Voice Actors

Michael Sinterniklaas

We’re excited to welcome Michael back for his second NDK appearance! A 17-year veteran of the anime industry, Michael has been busy voice acting in and directing two new "top secret" original animated series for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, due to premiere later this year, as well as the second season of Speed Racer for Cartoon Network .

In the world of anime, Michael has been directing Sunrise's new hit Gundam Unicorn, and producing and acting in Funimation's two new Slayers series in the role of Xellos. Michael's other recent acting projects included FUNimation's Eden Of The East and Basara, as well as Viz Media's Naruto, Monster and Bleach. His game credits include Basara and the final boss Orphan in Final Fantasy XIII. Michael also finished up season four of Adult Swim's The Venture Brothers, in which he plays Dean Venture.

Other work fans might recognize include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Kappa Mikey, Yugioh, Shaman King, Freedom, Full Metal Alchemist, The Sky Crawlers, Gao Gai Gar, Kurokami, Pokemon, Samurai 7, D Grey-Man, Berserk, Mushi Shi, Burst Angel, Magic Users Club, Jungle Emperor Leo and Glass Fleet to name but a few.

In the precious few moments Michael finds himself not working, mostly on airplanes, he likes to take in the odd episode of Doctor Who!

 

Clarine Harp

Clarine Harp was first cast by FUNimation Entertainment in 2003 to give life to the character of Tweedledee in Kiddy Grade. Since then, Clarine’s talents have been featured in a broad range of roles: Hetalia Axis Powers/World Series (China), Burst Angel (Sei), Samurai 7 (Sanae), Speed Grapher (Ginza), Negima (Kaede), Shin chan (Miss Katz), Witchblade (Asagi) and RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ (Laura). Clarine can also be heard in Corpse Princess/Shikabane Hime, Sekirei, The Sacred Blacksmith, El Cazador de la Bruja, Claymore, Jyu-Oh-Sei, Trinity Blood, Beck, Romeo x Juliet, Kaze no Stigma, Yu Yu Hakusho, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, Evangelion 1.0, D.Gray-man, Bamboo Blade, Aquarion, Desert Punk, Origin - Spirits of the Past, Tower of Druaga, Mushi-Shi, Suzuka, Ouran High School Host Club, Ghost Hunt, Summer Wars, Sgt. Frog, One Piece and others.

Out of the booth, Clarine spends her time producing DVD and Blu-ray discs for FUNimation, tending to her horde of rabbits and proudly spreading the gospel of sock knitting. She is also the inspiration behind the character Aubrey, a regular cast member on the popular web comic, Something Positive.

 

Jamie Marchi

Raised on a steady diet of Bob Saget, Molière, Christopher Cross and Mentos, Jamie Marchi has been making fresh and acting professionally for a number of years, which, in the interest of national security, shall not be disclosed at this time.

Some of her most popular roles include Witchblade (Masane Amaha), Soul Eater (Liz Thompson), Hetalia (Narrator), Sgt. Frog (Aki Hinata), Spice and Wolf (Chloe), Rin (Mimi), Black Cat (Rinslet Walker), Blassreiter (Amanda Werner), Negima(s) (Haruna), Burst Angel (Meg), Claymore (Helen), One Piece (Miss Valentine), Strike Witches (Shirley), The Tower of Druaga (Fatina), YuYu Hakusho (Juri), Ouran (Chizuru Maihara), Fruits Basket (Motoko Minagawa), FMA (Rick), FMA: Brotherhood (Rebecca, Rick), as well as the unforgettable Miss Polly from Shin Chan. Some of her most recent roles include Rosario + Vampire (Ms. Nekonome), The Sacred Blacksmith (Penelope), Sekirei (Uzume), Sengoku Basara (Matsu), Ga-Rei-Zero (Mei), Baka and Test (Shouko), and Heaven’s Lost Property (Mikako Satsukitane).

Jamie has behind the scene experience writing script adaptations as well as ADR Directing for several shows including Spice and Wolf, Hetalia, Sgt. Frog, Oh! Edo Rocket, Baka and Test, Strike Witches, and Negima?! amongst other “yet to be announced” ridiculously awesome titles.

In her spare time, Jamie enjoys theatre, 80s music, dancing, running, football, spending time with people that don’t suck, anything cheese or Gummi related, making fun of people who are taking long walks on the beach, and generally just being a redhead. Born in Knoxville but never considering herself a Knoxvillian, she now resides in Dallas after majoring in Theater and minoring in clown pottery at the University of Oklahoma (Boomer Sooner!).

 

Stephanie Sheh

Stephanie is excited to be attending Nan Desu Kan for the first time. She's most well known for voicing Hinata in "Naruto," Orhime in "Bleach," Mikuru in "Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and Eureka in "Eureka 7." She is currently voicing Yui in "K-on!" and Audrey in "Mobile Suit Gundam: Unicorn."

In addition to voicing characters in anime she's also done voices for video games such as "Bioshock 2," "Stranglehold," "Devil May Cry 5," "Tales of the Abyss," as well as several "Resident Evil" games as Rebecca Chambers. Stephanie has also mocapped several videogames.

Perhaps one of her proudest accomplishments is starting the group We Heart Japan with friends. Their first event, which Nan Desu Kan was a sponsor of, raised over $13,000 of aid for those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. For info about future events please visit We Heart Japan or Like the Facebook Page.

You can also follow Stephanie on her Twitter or Facebook Page for the last news.

Related Links: 
We Heart Japan
Stephanie Sheh Official Site
 

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is a voice over actress, writer, singer and director. As an actress, she portrayed “Major Motoko Kusanagi” in Ghost In The Shell Innocence, Solid State Society and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex for which she won the American Anime Award for Best Actress. You can also hear her as “Sei” in Alpha Protocol and “Nora” in Final Fantasy XIII. Some of her other popular roles are “Cornelia” in Code Geas. "Kurenai" from Naruto, "Julia” from Cowboy Bebop, "Helba" and “Bordeau” from .hack, "Jagura" from Wolf's Rain and “Caroline” from Vampire Hunter D.

As a director, Mary Elizabeth is currently directing Stitch! for The Disney Channel and the ADR on the feature animated film Dino Mom. She also directed Billy Ray Cyrus in Luke & Lucy And The Texas Rangers. Mary is directing Naruto: Shippuden for Disney XD. She has directed the 4 Naruto Movies as well as Naruto the series for which she received the 2008 SPJA award for best director. Among her many other directing credits are Cowboy Bebop the series, Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Wolf’s Rain, the movie Appleseed and was a co-writer for the American adaptation of Metropolis. She also
directed the original animated series Gormiti Lords of Nature for Cartoon Network and Wild Animal Babies for PBS.

Mary Elizabeth has had the great honor of singing the music of Akira Yamaoka for the movies Julia X and Silent Hill as well as the games: Silent Hill 3, 4, 5, Origins and the newly released Silent Hill: Shattered Memories which she also co-directed.

For the gaming world she directed Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Perlman as well as the rest of the original cast in the Afro Samurai game. She also directed the entire cast of iCarly for their interactive game. Mary Elizabeth has directed the voice work for Soul Calibur Legends, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Devil May Cry 3, 3.5 and 4, Spyhunter, the Naruto Clash of Ninja and Ultimate Ninja series, as well being second director for Kung Fu Panda.

 

Leah Clark

Leah is a voice actress, writer and ADR director 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: 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 Suzuka, Sasami, The Magical Girl Club, Strike Witches, Baka and Test, Gunslinger Girl, Baccano and Peach Girl.

This year, Leah can be heard as Saki Morami in Eden of the East, Kagura in Ga Rei Zero, Minami in Baka and Test, and Homora in Seki Rei.

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. Leah's first love is the stage, and she 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.

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!!

Leah is very excited to be a part of NDK for the first time this year and is grateful for the opportunity to meet what have been called “the coolest fans in the area!”

Related Links: 
Leah's Fan Club on Facebook
 

Vic Mignogna

Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old, and he started his career in anime a little over ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then, Vic has been in more than 150 shows and video games, and is known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle, Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaijji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takanaga in Wallflower, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Luciano in Code Geass, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Hikaru in Macross and many more.

Currently, Vic is playing Zero in Vampire Knight, and Yoshimori in Adult Swim's Kekkaishi. He is also back in the role of Edward for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, as well as playing Death Scythe in Soul Eater, and Naruto, Bleach and several other roles. Vic has also voiced roles in a large number of video games including Soul Calibur, Disgaea, Persona III, Sonic Colours, Project Sylpheed, DBZ, Bleach, FMA and more.

Beginning prior to his voice acting career, Vic has established himself as a professional music composer / singer / producer and has written and produced hundreds of songs for TV, radio and CD. He sings the themes for shows like One Piece & DBGT and has produced several CDs of his own original music, all available on iTunes.

In addition to anime and music, Vic has a degree in film and is deeply involved in the popular web Star Trek web series like “Star Trek Phase II” and “Starship Farragut” as an actor and director. He works regularly writing, producing and directing video and film productions of all kinds.

 

Tony Oliver

Tony Oliver began his career over 25 years ago as an actor on stage and on camera, performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice over artist, lending his voice to one of the first foreign made animated features to receive wide release in the U.S. ("The Sea Prince and the Fire Child"). His first foray into television was as the lead voice in the popular animated series "Robotech". Following that, Tony turned his attention to writing and was soon working as a freelance writer on several cable series for children including "Macron 1" and "Mapletown". In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and produced an award winning adaptation of "The Jungle Book" and story edited the long running Nickelodeon anime series "The Noozles". Soon after, he produced a number of specials and home entertainment projects and began working as a development writer. He participated in the development of several animated series including the critically praised "Little Shop" series on FOX.

In 1992, Tony was tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega children's hit, "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". Tony not only served as the development producer but also wrote the pilot episode, produced the network presentation and story edited the first season. As Supervising Producer, Tony took on the additional responsibilities of writing, producing and directing the Power Rangers live appearances including the February 1994 appearance at Universal Studios, Hollywood, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day. Later in the year he co-developed and wrote the script for the international sensation "Mighty Morphin Power Ranger - Live Tour" and spent several months in Sydney, Australia consulting on the 20th Century Fox summer release "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie". In 1995 Tony co-executive produced and co-directed a family feature film entitled, “Rusty: The Great Rescue” starring Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan and a menagerie of talking animals. Before leaving Saban Entertainment, Tony wrote, produced and directed a “Power Rangers” retrospective special, which earned significant Saturday morning ratings among kids and was the top rated program on FOX Kids the day it aired.

In 1999, Tony left Saban Entertainment. He has continued to develop, produce, voice and direct numerous projects for TV, Film, Video Games, and New Media. More recent projects include “.hack//GU” a multi-player online video game; “Daigunder”, an anime series for ABC Family/Disney; and “Gurren Lagann” a breakthrough anime series airing on the Sci Fi Channel, “Aussie & Ted” a live action family feature film, “Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers” which premiered on screens nationwide, “Gormiti” a new original animated show airing on Cartoon Network and "Martha & Friends", from Martha Stewart and 4Kids Entertainment as well as voice directing numerous video games.. Tony’s many voice acting credits include, “Hoodwinked 2”, Lupin in “Lupin the 3rd”, Hibiki in “Vandread”, Gojyo in “Sayuki Reload”, Harry in “Gun Grave”, Ranmaru in “Tokko”, Shinbo in “Cho-bits”, Ulquiorra in “Bleach” and Saba in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” as well as voices in video games such as “Delta Force: Black Hawk Down”, “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring”, “Dynasty Warriors”, “World of Warcraft”, “Everquest”, “Neverwinter Knights”, “Xenosaga”, “Magna Carta II”, “Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight”, ”Basara 3” and“BlazBlue”. He is currently directing the English dub of “K-ON!”

Related Links: 
Tony's Site
Tony on Facebook
 

Barbara Goodson

Barbara Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of three sisters. She lives in Santa Monica, CA and has been happily married to her husband Bruce for 25 years. Their son Andrew is an English Major in his senior year at UC Berkeley.

She became aware of her mimicry skills early while imitating friends and family and quickly got wise to the positive attention she received. The camaraderie and connection that her antics sparked in others filled her heart with joy.

Barbara delights in the task of putting her own stamp on a character, whether it be dramatic, musical, comedic; in film, cartoons, V/O, nightclubs, theater, TV, the supermarket, you name it.

Being stuck in a tiny woman’s body has always been a challenge for her since she experiences herself as being much bigger than her under 5 foot stature. Among other talents, Barbara has been recognized for her powerful vocal range, playing many nasty, humorous and/or sinister “bad ladies” on screen and off.

She is what you would call a “lifer” in Show Biz. Barbara has no intention of ever retiring and continues to focus on working with more of the Industry “heavyweights” and being cast in meaningful, well received projects that also make her oodles of dough!

She truly believes acting is a blessed career that can move mountains. It’s not for sissies and contains a community of (mostly) evolved, concerned humans. Barbara is proud of the successes she has achieved and is still awed and inspired by the magical unfolding of this wild and crazy business.

Some of her earlier work includes Marie Crystal and Sera in Robotech, Doris in Vampire Hunter D, Apple in Zillion, Pazu in Castle in the Sky, Queen Regina in Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Takashi and Kaori in Akira, and Star in Tekkaman Blade. Her more recent voices include Naota in FLCL, Granny Chiyo in Naruto, Laharl in Makai Senki Disgea, Masaru in Kikraider, Lacan in Ergo Proxy, Lynn Jackson in Yukikaze, Coda in Eureka Seven, Mitsune Konno in Love Hina and Mother Talzin in Clone Wars. She also can be heard on several interactive games, such as Lady Vashj in World of Warcraft, Silva in Suikoden V and Ryoko Leingod in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.

Related Links: 
Barbara's Website
 

Christopher Bevins

Since 2001, Christopher Bevins has recorded, directed, produced, acted in and/or written script adaptations for over 70 anime series, movies and specials. His directing credits include BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (with Taliesin Jaffe), Witchblade, El Cazador de la Bruja, Samurai 7, Speed Grapher, Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Burst Angel, Spiral and Dragon Ball GT, as well as episodes of Gunslinger Girl, Case Closed, Jyu-Oh-Sei and Big Windup! He was excited to return to the Case Closed world last year, script-adapting and directing the feature-length movie The Last Wizard of the Century. Chris’ most recent work includes script adaptations and voice direction for the upcoming Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings.

Chris has numerous voice acting credits, including Japan in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Apollo in Aquarion, Mercutio in Romeo x Juliet, Tamotsu in Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~, Kenji in Initial D, Johnny Gil in D.Gray-man, Nicholas Wayne in Baccano!, Shishi Wakamaru in Yu Yu Hakusho, Lafitte and Shu Shu in One Piece, Bee the Puppy in Dragon Ball Z, and Beck the Dog in BECK. You also may have heard him in various roles in Dragon Ball, Sgt. Frog, Shin chan, Soul Eater, Fruits Basket, Fullmetal Alchemist (both series), Ouran High School Host Club, Desert Punk, Kodocha, School Rumble, Case Closed and many more. Recently, Chris reprised his video game role as the English-language voice of Dhalsim in Super Street Fighter IV.

Outside of anime, Chris' interests include TV, movies, crosswords and comic books… But mostly the comic books. In fact, his comics collection is old enough that it should’ve gotten a job and moved out of the house by now.