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Jeff Manning, also credited as Jeffrey Manning, is an American voice actor and narrator based in Japan. He is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games and voice-overs on numerous television commercials. He is perhaps best known as the Announcer and Master Hand in the first Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros. He previously worked for Mickey's Company, an agency based in Japan. He now works for Triple Sun Talent, another agency based in Japan.

Bio

A native of Utah, and alumni of Brigham Young University, Manning first came to Japan as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He returned there in 1983 to work for Frontier Enterprises doing studio dubbing.

Notable roles

Anime

• Azuki-chan – Billy (original Japanese dub)
• Arashi no Yoru Ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi – Butch, Ghiro, Tap
• The Dagger of Kamui – Goldgun, Jackal
• Vengeance of the Space Pirate – Black Commander
• Free: Dive to the Future - Albert Volandel (original Japanese dub)

Live action

• Iron Chef – Kitchen Reporter Shinichiro Ohta
• Johnson and Friends – Johnson, Alfred (Japanese dub of Australian series)
• Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes - Voice of Ultraman Rosso
• Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy - Voice of Ultraman Titas, Ultraman Neos and Andro Melos

Video games

• Air Gallet – Narration
• D1GP – Judge
• Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii – various roles
• Shenmue II – additional voices (Xbox version)
• Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance – various roles

References

1. "Jeff Manning on Gaikokujin-Talent.com" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 12, 2018.
2. ^ HAL Laboratory. Super Smash Bros. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 0:55 in, Voice Actors.
3. "声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：マニング ジェフ(Jeff Manning)" [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Jeff Manning]. Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
4. "CHARACTER | 『劇場版 Free!-Road to the World-夢』公式サイト". rw.iwatobi-sc.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 28, 2019.
5. "CAST/STAFF | 『劇場版 Free!-the Final Stroke-』公式サイト". fs.iwatobi-sc.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 5, 2022.
6. ^ "ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED!". Ultraman Galaxy. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
7. "ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED!". Tsuburaya Productions. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
8. ^ "Jeff Manning (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 24, 2017. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
9. Doi, Hitoshi. "Search results for "Jeffry Maning" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
10. Doi, Hitoshi. "Search results for "Jeff Manning" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
11. "Virtua Quest voice cast". Album on Imgur. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
12. Inti Creates. Mega Man ZX Advent. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 3:24:31 in, –VOICE CAST–.

External links

• Jeff Manning at IMDb
• Jeff Manning at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Jeff Manning on Gaikokujin-Talent.com

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