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Steve Blum Heads to Otakon 2022

Steve Blum

Veteran voice actor Steve Blum will be a guest at Otakon 2022.

Blum is best known as the voice of Spike Spiegel from “Cowboy Bebop”; Wolverine from several incarnations of “X-Men” (animated movies, games, the “Wolverine and the X-Men” TV series, “The Super Hero Squad Show”, “X-Men” anime and more); Zeb Orrelios and dozens of other characters from “Star Wars: Rebels”; Orochimaru, Zabuza, and others from “Naruto”; Green Goblin from the “Spectacular Spiderman” series; Heatblast, Vilgax and Ghostfreak from “Ben 10”; Grayson Hunt (“Bulletstorm”), Grunt (“Mass Effect 2 and 3”), Zoltan Kulle from “Diablo 3”; Abathur from “Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm”; Tank Dempsey (“Call of Duty Black Ops”); Killer Croc from “Arkham Asylum”; Oghren (“DragonAge”); Vincent Valentine (“Final Fantasy VII”); Leeron (“Guren Lagann”); Jamie from “Megas XLR”; storm troopers and many others in most of the “Star Wars” games; and the voice of 7-11, dozens of Digimon and a gigantic list of other characters from anime, video games, TV and film. In 2012, he was inducted into the “Guinness Book of World Records” as Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games, appearing in almost 300 games (now over 400)! 

Lately, you can catch him as Brimstone in “Valorant”; the Demon Bull King and Huntsman Spider in “Monkie Kid”; Golgan and Tuftan in “Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth”; Zartan on “Robot Chicken”; Yumyan Hammerpaw in “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”; Jindiao in Dreamworks’ “Kung Fu Panda: Paws of Destiny”; Rytlock Brimstone and many others in “Guild Wars 2”; more “Star Wars” stuff like “The Mandalorian: Star Wars Resistance,” “Jedi: Fallen Order” and as Admiral Karius in “Vader Immortal”; Wheeljack in the “BumbleBee” feature film; Tank Dempsey in “COD Black Ops”; Grimstroke in “Dota 2”; Roy Evans in “Angel of Vine,” the true crime podcast; as Shoe and Sparky in Laika’s “The Boxtrolls”; and as astronaut Quentin Thomas on hip-hop superstar Logic’s albums “The Incredible True Story,” “Everybody,” and “Young Sinatra 4,” as well as on camera in Logic’s music videos for the songs “Everyday,” “Take it Back,” and “Icy.”

Blum has also appeared as Nar Est and Rasper in Amazon’s “Niko and the Sword of Light”; Frank the flying monkey and others in “Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz” on Boomerang; as Makucha the Leopard on Disney’s “The Lion Guard”; and as lovable pub thug Attila Buckethead and more in Disney’s “Tangled” television series. He also voiced characters in “Star Wars: Rogue One,” “Solo,” and “Rise of Skywalker,” and in “Incredibles 2,” “Goosebumps 2,” “Shazam” and “Critters Attack” feature films.

In the Emmy Award-winning “Transformers: Prime,” he played Starscream; Amon in “Avatar: The Legend of Korra”; Green Lantern in “Injustice 2: Sub-Zero”; Reptile and Bo’Rai Cho in “Mortal Combat X”; Baraka and Sub-Zero in “MK 11”; several characters in “DC Super Hero Girls”; “Trese”; “The Rocketeer”; “Baki”; “Wabbit” and Looney Tunes series, “Ultimate Spider-Man”; “Ben 10: Omniverse”; “The Regular Show”; “We Bare Bears”; “The Owl House”; “Doc McStuffins”; “Uncle Grandpa”; “Ridley Jones”; “We Baby Bears”; “Wander over Yonder”; “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”; “Scooby Doo”; “Guild Wars 2”; “Peabody and Sherman”; “Pickle and Peanut”; “Transformers Rescue Bots”; “Young Justice”; and hundreds of others.

Otakon 2022 will be held from July 29-31 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Otakon Vegas Announces Guests, Steve Blum, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Lisa Ortiz

LOrtizcardOtakorp has announced a wave of guests for Otakon Vegas 2015. Voice actors Lisa Ortiz, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Steve Blum will all be guests at the show.

Lisa began her career as the high elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War. Since then, she has gone on to record dozens of anime series, audiobooks, video games, and films, as well as eventually moving behind the microphone as a producer, director and adapter. Her work has appeared in film festivals and on television. She can currently be heard as Fletchling, the Gym leader Korrina, and Oshawott in Pokemon, Rina in Time of Eve, Anna in Berserk, Mini in RoboCar Poli, Ogakai in Dungeon Hunter 4, Lotus Hanazoe in Yugioh GX, as well as roles in Gangstar 3. Her directing and producing work includes mobile games for The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, and Littlest Pet Shop. She is President of Noise of O Productions, and currently resides in NYC, with her fabulous felines Fitz and Stan.

As an actress, Mary 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 the Female Crusader in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Kurutsu in Ghost in the Shell Arise, Mrs. Maheswaran in Steven Universe, 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, Zanpakuto from Bleach, Helba and Bordeau from .hack, Jagura from Wolf’s Rain, Nuriko in Fushigi Yuugi and Caroline from Vampire Hunter D.

MEMcGlynncardMary is directing Penn Zero: Part Time Hero for Disney XD premiering in 2015 starring Thomas Middleditch, Adam Devine, Alfred Molina and Larry Wilmore. She is also directing Naruto: Shippudenwhich just reached its 500th episode! She has directed the 6 Naruto Movies as well as Naruto and Naruto Shippuden 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,Tenkai Knights, Digimon Fusion, Wolf’s Rain, Digimon Tamers, the movie Appleseed and was a co-writer for the American adaptation of Metropolis. She also directed the original animated series Boing The Play Ranger and Gormiti: Lords of Nature.

Mary Elizabeth has had the great honor of singing the music of Akira Yamaoka for the movies Julia Xand Silent Hill as well as the games: Silent Hill 3, The Room, Origins, Shadows of the Damned and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Book of Memories which she also voice directed.

SBlumcardWith literally hundreds of V/O credits to his name, “Veteran Voice Monkey” Steve Blum is best known as the voice of Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, Wolverine from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, The Wolverine and The X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more), Orochimaru, Zabuza, and others from Naruto, Green Goblin from the Spectacular Spider-man series, Heatblast, Vilgax and Ghostfreak from Ben 10, Grayson Hunt (Bulletstorm), Grunt (Mass Effect 2 and 3), Zoltan Kulle from Diablo 3, Abathur from Starcraft 2:Heart of the Swarm, Tank Dempsey (Call of Duty), Killer Croc from Arkham Asylum, Oghren (DragonAge), Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII), Leeron (Guren Lagann), Jamie from Megas XLR, Storm Troopers and many others in most of the Star Wars games, The voice of 7-11, dozens of Digimon and a gigantic list of other characters from Anime, Video Games, TV and Film. In 2012, Steve was inducted into the Guinness Book of World records as Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games – appearing in almost 300 games! Recently, you can find him on the Emmy award-winning Transformers: Prime, playing the sometimes delusional but always deadly Decepticon, Starscream, and as Heatwave on the action-packed, kid-friendly, Transformers: Rescue Bots. Also as Devil Dinosaur on HULK: Agents of SMASH, several characters on Ultimate Spider Man, Ben 10: Omniverse, the Regular Show, Doc McStuffins, Uncle Grandpa, Wander over Yonder, Tenkai Knights, and as the terrifying anti-bender Amon on the hit series Avatar: The Legend of Korra.

And after 4 years off the air, thanks to tremendous fan support, Steve once again takes the helm of the great star cruiser Absolution, reprising his role as TOM the robotic host of Cartoon Network’s Toonami on Adult Swim.

Look for him as Zeb Orrelios in the incredible new series Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD. And this fall, Steve is Dare to be Square as Shoe and Sparky in Laika’s new feature film: The Boxtrolls.

Otakon Vegas 2015 will be held January 16-18 at the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

 

Marvel Animation Plans To Take Over San Diego Comic-Con Again In 2010!

Official Press Release

MARVEL ANIMATION PLANS TO TAKE OVER SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON AGAIN IN 2010!

Following its successful debut of The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Anime and a number of other animated treats at last year’s show, Marvel Animation storms, swings, flies, and smashes its way back to San Diego Comic-Con this year for another weekend full of entertaining panels, exclusive signings, and awesome giveaways!

In addition to featuring all-star celebrity talent and world premiering full episodes of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Marvel Anime: Iron Man, Marvel Animation will be giving away all kinds of exclusive items in both their panels and at the Marvel booth (#2329)! This weekend will be your chance to get a custom Avengers ID card, win signed Comic-Con exclusives, meet the voices of your favorite characters, and more!

FRIDAY JULY 23, 2010

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Marvel Animation Panel – Hosted by an all-star cast of Marvel Animation talent including Tom Kenny (SpongeBob) and Charlie Adler (Transformers), and featuring a special guest of legendary proportions, this interactive game-show panel will get you more than excited about Marvel’s new and continuing animated series. Here’s your chance to snag some sweet Marvel merchandise! Come be a part of the action, showcasing all new seasons of The Super Hero Squad Show and Iron Man Armored Adventures, as well as new footage from Marvel Knights Animation, Marvel Anime, and other upcoming Marvel Animation properties. Room 6BCF

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Super Hero Squad Cast Signing – All-star talent from The Super Squad Show will be signing items at the Marvel booth, including a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Marvel Super Hero Squad The Infinity Gauntlet poster for the all-new video game from THQ releasing November 16th, 2010. On hand for the signing will be Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Charlie Adler (Transformers 1&2), Steve Blum (Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men), and Tara Strong (Teen Titans, Fairly Odd Parents).

8:15 – 9:15 p.m. Iron Man: Anime Screening – Witness the dawn of Marvel Anime as we WORLD PREMIERE the highly anticipated, full-length pilot episode of Iron Man! In addition to the screening, we will be featuring an exclusive first look at upcoming designs produced by the world-renowned Japanese animation studio MADHOUSE, whose notable films include hits such as Ninja Scroll and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (to name a few).  Room 6DE

SATURDAY JULY 24, 2010

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Marvel Animation: Avengers Panel – Enter the Avengers Mansion and become a part of the team! JARVIS (Phil LaMarr, MadTV, Futurama) will introduce you to top-secret Avengers files, including never-before-seen footage, imagery, and the WORLD PREMIERE of two full-length episodes from the all-new The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes animated series premiering on Disney XD this fall!  The road to the Avengers starts here! Room 6DE

About The Super Hero Squad Show Season 2:

Featuring IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, HULK, WOLVERINE, FALCON, and the SILVER SURFER! Just when the Infinity Sword has been rebuilt, Doctor Doom is behind bars, and Villainville seems to have been totally destroyed – a new threat arises to threaten the universe… the evil space‐conqueror THANOS (played by Jim Cummings – Winnie the Pooh, The Princess and the Frog)! Determined to prove his superiority over his sister, the space‐pirate NEBULA (Jane Lynch, 2010 Emmy Nominated actress for Glee), Thanos sets out to collect the six INFINITY STONES, which gives him absolute supremacy over the universe. The Squaddies have to hurry and stop Thanos from collecting all the Stones in his INFINITY GAUNTLET before it’s too late. Luckily, the Squad has a wild card in their battle against Thanos, as the SCARLET WITCH (Tara Strong, Teen Titans, Fairly Odd Parents) joins the team! Season 2 will also feature an all-star cast of celebrity guest talent including Adam West (Batman), George Takei (Star Trek), John O’Hurley (Seinfeld), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) and more!

About The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes:

Featuring IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA and HULK!  When the planet is threatened by Super Villains, time-traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical monsters, or mad robots bent on the total destruction of humanity… When the forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero has the power to save the world… When there is no hope left…

…the AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

About Marvel Anime:

Madhouse will produce four all-new series for Marvel Animation: WOLVERINE, IRON MAN, X-MEN, and BLADE, all reimagined by Warren Ellis!

Marvel Anime IRON MAN, follows Tony Stark’s adventures in Japan. Featuring the cutting-edge style of Japanese anime with an eye toward bringing Tony Stark and IRON MAN to a whole new audience, this collaboration is the start of a whole new era for the classic Marvel character.

About Marvel Entertainment, LLC

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.  Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics).  Marvel’s strategy is to leverage its franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world, including feature films, consumer products, toys, video games, animated television, direct-to-DVD and online.  For more information visit www.marvel.com.

Marvel Unveils Comic Con International Signing Schedule

Official Press Release

Marvel Unveils Comic Con International Signing Schedule

Comic Con International in San Diego is almost here and we know you’re going to be spending a lot of time at the Marvel Booth (#2329). And why wouldn’t you be? You’ll have the chance to meet the legendary Stan Lee and a whole host of your favorite superstar Marvel creators like Jeph Loeb, Brian Michael Bendis, and Matt Fraction in person! Marvel always brings the best talent and the biggest announcements to San Diego and this year is no different. So clear those calendars True Believers because Marvel plans on keeping you busy! Between the star studded appearances in the Marvel booth and the Earth-shattering announcements at all the Marvel panels, you won’t have time for anything else!

Which superstar creators will be signing? What time will they be there? We’ve got all the answers right here!

Stay tuned to www.marvel.com for all of Marvel’s breaking news at Comic Con International in San Diego!

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Marvel Signing Schedule