August 18, 2006
News for Voice Actor Boot Camp 2007 and Voice Actor Boot Camp 2007 and Voice Actor Boot Camp 2007:
Voice actor boot camp at Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Bang Zoom! Entertainment is one of the most well-known and prolific anime studios in all of North America. For the first time, they are holding a very unique opportunity for voice actors. Future voice actors and anime fans will have the opportunity to show off their talent and learn ways to improve their skills from two of their favorite voice actors.
Sandy Fox and Lex Lang will be instructing an all-day event for students of voice acting. Previously, this workshop has been conducted at anime conventions, and has proven to be so unbelievably popular that Bang Zoom! Entertainment has decided to create a truly original session completely dedicated to the teaching of voice acting.
Voice Actor Boot Camp will include techniques to help future voice actors in the anime field as well as original animation and many other categories. Not only will future voice actors learn all about performing a voice over, but Sandy and Lex will personally teach them how to record an excellent demo, nail an audition, and find a great agent!
Check out the site below to find out what it's all about!
http://www.bangzoomentertainment.com/voice_acting_school/
The Instructors:
Sandy Fox has been working in the voice over industry for over 15 years. She got her first job doing kids voices on the Simpsons, which then led to work on Futurama and King of the Hill. She is well known as the voice of "Betty Boop" for Universal's Orlando theme park Islands of Adventure. She has also voiced Harmony in Hi Hi Puffy Yumi Ami on Cartoon network, Sumomo in Chobits, Tachikoma in Ghost in the Shell, Marie in Hare GUU, Hannah in AstroBoy , Risky in Risky-Safety and Monica in Heat Guy J. Sandy is also well known for singing the American version of "Freckles", the opening theme song in Rurouni Kenshin as well as the songs for Magic Knight RayEarth. You have also heard her voice as Mireille in .hack//SIGN, Princess Aska in Magic Knight Rayearth, Mipsy Mipson in Nickelodeon's As Told by Ginger, and T-AI in Fox's Transformers. She plays A-20 , Mimiru and Mistral in the .HACK games, Morona in Playstation 2's Phantom Brave, Princess Fillet in Brave Fencer Musashi, Tiki Musicanova in GENESHAFT and so much more!!! She is currently recording on the shows Saiyuki Reload, Hare Guu, Nickelodeon s Super John Doe and several top secret video games! Sandy brings over 27 years of entertainment experience to her work and teaching. For more information visit her web site at http://www.sandyfoxworld.com
Lex Lang is one of Hollywood s most well known voice actors and voice directors, has been voice acting just over 10 years. He can currently be heard with Martin Short on Comedy Central's smash hit, Prime Time Glick as the announcer, celebrity voice match, and the added voices throughout the show. He is the voice of HBO's International Boxing, and his voice can be heard on the animated shows Avatar, Justice League Unlimited, Witch Hunter Robin, Batman, Legion of Superheroes and more... His recent ADR credits include HBO s Entourage, WB's Gilmore Girls, and the Stephen Kings Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Lex is known worldwide for voicing the anime characters Sanosuke Sagara in Rurouni Kenshin, Goemon in Lupin the Third, Sanzo in Saiyuki Reload, Crim in Dot Hack, Kimishima in Scryed, Nagira in Witch Hunter Robin, Shouryuu in The Twelve Kingdoms, Captain Herlock in Captain Herlock, Zagato , Lantis , Rune Gods , Windam and Rayearth in Magic Knight Rayearth and many, many, many more!
Lex can also be heard in hit playstation and Xbox games as Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot's Twinsanity, Han Solo in Star Wars Empire at War, Beast Rider in Knights of the Old Republic II, Ash in Phantom Brave as well as Drill Instructor Lt. David Phillips in the Full Spectrum Warrior game series, and many more...
Recipient of the Excellence in Acting Award from The JFK Center for Performing Arts and The American College Theatre Festival's Outstanding Actor Award, Lex has had a wide variety of performance experience. He has played the leading role in over 40 stage productions, toured the southwest as a stand up comic, and played with his band LeXLang throughout southern California and Nevada.
The Studio:
Established in 1993, Bang Zoom! Entertainment is one of North America's most experienced and respected talents in producing high quality English language adaptations of imported Japanese animation. Eric Sherman and Kaeko Sakamoto created Bang Zoom! Entertainment through their desire to promote cultural awareness for creative international projects. Bang Zoom! works with major North American anime distributors including AD Vision, AN Entertainment, Bandai Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Central Park Media, Geneon, Media Blasters, and Tokyopop to produce English language versions of acclaimed anime such as Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Champloo, IGPX, Last Exile, Witch Hunter Robin, and Please Teacher. Look for Bang Zoom! to launch its first graphic novel later this year.
