The Ocean Group is a production company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that specializes in localizing foreign animation (most often anime) into English, including doing translation, dubbing and subtitling. As of 2005 the group has also started providing DVD authoring services to some of their clients. They own and operate Ocean Productions Inc., formerly known as Ocean Studios.
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Notable works
Anime include the series InuYasha, Ranma ½ and most of the installments in the Gundam metaseries, including Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack, Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, and both Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. They also did the original English dub to both the first and second seasons of Dragon Ball Z, the first three Dragon Ball Z movies, and have also worked on Hamtaro, Cardcaptor Sakura, Maison Ikkoku, Monster Rancher, Infinite Ryvius, Jin-Roh, Silent Mobius, The Vision of Escaflowne, Zoids: New Century Zero, The SoulTaker, .hack//Roots, Death Note, Black Lagoon, and MegaMan NT Warrior. Outside of anime, they have recorded the voices for American animated series like Exosquad, X-Men: Evolution, and Fantastic Four (2006).
Notable voice actors
- Lisa Ann Beley: Chichi (Dragon Ball Z), Relena Peacecraft (Gundam Wing), Murrue Ramius (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny),
- Gary Chalk: Optimus Primal (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Optimus Prime (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Cybertron)
- Ted Cole: Chang Wufei (Gundam Wing), Yamcha (Dragon Ball Z), Tatewaki Kuno (Ranma ½), Gilbert Durandal (Gundam SEED Destiny)
- Richard Ian Cox: InuYasha, male Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½, seasons 4-7), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (X-Men: Evolution)
- Michael Dobson: Starscream (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon), Duke Dermail (Gundam Wing), Dekim Barton (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz)
- Paul Dobson: Zarbon (Dragon Ball Z), Naraku, Myoga (InuYasha), Happosai (Ranma ½), Sideways (Transformers: Armada)
- Brian Drummond: Zechs Merquise (Gundam Wing), Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z), Jetstorm (Beast Machines), Allen Schezar (Escaflowne), Ryuk (Death Note)
- Saffron Henderson: Gohan (Dragon Ball Z), Lucrezia Noin (Gundam Wing), Tsubasa Kurenai (Ranma ½), Oxnard (Hamtaro)
- Matt Hill: Kero (Cardcaptors), Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Bankotsu (InuYasha), Alex Summers/Havok (X-Men: Evolution)
- Willow Johnson: Kikyo (InuYasha), Kasumi Tendo (Ranma ½), Lalah Sune (Mobile Suit Gundam)
- David Kaye: Megatron (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Cybertron), Soun Tendo (Ranma ½), Treize Khushrenada (Gundam Wing), Sesshomaru (InuYasha)
- Terry Klassen: Krillin (Dragon Ball Z), Hachi (InuYasha), Cut Man (Mega Man)
- Jocelyne Loewen: Merle (Escaflowne), Milfeulle Sakuraba (Galaxy Angel), Asagi Caldwell (Gundam SEED)
- Kirby Morrow: Trowa Barton (Gundam Wing), Miroku (InuYasha), Van Fanel (Escaflowne), Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-Men: Evolution), Goku (Dragon Ball Z)
- Scott McNeil: Rattrap, Dinobot, Waspinator, Silverbolt (Beast Wars), Proto Man (Mega Man), Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing), Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z), Koga (InuYasha), Principal Kuno (Ranma ½)
- Pauline Newstone: Frieza (Dragon Ball Z), Airazor (Beast Wars), Mistress Centipede (InuYasha)
- Maggie Blue O'Hara: Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (X-Men: Evolution), Mariemaea Khushrenada (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz)
- Kelly Sheridan: Sango (InuYasha), Hitomi (Escaflowne), Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma ½), Shino (.hack//ROOTS), Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (X-Men: Evolution)
- Tabitha St. Germain: Flay Allster (Gundam SEED), Pink Haro, Birdy (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Cappy (Hamtaro)
- Moneca Stori: Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha), Videl (Dragon Ball Z), Amanda Sefton (X-Men: Evolution), Laura Haruna (Hamtaro)
- Brad Swaile: Quatre Raberba Winner (Gundam Wing), Mousse (Ranma ½), Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack), Dearka Elsman (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny), Auel Neider (Gundam SEED Destiny), Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men: Evolution), Light Yagami (Death Note)
- Venus Terzo: female Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Blackarachnia (Beast Wars, Beast Machines), Talia Gladys (Gundam SEED Destiny), Jean Grey, (X-Men: Evolution)
- Cathy Weseluck: Mirai Yashima (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shampoo (Ranma ½), Dorothy Catalonia (Gundam Wing), Kagome Higurashi's Mother (InuYasha)
Common misapprehensions
Because of the company's name, many fans have assumed that they are a "group" of voice actors who have joined together to work on certain projects. This is incorrect, as The Ocean Group's staff are mainly technical and administrative personnel, and all the voice actors are freelancers employed on a project to project basis. Also, this belief, combined with the fact that The Ocean Group is the most publicly known voice over producer in Vancouver, has fostered a frequent assumption in fandom that all projects featuring Vancouver voice actors were done by The Ocean Group. This, again, is incorrect, as there are several other companies drawing from the same talent pool, including BLT Productions (He-Man), Voicebox Productions, Inc. (Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Cybertron, Zoids: Fuzors), Studio B Productions (Class of the Titans, Being Ian), and Mainframe Entertainment (ReBoot, Beast Wars).
External links
- The Ocean Group at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
