Blake Shepard is an American animator

Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...

, visual artist, and voice actor who works for anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series at ADV Films and Seraphim Digital. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 films, He is also lead singer and guitarist in a band called Electric Attitude.

Shepard is known for voicing Akito/Agito in Air Gear

Air Gear

is a shōnen manga written and illustrated by Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure. Air Gear revolves around the life of Itsuki Minami "Ikki", also known as "Baby Face", "Lil Crow", and his friends. The story follows their use of Air Treks, an in-universe invention derived from inline skates...

, Leonard Tesatarosa in Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid, Akiyuki Takehara in Xam'd: Lost Memories

Xam'd: Lost Memories

Xam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...

, and recently as Luke Ainsworth in The Sacred Blacksmith, his first role for FUNimation Entertainment

FUNimation Entertainment

Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...

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Voice Roles

• Air Gear
  Air Gear
  is a shōnen manga written and illustrated by Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure. Air Gear revolves around the life of Itsuki Minami "Ikki", also known as "Baby Face", "Lil Crow", and his friends. The story follows their use of Air Treks, an in-universe invention derived from inline skates...
  
  - Akito/Agito Wanajima
• Angel Beats!
  Angel Beats!
  is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda...
  
  - Yuzuru Otonashi
• Blade of the Phantom Master - Jyun
• Coyote Ragtime Show
  Coyote Ragtime Show
  is an anime series directed by Takuya Nonaka and produced by ufotable, which first aired in Japan on July 3, 2006. The storyline consists of the adventures of a group of space-faring fugitives in search of a treasure....
  
  - Alex
• Clannad After Story - Igarashi, Additional Voices
• Demon King Daimao - Fujiko's Brother
• Detective Loki - Kotaro Kakinouchi
• Diamond Daydreams - Kurokawa
• E's Otherwise
  E's Otherwise
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and drawn by Satoru Yuiga. It was originally serialized in Monthly GFantasy from 1997 through 2005, and later published in 16 tankōbon volumes by Square Enix from March 18, 2003 to February 27, 2010...
  
  - Yuuki Tokugawa
• Fulmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  Fullmetal Alchemist
  , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
  
  - Additional Voices
• Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid - Leonard Testarossa
• Ghost Hound
  Ghost Hound
  is an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow, noted for being the creator of the Ghost in the Shell series. The original concept and design was first developed by Shirow in 1987...
  
  - Michio Hoshino
• Ghost Stories
  Ghost Stories (anime)
  , also known as Ghosts at School, is a 19-episode anime series created in 2000 by animation studio Pierrot and Aniplex for Fuji Television, based on a book series by Toru Tsunemitsu....
  
  - Keita
• Gilgamesh
  Gilgamesh (anime)
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in the Shōnen Gahōsha magazine Weekly Shōnen King from 1976 to 1978. A dark and apocalyptic anime series based on the original story was adapted by Group TAC in 2003...
  
  - Tatsuya Madoka, Terumichi Madoka
• Gravion Zwei - Jose
• The Guin Saga - Remus
• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor
  Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor
  is a Japanese anime series based on the long-running manga series, Bio Booster Armor Guyver, written by Yoshiki Takaya, adapting chapters 1 - 59 of the manga. The production was in association with ADV Films and Kadokawa Shoten...
  
  - Kobashi
• Halo Legends
  Halo Legends
  Halo Legends is a collection of seven short anime films set in the Halo science-fiction universe. Financed by Halo franchise overseer 343 Industries, the stories were created by six Japanese production houses: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio 4°C, and Toei Animation...
  
  - O'Brien (The Babysitter)
• Highschool of the Dead
  Highschool of the Dead
  is a manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse...
  
  - Kurokami, Tejima (Eps. 1-2, 4), Additional Voices
• Innocent Venus
  Innocent Venus
  is a post-apocalyptic science fiction anime TV series which began broadcasting on the WOWOW network in Japan on July 26, 2006 at midnight. The series makes use of some 3D cel-shaded animation, which achieves a more "hand drawn" look than traditional 3D animation. At Anime Boston 2007, ADV Films had...
  
  - Yosaku
• Jinki:Extend
  Jinki:EXTEND
  is a 13-episode mecha anime series that aired on TV Asahi in 2005 as well as a currently running manga series. It takes place in two parts, in Venezuela during 1988 , and in Tokyo, Japan in 1991 The story revolves around two girls who end up piloting giant humanoid robots called "Jinki" and the...
  
  - Yasuyuki Nishihara, Glenn Harden, Kouse
• Legends of the Dark King - Juda
• Moeyo Ken
  Moeyo Ken
  is a novel by Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba. It dramatizes the life of Hijikata Toshizō, a member of the Shinsengumi, active in Japan during the bakumatsu ....
  
  - Ryuunosuke Sakamoto
• Maburaho
  Maburaho
  is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine...
  
  - Kazuki Shikimori
• Madlax
  MADLAX
  is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Madlax and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...
  
  - Maurice Lopez
• Papuwa
  Papuwa
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ami Shibata and serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from April 1991 to June 1995. The series follows Kotaro who is stranded on an uncharted island inhabited by strange talking animals hand has memory of his past...
  
  - Tezuka, black bear, fishie
• Princess Resurrection
  Princess Resurrection
  is a supernatural, Horror, Comedy and Action manga by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga is serialized monthly in Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine and published by Kodansha. An 26 episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007...
  
  - Hiro Hiyorimi
• Pumpkin Scissors
  Pumpkin Scissors
  is a manga created and authored by Ryoutarou Iwanaga. Originally serialized in Magazine GREAT in 2002 it was later moved to Monthly Shonen Magazine in October 2006. The manga has been licensed by Del Rey...
  
  - Martis
• The Sacred Blacksmith - Luke Ainsworth
• Shadow Skill
  Shadow Skill
  is a manga series with anime adaptations, produced by Studio Deen and aired on Japanese Television in 1998 and has been released in the United States by ADV Films in 2005. The series is based on the manga by Megumu Okada. Shadow Skill is a shōnen series which features Styles of combat, such as...
  
  - Len
• Shattered Angels - Jin Ogami
• Shin-chan - Oliver Oliver
• Tactics
  Tactics (manga)
  is a Japanese manga series collaborated between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It was serialized in Comic Blade Masamune. Kinoshita supplied the character "Kantarou," and Higashiyama supplied the character "Haruka." The manga was first released in North America by ADV Manga in 2004...
  
  - Kantaro Ichinomiya
• Tokyo Majin
  Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: To
  is a Japanese anime series, which premiered in Japan on the anime satellite TV network Animax. A large part of the Tokyo Majin Gakuen Franchise, it is loosely based on a series of Japan-only video games, and is directed by Shinji Ishihara....
  
  - Ryuji Yashiro
• UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
  UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
  , aka UFO Princess Valkyrie, is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which has run for at eleven volumes, and still seems to be continuing...
  
  - Morikawa
• Utawarerumono
  Utawarerumono
  is a Japanese adult AVG+SLG visual novel by Leaf which was released on April 26, 2002 for the PC. A manga version was created in 2005 and was first serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine. An anime adaptation aired between April and September 2006, containing twenty-six episodes...
  
  - Hauenkua, Tamua
• Venus Versus Virus
  Venus Versus Virus
  is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Suzumi which was first serialized on June 27, 2005 in MediaWorks' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao!...
  
  - Yoshiki Kusanagi
• Xam'd: Lost Memories
  Xam'd: Lost Memories
  Xam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...
  
  - Akiyuki Takehara
• Xenosaga: The Animation
  Xenosaga: The Animation
  is a 12-episode Japanese anime television series by Toei Animation, which premiered on TV Asahi in Japan on January 5, 2005. The series is based on the PlayStation 2 game Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht...
  
  - Allen Ridgeley

External links

• Blake Shepard at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Blake Shepard Myspace