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Guest Announcement: Sonny Strait

Most recognized as the voice of Krillin on the wildly popular, animated TV show Dragonball Z and as an illustrator for, arguably, the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest, Sonny Strait has over 20 years of experience in the arts.

As a voice actor, Sonny is considered to be one of the most recognized voice actors in the business. Besides Dragonball Z’s Krillin he has worked on many popular animated characters including Maes Hughes from Full Metal AlchemistUsopp from One Piece, Koro Sensei from Assassination Classroom. Present Mic in My Hero Academia and Cartoon Network’s original laid back, robot host Toonami Tom. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragonball Z, Case Closed and Lupin the Third.

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Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama was born in 1970 in Saiki, Ooita, Japan and is an animator and director.  He started his career at Madhouse Studio, where he worked on The Cockpit and Azuki-chan,  After leaving Madhouse Studio, he became a freelancer, working on the conceptual design for Revolutionary Girl Utena.  After that, he worked as the storyboard writer and animation director for Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san and he was a chief director of Jubei-chan 2: Siberia Yagyuu no Gyakushuu.  As a director, he worked on Mushishi, Detroit Metal City, and The Flowers of Evil.  In 2017, he did his first original anime The Reflection, a collaboration with Stan Lee.  He received the 11th Animation Kobe Individual Award in 2006.  In 2024, Uzumaki was released by Adult Swim.

Jill Harris

Jill Harris is another classic example of an anime fan turned professional. She started working in VO at the age of 15, recording for projects in her home studio after school. At 20, she relocated to DFW and started working with Funimation—now known as anime juggernaut Crunchyroll.

She started strong with characters like Noelle Silva in Black Clover, Mandalay in My Hero Academia, Aura Bella Fiora (one of the elf twins) in Overlord, and Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets.

In 2017, Jill booked Charlie Magne in the Hazbin Hotel pilot, which went viral on YouTube with over 100 million views. It’s since spawned the hit Amazon Prime series of the same name, featuring an all new cast of stars from Hollywood & Broadway.

Since then, she’s been on that anime grind, providing the voice for Fern in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Suletta Mercury in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Yuzuriha in Hell’s Paradise, and Charlotte Pudding, Sanji’s fiance, in One Piece, as well as many others.

If you want to find her online, she goes by “jillsvoice” most places (Instagram, TikTok, Twitch.) The only exception is Twitter (I refuse to call it “X”) on which her handle is @JillHarrisVO

Guest Announcement: David Matranga

David Matranga is an American voice actor who works primarily for English dubbed anime for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Matranga is best known as the voice of Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia, Hideki Hinata from Angel Beats, Genjo Sanzo from Saiyuki, Orphen from Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Bertholdt Hoover from the popular Attack on Titan series, Tomoya Okazaki from the Clannad series,Takumi Usui from Maid Sama, Ghost from the Halo Legends movie, Briareos from the Appleseed series, Yu Himura from the EF series, and God Serena from Fairy Tail.

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Guest Announcement: Lisa Reimold

Lisa Reimold is a voice actress known best for her work in anime, including Aira in DANDADAN and Falin in Delicious in Dungeon.

She also works on video games such as Fire Emblem: Engage as Framme and voices Ivy Pepper in the upcoming animated series for Lackadaisy!

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Jordan Dash Cruz

Jordan Dash Cruz is actor and director residing in DFW Texas. Originally hailing from the ole Sunshine
State of Florida, Jordan likes long walks on the beach, most 90s sitcoms, his wife and pineapple on pizza.
When he’s not busy playing video games, hanging out with his wife or admiring Ralph Macchio’s beautiful
Crane kick in “The Karate Kid”, he likes to act. So much so, he’s been doing it professionally for 8 years!

You can hear him across a multitude of anime titles and video games such as:
Stark in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
(Mini) Master Roshi in Dragon Ball Daima
Temenos in OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2
Aoshi Tokimitsu in BLUELOCK
Leon Fou Bartfort in Trapped in a Dating Sim
Qi Rong in Heaven Official’s Blessing
Taiga in Wind Breaker
Emperor Yatsuura in My Hero Vigilantes
Tierno in Pokemon Masters EX
Senta in Hell’s Paradise
Rashad Goodman in BeyBlade Burst: Quad Drive
Senta in Hell’s Paradise
Gyoam Evan in Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
Taketo in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
Shaun and John in SHADOWS HOUSE
Dominic in Spy x Family
Leo Tsukinaga in Ensemble Stars!
Akito Miyake in Classroom of the Elite II
Suleiman, Inbi and Tsujigiro in One Piece
Ruben/Rossa in Black Clover
Titan in Dr. Stone
Tamura in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Nimble in Overlord III
Howdy Morning in Epithet Erased
Felix in Eternal Return
Golden Alligator, Nabil, Nogata and Khasani in Genshin Impact
Vizier Thoth, Pixel Hammer Thor, Raxolotl Ratatoskr and Raven King Chernobog in SMITE
and more!

When it comes to directing, Jordan’s had the opportunity to help assist in directing some of your anime
favorites like: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, BLUELOCK, Trapped in a Dating Sim, Psycho Pass:
Providence, Natsume’s Book of Friends, A Galaxy Next Door, Reign of the Seven Spellblades, MF
Ghost, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, The Duke of Death and His Maid, BOFURI
Season 2, Twilight Out of Focus and The Great Jahy.
He’s an avid gamer, and enjoys games such as Final Fantasy, Resident Evil and the “Tales of” series! He’s
also REALLY hoping Jet Set Radio Future gets an HD Remaster one day. Feel free to follow all of his Voice
Act-y adventures on Twitter or Instagram (@DashCruzVA) where he posts about his wife, his cats, work
and fun! Finally, as we say in the entertainment industry: “Make sure to: Sit back, Relax, and Enjoy the
show!”

Guest Announcement: Hiroshi Nagahama

Hiroshi Nagahama was born in 1970 in Saiki, Ooita, Japan and is an animator and director.  He started his career at Madhouse Studio, where he worked on The Cockpit and Azuki-chan,  After leaving Madhouse Studio, he became a freelancer, working on the conceptual design for Revolutionary Girl Utena.  After that, he worked as the storyboard writer and animation director for Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san and he was a chief director of Jubei-chan 2: Siberia Yagyuu no Gyakushuu.  As a director, he worked on Mushishi, Detroit Metal City, and The Flowers of Evil.  In 2017, he did his first original anime The Reflection, a collaboration with Stan Lee.  He received the 11th Animation Kobe Individual Award in 2006.  In 2024, Uzumaki was released by Adult Swim.

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Kari Wahlgren

Kari Wahlgren’s first role was the Vespa-riding Haruko in FLCL. Since then, Wahlgren has voiced numerous anime characters including Fuu in SAMURAI CHAMPLOOSaber in FATE ZERO and FATE STAY/NIGHTCelty in DURARARA, Lucia Fex in PROMAREKagami in LUCKY STAR, Robin in WITCH HUNTER ROBINAnemone in EUREKA SEVENTayuya in NARUTOSaya and Diva in BLOOD+, Dee Eye Ell in SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION, and Blue Rose in TIGER & BUNNY.

Wahlgren has also voiced characters in many U.S. animation shows, including Jessica, Rick’s Spaceship and Diane in RICK AND MORTYStarfire in the DC TEEN TITANS movies, Zatanna in DC SUPERHERO GIRLSTigress in KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDS OF AWESOMENESSCharmcaster in BEN 10Emma Frost in WOLVERINE & THE X-MENShannon in OK KO: LET’S BE HEROES, and Anka in ARCHER.

Her notable video game roles include Mileena and Kitana in MORTAL KOMBAT 1 and 11, Harley Quinn in GOTHAM KNIGHTS, Portnova in CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WARStarfire in INJUSTICE 2Aranea in FINAL FANSTASY XVAshe in FINAL FANTASY XIIProctor Ingram in FALLOUT 4Vex in SKYRIM, and Raine in TALES OF SYMPHONIA. Wahlgren’s on-camera roles include Helen on Wizards of Waverly Place, Criminal Minds, and commercials for Lexus, Swiffer and Rolling Rock. A full list of credits can be found at IMDB.com.

Kelsey Cruz

Kelsey Cruz is an actor and singer coming to you from the Dallas area! Though her sunshine-y personality says otherwise, she was born and raised in the rainy city of Seattle, Washington. She has a lot of love for her cuddly kitties & silly husband Jordan, singing classic rock songs, playing board games of all sorts & videogames like Pokémon Unite, and snuggling up to a fascinating documentary, anime, or fantasy book. She’s so grateful and excited to be a part of this incredible industry of acting, and even got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in it!

You can find her in loads of anime and game titles such as:

Yinghua in The Apothecary DiariesKim Campbell in Spy x FamilyElfaria Alvis Serfort in Wistoria: Wand and SwordAnimalia in Shangri-La FrontierNozomi Kitahara in MF Ghost (The Initial D Sequel), Kaori Houjou in I Got A Cheat Skill in Another World, and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too, Asahi Shonan in Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My CharmsVania in I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My LevelShadow Sparrow Jing Wei in SMITESakuya Kurobane in Love Live! Nijigasaki High SchoolSaki Shima in Laid Back CampEmily Brown in My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1Mai in Eternal ReturnCindy and Hilde in Outerplane, Enid in Fallen Tear: The Ascension and many others!

She loves chatting with fans so please stop by to say hi to her! She’ll catch you soon!

Guest Announcement: Brittney Karbowski

Brittney Karbowski is a prolific voice actress, who has voiced in a number of series with studios from Texas to California. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Marvel in Fairy Tail, Black Star in Soul Eater, Camie Utsushimi in My Hero Academia, Ryou in Clannad, Yuri in Angel Beats, Pride in Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun Series, Nanachi in Made in Abyss, Rimuru in That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, Migi from Parasyte the Maxim, Kusu is Dragon Ball Super, HisKo in Food Wars, and Hitch in Attack on Titan. Most recently she’s Tirol In Sabukui Bisco; Saori in Tribe Nine, Minoru in Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, Cetia Final Fantasy Brave Exvius; Pookie and Chela in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and there’s more to come!

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