George Edmond Manley (born September 17, 1965) is an American voice actor, novelist and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He attended

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) ...

, majoring in theatre arts,

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12 ...

, majoring in journalism and holds his associate of science degree in Computer Information Systems and trained at San Francisco's Voice One Studio and with Braintracks Audio's Nancy Wolfson in commercial and character voiceover. He performed voice work at

ADV Films A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt G ...

, including Francesco in the second volume of '' Noir''; Impact, the giant robot in ''

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''; Hyugi Zeravire from '' Gravion Zwei''; Barba from '' Hakugei: Legend of The Moby Dick''; and the English-language narrator for '' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman''. He wrote a script adaptation for six episodes of '' Gantz'', and is the series writer for the adaptation of '' Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', ''

009-1 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication ''Weekly Manga Action'' from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman (" ...

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Coyote Ragtime Show is a Japanese anime television 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. ADV F ...

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Pumpkin Scissors is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryotaro 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. An anime ad ...

'' and '' Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid''. Manley became a voice artist, after meeting and receiving encouragement at the 2002 FanimeCon from

Amanda Winn-Lee Amanda Winn-Lee is an American semi-retired voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works mainly on anime dubs. She was the voice of Mimiru in '' .hack//SIGN'', Rally Vincent in '' Gunsmith Cats'', Yohko Mano in ''Devil Hunter Yohko'', ...

Tiffany Grant Tiffany Lynn Grant (born October 11, 1968) is an American voice actress and script writer who is known for her English-dubbing work for ADV Films on such anime films and television series as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', in which she voiced the cha ...

and

Matt Greenfield Matthew Brian Greenfield (born January 12, 1965) is an American producer, scriptwriter, director and voice actor best known for his work in producing the English-language versions of many popular Japanese anime, most notably ''Neon Genesis Evang ...

. Manley is an on-air personality for Houston's Taping for the Blind Radio (now known as Turning Sight into Sound Radio), reading the Houston Chronicle and ''

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'' on a weekly basis.

Filmography

Anime

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'' – Double Gomez, Apollo * '' Area 88'' – Charlie (OAV), Gustav Tanhelm (TV series) * '' Akame ga Kill!'' – Ogre * '' Aura Battler Dunbine'' – Captain Kawasse, Lord Shotan, Puradon, Kotaro * '' Blue Drop'' – Hasegawa (Mari's Driver) * '' Bodacious Space Pirates'' – Schnitzer * ''

The Book of Bantorra is a Japanese light novel series written by Ishio Yamagata and illustrated by Shigeki Maeshima. The series started with the release of the first volume on September 22, 2005, and by January 22, 2010, ten volumes had been published by Shueisha ...

'' – Ruweek Hartain, Boramotte, Karune * ''

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'' – U.S. President * '' Children Who Chase Lost Voices'' – Commander of Arned Priest * ''

Chrono Crusade ''Chrono Crusade'', originally known in Japan as , due to a typo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in ''Comic Dragon'', then a special issue of the ''Drago ...

'' – Viede, Gotti * '' Coicent'' – Blue Brother * '' Comic Party Revolution'' – The Chief, Nagase Chou * ''

'' – Admiral Malcolm Floyd * ''

Cromartie High School is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka and published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2000 to May 2006. It follows the everyday life of Takashi Kamiyama and his odd classmates at Cromartie Hi ...

'' – Masked Takenouchi * '' Devil Survivor 2: The Animation'' – Byakko * '' Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia'' – Yullgis * '' Divergence Eve'' – Doctor Kessler * ''

Five Numbers! is a 2011 Japanese anime original video animation release. The OVA was directed by Hiroaki Ando, written by Dai Satō and produced by Sunrise. It is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks, it was released alongside another Sunrise OVA, ...

'' – VO (Old Man/Enplein) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' – Darius * '' Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' – Gate's Subordinate * '' Gantz'' – Haruya * ''

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'' – Asai, Muffled Doctor * '' Gintama: The Movie'' – Henpeita Takeuchi * ''

Godannar is a Japanese anime television series created by Yasuchika Nagaoka, Anime International Company and Project Godannar, which consists of IMAGICA Entertainment, Taki Corporation, KlockWorx, NTT Data Contents Planing, Sojitz and Oriental Ligh ...

'' – Moukaku * '' Gravion Zwei'' – Hyugi Zeravire * '' Hakugei: Legend of The Moby Dick'' – Barba * '' Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' – Toad Spirit * ''

Hakuōki is a Japanese ''otome'' video game series by Idea Factory, first released for the PlayStation 2 in 18 September 2008 and ported to many other platforms. It has been adapted into an anime series by Studio Deen; the first series was broa ...

'' – Kai Shimada * '' Halo Legends'' – Berger (The Babysitter) * ''

Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere ''Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere'' is a Japanese light novel series written by Minoru Kawakami and illustrated by Satoyasu. The series is set in the distant future when Japan has been conquered by other countries and divided up into feuda ...

'' – Tadatsugu Sakai * ''

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'' – Genba Hario * '' Kaleido Star'' – Marine Park Owner, Herron * '' Kurau Phantom Memory'' – Frank Zaksman * ''

Legends of the Dark King is a manga series by Youkow Osada that was serialized in the ''Weekly Comic Bunch'' from 2006 to 2007. It is a spinoff of the manga series ''Fist of the North Star'' by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. The story centers on the ''Fist of the North Sta ...

'' – Jadaum * ''

'' – Impact * '' Log Horizon'' – Isaac * '' Maburaho'' – Principal Mori * '' Madlax'' – Lieutenant "Pops" Nyman * ''

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'' – Dolgana * '' Majikoi! – Oh! Samurai Girls'' – Cookie (Form II & V) * ''

Maria Holic is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of ''Dazzle''. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Alive'' on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. Th ...

'' – Narrator * '' Megazone 23'' – Guts, Computer Tech, Alphonse * '' Michel'' – Sitel * ''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion ...

'' – Man in Suit * '' Nerima Daikon Brothers'' – Buff Pandaikon * '' Night Raid 1931'' – Director, Kanji Ishihara * '' Noir'' – Francesco, Boss Bertonie * ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chap ...

'' (Funimation dub) –

Hatchan The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using var ...

, Montblanc Cricket * '' Papuwa'' – Isami Kondo * ''

Parasyte is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki and published in Kodansha's ''Morning Open Zōkan'' and ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North Amer ...

'' - Hirama * '' Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?'' - Deen, Water God * ''

Project Blue Earth SOS is an anime series consisting of six hour-long (with commercials) episodes. It was aired on the Japanese television network, AT-X, from July 2 to December 3, 2006. It was originally licensed by ADV Films for $180,000. In 2008, it became one of ...

'' – Commander Horner * ''

'' – Lance Corporal Mercury, Old Man (episode 6) * ''

RahXephon is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His l ...

'' – Ulysses Captain, Captain Nomad * ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It w ...

'' – Dante (ADV Dub) * ''

Samurai Gun is a manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Kumagai and serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump''. It was adapted into a 13-episode anime series directed by Kazuhito Kikuchi. The anime is licensed in the United States, Canada, the Uni ...

'' – Lord Kozan * '' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (ADV dub) – Narrator – closing credits * '' Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan'' – Hank * ''

Short Peace is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku, and a video game developed by Crispy's! and Grasshopper Manufacture. The four films were released in Japanese theaters on July 20, 2013 and were sc ...

'' – Gimlet (A Farewell to Weapons) * ''

Tears to Tiara is a Japanese adult tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for Windows on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by a 12-years-old-and-up version called released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July ...

'' – Ladu, Bublux * ''

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It is the first part of two franchises: The ''Super D ...

'' – Lynn Shaochin * '' Those Who Hunt Elves'' – Villager, Mary the Shepherd, Santa Claus, Sorcerer, Tree Demon * '' Xam'd: Lost Memories'' – Senten Island Commandant * '' Yugo the Negotiator'' – Senior Lieutenant Viktor

Live-Action

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Meet My Folks ''Meet My Folks'' is a comedy reality television series which aired on NBC from 2002–2003 and aired in re-runs on MyNetworkTV from 2007–2008. Local versions of the show have aired in other countries since 2000. The series was apparently ...

'' – Mailman (episodes 1 and 3) * ''Room'' – Jim * ''The Brain Storm'' – BLT

Video games

* ''Kohan II: Kings of War'' – Jonas Teramun/Sijansur, Xander Kharei, King Agborus, Ord * '' Axis & Allies RTS'' – General George Patton, Field Marshal Konstantin Rokossovski, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, American Commander, Tutorial Narrator

Production staff

ADR Script Adaptation

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'' * '' The Ambition of Nobuna Oda'' * ''

Amnesia Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use ...

'' * '' Black Bullet'' * ''Bryhildr: in The Darkness'' * ''

'' * '' Devil Survivor 2: The Animation'' * ''

Dog & Scissors , also known by the abbreviation , is Japanese light novel series written by Shunsuke Sarai and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. Plot ''Dog & Scissors'' centers around Kazuhito Harumi, a high school boy who is obsessed with reading books. ...

'' * '' Dramatical Murder'' * '' Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' * '' Gantz'' * '' Gatchaman Crowds -insight-'' * ''Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' (season 1 and 2) * ''Hakuoki: The Boisterous Dance of Kyoto'' * ''Hakuoki: The Blue Sky of a Samurai's Spirit'' * ''Hamatora - Season 2'' * ''

Hanayamata is a Japanese manga series by Sō Hamayumiba. It was serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' from April 2011 to February 2018, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime te ...

'' * '' Log Horizon'' * ''Log Horizon 2'' * ''

Magical Warfare is a Japanese light novel series written by Hisashi Suzuki and illustrated by Lunalia. Twelve volumes have been published by Media Factory since November 25, 2011 under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by You Ibuki started serializa ...

'' * ''

'' * '' MM!'' * ''

'' * '' Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen'' * '' Samurai Bride'' * '' Say "I Love You".'' * ''

'' * '' The World God Only Knows: Goddess Arc'' * ''

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace aka InoBato is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōta Nozomi with illustrations by 029. SB Creative has published it in thirteen volumes from 2012 to 2018 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōsuke Kurose wa ...

'' * '' Upotte!!''

Spotting

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Girls und Panzer der Film , alternatively ''Girls und Panzer: The Movie'', is a 2015 Japanese animated film and a sequel to the 2012 anime series '' Girls und Panzer''. Produced by Actas and distributed by Showgate, the film is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima from a scri ...

'' * '' My Love Story'' * '' Utawarerumono: The False Faces''

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