Joel McDonald
Voice ActorAmerican actor Joel McDonald spent years performing and directing English-language anime dubs at Funimation, including a stint voicing Kōki Mimura for the Assassination Classroom broadcast dub.
Assassination Classroom Role
McDonald voiced Kōki Mimura for the Funimation broadcast dub of Assassination Classroom. The role came during his years as a Funimation regular, a period when he moved between on-mic acting and off-mic production work such as directing and script adaptation for other English dub projects.
Career and Notable Roles
McDonald built a long run at Funimation across voice acting, voice directing, and scriptwriting on numerous English anime dubs. He later shifted into video games as a voiceover producer and director at Gearbox Entertainment, and wrote a guidebook aimed at helping newcomers break into professional voice acting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who does Joel McDonald voice in Assassination Classroom?
Joel McDonald voiced Koki Mimura for the Funimation broadcast dub of Assassination Classroom. The role came during his years as a Funimation regular, when he moved between on mic acting and off mic production work.
What is Joel McDonald best known for?
Joel McDonald is best known for his long run at Funimation across voice acting, voice directing, and scriptwriting on numerous English anime dubs. He has been active in the industry since 2009.
What does Joel McDonald do now?
Joel McDonald later shifted into video games, working as a voiceover producer and director at Gearbox Entertainment. That move followed years of on mic and off mic work on English anime dubs at Funimation.
Has Joel McDonald written anything about voice acting?
Joel McDonald wrote a guidebook aimed at helping newcomers break into professional voice acting. It draws on his own years of experience acting, directing, and adapting scripts for Funimation anime dubs.
When did Joel McDonald start his career?
Joel McDonald has been active in voice acting and dub production since 2009. His Funimation era included voicing Koki Mimura in Assassination Classroom before he later moved into video game voiceover work at Gearbox Entertainment.
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