Ryan Truman

Japanese accent/dialects, Greek accent, Scottish accent, English accent, a wide range of known American dialects (Boston, New York, Texas, Deep Southern), Russian accent, Italian accent, Many cartoon character impersonations, video game character impersonations

I'm relatively new to the voice acting scene, so I don't have a big resume` to date, but I do have a couple of experiences with voice acting. My friends used to be very much into going to anime/video game conventions, and one year they were doing a skit. This skit had to be pre-recorded and approved, so they asked me to help with the recording, since my voice was more suited to the character(s). The skit was a pretty popular one if I remember correctly, and they called me back the following years. If you're looking to see one of them, youtube "Who's Merchant is it Anyway?" at Anime Boston 2008. It was one of my first projects, as I said, so it's not very professional, but at this point this is all I have. I have taken Oral Communication and Intro to Communication, as well as many Media college classes, but nothing specifically aimed toward Voice Acting. I also took Speech, Debating, and Journalism classes in High School, along with Poetry reading. I suppose the only thing I can say here is how versed I am in the Japanese language. I am certainly not fluent, but I can speak it pretty well - and can pronounce most words by just reading them because of the way their alphabet works, even if I've never heard it before. I am a pursuer of phonetic perfection in all work I do. I want to make the listener feel the exact emotion desired by the director. Inflection is supremely important to my style, and I am never not animated in some way.