The Ocean Group (also known as Ocean Sound Corp.[1]) is a production company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that specializes in localizing foreign animation (most often anime, but video games as well) into English, including doing translation, dubbing and subtitling. They own and operate Ocean Productions Inc., formerly known as Ocean Studios. They may also be know as Ocean Media because of their e-mail address. They do not have a corporate web site.
Contents |
Notable works
Early anime projects of the Ocean Group includes the first two seasons and three movies of Dragon Ball Z, which was contracted out to them by Funimation Entertainment. The Dragon Ball franchise was later re-dubbed entirely by Funimation's own in-house voice cast; however, the Ocean Group later made an alternative dub of DBZ that aired in Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland while Funimation's dub aired in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Other anime dubs of theirs include most of the installments in the Gundam metaseries, including Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam, Char's Counterattack, Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, and Gundam 00. They have also worked on InuYasha, Ranma ½, Hamtaro, Hikaru No Go, Cardcaptor Sakura, Monster Rancher, Infinite Ryvius, Jin-Roh, Silent Mobius, The Vision of Escaflowne, Zoids: New Century Zero, The SoulTaker, .hack//Roots, Death Note, Black Lagoon, MegaMan NT Warrior, Pretty Cure and Maison Ikkoku.
Their newest projects are Gundam 00 and Hunter x Hunter.
The Ocean Group also recently produced the first English adaptation of Powerpuff Girls Z, which as of May 2008 is only shown on Cartoon Network Philippines and on Boomerang in Australia.
Outside of anime, they have recorded the voices for American animated series like Exosquad, X-Men: Evolution, and Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.
Notable voice actors
- Laara Sadiq: Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball Z)
- Lisa Ann Beley: Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball Z Movies 1 and 2 only), Relena Peacecraft (Gundam Wing), Murrue Ramius (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Mai Shiraui (Fatal Fury 2/Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture), Sumeragi Lee Noriega Gundam 00
- Gary Chalk: Dr. Robotnik (Sonic Underground), Optimus Primal (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Optimus Prime (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Cybertron)
- Ted Cole: Yamcha, Android 17 (Dragon Ball Z), Chang Wufei (Gundam Wing), Tatewaki Kuno (Ranma ½), Gilbert Durandal (Gundam SEED Destiny), Boss (Hamtaro)
- Ian James Corlett: Goku, Master Roshi (Dragon Ball Z), Cheetor (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Dr. Tofu (Ranma 1/2)
- Richard Ian Cox: Zaacro, Spice (Dragon Ball Z), InuYasha (InuYasha), male Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (X-Men: Evolution), Allelujah Haptism (Gundam 00), Sabu (Hamtaro)
- Michael Dobson: Nappa, Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z), Duke Dermail (Gundam Wing), Dekim Barton (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz), Starscream (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon), Gindo (Ranma 1/2), Jinenji (InuYasha), Dylan (Hamtaro)
- Paul Dobson: Zarbon (Dragon Ball Z), Naraku, Myoga (InuYasha), Happosai, Yutaro, Gora (Ranma ½), Sideways (Transformers: Armada), Howdy (Hamtaro)
- Brian Drummond: Vegeta, Pikkon (Dragon Ball Z), Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft (Gundam Wing), Tiger of the Wind (Monster Rancher), Jetstorm (Beast Machines), Allen Schezar (Escaflowne), Ryuk (Death Note), Renkotsu (InuYasha), Crepe King (Ranma 1/2), Keo (Yakkity Yak), Jingle (Hamtaro)
- Andrew Francis: Megaman.EXE (Megaman NT Warrior), Dende (Dragon Ball Z), Hiten of the Thunder Bolts, Tsuyu's Lord (Inuyasha), Murata Azrael (Gundam Seed), Lasse Aeon (Gundam 00), Genki (Monster Rancher), Billy (Transformers Armada)
- Saffron Henderson: Goku (Dragon Ball), Gohan (Dragon Ball Z), Lucrezia Noin (Gundam Wing), Tsubasa Kurenai, Kogane Musashi (Ranma ½), Oxnard (Hamtaro), Sota (InuYasha), Kurenai Yuuhi Naruto (later replaced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn)
- Mark Hildreth: Dr. Briefs (Dragon Ball Z), Heero Yuy (Gundam Wing), Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
- Matt Hill: Tien (Dragon Ball Z), Ed (Ed, Edd n Eddy), Kero (Cardcaptors), Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Bankotsu (InuYasha), Alex Summers/Havok (X-Men: Evolution), Roberto Arvello (Hamtaro)
- Britt Irvin (aka Brittney Irvin): (Inuyasha,George of the Jungle)
- Willow Johnson: Kikyo (InuYasha), Kasumi Tendo (Ranma ½), Lalah Sune (Mobile Suit Gundam), Maron (Dragon Ball Z), Lily (Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf)
- David Kaye: Recoome, Brocco (Dragon Ball Z), Megatron (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Cybertron), Soun Tendo (Ranma ½), Treize Khushrenada (Gundam Wing), Sesshomaru (InuYasha), Optimus Prime (Transformers Animated),
- Peter Kelamis: Goku (Dragon Ball Z), Rolf (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
- Terry Klassen: Krillin (Dragon Ball Z), Hachi (InuYasha), Cut Man (Mega Man), Eddy's Brother (Ed, Edd n Eddy), Jingle (Hamtaro)
- Jocelyne Loewen: Merle (Escaflowne), Milfeulle Sakuraba (Galaxy Angel), Asagi Caldwell (Gundam SEED), Penelope and June (Hamtaro)
- Kirby Morrow: Trowa Barton (Gundam Wing), Goku (Dragon Ball Z), Miroku (InuYasha), Rad White (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon), Van Fanel (Escaflowne), Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-Men: Evolution), Mega Man (Mega Man), Dr. Ono (Ranma 1/2), Teru Mikami (Death Note), Noel (Hamtaro), Rey Za Burrel Gundam Seed Destiny, Billy Katagiri (Gundam 00)
- Scott McNeil: Piccolo, Jeice, Goz, Mez, , Android 16, Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z), Rattrap, Dinobot, Waspinator, Silverbolt (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Proto Man (Mega Man), Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), Koga (InuYasha), Principal Kuno (Ranma ½), Phillip Yoshi and Mr. Foster (Hamtaro), Tobi (Naruto Shippuden),
- Pauline Newstone: Airazor (Beast Wars), Frieza (Dragon Ball Z), Mistress Centipede (InuYasha), Kaitlin Endo {Hamtaro)
- Maggie Blue O'Hara: Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (X-Men: Evolution), Mariemaea Khushrenada (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz), Anna (Ranma 1/2), Bulma (Dragon Ball Z)
- Doug Parker: Terrorsaur, Starscream (Beast Wars: Transformers), Tidal Wave (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon), Vulcan (Zoids)
- Kelly Sheridan: Sango (InuYasha), Hitomi (Escaflowne), Ukyo Kuonji, Kurumi (Ranma ½), Shino (.hack//ROOTS), Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (X-Men: Evolution), Hillary, Glitter and Daisy (Hamtaro), Nana Komatsu (Nana), Louise Halevy (Gundam 00)
- Rebecca Shoichet: Nana Osaki (Nana)
- Tabitha St. Germain: Flay Allster (Gundam SEED), Pink Haro, Birdy (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Pashmina (Hamtaro), Yuki Onna (Ranma 1/2)
- Moneca Stori: Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha), Videl (Dragon Ball Z), Amanda Sefton (X-Men: Evolution), Laura Haruna (Hamtaro), Princess Ori (Ranma 1/2)
- Brad Swaile: Quatre Raberba Winner (Gundam Wing), Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack), Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) Mousse, Sentaro (Ranma ½), Dearka Elsman (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Auel Neider (Gundam SEED Destiny), Setsuna F Seiei (Gundam 00), Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men: Evolution), Light Yagami (Death Note), Maxwell (Hamtaro)
- Venus Terzo: female Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Blackarachnia (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Talia Gladys (Gundam SEED Destiny), Jean Grey, (X-Men: Evolution), Wedy (Death Note), Charlotte Rooster Yoshi (Hamtaro)
- Samuel Vincent: Maomolin the Ghost Cat, Curry-Man (Ranma ½), Peach-Man (Tokajin) (InuYasha), Sidoh, Stephen Gevanni (Death Note), Edd/Double D (Ed, Edd n Eddy), Athrun Zala (Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny), Tieria Erde and Hong Long (Gundam 00)
- Cathy Weseluck: Trunks, Chiaotzu, Puar (Dragon Ball Z), Dorothy Catalonia (Gundam Wing), Mirai Yashima (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shampoo, Azusa, Yuka (Ranma ½), Kagome Higurashi's Mother (InuYasha), Near (Death Note), Marion Haruna, Snoozer and Omar (Hamtaro)
References
External links
- The Ocean Group at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- The History of Ocean Group and Anime Dubs
- Vancouver contains info on TOG
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
