That Anime Show

Neal Malley has been working at FUNimation for nearly 11 years as a Re-recording Mix Engineer and occasional Sound Designer. His background includes sound design for live theater, and before that he played trombone for eight years. He’s been infatuated with vibrating air molecules and the stories they tell all the way back to playing with a tape recorder at age 7. Having acted a few isolated times he definitely prefers being behind the scenes where the gear is.

Neal has mixed the English dub of many shows while at FUNimation, including Casshern Sins, .Hack Quantum, Black Cat, Ouran High School Host Club, Chrome-Shelled Regios, Strike Witches, Princess Jellyfish, Shin Chan, Rosario+Vampire, Okamisan, Chaos Head, One Piece, Dragonball, DBZ, DBGT, Birdy the Mighty, among others. But it’s working with the people at FUNimation that makes it all so much fun. Neal is in a band called White Girl with Sonny Strait and Gayla Jackson. White Girl will be performing at Ikasucan in Fort Wayne, Indiana this July.

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Stephen Hoff, Sound Engineer to the… stars?, returns as a guest! Episode 3 was Stephen’s first appearance on the show, but Tatum was absent during that recording. This marks the first time that only the TAS Crew has been on an episode, making this That Anime Show’s “Bottle Episode”. Don’t know what that means? Have a listen and all shall be revealed.

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LEAH CLARK Leah is a voice actress and script writer for FUNimation Entertainment. Her
voice acting career began when she appeared as Girl B in an episode of Case Closed and stole the show… in her own mind. She credits the overwhelming amount of female characters in Negima! and an odd talent for creating sheep voices for the opportunity to play her first major role, Nodoka Miyazaki which then opened the door for several other memorable roles to follow.

Some notable voice works are: Saki Morami in Eden of the East, Kagura in Ga Rei Zero,
Minami in Baka and Test, Homora in Seki Rei. Suzuka in Suzuka, Fuyuki in Sergeant Frog, Blair in Soul Eater, Akane in Rumbling Hearts, Paris in Shin Chan, Miya Miya in Bamboo Blade, Hikari in Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0, Noah in Full Metal Alchemist, Coby and Miss Doublefinger in One Piece, Tenho in O Edo Rocket, Hanabusa in Nabari No O, Maru in XXX Holic and Eri in School Rumble.

Her writing credits include Yamada’s First Time, Seki Rei, Suzuka, Sasami, The Magical Girl Club, Strike Witches, Baka and Test, Gunslinger Girl, Baccano and Peach Girl.

This year, Leah can be heard as Jiji in Princess Jellyfish, Minami in Baka and Test—Season 2, and a couple more awesome things that you’ll hear about sooner or later.

As an ADR Director, Leah has helped the casts of Sasami, the Magical Girl Club, The Tower of Druaga, STRAIN, and a couple Case Closed movies on their way to voice acting greatness. As her first love is the stage, Leah studied musical theater at Circle in the Square on Broadway in New York City. Much of her theatrical credits are in children’s theater and she has taught acting and improv to students ages 8-16 at Dallas Children’s Theater and Zach Scott Theater in Austin.

Look for Leah’s other production works online soon under the name Red Dog Nine—a company founded by her and Todd Haberkorn that likes to roll around in bed with Heal By Rain and make “creativity babies.”

Special thanks to Benjamin Oscar and Michael Gaspersic for running the Official Leah Clark Fan Club. Much love and squishes to the Leaflets! Join today on Facebook!!

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With almost 80 credits to his name, Jerry Jewell can be heard in a wide variety of shows.  He’s probably best known for his roles as Kyo Sohma in Fruits Basket, Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed, Barry the Chopper/Number 66 in Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and most recently as Russia in Hetalia: Axis Powers.

Other popular roles include Lau (Black Butler), Taira (Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad), Happiness Bunny (Shin-Chan), Rin Tsuchimi (Shuffle), Lau (Black Butler), Zelman Clock (Black Blood Brothers), Dio (Casshern Sins), Tony Frost (Blue Gender), Suzaku and Jin (Yu Yu Hakusho), and Akito Hayama (Kodocha).

He can also be heard in Dragon Ball, Eden of the East, Ouran High School Host Club, One Piece, Tsubasa, Trinity Blood, Soul Eater and a lot of other things that he may or may not remember or admit.

Jerry is very honored to have had the opportunity to work with a very talented and dedicated group of people at FUNimation, that take the quality of what they do very seriously. Well…seriously enough.

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A voice actress and ADR director, best known for the role of Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Caitlin has been working in the anime industry since 2004. Most recently Caitlin has played Hanna Annafellows in Black Butler II, Eila in Strike Witches, Kyoko in Initial D: 4^th Stage (FUNimation), Mawari in My Bride is a Mermaid, and Maya Ibuki in  Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and 2.0 You May (Not) Advance. Other well known roles include: Chachamaru & Chisame/Chiu in Negima, Deneve in Claymore, Dhianeila in Heroic Age, Kaori in Kanon, Hiyono in Spiral, LaLa in D.Gray Man, Miria in Baccano, Miss Anderson in Shin-chan, Nerine in Shuffle!, Saya in Black Cat,  Sumomo in Sergeant Frog,  Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Vivi in One Piece (FUNimation), and Yakumo in School Rumble. Caitlin can also be heard in BECK, Darker Than Black, Dragonaut: The Resonance, Hell Girl, Kaze no Stigma, Kenichi, Mushi-shi, Nabari no Ō, Ragnarok, Solty Rei, StrAIn, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Welcome to the NHK, and Witchblade, among many others. She has also voiced characters in such video games as Street Fighter IV,  Super Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter X Tekken as Cammy, Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers as Amitadatelion, and Infinite Undiscovery as Aya.

In 2008, Caitlin directed the widely popular fan-favorite, Ouran High School Host Club, as well as playing Haruhi Fujioka. Other directing credits include Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Chaos Head, Gunslinger Girl- Il Teatrino, Linebarrels of Iron, Murder Princess, Suzuka and FUNimation’s One Piece. You can follow her on her Facebook page, Caitlin Glass Voice Actor.

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That Anime Show presents their second annual Halloween special. Join Victor Costly, guest host, as he brings you stories, scenes, and music perfect for the month of October. Prepare yourself for thrills, chills, and lots of awkwardness.

Artwork by Cinthia Garcia

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Mike got his start in anime as one of the first voice actors in Texas to be hired by FUNimation Entertainment in 1997, and has since moved on to become a Director, Script Writer, and Line Producer for numerous anime series. Notable roles include Master Roshi and Yajirobe in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z: Kai, Baby and Baby-Vegeta in Dragon Ball GT, Goemon in Lupin The Third (Movie Specials), Ritsu Sohma in Fruits Basket, Lt. Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cain in Trinity Blood, Buggy the Clown in One Piece, “Ranka” Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Tybalt in Romeo x Juliet, Hyuga in Evangelion: 1.11 and 2.22, Shota in Summer Wars, as well as various roles in Yu Yu Hakusho, Galaxy Railways, Nerima Daikon Brothers, Burst Angel, Desert Punk, Hetalia, Kiddy Grade, Paradise Kiss, and many others.

As an ADR/Voice Director, Mike has worked on such series and films as Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror Of Shamballa, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball Z, Eden of the East, Vexille, Yu Yu Hakusho, Mushi-Shi, Case Closed, Dragon Ball, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, One Piece, Trinity Blood, Summer Wars, and Evangelion: You Are (Not) Alone & You Can (Not) Advance. ADR Scriptwriting credits include Fullmetal Alchemist, Kodocha, Trinity Blood, Solty Rei, Mushi-Shi, and the uncut versions of Dragon Ball Z. Line Producer credits include Hetalia, Casshern Sins, Ouran High School Host Club, My Bride is a Mermaid, Rosario + Vampire, and Linebarrels of Iron.

Mike is also an accomplished improv comedian, musician, and has appeared in numerous commercials, video games, and independent films, including The Rage Within, House Of The Generals, Placebo, and the award-winning Shtickmen.

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Texas-born Aaron Dismuke started with a few small parts (in FRUITS BASKET and KIDDY GRADE), courtesy of his cousin, Funimation ADR director Justin Cook. But it wasn’t long before the budding voice actor showed real talent, and quickly catapulted to a critical leading role in FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST as Alphonse Elric . It’s a feat all the more impressive when you do the math and realize that he was only 11 years old when he started voicing Alphonse, and that he did most of that work while speaking into a big metal bowl. Aaron resumed the role for the movie FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA, as well as several video games based on the series. Aaron (now 18 years old) can also be heard as Ion Fortuna in TRINITY BLOOD, young Ginko in MUSHI-SHI and Yasuchika in OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB. Most recently, Aaron joined FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST- BROTHERHOOD as young Van Hohenhiem and plays Ouri Kagami in SHIKABANE HIME.

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Micah Solusod is a voice acting newbie in the world of anime. He first appeared in 2009 as the younger Gilgamesh in “The Tower of Druaga” and made his debut role as Malek Werner in “Blassreiter” later that year.

Since then, Micah has been honored to provide voices for a number of characters in other FUNimation titles such as Soul Evans in “Soul Eater,” Tsutomu Senkawa in “Birdy the Mighty: Decode,” Kamui and Subaru in “Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations,” Haruki Hishida in “Rideback,” Ushijima Hiroshige in “Corpse Princess,” various guys with ponytails, and more. He can also be heard in the murder mystery game series “Jisei” as Naoki Mizutani.

When he isn’t trapped in a dark padded room he works as a freelance artist and dabbles in music and video games in his off time.

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Robert McCollum has been so blessed by the anime gods that he has been directed by BOTH Terri and Tatum in RIN (Kouki Maeno), Romeo X Juliet (Curio). Funimation credits include Baki the Grappler (Baki), Dragon Ball GT (Goten), Yu Yu Hakusho (Sensui), Witchblade (Yusuke Tozawa), Kaze no Stigma (Kazuma), Sengoku Basara (Date Masamune), Suzuka (Yasunobu), Peach Girl (Toji), Samurai 7 (Tessai) and One Piece (Donquixote Doflamingo). Robert was also featured in this year’s movie release of Summer Wars as Yorihiko Jinnouchi.

Other credits include Speed Grapher (Niihari), Sands of Distruction (Toppy), Nabari No O (Yukimi), Initial D: Fourth Stage (Wataru), Birdy the Mighty Decode (Kesiuke Muroto), Chrome Shelled Regios (Savalis), D Gray Man (Suman Dark), Tower of Druaga: Sword of Urik (Uragon), and Strain (Ralph Werec).

Robert is a former marketing director-turned-stage, improv and film actor; commercial voice artist, writer, producer, and director. (Yeah, that’s a lot of jobs. Translation: Rob doesn’t focus well.) For two years, he was seen each weekday as the host of WFAA-TV’s Good Morning Texas, and still serves as producer and contributor. In addition to extensive work on-camera, hundreds of commercials, industrial videos, and games, Rob has been heard as the voice of Church’s Chicken and Taco Bueno. And if you worked at Pier One in the early 2000‘s, Rob’s videos trained you. Lucky, lucky you.

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Stephanie Young makes her return to TAS with husband and partner in crime, David Brehm. Join them as they talk about everything from music to Cacao!

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Cherami Leigh is an on camera and voice actor from Dallas. She has been in over 60 commercials, and was a live national on air DJ for Radio Disney. She has appeared on “Walker Texas Ranger”, “The Deep End”, “Friday Night Lights” and “Chase.” As well as appearing in “Fast Food Nation”, “The Hottest State,” “The Mist,” “Spilt Milk,” the soon to be released, “Beyond the Farthest Star” and in the new webseries “Throwing Stones.” She was also in the Emmy award winning “Temple Grandin” and played Young LeAnn Rimes in “Holiday in the Heart.”

In the Anime World- she has appeared as Road in “D. Grayman, ” Sae in “Peach Girl,” Yuti La in “Heroic Age,” Elizabeth in “Black Butler,” Patty in “Soul Eater,” Ayano in “Kaze no Stigma,” Natsumi in “Sgt. Frog,” Naomi in “Witchblade,” Yoshika in “Strike Witches,” Elicia Hughes in “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”, Setsuna and Akira in “Negima,” Mai in “Ghost Hunt,” Tamaki in “Bamboo Blade,” Himawari in “XXXholic,” Lunar in “My Bride is a Mermaid,” Liechtenstein in “Hetalia,” among others. And was recently announced to be playing Cecily in “Sacred Blacksmith.”

She is also attending college, performs with an improve troupe (The Hindenburgs), loves screenwriting, painting, and stars!

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Trina Nishimura has become more and more involved in the anime scene over the past few years, primarily working with FUNimation Entertainment. Trina was first cast in Desert Punk as the little hungry girl Namiko and has refused to leave the FUNimation property ever since. Her most notably awesome credits include: Black Cat (Tanya), Claymore (Flora and Sophia), Jyu Oh Se (Tiz), Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple (Shigure Kosaka), Speed Grapher (Yui), season one and two of Negima!? (Lingshen Chao and Motsu), Sasami: Magical Girl Club (Ayane), Baldr Force Exe (Tsukina Sasagiri), School Rumble and Yurippe
School Rumble: 2nd Semester (Akira Takano), Baccano! (Rachel), Sergant Frog (Ghost Girl), Case Closed: The Last Magician of the Century the Movie (Natasha Kosaka), Nabari no O (Juji Minami), and the ever popular Witchblade (Shiore Tsuzuki).

Having recently completed work as Nadie in El Cazador de la Bruja, the final installation in BeeTrain’s “girls with guns” trilogy, Trina has finally been able to leave the FUNimation premises having proven her voice acting abilities. Since her departure she has been called back as Meifong Liu in Blassreiter, Kaaya in Tower of Druaga, Akeno in My Bride is a Mermaid, Karen Nishiyama in Bamboo Blade, Luna in Cashern Sins, Lia Dragonell Sands of Destruction, Mizune in Soul Eater, Francesca Lucchini inStrike Witches, Oriku in Oh! Edo Rocket, Suzuri in Rideback, Capella Titus in Birdy the Mighty Decode, Lan Fan in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and her most anticipated role to date as Mari Makinami Illustrious in Evangelion 2.0.

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Touched by the world of theatre (standard and musical) since she was a small child, Alexis Tipton is excited to be a part of acting beyond the stage. She is currently pursuing a major in International Studies and a minor in Japanese at UNT. Already an active member of the cosplay community, where characters are given life through photography and costumes, Alexis is ecstatic to now have the ability to give them life through her voice. In November of 2008, she officially joined the world of voice acting and has recorded for such titles as Linebarrels of Iron (Emi Kizaki), Bamboo Blade (Yuuri Ando), Sgt Frog (Chiruyo Tsukigami), and more both announced and unannounced. Her ultimate wish is to be able to bring entertainment to persons everywhere, near and far!

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Brina Palencia is a magical creature native to the mythical land of Oklahoma. She also has strong genetic ties to the far away land of Honduras. She migrated to Dallas, TX as a teenager and has stayed ever since. She has many magical powers. The most popular power would be that of voice acting. Her credits are numerous and can all be found on the interwebs. She also holds the power of on-camera acting. You’ve most likely seen her on the magic picture box at GameStop alongside Chris Burnett (fellow voice actor) talking about video games. Beyond that her powers include – but are not limited to – singing, cooking and baking, and playing pranks on Tatum.

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Scott has been working roughly five years as a voice actor on over 50 shows. While mostly in the background, you may recognize him in many roles such as “Soldier J”, “Man B”, or “Thug A”. He then began portraying more descriptive roles including “Yellow Merchant”, or “Green Shirt Brown Hat Man”. This soon led to playing characters with actual names. Only in the last year or so he has begun playing larger parts, and his success in voice acting has grown. A few of the titles he can be heard in are Hetalia (as Britain), Pirates: One Piece (as Yasopp and Kamakiri), Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood; the movie Conqueror of Shamballa, Big Windup, Desert Punk, Initial D, KenIchi, Linebarrels, Romeo X Juliet, Soul Eater, and The Tower of Druaga.

Scott was always an artist first, a nerd second, and a musician third. He saw his first anime early in High School on a VHS tape recorded from the home of a Japanese classmate and was an instant fan. Although there were no subtitles, it was still amazing. Needless to say, having the opportunity to work in anime today is a dream come true. Scott is always excited to work on new shows with such amazing actors, and appreciates fans like himself who have helped to raise awareness of this culture and allow it to be taken so far along.

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The Unofficial One Piece Podcast guys stop by to chat with us!!!!

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A lifelong comic book, cartoon and videogame fan, Ian got his start doing dub work when he visited Funimation Studios as a college student in 2004 in order to sit in on a friend’s session. The director asked him if he’d like to jump in the booth for a one-liner, which ended up being a small recurring role, and from that moment on, he was hooked. A Dallas native, Ian graduated from TCU with a degree in Theatre and immediately began his career as a stage actor, earning Dallas’ award for Best Local Actor in 2009. He continued at Funimation, gradually working his way up from regular bit-character boy until his big break as Dallas Genoard in Baccano!, a show which he Assistant Directed. Since then he has performed in roles such as Toraji Ishida in Bamboo Blade, Douglas Rosenberg in El Cazador de la Bruja, Sobi Nakajima in Linebarrels of Iron, Haruki in Master of Martial Arts, Kaoru Seo in Sekirei, Shinze Kamiu in Shikabane Hime: Kuro, Romano in Hetalia – Axis Powers, and most recently as Bardroy in Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), on which he also served as Director. Additionally, Ian can be heard in numerous radio/TV spots, and as the voice of Baron Flint in the video game, Borderlands.

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Hear the second part of the live interview with Chris Ayres at Yulecon 2010!

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Hear the live recording of TAS at Yulecon 2010 wtih Greg Ayres.

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On this special episode of TAS, industry insiders read fan stories, relive personal accounts of paranormal activity, and so much more! Special guests include: Stephanie Young, David Brehm, Todd Haberkorn, Tia Ballard, Alexis Tipton, Jamie Marchi, Jean-Luc Hester, and TAS’s own, Stephen Hoff!

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Josh has returned with great tales of stuff, stuff, and more stuff.

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That Anime Show brings back Bryan Massey.

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That Anime Show presents Carli Mosier, live from Anime Overload!

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That Anime Show presents Caitlin Glass, live from Anime Overload!

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The Return of Tia Ballard: Raised on generous helpings of Super Mario and Ren & Stimpy, Tia Ballard is a bubbly goofball who made her debut in February 2009. Since, she has played numerous roles including Rachel Calvin in ‘Linebarrels of Iron’, Ruon Kamiyama in ‘Rin’, and several others she can’t tell you about yet! She is currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on the psychological detailing of fictional characters, and a minor in Communication studies (what a mouth full!). She has also worked for the Walt Disney Company. In her spare time Tia enjoys writing, video games, scary movies, cartoony hearts, and all manners of rocking and rolling. http://squishytia.livejournal.com/

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Antimere Robinson is stressed out that he has to write this bio thing in the third person so he’s going to switch it around

“I started working for FUNImation in 2002 after completing my BFA at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX. At that time, a lot of people from Denton and UNT started working here, too. Denton is full of artists, musicians, writers, and some very talented vagabonds. I started off designing DVD menus and now I am the Manager of Creative Services and that means I oversee four departments: Graphic Arts, Copywriting, Promotional Video, and Web.

I am rather fond of packaging. Not just DVD products but all kinds of packaging. Sometimes what you buy is as interesting as the box it comes in. Honestly, sometimes the best packaging is better than what it holds. I wish I had a reason to buy high-end cosmetics; if you’ve never seen Anna Sui cosmetics then you’re missing out on a visual treat.

I’m most proud of the packaging I designed for Gunslinger Girl, Fullmetal Alchemist, SpeedGrapher, Hell Girl, and the first Dragon Ball saga sets. Getting the opportunity to design the packaging for Evangelion 1.01 & 1.11 was thrilling and nerve-wracking. I’m a longtime fan of the entire franchise and still can’t believe that I had the chance to add my fingerprint.

I’m lucky in that I’ve also been cast in several of our shows. The first four roles I ever got are probably my favorite: Head Chef in Fruits Basket, Tweedledum in Kiddy Grade, Tranny in Burst Angel, and Bob is SpeedGrapher. There’s a particular type of character I like to play; I like to do gay guys.

That’s probably a good place to close.

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The Return of Joel McDonald: Joel McDonald is an ADR Director, voice actor, and adaptive screenwriter. His directing credits include “Heroic Age,” “Sgt. Frog,” “Big Windup,” and “Spice and Wolf,” to name a few.  As an actor, he’s voiced roles such as Yoite in “Nabari No Ou,” Yajima in “Linebarrels of Iron,” Hanai in “Big Windup,” Saburo in “Sgt. Frog,” and Mary in “Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne.”  He has also had the pleasure of writing for “D. Gray-man,” “Claymore,” “Linebarrels of Iron,” “Sands of Destruction,” and “STRAIN: Strategic Armored Infantry.”

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Texas-born Aaron Dismuke started with a few small parts (in FRUITS BASKET and KIDDY GRADE), courtesy of his cousin, Funimation ADR director Justin Cook. But it wasn’t long before the budding voice actor showed real talent, and quickly catapulted to a critical leading role in FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST as Alphonse Elric . It’s a feat all the more impressive when you do the math and realize that he was only 11 years old when he started voicing Alphonse, and that he did most of that work while speaking into a big metal bowl. Aaron resumed the role for the movie FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA, as well as several video games based on the series. Aaron (now 17 years old) can also be heard as Ion Fortuna in TRINITY BLOOD, young Ginko in MUSHI-SHI and Yasuchika in OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB.  Most recently, Aaron joined FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST- BROTHERHOOD as young Van Hohenhiem and plays Ouri Kagami in SHIKABANE HIME.

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Cynthia Cranz has been acting professionally since 1991. She has appeared on stage, TV, radio, film and print. Born in Fort Worth, she graduated from Grapevine High School in 1987. She is an alumnus of The University Of Mississippi where she minored in Psychology, earning a degree in History in 1991. In 1993, she signed with The Tomas Agency and has been working with Funimation since 1999, when she was cast in her first Animae role, as Chi Chi on DBZ. She currently resides in her native Fort Worth with husband Mitchell McManis and their several four-legged children. She continues to act, practice real estate, ride horses and compete in equestrian events.

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Monica Rial has been working in the anime voice over industry for over 11 years. As an actress for ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment has lent her voice to over 200 anime including: Air TV (Misuzu), Air Gear (Simca), Azumanga Daioh (Nyamo), Baccano! (Chane), Black Cat (Kyoko), Burst Angel (Jo), Chrono Crusade (Fiore), Claymore (Miria), DN Angel (Towa), D. Gray-man (Lero/Lulu Bell), Excel Saga (Hyatt), Full Metal Panic (Kyoko), Ghost Stories (Momoko), Gunslinger Girl (Angelica), Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater (Hello Kitty), Kiddy Grade (Lumiere), Kurau Phantom Memory (Kurau), Moon Phase (Hazuki), Negima (Konoka/Kazumi/Satsuki), Nerima Daikon Brothers (Gokutsobushi), Noir (Kirika), One Piece (Tashigi/Carue/Kuina), Ouran Host Club (Renge), Rahxephon (Haruka), Peacemaker Kurogane (Saya/Saizo), Sergeant Frog (Momoka), School Rumble (Lara), Shuffle! (Asa), Speed Grapher (Kagura), Spiral (Rio), Soul Eater (Tsubaki), Tsubasa Chronicles (Sakura), Witchblade (Maria) and many more. She can be heard on the Cartoon Network in Shinchan (Ai), Fullmetal Alchemist (Lyra/Dante), Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (May Chang), Case Closed (Amy) and Trinity Blood (Vanessa). You can also catch her on Nicktoons as Bulma in Dragonball Z Kai. She is an ADR script adaptor and occasionally a director for Funimation Entertainment.

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Eric Vale is going to take over the world.  Actually, he’s just an artsy kind of dude.  You might know the sound of his voice from anime such as Dragon Ball Z as Trunks, One Piece as Sanji, Fruits Basket as Yuki, or perhaps the other end of your phone as the prank caller if you’re reading this in 1986.   In addition to the acting, Eric has spent time as an ADR director, writer, and filmmaker.  He can also cook and not dance.  Recently, his story The Beautiful Middle of Nowhere was published in Slice Magazine and is currently in development as a feature film.  On the weekends, he builds bridges to the future, crafts a superconducting supercollider in his backyard, and moves mountains with his bare freaking hands.  Above all things he loves his family and is only slightly sorry for the horrifying embarrassment he causes his children.

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Jamie Lynn Marchi is an actress from Knoxville, Tennessee, and has been working professionally since 2000. She is known for having red hair, taking long walks on the beach, and for voicing anime characters on a regular basis (some may even call it a job of hers…), preferrably those of the sexy variety. Some of the characters that she voices include Masane Amaha from Witchblade, Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson from Soul Eater, Rinslet Walker from Black Cat, Mimi from Rin – Daughters of Mnemosyne, Miss Polly from Shin Chan, Ophelia from Romeo x Juliet, and many more characters that are sure to delight in every imaginable way possible. She is currently known for being awesome, and for being a very vibrant and friendly individual. Just don’t ask her to do anything she doesn’t want to. Then you’ll be paying for it.

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For over ten years, Chris Cason has participated in almost every facet of anime production.  He has been associated with numerous projects in a voice acting, ADR directing, or scriptwriting capacity.

Some of Chris’s voice credits include:  “Gluttony” in Fullmetal Alchemist, “Tien Shinhan” and “Mr. Popo” in Dragonball Z “Jack the Ripper” in Soul Eater, “Boo” and “Whitey” in Shin-Chan, “Miyamoto” and “M1” in Yu Yu Hakusho, “Chamo” in Negima, “Hanai” in School Rumble, “Babbit” in Kodocha, and “Taruru” in Sgt. Frog.

He can also be heard in: Case Closed, Gunslinger Girl, Basilisk, Ouran High School Host Club, Suzuka, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Black Cat, Darker Than Black, Bamboo Blade, Kaze no Stigma, Aquarion, One Piece, D. Gray-Man, and  Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.

Some of his ADR directing and assistant ADR directing credits include: DBZ Uncut, Dragonball, Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, Negima, Kodocha, Galaxy Railways, Baki the Grappler, School Rumble, Hell Girl, Kaze no Stigma, and Bamboo Blade.

He has also had the opportunity to be a part of many popular video games.  His two favorites were: voicing random ghouls and specters for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, and as one of the contributing guitarists in Guitar Hero 3.

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Chris Burnett is a professional actor from Arlington, Texas with an array of entertainment experiences that include a poker game with Whiplash, the cowboy monkey, riding a tandem bike with a slot machine, playing drums in Chucky Cheese’s band, and teaching line dancing to NHL hockey players. His interest in animation and video games ignited after being cast as the role of Romeo in Funimation Entertainment’s Romeo X Juliet. He also voiced Pvt. Franky LaRoche in Gearbox Software’s game, “Brothers’ In Arms: Hell’s Highway.” Currently, Chris is the co-host of Gamestop TV alongside Brina Palencia. See above for her magical powers. Brina voiced Juliet in Romeo x Juliet, and now she and Chris are inseparable in all things gaming and anime. When not working, Chris tours with his rap group The A-Town Fuzz, delivering undiscovered hits such as “Panty Raid” and “Ice Queen.” He also lent rolls the red carpet every morning for Terri Doty and J. Michael Tatum.

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Bryan Massey was born in Pontiac, Michigan but moved to Dallas, Texas when he was just 7 years old. He began his illustrious acting career at the tender age of 9 when he made the local paper by winning the 5th grade talent show lip syncing to Steve Martin’s “King Tut.” At the age of 13, Bryan showed an interest in cartooning and filmmaking, so his Dad bought him a Super 8mm camera. Recruiting the neighborhood and his family, Bryan would spend his weekend’s shooting comedic action shorts with his beloved camera. During high school, Bryan dropped out of football because it conflicted with his theater schedule.

In college, Bryan had lead roles in several musicals, participated in community theater, made several short movies with his buddies on campus, and was a nationally ranked member of the cheer-leading squad. After earning an Associate’s Degree in Radio/Television, Bryan decided to pursue his acting career and moved to Hollywood, where he got his SAG card playing a Nazi on the X-Files. After spending 4 years in Los Angeles Bryan returned home to Texas, working in local improvisation troupes and continuing to write his own projects. With no local agent he would later go on to get a stint on Prison Break, only after crashing the audition!

He quickly went on to sign with a local agent and due to his unique gruff voice, Bryan was able to participate in his love of cartoons by doing voice over work for many anime shows and video games. Bryan has booked several commercials and acted in many short films and independents. Bryan has also been able to go onto more prolific roles including playing Detective Brinkley, a cop in hot pursuit of Diane Keaton and Ted Danson in “Mad Money”, as Skeeter, an oil man friend to Josh Brolin’s portrayal of George W. Bush in Oliver Stones critically acclaimed “W” and can also be seen this February 2010 as Officer Lerma in the 3D thriller “Drive Angry” with Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard.

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Brina Palencia is a magical creature native to the mythical land of Oklahoma.  She also has strong genetic ties to the far away land of Honduras.  She migrated to Dallas, TX as a teenager and has stayed ever since.  She has many magical powers.  The most popular power would be that of voice acting.  Her credits are numerous and can all be found on the interwebs. She also holds the power of on-camera acting. You’ve most likely seen her on the magic picture box at GameStop alongside Chris Burnett (fellow voice actor) talking about video games.  Beyond that her powers include – but are not limited to – singing, cooking and baking, and playing pranks on Tatum.

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As an actress, Stephanie has appeared in numerous film, television, voice over, and national commercial/print projects. She is currently working on the exciting webisode series, created in a graphic novel style, Scout Six, where she plays the lead role of detective Scout Six! www.scoutsix.com .Stephanie is a two-time nominee for the Dallas Theatre League’s Leon Rabin Award for her work in the Dallas Theatre Community. She also collaborates, creates, and stirs up trouble with her husband’s production company, Blue Logic, a full service creative house specializing in CGI. As a singer/songwriter, Stephanie enjoys lending her signature, soulful vocals to the Dallas-based pop/jazz band, The Brehms (www.thebrehmsband.com). She is represented by The Horne Agency, and she lives in Dallas with her fabulous husband, along with their absolutely adorable shih-tzu, Lola Boo Brehm.

Stephanie Young has loved working with Funimation as a voice actress on the following titles:“Clare” in Claymore, “Nico Robin” in One Piece (new dub with FUNimation), “Junko” in Desert Punk, “Elfriede” in Moonphase, “Miranda Maverick” in Solty Rei, “Sophia” in Aquarion, “Kagero” in Basilisk, Blassreiter as “Sasha Jobson”, “Lecty Leque” in Heroic Age, “Flanca” in Gunslinger Girl, “Oruha” in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, “Nora” in Witchblade, “Echidna Parass” in Black Cat, “Nanako” in Crayon Shin-chan, “B.B.” in Glass Fleet, “Jane” in Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament, “Yahagi” in Mushi-shi, “Mana” in Negima, “Female Rogue” in Ragnarok, “Dr. Kozuki” in Rumbling Hearts, “Itoko Osakabe” in School Rumble, “Mireille” in Trinity Blood, “Aki Abe” in Hell Girl, “Reika Tachibana” in Balder Force Exe Resolution, “Xavier Tatum” in Shuffle, “Mrs. Tomita” in Kodocha, Hanahana in XXXholic, and “Shika” in Samurai 7. Her game credits include “Fiona” in Spike Out and “Selket” in Unreal Championship II, The Liandri Conflict. With Illumitoon, Stephanie recorded “Paf Shining” in AM Driver and “Karen” in B’tx.

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Maxey Whitehead was first cast by FUNimation Entertainment in 2008 to give life to the character of Antonio in Romeo X Juliet. Since then, Maxey has been fortunate to work on some amazing shows, such as Baccano! (Czeslaw Mayer), Soul Eater (Crona), and El Cazador de la Bruja (Ellis). In addition, Maxey is extremely honored to be the new voice of Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Outside of doing voice over, Maxey is also an accomplished stage actor and has appeared at theatres all over Dallas as well as on the East Coast.

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Years ago, on an island across the sea, an Asian boy with a ponytail wondered how he could bring his love for acting and interest for anime together. His wishing came to an end when he moved to TX to pursue a career in voice acting. In late 2009, he, whom we will refer to as Micah, debuted in ‘Blassreiter’ as Malek Werner. Since then, Micah has provided voices for characters such as the Newspaper Chief in ‘Sgt. Frog’, Reve Urshela in ‘Sands of Destruction’, and most recently Soul in ‘Soul Eater. He enjoys the simple things in life and has a very short attention sp

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Touched by the world of theatre (standard and musical) since she was a small child, Alexis Tipton is excited to be a part of acting beyond the stage. She is currently pursuing a major in International Studies and a minor in Japanese at UNT. Already an active member of the cosplay community, where characters are given life through photography and costumes, Alexis is ecstatic to now have the ability to give them life through her voice. In November of 2008, she officially joined the world of voice acting and has recorded for such titles as Linebarrels of Iron (Emi Kizaki), Bamboo Blade (Yuuri Ando), Sgt Frog (Chiruyo Tsukigami), and more both announced and unannounced. Her ultimate wish is to be able to bring entertainment to persons everywhere, near and far!

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Stage and Voice Actress, Anastasia Munoz: Anastasia Munoz started doing walla and bit parts and has worked on several shows including Claymore, Sgt. Frog, Shinchan, D. Gray-man, and Bamboo Blade. She played Young Forte in Save Me Lollipop, Young Jacuzzi in Baccano!, and Mina-Dietlinde Wilcke in the soon to be released Strike Witches.

Anastasia was raised in Dallas, graduated from the University of Alabama with a BA in Theatre, and has since returned home to pursue her acting career. Anastasia spends most of her talents on stage. She has acted with Undermain Theater, Dallas Children’s Theater, Second Thought Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theater, Project X, Balanced Almond Productions at The Ochre House, Vox Effect, Shakespeare Dallas, Labyrinth Theater, Theatre Fusion, and Firebomb Productions. She is also one of the co-producers at Second Thought Theatre. She is really into theatre magic and will step into almost any role to make it possible including costume and makeup design to choreography. In her spare time she teaches arts programs at several schools across the metroplex.

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Voice Actress, Tia Ballard: Raised on generous helpings of Super Mario and Ren & Stimpy, Tia Ballard is a bubbly goofball who made her debut in February 2009. Since, she has played numerous roles including Rachel Calvin in ‘Linebarrels of Iron’, Ruon Kamiyama in ‘Rin’, and several others she can’t tell you about yet! She is currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on the psychological detailing of fictional characters, and a minor in Communication studies (what a mouth full!). She has also worked for the Walt Disney Company. In her spare time Tia enjoys writing, video games, scary movies, cartoony hearts, and all manners of rocking and rolling. http://squishytia.livejournal.com/

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ADR/Recording Enginner Stephen Hoff

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Director, Writer, Actor Joel McDonald: Joel McDonald is an ADR Director, voice actor, and adaptive screenwriter. His directing credits include “Heroic Age,” “Sgt. Frog,” “Big Windup,” and “Spice and Wolf,” to name a few.  As an actor, he’s voiced roles such as Yoite in “Nabari No Ou,” Yajima in “Linebarrels of Iron,” Hanai in “Big Windup,” Saburo in “Sgt. Frog,” and Mary in “Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne.”  He has also had the pleasure of writing for “D. Gray-man,” “Claymore,” “Linebarrels of Iron,” “Sands of Destruction,” and “STRAIN: Strategic Armored Infantry.”

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Voice Actor, Josh Grelle: This is his website.

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