Hello Hello! How are ya’ll doing out there? I hope this economic tsunami (as they’re calling here in Hong Kong) is not affecting you all too badly ... For me, I can count myself lucky as I am about to begin playing a role in the show entitled Zorori .. No news as to where it’s going to air or be otherwise distributed but if I, or any of the little elves out there collecting information or me, find out I will let you all know! ;-)

Hey there,

Been about two months since my last blog entry ... I have been VERY busy directing not one but two great series for the Animax Channel. The first one is an interesting collection of traditional Japanese horror ... “Ayakashi”. This is certainly not a family show, do not let the little ones watch this as it is pretty darn dark! There are three tales in this eleven episode collection and each one is as strange and freaky as the next. The first one is the cursed origin tale of Lady Oiwa ... the popular female Japanese ghost with the deformed eye ... yes we are all familiar with that creepy ghoul .. and this story is guaranteed to have your skin crawling. The next story is a rather odd tale of a group of hot female forgotten gods and their fateful encounter with mankind ... The third tale is in my opinion the most interesting of the three. A vivid kaleidoscope of colors and detailed backdrops surround an equally complex story centering around a dark family secret and a visiting medicine seller cum exorcist. Really if you miss the first two make a point of watching “Bake Neko” - it will leave you breathless.

Other voice actors in Ayakashi are “Henry Coombs, Michael Brooks, Simon Broad, Antonia Shevloff, and Kathy Robinson” ... Hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed working on it! :-)

The second series I am working on is called xxxHolic and any fan of the CLAMP world will know it is a wonderful series. Fans of the Mokona will be happy to see the black Mokona standing faithfully at the side of Yuko the witch. This is a fun series mainly concerned with a young man by the name of Watanuki Kimihiro ... nothing real special about him except that he can see ghosts and other weird supernatural goop, Oh and all that goop seems to want to eat him all the time. The main story centers around Watanuki’s relationship with Yuko. There is a side story of his crush on Kunogi Himawari and his rivalry with the level headed Domeki - who always seems to save Watanukis’s neck at the last second. ... I see this story as a coming of age story. A story that deals with teenage angst and life questions wrapped up in a supernatural analogy. All things said and done xxxHolic is a story that I really have enjoyed working on!

Other voice actors in xxxHolic are “Colin Shevloff, Antonia Shevloff, Lili Truncale, Catherine Fu, Shari Diaz, and Jack Murphy”

And last but not least I have laid my director’s hat down and landed the role of Demon Eyes Kyo in the show Samurai Deeper Kyo! It looks great and I am looking forward to once again unleashing my darker side .... ;-)

Till next time,

RW

Hey everybody,

Good to be voicing on Animax again. I landed the role of Abe Takaya in the hit series Ookiku Furikabutte. I hope you all enjoy my performance as much as I enjoyed working on it.

Abe is an interesting character who seems to be caught between being manly and being sensitive. Especially when dealing with his nervous wreck of a pitcher. He has to learn to be strong and sensitive to take advantage of Mihashi’s (The Pitcher) great pitching potential.

It’s really nice to see Abe act like a big brother - even peer counselor - for Mihashi - and as a result help bring him out of his terrified shell of shy self consciousness. Indeed this series captured High School sports and friendships quite well and we may find ourselves hearkening back to our own days in High School ... :-)

Anyhow - Enjoy the show!

Play Ball!!!!

Russell

Wow hello all,

First I apologize for not writing more often as I promised I would .... but so much has been happening ... my family was in town, I got married, just about everything and anything that was major in my life happened in the last two months! So there you have it, I am now a happily married man. :-)

We just got back from an amazing Honeymoon in Thailand. So now I suppose it is back to the grind.

I haven’t done much for the ANIMAX channel in a while, sorry about that - Who knows maybe the winds will change and I will get another show there. I am, however, involved in a few productions for India’s POGO Channel. I was just in two Ultraman films and am working on the very long but very silly “The Gutsy Frog” series.

I am still in Hong Kong and I am still working in voice over - though not as much lip sync lately.
I hope this message finds all my readers and fans in good health,

Cheers,

Russell

Well we finished dubbing “The Warlords”. It was a great adventure since I was responsible for all the extra’s that day ... we had to make crowds of thousands and fill in all the smaller roles left in the film. So I brought around 20 talent into the studio and we had a blast - yelling and screaming and carrying on.

The producers had decided to do something quite interesting with this film and went with casting the English version with Hong Kong local actors - with that in mind casting the extra’s was a challenge ... finding actors whose English is up to par is harder than one might think ... so .. in the end ... MY Family-in-law came out to help! They all speak English and wanted to see what I do ... so they all came in ... Them mingled with the professional actors I hired made a great sound!

On another note my wedding is less than a month away! Time is getting short!

Take care and See you all in Cyberia,

Russell