Crispin Freeman has gained cult status among Anime fans for his skills as a voice actor in Anime shows and most recently as a director of Anime titles. But it doesn't stop there he also does voice overs for multiple games and he has taken part in half a dozen Broadway Theater plays. His has done over 60 voice overs for anime titles from 1998 to 2008 a complete list of shows that he did voice overs for can be found here: http://www.crispinfreeman.com/animeresume.html. I also found a demo mix mp3 clip with some of this voice acting talent u can download it here: http://www.box.net/shared/d9yl6r3i7g. He also has his own Website dedicated to his career as a voice & stage actor: http://www.crispinfreeman.com/animeindex.html
When asked how he got his start in the anime voice-over industry, Crispin Freeman is explicit about his reasons for getting involved. "A friend of mine landed a role in Peacock King and he knew I was a big anime fan, and suggested that I call up Central Park Media and see if I could get a job doing dubs, Freeman says. "My first thought was 'Why?' Because for myself, I don't like the dubbed versions and I usually watch subtitles. But then I remembered that the shows I used to watch when I was growing up were all dubbed, and it wasn't until later that I got into subtitles. I realized that it's usually through dubs that people are introduced to anime and I wanted to make that introduction as good as possible."
Anime TV shows like Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets (a.k.a. Gatchman) made a great impression on Freeman as a child. "I liked the character played by Casey Kasem the best-he was called Mark in Battle of the Planets; Ken the Eagle in Gatchaman," he remembers, "I actually wanted to change my name to Mark back then. Later, he discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech. "That show really blew my mind," he says. '.My little brother and I taped it religiously. In fact, we still have some episodes on Beta. Of course since then, especially once I realized that Streamline was going out of business, I've gone out and bought every episode of Robotech I could find."
An actor who describes himself as "primarily a theatrical actor," Freeman holds a graduate degree from Columbia University, and at time of this interview, was performing A Christmas Carol in Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and had just finished a run on Broadway of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge. But even so, as an anime fan himself, voice-acting holds a special spot in his career. "I was more excited about getting Zelgadis than I was about getting on Broadway, if that tells you anything. But I must say that my physical training for the theater, especially my Suzuki training, greatly informs my voice work. I think if I stopped doing my stage work, my voice work would suffer."