Anthony Ray Morales

@tonyrayva.bsky.social

Professional Voice Actor, storyboard artist and Video Editor. Represented by AB2 Talent Support me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tonyrayva

US folks: Today (August 4) is the last day to call your US senator before KOSA and the SCREEN Act go before committee tomorrow! Visit BadInternetBills.com for info and numbers to call. #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech #NodigitalID

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Senate Commerce Committee is taking up KOSA + SCREEN Act THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your senators and share how you feel about KOSA's impact on online communities, and urge them to black all legislation that age-gates the internet and violates our privacy, like the SCREEN Act.
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#stopKOSA #NoToDigitalID #savespeech Unfortunate news: The markup is real www.commerce.senate.gov/meetings/exe... Significantly fewer shitty bills but not good. Keep calling reps & the CST committee - www.congress.gov/state-legisl... - 5calls.org/issue/age-ve... - badinternetbills.com

Just got done watching the #AvatarAang movie! and oh my god it was spectacular, loved every second of it and I am legit crying at the end of it 😭😭😭. Beyond honored to have gotten the chance to watch it on the big screen! go and support this amazing movie as much as you can 💧🪨🔥💨

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Persona 4 Revival English Cast: Protagonist - Nazeeh Tarsha Yosuke Hanamura - Paul Castro Jr. Chie Satonaka - Anne Yatco Yukiko Amagi - Brianna Knickerbocker Marie - Ari Thrash

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Late announcement, but I’ve been sporadic throughout this past anime season, I popped in for wallah/bits in the following shows: -Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt -I Want to End This Love Game -Go For It, Nakamura-Kun -An Observation Log of My Fiancée

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Correct me if I'm forgetting something, but if TADC tops the box office this weekend, will that be the first time since The Matrix Revolutions that the #1 show in theatres was directed by a trans woman?

Welp, a new "the worst thing that could happen" has happened for me: My medical debt from 2018-2022 has hit a point where the creditor is no longer allowing "min payments" & I have til June 6th to pay it IN FULL... "or else." If you can help, I'd appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/help-kdin-...

Donate to Help Kdin Crawl Out of Medical Debt, organized by Kdin Jenzen

My name is Kdin Jenzen, I'm a trans woman voice actress/producer/social media manager … Kdin Jenzen needs your support for Help Kdin Crawl Out of Medical Debt

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One huge positive to away from Jorge Gutierrez retracting his deal with Amazon is that it showcased the raw power of the people’s voices against AI in media, and how truly resolute we are about the industry craft. Wild week, but FAR from a loss in the end, thankfully.

Here's voice actor David Wald sharing how at the height of lockdown during a pandemic, Crunchyroll banned remote recording in an effort to union bust and also made it nearly impossible for him to work due to refusing to offer medical accommodations in studio.

David Wald tweets:

Lots of talk about the death of remote recording lately so here’s my 2 cents. I worked for a big dubbing co (IYKYK) for almost 20 years. At the height of lockdown, that co banned remote recording. If you couldn’t come into their studio, you were not cast in new projects. (1/8)

I’ve had type 1 diabetes since age 9. That’s an auto-immune disease. This makes me very vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses. A recording booth is an enclosed space full of someone else’s fresh spit with zero ventilation. (2/8)

So when there’s a new, not yet understood respiratory disease floating around as there was back then, any doctor will tell you to avoid exposure as much as possible, as mine did. So I stayed home. (3/8)

Over the course of the following 2 years, I wrote 20 or so emails to the HR dept and the producers at that co, BEGGING for a medical accommodation. I did not receive a single reply. Then they removed me from the audition list. (4/8)After 2 years, broke and desperate, I had no choice but to return to in-person recording. Shortly after, I got the Dreaded Illness and had to stay home. They tried to bully me into coming in while I was still sick. (5/8)

It should be noted that my roommate at the time also had The Illness and was bullied into coming in anyway. Someone they KNEW was sick, and forced to come to the studio, as they tried to do with me. (6/8)

It should also be noted that when you walk into this studio, the booth schedule is on monitors all over the place, and there were remote sessions all over it every time I went in. Yet, AFAIK, not a single person ever received a medical accommodation. (7/8)

So what’s the lesson? If you really want in to the dubbing business, bypass the non-union stuff. Join the union and only do union work. Have someone in your corner, fighting for your most basic human rights, or you might get crunched like I did.A user named Jodie asks:

So not only did they make a conscious decision to ban remote sessions (when they were allowed before?), they actively restarted them 2 years later but continued to deny you, and potentially others, on medical grounds? One of the main reasons to accommodate remote working? 💀

David Wald replies:

IMHO, the ban was purely a veiled effort at union-busting. You’ll notice the ban came after some very public unionization talk from out-of-state VAs who were making some very excellent points about the need for unionization. Shut them right down. Coincidence? 🤷‍♂️

After 3 years of waiting and hoping I finally get to sit down and read the conclusion to one of the best space series I've ever seen. Thank you Olan Rogers for going above and beyond to bring us the ending of your amazing story. Now, let's lightfold one last time.

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ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT! 🔥"Fuerza cybernetica!!!"🔥 Happy to provide the voice of Angel in the newly released video game Underling Uprising. Huge thanks to dummy dojo and abylightstudios for bringing me onboard to voice this muy macho machina man! Go give this side scrolling beat em up a play!

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Some people who spent years avoiding pirating once they had consistent income have gone back to pirating. Not because they don't have the money, but because they hate how shit all these companies are and how bad the user experience is now. Not me, of course. But some people have done that.

Today we learn of the sad passing of Kenji Ohba. With roles as Gavan, Battle Kenya, DenziBlue, a wide range of characters and suit work in tokusatsu over many decades, he truly was one of the very best. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. Rest in peace to a legendary hero. #大葉健二

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So incredibly happy to announce that I am now represented by AB2 Talent! It feels amazing to be with an agency again and I'm honored to added to their roster. Thank you so much Angelina and Andrea for bringing me onboard, looking forward to working with you!

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