Mike McFarland
Birth Place: Temple, Texas, USA
Date Of Birth: Jul 14, 1970
Voice Over Language: English
Trivia & Fun Facts:
Favorite Color: Black. Three of his last four cars were black. The other one was silver and black.
Favorite Food: Crawfish Etoufee. Mexican food also rules.
Favorite Actor: Just too many to name.
He accidentally caused a bit of confusion at Supercon by claiming he was unaware of FUNimation getting the rights to take over the One Piece dub. However he cleared up the confusion at Anime Boston that it was all one big misunderstanding since he didn't know there were official announcements regarding that at the time.
While Texas is a "Right to Work" state, he also likes to mention that the pay difference between union and non-union work is rather small.
Favorite Food: Crawfish Etoufee. Mexican food also rules.
Favorite Actor: Just too many to name.
One of FUNimation's original voice actors
He accidentally caused a bit of confusion at Supercon by claiming he was unaware of FUNimation getting the rights to take over the One Piece dub. However he cleared up the confusion at Anime Boston that it was all one big misunderstanding since he didn't know there were official announcements regarding that at the time.
While Texas is a "Right to Work" state, he also likes to mention that the pay difference between union and non-union work is rather small.
Contact Info:
Email: MikeMcQandA@AOL.com
Official Website:
http://www.mikemcfarland.com/
Talent Agency:
http://www.thecampbellagency.com
Official Website:
http://www.mikemcfarland.com/
Talent Agency:
http://www.thecampbellagency.com
Quotes:
"I'm very happy to have been cast as Baby in Dragon Ball GT the bad guys are much more fun!"
STARRING ROLES
Credited Roles On BTVA So Far: 177
TV SHOWS
MOVIES
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork (2013) |
King of Thorn (2012) | |||||||||
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2012) |
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012) | |||||||||
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011) |
Summer Wars (2010) | |||||||||
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2010) |
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (2010) | |||||||||
Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes (2009) |
Case Closed: The Last Wizard Of The Century (2009) | |||||||||
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2008) |
Vexille (2008) | |||||||||
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (2007) |
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (2006) | |||||||||
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2006) |
Lupin the 3rd: Dead or Alive (2005) | |||||||||
Lupin the 3rd: Farewell to Nostradamus (2005) |
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (2004) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (2003) |
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (2003) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan (2003) |
Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler (2002) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (2002) |
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (2001) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1998) |
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1998) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1998) |
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1997) | |||||||||
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1989) |
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1989) |
VIDEO GAMES
Street Fighter X Tekken (2012) |
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (2010) |
Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley (2010) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball: Origins 2 (2010) |
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (2009) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (2009) |
Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball: Origins (2008) |
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007) |
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (2006) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (2005) |
Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir (2005) | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas (2005) |
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (2004) | ||||||||||||||||
Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament (2004) |
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (2002) | ||||||||||||||||
Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation |
SHORTS
NARRATION
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freezeframe100 said at 7:39 PM on Tue Apr 10 2012
He's an overrated voice director IMO. He's good, but he's not great.
Seems he likes to reuse a lot of the same VAs in all dubs he directs = manufactured dub, sometimes stales
Lately I don't even care about dub casts for stuff he directs because I can already predict most of who the VAs will be...
On the other hand dub directed by someone like Christopher Bevins always sounds fresh, casts new VAs and actually challenges some of the veterans/more experienced VAs instead of just typecasting them.
Getting off topic... this is supposed to be about voice acting itself.
Characters voiced by Mike McFarland I like:
*Master Roshi (Dragon Ball Universe)
*Buggy (One Piece)
*Sky Master (Heaven's Lost Property)
*Kozo Ukita (Kenichi)
*Jiro Yoshidayama (School Rumble)
Also a pretty good George (Case Closed) but I do prefer Dameon Clarke's voice.
ReplySeems he likes to reuse a lot of the same VAs in all dubs he directs = manufactured dub, sometimes stales
Lately I don't even care about dub casts for stuff he directs because I can already predict most of who the VAs will be...
On the other hand dub directed by someone like Christopher Bevins always sounds fresh, casts new VAs and actually challenges some of the veterans/more experienced VAs instead of just typecasting them.
Getting off topic... this is supposed to be about voice acting itself.
Characters voiced by Mike McFarland I like:
*Master Roshi (Dragon Ball Universe)
*Buggy (One Piece)
*Sky Master (Heaven's Lost Property)
*Kozo Ukita (Kenichi)
*Jiro Yoshidayama (School Rumble)
Also a pretty good George (Case Closed) but I do prefer Dameon Clarke's voice.
said at 12:01 AM on Sun Apr 22 2012
Also pretty interesting that he's worked on a few Houston and L.A. dubs a few years ago. I guess this was before he became a permanent fixture for Funimation. :)
My favorite dubs he's directed are One Piece and Shiki.
I originally assumed Shiki would be yet another overrated title that I would rate average/nothing special (e.g. Evangelion movies, Eden of the East and Trinity Blood) but I'm actually really enjoying it so far!
@freezeframe100
He does seem to direct a lot of the more "bigger" titles for Funimation, but since I don't really care for most of them I can't really complain if he does sort of use the same core group of VAs for lead roles.
For me there are very few FUNi dubs for certain anime titles I actually get excited about...
But if I were a fan of those titles I guess I can somewhat understand your frustration.
I noticed he has yet to cast these FUNi VAs in lead roles for titles he directs:
*Jamie Marchi
*Duncan Brannan
*Andrew Love
In McFarland's defense though I have noticed he at least does a better job integrating Houston talent (ADV Films/Sentai Filmworks VAs) than most of the other ADR Directors at Funimation. That should count for something. :)
e.g. David Wald and Shelley Calene-Black are both favorites of mine.
There are quite a few other Houston VAs I'd like to hear in some FUNi dubs; maybe he'll be the director to give them their chance.