Anime-ZAP! is more of a fun social event than an event focused on meeting special guests. However, a few of our favorite guests love our fans so much they want to hang out with you in Peoria!
Jay began his career in anime in the 1990s and has appeared in more than 200 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. His notable credits over the past two decades are Kaoru Hanayama in Baki The Grappler, Dragon Shiryu in Saint Seiya, the fishmen Chuu and Hammond in One Piece, Prince Mytho in Princess Tutu, Modeus in Devil May Cry, Crusty in Log Horizon, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet and Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, among many others.
Jay’s voice has also been featured in live action series and films such as Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses and Gamera – Attack of Legion, as well as in the video games Unlimited Saga, Labyrinth of Galleria and Made in Abyss: Binary Star. Jay had his Toonami debut playing Dr. Stylish in Akame ga KILL!, followed by Shiro Kuramori in Parasyte – the maxim, Joichiro Yukihira in Food Wars!, Taneo Tokuda in My Hero Academia, Zongquan Bai in Shenmue the Animation, some bad guys in Ninja Kamui, and most recently, Kobayashi and Dr. Wong in LAZARUS!
Jay is still active in anime and can also be heard as co-host of the podcast “Bottom of the Barrel,” alongside anime luminaries John Swasey and Kyle Jones.
Robert L. Mungle is a voice actor for Funimation, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, and OkraTron 5000. The Right Reverend Robert L. Mungle founded The Whiskey Brothers in 1998. Since then, while the line-up has changed, it has been his outrageously loud voice that has led the group. Mungle has taken the stage everywhere from sold out theaters to seedy strip clubs. His IMDB page boasts over 100 different anime roles, from “Ghost Stories” to “Lady Death” to “Excel Saga.” He was born in Houston and you might recognize him from any of tons of anime roles, some of which include Amanojaku from Ghost Stories, Mr.8 from One Piece, Matsushita from Angel Beats, and Pedro Domingo from Excel Saga. He’s appeared in Akame ga Kill!, 009-1, Broken Blade, Gantz, Halo Legends, and many others.
