For the journalist, see Chris Ayres

Chris Ayres

For the anime voice actor, see Christopher Ayres.Chris Ayres is a New York Times-bestselling author and journalist. He was born in 1975 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but now lives in Los Angeles...

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Christopher Owen Ayres (born May 16, 1965 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 voice actor ADR

Dubbing (filmmaking)

Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

 Director and Script Writer, 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 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...

, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, New Generation Pictures

New Generation Pictures

New Generation Pictures is a visual media production company based in Beverly Hills, California. The company was founded in 1992 by Reiko Matsuo and Jonathan Klein. They offer services in ADR voice production and translation. In the past, they often dubbed anime for Geneon USA, however recently...

 and OkraTron 5000. 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 the older brother of Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres

Gregory Scott Ayres is an American voice actor who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films...

, another voice actor.

Ayres had originally auditioned for ADV Films, during production on Blue Seed

Blue Seed

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no Orochi. The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical . When Japan is menaced...

, but it would be years later that he got his start on Gantz

Gantz

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...

. He is also known for his Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions. Occasionally his surname is listed as Ayers instead of Ayres.

Anime

• 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...
  
  - Okuhira, DJ Plugman, Potemkine
• Birdy the Mighty Decode - Bacillus
• Black Butler - Prince Soma Asman Kadar
• Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century
  Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century
  Case Closed: The Last Wizard Of The Century, known as in Japan, is a Japanese animated feature film based on the Case Closed series. It was released in Japanese theatres on April 17, 1999. Funimation Entertainment acquired the rights to this film from TMS Entertainment on July 17, 2009 and...
  
  - Sergei Ovchinnikov
• Claymore
  Claymore (manga)
  is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue. When the magazine was canceled in June 2007, the series was temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump where it was still published...
  
  - Dauf
• Clannad After Story - Sudou, Kinoshita, Additional Voices
• 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....
  
  - Hewlett
• Darker than Black
  Darker than Black
  is an anime television series, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is...
  
  - Masashi Hitotsubashi
• Diamond Daydreams
  Diamond Daydreams
  is a Japanese visual novel game series, set in Hokkaidō. It was developed by Red Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft.-History:The series began with , which was released on March 18, 1999 for the Dreamcast. A fandisc, , was later released on August 5, the same year. On October 30, 2003, the...
  
  - Kenji Kurata
• Desert Punk
  Desert Punk
  is a post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Usune Masatoshi, serialized in Enterbrain's Comic Beam since 1997. The published chapters have been collected in 13 volumes....
  
  - Sawada
• Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
  Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
  is an anime series based on the video game series by Capcom. It debuted on the WOWOW TV network in Japan on June 14, 2007 and ran 12 episodes.The show was produced by the anime studio Madhouse and was directed by Shin Itagaki...
  
  - Sid
• Dragon Ball Z Kai - Frieza
• 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...
  
  - Kyou, Rick
• El Cazador de la Bruja
  El Cazador de la Bruja
  , is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007...
  
  - Sanchez (Ep. 8)
• Fairy Tail
  Fairy Tail
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...
  
  - Duke Everlue
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Lt. General Raven
• Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
  Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
  is a companion series to the anime series Full Metal Panic! by Kyoto Animation, and takes place between the first season and The Second Raid....
  
  - Atsunobu Hayashimizu
• Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid - Wraith
• Gantz
  Gantz
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...
  
  - Kei Kurono
• 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...
  
  - Takahito Komagusu
• Ghost Hunt
  Ghost Hunt
  , originally titled , is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. Although the last novel was published in 1994,...
  
  - Reimei Minami
• Golgo 13
  Golgo 13
  is a manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine since January 1969. In 1976, the manga won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga...
  
  - Dave McCartney
• Gravion Zwei
  Gravion
  is an anime television series produced by Gonzo. It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. In 2004, was released and aired from January 8 to March 25 in Japan, running for twelve additional episodes, answering the questions generated from the first...
  
  - Ivan
• The Guin Saga - Ghuru Shin, Kah, Riya
• 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...
  
  - Covenant Commander, Operator (The Package)
• 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...
  
  - Yoshioka Takagi, Additional Voices
• Initial D
  Initial D
  is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...
  
  - Miki (Funimation dub)
• 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...
  
  - Riki, Dr. Nabuto
• Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
  King of Bandit Jing
  , also known as King of Bandit Jing, is a seven volume manga series by Yuichi Kumakura about the adventures of the bandit Jing and his partner Kir. The manga was adapted into a 13 episode anime series produced by Aniplex and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe as well as a Game Boy game released in 2000...
  
  - Maraschino
• Kaleido Star
  Kaleido Star
  is an anime series produced by Japanese studio Gonzo Digimation Holding. The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida...
  
  - Mr. Patrova
• Kiba
  Kiba (anime)
  , a fantasy anime by Madhouse, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor...
  
  - Morris, Additional Voices
• Maburaho
  Maburaho
  is a romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eeji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine...
  
  - Yukihiko Nakamaru
• Mardock Scramble
  Mardock Scramble
  is the name for a series of novels by Tow Ubukata, which were later adapted into a manga series and a trilogy anime film series. The story is about a girl named Rune Ballot who was taken in by a man named Shell who later killed her and left her for dead. She is saved and turned into a cyborg...
  
  : The First Compression - Welldone the Pussyhair, Medium the Fingernail
• Megazone 23 Part II
  Megazone 23
  is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
  
  - Cujo
• Nanaka 6/17
  Nanaka 6/17
  is a 12-tankoubon manga and 12-episode anime series created by Ken Yagami.The manga was published by Akita Shoten, while the anime was aired on TV Tokyo. The series is licensed for distribution in the United States by ADV Films...
  
  - Jinpachi Arashiyama
• Needless
  Needless
  is an action/comedy/science fiction manga and anime series by Kami Imai. Serialized in Shueisha's seinen magazine Ultra Jump beginning in 2004, an anime adaptation by Madhouse began airing on July 2, 2009.-Synopsis:...
  
  - Ishiyama, Nivy, Additional Voices
• One Piece
  One Piece
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
  
  - Johnny
• 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...
  
  - Oshodani
• Peacemaker Kurogane
  Peacemaker Kurogane
  is a historical fiction manga series written and illustrated created by . It is unrelated to the Peace Maker manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure while...
  
  - Keisuke Yamanami
• Project Blue Earth SOS
  Project Blue Earth SOS
  -External links:* *...
  
  - Kintaro Oyama
• Romeo × Juliet - Camillo
• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings - Takeda Shingen
  Takeda Shingen
  , of Kai Province, was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.-Name:Shingen was called "Tarō" or "Katsuchiyo" during his childhood...
  
  
• Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
  
  - 3M (Ep. 11)
• Super Dimensional Fortress Macross - Lynn Kaifun
• Speed Grapher
  Speed Grapher
  is a 2005 anime series created by Gonzo. The series ran for 24 episodes from April to October 2005 on TV Asahi. In 2006, it was licensed for release in North America by Funimation Entertainment and aired on the Independent Film Channel between March 7 and August 15, 2008...
  
  - Chouji Suitengu
• Spice and Wolf
  Spice and Wolf
  is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine...
  
  - Assessor
• 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...
  
  - Hasumi Ryokan, Koshikawa
• Tears to Tiara
  Tears to Tiara
  Tears to Tiara is a Japanese eroge tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for PC on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by 12 years old and up version released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July 17, 2008 in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in which the...
  
  - Arthur, Pwyll
• The World God Only Knows - Mr. Kodama
• Tokyo Majin - Ryuuzan Arai
• Trinity Blood
  Trinity Blood
  is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican, the human government,...
  
  - Isaak Fernand von Kämpfer
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
  Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
  is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. It takes place in the same fictional universe as many of Clamp's other manga series, most notably xxxHolic. The plot follows how Sakura, the princess of the Kingdom of Clow, loses her soul and how Syaoran, a young...
  
  - Nanto
• 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...
  
  - Niwe
• The Wallflower
  The Wallflower (manga)
  , a.k.a Perfect Girl Evolution, is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since its premiere in 2000, and in 27 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha...
  
  - George (Ep. 21), Additional Voices
• Xam'd Lost Memories - Kisel-ji
• 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...
  
  - Jin Uzuki
• Yugo the Negotiator - Yusuf Ali Mesa
• Yumeria
  Yumeria
  is a Namco video game released for the PlayStation 2 and an anime series produced by Studio Deen.Tomokazu Mikuri, the main character in the game and anime, turns 16 years old and has led a dull life without girls. On the night of his birthday, he dreams of a strange world in which he sees a young...
  
  - Sousyu

Video Games

• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley
  Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley
  Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley is an action video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games and co-published with Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace on October 6, 2010 as part of Microsoft's Game Feast promotion...
  
  - Additional Voices.
• The Last Remnant
  The Last Remnant
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The game is directed at both Japanese and Western audiences and had a simultaneous release in Japan, North America and Europe, on November 20, 2008 for the Xbox 360. The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows at the end...
  
  - Wagram.
• Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
  Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
  Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team is an fighting video game for the Playstation Portable video game console based on the Dragon Ball Z series. It was released in Japan on September 30, 2010, North America on October 19, 2010, Europe on October 22, 2010, and Australia on October 21, 2010...
  
  - Frieza.
• Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
  Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
  is a video game based on the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball and is a follow up to the 2009 video game Dragon Ball: Raging Blast. It was developed by Spike and published by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles in the beginning of November 2010...
  
  - Frieza.
• Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
  Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, known in Japan as , is a video game based of the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball. It is developed by Spike and will be distributed by Namco Bandai beginning in late October of 2011 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles.The game is a 3D fighter...
  
  - Frieza.

ADR Director

• Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
  Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
  Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two is the overall title of a two-part Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori for the PC as a DVD. The first game in the series, Ef: The First Tale, was released on December 22, 2006, and the second game, Ef: The Latter Tale, was released on May 30, 2008...
  
  
• Magikano
  Magikano
  is a manga series by Takeaki Momose, which was later adapted into an anime series, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Hideki Mitsui.The anime series was also broadcast by Animax, who adapted and dubbed the series into English for broadcast across its English language networks in Southeast Asia...
  
  
• Nerima Daikon Brothers
  Nerima Daikon Brothers
  is a manga and 12 episode comedy anime series that follows the adventures of two brothers Hideki, Ichiro, and Mako who form the band, "Nerima Daikon Brothers."...
  
  
• Night Raid 1931
• The Wallflower
  The Wallflower (manga)
  , a.k.a Perfect Girl Evolution, is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since its premiere in 2000, and in 27 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha...
  
  (Episodes 14-25)
• 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...
  
  

External links

• Official Website