This list of black animated characters lists fictional characters found on animated television series and in motion pictures, from 2010 to 2019. The Black people in this list include African American animated characters and other characters of Sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, the southern West Asia, and the Siddi of southern South Asia).
The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.
Houko Kuwashima is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is capable of playing a variety of roles, ranging from young boys to feminine women. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her first major role was as Yurika Misumaru in Martian Successor Nadesico and she has had lead or major roles in a number of others.
James Arnold Taylor, also known by his initials JAT, is an American actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, the main character Tidus in Final Fantasy X, Shuyin in Final Fantasy X-2, Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars animated features such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the franchise's video games, Wooldoor Jebediah Sockbat, The Jew Producer and other various characters in Drawn Together, and the titular character in the animated series Johnny Test.
Takehito Koyasu is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded in October 1998. His son Kōki Koyasu is also a voice actor. Koyasu has taken over many of the characters played by Kaneto Shiozawa after his death.
Joshua Luis Wiener, known by his stage name Josh Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his many voice roles, including Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Spider-Man in various media in addition to Electro in the video game Marvel's Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime and the adolescent Hercules in Hercules. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of Ninja Gaiden, and the voice of Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He is also the voice of King Anduin Wrynn in the MMORPG World of Warcraft and Tyler in Pokémon Concierge.
Benjamin Diskin, also professionally credited as Ben Diskin, is an American actor.
Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her voice acting debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and has since voiced Emily / Glitter Lucky in Glitter Force, Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the title character in the Funimation dub of Shin-Chan, and Maka Albarn in Soul Eater. She is a cast member of the web series Critical Role, playing Vex'ahlia ("Vex"), Jester Lavorre, and Imogen Temult.
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in One Piece, Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Yu Kanda in D. Gray-man, and Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp.
Miyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime/games including Beelzebub, Bishamon in Noragami, Petit Charat/Puchiko in Di Gi Charat, Mint in Galaxy Angel, Sinon in Sword Art Online II, Twilight/Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet in Go! Princess Precure, Dlanor A. Knox in Umineko: When They Cry, Izuna Hatsuse in No Game, No Life, Amagi in Azur Lane, Celty Sturluson in Durarara!!, Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter, Raiden Mei and Dr.MEI in Honkai Impact 3 and Gun Girl Z, Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei in Genshin Impact, Akane Kurashiki in Zero Escape, Ayane Yano in Kimi ni Todoke, Fujiko Mine in later installments of Lupin the Third, Queen in Mysterious Joker, Jun Sasada in Natsume's Book of Friends, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Haruka Nanami in Uta no Prince-sama, Kotoha Isone in Yozakura Quartet, Kanbaru Suruga in Bakemonogatari, Saber of Red/Mordred in Fate/Apocrypha, Elizabeth and Chidori in Persona 3, Ivy Valentine in Soulcalibur, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, Wizard Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Elizabeth in BioShock Infinite, Kirari Momobami in Kakegurui, Ho'olheyak in Arknights and Rosetta in Punishing: Gray Raven.
Fred Tatasciore is an American voice actor who has provided voices in animated and live-action films, television shows, and video games. He is known for voicing the Hulk, Volstagg, and Beast in various Marvel media and Solomon Grundy in various DC media. Other characters he has voiced include Yosemite Sam, Taz, Nikolai Belinski from Call of Duty Zombies, Soldier: 76, Shao Kahn, and Kakuzu. Since 2021, he has starred as the title character in the adult animated series Hit-Monkey.
Liam Christopher O'Brien is an American voice actor, writer, and director. He is a regular cast member of the Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Critical Role, playing Vax'ildan ("Vax"), Caleb Widogast, and Orym. He has been involved in many video games, cartoons, and English-language adaptations of Japanese anime. His major anime roles include Gaara in Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Boruto, Vincent Law in Ergo Proxy, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, Lloyd in Code Geass, Kenzo Tenma in Monster, Akihiko Sanada in Persona 3, and Nephrite in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon.
Taliesin Jaffe is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He has worked on English-dubbing roles for anime and video games. He is a cast member on Critical Role, a web series in which he plays Dungeons & Dragons with other voice actors. Jaffe has also frequently voiced the Flash in various video games.
Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and director, who has dubbed in anime, films, and video games. Some of his notable roles include Allen Walker from D.Gray-man, Death the Kid from Soul Eater, Korekiyo Shinguji from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail.
Matthew Christopher Miller, better known as Matthew Mercer, is an American actor and game designer. He has provided voice work for cartoons, animations, video games, and English dubs of anime.
Robert Daymond Howard is an American voice actor who is mostly known for his roles in video games, animation, anime and audiobooks. Some of his best known roles include Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man and various Marvel media, Mike, Orbulon and Young Cricket in WarioWare Gold, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, Jesse Cosay in the second season of Infinity Train, Goro Akechi in Persona 5, Hubert von Vestra in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Lloyd Bannings in Trails series, Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV, River Ward in Cyberpunk 2077, and on-camera as Dorian Storm in the Dungeons & Dragons actual play web series Critical Role and its spinoff Exandria Unlimited.
Persona 5: The Animation is an anime television series produced by CloverWorks based on the video game Persona 5 by Atlus. The anime series is directed by Masashi Ishihama and written by Shinichi Inotsume, with Tomomi Ishikawa adapting Shigenori Soejima's original character designs for the animation. Atlus employee Kazuma Kaneko created the original demon designs, while music composer Shoji Meguro reprised his role from the game. The series follows high schooler Ren Amamiya (Joker), the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, whose mission is to reform the hearts of corrupted adults in Shibuya using a mysterious phone application called the Metaverse Navigator.
High Guardian Spice is an American animated television series created by Raye Rodriguez, who formerly worked for Danger & Eggs as a character designer. The series is produced by Crunchyroll Studios, and was originally slated to be Crunchyroll's first original series before it was delayed for approximately 2 years. The series premiered on its streaming service on October 26, 2021.
Howard Wang is an American voice actor, known for his work in anime dubs.
Danny Carmel is a British-American actor best known for his role as Tag Anaton...[in] Prisoner Zero.
Rounding out the main crew of characters are...13-year-old tech genius Frostee Benson (Harry Potter's Luke Youngblood)...Headlining the guest voice cast is Diesel's oldest child, Similce, who plays Frostee's younger sister Sissy.
featured voice work...Sassy Harriet Bree & Councilwoman Camila In RWBY...Speaking of strong, female anime characters with a competitive edge...you can get the opportunity also to meet the voice behind RWBY's Harriet Bree.
She also voiced Brenda in Smallfoot and Melanie in the recently launched Netflix movie Fe@rless.
a promotional image shared to the official RWBY Twitter account on Oct. 29 also confirms Dr. Pietro Polendina (Dave Fennoy) and Maria Calavera (Melissa Sternenberg) for Volume 8.
The first is to introduce the character of Cutler (voiced by Lance Reddick of Fringe and The Wire), a program who has come to Argon City to join up with the mysterious Renegade, whom he believes to be Tron.
Did I mention that other recurring cast members include Lewis Black as "Mr. E" and Vivica A. Fox as the Foxy Brown-esque, Angel Dynamite? Or that every single episode has Patrick Warburton as the hapless sheriff of Crystal Cove? I could go on and on…
Cassidy Williams, aka Angel Dynamite, is an original character from Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Working as a radio host in their hometown, Angel is eventually revealed to be Cassidy Williams, a member of another mystery-solving gang that worked in Crystal Cove before Mystery Inc. was formed.
Tituss Burgess plays Glenn in the movie.
Gorgeous G has just finished giving a haircut when Crybaby Clown shows up to the salon causing more trouble.
Heles...appearance [is] based on an Egyptian God
Zeno Robinson rounds out the cast of Black voice actors, taking on the role of Prince Kelby
We also have more of the deliciously extremist human militant Colonel Kubritz (a hammy Uzo Aduba) factoring into the proceedings...a kids' show that acknowledges that racism exists...[but] has...a megalomaniacal black woman being viciously intolerant of "invaders"
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Plus, I don't think we can overstate the importance of an anime with a majority POC cast, created and directed by an esteemed black animator. LeSean Thomas has a lot to be proud of.
Zeno Robinson plays Onyankopon, an Anti-Marleyan Volunteer that befriended the Survey Corps and helped them out in many ways. He has also played Goh in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Hawks and Deidoro Sakaki in My Hero Academia, Genya Shinazugawa in Demon Slayer, Ogun in Fire Force, and Superalloy Darkshine in One Punch Man.
Penny Johnson Jerald voices Amanda Waller's character in the direct-to-video animated film Justice League: Gods and Monsters.
Tierny who showed her compelling evidence that the promises Jarek Yeager had been making all had been lies...Breaking into an impression of actor Scott Lawrence, who portrayed Jarek Yeager
The short's emotional ending reveals why Zuri's mother was unavailable to do her hair