref name="maneater">{{cite web
KIX has a single four-story terminal designed by [[Renzo Piano Building Workshop]] ([[Renzo Piano]] and [[Noriaki Okabe]]). It is the longest airport terminal in the world, at a total length of 1.7 km from end to end: a sophisticated [[people mover]] system called [[Wing Shuttle]] moves passengers from one end of the pier to the other.
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[[Image:Kansai International Airport Terminal Interior.jpg|thumb|The ground level of the terminal looking north from the center]]
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The terminal's roof is shaped like an [[airfoil]]. This shape is used to promote air circulation through the building: giant [[air conditioning]] ducts blow air upwards at one side of the terminal, circulate the air across the curvature of the ceiling, and collect the air through intakes at the other side. [[Mobile (sculpture)|Mobile]]s are suspended in the ticketing hall to take advantage of the flowing air.
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==Personal life==
The ticketing hall overlooks the international departures concourse, and the two are separated by a glass partition. During Kansai's early days, visitors were known to throw objects over the partition to friends in the corridor below. The partition was eventually modified to halt this practice.
MacFarlane identifies himself as a ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'' and [[science fiction]] fan.<ref name="startrek">[http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/8695.html "Production Report: Klingon Discrepancy Addressed in 'Affliction'"]. ''Star Trek'' Online. Published December 16, 2004. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref><ref name="adalian1">Adalian, Josef. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965865.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 "''Family Guy'' meets ''Star Wars'': Toon kicking off season with approved spoof"]. ''Variety''. Published May 25, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> He appeared at a ''[[Star Wars]]'' convention to promote his new ''Family Guy'' episode "[[Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest]]" on May 26, 2007.<ref>Larsen, Peter. [http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/abox/article_1706791.php "'Star Wars' convention to attract thousands"]. ''Orange County Register''. Published May 24, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2007.</ref> He is a skilled [[pianist]] and [[singer]] who in his early years trained with [[Frank Sinatra]]'s vocal coach.<ref name="Bartlett"/>


[[Image:Seth mcfarlane speaks at wga rally.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Seth MacFarlane speaks at a [[Writers Guild of America]] rally in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] on November 9, 2007.]]
===International carriers===
As of March, 2008,<ref name="rusli"/> MacFarlane was dating [[Eliza Dushku]]. He is unmarried<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Lasky | coauthors= | title=Eliza Dushku's Family Guy | date=[[2008-03-10]] | publisher= | url =http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/5086 | work =OK! Magazine | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-11 | language = }}</ref>. In 2004, in an interview with ''The Daily Princetonian'', MacFarlane noted his similarities to Brian on ''Family Guy'', revealing, "I have some Brian type issues from time to time — looking for the right person — but I date as much as the next guy".<ref name="rusli">{{cite news | first=Evelyn | last=Rusli | coauthors= | title='Family Guy': Today Princeton, tomorrow the world | date= | publisher=Princeton University | url =http://web.archive.org/web/20040821091530/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/02/05/arts/9500.shtml | work =The Daily Princetonian | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-05 | language = }} Published February 5, 2004.</ref>
International arrivals go to immigration and baggage claim on the first floor. International departures are ticketed on the fourth floor and board from the third floor.


MacFarlane is an [[atheist]], who supports gay rights, and gay marriage.<ref name=Advocate>{{cite news |first=Voss |last=Brandon |title=Big Gay Following Seth MacFarlane |format=Magazine |publisher=Michael Phelps |location=The Advocate |pages=22-23 |date= February 26, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-15|archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> He has said the treatment of a gay cousin by a family member, who suggested his homosexuality could be "cured," helped shape his beliefs on the matter.<ref name=Advocate/> The event angered MacFarlane, who later stated, "[that it is] fucking horrifying to hear [that] from someone [he] love[s]".<ref name=Advocate/>
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===Activism and the 2008 Writers' Strike===
*'''[[Africa]]''' - [[Cairo International Airport|Cairo]]
During the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]], MacFarlane publicly sided with the Writer's Guild, and fully participated in the strike.<ref>[http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2529 "Pencils Down"]. Writers' Guild of America. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref> Official production of the show was halted for most of December 2007 and various periods afterwards. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, and though he refused to work on the show during the strike, his contract with Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it subsequently produced.<ref name="adalian">{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975944.html?categoryid=2821|title=Fox to air new 'Guy' Sunday; MacFarlane hopes network changes plans|last=Adalian|first=Josef|work=Variety|accessdate=2007-11-13|date=2007-11-13}}</ref> Rumors of continued production on ''Family Guy'' prompted the statement from MacFarlane that "...it would just be a colossal dick move if they did that".<ref name="adalian"/> The strike ended on February 12, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strike over, Hollywood writers head back to work|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/13/writers.strike/index.html|work=CNN.com|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>


===Political beliefs===
*'''[[Asia]]'''
MacFarlane is a supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name=Advocate/> He has donated $33,500 to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] causes such as the [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]] and the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]].<ref name="political"/> In addition, he has also donated $1,000 to [[U.S. President|U.S. Presidential Candidate]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="political">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Seth_MacFarlane.php
**'''[[Central Asia]]''' - [[Tashkent International Airport|Tashkent]]
|title=Seth MacFarlane's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=newsmeat.com|accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref>
**'''[[East Asia]]''' - [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing]], [[Gimhae International Airport|Busan]], [[Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport|Dalian]], [[Fuzhou Changle International Airport|Fuzhou]], [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]], [[Haikou Meilan International Airport|Haikou]], [[Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport|Hangzhou]], [[Harbin Taiping International Airport|Harbin]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Jeju International Airport|Jeju]], [[Kunming Wujiaba International Airport|Kunming]], [[Nanjing Lukou International Airport|Nanjing]], [[Qingdao Liuting International Airport|Qingdao]], [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul-Incheon]], [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Shanghai-Pudong]], [[Shenyang Taoxian International Airport|Shenyang]], [[Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport|Shenzhen]], [[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport|Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan]], [[Chinggis Khaan International Airport|Ulaanbaatar]], [[Vladivostok International Airport|Vladivostok]] [''seasonal''], [[Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport|Xiamen]], [[Yantai Laishan International Airport|Yantai]]
**'''[[South Asia]]''' - [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Tribhuvan International Airport|Kathmandu]],[[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport|Mumbai]]
**'''[[Southeast Asia]]''' - [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi]], [[Mactan-Cebu International Airport|Cebu]] begin October 26, [[Ngurah Rai International Airport|Denpasar]], [[Noi Bai International Airport|Hanoi]], [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport|Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Soekarno-Hatta International Airport|Jakarta]], [[Kota Kinabalu International Airport|Kota Kinabalu]], [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur]], [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila]], [[Singapore Changi Airport|Singapore]]
**'''[[Southwest Asia]]''' - [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]], [[Doha International Airport|Doha]]


===Experience with September 11, 2001 attacks===
*'''[[Europe]]''' - [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]], [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]], [[Helsinki-Vantaa Airport|Helsinki]], [[Ataturk International Airport|Istanbul-Atatürk]], [[London Heathrow Airport|London-Heathrow]], [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport|Paris-Charles de Gaulle]], [[Leonardo da Vinci Airport|Rome-Fiumicino]],
On the morning of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], MacFarlane was scheduled to return to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] on [[American Airlines Flight 11]] from [[Boston, Massachusetts]], after delivering a keynote speech at his [[alma mater]]. MacFarlane has stated that his [[travel agent]] had given him an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.)<ref name="tenquestions"/> and that he had been suffering from a [[hangover]] from the previous night's celebrations.<ref>"Full Frontal TV" Q&A: Head of the Family". ''[[Penthouse Magazine]]''. September 2007.</ref> As a result, he arrived at [[Logan International Airport]] sometime around 7:30 and was unable to board the flight after being told that the gates had been closed.<ref name="tenquestions">{{cite web |url=
http://www.mania.com/39625.html|title=DVD Interview: 10 Questions with FAMILY GUY's Seth MacFarlane - Part Two |publisher=ManiaDVD |accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref> Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked,<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/penttbom/aa11/11.htm 9/11 Investigation (PENTTBOM)]. [[FBI]] National Press Release, September 2001. Retrieved December 21, 2007.</ref> and at 8:46 a.m. was flown into the North Tower of the [[World Trade Center]], [[Port Authority]], New York City, with no survivors.<ref name="ntsb">{{cite web |url=http://www.ntsb.gov/info/Flight_%20Path_%20Study_AA11.pdf |title=Flight Path Study - American Airlines Flight 11 |format=PDF||publisher=National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref>


In an interview with [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]], MacFarlane said the following about his close call:
*'''[[North America]]''' - [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit]], [[Honolulu International Airport|Honolulu]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco International Airport|San Francisco]], [[Vancouver International Airport|Vancouver]] [ends October 25]
{{cquote|"The only reason it hasn’t really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn’t really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you’re crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car… this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can’t let it affect me because I’m a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head."<ref name=TVShows>{{cite web |url=
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/articles/seth.cfm|title=Interview with Seth MacFarlane |publisher=TVShowsonDVD.com |accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref>}}


== Awards and nominations ==
*'''[[Oceania]]''' - [[Auckland International Airport|Auckland]], [[Cairns International Airport|Cairns]] [ends December 2008], [[Christchurch International Airport|Christchurch]], [[Gold Coast Airport|Gold Coast]] [begins October 1], [[Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport|Guam]], [ends [[January 13]]] [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]], [[Faa'a International Airport|Papeete]] [ends October 1], [[Saipan International Airport|Saipan]] [begins December 19], [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]]
Seth MacFarlane received two Emmy awards for his vocal performances and music on ''Family Guy''. He has also received awards for his work in animation. MacFarlane received an [[honorary doctorate]] of fine arts at his [[alma mater]]'s [[Commencement speech|commencement]] on June 2, 2007.<ref>[http://www.projo.com/news/content/RISDGRAD03_06-03-07_MG5SHIT.31ebed6.html "The art of graduating goes to a higher plane at RISD ceremony"] ''The Providence Journal''. Retrieved June 3, 2007</ref>
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==== Passenger Airlines and Destinations ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:89%;width:100%"
|+ '''Passenger airlines operating in Kansai Airport'''
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! width="20%"|Airlines|| width="60%", class="unsortable"|Destinations||width="17%"|Terminal
|-
|-
! Year
| [[Air Canada]]
! Award
|Vancouver [ends October 25]
! Category
|North Wing
! Result
|-
|-
| 2007
| [[Air China]]
| 1st Annual Wave Awards, Academy of Wireless Arts, Video and Entertainment
|Beijing, Dailan, Shanghai-Pudong
| 2007 Favorite Clipped (from television) Comedy Series, ''Family Guy''
|South Wing
| '''Won'''<ref>[http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18037 1st Annual Wave Awards Winners Revealed By Academy Of Wireless Arts, Video And Entertainment].
Academy of Wireless Arts, Video and Entertainment. Retrieved January 8, 2008.</ref>
|-
|-
| 2006
| [[Air France]]
| [[Annie Award]] winner for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production.
|Paris-Charles de Gaulle
| Stewie Griffin, "[[Brian the Bachelor]]" episode. ''Family Guy''.
|South Wing
| '''Won'''<ref name="Annie2007"> {{cite web|url=http://www.annieawards.com/33rdannieawardwinners.htm |title=Annie Award Winners |accessdate=2007-12-21 |publisher=Annie Awards|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070701085019/http://annieawards.com/33rdannieawardwinners.htm|archivedate = 2007-07-10}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2002
| [[Air India]]
|[[Emmy]] Award winner for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
|Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai
|''Family Guy''
|South Wing
|'''Won'''<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117966166.html?nav=eproducer07 |title=Seth MacFarlane: ''Family Guy'', ''American Dad!'' |accessdate=2007-12-21 |last=McLean |first=Thomas |date=2007-06-01 |publisher=''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' }}</ref>
|-
| [[Air Macau]]
| Macau
| North Wing
|
|-
| [[Air New Zealand]]
|Auckland, Christchurch
|South Wing
|-
| [[Air Tahiti Nui]]
|Papeete [ends October 1]
|North Wing
|-
| [[Alitalia]]
|Rome-Fiumicino
|North Wing
|-
| [[All Nippon Airways]] ''Domestic (part)''
|Fukuoka, Goto Fukue, Hakodate, Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Memanbetsu, Miyazaki, Okinawa, Sapporo Chitose, Tokyo-Haneda, Wakkanai
|Domestic ''(Gates 16-20; 201-202)''
|-
| [[All Nippon Airways]] ''Domestic (part)''
|Matsuyama, Miyakojima, Tokyo-Haneda
|Domestic ''(Gates 20-26; 211-212)''
|-
| [[All Nippon Airways]] ''International''
|Beijing, Dailan, Guam [ends [[January 13]]] <ref> [http://guam.mvarietynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=872:ana-confirms-shutdown-on-january-13&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=2 Marianas Variety, ANA confirms shutdown on January 13, 2008-08-19] </ref>, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Qingdao, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Xiamen
|North Wing
|-
| [[Asiana Airlines]]
|Busan, Saipan [begins December 19], Seoul-Incheon
|North Wing
|-
| [[Cathay Pacific]]
|Hong Kong, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
|North Wing
|-
| [[Cebu Pacific]]
|Manila [begins [[November 20]]]<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cebupacificair.com/aboutus/press/2008/09152008.html|title=Cebu Pacific flies Manila-Osaka|publisher=Cebu Pacific|date=[[2008-09-15]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[China Airlines]]
|Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
|South Wing
|-
| [[China Eastern Airlines]]
|Beijing, Nanjing, Kunming, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong, Yantai
|South Wing
|-
| [[China Southern Airlines]]
|Dailan, Guangzhou, Harbin, Shenyang
|South Wing
|-
| [[EgyptAir]]
|Cairo
|South Wing
|-
| [[Emirates Airline|Emirates]]
|Dubai
|South Wing
|-
| [[EVA Air]]
|Los Angeles, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
|North Wing
|-
| [[Finnair]]
|Helsinki
|North Wing
|-
| [[Garuda Indonesia]]
|Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta
|North Wing
|-
| [[Hainan Airlines]]
|Beijing, Haikou
|South Wing
|-
| [[Hong Kong Express Airways]]
|Hong Kong
|South Wing
|-
| [[Japan Airlines]] ''Domestic''
* [[Japan Transocean Air]]
|Akita, Aomori, Asahikawa, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hakodate, Kushiro, Memambetsu, Obihiro, Okinawa, Sapporo Chitose, Tokyo-Haneda
*Ishigaki, Okinawa
|Domestic ''(Gates 20-26; 211-212)''
|-
| [[Japan Airlines]] ''International''
* [[JALways]]
|Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Busan, Dalian, Denpasar/Bali, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Koror, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Qingdao, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
*Guam, Honolulu
|South Wing
|-
| [[KLM]]
|Amsterdam
|North Wing
|-
| [[Korean Air]]
|Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Incheon
|North Wing
|-
| [[Lufthansa]]
|Frankfurt
|North Wing
|-
| [[Malaysia Airlines]]
|Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur
|North Wing
|-
| [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]]
|Ulaanbaatar
|North Wing
|-
| [[Nepal Airlines]]
|Kathmandu
|North Wing
|-
| [[Northwest Airlines]]
|Detroit, Guam, Honolulu, Saipan, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
|North Wing
|-
| [[Philippine Airlines]]
|Cebu [begins [[Oct 26]]], Manila
|South Wing
|-
| [[Qantas]]
* [[Jetstar Airways]]
|
* Cairns [ends December 2008], Gold Coast [begins October 1 2008], Sydney
|North Wing
|
|-
| [[Qatar Airways]]
|Doha, Seoul-Incheon
|North Wing
|-
|-
| [[Shanghai Airlines]]
|Shanghai-Pudong
|North Wing
|-
| [[Shenzhen Airlines]]
|Fuzhou, Shenzhen
|South Wing
|-
| [[Singapore Airlines]]
|Singapore
|South Wing
|-
| [[StarFlyer]]
|Tokyo-Haneda
|Domestic ''(Gates 20-26; 211-212)''
|-
| [[Thai Airways International]]
|Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Los Angeles [begins October 2008], Manila, Phuket
|North Wing
|-
|[[Turkish Airlines]]
|Istanbul-Atatürk
|North Wing
|-
| [[United Airlines]]
|San Francisco
|North Wing
|-
| [[Uzbekistan Airways]]
|Tashkent
|North Wing
|-
| [[Vietnam Airlines]]
|Los Angeles [begins October 27], Ho Chi Minh City
|South Wing
|-
| [[Vladivostok Air]]
|Vladivostok [seasonal]
|South Wing
|-
| [[Xiamen Airlines]]
|Hangzhou, Xiamen
|South Wing
|-
|-
|2000
|Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Voice-over Performance.
|[[Stewie Griffin]], ''[[Family Guy]]''.
|'''Won'''<ref name="variety"/>
|}
|}


==References==
=== Cargo carriers ===
{{reflist|2}}
[[Image:Kansai_International_Airport_3.JPG|thumb|Air traffic [[Control tower]]]]
* [[Air Hong Kong]]
* [[Dragonair (airline)|Dragonair]]
* [[FedEx Express]]
* [[Korean Air Cargo]]
* Lufthansa Cargo
* [[Nippon Cargo Airlines]]
* [[SAS Cargo Group|Scandinavian Airlines System]]
* [[UPS Airlines]]
* [[China Postal Airlines]]
* [[Jade Cargo International]]
* [[Yangtze River Express Airlines]]
* [[Cargoitalia]]
* [[Galaxy Airlines]]
* [[Cathay Pacific Cargo]]
* Polar Air Cargo


== Ground transportation ==
== External links ==
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=== Rail ===
*{{imdb name|id=0532235|name=Seth MacFarlane}}
[[Image:Jrwest 281.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Haruka (train)|Haruka]]'', [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]]'s Kansai Airport Limited Express to [[Tennoji Station|Tennoji]], [[Shin-Osaka Station|Shin-Osaka]] and [[Kyoto Station]].]]
*[http://www.familyguy.com Official ''Family Guy'' Website] on Fox
[[Image:KansaiAirport Rapit.JPG|thumb|right|''[[rapi:t]]'', Nankai Railway's limited express train to [[Namba Station]]. One way (for adult) 1,390 yen.]]
*[http://www.sethcomedy.com Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy]
Kansai International Airport is connected only by the Sky Gate Bridge R, a road / railroad bridge to [[Rinku Town]] and the mainland. The lower railroad level of the bridge is used by two railroad operators: [[West Japan Railway Company|West Japan Railway]] (JR West) and [[Nankai Electric Railway]].
*[http://www.myspace.com/sethwmacfarlane Seth MacFarlane on MySpace]
*[http://www.fox.com/americandad Official ''American Dad!'' Website] on Fox
*[http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p1.html Interview] on [[IGN.com]]
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{{Family Guy}}
[[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] operates ''[[Haruka (train)|Haruka]]'', the limited express train services for [[Kansai Airport Station]] from [[Tennoji Station|Tennoji]], [[Shin-Osaka Station|Shin-Osaka]] and [[Kyoto Station]]. JR West also offers "Kansai Airport Rapid" services for [[Kansai Airport Station]] from [[Osaka Station|Osaka]] and [[Kyobashi Station (Osaka)|Kyobashi Station]], as well as several stations on the way. Various connections, such as buses, subways, trams, and other railroads, are available at each station.
{{American Dad}}
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Nankai operates ''[[rapi:t]]'', a limited express train service to [[Namba Station]] on the southern edge of downtown Osaka. Subway connections are available at Namba and [[Tengachaya Station]].


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Railroad plans were drawn up in the late 1980s for an underwater railway connecting Kansai Airport to downtown [[Kobe, Hyogo|Kobe]] and [[Kobe Airport]], although the extremely high cost of the project led to its indefinite postponement.


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|NAME= MacFarlane, Seth
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[http://www.kate.co.jp/pc/index_e.html Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise] and other code-sharing bus operators offer scheduled express bus services, called "Airport Limousines", for Kansai International Airport. The followings are estimated travel time and fare for each destination:
|SHORT DESCRIPTION= Television producer
* Wakayama: 40 min., ¥1,100
|DATE OF BIRTH= 1973-10-26
* Osaka Station: 60 min., ¥1,300
|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Kent, Connecticut]], [[United States]]
* Sannomiya Station: 65 min., ¥1,800
|DATE OF DEATH=
* Universal Studios Japan: 70 min., ¥1,300
|PLACE OF DEATH=
* Itami Airport: 70 min., ¥1,700
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* Nara: 85 min., ¥1,800
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* Kyoto: 100 min., ¥2,300
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* Himeji: 130 min., ¥3,000
[[Category:American animators]]

[[Category:American atheists]]
There are other destinations.
[[Category:Canadian Americans]]
* [[Marugame]], [[Takamatsu]] and [[Naruto, Tokushima|Naruto]]
[[Category:Welsh Americans]]
* [[Tokushima]]
[[Category:American television writers]]
* [[Okayama]]
[[Category:American voice actors]]
* [[Takatsuki]]
[[Category:Annie Award winners]]
* [[Nishinomiya]]
[[Category:Connecticut actors]]
* [[Amagasaki]]
[[Category:Connecticut Democrats]]
* [[Keihanna Science City]]
[[Category:Emmy Award winners]]
* [[Hirakata]] and [[Uji]]
[[Category:English Americans]]
* [[Moriguchi]]
[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:People from Connecticut]]
=== Parking ===
[[Category:People from Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Image:Sky_gate_bridge01s3200.jpg|thumb|Sky Gate Bridge to the mainland]]
[[Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni]]
Two six-story parking structures, called P1 and P2, are above a railroad terminal station, while the other two level parking facilities, called P3 and P4, are adjacent to "Aeroplaza", a hotel complex.
[[Category:Scottish-Americans]]

The airport is only accessible from the Sky Gate Bridge R, a part of Kansai Airport Expressway. The expressway immediately connects to [[Hanshin Expressway]]s Route 5, "Wangan Route", and [[Hanwa Expressway]].

=== Ferry Service ===

In July 2007 a high-speed ferry service (run by Kaijo Access Co.) began operating between Kobe Airport and KIX. It takes 30 minutes and costs 1500 yen for adults and 700 yen for children. From KIX the ferry service runs from first departure at 7:15 am to final departure at 22:30 pm, and from Kobe Airport it runs from 6:30 am to 21:45 pm.

Previous services to Sumoto on Awaji Island and to Tokushima have been discontinued.

== Other facilities ==
*[[Thermal power station|Central power station]] ([[Kansai Electric Power Company|KEPCO]] energy center. 40,000kW)
*Central heating and cooling plant
*Sewage disposal plant (disposing 20,000 m³ per a day)
*Incineration plant
*[[Japan Coast Guard]] Kansai airport Coast Guard air base
*Japan Coast Guard [[Special Security Team]] Base
*Osaka international post office (treating international postal matters about 19,000 tonne per a year)
*Oil tanker berths (3 berths) and Fuel Supply center
*Airport access bridge ("The Sky Gate Bridge R")
:The longest [[truss bridge]] in the world at 3,750 m. The double decker bridge consists of a lower deck devoted to rail, with the upper for road.

==See also==
{{portal|Osaka|Flag of Osaka City.png}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{commons|Kansai International Airport}}
*[http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp KIX operations website in English]
*[http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/ KIX corporate website]
*[http://www.kald.co.jp/english/eindexframe.html KIX development website]
*[http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/company/history.html History of KIX]
*{{wikitravelpar|Kansai International Airport}}
*[http://www.worldairportguide.com/airports/kix/kix.asp World Airport Guide: Kansai International Airport]
*[http://www.focchi.it/projects/kansai-international-airport/ About the project of Kansai International Airport]
*[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20070810a1.html Kansai airport faces competition] - Japan Times editorial, August 10, 2007
*[http://galeria.elarq.com/main.php?g2_itemId=13006 Architecture gallery]

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[[Category:Artificial island airports]]
[[Category:Kansai region]]
[[Category:Airports in Japan]]


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Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane at a reception after giving a speech at the Rhode Island School of Design
Born
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane
Years active1995 - present

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an Emmy award-winning American comedian, animator, screenwriter, producer, actor, voice actor and composer. MacFarlane is best known as the creator and executive producer of Fox Broadcasting Company's animated series Family Guy and American Dad!. He was executive producer of the short-lived television series The Winner. MacFarlane's series are produced through his company, Fuzzy Door Productions.[1]

MacFarlane voices several characters from his cartoon programs Family Guy and American Dad!. He also voices The English Yokel from The Cleveland Show.[2] As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls and The War at Home. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Krauss in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. His cartoon shows are known for spoof references to Star Wars and Star Trek. He recently made his own YouTube channel called Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy.

He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States. A recent deal signed with The Fox Broadcasting Company has made MacFarlane the highest-paid television writer and producer in history. He resides in Los Angeles, California where he recently purchased a $13.5 million home and is reportedly being paid $100 million by 20th Century Fox TV for his most recent contract with them.[3]

Early life

MacFarlane was born on October 26, 1973, in Kent, Connecticut.[4] His mother, Ann Perry (née Sager), and father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, reside in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and are of English, Scottish and Welsh descent, partly by way of Canada.[5] During his childhood, MacFarlane developed an interest in illustration and began drawing cartoon characters Fred Flintstone and Woody Woodpecker.[6] When he was eight years old, he drew "Walter Crouton", a comic strip for the The Kent Good Times Dispatch.[7]

MacFarlane received his high school diploma in 1991 from the Kent School in Connecticut. His headmaster, the Rev. Richardson W. Schell, publicly rebuked MacFarlane for his "low" style of humor and later asked Fox not to air Family Guy.[8] MacFarlane's parents, who both taught at the school, resigned in protest.[9][10][11]

MacFarlane went on to study animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[7] As a student, he wanted to work for The Walt Disney Company, but changed his mind upon graduating from RISD. As he recalled, "Like a lot of animators, I felt Disney is God. Now, it's become Disney is Satan".[12] During college, he created his thesis film entitled The Life of Larry.[7] His professor at RISD submitted MacFarlane's cartoon to Hanna-Barbera, where he was later hired.[13]

Career in animation and television

At Hanna-Barbera, MacFarlane worked as an animator and writer for Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoons series.[14] He also worked on Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, and Dexter's Laboratory.[15] MacFarlane also created and wrote a short titled "Zoomates" for Frederator Studios' Oh Yeah! Cartoons on Nickelodeon.[16] In 1996, MacFarlane created a sequel to The Life of Larry called Larry and Steve, which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog Steve. The short was broadcast as one of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons. Executives at Fox saw both Larry shorts and contracted MacFarlane to create a series based on the characters, to be called Family Guy.[1]

At twenty-four, MacFarlane was television's youngest executive producer.[6] Fox proposed MacFarlane complete a fifteen minute short, giving him a budget of fifty thousand dollars.[17] MacFarlane stated that the pilot for Family Guy took six months to create and produce.[13] Recalling the experience in an interview with The New York Times, MacFarlane stated, "I spent about six months with no sleep and no life, just drawing like crazy in my kitchen and doing this pilot".[18] MacFarlane's heavy involvement with Family Guy caused him to expand to other animation projects, such as American Dad! and The Cleveland Show.

Bolstered by high DVD sales and established fan loyalty, Family Guy developed into a $1 billion franchise.[19] On May 4, 2008, after approximately two and a half years of negotiations, MacFarlane reached a $100 million dollar agreement with Fox to keep Family Guy and American Dad until 2012. The deal makes him the world's highest paid television writer.[20]

MacFarlane has come under some fire by many critics for 'blandness' in his characters, most notably was a review of American Dad! by Jeff Cohen, who stated, "It's the same chemistry as Family Guy. The daft father, indifferent mother, older and uncool daughter and younger, nerdy and thick son are all too the same. The variety? Instead of a talking dog, we get a talking fish, or, in the case of his latest show, The Cleveland Show, talking bears. And instead of a super-intelligent baby we have an undiscovered alien. And The Cleveland Show is looking set to head right down that route."[21]

Family Guy

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Seth MacFarlane and Seth Green perform in Family Guy Live in Los Angeles.
Main article: Family Guy

Family Guy first aired on January 31, 1999.[22] MacFarlane's work in animating Family Guy has been influenced by Jackie Gleason and Woody Allen's work, along with examples from The Simpsons and All in the Family.[23] In addition to writing three episodes, "Death Has a Shadow", "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1" and North by North Quahog MacFarlane voices Family Guy's main characters—Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire as well as Tom Tucker and his son Jake and additional characters.

MacFarlane's success with Family Guy has opened doors to other ventures relating to Family Guy. On April 26, 2005, he and composer Walter Murphy created Family Guy: Live in Vegas. The soundtrack features a Broadway show tune theme, and MacFarlane voiced Stewie in the track "Stewie's Sexy Party".[24] A fan of Broadway musicals,[1] MacFarlane comments on using musicals as a component to Family Guy:

"I love the lush orchestration and old-fashioned melody writing... it just gets you excited, that kind of music," he said. "It's very optimistic. And it's fun. The one thing that's missing for me, from popular music today, is fun. Guys like [Bing] Crosby, or [Frank] Sinatra, or Dean Martin, or Mel Torme...these are guys who sounded like they were having a great time."[25]

In addition, a Family Guy video game was released in 2006.[26] Two years later, in August 2007, he closed a digital content production deal with AdSense.[27] MacFarlane takes cast members on the road to voice characters in front of live audiences. Family Guy Live provides fans with the opportunity to hear future scripts. In mid-2007, Chicago fans had the opportunity to hear the then upcoming sixth season premiere "Blue Harvest". Shows have been played in Montreal, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.[28]

In spite of its popularity, Family Guy has not been immune to criticism. It has been cancelled twice, although strong fan support and DVD sales have caused Fox to reconsider on both occasions.[29] MacFarlane mentioned how these cancellations affected lineup of writers each time Fox again gave Family Guy the green light, "One of the positive aspects of 'Family Guy' constantly being pulled off [the air] is that we were always having to restaff writers".[25]

During the sixth season, episodes of Family Guy and American Dad! were delayed from regular broadcast due the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. On February 12, 2008, the strike ended,[30] and the series resumed airing regularly, beginning with "Back to the Woods".

American Dad!

Main article: American Dad!

Seth co-created American Dad, with Matt Weitzman and Mike Barker. American Dad! was first shown after Super Bowl XXXIX as a sneak preview on February 6, 2005. The show began airing regularly on Fox on May 1, 2005.[31][32] MacFarlane describes the show being similar to All in the Family.[25]

American Dad! received its inspiration from President George W. Bush's policies.[33] The show focuses on Stan Smith, a straitlaced CIA officer and fanatical neoconservative. Stan's wife (Francine) and children, (Steve and Hayley), share a typical middle class home with Roger, an extraterrestrial alien rescued by Stan from Area 51, and Klaus, a goldfish who hosts the transplanted brain of an East German, 1986 Olympian skier.[34][35] Seth MacFarlane provides the voices of Stan and Roger, and based Roger's voice on Paul Lynde as he played Uncle Arthur in Bewitched.[6] His sister Rachael MacFarlane provides the voice of Hayley Smith.[36]

The Winner

Main article: The Winner

MacFarlane was the executive producer of a live-action sitcom starring Rob Corddry called The Winner.[37] The show premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007.[38] The plot has a man named Glen discussing the time he matured at thirty-two and has him pursuing his only love, after she moves in next door. Glen meets her son and both become good friends.[39]

After six episodes, the show was officially canceled on May 16, 2007.[40] However, at Family Guy Live in Montreal on July 21, 2007, Seth MacFarlane stated, "It is looking like there could be a future life for The Winner".[41] After MacFarlane's statement neither Fox nor MacFarlane has released any details of plans for the show to return.

The Cleveland Show

Main article: The Cleveland Show

MacFarlane is currently developing a Family Guy spin-off called The Cleveland Show, which focuses on the character of Cleveland Brown and his family. The idea for the show originated from a suggestion by Family Guy writer and voice of Cleveland, Mike Henry. Fox has ordered 13 episodes and the series is expected to be announced as a part of the 2009 FOX lineup.[42]

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

Main article: Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

On September 10, 2008, MacFarlane released a series of web episodes known as Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. These animated shorts are distributed by Burger King and released weekly. [43] The series saw a successful launch with Seth MacFarlane's YouTube Channel, SethComedy, becoming the most watched YouTube channel of the week obtaining over 3 million video views only 2 days after the first episode was released. [44]

Guest appearances

Seth MacFarlane signs autographs at the Star Wars Convention in Los Angeles on May 26, 2007.

MacFarlane has appeared in sitcoms, comedy and news programs, independent films, and other animated shows. MacFarlane served as a host to the Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts's Second Annual Elan Awards on February 15, 2008.[45] In 2002, MacFarlane appeared in the Gilmore Girls's episode "Lorelai's Graduation Day".[13] Four years later on November 5, 2006, MacFarlane guest starred on Fox's The War at Home as "Hillary's Date", an unnamed 33-year-old man who secretly dates teenaged Hillary in the episode "I Wash My Hands of You".[12][46] MacFarlane has also appeared as the engineer Ensign Rivers on the show Star Trek: Enterprise in the third season episode "The Forgotten" and the fourth season episode "Affliction".[47] During 2006, Seth had a role in the short independent film Life is Short. His character is Dr. Ned, a psychologist who advises a short man (played by Freaks and Geeks star Samm Levine) to have relationships with taller women.[48] He is also a frequent guest on the radio talkshow Loveline, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky.

In Fox's comedy show MADtv on November 11, 2006, MacFarlane appeared and showed a live action re-enactment of a scene from the Family Guy episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High". In the scene, Peter and Lois suspect Chris of murdering his teacher's husband. As a reaction, Meg jumps out the window in fear. The actress playing Meg was cut and bled after her window stunt. A version with Seth as Peter, Nicole Parker as Lois, Ike Barinholtz as Chris, Nicole Randall Johnson as Meg, and Keegan-Michael Key as Stewie was recorded over the original cartoon.[49]

MacFarlane has also appeared on news shows and late night television shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live[50] and The Late Show with David Letterman.[51] On January 19, 2007, MacFarlane appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC to discuss Stephen Colbert's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor and Bill O'Reilly's return appearance on The Colbert Report. MacFarlane introduced the segment by saying in Stewie's voice "Oh, wait Bill. Hold still, allow me to soil myself on you. Victory is mine!"[52] Three months later on March 24, 2007, MacFarlane was interviewed on Fox's Talkshow with Spike Feresten,[53] and closed the show by singing the Frank Sinatra song "You Make Me Feel So Young".[54]

Other than Family Guy and American Dad!, MacFarlane voices characters in other cartoon shows and movies. He voiced Wayne "The Main Brain" McClain in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.[55] He has also voiced various characters on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken—including a parody of Lion-O and Emperor Palpatine as well as Peter Griffin himself in the Season 2 premiere —and the villain "The Manotaur" in Bob Boyle's animated kids series Yin Yang Yo.[56] In addition, MacFarlane voiced Johann Krauss in the 2008 film Hellboy II: The Golden Army.[57]

Speaking engagements

MacFarlane is a frequent speaking guest on college campuses.[58] On April 16, 2006, he was invited by Stanford University's ASSU Speakers' Bureau to address an audience of over 1,000 at Memorial Auditorium.[59] MacFarlane was invited by Harvard University's class of 2006 to deliver the "class day" address on June 7, 2006. He spoke as himself, as Peter Griffin, as Stewie Griffin, and as Glen Quagmire.[60] He has also delivered speeches at George Washington University,[58] Washington University in St. Louis,[15] the University of Texas,[61] and the University of Missouri.[62]

Personal life

MacFarlane identifies himself as a Star Wars, Star Trek and science fiction fan.[47][63] He appeared at a Star Wars convention to promote his new Family Guy episode "Blue Harvest" on May 26, 2007.[64] He is a skilled pianist and singer who in his early years trained with Frank Sinatra's vocal coach.[1]

Seth MacFarlane speaks at a Writers Guild of America rally in Culver City on November 9, 2007.

As of March, 2008,[65] MacFarlane was dating Eliza Dushku. He is unmarried[66]. In 2004, in an interview with The Daily Princetonian, MacFarlane noted his similarities to Brian on Family Guy, revealing, "I have some Brian type issues from time to time — looking for the right person — but I date as much as the next guy".[65]

MacFarlane is an atheist, who supports gay rights, and gay marriage.[21] He has said the treatment of a gay cousin by a family member, who suggested his homosexuality could be "cured," helped shape his beliefs on the matter.[21] The event angered MacFarlane, who later stated, "[that it is] fucking horrifying to hear [that] from someone [he] love[s]".[21]

Activism and the 2008 Writers' Strike

During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, MacFarlane publicly sided with the Writer's Guild, and fully participated in the strike.[67] Official production of the show was halted for most of December 2007 and various periods afterwards. Fox continued producing episodes without MacFarlane's final approval, and though he refused to work on the show during the strike, his contract with Fox required him to contribute to any episodes it subsequently produced.[68] Rumors of continued production on Family Guy prompted the statement from MacFarlane that "...it would just be a colossal dick move if they did that".[68] The strike ended on February 12, 2008.[69]

Political beliefs

MacFarlane is a supporter of the Democratic Party.[21] He has donated $33,500 to Democratic causes such as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[70] In addition, he has also donated $1,000 to U.S. Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.[70]

Experience with September 11, 2001 attacks

On the morning of the September 11, 2001 attacks, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts, after delivering a keynote speech at his alma mater. MacFarlane has stated that his travel agent had given him an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.)[71] and that he had been suffering from a hangover from the previous night's celebrations.[72] As a result, he arrived at Logan International Airport sometime around 7:30 and was unable to board the flight after being told that the gates had been closed.[71] Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked,[73] and at 8:46 a.m. was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Port Authority, New York City, with no survivors.[74]

In an interview with TVShowsOnDVD.com, MacFarlane said the following about his close call:

"The only reason it hasn’t really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn’t really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you’re crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car… this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can’t let it affect me because I’m a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head."[75]

Awards and nominations

Seth MacFarlane received two Emmy awards for his vocal performances and music on Family Guy. He has also received awards for his work in animation. MacFarlane received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at his alma mater's commencement on June 2, 2007.[76]

Year Award Category Result
2007 1st Annual Wave Awards, Academy of Wireless Arts, Video and Entertainment 2007 Favorite Clipped (from television) Comedy Series, Family Guy Won[77]
2006 Annie Award winner for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production. Stewie Griffin, "Brian the Bachelor" episode. Family Guy. Won[78]
2002 Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. Family Guy Won[79]
2000 Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Voice-over Performance. Stewie Griffin, Family Guy. Won[79]

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