Shin Ultraman never tells itself 'no.' Breakneck, bizarre, funny, unbridled and full of the heady, psychedelic '60s sci-fi that I love most about the series. Reverential (and referential if you're in on it), but wholly its own. A superhero film that isn't afraid of itself.
If you care even the slightest bit about media -- and I know you do -- the importance of the Internet Archive cannot be overstated. This is a fight for preservation with legitimately historic stakes. Get on the right side of it.
Friend of the Court Briefs Filed in Internet Archiveโs Appeal โ Hundreds of librarians joined prominent library organizations & non-profits in filing amicus briefs in Hachette v. Internet Archive. Read why they believe our appeal should succeed:
Some of these Vic Mignogna threads are wonderful free resources for people you should block immediately. Heaps of creeps coming out of the woodwork challenging victims to "prove" their trauma. The courts already did that, so ya'll can crawl back under those rocks now
PAID REMOTE VO CASTING: various/featured voices in live-action cyberpunk short film, CRIDDLERS. Non-union.
Casting across spectrums of age, gender and dialects, MULTILINGUAL actors encouraged. Submission instructions in next tweet.
$75-$200 for 5-20 lines, self-delivery.
Toku folks with a 3DS lying around: please download Attack of the Friday Monsters! before that ability goes away on the 27th. It's a tiny, strange, thematically ripe and very human story about how kids navigate the real and imaginary. Weird and wonderful giant monster media.
Been some discourse on this aspect of tokusatsu, so allow me to clear things up:
Suitmation, suit actors, scale models, miniatures, stunt performers, choreographers, martial artists, pyrotechnics, matte backdrops and all that stuff has always ruled and will always rule.
This Earth Day, remember: if you don't treat the planet kindly, a space giant with knives on his head will handcuff you to your bro & throw a mountain at your face
I cannot express how stoked I am to lend my voice to Zero once again. The toku community didn't just make
#UltramanDay
2021 an absolute joy, you all made it POSSIBLE. An Ultra-sized thanks to
@tokushoutsu
& the whole
#Ultrathon
crew for bringing this one home in style.
SAG eligibility isn't based on "quality." I wasn't SAG-eligible for *years* despite being on streaming, cable, networks, features at retail, 50-million selling games, etc. Most become eligible by working as an extra three times and paying a $3,000 join fee -- the mark of quality.
Thrilled to be join the incredible English dub cast of Ultraman Blazar as Tatsuke Aobe. I'll forever love playing in this world.
All my gratitude to
@SirRawly
and
@BrittanyLaudaVO
for creating the Ultra dubs of my dreams, and inviting me to be a part of them. Proud to be here.
#UltramanBlazar
Episode 19 "Light and Flame" is now available worldwide!
Multiple Irugos, re-surface.
As the GGF continues to investigate, a kaiju larger than Earth Garon emerges.
Available in Japanese and English with multi-language subtitles:
Zero will always have a piece of my heart. Here are a few of my favorite moments among the time we spent together.
Happy 15th, my guy -- here's to 20,000 more.
Hey UC Fans!
We're celebrating the 15th Anniversary of
#UltramanZero
this year!
As an Ultra who connects every generation of the
#Ultraman
series together, he's had some incredible moments, battles, and triumphs!
What's YOUR favorite Zero moment?
Heads up for indie devs seeking voice casts: if the very real moral issues somehow haven't put you off yet, when every visible scrap of your game's art is made by generative AI, you immediately lose a *very* significant portion of your VO talent pool. We see that, we walk.
Godzilla Minus One exemplifies why I love genre filmmaking. It amplifies its human themes to an almost baroque level, personifying them with blunt, monstrous fantasy. This Godzilla processes spectrums of past and present trauma, and still works as an unpretentious popcorn movie.
I don't understand how an organization whose sole purpose is to protect and advance their members' interests could take such an obvious, tone-deaf, self-defeating L in the present moment. Would be super cool for SAG to behave less like a country club and more like a union
SAG-AFTRA has struck a deal with AI startup Narrativ for audio voice replicas in digital advertising that the union asserts sets "a new standard" for ethical use of the technology and also makes it easy for performers to give consent and get paid.
It's my absolute privilege to voice Adonis in Bye Bye, Earth on
@Crunchyroll
-- a beautiful and truly wild fantasy series about otherness, identity, and self discovery. Can't wait to meet the rest of the cast as we journey on.
Beyond fortunate that folks are curious -- I don't voice Ultraman Zero in the Destined Crossroad dub as the webseries are recorded locally in Japan. All is well with my friends in M78, and I hope you support those brilliant actors like I do. More Ultra is always a gift.
Happy
#UltramanDay
2024! I'm so proud to share a special history with Ultraman, but today, let's appreciate how far our Warriors of Light have come, and look toward the future with a little thread of ways to celebrate...
hey everyone - use this to find your elected officials' contact info. tell them you want AI regulation - regulation on rampant AI art theft, AI-driven firing, AI-created misinformation. it's a wide net full of trash. pick some trash and pour it on them.
Ultraman newcomers: I get it. Across all media, we're dealing with unheard of saturation (you can't make a list of everything you'd like to watch/play/read in your lifetime anymore; it won't happen), plus connected universes demanding that we absorb every scrap of continuity
Dropping on
@Crunchyroll
tomorrow โ you can hear me every week as the English voice of best boy Zabu on
#BUCCHIGIRI
?! Couldn't be more stoked to help bring this brilliantly bonkers new show to life.
(also: MINATO KAI REPRESENT)
Role Announcement: I know the
#OnePiece
IS real -- cuz I'm in it!๐ดโโ ๏ธ
You'll hear me in Wano as Jibuemon, an ol' samurai who's not afraid to get vulnerable.
So deeply grateful to
@littleramyun
for trusting me and graciously guiding me through a wonderful first anime experience.
I'd so much rather see Crunchyroll invest in moderation. Disabling comments bends to homophobia and sacrifices community. I'd also say, as an actor who doesn't work exclusively in anime, that immediate community response is one of the very things that makes anime so special.
Happy
#UltramanDay
2022, everybody. Being a small part of this universe continues to be light in my life -- and today's a good day to remember that bringing a little light to the world is what Ultraman is all about
Full submission instructions:
OR, if you'd just like to be considered for "Various Roles" (5-7 lines with vocal variety, $75), you can submit simply by replying with your reel/contact info in this thread.
Thank you! Feel free to share and ask Qs.
Want to do one of these as we finish off the year. Post a pic of a character you got to voice this year along with your headshot.
The Character // The Voice
D.A.M. CON, Dallas' first-ever tokusatsu convention, is coming up in less than a month, and I'll be signing this absolutely gorgeous print created by uber-talented
#Ultraman
artist,
@Klenda_V
. Come on by!
The news is so horrible all the time, let's pause to find real joy in the utter collapse of NFTs. Breathe out charred digital ape hair, breathe in serenity
A role announcement for gamerz and filthy casuals:
I'm joining the cast of
@Crunchyroll
's
#ShangriLaFrontier
as the English voice of Utopia exec Sakai Tsukuyogi, a serious man with serious heartburn.
Huge thanks to director
@_JasonLord_
and engineer Victor for a warm welcome!
You can hate.
Or you can create.
Or you can buy a wholly symbolic speculative absolute nothing that exists to make a few tacky bros rich while routinely stealing from underprivileged artists & destroying whatever is left of this doomed planet.
Why am I framing this as a choice๐
(also hire real artists and creatives - including threatened voice actors like myself and my community - and consume real art. refuse stolen, machine-made ~content~. refuse it LOUDLY. the tech bros will move on to the next grift like the rats they are when we sink this ship)
I AM the Prince of the Abyss. My time has come!
Riding a (broodingly handsome) tidal wave into
@SMITEGame
as the voice of Phantom Seas Poseidon, a cross-gen skin for
#SMITE
and
#SMITE2
. All my thanks to the lovely team at
@3beepaudio
and
@SaraSecoraVO
for having me along.
The Immortal Honor event takes to the seas next update! Dive in and pick up some new Cross-Gen Skins!
๐Phantom Seas Poseidon
๐บTrash Goblin Scylla
Jazzed to be back voicing Jibuemon in this latest batch of
#OnePiece
dubs -- so many folks at
@Crunchyroll
are working like mad to bring this to you, and this time I worked under the direction of
@TheManAaron
, who couldn't make an actor's life easier. So glad to be here.
The Land of Wano Act Two ends and Act Three begins! One Piece Season 14 Voyage 6 (eps 953-964), featuring brand new English dubbed episodes, has now launched on Digital!
#OnePiece
Get it now @
I've always maintained that the toku community is full of wonderful people, and this weekend's D.A.M. Con proved it. A total pleasure to meet everyone (including many familiar online names), sign prints and sofubis, and witness the diversity and joy tokusatsu has to offer.
When the guy who was voted in by a strong majority can't do anything, but the panel of incel wizards forced upon us against our will -- elected by virtually no one -- can do whatever they please?
That is not democracy.
You all know I adore art made by the Ultraman community, and the tokusatsu battles in
@DaikaijuLegends
latest short are absolutely WILD.
(easter egg: you might just hear me cameo as the henshin device announcer, who knows?)
Evil Ultraman Transformation Toys is finally here!! After a quick break for health, hopefully you guys have a tinge of Halloween left in ya!
LOTS of people to credit and thank for their hands in this project, check them out in this thread!
Made a lil return to
#OnePiece
in these episodes, this time voicing additional characters and walla -- always a pleasure to visit Wano and belt out some pirate battle cries with
@EmilyJFajardo
Wano dub alert!๐ฅ
The battle of beasts intensifies in
#OnePiece
Season 14 Voyage 11 (Eps 1013-1024)! Available now
@MicrosoftStore
๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐
GET:
By the power of Google Alerts, just learned that I've been fan cast in a Sonic the Hedgehog DeviantArt fanfiction. I'd like to thank my mom, my coach & everyone who helped me on this journey to the top. Will officially announce my retirement shortly.
As if absolutely knocking the production out of the park wasn't enough,
@Mach_Dent
at
@VintageHenshin
breaks down the making of
@tokushoutsu
's Ultraman Day Ultrathon 2021. Extremely grateful to give voice to Zero once again on that special day among incredible people.
New episode of VINTAGE HENSHIN EXTRA is coming your way at 1PM CT/11AM PT!
This time we're taking a look at the behind-the-scenes for
@tokushoutsu
's
#UltramanDay
Ultrathon, which yours truly had a hand in!
Stand by for some recollective action! -
Turns out I have another
#OnePiece
role announcement -- I also pop up as Gorobe in Wano!
Such a pleasure to work with
@EmilyJFajardo
on one of her first OP episodes as director -- you'd think she'd been there since the pilot episode. Thank you for making me feel so welcome.
Just happily browsing through my copy of the SHUWATCH!!
@Ultra_Zine
Vol. 2 this afternoon. To all of the brilliant artists, writers & curators who made this charitable creation possible:
As an extremely thoughtful Christmas gift,
@titangoji
commissioned this amazing artwork of father and son by the immensely talented
@HidekiPatrick
. This sort of kindness makes me so proud to be a part of the toku community -- hope sharing the work brings you some good cheer, too
Whoops, I'm a full episode late and whoops I'm sneaking into those animes you like -- in episode 7 of
#SmileoftheArsnotoria
because sometimes the wonderful
@EmilyJFajardo
just needs a butler real quick
We're conditioned to be completionists, and it's fatiguing. Here's what I've learned: that mindset is very effective at limiting your experiences. If you're curious, it's more enriching to experience a bit of something than none of it. To participate at your speed, even a little
Apropos of nothing, you know what you should do today? Buy some real physical Ultraman art from a human being. You can store it forever on your real wall.
Commissions are open! Iโll be closing for a bit in October when I start going back to art classes full-time, but I have slots open through September.
DM me on Twitter or Discord for a commission, for more samples of my work visit
Thanks for your support!!
One of the biggest privileges of voicing Zero in English is getting to know the Ultra community, &
@Ultra_Zine
giving their profits to the
#Ultraman
Foundation is a wonderful example of that community. Just ordered my copy + merch cause I gotta have that Zero sticker
Bye Bye, Earth episode two is now streaming in English on
@crunchyroll
, and Adonis arrives to start his slow burn. Loving the unfolding of utterly fantastical world-building in this one -- so much in store for Belle and this mystery boy yet
With that,
#OnePiece
's entire Wano Country arc is now available in English on
@Crunchyroll
. It was a crazy honor to contribute to this world along the way -- you'll hear me sprinkled around as Jibuemon (as well as Gorobe and a few additional voices). On to Egghead Island!
See you in EggHead!๐ฅ
The FINAL FULL batch of Wano dubs,
#OnePiece
Season 14 Voyage 16 (Eps 1074-1085) is now streaming on
@Crunchyroll
๐ดโโ ๏ธ ๐ฅณ
WATCH:
You'll hear me pop up as about four or five characters in this one -- huge congrats to
@BladeWindshift
for such a wonderful localization, and big thanks to
@rcmvoice
for a really lovely session!
I had the pleasure of being the English casting & VO director for the Japanese visual novel, The 257th Element
And I'm thrilled to say the English version is out!
Thank you to
@BladeWindshift
for the opportunity & all the amazing actors I worked with ๐
This is absolutely heinous. We need regulation -- backed by *consequential* punishment -- and we need it yesterday. We needed it months ago. We needed it last year.
Netflix has used AI-generated images in a new true crime doc โWHAT JENNIFER DIDโ to present Jennifer Pan as happy & confident before she was convicted of murder.
Use of AI tools is not disclosed in the credits.
(Source: )
Imploring you to check out
@1000xRESIST
by sunset visitor ๆ้ฝ้ๅฎข. It's such a lateral exploration of diaspora, autocracy, protests, pandemics, queerness and so much more. Striking to behold with strikingly pared down performances. Says "yes" to so many ideas, and wonderfully so
Sonny Chiba directed me down a new path when I was a teenager, curating what film could be & what cool could be. He's resting now, but will be cracking skulls forever.