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George Manley | |
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Born | Sacramento, California, U.S. | September 17, 1965
Alma mater | San Jose State University University of Nevada, Reno |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor, writer |
Years active | 2002-present |
Website | http://www.themanleyvoice.com |
George Edmond Manley (born September 17, 1965) is an American voice actor, novelist and screenwriter. He attended San Jose State University, majoring in theatre arts, University of Nevada, Reno, 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, including Francesco in the second volume of Noir ; Impact, the giant robot in Legend of the Mystical Ninja ; 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 , Coyote Ragtime Show , Pumpkin Scissors and Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid . Manley became a voice artist, after meeting and receiving encouragement at the 2002 FanimeCon [ broken anchor ] from Amanda Winn-Lee, Tiffany Grant and Matt Greenfield. 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 Sports Illustrated on a weekly basis.
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